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THE
SVRGIONS
MATE,
O R
a TREATISE VIS CO*
uering faithfully and plainely the due ^
-contents of the Svrgions (heft* the <v[e$ ofthe~>
Inftruments , the vermes and operations of the
Medicines, the cures of the mojl frequent
difeafes at S % a i
Namely
Wounds , Apoftumes , Vlcers , Fiftulaes , Frac-
tHreuT>tflocations&itbthe true maner of Amputation ,
the cure of the Scuruie , the Fluxes of the belly,
of the Collica andlUaca Paffio, Tenafmm%
and cxitus Ani , the Callenture 5
WITH A BRIEF E EXPLANATION
of Sd> Sulphur, and Mercury $ with certaine
Characters ', and tearynes of Arte.
Publiftied chiefly for the benefit of young S«a-Surgions,
imployed in the Eaft.Izdia Companies affaires
By John Woodall Mr in Chirurgery.
LONDON
Printedby E d wardGmifin for Laurence Life,
&thcT}£en-h*4diaTaHkCburck-jard> 1617*
mMMmm
TO THE FARRE
renowmed^vertuous, and worthy
fyrigbt, Sir Tho m a s S m.i t.h.;
Gomrnour of the Eaft-India Company ',
my Angular good Patrone.
RIGHT WORSHIPFVLL,
!Hen I call to minde
the many great fa-
uours which you
haue beene plea-
fed from time to
time to cenferre vp*
on me; and do con-
fid er that Ingrati-
tude euen amongft the Heathen people
hatheuer been eftecmed Inhumanity; I can-
not but reprehend my felf e of flacknefie and
f % negli-
The Epifile Vedicatorie.
negligence in not performing that dutie
whereunto 1 am fo farre obliged : wherfore
ftudyinghow I might beft teilifie my grate*
full affe£tion,I haue here prefumed with the
poore Gardner who prefented Alexander
with fuch fruits as his garden afforded, to
prefent you with the firft fruits of my poore
itudies and practice, humbly requesting that
as Vlijfes vnder the fheild oiAiax was.defe.n-
ded, fo thefe my vn worthy lines may by
your Honourable accuftomed fauour be pa-
tronized from the enuie of malitious Detra-
ctors. By whofe honourable vertues of vi-
gilance , prudence , and bounty the Com*
mon-wealthhath fo much beene enriched
andhonoured* The reafon of my gather-
ing thefe inftru&ions for young Surgions,
cheifly was in refped of the difcharge of
my dutie in my office and calling, being ap-
pointed by your Worfhip , and the Eait-
India Company , out of your efpeciall pro*
uidence and great care for the health and
preferuation of fuch as haue beene or here-
after may be imployed in your feruices,who
haue for the fame purpofe not onely ap-
pointed me, and with an annual! flipent re-
warded
TheEplfHeVedictferie.
ded me, for to ouerfeeand prouklefor their
healths all things fitting • but alfo are well
pleafed and contented that it be liberally
and fully accomplifhed with all ncceflaries
thereunto belonging without fparing rea-
fonable cofte : the which confidered, and
feeing by my experience that many young
Surgions, (who by reafon of theiryouth
andlacke of pra&ife haue not attained to
that perfe&ion of knowledge, that were re-
quisite ) yet neuertheleiTe are imployed in
the Eaft- India and other voyages in places
of Ghirufgions and Mates , 1 haue thought
it a part of mydutiein the place Ihauevn-
dertafcen, according to that talent of know-
ledge wherewith God hath inabled mee,to
to giuefomc directions for the weaker fort
of fuch Surgtons , that they may the better
be able to vndertake their charge , and alfo
to vnderftand the true contents of their
Cheftsj and profitably to pra&ife as occafi-
od fhal require. And for their better furthe-
rance and knowledge therein , I haue redu-
ced the fame into a methode, and therein
deciphered the ieuerall Inftruments, and
Medicines witfr their particular yfes ; which
f $ againc
Tlx Epijlle Dedicator'^
againe I humbly craue your Worftiip with
a fauourable conftrudion to accept of, as an
vndoubted teftimony of that dutifull re*
fpe& which by particular obligation I am
bound euer to acknowledge to fo honoura-
ble a Patrone, to whom with my bcft inde-
uours I (hall remaineraoft denoted , and
euer f eft
Your Worjhips obliged
femant during life
I*W. Qbirurgm.
TO THE WO%SHITFVL
M Chrifbpher Frederick, M, IohnKer-
rell, M. Lewis Rogers, M. Iafper Aris,
Ma/lers and Qouernours.
To Mafler% Wood, M. Tecfo
M. Mapes , and M. Fen ton,
auncient Mafers.
To my fellow brethren of the clothingvor "
Littery : And to aU the reft of that T&orjhipfutt
my fteric and fcllo wfhip of Barber-
S V R 6 I O • N ' '$.
beloued, he that hideth his fmnes from
the Almighty indangemh his owne~,
foule , and he that Tt>ould 'hide his iHi-
terate leeakneffefrom thetforlds wnequdl cenfure
Jheweth no di/cretion to lay himfelfe open in print. In
thisTborke I follow not thecourfe of fome Worldly
•toife, that cary a Pallet about their neckes frith their
neighbours faults before them , pbferuing euery light
digrefeon in them } but as for their owns errors they
are
are not once capable of them. *But Ion the con*
trarybla^e forth my imperfeEiiom , confeflmgthem
to the admonijhment of other $> and therefore claim*
fromyourgrauer cenfures a pardon ofcourfe. h^as
the necefity of my calling surged mee thm rafhhj on
the fuddaineto put my felfe forward , and in this
Tbeake wanner to [hew forth my homely extem-
pore altogether <vndigefled\ my defres climbing not
Jo heigbatto attempt anyfborke Worthy your ac-
ceptance y neither Tfr/77 my education (at you know )
afford it i for le/leeme my felfe amongUyou hut as a
"freake Jhrubeor njnderwood^ dejirom to befbrou*
dedfrom terrible blafls by great Cedars t If therefore
by my iufl and <vnfained acknowledgement my wn*
worthie labours mayfindeafauourablepajfage^ and
he acceptable , 1 haue attained my defire 'frith com-
fort, jindfoltahmy learn ^ifhmgyouallthe^
fruition of njnfained hue toitk perfetl happinejft,
externdlyinternaUtandeternall
I. W.
TO THE BENEVO-
lent Reader.
Vrieom Reader , when I bad entered into
confederation with myfelfeofmy own^j
weakenejfe andinfuffickncy, lbteames
much difcour aged from vttering the fame
to the worlds cenfnre ^knowing how ma-
ny learned Artifes this Age affordcth of fart wore excel-
lent gifts thenmyfelfe: yetwaightngagainethefiundry
benefits might ari(e by fuchflaine helpes as this homely
treatifie affordeth to youngpraclitioners & the fieri ce of
my betters in vnder taking the like^ I imboldned myfelfe
thereunto in difcharge ofchriftian duty to God and my
Country 3 being appointed by the Honourable fociety of
Merchants trading to the Eafl Indies fofurnifh with me->
dicines^fuch Surgeons as they employ edt hit her, amongfi
which number \though Imuft confeffe ifindc Mum lear-
ned and shlfull men farrebeyond my felfe :yct againc-j>%
very manyfo weake and infuffiaent , as Icamoi but la-
ment their inefficiency to the great offence of Gob , and
the danger of many mens Hues. Wherefore in this regard
I held it a charitable worke, howfoeuer the world taketk
ity to infirufffuch young men as were imployedto the^
Baft Indies the befl 1 could, as well for Confidence fake ,
and for the comforts of their charge : namely for thefafe
To the Reader.
guard of the Hues ofjuch asfhould be imployed in tho/Lj
bufweffes-jwhichlhauefrom time to time done by writings
&nd being wearied with writing for eueryfluppe the fame
inBr unions a new ^ I held it mybeji courjetoputthem
in print ^which done, wi/i feme for any that haut occafion
of the like, tilifome of deeper iudgement write better. The
comfojitions of the greater part of the following medi-
cines are r e cited in ^ the ordinary dtfpenfatories , and con-
cerning diners particular medicines therein mention ed^
not v/uall amongtt our Artifls, though neyiher new mr
inuentedbymee^ Ipurpofe, God willing , as fo one as I can
haue time topublifb: alfo their true preparations & <vfes,
hauing re coined fome of them from learned Phyfitians>
and expert Surgeons amongft my good friends heere and
there at I could gather them^being things of their owne^?
experience } and to me now confirmed by mine alfo. And
if any one of my. brethren doe finde himfelfe not fatisfed
at this fodaine and vndigejled worke of mine, let him
mely ceafeto cenfure it till he hme put forth fomewhat of
hisowne. I am not ignorant that of ort of Carpers thefc^j
times afford^ who though ofihemfelues they wiUjpare no
time from their pie afures or profits Jo aduantage others ,
yet are theyfofharpe of wit ^ and canfo well difpute , and
fo wifely reafon , that they can eafily make Candida de
nigris 8c de candentibus atra ; their words being as O-
racUs to their owne applauders , in wh&fe opinions they
pnelyhaue the keyes of Art at their girdles : but to any
fuck I fay as a learnedBiuine lately fold to the like .
Gum tuanon edas carpi's mea Carmina? Lely?
Carpere vel noli noflra vel ede tua.
Sloth (its andcenfures what the indubious teach^
Foxes difpraife the grapes they cannot reach.
Some
To the Reader.
Some hme already accufedme to haue Uft time in wri-
ting of the cures ofdiuers difeajes , farre better writ-
ten of by others , which I cannot denie ^ yet fay if each
Surgeons mate bad experience , with a library and judge-
ment to vfe it, m\ labour Iconfeffe were idle , andtofuch
as haue thofe helps , or thatperfeclion 1 write not, and to
that party I anfwere; if one wife man in former ages
hmeapprooued another in writing bvtb of one and tbcs
fxmefubieffi) me thinks it is as eafiefor onefoolt in this
age to winke at an others faults andweakemffes\ efpeciaily
fuch as hme neither wit nor will to write a better :and as
for wife men, ikmw they wifi iudge like themfelues. But
who can fatisjie a foolef and fo 1 conclude with this fol-
lowing <verfe:
WLtm$ gliebt gefeltim&nnt^ fein tmrfce
SDem felbtgen fep z* pjeparirte
titter aber fentuillfyat uaruon
ptx be^alt fein gelt atmD laf j e$ ffatn
Ianuariethe28e
I OH N WOO D A0LL,
lfff'4 TEE
THE OFFICE y$$SQD
D V TY OF THE SVR-
signs Mat e*
Auing an intent tofetdewneinflru-
dions far Snrgions Mates, out of my
louetothem, Ithoughtitmeeteina
word or two to put them in minde al-
fbof their duties. The office and du-
tie ot the S urgions Mnte may ( in my opinion) well
bediuidedinto three parts, whereof the firftcon-
cerneth his duty to God, who feeth not as men fee,
who is a fearcher of the heart, and knoweth mans
thoughts long before, whom ifheeandlhanethe
grace to honour with our whole hearts, and feare^
he will direft our waies aright.
Thefecond duty of theSurgions Mate3is,concer-
nlngthechiefeSurgion, who is his Mate , towards
whom he rauft be carefull to behaue himfelfe wife-
ly, louingly, and diligently : in many refpe&s hee is
obliged to his Mate, as the wife is to her husband $
for he ought to be to him in euery point ready to o-
bey his reafonable will, I meane only in things con-
cerning his calling, dutifull, diligent, willing,care-
full, fecret-and louing, yeaand to {hewhisloue
cuen in couering his Mates weaknefle : he ought
alfo to be gentle, andkindeinfpeech, and actions
towards all rpittifuil to them that aredifeafed, and
diligent in miniftring to them fuch fitting reme-
dies as he fhall receiue, or be dire&ed to glue them
from his Mate,, but none without his order3 for that
his
of the Surgions Mate.
his Mates order is hisdifcharge, or warrant what-
euer happen, yet let him priuately lend his beft ad-
uice to his Mate ,vpon euery needful occafion kind-
ly jfubmiffiuely, 8douingiy, eucr as vnder correcti-
on s for if comparifons or oppofition take place
twixt them, it is not onely dangerous to all the
Company , but a!fo a difgraee to themfelues
and a great fcandall to their calling : for auoyding
which, it is iuft that the younger o bey the elder, &
beware of the contrary left it bee repented toolate.
S. P a v l aduifeth (eruants to obey froward Ma-
tters, fo I aduife Surgions Maces to doetheliketo
froward Surgions, for it fheweth no excellent
thing in a young man to pleafe an honeft quiet man
but to Hue in lone with an ambitions or otherwife
a froward vicious man (heweth wifdomeinthefuf-
ferer. I would not fo ftand vpon this point but that
my experience hath knowne too much the great
harm that hath infued by thediflention of the Sur-
gion and his Mate in long voiages , the which with
difcretion and loue might haue beene preuented if
but one ofihem both bad beenewife. The Surgi-
ons Mate ought alfo daily to vifitetheCabinesof
men, to fee who hath any fickenefTe or Imperfecti-
on : alfo to haue ready againft occafion Lint made,
Pi afters fpread, Splints armed. Needles prepared,
for ftitching wounds, Rowlers and Boulftersj
Dorilels , Tents , Buttons > Cappes 3 Pledgents,
Tape, rolling Needles , and Thred prepared,
and each other needfull thing for his calling readie
in. heir conuenicnt places, placed againft occafion
be. Likewifc his care muft bee tokeepe all the In-
■^[f 3 ftrumencs
Tfie office and dutie
ftruments of the Cheft, and ofhis o wne box cleane
from rufting , and to fct his Lancets and Rafors as
oft as neede is, it may be he will fay to himfelfe it is
a bafe office belonging to meere B arbers and Grin-
ders, I neuer gaue any minde to it, See But let mee
frienly tell the Surgions Mate , it is the credit of a
young Artift to take a vaine fmoothly and neate, as
alfo to fhaue well is praife worthy, wherfore I wifti
him to pra&ife to doe it, and to beeuerkarning5for
Iaflure him he ftiall neuer know halfe hee ought to
know though he doehis beft.
Thirdly if he enter into confederation wherefore
he goeth to Sea, and haz ardeth his life, I fuppcfe it
istogaine,orheisvnwife : iftogaine ,thechiefe
gainc he can intend being a Mate, is knowledge in
his calling 5 then let him con fid er wifely how hec
may beft apply himfelfe to effed fuch gains, name -
ly by obferuing the whole paffages of the difeafed
people, confidering both when they began to bee
{icke,asneereashecan,theca?,ifes thereof, what
bath beeue applied either inwardly or outwardly,
what operation the medicine had , and ft) of euery
difeafed perfbn, and euery medicine giuen , and to
keepe a loraall in writing of the daily paffages of
the voiage in that kinde, and that as wettof the vn-
fuccefEue applications, as of the fueccffiue,he (hall
finde great benefit in both : Likewife what alterati-
ons of operations he findeth in each medicine, and
what medicines keepe their force longeft , & what
perith fooneft. Alfb what variety the climate cau-
feth,oftheDofes as well of the laxatiuc as opiate
Medicines. I heartily wifh each Surgions Mate
were
of the Surgions Mate.
wcrccarefullin thele points. Another good way
for him to karne \sy to read much, I rneane in Chi-
rurgery and Phificke, and well to confider & bearc
in minde what he reades 5 that as he hath neede of
the helpeof hisbookes hee may againe findethe
thing he once readmit will turne much to his profit,
for otherwife what vie hath a man of reading if he
forget ir presently I If a Surgions Mate fpend his
time wifely in the premifes he may do good feruicc
to God}hisCountrey,and himfelfe, and the bene-
fit will be lib , namely Gods fauour, preferment
and a good reputation in the world will bee gained
therby3which will bring abundance of good things
with ir3 which God grant for his mercy fake. And
were it not that I haue intended this plaine trea-
tife wholly to the Surgions Mate,I would in a word
or two p ut the young fea Surgion himfelfe in mind
of his diarge, by admonifhing him of fome errors
too-groiTcj which I haue obferued to fiaue beene
committed by fome, that he might auoide the like
in himfelfe.
The firit error fome young Surgions are pofTeft
with, from which infinite others grow, is the wane
of the feruice of God, the example wherof to their
Mates is very infectious , and this bringeth with it
a blafpheming the name of the Almighty, a gene-
rail deboift and bafe kinde of habite on them 3 rea-
dy for all Vnprofitable, idle, and vnfeemly actions,
and vnapt for to profecuteany good thing,either in
their callings, or otherwife : and if they feem to be
anything,itisinboaflingandbrauephrafes3 cen-
Turing other in many things , but not feeling their
owns
Tl?e office Mi dutie^ 8cc,
bwtie wr etchednes at all. Being giucn and dedica-
ted to the pot and Tobacco-pipe in fuch an vntea-
fonable meafure that therby they become in them-
felues ba(e,defpifing vertue and commending vice.
And to their Mates they (hew themfeluesmoftvn-
kind, keeping that little knowledge they haue from
them, not intruding them at all in their Science,
and holding them in more bafe fubieftion then
their Matters euer did in their Apprentifhips. And
of a proud lafiedifpofition , commaunding them
without due-inftru&ions,t6 doe the whole bu-
finefles when indeed themfelues ought to put to
their hands, euen to thofc parts of Surgery which
they efteeme bafe $ for the moft lamentable diP
eales of poore men require the moft care of the
Surgion, as for example, the vlcerations & flidings
dowaeof^ier the jirf-g#t3 which fbme in difdai-
ning to do their office offomenting5comforting,&
teftoring thereof to the due place mofl inhumanely
haue cut it off,when with as good a confeience they
might haue cut their Patient his throatc5 and the
fame I fay to him that is negligent, & fuffereth fuch
to perifh in their infirmities, without doing his vt-
moft diligence. I could name fome of the parties
that haue fo much difgraced themfelues and the
noble Science \ but I will bee charitable, hoping
they will amend. And conclude with an old Gram-
iner yerfe worthy the remembrance of all men :
Fcdix quern/muffl diem fericuhemtum*
Thine f.W.
A NOTE OFTHEPARTL
cular Ingredienees due to the Surgeons
Qheji > and of other necejfary ^Apfendexes
feruing for Chirurgica!! vfes, wRereofthefe next
recited may be placed on thelidde of the Cheft,
if the Surgeon will haue it Co.
INcifion knitter.
Difmevs bring knifes.
Catlings.
\Rafers*
Trains.
Leuatories.
UeadSawes.
Difmembring Sawes.
Difmembring Nippers.
Mallet and ChizeH.
Speculum Oris,
Speculum Oris with a Screw,
Speculum Lingua.
Speculum v4ni.
Cautrizing Irons*
Storks bills.
Rauens bills.
Grower biSs.
Tcrebetlum,
Incifion fiieres.
Probes orfitmules.
Spatulaes great and fme&. '
Spatulum CMondani.
"Traces.
PuRtcans,
Jr or cers or punches*
Forteeth.<{ Crowes bills.
ITlegmes.
Grauers.
\Smatl fifes.
One bundle of jmaM German Inftrti-
ments.
Cjlifter Strings.
SmM Strings,
Catheter.
Waxe Lights.
Thefe for the lidde of t&c
Cheft.
A The
The particulars of the Surgeons Cheft
The refl: that follow are not leffe Splints.
neceflary then the former
for their particular v-
fes, namely.
The Saluatory furnijhed with fuck
Vngmnts as hereafter in their pla-
ces are named.
The T '/after boxe fnmijbed with the
due instruments and medicines
thereunto belonging.
The Inftruments for the ^lafier hex
are asfoiloweth.
Sixers,
Forceps.
Spat pile.
Probe,
StitchingqmH and needles.
Lancet.
Burrae pipe.
Legatory.
VvnUfpoonet&c.
Brajfe Bafon.
Blond porringers*
Bit pot.
Sktlet.
Chafing-dijb.
Cjlifter pot.
fmneti.
Cups to glue potions in.
One board to fpread plafters9
Mortcr and PefteS.
Waightsandfcaks.
Sives.
Searces.
Strainers*
Juncks*
Tape.
Towe.
Spunges*
pouts.
Rollers.
Gray paper.
White paper.
Empty pots.
Glafes.
Thredand needless
Wax slights.
Lanthorne,
Tinder- boxe fitrnified,
Inke and Quilles .
I Clofeftoole.
I Bedftooleanda brajfe paile^
Brick?s to heat vpon occasion*
Pippins.
Empty bags.
S\wofLether.
The particulars of fuch Emplai-
fters as are mod common in
vfe by Sea Surgeons.
~Stipt:paracelfi.
Diachihm cumgummis.
Diachilum [implex.
Diachalcitheos.
Oxicrotium.
Melltlotum pro fplene.
LMelliletHmfimplex.
T)e Lapide fitlaminari.
de Aiimo.
\Catiidnm orfpicedpUfter.
Vnguents
S
S
w
The particulars of the Surgeons Cheft,
Vnguent* mod in vfe in the Sur-
geons Cheft.
rBaziliicoH.
tApoftohruvL*.
Aureurru.
^^gfptiacunu.
Albst Campboratu.
Diapompboligos.
Pe&orale.
Rofarurru.
NtttritHtru.
Popukon.
De Mills &Sapo.
g <j Contra Ignerru.
§3 1 Contra Scorbutunu.
;> \Dialtbeacompofita.
Dialtheafimpkx,
Potabile.
Mercury,
Ltnamentum arcc'u
Aragon.
Martiatum.
Axtngia porcina,
nsfxungi* CeruK
Melfimpkx.
Waters or liquors fitting the Sur*
geons Cheft,
1fC*iefiis. •
D.Steuew.
l^fa/olfs.
Aqua*? Cinamon.
Limomorum,
Rofemary.
| Saftfias.
Annifeed.
Abjintbq.
CMctli§*.
Angelic^
Mtnthde,
Car dm fanbl'u
TberiacaUs.
Rofa Damask}*
%ofa Rub.
Odorifera.
Plantagwk.
Falopy.
Viridis.
Aquafortis,
ZJeriuice.
Lotion.
Lmium forte. '■'■*''
& Comnfunem
Acctum ^Rofarum.
Acetum Vinin
Ctfw.
Spiritus <Fitrioli.
(Terebinth'm&n
Cauftick? liquid.
Sal-
' Abfinthij.
(jemmtt.
Nitra.
?%ofarum,
Anetbimm.
Ckamowcli.
Ltimbrtcorum,
Liltorum.
Htpericonisfimplex.
i Hipericonis cum gummis.
I Balmi Artifcialis.
Sambmorum
Oleum
At
Oleum <
The Particulars of the Surgeons Cheft.
Sambucorum*.
01: Lini.
Quorum*
Lanrir.i,
Abfinthij.
'Papa fieri f.
Petroleum.
Scorpionis.
ArmgdaUrum dul*
AmigJta: amarar;
iBstlfami: naturalis.
Chymicali Oyks.
fitrisli.
Sulphurisper campanum,
Gariophilerum.
Maris*
Philoftphonm.
Amifk,
Terbinthin<€o
lunperri*
Spice.
Antimonk*
Snccim.
Abfimhij*
Qrifani.
Sirups,
^ Abfnthi).
Lirnoniorunt.
Papmcris.
Cimmcmi.
R of arum (implex*
So hit mm*
Vtolarum,
i
Syrups «
j Oximellfimpkx.
j MelRcJarum*
Syrups^ Diamornm.
I Raphanxfiluefl.
' PruneUorwm.
sst Rofarzm.
%,A'4tbos,
fLitomorum,
LmuU.
Primdlorum.
3
O
Diacatholicon
Diaphenicw*
DUprmtim-.
Conf.Hameek^
Defucco Refarum.
. DiAtrionpiperion.
Theriace Lettdwi*
Cottf.A/kermes*
de Qvo.
Mithridatum damo;
The : Andromace.
The : Diatefferon*
^-=^r—-^r!-Br.
^Laudanum par acelfe*
Diafcordium.
DUcodiofii
Opiats.^ ^hiUniamrcmanPim,
1' Perficzm*
Tarjenfu
^Amie Alexandrine.
"Abfmth*.
\Amic.
Sqccus, <Licoricea
)Limom.
>PnlpA Tamarindarum0
Agaricum
Aarea.
Thep articulan of the Swgions ChcftJ
fort ex gran At or urn.
Licorice,
j ChocbU.
^\De Eupbor&io.
De Cambogia,
^Raffy.
Puluis \Bendich Ltxatwe*
lasatus, tArthreticHS.
Abjinthia.
\Alband*ff.
\De Spodio,
D e Minis,
Trochifa
Simples,
Foliorum fena*
TtyabArbaroe.
Agaricum,
Scamomt.
Aloes.
HermodaSii/s.
Volipodmm.
DensElepkantis,
Corr.fi certiu
Euphorbq*
Turbith.
M-irahuUnomm,
Cambogia.
CtiJfiafiftaU.
Certaine other Simpler ^
Crocm.
Opium,
China*
SarffapariHal
Sajfafras,
Guixczm.
Cortex guaUc<t]
Hordiacomx
Hordin gallica.
Semen anifk.
Teniculi.
Carra&Aj.
Cumini,)
'Petrocelinu
Lini.
Eenigrece.
tAnethe.
Papmcrul
*2Untagw&.
Sem: quMHorfrigidel
A£aiorism
Aiinoris.
Saccarum.
AwigdtiLrHm*
Amibum.
Spiceij vtel
Swamone.
Maris*
TPiper.
Clones.
Nuces Mufcatil
Gqramc£
Gttiace*
OpoponAx,
Bdelium.
AmonUeutnl
Sagapenum,
Gdbmnm.
Mjrrbe.
A j
JMtftickgt
The particulars of the SurgiotuCheft,
Maftickf*
Laudanum,
S tor ax calamintha*
Liquid*.
Beniamen.
Tragagantum.
Pixnaualis.
Refna.
Suecinum.
Other Beedfull Simples of
diuers kindes.
Cera citrina.
Mummia.
SparmaeetL
Sanguis ^Draconu.
Lupines.
Cantharides. s
Camph$ram
Spsdium.
Sumaeh.
Gaits.
Boltu vert*
Balm comunUn
Mineralls.
Antitmnium w Stibium.
Sulphur.
Alumen roeha.
fitrislum cemmune,
yitriolmn album %
Cerufavenetia.
Lithargum aureum.
Vtrideaes.
Tuna.
Baccac
plumper*!
(Lturi.
rTritici.
I Fabarum,
Ferni <J Hordes
Furfurls.
\Volatilis.
Herbesmoft&tobe
carried.
"Refmarinm.
Mentha.
MeliUtum.
Saluia.
Herhx, <Thimum.
Abjinthittm.
Car duns beneAiEtw,
Mellifa.
Sabina.
"Althea.
Raphanafilueflres,
Radices ^Peritrum.
\ Angelica.
\jConfelida.
Calxviua.
Album greeum.
And
And for that the Surgions Mate
by due confequent is to be Barber to the Ships
Company^ he ought not to bcVan-
ting of thefe fofowingm-
celeries.
One Barber $ cafe containing*
%aifors.
Sixers.
Combes.
Combe-brufb.
E are picker.
Mullets.
Gravers. *
Tlegmes.
Tarmgkftiues.
Looking glaffe.
Alfo Jkprens.
Shauing linen.
Water-pot.
Sweet-water.
W*Jhing-bals.
Hoantf,
fVhet-fiones.
Tafons, and what clfe is ne-
celTarie to the Barbers
profeffion*
Courteous
Courteous Reader thefe errors auddiuef a others
omitted, I defire thee as thou (halt finde them in
reading , thou wouldeflbepleafedto
amend them wiih thjfeme.
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forheart.p.229. nutifta* for nucifla?. >£. 2S0.I. a fine 2. ftra for ftrange.
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' c ' — vies or tacti or t^tsc^-^i as tru.nu.wcs atx.toucn.ecL in y iireceoent naat
tie notnber or Viz. severa* ll\\Jytuiii,re3 noted by eaci> L (nstr-umxrvtr.
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CERTAINB BREIFE
Remembrances touching the par-
ticular Injlruments fortbeSvnGioHs
Ches T3andAtbe vfes of the fame.
x^inifirli ff the vfes of the Incifion
Knifes.
H e vfes of the incifion knife are many:
namely* to enter the cntit or skin vpon
eueryiuftcaufe, wherein I aduife the
Surgions Mate not to be too forward,
or too rafh , but to take good aduife,
namely, if the Patient may by any bet-
ter way elfe receiue health, that he for-
beare incifion, if not,let him proceed in the name of God.
But note well that this inftrument is farre leiTe vfed a-
mongft difcreet Artifts of our time 3 then it was in former
ages3 for it was euer accuftomed to be at hand for the ope-
ning of any Apofteme fuperated, many of which now are
farre more conueniently done by caufticke medicines :
for in truth it is agrofle error in the Surgion , and painfull
to the Patient ordinarily as fome doe to open Tumors by
incifion, and put tents into the orifice, by which occafion
in fhort time the Artift is inforced either to new incifion,
or to dilate the orifice with a fpunge , or Elder or Gentian
rootes, thereby alio including the peccant matter within
the apoftemated part,which ought to haue continuall paf-
%e> whereas the caufticke medicine faueth i& that labor,
B with
Great eat ettbt
had in Ineifon.
JnciGcn ly
eaufitcl^ medi-
cines.
Turners mt to
he incifed
Rails attending
Tuimrs ineifed.
|»
i of the Inftruments, and their wfes.
w/rh great honour to the ArtiPc, and no fma]l profit and
conuenienceiothedifeafed. But as touching fmallApo-
jpojtemes in {}emesinthemouth,chroat;2nd gimmes, Incifion is bed:
thtmombtohe jnwhichcaie I hold a finelaunce: is moft comely, and
*Ztha Lmcn irmcn fitter r^en a ^arSer J^fioh knife : And note that in
then with a all incifions whatfoeuer to be made in any part of the bo-
faffe. dy 3 it behoueth the Surgion to regard if he incifc deepe,
thathedoeitas neereashecan accordingto the length of
Cautiamin u- the Mufdes^sand alio ius commendable in an Artift to
cfrQV° hs cb' bee very carefull to hide his fharpe inftruments euer as
* much as is poflible from the fight of the Patient,for many
reafons too long to recite. Only in conclufion note, that
it is very fit and needfull for the Surgion to haue at the
leafttwo incifion kniues, one greater, one letfe, and that
Two indfion he keepe them fharpe and cleane 5 but let them not be fo
\w»« nttdfuU, thinne grownde in the edge as the Rafor , for then they
will deceiuethe workeman , when hee hath mod vfe of
them. Thus much at this time of the incifion knife,
Of the difmembring knife, mdoftbe
Catlings
rheir yfi. "TPHefe two inftruments are to be vfed in difmembring s
A as namely? they are to amputate, or to take of any of-
fenfiue member or part of mans body : I meane all the
flefliie part ? orwhatfoeuer may bee incifed euen to the
rh.e incifion bone. And alfo in difmembring of the legge or arme be-
tyift rtqum& ^ jow t^Q knee QT e]|>ov%.' 3 you fhall haue occafion to vfe the
m* incifion lenife to cut a funder betwixt the bones or elfe
where, whatfoeuer the Catling or difmembring knife can-
not come at by reafoa. of -their greatnes or vnfitnes 5 and
then proceed to the fawe. To conclude^oneof each kinde
may feme for one Chefi , fo they bee fharpe and fitly
grownd j and not too thinne edged. And they are both
very needfull inftruments to be at hand vpon all occafi-
ons in the Surgions Cheft,
Of
Of the Ivjlmmms, and their <vfts. 5
Of the Rafor.
THereneedeth little to be fpoken of the vie of this in-
ftrument, for that all men knov^ well the vfe thereof, T^yfi fa
which is chiefly to fhaucayvay haire where neede requi- v^'**
rem: onely let me put the Surgions Mateinminde^that ^Hoamand
if he forger to take in his Chert a good hoane3 as alfoa vehetfiom *
good whet (lone , he may eafily lacke the necetfary vfe of ™y»"<JI*ry.
a good Raioo when he hath moil need of it at fea 5 yea Germane Sur-
though he carry 1 o Rafors with him. In Germanie it is a gf>«* pwfc-
prineipall proofe-peece of mafterfhip in Surgery, for a ™orthfG* %-
young man to take a bafe and ordinary knife ? and to fit k i^
to (haue a beard ; and alfo to make a Launcet himfelfe
which will enter fmoothly : and ki$ very great comrnen- Jnflmments
dations in a young Artift to hauelharpe and cleane inftru- kP elea*? *
ments of all forts, and to keepethem fo3 and cheifely Ra- c?ai™n4*M*
forsandLauncetsj and it is a great grace to a young Artift mt " °
tohauegood Rafors and Launcets,and the contrary may
doe great hurt. Wherefore I aduife each young Artift to
be pracHfing often with the worft of his kniues and Laun-
cets, till he be able to make them feruiceable. u .
But I linde that pride and flothfulnes hath taken fuch tflmfTmhy
hold of many young Artifts, that they difdaine and neg-
led: the meaneft parts of their calling, as things of too
bafe account for them , which indeed are as behouefull
often-times as thofe which feemc of more confcquent. I
fhall neuer for my part account him a fit 5ea»Surgeon§
which cannot or will not amend his Launcets and Rafors 3
which I hold to be an efpeciall credit to him , and no lefte
aduantage to his Patient. Thus much at this time of the
vfe of the Rafor.
Of the Trapat/.
THe Trapan is an inftrument of great confequent ,
where there is iuftoccafion of the vfe thereof: but it Tfo vf*.
B % -is .
4 Of the Injlrumms] and their vfesl
is feldome well vfcd , and it onely attendeth thefracturci
of Cranium, and yet fcarfe one in ten haueiuftoccafion
of the vfe thereof. For we fee daily many greeuous frac-
tures healed without it, and many more would be if no
fuchinflrumentwere; fince the perfect vfe thereof is not
cuery mansworke, neither in euery fiacturc(aslhaue
faidj needfuUtobe vfed,becaufeofmany dangers attend-
jinaiutrtifem ing the vnskilfull or vntimely vfe thereof I aduife the
mep* whether y0unger Surgeons to confider well afore they fet the Tra-
ll^fUntobe pan, whether it may not be forborne: but if a fracture
yfedi happen in QrAmum^ with contufion and depreflion of
both the tables thereof, fo that by other conjoyned and
apparent accidents, as want of fomeof the Senfes, great
vomiting with contraction of finewes, convulfions, or the
like iuft reafons appeare, thou being forced to vfe the Tra-
pan, proceed warily as followeth.
if h he uamCite Fif ft ^e ^]re f **e in firemen t of it felfe be good , and of
tbfaui firfl the thebtft making, and that k be cleane from raft, and
hfohment it perfect without faults 5 for thofe Trapans which are
felfe- brought from Germany are not tobe vfed, nor yet to be
.tolerated.
a. The bUu Further of the place whereitis to be vkd or placed vpo?
pbereit is toL it isnot alwaies directly where the blow lighted, but fome-
ijifyrd, times a fracture is found a great diftance of: wherefore
Cre.it we re- tnjs Vrorke caufeth no frnall difcretion in the attempting
VfcoftfoiL thereof. Your direction therefore,theskin being not bro-
finmm. ken, muft be according to the apparent indication of the
part, the due confideration of the complaint of the Pati-
ent, together with your owne feeling with your fingers
3. The haire vve]] refpected . The place therefore found where the
™¥ ¥&*»<<* fracture is, it then followeththat the haire muft be firft
fhauedaway, or 2: lead ( which is not fo good) cut clofe
4, Hawatimer f°r a good diftance about thegreefe 4 ringers broad or
ditives i» a tea- more, which donehaue ready your medicines to binde vp
Jinejfe. the wound againe, as namely yourfpunge, your ligature
* . ohftrue the with hot water , and each other thing neceftary for a dret
jfcze. fingfit? which in an other place I iixend to (qz downe?
And
Of the InftrumenlSydnd their <vfes. 5
And if (0 be that the fluxe hinder not, wine and hony to
foment the greeued part after the incifion be made: It will
doe well if it be in the (hip to make alfo a reftridiue rea-
tly, namely of Bole wit h water and vineger 5 if an egge
be not to be had 5 but an egge in the refoicliue will make
it the better. And further if that the fluxe will not be flay-
ed by an ordinary kindeofreftri<5tiue,then take the ftron-
ger reftri&iee powder which in due place is to be mentio-
ned. And for prefent applications into the wound you
haue good choice of two forts, namely Ojle ofRofes, and
Mel Rofurum mixed warme , or the Lmamentttm Arctic
which in fpeaking of wounds of the head, I willtoneh
(God \\ illing) more largely.
All things therefore in readineife, and the Patient pla- *- Care of the
ced clofe and warme from the ay re , and hauing two ap- ^mdni^
pointed to ftay his head, your incifion is either to bemade^^9 * J^
directly croile, or in the forme of ttmRomane T: and he,
when the cmk is diuided, together with membrana camofa^
or fle(hlymembran,the Pm<rr^»j# or Panicle couering the z.The Terira-
fculi is alfo to be take away , that t he fra&u red part be bare, mumremoue,
then fet the Tr apart thereon, namely the pin thereof is ai. _., r. . *.
. r ' . it *• ij >-, ■■ ■+ 1 ' - 1 1 ? be Jctttttv of
waies to be let on the whole part or the Crm #?whcrby the ty Trypan.
mod part of the Trapan by confequcnt (tandeth on the
whole bone,but fo that almoft halfe may ttand on the fra-
ctured part of the bone, This being thus warily fet, begin
eafily to turne about the instrument till all the teeth haue The horim
takengood hold round, then take vp your Trnpdn againe, with their**
and take out the pin in the mid ft, and (et on the other part **».
againe as before,boring and turning (till till you haue bo-
red through both Tables,which h eafily to be felt by the
borer; then gently take out the pecce, which commonly
commethaway in the middeft of the inftrument* not re*
garding that all. the fra clured part be bored out or be com -
ming away: neither fhall it alwaies be needfull that the
deprelled part be prefently ekuated, except it may very
fafely and eafily be done 5 for nature will admirably bring -*fa'»« *««*
topaffe the eleuadng Stealing of the reft of thefra&ured h^tinthu
B 3 Qt"
£ Of the Inftruments, and their vfes.
or deprdled bone in due time, if thou follow on ely a
good method of applying comforting and conuenient
~4 camion in meclicines to the wound, with apt Ligature. Neither
fettmgthe T™- femQ m fetting the Trapan% without good reafon,to vie the
**"* greateil head of the Trapan, which hath commonly 3 or
4 heads : for if nature onely haue a breathing it will won-
derfully helpe it felfe by purging the contufed blood
through the orifice,by way of matreror eKcremcnt. Many
worthy Artifts there are at this day liuing , which haue
performed great cures in fractures of framum , and yet
neuer knew the vfe of this worthy inftrument. J haue my
uiifiory. felfe with a (hort earning knifetwife madeas good fhiftas
if I had had a Trapan ready, and thereby cured two dange-
rous fractures , by cutting as much of the Ovi»/v*» away,
as that the contufed blood had only vent. The Germane
Surgeons vfe no Trapan that euer I could fee in my eight
y eares liuing amongft them, though they both fpeake and
write of it. But forafmuch as it is apparent, the worke
of a Trapan is very good, I therfore would aduife a young
S!^kld^the &rt& t0 ma^e ^ome experience firfl: vpon a Calues head,
\7eMkn, ora (lieepes head till he can well & eafilytakeoutapeece
of the bone 3 fo fhallhethemorefafely doe it to a man
without error when occafion is.
mt€. Note alfo that where a fracture is accompanied with a
wound, it ihall not be needfull to hilar ge further then will
feme to kt the Trapan $ for as too little breathing is dan-
gerous, fo too great wounds jmaking the Artift to be eftee-
med Butcher-like and hatefull, and is often alfo very dan-
gerous and deadly.
, . Further note, the good fuccetie of the curing of frac-
uxltiln™n tl5r€s m Cranium 9 as alfo in all other fractures fhndeth
failures cm- very much in good ligature and eafie medicine?, which I
fiUs. wiin each young learner with diligence to practife. Thus
much of the Trapan*
of
Oftkclnjtrttmemsydndtheirvfes* y
Of the Levatorie,
THq Ltvttory is a neceffary in ftrument to eleuate the .,.
deprcfted Cramum^n which workers I haue written * ' ■
in the former Chapter of the vie of thtTrapan > Eaduife couthm* J
no young Artift to be too curious or hafty to force the obftmtd.
deprelled bone too much , where there is no zuiWfymp-
toms 5 £or adepreifed bone will often- times helpe it ieke,
by ridng and fcaling admirably 5 and yet it is many times n U very nc-
of very neceiFary vfejanda fit inftrument in the Surgeons c#>>
cheft.
Of the Head-fawe*
THe Head/awe is an inftrument with which a vent
may be giuen fometimes through the Cranium , and The y&
thereby the vie ohh&Trapan may be happily forborne : ot
for that reafonthis inftrument may haue a place in the
Surgeons Cheft 5 fometimes alfo a fmall ragged peece of
the Cranium may fo hang, that this inftrument may bee G ,, ,
vfedtofawe it away. But I wim young Artiftsnottobee ^,w inS^,
ouer-bufie in fawing, plucking away, or raifing the fraclu- *»g.
red Cranfam-) as is faid, more then of meereneceftitie they
arevrged vnto? left fearefull and foddaine accidents fol-
low not to be auoyded nor frayed : If ought be meerely
loofe, and in fight, take that away 5 if not? forbeare to
plucke much or force, for nature is exceeding beneficial!
in electing vnnaturall things in that part,and very froward
if thou vfe force whileft fhee is weake her {qIlq,
Of the -difmemiringSawe.
TiHis^grcat arid terrible inftrument onely ordeined for
amputation or difmembring, is fitting to bealwaies »
ready and dearie kept in the Surgeons Cheft, with two ^$17™%
blades therevnto , though one good blade well vfed will at ha»di and
feruean Artiftfor his whole life: but forafmuch as it is fyicUane.
Only
8 Of the JnftrumentS) and their vfes.
only appointed, as h faid, for the worke of difmembring,
I referre the Reader to a fubfequcnt Chapter of difmem-
bring, where 1 haue at large recited the vfe thereof, and
hauing fmall leifure I will now hafte to the next.
Tl
Of the dtfmembrtng Nippers, and of the Mallet
and Chi^Ufor difmembring*
Hefe inOruments hauing coherence with the prece*
dent, namely the Sawe, aremeerely invented, as the
The y(: former, for amputation chiefly, and are appointed to the
fingers and toes, as thothcr is to the leggs and Armci. I
neede fay no more of them in this place , but that they are
good neceilaries vpon occafions in the Surgeons Cheft
2<& gre*t neede being kept well. Neucrthelefle in want of fuch at fea, the
ef them' (hip-Carpenter for a neede can alwaies furnifli the Surge-
on in a (hort warning, and therefore they may as well be
forborne as any other I know in the Cheft , if allowance
grow fcant.
Of the Speculum oris plane.
THis Speculum erk is that which taketh hold on the
tongue and vnder the chin at once, and is very necef-
fary to hold open the mouth for the better applying me-
dicines to the throat: and this inflrument is of bo other
Tins k yery ne- ¥fe at aj| jn tke Surgeons Chert ; yet becaufc the worke is
€eJTary» frequent at fea, there is much neede of fuch an iaftruracnf
in the Surgeons Chefl*
T!
Of the Speculum *rk with a fcrew.
'His Speculnm feruech to fcrew open the mouth, which
is often very needfull at Sea , as well in the cure of
$regu4>it>nyf*L}tkargy*Ti&ScHru) ft as in many other dangerous cafes,
atSytry prof- and namely fometimes for the conveying nourifhment
uhK jmo t[je rnouth of the Patient • foractinie alfo for the
bringing
Of the InfirwnentSi And theh vfes. p
bringing in medicines of feuerall kindcs too long to write
of, wherefore it may not well be miffing in the Surgeons
chcfl
Of the fyecnfam lingm.
THhJpeeuium lingua is a fmall inttrument which may
be carried in a pla iter box : It is formed like a (phiter The fame of
or fpatula at one end , onely it is hollow and cut through, J?«^« ti*%<Hk
and the other being formed for fcraping the tongue ; and ru * , f
is very fitting in feuers , and furring of the tongue , the ey'e* **'*'
broad is vfed to hold downe the tongue at fuch times as
you defire, either toimecT any liquor into the throate, or
to apply any other medicine to the mouth or throate,
though fome vfe inplace thereof a fplatter, yet this in ftru- „.
ment is farre fteddier, better, and cleaner $ and being daLn&fh'
through hollow3as is faid , the tongue isnosapttcdipor
Aide fiom ynder it any way.
Ofthefpec&iumAni, 4
THe fyecufam ^wdeclarethhis vfe by his name, belon-
gingonly to nno or the fundament , to open the fame r^ v&
as occafion (ball be offered, vpon euery grief e or difeafe
happening thereunto, and cannot well be forborne in
the Surgeons cheft. For if there happen into the orrifkeJfr«/e»*/»rtfe
of the fundament any excoriation or exulceration , then "*#<*' «/'*•
can nothing better be brought to the greiued place , then M
by xhttfpeculum : neither can the greifebe feene without it:
the manner of the opening of the fundament therewith
needes not to bedefcribed. For I hold none (o witlefle
which cannot make vfe thereof , when they once fee but
theinftrument 5 and yet let not the young Artiilbetoo ^"tduertife-
hufiein vflng of this inftrument without good reafon. For ^J^ fj^
if by injection, without it he can cure the Patient it is much injfrmnm**
better fo to do, and much eafier to the Patientthentovfe
the infirument. One principal! rea.ron is, the Patient hath
notalwaies power to helpehimfelfe by giuing way to the z
C fate
I a Oft he Injtrumnts* And their vfes.
fafe vfe of this inftrument , for the Sphingtures or gather-
ing mufcles ofthe fundament will nocof themfclues with-
out refinance be opensd, but often will again ft :he Patient
hh owne vvifl make fuch vnexpecled refinance that if the
ArtiR which delateth giuenot backe he may brufe the faid
mufcles, and thereby make new worke: for ic ought well
^ to be had in mind how dangerous it is to the life or health
■of the Patient to vfe needleife force in that part.
T!
Of the cautrizhg Irons,
Heauncient Chirurgeons of former ages vfedthefe
kiftruments farre more then thefe in our times; but
theneceifarievfeofthem in many cures is now forborne
hy reafon the terror thereof to the Patient is great, yet the
ty* Ffi, V[Q of thern is very needfull , as namely , to cauterize any
veineor Arterie in ftrong fluxes of blood which cannot
p/oen -&~*>here otherwifc be ftaied. And in the Epilepfie or falling fick-
tbeyfe a reditu neife they*are often vfed with good fucceiTe : alfo they are
r^« ^ood to make a funtan ell or llfuein thehinderpartof the
head, or in the necke 5 or elfe where in the cure fof the Le-
thargie or ApopIexie,if vpon learned &good ad uice there
be held M caufe fo to do. But they haue been vfed com-
monly of the ancient Surgeons of former ages for the o-
pening of Apoftumes. And furely they are far better in
my iudgement for the good of the Patient in many Apo-
Oumes then the Launcet : and yQt I confeile I make no vfe
of them myfelfeinthat kinde, becaufe of thefearethey
The benefit of put the Patient vnto, and for fpeech of people, who are
the inftmment rea(]y t0 f Vandalize an Artifr vpon each light occaiion.
ftareandfca*- Thefeinftrumencshauelikwife bin comoniy vfed by the
ancients m diimembnng, namely to caatenze iometimes
the whole end of the flu \ pe, and fometimes onely veines
and arteries, and douhtlerte with good warrant they may
yet be fo vfed 5 but in that cafe they are wholly now for-
borne, for reafons aforefaid , and for that a more pleafant
courfeis knowne both for the Patient and the Artiftj yet I
conclude
Of the InflrutmntSy and their <vfis* 1 1
conclude it is very fit the Surgeons chef! be furnifhed with
diuers forts of them , if the allowance of the Surgeon will
admit it.
Of Stork? s bills , Ravens bitb , £raei hills ^
(joofe[?Ulf)an&thsTereh$llt4m.
THefe la ft recited inftruments haue their feuerallvfes, The r/e.
to draw out bullets 3 arrow heades, broken bones, or
whatfoeuerelfeof vnnaturall things are gotten into any
part of man body. In the vfe of each of them great care Caniuthtir
and refpeel is to be had, not to vie excream violence on the yfe " t0 heha^
fuddaine to draw oat the offending thing, for it is not *WrJns mtrsfet$m
waies neceffary to drawe it foorth by the way of the firft g
wound, but perhaps it may with farre leffe dangerfeee *
tfaruft quite through the member, and taken out on the
other iide. Sometime alfo the offending thing as a bullet •
may befo fixed in a bone or otherwife betwixt bones, that
it is farre better not to mooue it then to offend the part
where it is fixed or feated ; fometimes alfo Nature will ber~ ^
ter caftitoutthen thou can ft by arte deuife to doit , and - 5
ouerforwardnelfe doth often as much hurt as good. It 6
happeneth alfo fometimes that the orifice of the wound is
to be dilated, orinlarged to draw out a loofe bone, oro* r/>* </«**»»
ther things. In fuch a cafe if it be meerely loofe,it is beft to out ofa&e/e
take it out the firft drefting 5 but if it bee loofe at one end ^-^
only andfaft at the other, except thou without flux of
blood or danger of the member canft remoue it, forbeare
and giue natureleaue to do her office, and haue patience,
Forotherwife young Arti its which are forward*to teare,
cut, and fearch too boldly, doe often that harme which is
vnrecouerable. Toconclude, fince experience and reafon
maketh an Arte, if thou haue reafon becarefulltoaske Grandma*
counfeil both of God and man,that thou maift anfwer thy ™ttote f$*
deedesboth here and in the world to come, forthefub- ie^L]°r v?'
ieel of thy Arte is the mod precious of Gods creatures*
Thus much for the vfe of the aforefaid inflrumems at this
time.
C l Of
1 2 oftht Itfftrumnts^ andtheir vfes.
Of inetfan JhHres.
i
Here is in euery Arte or Science a due refpecl to ol>
feme the hauing of feme things for forme and order
Ucifiw firfres fake3 and if any inttruments in the Surgeons chefl may bee
render fir tearmed for forme fake to bee placed there, the Incifion
fa**!'7"*' fbehesareofthat kinde, for they are generally delired,but
gceJJ J ' fcarCe once in a mans life worth the vftge 3 for admit there
rheftlUmevf* Were an occafion to delate or infarge a wound, it isfarre
*f the lr,ftYli" better done with the incifion knife, which iuftly will obey
the Artift his will without more or ielle doingthenneede
r T n ' recluirecfl ; anc^ thisinftrumenc is no way fo iuftiy to bee
hif* rilicxt»fetemited» wherefore though I haue here nominated it I for-
t he want of the beareany perfwafiue words to vrge the vfeof if9 butkau&
fherres. the Artift to his will therein. i
Of the vfe of Prefos of fetter aH fiz.es.
THevfeofa Probe can noway be forborne in the Sur-
geons cheft, for no chirurgicallworke is well and ar-
needfo&. tificially effected without fome occafion of the vfe thereof
more or lelfe, as namely, oftentimes it is to be armed with
TbeJiuer* ma- dry foft lint to clenfe a wound : fometimes againe ? as isa~
net of their >fi. for£f2id,armed with drle lint and dipped into fome lotion? .
1 oyle orliquor, therewith to mundifie corrode orhealethe
2 greife according to the due occafion thereof, and will o£
Trends of' the Artift :fometimes to inquire the depth of awound^
tmir yfe* vlcer, orlidula^ in which worke many times great wrong
i is done by vnconfcienable or ignorant Surgeons, to their,
i Patients by forcing to fa rre the Probe, thereby to make
Great danger tke greifeappearedeeper, which J aduifeyoung Surgeons
*/fpf^ to make a conference of ?. for by fuchabufe the Patient is
many times greatly mdangered ©f his life. Further fome
Tbcyfecfa- vfe the longer fort of Probes with eies like needles in
hagTreh, wounds that penetrate through a member , yea fome are
fo. hardy they will put them through the Truackeof the
v bod j
Of the Inflrttments, and their <vfes. i 3
body, the Patient being wounded through the body, all 7o^a*&e
whichfholdto be very idle; for certainelyit mud be both .LlVj'*-
• £ 11 c on 1 r» • j j the body w>un*
very painerull , rearcruii to tnc Patient , and dangerous 5 dedj* ,»;%
andthecuftomeof fuch Artifts is ro drawe lawne oriin-
nen cloth being pat into the eye of the Probe or ftamule
asiometearmeit, and dipped in fome artificial! bajme,
they draw it (o through rhe member , yea and fome are fo
wife in their owne conceits that they leaue thefaidlaune
or linnen cloth in the wound from one dreffmg to an ci-
ther, which for my part I vtterly millike ; for I know in all
wounds nature hVhieth to make vnirion of the parts diui-
ded, and who fo keepeth a funder the parts by fuch cour-
fes it (hall repent him , except hee be gfacelelfe. My (oik
hauehad reafonable experience In piercing wounds both „.« .
through the trunke of the body, and through the outward 9m'
members, and hatie euer contented my felf e^in putting in-
to each orifice a (horc and eafie tent, which I commonly
make of ' empiaflrum fiiptknm Paracelfiy or fome other
good plafter fpread on a cloute and rouled gently tentwife
and fo applied dipped in Balme?the tent being but of halfe
an inch or an inch long at the mod: ofwhich Ineueryet
repented mee, except a broken bone be to come out,then
I alter my intention according as the occafioninfbrcetbs
with other anfweringand methodical! courfes due in hea-
ling, a'ifo obferued : which in their places as time will per-
mit fhaJJ be touched God willing. N*> more at this time of
the vfe of Probes.
OffjtatHlaes great and fm£!>
SPIatulaes or fplatters as they commonly tearmetherri
aremoft needful! inflruments tofpread vnguent, and Thmyfc,
emplafters withall, and alfo to flirre about, and thebetter
to compound any medicine on the fire : and to this latter s.A,teYi0c
worketheArtiftmay make wooden fplatters which will noodafau**-
be farre fitter and cleaner then thofe of! ron , andtheSur- of mnm^ffn.
geons cheft cannot well be without both forts^ and variety r'>-
. C 3 will
I 4 Of the lnftruments, and their vfes.
will doe well, wherefore they cannot be forborne in the
cheft.
SpAthtila mmdani,
A ihw hflm- ""ITHis inftrument is newly deuifed by my felfe, to feme
****• 1 vpon any occaficn of extreame coftiuene{Te,which of-
ten happeneth tofea mtw , fo that no purging medicine
neither vpward nor do wnewardadminiftred or taken vail
tin yfi. worke, which my feifehaue more then once feen,in which
cafe the fundament, with the jpeculnm ani aforefaid > if oc-
cafionvrge,istobeopened, and the fpoone end of this
inftrument put in and the hard excrements therewith
drawne @ut, which in Fome bodies are fo drie that they
Coftiutneft may bepoudered. This difeafekilleth many, and may by
dangerew. y^ diligent Artift be eafily cured as aforefaid. This reci-
ted inftrument may bee eafily forced into the fundament
without theftecufam am to conduct it, being annointed or
greafed , and fir ft warmed a little k 5 this greife commech
now and then to men which haue the fcuruie? and it often
foinflameth, and excoriateth ? yea and fometime putrifi-
eth the Arfe-gut or LonganHm, that the partie either dieth
thereof or the (harpe humidity proceeding by reafonof
the inflammation and excoriation thence mentioned ma-
kethpaftage for the aforefaid hard excrement after which
followetha moft extreame and painefull flux of bloud,
which for the mod part killeththem, and yet is it often
feene, that the party being in time diligently attended (by
Greatr.aTttohe God his mercy J may haue comfort and remedy for once.
had m the cure Thefe hard excrements taken away, the body return eth to
■.pftht difeafi. the naturall former habit againe. &c.
Pack) Pttllicans, Punches or forcer s^ Croes bttts^
ft ernes , Gratters and files for teeth,
A LI rhefe recited inftruments , and each of them are
needfull in the Surgeons cheft 3 and cannot bee well
The rfe. forborne for the drawing of teeth , as alfo the clenftng of
the
ofthelnfirument$% and their vfes. 1 5
theteeth and gummes , and the letting of the gumsbJoud
are often no Imali things for keeping men in health at fea,
andfometimes doefauetheJiues of men both atfeaand ,
land : For --AC fee that from an Apoilumehegunnevndera
rotten or hollow tooth for want of drawing of the fame5
fometimes proceeded! great fwellings m the race, or in the
Amigdalls,andthroate , and the party is fuffocated and sk^i"&r*'*-
diech : Likewife by vndifcreet drawing of a tooth either '"%°l£et
theiaw is broken,or fome other bad accident is prouoked.
Wherfore I hold none worthy to go for a Surgeons M ate
to fe3, who is ignorant of tooth drawing ; and I efteeme
him an vn worthy Surgeon how high-foeuer hee beares his
head,that can draw a tooth well,and will vpon ncede at fea
fcorneor deny to doit.
For drawing of teeth the true manner is, firilwellto di- Themanmr
uide the Gumme from the tootb , in which worke if you l>oy» to draw
be wary you neede not launch or cut the gumme at all,but a **&.**$*■•
onely with theround fharpe pointed end of the phleme to
compare the tooth clofe } pearcing by little andlittle Bill r, f ,
fomewhat deeper, buteuer keeping round and clofe to -pbkmt.
the tooth till you feele your phleme be as low as theiaw
bone, in w hich time you may be -9 then consider well what
kinde of inftrument you will take to draw it , and if it bee
the furthcft tooth of the iaw either aboue or below, or that
it be a flumpe, except k bee of the foremoft teeth , the/?a/- The vft of the
licans are the fitted inftruments to draw with 5 if it bee any Vallican.
other of the great grinders, and rhat there bee re afonable
hold on the inner iide, be it on the vpper or lower iaw it is
beft done with the pacts 5 but you mud be wary you draw ^m^M
not a large tooth with a narrow pacu, for fo you hazard the
breaking thereof ; wherefore two forts o^pacu at le3^ are
needfullin a che(t> and the like of pulheans 2nd punches or
forcers, for you mud fie a large tooth with alargeinftru-
ment. Concerning the foremoft teeth and the eye teeth The rf of the
they are fafeft done with the forcers, or punch , prouided ^rceV ***
thatthey bevpon the vpperiaw,and for them of the lower
iaw being itrong,with narrow pack. Note further that as
well
1(5 Of the Infkruments >&nd their <vfc$.
well ihe eye teeth as alfo the foreteeth are very apt to
breake in drawing, for that they ailway aredeepe, where-
fore there is great c?.re to bee had in the placing yourjn-
V$& ft $U- llrumcnt of what fort foeuer it be? and you multin raifing
cwgtbeinfira* tne tooth be very careful! for feateof breaking the fame,
mnit9 be had. orof0ffen^jngtheiaw. Wherefore for one generallrule
ere you draw a tooth, forget not to thruftdowne your m*
^^^ft{lrurnentaslowasyoucan poffiblie towards therooteof
f ' the tooth, and that you gripe it (ready and faft,that as you
feeme fomewhat to wrench your hand, that you may
2 more intend to pluckc the tooth vpward according to the
fituation of the tooth, for fauing the iaw. Alio when
a ; your inftrument hath hold on theone fide of the iaw,you
mud with your other hand take hold and Hay the iaw. Be-
ware alfo you bee not too fuddaine or rafli in railing or
4 drawing the tooth, but that you feeleas it were the forme
of the fituation thereofinyourpluckingoutofthefames
for feme great teeth, being farre wider in thelowerend
then elfewhere,if you bee too ra(h in raifirjg them from
their p!ace,you are fure either to breake them or to damni-
\ fie the iaw bone. And in trueth,in that 1 haue often won-
dered at the goodnes of God when I haueyiewed a tooth
GoJs mem in with three large ftradling rootes or fangs , forced out at a
working that round narrow hole, which fanges are no way flexible , Co
y*1mb arte can* tkat jt mu ft follow of necefii tie the iaw bone hath opened
*ot* it felfe ( though by force ) to let them out,and yet without
harmetothePatient,orheIpeofArce, dofedagaine,and
rhemttuRof in three dales perfectly whole. Concerning the metal!
the infiruments your instrument ought to be made of , the forcers or pun-
ought to be re- ^^ 3re bdkobemade of the hardeftiteelejthc pads and
$e £<J* pullicansof fteelefoftened that they may not pinch too
^ reafen fharpe. My felfe haueto my paine proued experience in
drawnefrom my ownehead twice, namely the harme of Heeled hard
experience. paCes : which pinched off the heads of two of my owne
liTefftlrthl teetn> and ^ tIie rootes kehinde , which maketh me the
iSSwa rnore tocomifcrare others in that behalfe. After the draw-
- ing of teeth fomeput vzneger, and feme put other liquors
into
Of the Infirumems, and their vfes, \ 7
into the momh , but vineger I vrcerly miflike : J neuer vfe
other thing but /alt betwixt my fingers thruft into the place
where the tooth flood, and then with my fingers clofe
againethegumme eafiiy together. For in my opinion vi-
neger is hurtfull in fuch a cafe 3 but if fometimes the party
be not in eafe prefently , then 1 vfe to heat a little of my -
ordinary lotion and giue it the party to keepehoteinhis
or her mouth, holding it on that fide where the griefe is,
which for the mod part bringeth prefent eafe.
Concerning the Crowes biUs, they are only vfed to take 7fa ■*/*(>/*/*
hold of any foagg of a tooth or bone looie in the iawe, or Cnxvu ^
elfe where in the body where occafi on may vrge.
Pbkmes haue not only their vfes in teeth drawing, but Another y/esf
aUb to launch & cut the Gum mes to ht them bloud, or to y^<w«.
cut oftentimes the fuperfluous flefli of the gummes away,
itfceingtoo ranke,as in cafes of the fcuruy,thecure where-
of (God willing) fhall in another place be fpoken of.
And for gratters they are vkd to take fcales of, a bprd rht y& 9f
fiibftance which vfe to fix themfelues to the teeth, caufing GraMi'i-
them to become loofe and (linke , or be blacke ia the
mouth, or to help tofcrapc or clenfe a bone in any other
part of the body, as iuft occafion is offered.
The fmall Files are vied either to file a final! fnagg of a The yfe cf
tooth, which offendcth the tongue or lipps, or to abate #'«.
any end of a bone elfe-where in the body which is fra-
dured.
One Bundle offmatt Inflruments vfually brought from Ger-
manie conteymng diuers k}ndes^ as ^MuUetts , For*
cefSjHamules or Hooves, Eare-fickers,
Sikes, Small Jpatulas, &c>
FOrafmuch as the vnexpecled cafualtiesthat happneth
to a man are innumerable , I fee not how the Surgeon
can by hiswitdeuifeinftruments or remedies forall,
Wherefore for that a heare or a mote in the eye, a ftone The *fe of the
m the care or aoftrcls, a pin or a bone in the throat, a fpill Ctrmains *»?
1 8 of the InftrttmentS) and their vfes,
in the finger, and diners like casualties vnfortunately hap-
pen on the fodaine, it is very necetfary for the Surgeon to
be furnifhed with fuch like needful J inftruments , at are
commonly conteyned in the Bundle mentioned: for
this Bundleconteynethattheleaft 20 fmall inftruments
cf ftrange formes > at flrft deuifed no*doubt by learned
and diligent Artifts 5 and doe well garnifh and kt out the
Su'gcons Cheft,and are many waies very needful! for any
the occafions mentioned.
Of the large Siringe contejmngone mnefinte^mu
monly cafled the G lifter Siringe.
T
-*Hfs worthy and well deuifed inftrument fo needfull
in the Surgeons Cheft, I wifti each Surgeons Mate
were perfecHn the vfe thereof: for it is fo neceiFary
T!}enJce$tte °f and fo comfortable an inftrument to him that hath neede
' y^e% thereof, and fo ready5 neat, and eafie for the workeman3
as furely no inftrument in the Surgeons Cheft in my opi-
nion is like to it : for there are two principall and capital!
euills which chiefly haftentheends ofmany ofourlouing
Countreymen-at Sea; not onelyintheEaft Indies, but
The We thereof, a^° m a^ k°tc Countries : thefirfl and principall is ex-
treame loofenelfe and weakneife of the ilomach , and in-
teralls caufing a flux of the belly ; the other is extreame
coftiuenelfe , in both which this inftrument is moft necef-
- fary : prouide therefore that you beefure to haue one at
hand^andthar it be alwaies ready : alfo that you haue fe-
Themmnerof uera;l pipes thereto 5 that you arme it well with good
hoping the Se- towe ; that when you haue vfedit you wipe it cleane> and
**'*£*• hange it vp in your Cabin in two parts being drawneoutj
namely the ftafTe and the barrell ech by it fe!fe,for if it bee
kept clofe it will be muftie and the towe rotten. There is
More pipes then alfo to be had in readineiTe a crooked necke much like an
$ne*>iih*troo- elbow, belonging to the fame inftrument, that how croo*
k?d nec{e need- ked foeuer the Patient lye , the medicine may be admini*
fired to him : 6c therewith alfo any man may glue himtelf-
Of the Inftruments, dzd their vfes. i p
a Glirtcr very eafily without the helpe of another.
The principall things to be obleruedir, fitting the in- ^t^Jpn^'-s.
ftrument is that the towe, wkhin the (tatle mentioned; he &rft f!i- *jw
euen and full and clofeputon, that no drop of liquor can *" the ferinZe*
come out behinde at the ftaffe end, v\ hich is as eaiie to do
as in a fmall Sirring. Andyoumuftalfohauea glyfter
pot of pewter, but one of bralfe were better for feare of ^ i}€zh$*
melting. Yourglyller pot thouldbemadevvithafnoutor' *
lipp , aud containing one pinte and a halfe, the better to
deliuer in the liquor at tl\Q narrow hale of the firing vvirh-
out a funnel]. When you would put in your medicine,
you mud draw dovvne your ftaffe as low as you can3 that ^ J| *%¥*
there may be the whole roome to containe thefub[}ance^0/7^?>
which you haueready,namely ydur Glyfter,which put in,
haue ready a corketo flop the hole you put it in by ; then £t of ft ft*?
may you lay downeyoq^inftrument till you be ready to tb*jzitng $u
vfe ir/ There is no other thing in the deliueringitinto ^
the body to be obferued , faue that you put on then*pe :' -, , «
annomt the end or it with fomerat thing-, or dip it into -p^
the oyle fwimming in the firing. And when you are rea- * .' Anoint k
dy, hauing fome towe about the head of the faid pipe, miboykor
wringing it hard in, andthruft it to the head, laying the ^nlu'
iinnginan euenpohtion if it may be, and then put it from hmtthepips.
you till all be in the gut : then let the party turne himfelfe § concern-in*
on his backe, forcing himfelfe by all poiTibie meanes to thedeii^rycf
reteine the medicine giuen him for one howre if he can. th?gWerinta
Sometimes alfo it falleth out that by meanes of the hard- * e J\
netie of the excrement in the gutt, the holes of the firring Excr-nr„t
pipe is like to be choaked and hindered from the deliue-/i,# >timis flat-
ting of the medicine; infuch a cafe the faid excrement psibihepa^.
being onely clammie and not fully hardned, put vpon the
end of your firing pipe that firft entreth the gutt ouer the • ' ^
holes of the faue - a thin oily clout that may couer all ^ ft
the holes,&foputit in clout 6c all, thruftingthe fame vp
to the head or thick part of the pipe$ thenaverylittleasic
were draw backe your hand,& deliuer your glyfter with
fomc reafonable good force, thruftingthe pipe in th:
D 2 deliuer?
2 o Of the InflrummtSy and their vfes.
deliuery clofe vp to the body that nothing come backe,
the firing being dravvne out let it be wafljed , wiped, and
dra-<vne out ot the barrell , as I haue {aid , and fo in two
parts hung vp to be ready for the next occafion. But if
you finde fuch refi Trance in the gutt that your medicine
rbevfiof $p4- by the aforefaid meanes wiJlnot enter, then with the afore
Ma MimU mentioned Spatuhim mundani draw out part of the hard
jeered iftht cscrements which hinder, and rhen proceed as beforefaid
\ \u!^Trl to aiue a Gly Her. Moreouer many are fo weake and vn-
whattobe done fit to hold in their bodies any fuch medicine , except you
if the body with fome tovve, clout, or the like., will hold it in they can
throng!) weak? take no benefit by a Gly (ler : wherefore in fuch a cafe you
;W^^*mu^kefull of humanitic and chriftian commiferation,
not to be fine fingered , fcjueamilh, or difdainefull , but
eonfider your brother, by your kl£e. Concerning the
fubflance of a Gly fter, the cj uantitie to be giuen,and other
neceifary obferuations of thar&inde in the Chapters of
the cure of the Flixe and Scwrme I haue written, to which
place I referre the well difpokd Surgeons Mate ;.. and
looke what for breuities fake 1 haue omitted, theyoung
praditioner mult as I haue done before him , either by
reading, inquiring, or pracftifing, and fometimes euen by
erring finde it out: and if he know more then my (olfe*
thanke God for ir, and kt hsm impart fome to others, and
not fcorne this (5 for to fuch I write k not,but to the young
and willing learner. Some may maruaile I multiply fo
many words concerning the Glyfisr firing , and forget to
ThitSerinpit mention the Gljfter bagg and pipe, [0 good and auncient
prefrrsd before a worke> and f0 ]0ng in vfe before the other. To which 1
midgph'r ^ anfwer; this worke is cleanlier for the Surgeon, eafier for
the Patient, and may bee deJiuered with greater or leifer
force, as the Artift pleafe; and this inflrument will lad,
when the other will ilinke and putrifie: andyetldenr
not the other to be good, but not to be trufted to at Sea9
Xb us much of the Gljflcr S'srnxg.
Of
of the 2»flrumms7 and their vfes. 3 t
Of the fmall Siring*,
IT might feeme a thing vaine to mention inhVucHons
herein : for what Barbers boy is not praftifed in the vfe
of the fm fJIS irmge? Truely few, and yet many Mailers
to my knowledge erre golfely in the true vfes thereof di-
uers waies, all which were friuolous in thefe brief e notes
to touch. Pirft tfaerfore obferue that when you vfe a firing, yn/}riiahmflr
let it be cleane $ that it be fmooth at the end for gauling •, the yfr of the
that it be cueh armed with towe 5 that k gs not by iumps fmall Sen»g?t
nor too ftifre 5 and that you carry a fleedy4& euenhand in *
deliueringit, & force it not ouer (frongly, except vpon 3
great reafo And if the grieFe be in thepailugeof the yard, 3
as in cafeof Cjoxorzc often times there is exesriatitms , then 4-
jn the putting in the firings k is needfull to reft thy armes S
in the deliuery thereof on the Patients his thighes, hee <£ *
fitting fomewhat high, or (landing bowing forwards, and ^0XV t0 "*f4 #
itriue not to nil the fringe too full at once , for then thou K £
canft not eahly and fleedily reach it to deliuer it : and the t
h*r(t time thou prefenteft k thou maieft if thou pleafe z
make fhort worke,arid deliuer it betwixt glans and prepv- ~
tium, that is twixt the fkin and the head of the yard, hold- h™ to itliutr
ing the forepart of the preputinm clofe together, if it may a* i?k&hn.
be held together , which ferueth only to wafli without the
paifage. The fecond time deliuer into the pairagefofarre 4-
aswell thou cand reach, namely to the end of the pipe, if
without great paine thou canflefTecl: it? reding thy armes,
as is faid , and holding with the one hand the yard as it
were in the rhiddeft thereof, or behinde the former part of
the pipe of the firings , namely, not meerely to the head
of the yard, not (Irayning nor prefling that hand too hard
onely that the water inieded may be kept m, for by that
holding of the left hand clofe, the warer being artificially
put in will come to the necke of the bladder 5 which dons,
keepe it fo in till thy firwge bein g d ra wn e ou r, can be fj lied S
once againe,and deliuer it as the other was, without remo-
uing the hand that holdeth, and that fecond time the wa-
D 3 ttr
t<x OftheJnfirumenls^ndtheirvfes.
tcr will come into the bladder; 3ndobferuingduely this
forme of iniecrionjthou (halt cad in as much water as thou
pleafe into the bladder without paine, with onely an ordi-
fyrvsh Me* naxy fringe : whereas calling it in and holding the prepn-
a,ng mtnife- tmm clofe as is vfuall , allure thy felfe the water will neuer
fl*4* come at the necke of the bladder , nor further then the
* ° pipe is put in 3 whereas often the defecl is in the necke of
the bladder, and thy medicine commeth not there. Alfo
tt let not thy medicine be too hott which thou iniecleft, for
3. that is dangerous^and cold is alfo bad,fo hot*as pilFe is the
true temper, or a little warmer. B eware alfo of Mercu*
\ riaU lotions , I meane any which haue Mercwie Sublimate
.Memmail in- Precipitat or otherwife prepared in them, for though they
tenons to be kaue good qualities, yet they are vpon my knowledge
TtHfoA. an^ eXperjence dangerous, vkd 'by way of iniecTion into
The vails the the yard, for they will vtterly alter and ouerthrow the na«
ca»fe. turall faculty of the yard ? and will offend the erection of
VirgAi and fo calcine the fame that it (ball become impo-
tent to his naturallworke 5 I know ir, and yet they may
be with good fucceffe vfed in curing malignant vlcers twixe
' GUns & praputium , or elfe-where vpon the yard, as the
daily vfc of them declared). Concerning Lotions or Inte-
ntions they (hall in an other place be mentioned; God wil-
ling. Alfo concerning the generall vfes of the fringe,
they are not alone limited to Virgk or the yard, nor to ve-
; - k neriaH caufes onely , but they are alfo of efpeciall good vfe
i«^Cz"£ m ^unds3 vlcers, & fiftttlaes 3 as alfo for grecfes in the
'the yard. mouth and throat , and may not therefore be omitted ia
The neceffith the Surgions Cheft : wherefore I aduife at the lead two
4th* fninl*- if not three, with cch three pipes,to be ready in the Cheft
vpon any pccafion.
Of th e Catheter^ with alfo the v?axe lights te fearcb
the conduit of the bladder %
THe Cathetor may well bee numbered one amongft
theneedfull instruments in the Surgeons Cheft5 for
if
0/ the Inftruments^nd their vfes, 2 3
if obftruclions happen, either in the paflage of the vrine T/ie y^
ornecke of :he bladder through fiime,grauelj,the (lone,
or like accident which by the artificial! vfe of a firing
cannot be remoued,then is this needfuil inftrument to bee
vfed, as alfo to makefearch for the Hone in the bladder.
If therefore there be occafion to vfe it put it in gently as
followeth, namely , with the crooked or dependent part ¥0r*°n , f.
thereof downeward fo rarre as it will be put m , being Brit 0„t
annointed with a little oyle otalmonds or fome frefh greafe %
or oyle for want of the firft rehearfed , and being put in as
farreasyoucan without much force, then feele by the $
rootejofthe yard neere the fundament with thy fore fin-
ger annointed with butter or oyle, or the middle finger of
thy other hand where the end of the Cathetor refteth or *
bearethout,thenputinthe Cathetor yet further towards
the fundament prefling or bearing downe, as it were3 a lit-
tle the lower part of the faid inrtrument with thy vpper
hand which ftaieth the cathetor , then together with the • 5
help of the lower finger of the other hand turnethe^v^-
tor vpwards, putting it alfo withall forward a little and it
will flip into the blader, then draw out the inner wier and #
the vrine will come forth , keeping the inftrument gently
and carefully within the blader till all berunneoutthat
gently will come out without force. Moreouer you may
by putting in the firft or longed finger into am or the fun- 7
dament, the cathetor being in the blader, and the water
drawne out,feele eafily if any (lone bee in the blader, the
party gricued (landing and bending his body Kkewife
forward. •
.Of the /earthing candle*
TBe fearching candle is chiefly to be vfed when there is
a carunfcell or vlceration in thenecke of the bladeror fhtrft,
palfage of the vrine,and then itis vfed both to find out the
place where the faid griefe is , and alfo to bring apt medi-
cines to the place agrieuedj but that worke reqnireth good
1 4 oftbe lttftrutnentS) and their vfes*
deliberation well co erfeft it : for a good workeman may
eaiiJy erre herein except he take good regard Wherefore
The&fa end when by the candle you haue round the place certaine of
eftbeAcandie is the griefe with) is commonly found by the ftoppes or
tefinde cut the ftaies which the laid candle findeth in th^paffage , which
^Tdf^:e>r found, obferue the iuft length to the further end of the
faretlKreJito, $N ^°P °* P*sce *grieued > 2nd there if you markeyour
candle well, you (hall by the fame perceiue the full length
and breath of the difeafe , then vpon the faid light or can-
tU time Yehen dJefaften your medicine which you intend to heale.the
the medkint a griefe, with $ as namely il the difeafe be a kinde of fpungie
to be applied. {jefti as often it is, a littl e bu rut dnminis vfti , or vitrioluttu
. ... t^i will be fitting medicines , or what elfe you know beft
Jrcf 'aptly inr f°r ^uc^ occafions, and print it according to the deprelfed
medicines. • part of the waxe into the waae candle, and conueigh it wa-
rily to the place, and let the waxe light remainefor a fhort
time in th e yard, then hauing a care you keeps it not till
; the waxe melt too much draw it out , and doe fo againe,
and alter your medicine vpon the fearching candle as you
feecaufe,and forget notto vfegood iniedionsalfojwhich
helpe much. Thus much for this time concerning the
cathetor and fearching candles.
Thefe former recited in ftru men ts may be placed #n the
cheft lid except the glider pot 3 their necellarie vfes being
briefly tcuched3itrefts now to fpeake next of certaine o-
therchifurgicalllnftrumentsandDeceirariespertaijaingto
chirargery^
The Salmtorsc and the nect jf arte Affu?ten*nces*
$te iimnVnu *Y*He Safaatory if it containe vj. feuerall vnguents it is
gums *t the A fufficient for any prefent vfe,fo that they be fuch as are
leafi in afaiua- found and good, an4 moft in common vfe : fuch are
Vnguentum
Of the Inflmmnts* andtbtir vfes. a * -
%Ap9flekruht,
vD iapompbo/iges.
iSlDia/tljfit,
Bat if the SAkatariehaut eight roomes, then two more as
neceflarie as the former may be added, as namely vngtien- %fr«w*ff*»
turn? ofuleon^zti^vngHcntum Album 5 concerning trie fe? m^a**
uerall vfes of thefe vnguents in their places fomewhat fliall "
befpokcn of,God willing.
' Of the 7 /after Bex and what belongeththetete
andfirfl eft be Empfafters.
THePlaflcr boxe ought to containe at the leaft three
kindcs of feuerall Emplafters as namely,
i .f ^%h7vtrcslfi *******
VmfLftA DMchafathew. MnUvUfi*
\P e Upide cdammari, hose mil bam
for want oiDUcalftthw Emplaft. pe mime may ferue, ** *% tinm
The vfes of the Inftrumcnts due to the P Jailer box fo!- "**f°
low next and are thefe.
Sisers.
Forceps.
Spatute.
Probes.
Stitching needles and quill.
Lancet.
Burraspipe.
Xeuatory.
Vuulafpoone.
There belongeth to tie Surgeons Mate a carefuiland
efpeciallrefpeft to be had concerning Sizers3namely, that
hee haue at the leaf! two paire of good fizersfortocut
haire, that they be well ground, and kept cleane 5 as alfo in
feisPJafter bos one paire, andthat they be at all times kepc
E well
a £ of the Injlruments, mA their <vfei*
Surgeons igno- wcy jfc manner of vfing them were loft labour to bee
rant of ih, true . Surgeons Mate, for if he be therein vnskilfull
£X«j<m ««t he is vn worthy of his place. Wherefore I onely recite
ferboxynwor- them for remembrance fake , and likewife for order, hau-
thynamc and jng fp0fceil fomewhat of the feuerall vfes of each one of
^ the former recited inftruments,
OftheForctfs.
The Ffe. HPHe Forceps are onely to be vfed to take orTmedicinej
1 from difeafes, or fometimes to take out a f pill, a haire,
oraloofebone, orelfe ought which is ofFenfiue, from a
woundjorto draw out ought that may by chancecome in-
to the eare, no (trills, the mouth, or throte,to the danger of
the Patient. Wherefore it is an inftrument of continual!
vfe, and hath many offices in Chirurgerie.
Sfatulaes.
Hevfe or abufe of the Jpatula, as it hath his office to
b takeoutanvnguent&fpread it on lint, can do no of-
fence to the Patient greatly. Wherefore I will pretermit
to loofetimein declaring ought thereof.
Of the Probe.
T
THe/V'£*hath already heene mentioned in another
place j but the irmYi'Probe being a neceilarie, meerely
belonging to the plater box , ferueth not onely for the a»
forefaid vfes3butalfo to cleiifewounds,vlcers3fiftulaes &c„
and is a very necedary inftrument which cannot well bee
7be abufe &f miiFed : but there is much abufe of this inftrument often,
tM infimmeni, jjy making probation ( as the phrafe is ) for fome to Hiewe
a wound deepe, hauing gotten once within the cutis , will
~ by thrufting \h fometimes twist the coates of the muskek,
fometimes otherwife deceitfully will either indangerrhe
part)' ; thereby, qccvjfioningeaill .accidents to follow , or
Of the InJirumeMSi And their vfes. 2 7
fometimesbreakethecoatcofavaincor artery, to the o°
aerthrow of the Patient, or his great hazard.
Of the pitching qmU> and ft itching needles,
THe ditching quill, & ditching needles haue their.due
placein the plader box j wherefore, that they may be
the moreready on the fud^aine as oecafion is offered, for- h^ m4ny r.ez.
get not to haue at the lead three ready needles w eli armed die's medf*u*
and pointed of feuerall-fizes, I meanethreded with Itrong
couloredfilke well waxed, and when you ditch beware 0fri"*fV**
you draw not the orifice awry, oblique or deformed, but T a --. ,
that you haue great reipect to the true beauty and former f9Tjtttckn^
comelinefiTe of the wounded part, neither let your ditches 3
be too nee? e one an other , neither tiey our dike too clofe, %
which will oecafion the ditches to breake before their 3
time, for Nature will not be forced. Alfo when you would ^
ditch a wound kt the hole of your ditching quill not bee
forgotten to be fet to the one fide of the lippes or fides of
the wound which you intend to pierce, fo that it may glue
a day to the part when it is to be pierced through withthe ^
needle, and it muft be iuft fo placed that the needle pier-
cing through the wound, may alfo come wft bin the faid
hole, which drawne through, takeaway your quill, and fee
it fo to the other fide. Sometimes alfo it happen eth in
Hitching the lippes , or the fides of the wound lie foneere
$ach to theother that both fides may at one time be taken
vp without drawing out the needle at all , infucha cafe the
pitching quill mentioned is not to be remoued from the
firft place. A double colored filkeis the bed to ditch with,
being waxed, next that thrid will ferue. It is alfo conveni-
ent to waxe the thrid or filke , or to vfe fome emplader to
rubbe it with in place of waxe. Note alfo that rowling
needles be putinto the faid ditching quill to be ready? al-
fo thred to fovv rowkd together for making the readier and
conuenienter ligature in wounds, and vlcers as oecafion is.
There is alfo a forme of drie ditching of newwoundes
E t which
infiri'.ftims
c&ncer fling the
1-&nceU
Ctmerr.iag
lloud -letiinz
m,cejjary4dmo-
mt&KSyji'Jt
%
4
OftkeZAWt
ftim* ...
*8 Of the InJlrawntS) and their vfes.
to hich at this time I omit for brcuities fake. Thus misefe
of ths Hitching quill and ditching needles.
Of the Lancet.
ALlthough at the firfi it might bec imagined that little
wcretobefpoken to the Surgeons Mate concerning
the Lancet 5 for without queftion each Surgeons Mate
knovveth a Lancet as well as my felfe, yet when 1 confidcr
the weakenefife of young men concerning the true vfe,and
dieabufes ofthe fame, and that I call to mindehow many
good men daily hazard, if not loofe their liues by the vn-
difcreetvfe thereof 5 1 am at a paufewith my felfe to con -
(ider in thefe few lines I haue to writtc, what I might fay.
for to furnifli the Surgeons M ate with be ft and needfullell
admonitions in fewed words. Fird therefore mee think es
kis not amide to aduife him , that he cary with him at the
lead fixe of the bed fort,befides fixe more common ones,
for an Ead Indie voiage:thatheoilethem,or annointthem
with Apcungie^ivA fowrappe them in oyly domes, that
they rud not. And that heeonely bring foonh into the
aire one at once, A!fo that hee haue ready conuenient
bands to tie thearme?a band made ofwoded gartering is
the bed, or of a drcng fine lid ; for all bands made of dike
or linnen will fiide backe. Let him remember alfo that he
tie not two knots vpon the band for that requi'rcth too
much trouble in giuing the vaine xxm , if hee vfe a wolien
band one Hiding boe- knot will ferue , which is eafie to bee
loomed, or fa fined where you would caufe it to bleede bet-
ter or lelfe. Note alfo that the band bee turned twice a«
bout the arme ere you tie ir : alfo that this knot -lie a loft
on thetoppe of the arme and on the outfide of the elbow,
andnottopneeretheioyn: or the place v\here the vaine
is to be opened. Thatheneuer open a vaine but fir d hee,
haue ready a band and boulder to make it vp againe. That
his Lancets be not too fpere pointed* 1 mesne fmall pcm-.
ted; for thebrpaded pointed Lanqers siakeehebedwork,
Like wife .
of the Irtflruments^md their vfes> ~%g
Likewife that the orifice be largeno: deepe, ye:- not ouer- 'J'* ynt
large, for it is ouerlarge when the bioud tumbleth out
without a ftreame, for that fpen deth too much the fpirits,
and ic is aKo too narrow when the (treamc is fn^all , and
thar the vaine is puffed vp with winde. Note alio that if 0/" /**«>*»#
your Patient iucliQe to fainmeife 3 or founding, you caufe w^> **-'«««£
him betimes to thruft his longeft finger of the other hand w rww* y*
into his throte, and a little prouoke himfelfc to cafting,ic
heJperh prefently, and Jet him reiterate thQ fame worke if
occalionbe. Butifhee chance on the fuddaine, as oft it offiunltngim
happeneth , to bee gone in a found , beware you lay him ^-<*^'/'ȣ -
not on his backe with his head too Iow,being in a found as t,e re™\ * *
foinc do, for fo you may chance to loofe him. Ihauefeen ^
the like once done by an ignorant bloud- letter. Where-
fore remember it, but rather hendhim with one arme for-
wards, and with your other hand tfoppe very clofehis
mouth and noftrills, and in very fiiorttime youfhallper-
ceiuev\indetocome, and it will gather to his mouth, and
he will firiuefor breath , then let go your hand, and all is
well 5 and as often as he fainteth doe fo,rhis is afafecourfe
which with good fucceife I faaue vfed from my youth to -
this day.
Further note that at fea , especially where freCh foocrof r^< qumhi*
good nouriuimenr. is not at hand , it is good to befparing 9fti»odtohtt
in the quantitieof blood to betaken away,and rather often p?"*"*'* at
take bloud away, then too much ar once, except bloud a-
feound too much which is not eaiily fudged by euery
young Artift. For-fometime.the party is idle headed by *&**&*-&■
dillemper of the bloud,wbich by cooling broths andiulips ^lc^tift *j* -
ought rather to be tempered, prouidingalfo, that he haue d^emJSHr$
the benefit of Nature, Imeanea loofe body, or beprouo- oj blond,
ked thereto by Arte, and by this meanes rather feekero
Cure, then by rafn Phlebotomy for you mult confider thae-TW«*w»/»-
in the bloud confifteth the life of man, wherefore bee not f^^*,''li
ra(li in that worke, and as is faid, holdeuerthis rule, that <y*
if the Patient neither on the day thou wouldeft open a obf^te^ar
vaine? nor on the day before faaue had a ftcolc7 that thou
E.$ . attempt
3© Of the Inftrttments, and their <vfe$.
Attempt not to let him bloud before firft hee haue had one
ftoole procured him at the lead if not more,\yJiich is
fooned and fared done by a (uppofitory , the nest fafed &
eftht yiinesto better way is by a glider. The vaines commonly opened
beufetted. are i)xe in number, namely, one in the forehead, onevn-
derthe tongue, 3 in the arme, and one in thefoote; The
three in the arme are mod in vfe, whofe names are C?pha-
licaxhz vppennod, or head vaine, fo called of the Greeke
word cefhalut which (igmfieth a head, and is commonly
opened in all griefes of the head where it can betaken, in
want whereof it h almod as good to take the middle
vaine.
The next is the median or the middle vaine , it k the fe-
cond principal] vaine w hich is generally taken as indiffe-
rent for the whole body.
The third is the BafiHica or the liuer vaine, being the
lowed in the arme, and more refpecfleth the liuer then the
jifbedaU oh- two former. But hold this generall rule , that if thou in-
ferHAtioncan- tend the opening a vaineto helpe the liuer, and that the
ieming the jjucr vaine will not bee well taken , then take the median
Mnerrwe, v3ine,for thoumud knowthat all vaines hauetheir origi-
nal! in the liuer, for fomearmes haue but one faire vaine
appearing, then it followeth of ncceffkie thou mud take
mm for many learned Phifitionsare of opinion that the
fulled vaine in the arme is bed and fitted to be taken gene-
rally, except fome fpeciall caufe alter their minds :«for their
words are often qm maius turget maim vr^tfjwhich may be
engli(hed,the vaine which flieweth mod,is mod faulty.
£dufe$tf binds The vaine in the forehead is alfo ofren taken for paines
ktthg * » the |n the head , as rumes , didillations of humors , and the
firehesi. y^
Vnlvt the The vaines vn der the tongue in the fqninancie or angine,
tongue. inflammations and fwellings of the Amigdalls of the throte,
or of the roote of the tongue, the liuer vaine called ftphane
lit" S*}**** chiefly is taken for womens fickneires , not feene at Sea,
though fome necetlarie occafions chance of the taking
thereof in men at fca, for diuerting and fometimes for c u-
ring
yaim,
Of the Ivjirumtnts, and their vfes. g i
ringoffomeefpecialldifeafes, which for breuity hairing
(pent my limited time I omit,
Incifion Knife, -
TKis iwftrument is mentioned in the beginning of the
vies of inflruments vnder the title Ineifion Knife.
The Burros Pip*.
THis Inftrument thus named doubtleiTe was by a
Surgeon borrowed at the iirfifrom fomeGold or Tromwhenss a
Siluer-fmith, and neuer paid him againe ; for the ^dhkm^u
Goldfmiths vfe k daily 3and cannot peiforme.their workes naSt
without a Burro* pipe , but the Surgeons make other vie fhe^fi cfthe
thereof, namely for the mod part to reteyne coroding sm&f?^
powders in , as VitrioH^tirnt Afom precipitate , and fuch
other caufticke medicines^ whiehwelLvfed perform e very
much in healing ; fo alio their abufebringeth Giame to the the d<wger Bf
Artift, and often vnrecouerable damage to the Patient. ths abuf? cf li*
For it is common with many Artifls in the healing of new
wounds fo mixe precipitate either with a digefliue jfnguent, ^
' or with 'Baf/ftco^znd laid on tents, Dwjeii, or pUgents ac- hUiwaLw
cording to the forme of the wound* .and to put kin, as womuletfer-
they fay, either to inla-rgetbe wound,or to help digeflion* U€*>
so take away proud flefh>to m-undlrie, and the like 5 and if
not preeci$it*te 9 then muft they be bu&e with Vitriol or
t^S^mr burned* or with fomecainflicke medicine in that
kinde. But I would aduife the S^rgions Mare not to vfe
any coroding medicine at all in new or fleih wounds, bm.D.irt^tifir-
let the flefh grow as proud as it will * the ground being *J^mmid
cleare from whence it groweth, namely if it bee from a
wound wherein is no putrified bones ; and if fo bee thac
the wound be full of rlePn* and then will not Gcatrize,a lk~
tie burned Atom oxjJitriofl will do well, and then to your r1-
former drerEng againe, remerobring that ech third or
fourth dreffing be meerely dry iiate, you (hall finde good
therein^
3 a Of the Inftrnments \mdthetrvfts*
therein, and if you only rake lime and wet it in a CoperM
water and lee it dry againe, and Jay that linte onely on the
proud flefh fo/netimes for a drefljng or two, and thenar
gaine to your former method . Againe it will wirbout
paine very well ficatrize any new wound 5 I fpeake this
, „ for that by the vnskilfulnelfe, yea and fometimes by the
f^utZtiM wilfulnes of fomeeuill minded Surgeons, I haue feene
ynstylfainsjft men lamed by the needled vfe of caufticke medicines
k!m*-mrtbj. eucn in flight wounds, to which if an old wife had onely
applied her one falue for all fores, no fuch thing had hap-
pened : Yet I am not fo fimple to*deny the iufl; vfe of fo
noble medicines in wounds, vlcers, and h*(tulaes,or other-
wife where neede is9 but I only here aduife the young Ar-
tift3 that he may not be too rafh in the vfe of them , and
likewife to aduife him that hauing vfed them once he firft
: W* Pauk aSaine at c^e ^ea^ 8 daies, namely till the h'rft Efker
be fallen , and cer taine daies after ere he vfe any caufticke
... powder againe $ for with the vfe of coroding medicinef
M-tied**0 ^ ©ne immediatly after an othcr5many Vlcers are made
I#" more painefull and rebellious then they were , and the
bones fometimc made foule which wereotherwife cleane,
which fault is too frequent now a daies j and amongS
many groife faults daily committed by vnexpert Surge- '
ons3 this one is to belamented,namely the vfe of keeping
<*• open penetrating wounds too forcibly and too long by
the vfe of hard tents armed with caufticke powders, where
by nature can make no truevnition, but is forced into
much diforder 5 which I with young men to make a con~
fciencc ofi and tabe carefull not to erre in that kinde*
The Levatsry.
This Inftrument is fet downc el fe- where.
OftheVvnlafjteone,
'His inff rument is made to put pepper and fait in, of
finefaole,pepper,or fait in,or fome other the like me-
dicine^
Of the InpttmtntS) md their vfe& 3 3
dictne, and to hoi d the fame right vnder theVvafa, which
is for to blow vp into the concavity behinde the fame and
no other great or efpeciail vfc I know it hath in Surgery,
except it may be vfed to warme a medicine int
I fThus much of thofe necelfaries which properly deferae
the names of inftruments in the Surgeons Che(r. And
now a word or two of fuch other Apendixes which in
their kindes are as necetfary as the former.
The pupping GUffes or Ventofis.
THere is many necelfary workes in Surgery performed Tlie-ppe « & ]
by Cupping gtaffet, namely, fometimes they are vkd "mt ***■?
to fet vpon a Bubo or botch to bring it forward, and there-
in they are very good. Sometimes alio to fee in the nodeii,
and on the vpper part of the fhoulder blades to draw back %
humours which oppreife the head, the eyes> or teeth, £
Or againft Ltthar$j 5 or on the thighes againft aches or ^
paines there 5 or for the cure of the Sciatica they 'are v ery ^
good ; or fometimes to draw blond and Cpirks to a mem- 6
feer withering or benummed : in all thefe and dlucrs more
griefes the Cupping gfajfts are very needfull. Sometimes The end why
alio they are fet without fcarifying only to atracl humours they, are pet
to the place. An other time it may be in other cafes they pfhmt ft****
are vkd with fcarifying to take away bloud and choler^p.^ > ^
which offend eth the parr. Some fet them on with to we s rfyn*.
fome with a fmall wax light fet vnder them 5 fomeonely The diners fit-
with the flame of a great candle, which my klkv[e3 and tinS°ftj:em-
is not offenfiue nor painefull at all. Whereas the other
waies the flame excoriateth often the part, and rnaketh ^^rm4^
new worke vnfeemely : for the better doing whereof I [hcrrl. ^'^
vfe to place my candle clofetothe place where the Cups
fhould bee fety the place being firft wet. and rubbed well
with hot water and a fpunge> and the Cupping g/ajfes alio
wet : hold your Capping glares ouer the flame a Iittle3and
F thence
3 4 of the InftrumtntSy And their vfes.
thence dap it quickly on the place whileft yet the fteeme
of the light is in it, and it will be fait and draw hard, but
j^Ut you mu(l haue your Cups fit and not too wide for the
place you would fet them on, or qKq they will not take
any hold. Further when you perceiue they haue drawne
well j which by the blacknes and riling of the skin you
may eafily fee 5 then if you hold it fitting you may light-
Scmfieatiou ty anc* quI€kly &**&? it with a fine Lancet, which truly is
mstfi L tight, the bed and profitable^ indrument for the vfe, then wet-
&> fodaint, & ting your Cupping .glaffes againe, and with the flame onely
with a Lancet 0f £ j^ can(Jle fet them on where they flood before,fetting
as many cupps and drawing as much bloud as you fee
good, and when no more bloud will come, and that you
thinke it time to take them away , which is knowne by a
; yellow water which commeth at the lad , then I fay it is
&*£t!*m- tlme t0 wa^ c^e P^aces w^tn fa*re water where the cupps
vlafaawfyi Rood , and dry them with a fpunge or cloth, and onely
wh*t t< he anoint them with VngiAWum once3 and they will bee
done after they whole. Theouer deepe {Scarifying it, is not only dange-
be u\en *jy. hm alfo painefillJ and not Art-like : for if you note
ingenitt. well the cutis it hath many capillar vein es in it, yea and
fome great veines,and is VoromSo that the Artid may by
force draw humidi tie fqflicient from farre, iffooccafion
be to vfe their vtmod force. Large and wide Cupps are
fitteft on the thighes, lelTer on the armes, and the lead for
the hands or feete.
Of the Brajfe Bafott.
T Haue nothing to write concerning it, but that at the
fkJl le4nm ■* ^ea^ tce Surgeons Mate haue one if not two, and if he
^ y \ finde no vfe for it kt him fell it for good liquor at 2?**-
tb*m9 as a Surgeons Mate htoly did one of mine*
Of the Bloud porringers.
The quznthie
tied°weand~ T>Lcod porringers are necelTary at Sea3to be the more
cvAtu bamjhed JDcertaine of the quantify of blood which is taken^ fince
the
Of the Jnftntmenis, mi their -jfcs. * 5
the Wood of man i j fo pretious a things as it is to Lee vrtll
weighed what quantitie is taken.
A;. hough the German Surgeons doe euer let blood '#*^™ *]r
into a Bafon, which I hold not good for the Surgeons ^ J '
Mate to imitate at firrr. 3 except he be of good iudgement
indeed to iudge of the quantity ; the blood porringers Bkod farttn*.
which are made for thar purpofe being full, hold iuft :hree&rsnecej]a'J-
ounces, and fomewhat more : for my owns praelife I
hold this courfe; if one chance to come to me of him- The tonftitutio
felfe, or by aduife of a Phifition to be let bloud, though °f &* Mj »
he be a flrong body I neuer take from him more then two !* ^*r/l
porringers and onehalfe at the mod) but often hiTe}iv the "* cmj%
party be not ftrong, except it be in cafe of Plnnjle^ox fome
like vrgent caufe,! take leffe ; for in that worke except my
reafon giue me good fatiffaclion to doe the contrary, I ^oo littler met
will rather offend in too little, then in too much taking of \\Kn ^ mci%
blood away , for I haue ieene much hurt to haue enfued blood « la iu
by great quantity of bloud taken away at one time : for f<*%® <***>•
7 or 8 ounces I hold a ilrong body may beare to ioofe,ha-
uing good nourifhment to recouer it againe , and that
without harme$ but if you grow to ten ounces, you may-
many waies doe harme in the body, except your warrant
be good. I fpeake not this to difcourage young Surgeons
from a worke fo behoouefull, bet adraonifh them to wa-
nneile in a point fo dangerous.
OftheDjetpot.
T He Dyet Pot is not alone to be vfed in cafes of dyet
drinke Teething for the pox, and not otherwife 5 for as rhs yfe*
a learned Doclor vpon occaHon lately reafoned, there is
difference betwixt the Dyet3 and a Dyet , though in borh
kindes there is euen. Qmt homines tot feme ntU^o many
men fo many rrindes. Wherefore concerning defcripti-
ons of feuerall dyet drinks for the pox , I will referrc the
Surgions Mite to other Authors: for in truth I rnuftde-
ferre that point till fitter opportunity , I meane till I write
F t touching
3<S Of the Iftjlrutnenttidttd their vfes*
touching the cure of that difeafe. And yet me thinkes
fomcwhat to fpeake of a drinke in the cafe of the Calen*
, -. . ttsre, or an vnnaturali hotfeuer to be made at Sea to quali-
fy the clhn. fie the heat of the bloud, were not amitfe 9 which may be
t»re, done as follower!).
R french barley fr iiij.
frefh water 2 gallons.
Licorice §-j.
Cloues n°: it.
In want of Licorice take iuice of Licorice halfe an ounce.
In want of french barley take other barley, or for a needf
wheat flower, boyle this gently to 4 or $ quarts, then
now to heeflt. cleare it , and if it may be,keepe it not in the brafle potty
but in fbme earthen or glaiFe veffell, and if the party his
Yhncmppfithn heat be great, and haue paine in his head, adde thereto Co
cftbe drink^ifmmy drops of oyle or fpirit of Vitrioll, as will a IktlQ
theheatbeoutr change the fade fowerifh, but not tootarte in any wife:
great and cast- o. . . ' , r J . >
jfai beai-acb. and ir into ail this dnnkeyou put of Role water, or wine
r/;« colour and vineger or K ofe vineger and Cinamon water, of ech only
tafie of the one fpocnefull, k will doe well to mend the tade, if you
ttem"z° ^ naue It3 ^ ncr tne m3tter *s not Sreat* *et tn€ Pati€nt drinke
often hereof. Further you may if you thinke good addc
firupe or iuice of Lemons ^4, If it he for one which is
The arinkfctmi- loots in his belly you may infufe of yom fuccm Acdti&
pfed {or a herein fome 2 or 3 J-* , and being cleared let him drinke
**fo' of the drinke plentifully as he hath third 5 but you mud
cut your AcatiaBrCu and diffolue it in a little of the drinke
warmed, and fo put it into the reft. Alfo in want of Aca-
tU if you put therein Galls in powder a litle^it w ill do welL .
Of other tircejfarjef,,
"ITHenext inflrumenrs in order to be remembred arc
i thefe following} viz3.
Of the Infiruments, and their vfes,
Skillet.
Chafing difb.
g lifter pot.
37
Funnell,
Cups togiue potions in.
One Eord& knife tojpreai
plafiers.
tMorter&cPeflell.
Weights & ft ales,
Siucs.
Searces.
Scrapers.
Splints*
Jmcks.
Tape.
Towe..
Spnnges.
Clouts.
Rowlerf.
Gray pepper.
White pepper*
Empty potts & GJatfej,
Thrid & Needles.
Wax Candles.
Lanthorne.
Under box furnifhed*
Ink? & quids.
Oneclofeftoolc.
One bedpan.
One brajfe payle*
2 o well burned bricks.
Pipkins. Empty baggi
I fliall not need to fpend much time to fet downe the vfes
of all thefe necetfarie implements, onely two or three of
the mod needful! to be noted I will remember , and then
to the vfes olthe medicines within the Chert.
Of weights and ft ales.
T X TEights and Skales are necelTarythingsyoften times
VV lightly regarded , and yet how many mens liues
hangsintheballance^it is plaineenough. ForSea-Surgi- Tleyfikdi-
ons familiarly giue Stibium by the graine, namely from 4. Hers*
to 8 graine, yea and to 1 1 graines by your leaue 5 when in v
trueth few of them haue weights and skales which can j»nu?b!s*u
weigh one graine. It is a dangerous thing for a Surgeon at fcale£>
Sea ro bee vnprouided of neat weights and skales which
will turne at halfe one graine : for how can they gfue ei-
ther Laudanum paracel/i, Stibium, or other Chimcallme-
dicines fafely , or aJmoft any medicine inward without
fmall weights and fcales ? Wherefore two paire of weights
and fcales are very needfull forthe Surgeons Cheft^ame-
f'3 1/
U Mn&im in
Memz things
fomitimes are
§ f great mo.»
jneni.
3{o-ie worthy
to be reputed
jiniftsvrhodif-
daine the m?a-
nefi office of
their frofeffion.
Therfeofthe
Clofeftooh.
The neeie of it
M <?reat»
•Ohferne tlA» if
thou haft a c$n-
fcjence.
5 8 Of the Inflruwents, wd thir <vfes*
ly one for ounces and one for graine \ for larger fcales
the !hip is furniihe'd. It is alio to be vndei flood here, for
inflruclion of children in Art , that xvj. ounces makes a
pound 5 ech ounce 8 dragmes, ech dragme 3 fcruples,
ech fcrupletbgraine3 j for the grain's a full barky come
will well ferue3 or a good wheat corne, though a large
wheat corne be fomewbat too bigg : an ordinary pepper
corne will alio ferue for a graine.
Of the Clofe-fteolejmth the Paile of "Br up,
and the Brick*.
ALthough I know before hand that I am to vndergoe
many witty and eloquent Bouts from young gallants
of my owne profeffion for mentioning fo b3fe a fubieel:
to belong to the Surgeons charge,as is this laft mentioned
CIofe-Aoole with his appurtenances, yet let them know
that neither can my booke bluih, neither my feife I hope
mall haue caufe 5 for I nothing doubt to yeeld to ech ho-
-xieft young Artift a fufficient reafon for to fatisfie him
herein : and in a word my reafon of the appointing to
ech fhip bound to the Eaft Indies at the leaft one of thefe,
is by reafon of the bloudy or other flixes,being fo dange-
rous difeafes, and fo deadly amongft our men, as I holdit
my duty to aduife euen the good of a clofe ftoole : and I
hauecaufed the ftoole to haue one doore on the one fide,
that thereby either things to foment , fumigate., or other-
wife to comfort the weake part, might be the better ap-
plied, the Patient fitting at his ea(e thereon.
Alfo one efpeciall reafo why I haue appointed it is 5 that
apooreweake man in his extremities mould not continu-
ally go to the fb roods or beakehead toeafefaimfelfeynor
be noyfome to his feliowes, but might by the help of his
Mate through this meaneinftrumentfinde comfort in his
mod pitifull diftreife, whofe miferies I hartily companio-
nate. Wherefore J admonifli the Surgions Mate in gene-
m% in tfaefeare.of God not to be fine fingered, flothfafl,
or
ofthelnfirumems^andthchrn)[es. j?
©r fcornefull to vfe euery kinde of. good manuall and o-
ther helpe to faue mens blouds \i\ this fearefull difeafe, for
their omitting of their duties in helping men thus diltref-
fed bringeth the blouds of thofe men without doubt vp-
on their heads, and though peraduenture they may cary
it away for a while with men,yet the Almightie who Teeth
notasmenfee^willTurelyfindethemout. . , '
The paile of bra (Tevnder the Itoole was chiefly appoin- ;< r^"
tedforneatncflfe, cleanlineife, ftrengthj and other good
vfes it hath alwaies to belong thereto , and not to any o-
ther vfe : It may alfofometimes be whelmed downe , and Thv - ,
on the toppe thereof a hotte bricke be fet , or the bricke if ^L
youfindeittooneere may ftand lower, or put into the
paile, which hotte bricke with wine and vineger or any o-
ther like fitting medicine of experience may befprinkled
to comfort the part agreeued withall, for it is found by ex-
perience that the ileeme of wine vineger fprinkled on a
hot bricke doth much auaile in the cure of the flix, and The mre of the
that fimple remedy alone hath cured many § but when the/fr'*'-
Patient rifeth from thefaidfume, if then a cloth bee well
heate ouer the faid fume or ouer a Are, and put clofe to the
part, it auaileth much , and if you thenlikewife lay the
Patient to reft, giuing him three or foure graines of Lau-
damm you mail do the better, and by Gods helpe witho-
ther anfwerablegood regiment of diet, make a quicke and
perfect cure of his difeafe. But I am not ignorant that
there is vfe for twentie clofe ffoolesat once, in Tome one
fhippe, which worke the Cooper and Carpenter may take
m charge.
Thushauing briefly rurne ouer the mod neceflfarie v-
fes of the particular Inllruments, and other neceiferie a* z'&e "«<•/«/*<>
pendixes to the Surgeons cheft 5 it followethnexttobe-
ginne with medicines Phyficall and Chirurgicall afwell
(imple as compound within the che(inamelyjfomewhat,
though very briefly to touch their mod common vfes and
vertues for the helpe of young Practitioners.
An
10th
•
AN ABRIDGMENT
of the vermes of certaine Emplai^
Jlers mentioned tebich are mo ft. ^vfuall in
the SvnoioNs cheft.
Emplaftrum ftiptkum Paraeelfi.
Hiscompofirion deuifed by. the famous Phi-
lofopher Philip m Tbeophraftm Par ace If hi t%*
celleth in the cure of piercing wounds , and
fcabs 5 as alfo in the cure of all dangerous
wounds whatfbeuer 5 it hath the precedence
aswellforcontufed as inlized wounds, for it alFvvageth
paine, defended! from accidents, difcuffeth, mollifiech,
sttracleth, digefteth, incarneth,and confolidateth : and is
alfo good for an old ach proceeding of a cold caufc. It is
further efpeciall good to vkers on the Iegges or elfewhere
in any part of the body : it is of temperament warme, and
very comfortable.
For approbation whereof you may fee Paraccljk*
his owne words, which I hauehereinferted.
Hoc Emplafimm eft magis virtmU diuin<t eju am humanay
Valet ad omnes plagast nouas & antiq«ai9 Abjtergit,mttndi-
eat, car mm bonam generate confolidatexfundo phu vnafefti-
manat quam alwdquodcHnqus in menfe, nee per mitt it fieri #//-
quamputrefa&ionem & corruptlenem , nee malam carnem gc~
nerat. Valet omnibus neruis incifit vt csnquaffatk & mufculls:
VgJet ommbiu inflatum, ahflrahitferum & lignum, dr plum-
bum
Flefluariu
Diatrion
pipetion.
Theriaca
Diateifer:
Theriaca
Londincn:
Puluis re-
(tringens
minus.
Vnguentii
Dialthes.
Vnguentii
Album.
Terebinth: i Vnguentu
Vcnetisc. i Populeon.
Vng : con-
tra Ignem,
Axungia
Cerui.
Axungia
Porcina.
Vnguentu
Martiaium.
Vnguentu
/Egyptia-
cum.
Vnguentu
Potabile.
Vnguentii Vnguemii
Arr3gon. j Peclorale.
Vng: dia-
pomph-
ligos.
iDiafer-
dun.
Vng: Au-
reum.
fafin
rofarum.
Linam:
Area.
\onfir:
\>arberU.
Oleum
lauri.
Lit onto:
j
Melfa-
ponis.
tmfecl:
titmele.,
1
Mel de-
piiratu.
tl
■a .|
ft. s
s^
■s s
3 a
41
Rhubarb
eua.
Confer:
prune/lot
rum.
Pu/pa ta-
marinds-
rum.
Succm
AcatU.
Note that the particulars within this place men-
tioned, arevfually placed in theloweftpartof
theC h e s t.
el^^ medicine as they are placed is «
^6y here demonflrated.
tmm&W*:^
Lux'miM
capitale.
Oleum
lihorum
Syrtiptu
Cmam.
Oleum
fcorpion,
Oleum
Petreoli.
Syruptu
rojarum.
artific-
Oleum
limonioru
Mel ro-
farum.
Oleum
terebmt:
01: lum-
bricorii.
Syruptu
abfmtbij.
Duma,
row.
Oleum
papauens
Oleum
Itni,
Oximel.
OleuCha-
momili.
Oku Sam
bucorum.
Oleu Ab-
unthij.
Acetum
Rofarum.
Oleii Ro-
farum.
Oleu Ane-
thi.
Aqua Ci-
namomi.
Aqua Ab-
finthij.
Aqua An-
gdicx.
AquaLi-
nioniorii.
Succus Li-
monioru.
Aqua Ro-
farum rub:
Aqua
Plantagii
Aqua Car-
duibened:
Aqua
Mentha.
Vnguentum V.iguentum
JJazilicon. 'Apouoloruin.
Vnguentum
Aureum.
Vnguentum
Alb: Camph
Vnguentum
Nutritum.
Vngue. turn
Dialthea::
Vnguentum
Populeon.
Vnguentum
contra Ignem.
Vnguentum
Pectoraie.
Vnguentum
Potabile.
Vnguentum
Arrasjon.
Vnguentum
Maitiatum.
Linamentum
Arcci.
MelSapo-
Syn
Vnguentum rofar,
/Egygtiacnm. I!
fsyr:
Axungia cerui. Syr
^rff- \6xim:
viola- I ,
Syrup: \ (JUel
ofar.
Me-
llrn.i:
pitri.
pint-
Bia(-\ Corfe:
cordiii I bumek.
Then: Dia-
Lon- | pbeni-
dint. 1 con-
\Conf:
Land: \ Dia-
catho-
EleB: . Q
de oho, \ J
Fur.ic: /icon.
EleR:
di.ttr:
pipe:
pi/fiL
cochut
pilule
agreg:
PiluU
enpher
PiluU
CtUUr
Ptlult
tutrett.
Note that the particulars within thisplace men-
tioned are vfuaily to be found in the pper pnrr
ofthe Chest.
The middle part, which cannot be here expref-
fed, I leaue to the Surgwns experimental! view.
Ru-
zAga-
Mh-
Myr-
Maf.
Cam.
Tro.
chifc:
Puluis
Itcori-
barbe.
ricum.
mia.
Aloes.
rha.
liche.
pbora.
alhan-
d*h
Cam'
bogia.
Sea.
mohifi.
Sper.
mace-
Terra
figilla.
Mer.
Subtly
heci-
piiat:
Eu-
pbor-
bium.
Puluis
Bene.
diUm.
Ar.
gentu
viuii.
Stibi.
Cro-
Bolm
Cina-
Hicra
Sal
Sal
Abfm.
thij.
Tmia
urn.
Opm.
Clti.
verm.
briu.
Ptgra. 1
niter.
Pp.
Vnguentu d ia-
pompbojigoy.
Vnguentii con-
tra i'corbutum.
Species Diatri-
i piperion.
Species Dia- I Species Theria-
tciferon. j ca: Londinenfis
ConferuaRofj-
rum.
Conferua An-
thos.
Conferua Barb.
Conferua Pru - ) Conferua Cito- Puluis reftfin
nellorum. I niorum. gens maior.
Puluis arthreti
cus.
PuIpaTama-
nnd.
Succus Licorice Methridate.
Of the Medicines^ and their <vfes. 4 1
bnm de ffaga, eidemfuppofttum ; V^le t contra omnes morfuras%
cmufiuntjuc morftira beftia Venenofe , & pttnUnrAS Serpent is l
m*tttrat,{anat omncgeneratnm cumjcmque Apojlcmiitis ,f#-
perpofitum : Valet in membru gentrAtionis , fiibifuertt corrup-
ts : falet contra QancrHm^fiJluUs^&ntra ignemferftcum%[edat
Aft ores cuittfcHftque pUg*> Htc Theophrafi% B&mfaft,
DtAchtton Magnum cumgHmmk*
THis Emplaflrum diflblueth, maturateth , and molli-
fieth hardnetfes, & is principally goed in Apoftumes,
it is of temperament warme, and moi(t>it was ffrfl deuifed
hj a certaine ancient Artift named Seraph and ^mcenna
asfomethinkeinuenteditj but others iudge that Mefues
was the inuentor thereof.
DUchilonpArmm.
THis Emplafter is very good to ditfblue fchirras , tu-
mours of theliuer^fplene, raines, belly, or elfewbere,
it is wholly compofed of mollifying and difcufling ingre-
diences $ it ferueth generally for hotte or cold caufes, but
chiefly for hot : For I hold it to bee of temperament cold,
the rather by reafon of the much Litharge in % whichif a
minerall may be called either hot or cold Litharge is cold
Without queftion^it was deuifed by Mefi.es.
'Diaealjithess.
THis Emplaffer mittigateth paine, it is a good defenfa-
tiue againft all venernous humours, and will very well
induceadccatrizein wounds and vlcers ; alfoft hath an
cfpeciall good quallitie to atfwage the paine in the fmall of
the backe proceeding from diftempered kidnies by hotte
caufes, afwell concerning the (tone, thegrauell, asalfoin
Gonorrea^znd dillblued or relented with oyle of rofes , of
dders,orof Iinfeed5itisa very good medicine to heale
G bumingsj
4a Of the Medicines > and their vfes.
burnings? and fcaldings:it was deuifed firft by GaUnm^ol
temperament it is cooling, and drying.
Empl. Oxicrocettnu*
THis is a very ancient compofitiorbbut afcribed chiefly
to NicoUm an ancient Writer as A uthor thereof > it is
of quallityanodine, attracting, mollifying, and comfor-
ting: it atfwageth paines in the goute proceeding of a
cold caufe, and is good in cold Aches , and by that attra-
cting vertue it hath ,it draweth out vapors( per pores cutis)
or the fweate vents in the skin , whereby it often vnladeth
the body of vicious and noyfome humors which other-
wife might indanger the Patient ? of temperament it is k
hotte and moiftj &c.
EtnfL Mehlottitn perfflene,
THis Emplaftermollifieth all hardneires of the Liuer,
fplene, and ventricle $ difTblueth windineffe , ceafeth
vehement paines prouoked by winde, as namely, in the
difeaie called flatus hipocon&nacm 3 which is a fiatiousor
windiepaine gathered neere vnto the Spieene: it is alfo ge-
nerally good againft the gathering together of any coiea-
ledcoldfubltanceinthellomach, or liuer : of tempera-
ment it is warmeand comforting exceedingly: It was de*
uifed by Mefues an ancient writer,
EmpL Mehlotum fi&pkx.
THis is good in greene wounds $ for it draweth and
healeth well : alfo it attrafteth and bringeth forward a
cold Apofteme 3 and^s an efpeciall fecret , and thebeft
thing I euer knew in curing kibed heeles and chilblanes %
Itis of temperament hot and moift, and was deuifed by
Mefites%
Emplajh
OftheMtdkwi'$itndthefr<vfis. 43
EmpUflrnm de Upide caUminari > or Grifium,
THis Emplafter (I may fpeakeof my owns experience)
is a good healer of vlcers which are hard to bee cicca-
trized, and hath an efpeciall vertuein curing of hnboes^zs
well veneriall as peftileotia.ll: Itis alfo the belt incarnatiue
of all the Plafters that euer I vfed.
Smplajfottm de minio.
THisMinium-pIafter is a good difcufler of hotte hu-
mors, a good fwager of paines,mollifieth well, repel-
leth fomewhat, and is very commodioufly vfed vpon
wounds and vlcers to further good healing : it induceth al-
fo a good ciccatrize. In the tumour of (crotum^ox rather ©f
the Teiticles called Hernia humoraitt , commonly follow-
ing the fuddaine (topping oiGworrheA , it is a very conue-
nient anodine and difcuffing Pjafter,but in another place I
intend to kt downe my beft pra&ife in the cure of that
difeafe, as a thing in charitie bcboofull for young Practiti-
oners, to which Ireferreyou , only note that this Empta-
firum de minio is ment of the cernpofition kt down by that
reuerent Matter Go-He in his difpenfatorie,for I make mine
after his defcription. "~ V -
EmpUflrttm c^Udum-*,
THis Emplaftrum ftemachi or cdidum is 'a compofiti-
on defcribed by IohAttnes lAcobmWekerm vnder that
name pag. 95 3 . of his Difpenfatorie : it is only vfed where
a comforting Emplafter of a very warme temperament is
required : it is a needfull Emplafter in the Surgeons ched,
fcritcomforteth much the liuer or ftomacke debilitated
by cold humors, and helpeth wel digeftion,in want there*
of Paraceifm Plafter though not fo fitly,may ferue.
G z An
44
AN ABRIDGMENT
of the venues ofcertaine vnguents
mofl vfuall in the Surgeons chcft.
Vnwentum Baftliicumj*
jHisVnguent doth digeft and incarne wounds
and vkcrsj and will alfo prepare and bring to
fuperationan Apolteme eirher hotorcoJd?
being fbmcwhat thickefpread on rowe,or le~
therand applied thereto: it alfo mictigateth
thepaine and puliation thereof 3 and is likewife very fitly
raised cither with precipitate or Vnguenttzm ^Egj^tUcumj^
or the like medicine, the more eafier and better to rnundi-
fie and clenfe an vlcer : This vnguent is of temperament
warme, and is afcribed to haue beene deuifed hy Gallen$
It is alfo good for burnings, and fcaldings.
Vngxentum Apofiolornnu,
THhvngHentum ferueth well to clenfe and (cower vl-
cers, and fi(lulaes5 and to makea good ground to hea-
ling: itisofcemperamenthotanddrie : it was deuifed by
Amcene, named Afofiolentm 9 for that it confifleth of i z.
limples, ioy ned into one body..
Vngtentum Aureumt
THisJ%. ferueth well to incarne wounds and vlcers5
being firft well mundified : it is alfo to Bee vfed as a
halme to them to healc them, andis a good healer of bur-
sings
Of the Medicines y anithdr vfes. 4 5
cings & fcaldings, the fire firft taken our : The compoim-
on which I doe make is of thepraftife of Iofephm £hierci-
tantuvihote good vfe I haue made ttia.ll of, which I meane
wkh the reft of thecompofitions to publifh in print,
Vnguent um zs£gjptiatftm.
THis Vnguent ferueth to fcower 5 it mundifieth all rot*
tenfoulev'cers, and is bed to beputintothegriefe
fcaldinghot,and then thevfuallpaineandcorofionitpro-
curcth will be quickly paft .• in likemanner itis to be vfed
in any venemous wounds made either with poifoned (hot,
or bitten with madde dogs , or any other venemous or
great contufed wounds, wherin for preuenting them from
feare of a Gangreene it excelleth. It ferueth alfo well to
be vfed alone or mixed with any lotion for vicers of the
mouth and throte, efpeciallyin the fcuruie. This Vug.
drieth vehemently ,and is abfteriiue : of temperament
hot and drie,aad was deuifed by Mtfuns*
Vngu'entum Album C&ffiphorMum,
THis Vnguent is very good to coole, and healeany
hot,moyil putties: it cureth excoriations of the skinne
in any place 3 but chiefly in the yard betwixt glans and
preputium : it alfo healeth burnings and fcaldings very
well : and is good to be applied to any painefull vlcer, for
itaflvvagethpaine and healeth well. It was inuentedby
Atticenex of temperament itis cold janodine^mollificati lie?
andattracliue, and therefore of very good confequentin
the Surgeons chef!.
fngnentum D Upomphohgas,
THis vnguent is good to hesle painefull vicers in any
part of the bod y , e/pecially of jthe yard, or betwixt
gUns snd preputium, as alfo any -fretting or painefull vicers
G" 3 0**
46 Of the Ms did ns$) and their vfeu
of the leggs, or elfe where. I haue found it before all o-
ther Vngttents in vicers of the yard 5 agaiaft virulent, pain-
full, and cor rofiue vicers fearfe a better composition is
knowne : in Noli m? tangere in the face I hau e had good
experience of it : and in many other occafions I haue
found it a very good Vngyent) of temperament it is cold
and dry. Nicolum AkxM'drinm was the Author of it.
i
Vnittentttm "TeUorde.
T fwageth thepaines and Hitches of thebrealr and fides?
eafech the cough; helpeth expectoration : it helpeth to
digeftgrolfe humours, and to attenuate them : andwar-
meth and comforteth a cold ftomackc. Tli|s compofition
is fet downe in the difpenfatory of Augufta. %
Vhguentum Rofittuin.
THis is vfedagainft inflammations, and Ignis fatr,
and all hot paines of the head : 'it atfwageth the
paines of the Liuer, kidneies, and belly proceeding
of heate? and hath vertue to corroborate* fr was inven-
ted by Mcfties*
Vnguentum Tripbdrmacert, or Nmrkum.
THis feraethwelltocure'an Eryfyilas, excoriation,
or bladdcrings of the skin : fuch alfo as are termed
the Shingles: it is alfo good for to take the fire out
of burnings and fcaldings : and for any moil! humour
flowingto any vicers in any part of the body being fpread
vpon cap paper thin? and laid ouer the whole diflempered
part: and againft any Height fcabbines or itching humour
whence foeuer it is: alfo an efpeciall good defenfatiuea-
gainftany fcalding or vitious humour flowing to any vl-
cer 5 of temperament this Vnguent is cold and dry. It is
fabied to diuide itfelfe,namely the oyU Litharge & vineger
afunder,
. Of the Medicine sy And their vfes. 4 y
afundefj which if it be wrought together againe will be as
good as at the firft : and if it be ouer dry adde vineger and
&yle thereto, and it will be as good as at firft,
Vnmentum Pontile en,
THis ferueth well to atfwage the paines of the Scurfy
by anointing the parts grecued therewith. I may
iuftly fay vpon the experience of diuers skilfull Sur-
gions , and my owne alfo > that as well in hot as in cold
Countries it hath been found exceeding comfortable and
behouefull, that fcarfe any compofition of an Vnguent in
the Surgfons Qjeft may compare with it, which fome may
thinke is a yery abfurd affirmation in reafon3 but that ex-
perience will haue it fo. It is good alfo to anoint the
Temples, to prouoke red in hot fcuers : as alfo the palmes
of the hands an$ foles of the kQt. It is likewife good to
be applied for (waging of paine in any part of the body,
and being applied cold vpon a Plegent where you haue
laid any coroiiue medicine; it eafeth the dolour of the
caufticke medicine. Of temperament it is cold & moift?
it was deuifed by Nicolas,
CUti Saponk,
MEl SAf&xis is Hony and Sope mixed ate: partes &qua-
ies, and is a medicine appointed to be firft applied
vpon a burning or fcalding to take the fire out. It isalina-
ment of ancient vfe amongft our country Surgions , and
good 5 but I finde it not mentioned in ancient Writersjin
want whereof vfe Tripharmacott, oraninfufion of Vmeger,
and Litharge, namely R? Litharge of gold in powder | 4.
wine vineger lib.j. mixe them well, and boile them very
gently a little on the fire, the Vinegerwiil become fweete
as fugar and very anodine ; foment the greefe therewith,
and you (hall finde prefent cafe to the party: Or take
Pofukon and wgucntttm album mixedj and apply it on (ok
cap
48 Of the Medicines, and their vfes.
cap paper, firfl: being well rubbed with your hand to make
it foft : or take Dkcalfithiat or Minium plaftcr, and mixe
it with Linefeed oyle, or oyle of Elders , till it be a gentle vn-
guenr, and fo apply it : or Tripharmicon alone will doe
well : or Honj alone is a good medicine.
Vnguentum contra ignem.
T His composition vfed to thatpurpofe,you fhallfinde
in lohannes Wikenu his difpenfatory , pag. 1 1 74. I
haue found it very good againfl burnings and fcaldings ;
as aifo againft burnings with gun-powder. Where I write
the compofitions of my medicines in generall, thatalfo
fhali be exprelled. In want of this compofition thzVng . al-
bum , either alone or mixed with Tripharmacon will doc
very well, which if it be too hard or dry, you may mixe
oyle of Rife s or Linfeed with it : and for want of this you
may take Dtacalfitloeos or Minium mixed or relented with
any of the faid oyles , or any other fitting oyle , as oyle
olmefmple : alfo vnguentum BafiHicon is very good in bur-
nings and fcaldings.
T
Vnguentum centra fcorbutum.
He compofition of this Vnguent is recited in the
cure of the Scurvy, I haue had the pradife thereof
and found it very good to attenuate groife tumors
of the Scurvy, to a(fwage the paines of them, and by the
vfe thereof to diifolue fuch tumors, I vie this Vnguent
in cold caufesjin want whereof vng: Martiatum, or Oleum
Laurini or 'Dialtkea : butinhotgriefesand very painefull
J vfe Populeon,
Vngtentum Dialtkea compojttum,
TH«s Vnguent Nicolam an ancient writer feemeth to
be the Author of. It is profitable againft paines of
the
Of the MeMch£s>and their vfcfi 49
the bread proceeding of a coldcaufe, and againtl
the Plurifie: it warmeth, mollifierh, and comforteth all
the parts of the body which are euill difpofed through
cold infirmities. Ic is alfo good againft ftiffenes & painos
©f theioyiKsin thcScwuj.
Diahhea fimplex,
THls hath the properties of the former, but the forma1
is better.
^ Vnguentttm pita&ife.
THis Vngnent is a fure Balfamc £h$ wounds of any
fort j or in any part of the body, either penetrating
or not penetrating $ in wounds penetrating either
ioiecl k warme, or powreit into the wound. Alio vpon
any occafion it is to be drunke §-» j. or J» i j. at once , or
for a dole. It healeth wounds within thebody. Alfo it hea-
leth burnings and fcaldings without any fcarrc. And fur-
ther it cureth the winde chollicke drunke with facke : the
dofc is to bee | j. without feare: but I giue vfually but
onedrammeor J* ij.
fngtuntum ic Mercxr'to.
IHaue elfe-wiiere faid, and ic is too much apparant,that
for healing and killing,^r<r#r*> hath no fellow, and
where I recite Mercune in any ofrnyinftru&ions , you
muftvnderftand meQxickrfltxr . for fo it is truly ftilQl
by the Learned, and not without good reafon. This Vn-
gucnt , ioyne with k what other ingrediences you pleafe,
yet if Mercune be one it will (hew his valour in defpight
of the reft, though it haue zo for one odd, againithim 5
fo puifTanr is that Volatile <3c excellent fpirit of his,which
I may boldly lay could truly neuer be tamed : and yet
many worthy medicine* are made thereof, as in their fc-
H neraH
jo Of the Medicines y and their vfes.
ucrall places I meane to explaine as I (hall haue time, God
willing* You may make this Vnguent oiDUlt hearten tfLi
Laurtni, ana, lib.fs. Mercurius viuus. or quicke filuer * ij.
oleum fpice or Tereb. if you haue them ana.* fs. & if you
fee caufe in very cold bodies you may addeor. Suphorhum
in powder fri). This Vnguent is goodtoprouokeaflux.
You may make it of one of thefe Vnguent s alone for neede.
But I wifh not the Surgeon to carry any of this Vnguent
ready made to the Eaft Indies : for the Quickfiluer,it is
to be feared^ will fall to the bottom $ but if he will needes
haue it ready made,Iet him adde to the compofition, wax
a fufficient quantities but itmuftbemade^sfolloweth.
Your wax and vnguent mud bee melted toother, which
being yet warme R: Terebinthine dare § \, being put into
the bottom of the wodden bow Je, or bratfe bafon, not a
pewter bafon 5 2nd (lining it fo long till all the Quicke-
filucr be clcane loft and turned into a blew falue no more
to bee feene 5 then by little and little mixe it with the for-
mers and being almoir coagulated, I meane almoft cleane
cold, neither liquid through heate, nor altogether cold,
andworke the Terbmthine with the Mercury altogether
ftrongly till it bee cold. You mud vfeit cold, and either
let the Patient himfelfe chaffe it in till it be warme, or
which is better kt the Patient ftand afore the fire & chafe
kin. Butnore,he which anointeth others therewith if he
vfe it too often, let him put a bladder on his hands, for
the. of ten vfe thereof caufeth many euflls. This Vnguent
hath as many venues as vices, and as many vices as ver-
ities, a whole weeke may be eafily ipent with good profit
m the Reader in writing of Mercuric, I hartily wifh fome
learned and worthy man would take it in hand truely to
anatomize that fubieft : I amperfwaded,yea and know
well, he might therby fauethe Hues of many an innocent
foule, who with great infamieperifh through the inordi-
nate vfe of this Vnguent , and yet the medicineis good 1
but 1 referre the Surgions Mate for the vfe of this Vnguent
ZQ read Mr, Clowes his booke of Surgery.
But
Of the Medicines % and their vfes. j i
B ut concerning the ordinary vfes thereof* if you anoint
the ioynts therewith it killeth thQ itch, but if you anoint
too plentifully it prouokethaflux, fometimes vpward,
fometimes downeward. If you anoint the feamesofhis
fhirt which is lowfie therewith,] t driueth away all the lice:
the fame it doth to the lice of theeyebrowesandfecret
parts, wherewith many are troubled. Alfo for the Piles it
is a very good medicine 5 I vfe it in that cafe firrt to
purge the Patient, and after ro anoint him with Vnguemu
lAtinm wherein quick-filueris mixed, namely of the T»-
gnentHm % j; of Mermrie J> j mifce, and anoint therewith
daily three times and keepe the place very warme.
Lhamentum Arcei,
IGannot but reuerence the Authour of this pretious
plaine Linament, whofe defertto the Common- wealth
was very great therein : for it is as fufficient a Balme for
new wounds , efpecialJy in the head , as that a better can
fcarfebefoundoutbyArt. It doth all the intentions of
healing a wound in the bead meerely of it feife , the flux
being ftayed. For it digefteth3mund!fieth,incarneth3and
ficcatrizeth 5 it defendeth from accidents,and is very an©-
dine: it m3y alfo fitly bee applied to painefull vlcer sand
fiftulaesvpon occafion. The Author or manifefter of this
Limment was Trancifctu Areetu^ in a fmall Treatife of Sur-
gery of his, tranflated by Mr. lehn Rea&e a Surgion. It is
of temperament hot and moift.
Vnguentum Antgon.
THis Vnguent is numbred amosgft the 4 hot Vnguents*
Itprofiteth generally againftall cold efTeclfof the out-
ward parts of the body : it much warmeth and comfort-
cth the (inewes : it is good againftconvuliions & cramps s
it is good to anoint the Ridge bone of the back e? and the
parts neere the kidads againft the paines thereof : and
H z alfo
^ 2 Of the Medicines ^ md their vfes.
alfo to anoint the {lomacke & belly vpon any cold griefe :
it is good toannointthe body for them which hauc the
quartane feuer,the falling (kknes,the paines of the ioynts:
and alfo it is good to be vied as a Morbm syntmcnt accord-
ing to the common phrafe, adding theduequantitieof
iMereurie thereto , which I account to be of ^fic^filaer
*ij to the Vn£tte*t lib.j. But I finde it will not retaine
his vertuesaboue one yeare, as witnelTeth hharmcs Iacobtu
mk*rw. Wherefore I forbeare this conipofitioninthe
Surgions Cheft,
Vrignentum ,Jltfkrt$4timl
THis Unguent jls it is compofedof manyingredien*
ces, fo it is faid to be effecluallfor many greefes:£br
faith x\\s Author jit difcuifeth cold caufes in the head
finewes , and ioynts : it remoueth the paine from the
bread and (lomacke proceeding from cold : it preuaileth
againftconvultions: it helpech therefolution of the fi-
newes, dead palfey , and them that are troubled with the
Sciatica^ or hip gout, the gout in the hands, feete, and in
other the ioynts of the body. It mollifleth hardpufiles
and tumors in the flefh : it adwageth the hard fwellings
of the Liuer and fplene : eafeth the paine in the fmall
gutts: itcureththeachinthereynes. Ithathhisname^as
S*/aritantu faith of Afartianus • or as Mauliw which is
snore probable faith of Martiattss, a naoft skilfull Phifi-
tion fuppofed to be the inventor thereof > and it is defcri-
bed in the Difpenfatorie by Ntcolam AUxandrmus , who
alfo defcribeth the vertues thereof in effect as is herefet
downc,
• tAxtingiA TercinAi.
C Ailed AxtMgia of annointing the Axel- tree to make
the wheeles turneealier about, for which many vfe it
toxhis day, It is liquid flowing like oylc with warmth t
Of the Medicines r And their vfes. 5 3
it hath a Ienifying and anodinc qualitie , and therefore it
is not vnprofoably vkd for mitigation of (harpe humors,
alfwaging of paine,healing of burnings with fire,and very
fitly mixedwhhCataphtfmes appointedfor thofeeffccTs.
t/fxttngia Ctruk
THis ArmgU is of a hot nature, doth aflwage aches?
refolueth and mollirieth hard tumors in any part of
the body, and by experienceis found very good,ad-
Tniniftred in Gliders to heale the excoriations of the Inte-
Jlimm rettttm 5 for it Is anodine and very fanatine. The
manner to vfe it is fomev\hat touched in fomeother my
Jnflrudions elfewhere.
Mel pmflex.
ENgliflihony being yellow, the fapourandodourplea*
fant, being fliarpe, pure, fincere, clearejfaftorfhrTe,
yeelding little fpume in decoding, is good and very pro-
fitableibr thofe that are coflique, good for the ftomackeif
onedrinke it with water: ithelpeththebJadder&reynes :
it is good for the eyes : it rrmndirleth, openeth, and hea-
leth: and for burnings and fcaldings it healeth them
without fcarr,and is very good to heale vlccrs of the eares;
and (faith Diofcortdcs) drunke with water is wholefome
for the belly and ftomacke: and alfo for fuch as are pai-
ned in the kidneis and bladder,it helpeth them. It is alfo
good to be anointed in the eyes to cleare the dimnetfe of
light in them : it hath an abftergent or clenflng force : ic
openeth the mouthes of veynes, whereby it alfo draweth
out fordid matter or quittur from fetid vlcers. But the
beft hony of all other is that which is gathered in LycoanU
a Prouince of PehnU, where the Bees breed only in high
trees , and gather their hony from a certaine flower grow-
ing on trees called in Latin Flores TiUU or 7?#, in the Ger*
mane tongue iinUeitijolt This hony is white, hard, and
very fragrant or odoriferous,
H5 Of
Of the vertues and vfes of fundry
Qordiail Waters.
Y^Qrafmuch as compound Cordial! waters truely made
JT of the Spirit of wine/ with the addition of diuers efpe-
ciallcoftly and medicinall fpices, drugs, and other preci-
ous additamenrs now much in vfe, haue beene found ve-
ry auailable and comfortable by many experiences, not
onely at fea, and that in the very remoteft parts of the
earth, either hot orcolde, to our nation, and others in
their trauels : but alfo heere at home, vpon many occafi-
ons, haue miniftred great helpe and comfort, both in pre-
feruing the body in health from difeafe,and alfo in curing
many great infirmities, efpecially when they haue procee-
ded of coldecaufes : I thought it a thing not vnneceifiry
breefely to fet downe the vertues and vTqs of fome of the
principall of them, for the benefit of young Surgeons,
ssfqua CcetefiU.
MAtheolm in his Commentaries vpon Diofcorides,
fetteth downe this excellent water, as a principall
Antidote or preferuatiue againft all poy fons, or poy foned
or infectious aires whatfoeuer, fo that either receiued into
the body , or but onely fmelled vnto, it helpeth very
much againft infections, and that it doth alfo very admi-
rably reftore againeone fallen either of the dead paulfie or
falling fickneile, and is alfo good either in the collicke or
any gripings of the guts, as alfo in any the weaknefles of
theftomacke, and againft any colde fluxes ofthegutsor
, jb.elly, mixed with fome two fpoonefuls in a glifter, and
bath
Of the Medicines ^nd their vfes* 55
bath many more efpeczll good vfes and vertues there fee
downe, which for breuit) Imuft patfe ouer.
T
Dv.Steeue»sW„tert
His Water needeth no man to defcribe his vertues,
. being a thing fo common and ancient in vfe, compo-
fed by that learned Phydcian ofworthy memory fo na-
med, for experience hath found k to be a notable cordiaJl
water for comforting the head and heart, yea> and all the
principall faculties of the body, both AnimaU, 1 Vitalland
Natural}? if it bee truely prepared, and of that th'eie nee-
deth no queftion if you will but beleeue the feller thereof.
R oja Soils.
THis Rofa Soils, or rather Ro foils, takethhis name of
an hearbe fo called, which hearbe is very medicina-
ble, as namely again!} confumptions. it hath beene often
approoued and found a certaine remedy, but the Rofa So-
fa eompofitjon being without deceit made, is farre more
precious, for it comfort eth theftomackeandbraine, hel-
pech digeftion, ftrengthneth the appetite, bpeneth qb<
ftruclions, is good againft the paulfie and falling fickne?,
and hath many other vertues.
Cynamon Water.
THis Water doth comfort.ee ftrengthen the flomacke,
the liuor, the milt, the lungs, the heart, the braine and
the (inewes, fharpneth the fight, is good again ft venoms,
as alfo the (lingings and bitings of venemous beads, hel-
peth a bad or euiil fauouring breath, is good again ft loth-
ing of the ftomacke, and where you; deiire to warme, to
open,toatenuate, digeftor corroborate, in all fuch cafes
this precious liquour excelleth, witnelTe Iobames Ucobw
Wtktrm alledging Afathio/^ye&zwi diuers other famous
writers, and Experience it felfc.
lymojs-
j£ Of the Mtdimisiwdtfair <vfes\
Limo»W*iter9
THis is the tinclure arid cbiefeeffence dranne by fpiritr
of wine from the rindesofLimons, which is a great
Reftoratiue to mansnature,and a precious Cordial J, which
not onely aromatizeth theftomacke, butmuchftrength-
neththefeebled Spirits, andisas an healing balfam to all
the inward parts of the body, and doth open obftruclions
and breakethe windein the ftomacke exceedingly. Iuyce
of Limons is touched elfe where in the cure of, the
Scuruy. *
Roftmary Water.
THisfsagreat comforter of the braine, fharpneththe
fight, helpeththeweaknelfeoftheftomacke, prefer-
ueth rromvomiring,is very good againft the difeafe£>ijj&w-
tery or the bloudy rtixe5 the caufe proceeding of eolde, ci-
ther drunke,or three fpoonfuls taken in a glifter>when yon
are ready to adminiderthe fame : and hath very many 0-
ther good properties too long heere to recite
SdfftfiasWaien
THeSpirit of this precious root is a great opener of all
obftru&ions or ftoppings in the body, namely of the
liuer, the lungs, the kidniesj and of the fplene, and there-
by it is found by many experiences excellent agairift
fheScuruy, the French difeafe, and in the yellow iaun-
dife 5 it is an approoued remedy alfo againft colde fe-
uors and the dropfie, orthofe which are eociining there-
to/oritprouokcth vrine andfweat, in a very milde and
naturall manner, and driueth outmany difeafes by the
poores of the skinpe, and hath infinite more vertuesafcri-
bed vntoit j thebeft of thefe roores grow mftrgmid ': you
may r&L&Mottardus of the vermes of this roote more at
large In feis Trearife of New Spaine*
Anu-feed
Of the Medicines* And their vfes. 5 7
Ank-feedwatcr.
THis water as the former, and alfo thofe which follow,
haue all their fubftances from the Spirit of wine, and
muft therefore being truely (o made, retainerhc manifold
good vermes thereof rand befides hauing therein the
whole vermes of the AnU-fecdes^ it is found very excel-
lent againft winde in the (tomack or elfe-where in the bo-
dy, and againft Afina, th&Tiji?lze and fliortneife of breath,
it alfo breaketh rlegme and warmerh the ftormcke*
Worme-weed Water,
NT O water whatfoeuer more gratefull to the fiomacke,
k then is Worme-woaA Water truely compofed, for it is
as balfam thereto. It cbnfumeth and breaketh winde
mightily> killcth the wormes, whereunto our nation are
fubieel: in the Eafi Indies, hindereth vomiting , prouoketh
appetite, is very good again ft painesin the head procee*
ding of a colde caufe,andis very cordial!.
Balme Water*
THis water hath a great refpecl to the heart, for of all
other of the former, no hearbe is efteemed more cor-
diallthen this, and is of a gratefull fmelland tafte, yet I
holde it more proper to women then men, for it much
refpeð the infirmities of the Mother, and is in the
times of their paines very comfortable to take a little of ir,
forthefafer aadfooner prouoking of fpeedy deliuery.
Angelica Water 4
ANgeHca 'water may feme well in (lead of TrskeH or
Mithridate^ for a preferuatiue againft the .plague or
any infectious aires, for there is no one thing, more cora-
I mended
:-":
44 Of the Medicines, and their vfes.
mended by ancient and moderne writers, inthatkinde,
then Angelica is, nor of more experiences, and is alfo very
ftomachicall and cordial], and being truely made will re-
tains his ftrength and vermes forty yeeres and more.
Mint Water.
A Qua Mentha doth warme and flrengthen the fio-
macke,Iiuer, fpleeneor milt, helpeth concoction?
ftayeth vomit, and is very cordialJ.
Aqm Cardui Bcneditti.
CArdum BenedittHs Water doth eafe the paine of the
head, confirmeth the memory, cureth a Quartane,
prouokech fweat, and comforteththe vitali Spirits.
The Conclnfiom.
ALL thefe waters and fpirits rehearfed, though in
themfelues they be good, yet if any of the beftof
them be abufed and immoderately taken, they may as
foonedoe harme as profit : I ad uife therefore no man to
make a common vfe of them, or any of them, which hath
a young able body, and may haue a good diet at his plea-
fure : for they are cheefely to bee vfed at fea, where mens
bodies by variety of the venemous vapours and euilldi-
Ipofitions of the aire, or vnkinde diet, are in hazard, or
where there is aweake ftomaclce, euill digeftion, with a
lothing difpofitionto meat,euillappetitejtoo much loofe-
nelfe of thebelly, alfo where by extreame heat and fweat
the fpirits of the body are exhaufted and fpent, or where
through the extreame cold of the fame, the body is much
annoyed and endangered: In allthefe and in infinite more
euils incident to mens bodies abroad and at home, thefe
precious liquors minifter prefent comfort: they alfo are
very behouefuli to aged people after there meats to helpe
digeftion^
Of the Medicines, and their <v[es. 41
digeflio 5 or them which haueweakeftomaeks,or that are
of fad & melanchole difpofitions, for it mud not be deni-
ed that wine comforteth the heart of man, and thcfe wa-
ters haue their originall and whole force by the fpirit or
life of the wine, and thereby do exhilarate mans heart, and
giue him courage as well as cure his infirmities.
If therefore thefe waters be truely made,they ought alfo
to be (Iron g of the fpirit of wine, otherwife they will not
keep Jong good,neitherarc they profitable nor wholfom,
and being good, one fpoonefull at one time is fufficient,
or two fpoonfuls at the mod, for thepreferuing of health,
they are bed to betaken fafting, onehower or two after
dinner, andlaftat night, either alone, or with beere or
winejfomemakeatofte failing, and drop the fame full
of cordiall water and fo eat it, and that is very good.
Ingripings of theguts,collickeor fluxes of the belly,
proceeding of cold caufes or much crudity, three fpoon-
fuils or foure may be vfed at once in a glifier,but you muft
not boyle it therein, only when it is ready to bee admini-
fired \ but if you put it in otherwifethe fpirits willeuapo-
rate and be of no force.
Aqua %ofarum Vamafienarum,
DAmmaske Rofe- water doth refrigerate and comfort
the heart, is good againft fwounding and caufeth
lleepe.
Aqua Tfyfitrum Ruhr arum.
REd Hfefe water doth refrigerate, bindeand corrobo-
rate the vitall and animall faculties : benefitteth the
head, eafeth the pained eares and eyes, and doth good in
Inflammations , and is profitable in medicines againft
Difpenterj,
1 2 Aqu4
do Of the Medf$fcii Wdihtir vfis.
AqfiaOdoriferJ,
SWcet water is very necellary and profitable to aroma-
tize the body and refrtfli the fences, itfweetneth the
garments taking all offenhue fauours away, and dotfe
much exhilarate the (p'mtSj being well compofedoftrue
Aromaricke Ingredients.
Aqua Tlantaginij,
PLantanewtterh aftringent and fanatiue}good to them
that are in a confumption of the lungs, in a drop(ie,or
that haue the bloudy flixe, again fi the quartane ague, and
eureth the vlcers of the reines, bladder, and excoriations
of the parage of the yard,and being drunk,helpeth againS
ardent vrine, or thz fnarpneflc oi the water..
FOr this water, ifyoudefire the compofuion thereof,
I referre you to the A uthour, namely (jabrie/iuFalia-
pm'm his Treatife D'e Morbc Gallkd \ but heereafter I
mesne to fee downefome leuerall compofitions thereof,
for the Authour hath diuers.
It is a water proper : cheefelyof ^rafr/fublimcd, I
hycheefefy; for that though the other thing for quantity
be ten for one,yet fublimed Mercury will carry no coalcij
bat will euerihew his valour in healing or fpoiling : I put
not this compofm'on ready made into any Surgeons chel1s
but leaue rather the Ingredients, and let the decreet Sur-
geon make it topleafe frfmfelf, for if I my felfe mould find
fuchacompofition ni'ade by any, I Oiould much feareto
vfe ofit,and fo-1 v\ifli the Surgeons Mate to doe in all
Mcrcurkll Lotions , and rather ht him vfe fuch other
good Lotions, as are f^t downe in the cure of* the
Scuruy, vnto any which bee may adde fublimate, and
tearme.it if heplcafcj, AfiaFaliofy) but I fay Jet him well
vaderflaM
Of the Medicines ^ And their vfes. 6\
vndedtandhimfelfebothinthecompofiiion, and admi-
ciftration of any fuch medicines , or lethimcraueadaife,
or rather forbeare them , and vfe other fafer medicine?,
though their vermes or vices perhaps be fewer,
AqHAviridh ,
THis Greene water ^hich is held a maximum by fome
Surgeons hath his tincTure from Viridi tALre , and
likewife his aftringent taft , and vertue, hischiefevfeal/o
is concerning the cures of Opthalmit in theeies, and aJfo
againlidiuers rumes, or diftiliations of humors troubling
the eyes, guttatim ordroppe-wifeadminiftred, the dei-
criptionor. whofe compolition I referre the Reader to
the red of my competitions , where they (hall bee found
together 5 but I vfe in place thereof Lapi* medkamtntofwj
which in his place alfo (hall befpoken of,
Af4A fortu.
Aquafortis or flrong water: I haue, tofatisfie fome
Surgeons, put this water into their cheGs, but for my
felfelfeenoreafonforit , I know no Chirurgicall vfe it
h 4th which is not far better performed by oyleof vitricff,
wherefore I referre you rather to oyle of vMrioll , for irisa
ferre fweeter and furcr medicine, as at large fhali be fpokea
of in his place.
TF&Jmefc+
VEruife orVer-iuce made of the iuyce of crabs is a good
cooling medicine to be giuen in drinkos againft bur-
ning feuers, it helpes well digeth'on, caufeth appetite? rel-
lifbeth well meates and drinkes, and is cordiall , familial
andpleafingtothe ta'fte ; but it will not line abcueone
yeare in good force at Sea,yet I giue way to the putting it
into the Surgeons chefr? for thatit is often delircdby Sur-
geons,
/ 3 Lotion
6% of the Medicines, and their wfes.
Lotion,
LOtion: this word Lotion is a generall phrafe with many
Surgeons,as if there were no difference in lotions > when
their differences are infinite : but here J will meane it as the
vulgar fort do : A lotion compounded of vulnerary hearbs
in their prime gathered and decoded with Allnmmis and
mellva aquapura, this Lotion I confeife may retaineaname
generall as well as any one outward medicine I know, for
well prepared* thereof are good vfes made, as namely and
mod commonly it is all in all to be vfed as an inieclion ge-
nerally for griefes of the yard , as well within the patfage
as alfo twixt glans and preputium , and in Gonorrhea^
which though it cannot cure the difeafe, yet it healeth the
excoriations thereof, and ftrengthnethwell the parts, and
fodoth it in all exulcerations of the fame, remembring
that if you vfe it within the pallageof the yard,ifyou find
it bee too >tart of the Allome , you mixe it with Plantan-
waterifyouhaueit, or for want thereof with faire water*
Note that for the firft time you beginne inieclion, lei it be
very gently done3then you may fortifie it as you fee caufe,
namely giueitofitfelfe,or with the addition of a little well
duflifiedw*w#r*? where occafionis,butthat warily ,name-
ly, feldome or neuer within the paflage , but twixt glans
and preputium daily, if you will vponiuftoccafion , and
adminifter no Lotion within the paffage of Virga cold , but
warme euer : further it hath the prime place , for a Catho-
licke medicine in exulcerations and excoriations of the
mouth and throte, both in Towneand Countrey , and is
become in fuch cafes euery old wires medicine : Ihaue
touched it in the cure of the Scuruy, wherefore here for
hafte I craue pardon : Only let me tell the Surgeons Mate
that in want of fuch a Lotion^ though it be not in all points
anfwerable thereto, yet he may make a good Lotun at fea
of frefh water, Allome,and Hony 5 prouided he be wary
not to be too plentifull of the Allome.
Lixmum
Of the Medicines 7 and their vfes. tf 3
Lix'm'mm forte,
"T"His is to be vnderftood Capitalllees, a very neceflari^
1 medicine to be at hand in the Surgeons cheft, to mol*
lifie th& liquid or white cauftike when it groweth dry, and
alfo if need be by decoction /^r/# to make vp a lapis infer •-
nalis as fome tearme it,or ahard caufticke ftone: the liquid
caufticke is made only of vnflaked limeand ftrong Capi-
tal! lees by decoction together to the thicknelle of an vn-
guent, and when occafion of application thereof is, lay on
the griefe a minium or fome other cleauing Emplafter with
a hole cut therein , fo bigge as there ftiali be occafion to
make an orifice , and thicke fpread the white caufticke
thereon , & let it remaine thereon at the ieaft two houresj
hauing a care fo to defend the fame that it doe not
fpread.
Thecaufticke (lone if youboile it to aiuft confiflence
and hauing put« out, being yet warme, fmoothitouer
with an iron fplatter, then with a knife cut it into pieces,
you fnall haue it ready to make incifion after your owne
will, for any caufticke laid on an Apofteme may fpread
further and broader then thy will to the damage of the
Patient, but this kinde of caufticke you may hold in your
hand wrapped in fome cloute or piece of plafter fpread*
and fo you may rule it at your owne defire, and yet it ma-
ketfa greater fpread with telle paine then the other. Some-
what of this manner of incifion I haue mentioned in the
cure of Apoflemes and elfewhere , to which I referreyou
for this time.
F
Lixiuium commune.
Or this medicine I referre you to theTreatifeof fait
ingeneralJ.
A&tm
($4 Qftht Medicines, and their vfes.
Acctum Rojarunt.
VNderftand that vineger of Rofes is or ought to bee
vineger of wine flrft , and then by the infufion of red
rofeleaues cleft therein it is the more fragrant and cordi-
all, fo that it is the betrer to aromatize the llomake, and to
refrelh nature weake-ned,and againft the fainting and great
weakened of the fpirits, wherein the tindure of rofes
fi^th a great vertuecomfortariue.
Yet let not the Surgeons Mate bee difcouraged though
he haiie not Acetum rofar^m^ {Qxacetum vim or wine vine-
ger will ferue well in place thereof , and yet better if you
haue Rofe-water to infufe therein vpon occafion of .viing
the odour thereof, or for to be applied to the (lomackea-
^ainft vomiting, or imbecility of the ftomacke. In other
cafes the one may (land for the other very well > as alfo for
thofe griefes.
Acetstmvinu
Wine Vineger helpeth the vnnatural fwellings of the
belly, as alfo cureth thQ fluxes of tbtflomacke,the
parts grieued being fomented therewith : it ftaieth the ia-
©rdinace men ftruali fluxes, the region of the liuer or the
bearing parts fomented therewith warme, namely with
ftupes wet therein. It is good again(t vomiting, the Oomake
outwardly fomented with v&rms flupes wet therein : Ital-
fodifcuHcth and diilipareth violent hot tumors in their
beginning, yea euen thole which are named Patfdritk, or
as fame tearme them fellons.Good wine vineger excelleth,
vfed in CattpUfenes • as alfo in fomentations where ano-
dine Medicines areto be vied* prouided the place bee not
excoriated, as namely in Hernia hum&rali. With beane-
meale, and oyleof Rofes it is aprefent helpe well applied,
wdth alfo apt tradings and care had. In the falling downe
of the fundament it is approued good? fometimes with
Of the Medicines jnd their vfes. 6y
wine vfed warme to foment the part withall , as alfo to bee
caft on brickes to reckue the fume thereof. In the hotte
Goute, and in all inflammations, as the^/^or Ignis facer,
or as forne call it Saint Antonies fire,by way of fomentation
with wine vineger it is a precious help, as alfo made into a
firupewithhony , then tearmed Oxlmell^ or with fugar,
then tearmed Oxifaccarum , it is very conuenienc to a
weakeftomake, foritcaufeth appetite, and is a helpeto
digeftion , giuen *i or |ij at once, for it cutteth away
ilegme and refrefheth nature, and corroborateth the fto*
make , alfo by way of a Gargerifme : it is an approued re-
medie againe Sqt/inantia angina, or any the fuddaine in-
flammationsof^ */*»«//*j or the zAmigdales ofc the throte*
and if Rofes be put therein, it is for all the aforefaid vfes,y et
more better, and it maketh the Vineger much the more
cordial! .• Itis very questionable whether wine vineger bee
of temperament hot or colde , confidering the different
effects thereof, for I fhould not doubt to giue reafonable
content to any vnpartiall Artiii that it doth both the ef-
fects of a hot and cold medicine , proouing it both by au-
thoritieandpraclifetobe hot andcold, yeaeuenbyc^*-
Un himfelfe , Teftscap. 6. lib > prim, fimph med, & cap. zo,
emfdem lib.^
Spmttu vim.
SPirit of wine of all vegetables is themoftpretious thing,
it is the trued cordiall amongft all cordialls, the parti-
cular vertues thereof to be duly handled would fill a great .
Volume 5 it is called, as is faid, Spirits vini, quafi Spmttu
vit<e , and the fact ed Scriptures teftifie that w me makes
glad the heart of man, wherefore there needes no further
argumenttoexpreffeittobea true Cordiall. Itis odorife-
rous and of a pleafanttafle : It extradeth out tin&ures
from euery medicinall fubiecT.
It prefer ueth the body from putref a&ion, and in euery
cold oppreffion of Natureit is a true hf lper,for the cough
K and
$6 Of the Medicines } and their vfes*
ai id for «I1 dilii.'lations of rumes and fluxes it is a perfect
Jielpe : It comforteth the (lomake, and prouoketh ap-
petite.
, It helper h thofe which are thkke of hearing , daily one
droppe put into the eare.
It preferueth a man in health,the vfe thereof euery mor-
ning tandeuening certaine droppes being taken, andde-
fenderh the body that taketh it from the oppreffionofin*
fefuous aires, and being ficke almoft in any difeafe it may
fafely be giuen as a true reftoratiue medicine. All forts of
the Cordial! (hong waters recited, forfo much as they
containeofty/Wf 0/^Winthem, asisfaid, they become
thereby Cordiall indeed, if not othcrwife; for take from
them the Spirit of wine they containe , and the remainer
is not worth roome in a glaife. Much might hereto good
purpofe be taught of the true vfe of Spirit of wineforthe
cure of wounds, vlcers , fillulaes, and many other infir-
mities if time would ferue> which for wane of leafurel
muft pretermit.
F
Spirit of Vitriol*.
Or this medicine I referre the Reader to the general!
Treatife of Salt 9 and to that part which mentioneth
OyU of fttriolt) where he fhall be fatisfied.
Spirit of Terekinthine.
THis Spirit ofTerebinfhmeisafubtiIe,volatiIe,pure>
and achriftalline fpirit extra t\ed from Terebinthine^
which how much the more noble the fubiecT: is , fo
much the more excellent will the fpirit be. It hath many
pretious vertues medicinable, contained in it: it is wholy
combuftibJe, penetratiue, of a warming and comforting
faculty s it is a good menftrum to draw Tinctures by, ei-
ther from vegetable or minerall medicines, and chiefeiy
it is vfed to extract the tinclure from Sulphur>wbich tinc-
ture
Of the Medicines % And their <vfes. 67
ture is a Angular good medicine many waies, as in his pro-
per place 1 meane to touch. This faid fpirit is a true
Balfame in he cure of all new wounds? efpecially of the
finewes. It comforteth all the finewy parts of the body
afflicted with any cold impreffion, as convulsions, the
Scuruy, or the like. Itprouokethvrinevery well 10 or
1 z drops taken in wine fafting,and driues out grauell and
the ftone. It is alfo good to confolidate any inward
wound penetrating into the body , a few drops thereof
daily drunke. It is a fit addition for any Vnguent feruing
for a cold difeafe to amend the warming force thereof
and tocaufe it to pecetrate the better. It hath many other
fingular good vfes,which for breuitie I mud parte ouer.
The white Caufticke.
THis kindeofCaufticke taketh his vertue from the
vegetable fait it containes,and uiay well be carried
in the Cheft , for that it will laft well an Eaft India
Voyage, with fome times the addition of a little capitail
lees, asneede fhall require, nan ely when it groweth too
hard. It is altogether a§ fafe and fure as the Cauftickc
ftone, but not fo fwift in working, neither fo well to bee
ruled, for it will often fpread three times as wide as it is in-
tended, if it be not warily preuented : which thing is dan-
gerous to the Patient,& difgracefull to the Artift. Where-
fore if I had capitail Lees I would rather ■ Boyle vp the
Caufticke ftone 5 but then againe, except the Surgions
Mate know the true height of boy ling it, and can cut it
into peeces one inch long, as is faid, and with one of the
faid peeces held in his one hand can perforate the Apoft-
eme, it is otherwife all one with the former white Cau-
fticke, for being laid on, it will become liquid as the other.
It is not fu fficient fafe to cut a hole, as the vfc is, in a fpread
emplafter of the bigneflehe would hauehis orifice, and fo
lay it on, and couer it with a like emplafter : for that this
courfe cannot hinder the fpreading thereof, but if hee
K 2 will
68 Of the Medicines >and their vfes.
will worke furely after that falhion, I meanewith any po-
tential! Caufticke medicine , let him cut from a rowle of
fome foft emplafier that will cleaue weli,a pecce of ^ J- *n
weight, or thereabout, and make of it two long rowles,
laying one on ech fide the place of the Apofteme appoin-
ted to be pierced, bringing them at ech end together, for
the ends of a Cauftickeincifion ought to be narrow, and
the middeft broad, ii it be artificially at kail twife as long
as broad is a good forme and rather more. Regard alfo
that your inciiion be made as neere as may be according
to the length of the fibers and mufkles , and alwaies that
it be fo made that one end be more dependent then the
other 5 but in Buboes of the em un dories it will feldome
fall out fo, for that you are conitrained to follow the
forme of the tumour , which commonly lieth thwarty
chiefly in veneriall Buboes in Inguine or the groyne. Like
wife if the tumour be full, and the Patient in great paine,
you (hall doe him great eafe by piercing the Eafkerm the
middeft , fo foone as it is made to difcharge fome of the
matter. But note this as a generall rule, neuer pretfe out
the matter too forcibly, nor take too much at once out.
For howfoeuer you may iuftly alledge and conceiue it is
putrid & offenfiue matter,)' et know it containeth naturall
calor3& fome fpirits, and any fucfden euacuation thereof
will weaken & perhaps ouerthrow your Patient. Where-
fore except fome extraordinary caufe vrge you thereto,
force not much matterfroma fuperated Apofteme, Jeaue
that worke to nature onely , hindernotthedue courfe
thereof by the fooliih vfc of flopping the orifice with a
tent, for fo thou (halt become an enemy to thy Patient,,
andnotonely hinder his naturall helpefarre aboue thy
Artificial! helpe, but alfo yiicfiaritably thou wilt choke
him vpin his owne excrements,which beware oft And
for the furthering the fall of an Efcrinany Apofteme,
where nature hath a breathing , it is meere folly, as I haue
faid in other places. The longer itIyethon,thebetterI
like the worke , and if you would' vfc all the Art you can,.
yo&
Of the Medicines, and their vfeu 6p
you can not keepe on an Efksr at your will. Wherefore
forget that worke tiilitbedonetothyhand.
1 haue much (in my good will) to write of this fubiech
namely of the manner of preparation, keeping? & fundry
forts of application of the fame Cauftickejanddiuerso-
ther neceflary Inftrudions of the feuerall vfes of the fame
medicine in diuers parts of Ckirurgery, as well as in the
opening of Tumours, but my timecalleth me to the next.
Wherefore at thL time I craue pardon.
Salt AbJinthijt&Gmm*,& Nitri,
WHat my leifute hath not here permitted meet©
fpeake of them or any Salt elfe, I haue rehearfed
them in my Treatife general! of Salt in their particular
places, to which I referre the friendly Reader. The Index
will guide him thereto.
Oleum Hofanim]
OR Oyle of Rofes, is anodine,and doth refrigerate and
corroborate,and therefore is good againft hot difca-
fes, as Erijtphilas, Alio with Mel Refarum it is a good
Balme for new wounds of the head, and elfe where 5 an$
hath diuers other worthy vfes in Chirurgery.
Oleum bAnsthentnftm.
OTle of Dill is anodine and Iaxatiue, it concocteth
crude tumors 5 caufethileepe, mitigateth thQ head-
ach? refrefiieth the wearied members, ftrengthxieth the Ci-
newesjdifcuifeth winde, profitable for convul (ions, and-
aiTWageth aches3 eafgth paines,and hath many other good
vfes.
K 3 1 Oleum,
jo Of the Medicines ^ and their vfts.
Oleum Cham&melinum,
OYle of Chamemill refolueth moderately and cale-
fieth, is good for the collicke, ft one, wearinetfe,by
annointing the parts greeued, and for aches, and
feuers in all other things other with the former. It is alfo
very convenient in GMers for all gripings and tortions
of the gutts , and yeeldeth great comfort to the intrailes
by the good odour and warmth thereof.
Oleum Lumbrkorum.
OYle of Earth-wormes helperh the aches of the
ioynts in any part of thebody,and doth ftrengthen
and comfbrt well the (inewes weakned and pained,
and againft con vulfions and cramps : and it is alfo a good
Balme for iinowes wounded.
Oleum Lilliorum.
OYle of Lilliesdoth moderately warme & refolue,
atfwageth paine, mollifieth hard tumors * doth
much mitigate the violence of difeafes , and is
very effedtuall againftpainesofthebreaftandftomacke,
and allayeth the inordinate heate of the reynes and
bladder.
Oleum Hifericow Jimplex.
OYle of Sc Johns worte firnple is of a thin etfence :
it is of temperament dry and anodine, healing fi-
newes pricked or wounded. Alfo it is very profi-
table to them that haue the Sciatica to annoint them a-
gainft the fwellings in the Temples-) Belly) and Ieggs
throug Melancholie : and it is of very good vfefor cold
aches and convulfions, cramps, burnings^ fcaldings, and
good to cure new wounds. OUum
Of the Medkinis^nitheW vfes. yi
. Oleum Htpriconii compofitt,
Oteut&Apariet', or
Bdme Artificial!,
THefe three feuerall names of oyles, or different medi-
cines 5 according to that I intend in the Surgions
Chelt, i* but one and the fame medicine. A better Balme
then which to heale new wounds the Surgions Mate need
not defire to ieame nor know. Some Writers call it by
the name or Oleum Hipericoms cttrngummis : fome Oleunu
Aperici: tome Bahm Artificially The compodtion where-
of with the reil (hall follow.
It is beft to be vfed in wounds as hot as the Patient can
endure it3 and for thQ firft time rather hotter. It is a fure
medicine for all venemous wounds, all bitings of madde
doggesj or of venemous wormes j very hoc applied , and
the parts about annointed therewith warme, remembring
in all venemous griefes a Cordiall is alfo requifite. In my
ownepradifeit isalmoftallthe vnclious medicine I euer
vfe for the curing of wounds and contufions, and I neuer
repented my kite of the vfe thereof. In piercing wounds
and ftabbs it is a medicine a Surgion may well rely on, it
will not difgrace him. It is a very comfortable medicine
again ft all paines, ?cbes3 and witherings of the outward
limmes* proceeding of cold caufes, vfing it warme with
good frication,and aplafter of Burgundy pitch (pread on
lether and applied thereon, or rather EmplarStipticxm Pa*
I fpeake this of pradnfe 5 and I could fay much more
of my owne experience touching the worthy praife of this
medicine if time would ferue : but for this time accept of
this abridgment.
Olenm
yi of the Medicines, and their vfesi
Oleum Setmbmfaum.
OYle of Elder flowers doth lenifie and purge the
skin? is good for the obftruclions of theLiuer,
helpfull for the ioynts and nerues pained, the parts
greeued being annointed therewith : it procurcth ftooles
by Glitters vfed,healeth the yellow Jaundice , amendeth
belly ach, and eafeth the griping paines thereof.
Olwm Link
OYle of Linfeed is anodine, cureth convulfions5
mitigateththe hardnes of the arteries, mufcks,6c
nerues,airwageth the paine of the Hemorrhoides :
and helpeth the vnnaturall clefts, chaps, and fiffures of the
fundament.
Oleum OHorum.
OYle of Eggs clenfeth the skin, taketh away the fil-
thineife, and all skars thereof occasioned by cutts,
or bitings , or at the katt much diminiilieth them,
fo that they can be hardly feene : it cureth burnings, kil-
leth Ringwormes , heakth excoriations* and is preuaknc
againftanyvker, chops, or ill matter arifing out of the
flefh, either in the hands/eete^armes; legs, or in any ether
part of the body.
Oleum Lnurinum.
OYle of Bayes is a medicine calefying, mollifying, o-
pening and difcuffing, it doth much mitigate the
Collicke deliuered into .the body by glitter, it is a prefect
remedy againtt coldegreefes of the braine, nerues, arte-
ries and loynes, the parts annoynted therewith, it repref-
feththe violence Of a feuer, thejpim dor/tot region of the
backe
of the Mediates, and their vfes\ j%£
backe bone annoynted therewith, and is good for the
Paftie, Sciatica, the hardneife and painesof thefplcene,
and is much vfed for to cure the fcab.and ring-worme,and
in the cure of the Scuruy .
OlettmAbfmthij.
OYle ofwormewood doth calefi<? and corroborate, c-
fpecially the flomacke, raifeth an appetite, conco-
cleth crude humours, diflipateth and difperfeth winde,
Jrilleth wormes,and taketh away ob(trucftions proceeding
from a colde caufe, the* parts greeued being annoynted
therewith, and like wife it is good in glitters for the like
occafions.
Oleum TApauertinu^
OYle of Poppies cureththe intemperature of heatin
the reines and feuers,and procureth fleepe being an-
noynted on thenofe, temples or eares, rnaketh labricke^
and lenefieth the fliarpe arteric.
Oleum? etreolL
OYle of Peter is hot and dry, and by the tenuity of the
eCence thereof doth penetrate and digeft all excre-
nientall matter,it is vfed with profitfor thefalling ficknes,
palfiejgiddineifeof the head, and is good for many other
greefes arifing from cold caufes.
Oleum Scorpiantinul
OYle of Scorpions is of fpeciall vfe to breake the (lone
in the reines and bladder, and LManardui commen-
deth it borh in thepeftilence,all contagion, &feuors, bit
cheefely in expelling poyfon. And it isalfogoodtoaf-.
fwagethepaiaei of the backe proceeding by ditfempered
kidneyes,
L Chum
74 Of the Medicines, *nd their vfes.
Otenm Amgdalartm ciulcimru.
OYle of fweet Almonds doth lenifie the roughnelfe
of the breft and throat,as alfothe hardnelTe & drines
ohhe ioints,is good againft the confumption of the lungs,
it is alfoofgoodvfetobeedrunkeintheheifHckefeuers :
it ftayeth the cough, alfwageth the heat of vrine, healeth
vlcers by inieclion : is very good in Ccttca or Iliac* PaJJio
to be drnnke,and to be adminifired in glifters.
Oleum Amigddarum atnararvm*
OYle of bitter Almonds doth open obftructions di-
fcutfeth windeand vapours : butcheefly it healeth
deafneife, the hiding an dpaine of the eares, lenifieth the
hardnetfe of the finewes :and makeththeface andhands
faire. &c.
Balfamum Nat urate.
NAturall Batfamumj oxOpobalfamum is very good for
them that are Aiorc winded, forthe obftrurtions of
theliuer,and forgreefes of the ftomacke,helpeth the con-
fumption of the lungs : andcaufeth an appetite, and be-
fides the excellent vertue fanatiueithath, both inwardly
and outwardly in the cure of wounds,. It hath alfo many
other good venues.
Oteum yitrieli.
OYle olVitriole is exceeding hot and colde, mixed in
waters, deco&ions, firupes or conferues^, maketh
them in tafte tart or fowerifb, and in colour purple like,
delighting them that are ficke offeauers, freeth obftru-
&ions, recreateth the bowels : and is very effeft uall in the
peftilence, falling ficknelfe palfie and (lopping of vrine*
See more heereof in the Treatife of Salt.
Oteum
of the Medicines % md their <vfes. 75
Oleum Sulphur u perCAmpattMm*
OYleof Sulphur made from the humid vapors therof,
is good to make the teeth white, to take away the
morphew, cureth venereallvlcers, expelleth difeafes ari-
fing from winde or colde, is good againfl the falling fick*
neife, fhortneiTe of breath, euill affections of the Jungs,
andeafeth the tooth-ach, andis, being weil prepared, a
true cordiall medicine.
Oleum Gary ofhifiorum.
^\Yle ©f Cloues not vnlike to Optbalfamum in ftrength
^-'doth fweeten the breath, driueth away putrede hu-
mours, difcutfcth winde, openeth the pores oftheliuer,
digefteth colde humours, diflipateth the melancholicke
humours healeth olde and new vlcers,ftaieth the putrefa-
ction of the bones, and alfwageth thepaiae of the teeth
proceeding from a colde caufe.
Oleum Maris.
/~\Yle of mace doth calefie and digefl colde humours*
^-'roborate the ftomacke, helpeth concoction, raifeth
an appetite, andprocureth many other benefits to him
thatvfethit.
Oleum Thilcfophorum.
/~\Yleof Philofophers, or of tile- ff ones or bricke-bats>
^-'the eldeftis the beft, very like it is to Oleum Petreoleu
in vertue it doth extenuate and penetrate vpward, dige-
fieth and confumethallcxcrementall matter : and is profi-
table for colde afFedtionsof thefpleene, reines, bladder,
nerues) wombe and ioynts, for the Lethargie, Apoplexie
andfalling ficknefie,and many other thelike greefes.
h % Oleum
*j6 Of the Medicines^ and their vfeu
OleHmtAnifi.
f~Y{k of Anu.fecti-es preuailethagainft the collicke ark
u?*§ng from winde and colde, againftthe Tympanie,
Inflation and crudity ofthe(tomacke,againft thegripings
and the crying of theineeftines, &c»
Oleum Terebinth™*;
(P\Yk of Terbcntine is taken inwardly for fliortnefle
^-^of breath, the tyficke, againft the ftone, the collicke
colde and windy affections of the breft : it is outwardly,
vfed for to heale finewes wounded, or troubled with any
intemperature, alfo to rill vlcers with flefh, andknic them
vp leaning no ficcatrize in them.
Oletm Iaviperinttms
OYle of Juniper is commended for the cure of' the
morphewof the skin, itprouokethvrine, itagreeth
withthecureofdifeafesof thereines, it is good tobeeta-
ken certaine drops thereof again (I any pemlemiall va»
pours, for the (lone, it is alfo good, and to be drunke cer*
tains drops, again It penetrating wounds.
ukumSficz.
ITYYle ©f Spicke doth calefle, attenuate, difcufle, and is -
>-^vefy profitable to them thathauethe gowt procee-
ding of a colde caufe, or to comfort any member benum-
nied, alfo it is good againft the falling fickneife and con-
vnlfions,the temples and napeof thenecke, yea, and the
■whole head to be annoynted therewith is very profitable,
Oleum
of the Medicines] and their vfes. 77
Oleum Antimony.
I^Yle of Antlmonie or Stibium is good for them that
^-'haue convulfions, or anyaftoniiliingdifeafc,ando-
thereuill affe^lions of the brain e, foure graines thereof
drunke, it aifwageth the paineof the gowt andcollicke,
cureth feaueft?,helpeth the bladder vlcerated,and wonder-
fully helperh the canker, Ftflula phagedena, thefretting or
eating pockes, the wolfe,and all other forts of vlcers.
Oleum SftccitiK
/^\Yle of Amber helpeth thepainein ttahead, reftrfu-
Vlj tionof thefinewesand falling euill, onedroportwo
taken with water of Betony or Lauender*or m faire water,
it preferueth alfo frompoyfon,and mixed with parfly wa-
ter or malmefiej is a fingular remedy in difcufEng difeafes
ofthereines and bladder, bringing foorth the (lone, and
opening the pailages of vrine, it profitteth inthecoliicke
& flrangullion. A drop putinto a little verbenc water^nd
fo giuen to a woman in trauell, it refrefheth all the weake
faculties of the body, confumeth humeurs, confirmeth
and openeth the braine.
Oleum A&finthij. Chjmke.
/^Yle of worme-wood is good for the ftomacke to
^litrengthen it, to ftay vomitting,to kill wormsjaiFwa-
geth the paine of the teeth, and is vied in agues.
OUnmOrigani*.
QfYIe of Origanum cureth melancholly , helpeth the
dropfie, and cureth the cough, and quartern e feuer,
andtheteotlvach.
L 3 Sirttpw
y% Of the Medicines itnd their vfeu
Sjrnpm vihfmthy.
SIrupe of wormewood is fayd to corroborate theflo-
macke, helpeconco&ion, caufe an appetite, difcutfe
wind,open the veines,aud to moue vrinc, kill worms. &c-
Sirupus Limemtm,
SIrupe of Lemmons iscordiall and refrigerating, and I
may fay calefying too, it doth pleafe and profit the ap-
petite, andcomfortethallthatarefickeofthe peftilence,
continual] and contagious feuors, as alfo all difeafes, on
which exceeding great heat attendeth , cheereth vp the
heauieheart,and difpelleth forrow there from,and againft
all obftrudtions of the fpleene it is a good helpe, and alfo
well approoued good in the cure of the Scuruy.
Sirupns Paftpagem,
SIrupe of white poppies hath an aftringent quality, it
procureth fleepe* helpeth the cough, hindereth the
humours which diftill from the head into the throat tick-
ling, and is of precious vfe againft the palfie, if it bee vfed
in the beginning thereof.
Sirnpm Cj/mmomi.
SIrupeofCynamon is commended to be very good to
old men that are cold andweake, and to them whofe
vigor, humidity andnaturall heat diminifheth, it nouri-
fheth much, and begetteth bloud, and quickeneth all the
vitall parts.
Sjrupm
Of the Medici m, and their vfes. *j$
Syru^w Ro far urn Jiwflex.
SIrupe of Rofes fimple doth quench thirft, efpecially in
feuers,mittigateth their heate, refrigerateth the fto-
make, and iiuer being very hot.
Syrup m Refarumfoltitifiarunu.
SIrupe of Rofes folutiue is vfed as a gentle and fafe purge
both to old and young when they are molefted either
with burning or peffilent feuers,or any hot diftempera-
ture in their body.
Sjr#pH4 vioUrum,
SIrupe of violets doth breake the acrirrionie of melan-
cholic , tempereth the heare of the bowels, bringeth
downe the belly by purging it, helpeth the difeafes of the
throte, as hoarfeneife , and the drie cough, and is a chiefs
aide to the curing inflammations of the breft , againft the
plurifie, and quencheth thirft in feuers, andis cordiall.
Oximeli Jim flex.
OXimell fimple is in great vfe for the cure of inflam-
mations of the lungs, and throte : helpeth expecto-
ration and eafie breathing , cuttethandattenuateththicke
and flimie humors, purgtrth the entrails without trouble,
and is good both in cold and hot affedions*
MellRofarum.
OR Hony of Rofes ftrengtheneth and clenfeth the
ftomake : purgeth clammie humors, helpeth con-
codion with the temperate heate thereof, alaieth and
ftoppethhot fluxes, the Phlegmon of the mouth , gums,
and
8 0 Of the Medicines > and their vfes.
andiawes?is lingular good vuthoiie of Rofes for wounds
in the head, and thefe two with faw f^ are very good to
cure wounds in ioints where the ioint water gletecch out*
■<Didm won Jimp lex.
OR Diamoron (Implex not vnlike Mell rofarum is
profitable in Gargarifmes, againPi the eating vlcers of
the mouth as aforefaid?and cutteth away fleme, and clen-
feth the mouth and throte, and by reafon of the pleafing
tafte thereofis the more comfortable to the difeafed.
Sywpm Rafhaniftlticftrk*
ORSirupe of wild Redifh breaketh the ftonc, mun-
difieth the reines, prouokethvrine, is profitable
forthekings-euill 3 and is an approued medicine
in the tScuruie to be drunke daily.
O
R Sir tips of Sloes doth refrigerate and comfort the
ftomake, ftoppeth fluxes? healeth the excoriations
of the intralisj the doife may be § i] at once.
Confi %epirmn Jbthrarum*
OR Conferue of Rcd-rofes;is good for the heart and
head flrengthning and comforting both, asalfothe
boweJIs mitrigating their heate, and floppeth fluxioms
and is much the more profitable in any griefe if a few
drops of oile of vitrioll be mixed therewith, bu t beware of
too much.
Confer:
Of the Medicines > and their vfes. 8 1
Confer: Anthos.
OR Conferue of Anthos^ox Rofemary flowers is of
rnuchvfeinphificke, becaufe of the force it hath in
comforting the braine and corroborating die finewes,and
itisgiuen with good fuccelfefor the falling (kkneife, Apo*
fhxie, Litharge, dead and (haking Palfie, but it will not
keepe long at Sea in hot-Countries.
Rob. rBerberkt9
OR Conferue of Barberies doth refrigerate , and is a*
(tringent^it quencheth thirft, and the heate of the
ftomake, and bowells, it caufeth appetite , remoouetfrthe
waterifn humor of choller, cureth thebloudy flix, the Bus
oftheliuer, the often gnawing and wringing of the guts
caufed by choller, healeth the fmali pox > and reilffeth
drunkennetfe.
Hob. (fitonmum*
OR Conferue of Quinces doth binde, comfort the fto~
make, is good for choller,ftoppethaJlkinde of b!ou«
iy fluxes, and helpeth digeftion.
Confer: Z,mulet
OR Conferue of wood-forrell doth recreate and com-
fort the heart ,remouethputrede humors, refrige-
ratcthandprofitethmuchincontinuall, and contagious
feuers, being very cordiall x but will perifh in hot Coun-
tries : great ftoreof this herbe is /found in Soldank at the
Cape of Goo d-hope as i am informed.
M Confer*
82 Of the Medicines ; and their <vfeu
Confer: Vrtinellornm,
OR Conferue of vSloes is of a comforting ffipticke
force, very profitable to comfort a weake ftomake
oppreifed with crudities., good againft all fluxes of the bel-
ly, and alfo good to heale all inflammations or excoriati-
ons occafioned by the lame , either taken on a knife in
forme of a Bolwp or giuen in gliders.
EleBuaritim "Diacathclicon.
THis Elecluarie Diacatholicon doth purge gently all
humors, itisconueniently vfed infeuers, and other
difeafes which arife from a certain e euill difpofition of the
fpleene and liuer, the dofe is J j,
EleUtmrium Diaphenican,
Dlaphenicon purgeth eafily , and fafely flegme and
melancholly :it helpeth the belly ake, colicke,conti-
nuall burning feuers , and all euilis proceeding of choller
and flegme : the dofe is §j.
D iaprfinumfimplex,
DIaprunum fimpkx is 'commended for a gentle laxa-
tiue, not only againft continuall and hot intermitting
feuers, bupalfo againft all hot difeafes,and againft the vices
of the lungs, throte, reines, aqd bladder, the dofe is § j.
CenfeftioHamecb. ,
COnfeclioHamech purgeth choller, melancholly ,and
fait phlegme, and is therefore with great benefit vfed
againft difeafes ariling from the fame? the Canker, Lepro-
fie, or drie Scurf e, Madnefte , Ringworme , Mangineife^
• fcabs
Of the Medicines , and their vfes* 85
fcabbes and thelike : the dofeis £*vj.
ElcBuarwm de fucco Rofarum.
THe Elecluarie of the iuiceof Rofes is powerfull in
purging of yellow choller : the dofeis §j.
Diatrion Piper e on.
DIatrion Pipereon doth help the ftomake, and is good
for fower belching , quartans, cold, and allfiatious
difeafes, or wounds : of the fpecies thereof you may R!
I j, of hony ^ v : put them together being well mixed,and
keepethe fame to giue vpon occasion to a weake ftomake
faffing, or at any time It will warme and comfort him
much: when men feele their (tomackes oppreffed with ab-
tfruclions by reafon of cold, now and then a little thereof
giuen them will much comfort them, and preferue them
weli from fluxes of the belly.
ThsrUce L/mdinu
THis compofition was heretofore appointed by the
wifedome of the learned and graue Doctors of the
Phifitions Colledgein London , as a thing very requifite,
forthat the price thould bereafonable for the poorer fort,
the ingrediences thereof being neuer the lefts Cordiall,
and yet fuch as are in London at all times to be had, it may
be vfed well in place of mithridate , and in truth I had ra-
ther put my felfe vpon it as a good Cordiall, being frefli
made,then vpon the mithridate we buy from beyond the
feas,foritis by the Hollanders fo vecharitably ■ fophifticated
that a man may feare to take it in his neede:my felfe chan-
ced in HoMnd into. the houfe of a Bore * as they tearme
him , to lodge, who liued by making Mithridate and
Treakell, and confetfed to mee his Mithridatehad but
nine fimples in it, and he had pewter boxes marked fo arti-
M z ficially
$4 Of the Medicines ^ And their vfes.
ficiallyasnoman could difcouer. them to be other then
right Venice ones.
i haue appointed to the Surgeons cheft fome of theSpe-
ciesof the LW<?;ureakell ready poudered, and dry, that
the diligent Surgeon at his will may compofe a Londm
Trcakeli at (ea, namely, by taking hony § iij 5 and of this
pouder| j, andheate them together , (lirring them well
till all be incorporated, and giue it as neede (hall require,
CoyifeElio Atkerttoki
COnfe&io Alkermes preferueth from Apoplexies a-
riiing from cold, and melancholly humors, doth ve-
rt much comfort the braine , and heart, and is fometimes
vkd very profitably for them that languid] away through
long ficknelfe; and are fubiecl to fwoundings.
EUtltiarittm ae suo.
ELc cl hat mm election very much commended forpre-
uention,andcureof the plague, and all peftilentiaH
difeafes in expelling the infedion from the heart.
Methridatum Damocratis*
E'thridate of 'Damocrates is in quallity and vertue
_>liketo Treakell,buc more hotter and forcible againfl
the poifon of Serpents, madde Dogs, wildeBeafts, cree-
ping things, being vfed as a platter, or drunkest cureth all
ihecoldarTeclions of the head, helpeththe melancholick
crthofetbatarefearefullof waters, them alfo that haue
the falling ficknetfe, Megram , paine in the bowels, cares,
tooth-ach j and weeping etes , healeth the euills of the
mouth and iawes, being plafterwife laide to the temples
by difcuffion giuetb eafetothe.'troubled with the Squincy?
Apoplexie, cough, fpitting of bloud, Impoftumes, or in-
flammations of the lungs, or any griefes within the body 3
and
M
Of the Median esyand their vfes* % j
and is good ag3inft the bloudy flixe, fluxe of rhe ftomake,
obftruction of the guts?and againft ringing?& tortions in
them,being taken with aquavit* and the decoclion of bau-
laftians, it remedieth conuulfions and palfie, helpeth the
middrirle flatus, Hipocondria, the painesof the reines,&
bladder, breaketh the (tone, prouoketh vrine and month-
Jy flowers^ expellcth other vices of the matrix? yeeldeth
a lingular benefit for the Goute, profiteth not a little in
quotidians^ and quartanes, a quantity drunke in wine ,be»
ing flrft warmed? and then taken an houre before the fit*
Thsriacha Andromachu
AKdromnchm Treakell doth the effecls of Mithrsda*
tumDamocr atis^ and isalfo good again ft the hoarfe-
netfe of the voice , againft the Iaundice, Dropfie, for
wounds of the inteftinesj to bring foorth the young birth
dead: to expell and takeaway the Leprofie? and meafi!s5
to reviue euery decayed fenfe: to confirme wounds hea-
led: to kill all kinds of wormes: todiflipatewinde: to
comfort the heart and ftomacke, and to keepe the body
vncorrupt or found.
T'htriaca DUtefferon Mefuk.
Tliis Diaiejferoj* is an ancient composition deuifed
by the ancient Grecians, and had beginning from
Attecine, and Mefnss, or one of them , and accor-
ding to the Greeke word fo named ? for that it is made of
fourefimpfes, viz: CjentUn roots, Baf-Beries, Myrrh** and
Ariflohchi* rotmdafourc. pretious and very cordiall fim-
ples, full of medicinable vertues. And for that I would
haue it kept in time of neede, I haue thought meete to
haue ready pewdred the faid 4 fimptes together to bee
compofed into a 7>f%^asoccafion dial! moue thee, On-
ly note this? mat to one ounce of the faid (pecies* y. of
bony is tobeadded;nnd on the fire w ell mixed^andfo it is
M 3 ready
■ g 6 Of the Medicines ) and their vfes.
ready for vfe. By fome Writers this compofition is called
^keriaca ad, pauper cm, the poore mans Trek ell.
The vertues of Diatejferon are faid to be as followeth.
It is good againftpoyfon drunken , and againftthebi-
tings of venemous beads of wormes. If is aifo good a-
gainftall the cold efFeds of the braine^as convulfions, re-
folutions of the C\no^Qs^morl>um Cowitiakm, the Spafrne
or Crampe, the inflation of the ventricle or ftomackea-
gainfl: defecl of concoclion therein : and againft vene*
mous wounds both inwardly drunke, and outwardly ap-
plied. Aifo it open eth the obflrudions or the li uer and
fpleene, thereby preferueth the body from the diieafe cal-
led Cachexia or ftomacace, which is the Scuruy* Tejfe
'Pharmacopoeia A%guflanai& alijs,
Dentes Elephant int.
DEns EUphantimu , or Elephants tooth hath an aftrin-
gent force.- healeth fellons5 and is good for white
fluxes of women : the l&eritia Flava,orthe yellow laundife,
LMorbm %^gim3 wormes,and continuall .obflru&ions.
Laudanum Par acelji Opiatum.
IN the treatife of the fluxes of the belly, it is handled at
large, to which I refer the friendly Reader.
Diafcordiuw.
DTdfcorimm is helpful! in feuers, as well contagious as
pe'ftilentiall : good for the head-ach, and vniuerfall
plague* wfaofe dofe is from halfe a dragmeto one dragme
and a halfe, according to the occafion or ftrength of the
Patient.
Diacodien.
Of the 'Medicines \mdtheirvfes. 87
Diacodion.
Tacociion remoucth fubtle Catarrhes,which (Mill from
the head to the breaft, helpeth the cough, and procu-
reth reft, the dole is from ^ j ♦ to 5-1 j •
tphilenwm Romamm*
PHiloni-im Bern: Magnum is giuen for the PIeurifie,Col-
licke, and any internall paine or greefe : it caufeth
fieepe : -(tayethHemoragUor the flux of bloud in the in-
ward parts and foeefing : allayeth the greefes of the belly,
fpleene, liuer,and reynes caufed by cold3winde,and crude
humours : and taketh away thehicket: thequantitieof
3 j.is the vfua-11 dofe> and k is augmented or decreafed
as theyeares and ftrength of the Patient is.
PhiUnittm Per'jicum.
PHilonmm Psrfcum is invented again ft the abundance
of bloud, of womens monethly termes,of thehemor-
rhoides, and for the ouer-much flux of their courfes, the
flux of the belly,.agaiaft vomiting and {pitting of bloud;
it doth alio confolidate v leers and veynes.
Philonium Tarfenfe.
PHt ionium Tarfenfc is of thefamefacultieasP^//w«#*0
Romanum.
zAnrea Alexandria*.
A Urea Alexandria is efTecluallagainft the cold deflu-
xions ofthehead: good for weeping eyes, the tooth
achi and head-ach, consumption, collicke, cough, and
fpitting of bloud: and profiteth the paine in the reynes,
and
88 Of the Medicine S* And their vfes.
and intermitting feuers. B ut the caufe w hy I haue notap-
pointed this good cornpofidon.nor any of the three laft
mentioned Phtfomttms to the Surgeons Cheft, thought
know them to be good medicines, is becaufe they will not
keepe an Eafl India voyage, and Laudanum opiate parace/fi
is fufficient for ought the other can doe. Wherefore I reft
iadsMecl therewith.
Succtu Ahfjnthij.
S Veens AbflntWy, iuyce of wormewood is good for dige-
{Hon : kilieth the wormes : benefiteth the ftomackes
anddirTereth much from the vertues ofthehearbe, this
being aftringent, the other abfterfiue.
Succm Acatk,
Veens Acatuis a forrafne medicine, for whicfe wee vfe
the iuyce of Stones ; it doth refrigerate,binde,and re-
pell : it ftayetb all fluxes of the belly, healeth excoriations
of the intraHs, ftrengthneth much the (lomacke : hclpeth
appetite, healerh vlcerations in the intralls, either vfed in
Qillersj or eaten in a Geily. The dofe whereof may fafe-
ly be | j . at one time, or 1 1 cannot offend : but I hold the
infufion thereof, or the decodHon of it to bee the apteft
medicine, becaufe of the groilnes of the fubfance thereof.
Snccns Glyeyrrhtz&e.
S Veens Gtjcyrrhiz,^ or iuyce of Licorice in all his quali-
ties is temperate,but exceeding in heatc : fomewhac it
doth lenifie the throat,& mitigate the ajperities of the arte,
ries: clenfeth the bladder : and is gppd for the cough:
moueth expectoration., and is very profitable againft all
mces of the lungs and throat.
Sucem
Of the Medicines] 4nd their <vfei. *9
Smew Limenuw*
SVccus Dmomm> or iuyce of Limons expelling and re-
frigerating,cleareth the skin of morphew,killeth hand-
wormes 5 and is of fpeciaU vfe to bridle the heate of me-
lancholic : to helpefharpe and contagious feiiers : is good
to caufe a pleafant tafte in potions &c. and cordialls. It
being very cordiall of it felre, and the mod pretious helpe
that euer was difcouered againft the Scurvy to bee drunke
at all times 5 for it mightily openeth all obftrucTionsj and
rcfrefiieth and reftoreth nature.
^uipaTammndcrum.
PVipa Tammnd&rHm , the pulpe or iuice o(T4war$nds
is a medicament excellent and well approued againfl
the Scuruy 9 as well for opening the obftruclionsof
the liuer and ipleene, as for comforting and refreming
the bloud and fpirits decayed or (topped. Alfo it purgeth
choler : allaieth the heate , and furie of bloud : cureth
fharpe feuers,andthe Kings euill : extinguifheth thirft,&
all heate of the ftomacke and liuer : ftoppeth vomiting,
and is good for the Collick.
Itiltth AgwegAtiuiU
PIluU AggregttiuafocdMzi either from the Agarkum
or the aggregation of many vermes that are faid to
bejtherin : for they are profitable for many affe&ions
ofthehead>flomacke, and liuer: they purge phleame,
choler, and melancholy 5 and therefore are of very good
vfeagainft continuall feuers, and inveterate dtfeafes , and
are defcribed hyMefues , whofe dofe is from two fcruples
toadragme and a halfe. But beware of thevfeofthefe
pills, where the fluxraigneth$ for Agmcummfuchho-
N dies
po Ofthe Medicines, and their v/es.
dies as are incident thereto is a dangerous medicine. I
Ipeakethis of praclife,wherefore remember it.
FiluU zAttrez*
I'yilnhaure^ or the golden pill, being in colour tike*#-
. rum orgolde, becaufe of the faffroninhim, they are
cholagogall^attradingcholler, yea;and flegme too;trom
the inferiour and fuperiour venter : and therefore purgeth
the head, fenfes and eyes-, & reftoreth the eye-f]ght : they,
were fir ft made kno wen by Nicholam Myreffut, who was
the firft Authour of them 3 their dofe is like that of the
pils Aggregating.
filuhCochu.
I~yilaU fichU deriuing the name from a preeke word
, KQKKOf, agraine (pils being formed fmall and round
likegraines of Cicers)doth purge both choller and fleame
from thehead, the liuer, and from ali other parts,wherein
fuch humours are contained, and are found defcribed,
firft by Dr. Rfofis, who is their fuppofed Authour. The
dofe is diuers, as before, fometimesgreat/omtimes finally
but ^j. is the ordinary dofe.
TiluUfie Ettphorhio.
Plluh de Euphorbio, pils of Euphorbium j recetuing
UMefaes for their Patron , are vertuous againft the
dropfie and Scuruy, for they calefie the ftomackeand en-
trailes,, purge water abundantly? preuaile aifoin remoo-
uingthe caufe of tumours, and bring aydc for thepaine
oftheloynes andgowt, proceeding from too much hu-
midity : they are erteftuall in the quantity of one fcruple?
©r halfe a dragme, and naay be mixed with Vilnk CochU.
Pfilik
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Tt/ftU CambsgUl
PllsolCambogU, are good to clenfe the bead andre-
frefo the fight, to purge coller, fleameor melancholy
from the ftomacke or fpleene,they open obftrudlions,and
thereby pro6t well in the cure of thedropfieandfcuruy,
and for the cure of 1 'BeritUflar*, or the yellow iaundife
they are very good,this fitmbogk is much vfed in Holland
and Germany) and Dr. Harney of Sc. Bartholomews Hofpi-
tall) calleth it purging farTron, and giueth it in pilsperfe, in
which manner giuen, it purgeth both way es forcibly, but
thepils heere mentioned, purge onely downewards very
gently, their dofeis frfs. their compofition (hall be men^
tioned in his due place with the reft.
PMftla Ruffi.
PlluU Ruffi, or FeftilentitUs Ruffi, fubferibingto Ruffpts
their in ventour, a famous Phyfician, and fitting for
, the peftilence and plague, doe rather preuent infecti-
on, then cure theinfected : for by reafon of the aloes the
body is freed from excrements-, by myrrha from putri-
tude, and by Saffron the vitall faculties arequickened,but
infection once poiTelfed, is not alwayes by fuch light cor-
dials and gentle laxatiues remooued, their dofe agreeth
with thatpf T/Me Atirea, they are very ftomachall, for
for they refrefb much the ftomacke, and in any "opp'refli-
ons of the ftomacke, where gentle purging is required,
theyexcell,
Btneditfa Ldxatwa.
>
BEne^BaLaxatitia, orthebleiredLaxatiue, it doth o-
pen mightily obftruclions,purgethcholler, fleame,&
all clammy humours from the ioynts,reines and bladder:
and is tearmed BeneMtta, becaufcit benignely toofeth the
belly, The dofe is 5- j,
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Ptilafe Archetkm Paracdjl,
THis is a Laxatiue powder, made only of foure vegita-
blesand one AmmalefimpUy with alfo the addition of
Sugar, to giue it the more grateful! tatte, andthedofe is
to§^j.atthevtmoft,befidesthefugar : I canfpeakeofthc
pleafure and profit lhaue had by this mean purging pow-
der, I fay plcafure, for that it is fo pleafant and eafie to bee
taken, and profit to me many wayes, for it is to me my ge«
nerall purging medicine, when I would purge downwards
vpon any repletion of the body, our generall caufeofe-
uacuation downewards, and I finde it indifferent in pur-
ging any offending humour, according to the commen-
dations the A uthour giueth of it, I can no more mi ife this
plaineand harmelelfe ready purge, then I canmilfemy
laluatory lOfwaidm Cjrallins a mod reuerent late writer,
hath fet downe this onely purge, for the cure of the Poda-
gar, giuingitthis breefe commendation, it purgeth fafely
and gently all podagricall defluftions : and in truth who-
foeuer (hall haue occafion of the vfetherof, will hauecaufe
to commend it, and knowing it will finde fmall neede of
THlttis HoSandw QtVului* Santtta? whofe dofe at fea m.uft
beat the leafl: two dragmes,beingnaufeous and vnfauory,
whereas §4s. of this will doe as much with great facility,
ami without tortions orgripings of the guts, which other
cpmpofitious caufe, I vfe, to glue it to ftrong bodies in
white wine, to weaker In Sacke* but at fea it may be giuen
for a need with faire water, andfomefirupeto helpe the
tafte thereof, which neuertheleiFe is not vngratefull of it
felfe.
Trochifcide AbJtnthio9
TRedoifcide Ahfinthio, or of wormewood (faith Mef-
um) taketh away the obftruclrions of the ftomacke
and liuer,& intermitting or chronicall f euers fprung
thereof? ftrengthneth the bowels* aadsaufethanapperites
Trochifcw
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Trochifcm de Alhandall.
TRi ocbifci Colocynthidos, or Alhandall, as the Arabi-
ans fpeake, doe bring away thicke fleame, and all glu-
tinous iuices from the braine, neru'es , and other more re-
mote parts 3 they helpe the chollicke proceeding from
a glaffie tough fleame, the Apoplexie> Squinancie, fal-
ling ficknelle, fliort breathing , colde and goutie difeafes,
which fcarce giue way to common medicaments , and is
defcribed by Mefftet, the dofeis grana 4.
Troehifci de Spod$90
TRochifci de fpodio, Mefues haue their vfe in bilious fe-
uers, which bring alio a fluxe of the belly, they allay
the inflammation of the ftomake ^ liuer, and cpntifluall
third.
Trochifci de Minio.
TRochifci deminio, or theTrochis of minium, con-
fume proud flefli , mundifieth fordid vlcers 5 mun-
difie callous or hard flefrr, aud wonderfully cure fiftu-
laes : looke more thereof in lohannk de vigo.
Folia fine.
FOlia fene are hot and drie in nature, they are an excel-
lent medicament purging the belly $ it fcoureth away
flegmaticke, tough , and melancholly humors , from the
braine, lungs,fpleene, liuer5 (lomacke, and bowels ? as alfo 1
clenfeth the body from adutl and fait humors*
N 3 Rhabar*
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RhabarkarumS*
RHabarbarum or Ruberbe is hot in the firft degree, and
driein the fecond, of an a(lririgentnature,3ndis good
for the ftomake, and liuer , and againft the bloudy flixe,
purgeth downward chollericke humors, and therefore ve-
ry profitably vfed againft hot feuers , inflammations,
and floppings of the liuer &c. fr j is the full dolfe.
Agaricum.
AGarkum or Agaricke is hot in the firfl degree, and
drie in the fecond, purgeth phleame>freeth from ob-
ftruftions,attenuateth,clenfeth,& diilipateth winde,and
helpeth all difeafes which fpring from grotfe , cold, and
raw humors .; the dofe is §-»j. But beware of thevfether-
of in the curing any fluxes of the belly.
S
Scammoninm.
Qammomum is hot and drie in the fecond degree,
purgeth downeward in vehement manner chollerick
humors, and therefore is good againft difeafes arillng
J. emtian* from the fame, but if it be taken either too much in quan-
tity ,0ut of time,p!ace,or vnprepared,it is very dangerous,
excoriating the guts, prouoking bloudy excrements , pro-
curing Difenteria, cauii ng winde , offending the Horn a ke,
and diftempcring the heart and liuer : the dofe is eight
graines,
tsfloescicotrine,
ALoesthebeft is hot in the fecond, and drie in the
third degree, remouethcold, flegmaticke, and chol-
lericke humors by purging, digefting, and dryuing them
out, it is a foueraigne medicine for the ftomake.
Oftht Medicines ', dnd their <vfe$* 95
HermQdaElili.
HErmodctftili are hot , and drie in the fecond degree,
they do effectually dr3we away phleame, and other
flimie humors from the articles, and therefore are very
profitable for the Goute in the hands, and feete, and the
Sciatica.
Polypodium,
POljpodmm is drie in the fecond degree, openeth the
body,and bringeth away blacke choller,and phleme,
helperh the chollicke, and the griping of the belly,
and alfo the obftruclions of the fpleene.
Cornu cerni.
H Arts home is to be numbred among Cordiallfim-
ples in the higheft place , it is giuen in want of Vni-
cornes home and not vnfitly, it comfbrteth the heart, is
good againft poyfon, prouoketh vrine,openetb obftrufti-
ons, eafeth the chollicke, difperfeth winde,killeth wormes
in the body, is good againft paines of the reines, or blad-
der, and being taken vpon each occafion in liquors proper
to the former griefes,it is much the better in force : Thus
much is ment of Harts home vnburned . And beino bur-
ned the pouder r hereof is very good againft the bloudy,
or any other fluxes of thebelly.
Itiphorbitiw.
EVphorbium is hot and drie almoft in the fourth degree
and befides his extreameheate and notable acrimonie,
it hath a certainefacultie of purging , whereby tough and
cold phleame with choller, and water are taken away.
Tnrhith
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Tnrbith tfathapfark,
TVrpethittm is hot in the third degree , is good to purge
phleame , chollericke and thicke humors from the
fiomake, breaft, ioints^ and other remote parts, and help-
eththechollicke,and cold aches*
MiraboUncs.
MJrdolam ( whereof there are flue kindes,the Citrine,
Indian, Bellericke, Chebule , and Emblicke ) haue
peculiar vertues , fome purge choller , others melanchol-
lie, others phleame, but as they purge fo they bindea*
gaine, comforting and ftrengthning the heart, ftomake,
andliuer, and thereforeare fitpurgers of the body in dif-
fenterie vpon any occafion jthere dole is 5 ij.
CambodtgU) or Gtittigtwbe,
CAmfeodigieisapurging medicine newly found out
in the Eaft lndies9zaA thence 1 brought to vs 5 it is not
much vnlike Stibium in working 3 it is already in vfe by di-
ners reuerend Phifitionss amongft which Doclor Horny
vfeth it in Saint Bartholomews Hofpitall, and calleth it Cro-
cut purgAns. I finde by my pradife it purgeth well the
head, and that it is good to open obftru&ions, and that it
isgoodalfoagainftthe yellow Iandice, and that itope-
neth well thefpleene, andliuer, and purgeth more down-
wards then Stibium doth, the dofe is 1 2 graines : The reci-
ted Doctor giueth it in pills : my felfe, for that I fee it pur-
geth the head haue mixed it withpills for the head; fo giuc
it, mi it worketb gently downward only.
Ctjfid
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CJjpA fijffila is hot, and moid in the firft degree, tern-
perethimmoderateheate,purgeth gently cboliericke
humors, and is good for the reines,and kidnies , driuing
&ort/& grauell, and the (tone.
Qrocut.
CRocm or Saffron is hot in the fecond degree and drie
in the firft, is good for the braine , quickneth the fen-
fes, cheareth the heart, caufeth digeftion, helpeth the dif-
eafesof the breft, lungs, andlsuer, it molffieth ail hard-
neifes, and ripenech all tumors.
Opium,,
OP/WwiscoIdeand drie in the fourth degree, aflwa-
geth inward paines, caufeth fleepe, ftoppeththe
flixe : and defireth care in his vfe thereof, for other*
wife it is a deadly poyfon.
Radix Chjna.
RAdix'Chyna, Chyne-roots preuaile much in the cure
of Lues venerea , and are good for the giddinelTe of
the head, taketh away thepaine of the ftomake, & obftru-
clions, and are prof] table for the dropfie, choilike, and
gripings of the belly, moueth vrine, caufeth iweat, and are
fielpfullagainftconuulfions, thepalfie and paines of the
ioints, and a fingular remedie againft a confumption.
Sarfaparifla.
SArfaparilk is of a hot qualiity , caufeth fweat, efpecially
extinguiiheth the heat of venereous poyfon; and is
O good
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good for the articular difeafes , vkers, andphlcgmaticke
humours, and principally it is good againft the french
pox.
Sajfafraj,
Sjiffafras is of a hot and drie temperament in the fecond
degree, commended in taking away obftru<5Hons,cor-
roboratingthe inward parts? helping the Afthmatique,
and Nephretike, clenfing the reines from grauell, difcuf-
fingwinde, good forwomens difeafes, and againft any
kinde of fluxion , and the Morkm Galikm^ot French poi
ids a good medicine.
(jnakfim.
IJgmim Cjnakam doth exiccate, attenuate, open, purge,
y moue fweate, refifteth contagion, and infection-, and
doth wonderfully cure the morbm (MrVw^oldevlcers,
fcabs, and ring-wormes, the beftvfe thereof is by deco<fli«
oninfairewater.
Cortex Gnauteu
COrtex gnaiaci hath the fame vertue as the Lignunu
Gmacum hath.
Cortex GranatorHm,
COmx gmnatorum , feu TLdalicorium is affringent, Hop-
peththe laske, and bloudy flixe, healeth the gums
moid, and weake , fafteneth the teeth loofe, ftoppeth the
bleeding of greene wounds, and helpeth the corruption
of the ftomake, bowels, and the burning or falling downe
of the guts*
LefitritU,
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LiqHiritia.
LlquiritU in all qualities temperate,yet enclining more
to heate, it is agreeable to thelungs , and bread } rot-
tethphJeame,moueth expectorations cureth the cough,
helpeth breathing, and is profitable forthereines 9 taking
away the (harpenetfe of vrine , diilolueth the ftone5 and
healeth the fores of thekidnies and bladder.
Hordenm.
HOrdeum commune (in engli fh is (aid to be barly ) cold
anddrieintheflrft degree, digefteth, fofteneth,and
ripeneth all hard fwellings, is good for inflammations, ex-
^elleth again ft the foarenefle or thethroate , refrigeraterh,
comforteth, ftrengthneth , i^bfterfed 7 and prcuoketh
vrine.
Hordtum Gallic urn,
HOrdeumGdlicum more vfed inwardly then the Hor-
deum comune by thePhifitionsinmedicamentSjisof
the fame nature and vertue as the other is.
Semen Atiifi«
SEmen Mniji Anife feede is hocte and drie in the third dc«
gree, doth difcuflethe windinetfe of the ftomake, and
bowels : ftoppeth the bloudy flixe, laske of the belly5
moueth vrine, and monthly tearmes, breaketh and bring-
*th away the ftone, helpeth obftrudions of the liuer,
amendeth the breath, and is good for the falling fieknefle,
s
Semen funiculi,
Emenfenicnli orfennill feede is hot in the third degree,
drieinthefirftj corroborated the ftomake> openeth
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the obstructions of the lungs, liuer, and kidnies, and cau«
fcth abundance of milke in womens breath.
Se men cart.
SEmeneari Caraway Ccq6q is of the fame nature? and
vertue as Seme n^rnifi aforefaid.?
Semen enminu
SEmen cumim Cummenfeede is hot, and drie in th><
third degree, attenuateth, digefteth, refolueth,difcuf-
feth winde, diflipateth phlegmatike tumours ? and is
good againft the chollickc and timpanie.
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Semen petrsfelim.
SEmenpetrofelim or P arfly feede is hot in the fecond de-
gree, and drie in the third, is giuen to them chat haue
the ftone, or Iaundife, as alfo to prouoke vrine.
Semen link
SEmen Urn or Line feedes are hot in the firft degree,tem-
perateinmoiftureand drinetfe , foftneth all cold tu-
mors, ripeneth , breaketh impoftumes-, draweth out
thornes (licking in thebody,expeilerh winde,and gripings
ojf the bell j j and clenfeth the fief h from fpots..
SemenfenigYdtct:
QEmenfenigraci orFenigrece is hot in the fecond, and
^drie in the third degree, dothmolllfie, difcuile, and
mundifie : helpeth cold, hard fwellingf , impoftumes^.
andGouteinthefeete s wafteth, and lenifieth the hard-
nelfe of the melt rmittigatethheate ; is profitable for the
matrix in women , and clenfeth the skinne from many
euiHs; as itch? fcurfe? pimples, wheales, and the like.
Semw>
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Se men Anethu
SEmen Ancthiy or Dill feeds are hot and dry in 2*. de-
gree, prouoketh vrine,a]layethagainftthegripings
6f the belly, and inflations thereof: taketh away the
Hicket, increafeth milke, attenuateth; refolueth , and di-
geiteth humors.
Semen p<tp*nerit albi.
SEmen papaverk albi , or w hite poppy feedes are cold
and dry in the fourth degree, prouoketh fleepe,taketh
away iubrill humors, catharres3rheumesdiftilling
from the braines vpon the lungs : and helpeth the cough.
Semen Plantaginu.
SEmen PUntaginis, Plantane feeds are cold and dry in
the fecond degree, (loppeth the flux of the belly, and
any flux of bloud : and is good for Catarrhes , old
and new vicers either of the body or mouth.
Semina 4, frigid a Maw a.
THe foure cold feedes, named Semina ^frigidamaiu
ra (viddicer. CueHrbit^fiuc^meriSiCitralii^Mdonk)
are cold and moill in the fecond degree. The firil
whereof exdngiifneth the feruororheateofbloud,cho!~
ler, and feuers. The two following are profitable to the
fiomcckc, moue vrine, hdpe the vicers of the reynes, and
bladder ; and extingjifhah thir(l,and choller. The fourth
and iaft haiti all the vermes of the former,
S wind quMuor jrigida minora*
SEmina qvatmr frigida minora, or the foure feeds, cold
{to \\h,L*ttncce, Portakc^- CAchor^Endim) the rlrd
O 3 whereof
t oi Of the Medicines, tnd their vfes.
whereof are dry and cold in the third degree, refrige-
rateth the head* liuer, fpleene, reynes,bladder,and limbs:
preuaileth againft the C7^^r^^,heate of veneric: moid'
netb, lenificth, flaketh thirft : and caufeth fleep. Rem wkk,
SACchtfrum.
S4cch4rum,Su%&r is hot in the firft degree, loofeth the
belly ; is convenient to the ftomacke, doth clenfe3di-
geft, take away the afperitie, or ronghnefle of the
tongue,and ficcitie,thirft,or drought in feuers:helpeththe
reyncs, & bladder : and is profitable for eyes dim of fight.
AmigdaU amAra,
AMigdala Am4r<tjc\tt& Almonds are hot in the firft de-
gree , dry in the fecond , they are abfterfiue more
then fweet ones : they doe open and purge the lungs*
liuer* fpleene, kidneis, vrinall patTages, reynes, & bowels 5
and are good againft fpittingof bloud.
zsfmigdaU dutees.
A MigdaU dfiUesyOr fweet Alrnonds,are hot and moid
JT\m the firftdegr.ee, doe extenuate, purge, and clenfe
the bowels : drawfpittle from thebreaft, and lungs: are
good for the moifl, and dry ftomacke : cleareth the skin
from fpots, pimples, and lentils 1 flop fpitting of bloud,
and ingender choller*
Via paf*.
VVaPatfafe* CorhthUcd , or currans, arehotinthe
firft degree, or rather of a temperate qualnie : and by
afpeciallfacultietheyhaue,theypreuaiieagainftthevices
©f the breaft, and liuer : rnoue, and purge the belly %
lengthen the ftomacke: purge the head : lenifie and
denfe the fae&& and lungs.
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AtMylnm j or white ftarch is moderately hot : levlga*
tethjhe parts exafperated : it is effectual] agamft the
defluxions or humors into the eyes : againft puftles and
hollow vlcers : it filleth with flelh : ftoppeth {pitting of
blood : helpeth the roughnes,and forenes of the bread,
and throat : and eafeth the cough, and is very good in the
fluxes of the belly to be giuen in gliders againft inflamma-
tions and excoriations in the intralls.
Cinnamomum.
CInnmomum, or Cinnamon is hot in the fecond de-
gree, warmeth, comfbrtetb, concocteth, mollifieth,
& wonderfully cheareth vp the heart, & all the faculties
of the body, as well Animall, as vitall and natural!. It is
very good again ft the fluxes of the belly *
MAcU^ or Mace is hot and dry in the fecond degree i
ftrengthneth the ftomacke: helpeth concoction 1
difcutTeth winde : and comforteth the heart,
Fifer nigrum.
Piper nigrum \ or blacke pepper is hot and dry in the
third degree : expelleth winde : is good againft all
cold griefesof the breaft, and lungs : againft poyfon,a»
gues, and fquinancie : diilblueth, and wafteth hard tu-
mors: caufethdigeftion.- andaromatizethmeates.
Ctriophifli ♦
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Cariophit/i.
eAriofhifc, or Cloues are hot and dry in the fecond de-
gree, and are Aromaricall 5 and beneficjall to the
heart, and braine: helpeth the liuen, and ftomacke : ma-
keth the breath facet : are good jbr dige(tion : quickneth
the fight : ftirreth vp luft,and takech away obftructions.
. , Nux Mtfcbata.
NVx Mafibata, or Nutmegs are of the fame comple-
xion as Macis: helpeth the (loppings of thcliuer,
milte, tlomacke, windineile of the belly, lafke, weaknelle
of the kidnies, and (topping of the vrine : comfoneth the
heart? and aromatizeth.
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Zingiber.
Inztber, or Ginger is hoe in the third degree : helpeth
concoclion : tfrengthneth a cold and weake lio-
macke : breaketh vvinde : and preuenteth fowre eru&a-
tion.
Gummi guaki.
GVmmiGmici^ the gumme of the Cjaacum hath the*
fame virtue as the wood and barke aforefaidj called
Ugnum Guakum, and drunke in powder is approoued a
gopd remedy in Gonorrhea.
Ofopomx.
OPoponaXf is a gumme hott in the third degree , and
dry in the fecond ( if bitter, white within or yellow?
fat? tender, eafily dilfoluing, and of a ftrong fmell* it is
•good) it dothmollifie, digeft, attenuate, or atfwagejdifll-
pate, or difperfe winde; and is laaatiue.
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BD<?#/*»»ddth warme a»d mollifie hsrd tumors In the
throat j and difcuifeth Hermtfcs in their beginnings:
prouokcth vrine, and is good again ft the cough.
AMoniactm, a gumme fb called, it is hot in the third
degree : hath the force of mollifying fo effectual!,
that it diilblueth Topboes or hard Clones growne in the
fle(h : eafily difcuireth other puftles : healeth iht fpleene
hardned : and being giuen in drinke taketh away ma-
ny obftruc"lions:prouoketh the monethly courfes,and
Trine : driueth out the (lone : diilblueth the Kings euill %
is very profitable for aches from cold : that which is pure
thereof is like Tbm formed and in fmell ? and in tafc
Hks Caflortum.
Sagapenum.
SJgapenMm, or Serapimm is hot in the third degree>dry
in the fecond j bringeth downe womens courles : pro-
fitable againft the fufTocanon of the Matrix : refolueth,
attenuateth, diflipateth, moueth, dilfolueth, andpurgeth
(though (lowly J thicke fieame* and clammie humors : It
is efteemed excellent, if cleare, yellow in colour without,
but white within : quicks in tafte , light in fubtlancej and
safieiadiflbluing.
GAlbanum is hot in the fecond degree : is good if it be
full of drops pure like frankincenfe, fate? not full of
fiicks, (ttong in fa ell? neither moifte nor dry infubltance;
k extra6fceth,difcufleth, biingeth away the courfes ftcpt,
P and
1 06 Of the Medicines y and their vfes.
and the birth : takes away biles, hard kernels , and knots
in the body •• and helpeth the cough , fhort breathing,
convulfions, and ruptures.
Myrrh*.
MYrrha chofen, fragill, or brittle, light, fplendent, of
little drops, bitter, fharpe, which fmelleth fweete,
full of whitifb veynes being broken, is hot and dry in the
fecond degree : openeth the wombe :procureth the cour-
fes : bringeth forth fpeedily the birth : good for the
ceugh, ditch, fluxe, and bloudy flixe : killeth wormes ;
amendeth the breath : clofeth vp wounds 1 confirmeth the
teeth loofe,and ftayeth the hairefhedding.
Adafiicht.
MAflicke f A'eet in fmell, white, fplendent, britIe,old,
and very dry, brought from the Ifle Ckio, is hot in
the fecond degree; helpeth concodtioni ftoppeth vomi-
ting: confirmeth the power of reteyning fuftenance,is
ablkrfiue : profitable alfo to them that fpit bloud, orthac
are troubled with a cough : it attracleth fleame from the
braine 5 and is good for the breath.
LAdanum is hot and dry in the fecond degree, doth ca-
lefie, and mollifie : open the pores of the veynes $
keepeththchairefrom railing of the head \ ftoppeth the
laflce 5 prouokes vrine : it is vfed feldom in the Surgeons
Cheft,except in making a gratefull odour,as when a fume
of CinAbHum is to be prepared, for the cure of tJie pox.
Styrax.
STyrax CAUmttA&liqmdm are both hot in the fecond
degree, dge mollifie, concoft, cure the cough, diftil-
latjons,
Of the Mtdkittts, tod their vfes. j 07
lations, hoarfenes, pofe or fluffing of the head, matrix
flopped : arc good to procure the monethly courfes of
women, cordiall, exhilarating: oppofite to poyfon, and
doe difculfe hard cold tumors, the knots of the finewes,
and the ftruma. The bed cornmeth from CiprwySidon,znd
Ptfidia; the falarnitaStyrax is yellow, faft,rolen- like* in
gliftering fragments, perfeuering in fmell, though old,and
being diilblued of a bony-like colour, if commended.
Befeein.
BE/zoin , called vulgarly BcntAmen , is hot in the
fourth degree, comforteth the heart, and all the
faculties thereof, and hath the fame power as Stjrax CaU-
mit* aforefayd , the reddifli, cleere, full of white drops
like frankincenfe, and of a fweet fmell as Xtkthcs burned,
ischofen.
TragACAnthttm.
TRagacanthum-, a temperate hot gummeis good for the
cough, roughneileof the Artery or wind-pipe,hoar&
neffe and defl uxions, being taken with honey, or with fu-
gar, and is 'commended to be good for the eyes, alfoit
is good to be fwallowed downe whole, or eaten in powder
againft the flixe.
Pix BnrgtmdU, of fome *Pix Greet and Colophoni*.
CQtephoma or Tix GrlcA, is all one thing, and is a kind
of Rofine of the Pine tree, it is hot and drie,clenfing
and healing new wounds, mollifying hard tumours or
fwellings,and is very;profitable againft aches of the limbs,
proceeding of a coldecaufe.
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.
T)/# NMidisyOt ilone-picch is hot and drie in the fecond
w degreee, it difculleth-, conglutinateth, mollifieth, ma-
turateVh, fuppleth the hardaetfeofthe matrix, and hard
tumours, curerh vleers, fUIech them that are hollovf vp
v^ith good fleilijand helpeth cold aches.
Refitte.
R
Ejlm is hot, mollifying, difeuffing and clean fing>anci
-being taken* inwardly, it is good againft the cough s
mcudeth the breaft, prouoketh vrine, con cocleth crude
matters, ioofecb the beily, expelleth the ftoneand grauelh
and is excellent for the cure of greene and frefh wounds.
AMbrA citrin4fett ficcinuntj is hot and dry3 preualent
again ft the white fluxe of the wombe, fluxe of bloud
running of the kidney es* diltillations of the head, (top-
ping of'the matrix, monethly termes, difficulty of vrine,
being powdered and drunke,helpeth immoderate cough,
and ilrengthneth the imeltines, and is good tobecafton
coales to receiue rhe fume thereof) to comfort the A rfe-
gut fallen , as alfo tofume a (hip or houfe in time of infe-
ctious aires, as the plague, or when generall flukes are to
be feared.
Cera Citr'ma,
CEracitrina^ or yellow waxe, doth mollifk and heate^
moyftoeth temperately, itisgood&rtoamend the
milkein thenurfes breads coagulated, it fwageth pajne,
healeth woulfds and vleers, ?nd hath commonly a place
inallgoodvnguentsand placers, it is a good medicine
ctxunke or eaten; and fo (wallowed downeforto cure the
exalceriioas
Of the Medicines^ and their vfes. 1 09
exulcerations of the fiomacke orintrailes in fluxed where
inward exulcerations are to be feared.
MVmmin is aftringent, heipeth fluxes of bloud, the
bladder vlcerated, and the inward dittempers of the
yard :as alfoitprouoketh vrine, and is very good to bee
drunke in powder againft great com ufions or coagulated
bloud within the body,
Sprrma C<tth
SPerma C<zti> or Spttma irnris, or the fpawne of the whale
isfowre in tafte, fpungy and white in (hew, vnfauoury
infmellj and waighty, hauing a fharpe quality, it is of a
col de faculty, clenfeth, and digefteth, and is fometimes v-
fed of women, toclearethe skinne from fpots and rnor-
phew, and it is good alfoagainftbruifes inwardly ,takea
wirh the former, namely, Mummia, and alfo outwardly
warme, to annoynt the pares contufed therewith, and a
Paracclfiu cmptafter7 or of Pix Cjrecum put thereon.
Sanguis ~DrAconu%
SAnguis Drficonis is colde and drk m the rlrft degree-if is
ofan allringent quality, it clofeth vp wounds,andcon-
firmeth the weakcparts,and ilayeth the fluxes of outward
wounds.
Ltiphes.
LVpints are hot and drie in the fecond degree, digeft,
make fubtiil and cleanfe, kill wormes^driue away the
freckles and fpots like lentils in the face, a ifwage impoflu-
mations snd fwellings, the fciaticapaine, dige(t,confume
and fafoXuzMerhumRegmm : Ripen and open wens,bot-
ches, biles and peftilcntiall fores.
P 3 Gamhmdeti
i lo Of the Me&kmt) Mithkvfih
CAntharides are vfed in outward remedies to caufea
blifter, and fometimes inwardly to mooue vrine : but
fo they are mod dangerous, for they will bring the difeafe
Priaptfma vpon the Patient in a violent manner, I once
knew itgiuen,but it killed the party the third day.
Camphara.
CAmphttr<& or fompbora of a mixt quality,refrigerateth
and calefietbjaftwageth the paine of the head,inflam-
mations of vlcers, wounds, cureth Eryfifefas or S'. Awho-
nies fire, is effecfluall againft the Gonorrhea, the white
flowers of women, bleeding of the nofe, it is good againft
venoms and poyfons ; it preferueth the body from putre-
fa&ion, and is commended for many other vertues for
breuity omitted.
Spodk
mm.
SVodmmzxi aftringent fimple, is cordial!, and good for
fainting or fwoun ding, inflammations of the ftomack,
trembling, melancholly j and other affedions arifing
thence,
Sumach*
SVmtch is wonderfully aftringent, drie in the third de-
gree, and colde in the fecond, it is good for the Ditfe*-
urj% all bloudy fluxes, and womens fluxes, efpecially the
white, and the Hemorrhoides, preferueth ajfo vlcers from
Inflammations and exulcerarion,
GdU.
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fttfc.
CI Alk or G*les are colde in the fecond degree, and dry
Tin thethiYd, it cureth fluxions of the gummes : hel-
peth the vkerations of the mouth, ftayeth the fluxes men-
ilruair, and helpeth the mother falling downe, ma*
keththe haire blacke, and confumeth proud flefli in
wounds and vlcers,and induceth a good healing to them.
Bolus verm,
BOlm Armena vel Orientate verm is very dry, aftrin»
gent, itisagood medicine in refitting the fluxes of
blood,heIpingtheCatarrhe,Diirenteryand vlcers of the
mouth, and preuailing againft peftilence, all other like
infections.
B
Bolus Communis.
Olm communis-, common B ole hath the fame effects as
the form zx Bolus*
Stibium.
ANtimoniumyfeu Stifonm, vfedin due time and place,
produceth very good effects, wreftling well with ma-
ny kindes of ftrong difeafes, commonly it is giuenin a
Tertian, as alfo to the troubled with collicke paiiae, it pur-
gech vpward and downeward forcibly, and caufeth
iweat,itisagooJ medicine giuen with caiefullrefpeft :
it killeth many by the violence thereof vnaduifedly ad-
miniflred,Ilamentto call to minde what fearefull acci-
dents I hau e feene follow the vfe thereof, I aduifethe Sur-
geons mate to administer it with great care, the dofeis flue
graines, belt taken by infufion. It cureth feuors, is good
againft peftilentiall feuors in their beginning. For it cu-
reth
1 1 1 Of the Medicines ^ and their vfes.
rethfuch at once taking, andinany otherfeuours itmay
be giuen>the body being ftrong,
Sutpbxr.
Sulphur or Brimftoneis hot? concocting & re/bluihg,
itpjoflteththeafihrnaticall, cough, collicke, greefe,
and refolution of the members : taketh away itch,
breaking out of all the body :cureth tetters or ring-worms,
and thefcurflfe, and cureth rheumes and di [[illations,
Seeke further heereof in .Soft, Sulphur and UWercHry.
lAlumcn.
A Lumen, or Allum.is ailringent and yet purging,men~
jf\deth putrified vlcers, drieth themoyft, confumetb
proud fuperfluous flefb, taketh away the itch, and cureth
thefeab, and is very profitable in lotions for vlcerations
of the mouth? throat, or elfe-where,
Jfttriolum.
Vltriolum feu Calcanthum, or Coperas, is hot, ailrin-
gent and drie, killeth the wormes ofthe belly, hel-
peth againfl poyfon,keepeth the flefti moyfl and from pu*
tritude, confumeth, contracleth and purgeth vlcers#Seek
more of this fubied in the Treatife of Salt.
Vitriolum Album.
SEeke in the Treatife of Salt, in the end oSjttridum for
white Coperas.
Cerufi.
'Erufa7 or Venice firuet, refngerateth, drieth, bindeth;
fexrenuatethjgentiy repreflkh excrefcences,and brin-
getb
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geth deepe wounds to a skarre or ficcatrfze, and is very
good to bee mixed a fmall quantity at once vvirh "TUntane
wMcr^gamtt the heat and excoriations of they ard,I mean
within the paflage of the yard.
Phmbftm A 1bum%
PLumhum Alhtm^or white leaders colde in the fecond
degree, it is an excellent remedy againft inflammati-
ons, ftiffe and hard vlcers> cankers and fluxions of the ar-
ticles.
Minium,
I'yLtmhagojorxzi Ieade,hath the force of binding,mofc
lifying, filling vp hollow vlcers with fle(h, bringieg
downe proud flelh, refrigerateth^clofethvpwounds^anS
inducethaficcatrize.
Tlumburnvfium.
IS afiringentj filleth vp wounds,eateth away their excre-
fcences,ftayeththerheumeof the eyes3blood,and is pro-
fitable againft the vlcers of the fundament* hemorrhoides,
and their inflammations.
Dthargyrftm.
LIthargjrtUiQT tithargyr&m Auri&argexti, & plttmbi,
Litharge either of gold filuer, or leade, doe all refrige-
rate* bindejTcpreile, ftop, fill vp hollow places,cleanfe5in-
duceaficcatrizeor little fcarre : and preuaile againft the
galling of the thighes. Thelitharge of golde^cf filuer and
of Jeade, are all but one thing, though they are of feuerall
names, colour and differences of operations, byreafon
of their different preparations* they are as Minium^ all
the fonnes of Saturne&vA are euenlead & no other thing.
xi4 Of the Medicines, and their tfes.
^£s firide. \
j^Sv'tride)OXvcrAigrece,hath a fliarpe quality, dige-
/4h fling,attracling,extenuating, corroding & abfter-
* -*— 'fiue. ftoppeth frettingand fpredding fores? and ea=
teth the callous hard fle(h of fiftulaes, good in vJcei s and
Ophthalmies of the eyes, it is the mil of copper or brails
either.
Tutia.
TVtia is a getle driengood againft the difliilations of the -
eyes, aftringent, cooling, cleanfing, (topping, and fil-
ling vp. It is the fcumme of bratfe in boiling.
Arfenicnm,
WHlte and yellow Arfenicum, called arfemcum al-
bum & Citrinumi are enemies to the life of man
or bead taken into the body , this mineral! killeth any
liuing creature, and is of a coroding quality, outwardly
applied, it caufeth a hard crufted fcab with vehement bur-
ning, eateth away fuperflaous fle(b3 & taketh away haires,
It cureth the morphew, the skinne annoynted with water
of the infufion thereof.
Argentttm vmum,
ARgentttm viuum doth corrode, killeth the itch & lice,
woundeth theinteflines, fuppreifeth vrine, fwelleth
the body, hurts the ftomacke and belly, refoluetb, pene-
crateth and purgeth. But of this fee more in the particular
Treatife oiMecttrj.
Mercnrm *
Of the Mdwm$% And their vfcu 1 1 5
MereurimfuklimatHS,
MErcurins fMrnatw, made of: Argentum viuum, is ex-
cellent againft the Morbus Gal/tcus, this medicine
truely prepared, is a Laxatiue, a Diaphorerice, a Diaureti-
tfce, a vomitiue,and the belt and worft corafiue medicine
that can be deuifed. ^uere the Treatife oi Mercury.
Precipitate,
MErcurim Precipitatus is very good to fur her digefti-
on in vlcers euill difpofed, and to difpofe them to
better healing, by cleanfingand digeftingthem, andbe-
caufe iris Mercury- or Quick-filuer, I haueno time for it
m this pb.ee , but muft referre you to my Treatife of
2\dercurj.
QnAbrium.
C/##^rmsaftringent,hot,extenuating, and hath the
venues or vices of Mercurim or Argentum viuum. Ic
is of two kindes, either natiue which few know, or artifici-
al!, and then it is compounded of Quick-filuerand Brim-
ftone, and fo is that we buy in the (hops.
Floret Anthos.
F Lores Antkos, or Rofemary flowers, are hot and drie in
the fecond degree , comfort the braine , heart and
memorie, and oherfenfes, amend the fpeech, helpe dige-
fiion,mol]irie,cle3nie, and cut away fleame.
F lores 'BaUuftiarum.
F Lores Balauftkrum or flowers^ of pomegranats are cold
arid drie in the third degree, 'hey arealfo aftringent :
O 2 clofe
i\6 Of the Medicines } md their vfei*
dole vp, and ftoppe, they cure the bloudy fixe, bleedmg
of greene wounds, they are good in lotions for moift and
weake gummes., kill wormes, and fallen loofe teeth.
%<fa rubsit
ROfi rube* or Red- rofes are cold and drie in the firft de-
gree^ refrigerate, and are aftringent , they purge chol-
lericke humors downward, open, itrengthen,andclenfe
theliuer from obdru dions, comfort the head, ftomaker
and heart, helpe againft confumptions , and inflammati*
ons3 caufe fleepe, and flop {pitting of bloud.
FloreschamomlU^
F Lores cAmomilk Camomile flowers are hot & drie in
the firfl: degree^ prouoke the monthly termcs , and v~-
rine, are good againllwindinelTe, thechollicke, grauell*
ftonej aches, feuers proceeding from obftruclions , cure
wearied parts, alfothey open , loofe, mollific the hard
fwollen and ftopt parts of the intrells.
Flore s me Moth
F Lores meltibtiRow&s ofMelliloteareofa drie and hoi
quallitie, digeft, confume, diflblue, and maturate, pre-
uaile:againft all hot fwellings, prouoke vrine, breakethe
ftone, allwage the paine of the kidnies,bladder>and belly,
ripen fleame; and cleare the eie-fight*.
F lores centaury <
F Lores centaur ij qt flowers of centrey are of a hot and
drie complexion in the fecond degree , purge choiler,
and groffe humours downevvard 0 open the obilrucflioiis
oftheliuer5killwormes-, caufe the courfe of flowers, are
good ^gainfl the Iaundice; hardnes &fthefpleene?gtiefes*
of
Of the Medicines \ andtketr vfes. 1 1 7
of the finewes, dearethe eyes ,, heale wounds , and driue
forth young fruite,
FleresHyperici,
F Lores Hyperici or flowers of Saint tchnsviott are hotte
and drie in the third degree, break e the ftone, prouoke
nine, bring dovvne womens flowers? ftoppe the laske,
driue away feuers , are good for burnings, and cure olde,
and fiflulated feres..
F lores Samhuci.
F Lores Samhuci or flowers of Elders are hot and drie in
the third degree, open the belly , purge flimie fleame,
and chollericke humours, and are good for hot fwellings,
and tumours, and for the ailwaging the paine of the gouto
Baca lwiiferi.
Btsdcca Imiperi luniper berries ate hot m the third
degree, dtie in the firft , and aftringent , are good for
the ftomake, cough, windineifegripings of the belly, ve-
nemous biting?, infeftion, contagion of the aire, helpe
the Jungs, Jiuer, kidnies, and bladder, and prouoke vrine.
Bacca latirh
BtAecalauriox Bay berries are hot and drieinthefe-
cond degree, they refill poifon, helpe deafneffe, con-
tracted and wearied parts, and the paine of the breaft, cut
vp fleame, and take away the fcurfe#
Farina trkici.
FArmatritici Wheate flower is hot in the fir ft degree,
ftbppeth fpitting of bloud, diflillatiorssof fubtiilhu-
Q^3 moursD
i t 8 oftht M$dklm$i md tfab vfis.
raours, helpech the cough , roughneffe of the ftar pe arte-
rie, dillbluetb tumours, and clenfeth the face ft ornlentills
and fpotsj appeafeth hunger and thirft , and istheprinci-
pall naturall vpholder of the life and health of man.
Farina fa&arum.
FArina fab arum or B eane meale is cold and moid , dif-
foluetb all fwellings, is very good for vlcers, euills>and
bladings of the genitoriesj andtaketh away inflammati-
ons of worn ens paps.
Farmahordei.
FArina kordeacea or Barly meale is cold and drie in the
firft degree? diifolueth hot and colde tumours, digeft-
eth , foftneth , and riperh hard fwellings ? ftoppeth the
laske, and humors falling into the ioints3 diicutfeth winde
is good again ft the fcurfe, and leprofie , and allaieth the in-
flammations of the Goutes.
Furfur tritici.
FVrfnr or wheate branne,is good again ft the fcurfe,itch,
andfpreadingfcab, diifolueth the beginning of hotte
fwellings, doth flake and fwage the hard fwellings of wo-
men/breafts,and is lingular good the decoft ion thereof
to cure the painefullexulcerations in the interalls giuen by
glifters,as is mentioned in the cure of Difenteria ,
Farina Volatilise #
FArina VoUtilis or Mill duft is vfed in compofitions to
ftaye fluxes of bleeding wounds.
Rofemariet
OftheMcdicincsjndtheirvfes. up
Rofemarie.
ROfemarieishot and driein thefecond degree, cureth
the Iaundice, and the Regius morbus or Kings-euill,
comfbrteth the braine , memory, and inward fenfes, and
reftoreth the fpeech loft or broken.
Mentha,
MEntha Mints are hot and drie, doth profit the fto-
make, appeafe the hickok,ftoppeth vomiting,cureth
chollerickepaflions, griping paine of the belly, and rhe
inordinate courfe of menftruall itlue ; eafeth women in
theirtrauellofchilde-bearing, it foftneth breads fwolne
with milke> and keepeth the rnilke from crudding therin.
M
Mellilotm,
Ellilotus Mellilote is hot, and aftringent, it doth
^fwage, and molliflehot fwellings of the eyes, ma-
trix3fundament,andgenitoriesj healeth the fcurfe, and
putrified vlcers, diifolueth Apoftumes of the ftomake, is
goodtfor the head-ach, prouoketh vrine, breaketh the
ftone,helpeth the paine of the kidnies, bladder, and belly,
and takech away the webbeandpearleof the eye.
Saluia.
SAhhSzgzh hot and drie in the third degree , and
fomwhat aftringent, ftoppeth the bleedings of wounds
ancfcbloudie flixe, openerh the (loppings of the liuer, cu-
reth th cough ? breaketh the (tone, prouoketh vrine, com*
forteth the heart, aifwageth the head-ach, and paine in
the fide.
Thjmxm,
no of the Medicines yand their vfes* *
THimurn or Tyme is hot and drie in the third degree,?*
goodtocleafe the breft, ripen fiearne5 and for the
Jlftkmai purgeth chor.sricke humours, corrupt bloud*
bringeth to women their natural] tearms, expelleth thefe-
condine,prouoketh vrine, difcuifethwinde, exrenuatetfa
colde fwellings, and hdpeth the cure of the falling ticke-
*s4bfjnthium+
ABfynthium or Wormewood is hot in the firft degree
and drie in the third , it is bitter,, fharpe, andaftria-
gent 3 clenfing, purging, and comforting, excellent to
purge the ftomake,liuer, and reines from chollericke hu-
mours, and to ftay the weake ftomakefrom vomiting, cu-
reththelandice,refi(tethpeftilenr infection, helpeththe
dropfie^and fpleneticke, and killeth vvormes in the body*
Cardum benediftu*..
CArdutts benediBm or the blefled Thiflell is very bitterv
and hot,comfortetb the heart and vicall parts,moueth
fw'eate,reGftethpoyfon,isofmuch vfe in peftilent difea*
£es, mittigateth thepaine of thereines,and Cidch killeth the
wormes of the belly , and preuaileth againft bitings of
Serpents*
Me/ip.
•
ME/tfit or Balme,this herbeis hot in the fecond, and
drie in the firft degree, doth bring downewomens
vermes , helpeth againft venome of Scorpion?, fpiders*
and Dogges, comforteth the head , increafeth thememo-
iie, and refreflieth the vital! faculties,
StUn*
of the MiMmjni thtfrtfis* \ % *
Sahm.
SAbinA Savin ishotanddrie in the third degree, pro-
uoketh vrine with bloud, moueth the flowers, driueth
forth thefecondine, liuing and dead birth, cureth vlcsrs,
and eating fores, and clenfeth the skinneof Lentils.
Radices *Ahhc<t,
RAdix<t!the* Hollihocke roots are hotanddrieinthe
firft degree, they are profitable for the grauell, ftone,
bloudy flixe,tooth-ach, Sciatica, and cough 5 they cure
new wounds, diflblue cold tumors , wennes, hard ker-
neIls,impoftumes, fores of the mother , and chaps of the
fundament, are good for cramps, burftingsj and for trem-
bling of the members.
Radices rafhanifilpiefiris.
RAdices rdphamfiluejlrk or Horfe redifli roots are hotte
in the third degree, driein the fecond, is good for the
fiomake, eaten before meate caufeth winde, and defire to
vomit, but after meat digelteth,purgeth flegme,prouoketh
vrine,breaketh the (lone, helpeth the dropfie, Huer, fick-
neife, old^cough , floppingofthereynes,lithargie,choI-
3icke,andhardneffeofthefpleene, fhyeth fretting , and
feftring vlcers, caufeth haire to grow$and clenfeththe face
from fjpots*
Indices tpyrethri,
RAdices pjrethriot Pellitory roots are hot & drie in the
third degree5good for old cold difeafes of the head,&
braine, falling ficknelle, and apoplexie, mittigateth the.
tooth-ach chewed, bringethfoorth much waterifh flegme
R helpeth
I jo of the Medicines, and their vfes.
helpeth therefolutionof the finewes,caufethfaliuation of
afluxeoffpitting*
Radices angelica.
RAdices angelica Angelical roots are hot and drie in the
fecond degree, they doe open ? attenuate, diged* cut
and difcu lie groile humours, rhey areaduerfary topoifon3
helpe pe&ilent difeafes, caufethe flowers, comfort the
heart? and vital! poures.
'Radices confolida mdorit*
RAitx [fjmphiti m4gni,fett confolisU motor if, or Comfrey
roots are hor and drie in the fecond degree? they doe
helpe fpittingofbloud, the bread 3 and lungs, cureeh the
inward wounds, and ruptures, are glutinatiue , mittigate
hot tumoursjand healefrefh wounds.
Calxvifta*
CAlx vim or vnilakt lime is hot and drie in the
fourth degree, hauing a fierie fharpe, and burning
force) concoclrethjmollirleth, diffipateth , cureth corrupt
fiinking vlcers) very hard to be cured.0 and bringeth them
to a cicatrize or skarre.
Album or&cum.
STercm eamnum^fett album gr&cum , is hot and aflrin-
gent, daieth thelaske, cureth the Squinancie, helpeth
the Difenteria, and driueth away feuers that come by
courfe, and is very good to drew the fundament fallen
yvithall, for it cureth the flipperinefle thereof, and caufeth
it being gently put vp to day vp , and being mixed and
boy led with fillet oyle to the thicknefle of an vnguent, is
very good to curethe painefnll Hemorroy des*
The
The Conclufion touching what
bath beene [poken of the Venues of Medicines
Simple or Compound for the
Chest.
T
He vcrtues, vfes, and dofes of all the precedent Medi-
cines here noted, haue beene gathered from fuch Au-
thors as either were the Inuentors of them , or formerly
haue taken them vpon them, to whofeworkes I referrethe
Reader,which thing if any well difpofed Artift vpon good
ground fhall queftion, I doubt not to fatisfiehim. The
A tnhors I haue vfed herein are thefe following.
Galenm.
Mefues.
jiukenna.
Tagaltitts.
Vigo.
tParace/Jits.
hfephm Wnerritanus.
^enodem.
hhannis lacobm Wekerm*
Dodonem.
ValeiusCordui.
^tolanm.
tf^rhndm.
Qzwoldm ZoUm*
Dorucretius.
ia4 Of the Mediclne$^nd their vfes,
Montanux.
Matbcolus.
Fermlim*
Diafcorides.
Vrmcifcui Arctus.
Monardus.
I^icolaus Akxandnmu
Serapius.
Andfbmeotheri whofe names fometimes I haue re-
membred, and noted : fometimes for haft pretermitted
them •, wherein I confetfe I haue done them hard meafure3
like him which in halt ouerrunne his good friends 9 a fault
too common.
I45
SSSZE3'
W&J*P*'&J?]^+W>J'?l+l*\<J>
Of Wounds.
Wound being a recent folution of a Definition of a
ccntinuitie5ora diuifion of that which wqwmI*
was knit together without putrefacti-
on 5 and common as well to the foft
and organicke parts, as alfo to the har-
der: it may (though feldome it doth)
arife from an internal] caufe? as the ma- '
Jice of bad humors, but more commonly it comes from
an externall caufe, namely by the violence of iorneinftru-
ment. For which caufe a wound is faid to differ in his de-
nomination: for fometimes it is called a thmftorpun-y^;^
ftion, which is made by dabbing with any thing fhzrpe pettation of
pointed; as a Dagger? Rapier3 or the like : fometimes it is rounds.
named a contudon, wh sn a weighty thing offending (as
timber) falling downe or violently caft downe(as a ftonej^
the flefti being bruifed and broken : fometimes alfo it
hath the appellation of inciflon or an inciied wound, for
that it is done by an edged in(trument,3s a knife or fword8
And thefe wounds are eirher Grnple or compound : the
'ilmplebeingonely in the vpperfkin or flefh without de-
triment or loife of fdbftance^which alfo haue their feuerall
fpecies or kindes, becaufe of their diuers formes: fome
being greater or fmaller, profound or fuperficiall>long or
litle, itraight:round,or crooked 5 of a facile cure, or diffi-
cile, or mortal]. And for the founder iudgment and bet-
ter cure of all wounds (which are either externally or in-
ternall and penetrating ) there are feuerall fignes with
much diligence to be had in remembrance of ancient tra-
dition, which daily praftife alfo verifieth.
The feuerall differences of all externall wounds aredif-
cerned by light or handling.
Thofe
1 34 of Wounds.
Tftepheesof Thofe which are termed internall and penetrating
intemaii wounds, are either in the head, bread, or inferior venter,
ivotmds. and are difconered Hkevvife by fight, by feeling, or by
fearchfng with an inftrument into them.
The hurtorrupcion of the membranes or braine is ac-
companied with {beefing, vomiting^bleeding at the nofe,
or eares, rauing, and the like : but if the fubitance of the
braine be hurr,thofe fignes are increafed:and a bilious or
fliarpe vomiting is feene -, alfo a feuer,dull vnderftanding,
with alteration of fauour and countenance do enfue 5 ftu-
piditie alfo and dumnelfe fignifie the braine contufed.
The Bred is obferued to be wounded and penetrated,
when ayre commeth forth of the wound, or when the per-
fon ficke hath in his mouth a fenfe of the things applied to
his griefe.
It appeareth that the Lungs are hurt, if the refpiration
bedifficult,aratIingfoundin breathing be hard f and the
excrement which is voy ded from the mouth be fpumous,
pale and crude.
The Tericrmmm hurt bath fomeeimes foddaine and
%pften fwounding for a figne, though fome neuertheles ha-
uing the ^Pericranium woundedor contufcd^haue no euill
fymptoms extraordinary to other meane wounds of o-
ther parts.
The Heart wounded hath the refrigeration of all the
parts, extinction of naiurall heate, and death attending
thereon.
If the great Veynes and Arteries in the Breaftbe offen-
ded, an immoderate flux of blood, defection of virtue in
all the faculties, a cold and an vnfauorie fweat doth enfue,
and death within a few houres.
The folution of continuitie in the finowie parts of the
I>iafhragma cauieth convulsion, difficile refpiration, an
acute feuor,rauing,and death : but if the flefhie part only
beagreeued, it is fubiecl to remedies, and fufTerethnot
fuch dangerous fymptoms.
If the recurrent Nerues be wounded there followeth
loffe
Of Wounds. 13 y
lolTe of /peech immediate motion and fenfe alfoisfup-
prelled3andth3t without recouery.
In the wounds of the Liuer appeare vomiting,bloody
dejedionsj muchpaine,a continuall feuor ; and if they
be deepe, fainting refolution of the fpirits, cold fweat,and
death follow.
The Spiene offended is as the Liuer affecled/aue that
the fymptoms are in the right fide,th other in the left.
The Ventricle is demonftrated to be wounded by the
voyding of chylw, frequent vomiting, fwounding, fain-
ting, and death.
When the excrements arereteyned in the belly, and
illue out of the wound very vnfauory andputriffed, and
not by the naturall place, it is plaine that the inteftines
are hurt.
The figne of the Reynes or Kidneis wounded is the
fuppreflion of vrine, which caufeth a fore paine in the
groyne and tefticles, with inflation or fwellingeuen to
death.
The accidents of the bladder offended are one with
the reynes, vnlefle the finowie parts thereof be greeued,
and then distention of the belly, pitting of bloud, vomi-
ting, voiding of vrine at the wound, fuppreiTion of th«
faculties, and doting,and death follow.
When .Jpitta Medulla or the marrow of the backe bone
is hurt, there followeth the refolution of the finewes
(which hindereth the function of the fenfe and motion)
voluntary euacuation of excrements appeare, and for the
mod part death istheimmediateconclufion.
The folution of a Veyneis knowne by bloud of red co-
lour and thickefubftance.
The teftimonie of an Arterie hurt is bloud fomewhat
yellow, fubtle, thin, hot3beating and leaping, or violently
i(Tuing,and as it were by iumps.
' The tendons,membranes,and Ligaments wounded or
incifed bang the fame fymptoms as the Nerues doe,
■The
1%% OfWmds> and their Cuml
The Cure*
J" r'<H e Cure of wounds is cither by the helpeof na-
wb&tun the I ture of me<j,-cine : # by nature,the hrife is at an end
7Jge°l™u7otb *■ the Arrift my faue a labour ; if by medicine their
«fo»j?fJ. cure confifteth both in the reduction of parts difioyned
and diflocated,to virion, and in confolidation and true
conglutination of them: thereforeitfhallbeneceifary to
conlider that if any thing hinder confolidation it be re-
jnoued : that reduction be rightly and skilfully wrought*
left the parts adioyned fall into relaps, and that the fub-
fiance of the part with bisnaturall temperament be con-
ferued: and laftly, that the fymptomsbepreuentedand
carefully cured as they arife.
The firft intention in curing of wounds is to take away
whatfoeuer is befides nature, as yron, wood, leade, or
ought elfe with fit inftruments, and that without paine, if
it may be,to the difeafed, that confolidation may the bet-
ter be affe&ed. In wounds of the head to take away the
hajre or what elfe might feeme to hinder the good appli-
cation of medicines to the greefe, is the firft part. Striue
aHb to fet well the veines andnerues difplaced, that the
beauty and due office of the member be not diminiflied,
and that it may conglutinate the eafier, and being vni-
ted keepe them fo by Ligature, future, and other due? and
artificiall meanes.
It is requifite alfo that the naturall temperament of the
part be carefully preferued : and that is done by acertaine
carefull regiment of the body, which is vniuerfaii or par-
ticular.
The vniuerfaii regiment, con(i{kth In purging medi-
cines, as potions, gliders , a iober and frugall dyet>ab(H-
nence from wine, veneric, and <*l\ kindes of meats which
may moue or attenuate ftuaiorsy& moderate vfe of good
nourifliing iuffcnance, all which hzlps the poore Sea-man
is not capable of in long voyages,
The
Of Wounds^ and their Cures. 1 29
^ The particular Kegiment is in remedies which con-
firme and ftrcngthen the naturall heat of the member de-
billitated, and which hinder and auert fluxion : fuchare
Vnguentum Nutrition diapalma9 I meane Diacaljithios diC-
folued in Ojle of %efes. Ceratum Refrtgerans. rofatn meflkt,
Vtfgti: dermmo, or the like.
The generall accidents mo(! to be feared that affeclthe
wounded are Hffworagiay dolor, tumor, intemperature, a
feuer,faintnes of the heart, convulfions, fpecially where a
ilnew is wounded.
HemcragtA or flux of blood is Hayed by medicaments The eur§ *f
aftringent, fitted and applied with conuenient future or HdWfl'^
ligature $ and fometimes by medicines caufticke, either
actuall ©r potentially touched in the Treatife of amputa-
tion or difmembring.
A Tumor is an vnnaturall increafe exceeding the na-
turall ftate in the body, and inducing an offence of the
aclions of the fame, the cure whereof is touched elfe-
where.-
Intemperature is either ouer-much heat or cold , ancf
bis remedies is by oppofites, as namely to too hoc in tem-
perance apply a cold medicament, &c.
The intemperature of the Liuer chiefelyconfifteth in
oppilation or debilitie of the faculties thereof; and is
helped chiefely by wholefome nutriment : thelamenta^
ble want whereof at Sea is the caufe of many the greeuous
obftru&ions , and other euill arfecTs in Seamens bodies 1
fo that oft-times a good Artift fhall not be able to heale a
jneane excoriation.
The Accidents common to the wounded heart, as is
faidj are fwounding palpitation thereof, a hot burning fe-
uor:and many other.
Syncope is a folutiofl of the fpirits which forfake thQ
heart, whofe remedy is Cordialis , if God haue appoin-
ted ]ik.
A Feuer is a heate in the heart more then naturall,in-
fufed and d^erfed through the whole body? whofe cure
S is . .
i o o ofWeundsy wd their Cures.
is by purging, bleeding, and good gouernment.
A convulsion is a dangerous difeafe of ihe braine, which
often-times is a fore-runner or a melleriger of death.
The difeafes in the braine are either in the membranes,
fubftance, or ventricles, and paffages thereof, whofe (pe-
des and fymptoms are many,andfor the mod part very
dangerous, and of difficult cure. For if the fubfkneeof
the braine be offended, the functions thereof are impe-
dited, whence proceedeth doting, melancholy, foolifh-
nes,flothfuInelfe, Lithargy, frenzy, madnes,lolfe of me-
mory; deadifh fleepe, giddineife, apoplexie, Paralills, and
diuers other like accidents formerly recited. And if the
ventricles of the braine bee wounded, then the motions
and fenfes thereof be greeued. Wherefore for the better
cure of theie wounds in the braine dificcation and ficca-
trization in due tims is needful!, either by fimple medica-
ments, {as Spirtttu vim, holm Armenia, Terra figillata. Li-
thargirum , Cerufa 3 Tntm, aduft lead, burnt paper, Allom
•water, burnt Vitride ) or by compound medicines ,( as
ZJng: deficcansrttbx 'Diapomphohgos, & Diapalma.)
Diuers JccU And as you fee the accidents of the wounded are di-
dents wiu haw uers, fo the remedies are not al! alike: butfomearege-
diftersmedica- ner all, others more peculiar.
wents. Thofe that are only in the skin or flefli haueno difficile
cure : for oft-times Nature with fomeeafie remedy, or a
Ligature only doth helpe them : but thofe that are comT
pound, offending many parts3neede a methodical! and
convenient order of cu ration, which is diuers, as is faid,
according to the diuerfitie of the parts affected : for if con-
tusion or ruption be onely of the flelh vnder the skin,there
is required confolidation by eafiecomfortation,and defic-
cation, and no fuppuration, which is effected onely by
uourifliing andpreferuing the natural! heate or humidity
of the member, as in other wounds. .. ■ - \
But acontufedwound,if it be great, reqoifeth purging
gliders, potions, or pills, phlebotomie, a wholfome dyet,
perfect euacuation of the humor chatcommeth from Ae
veynes,
X
oflVtundst ind their cures. m
veines Sc fuppuratfon of thecontufed &Iiuid flelh which
two la ft are effected attheflrft by mean remedies,(asoyle
of rofes & mirtils)andfomtimes by a Taracelfa plafter.lt
will defire alfo fuperating medicines, fitting thegreatnefle
and nature of the coatu lion, It may be healed in the man-
ner of an apoftume, and if putrifaclion be feared, the vfe
of a good Lixiuium,of cupping glailes, and light fcarifica-
tion, is moftneceflfary, that the humour about to putrifie
may be euacuated,fo fhall the wound be better cured :but
when thewound Qi all be with lofte offubftance, then Jet
thy endeauonr be by renouation and regeneration of the
the fubftaace diminifhed, or theincemperature,be careful
by conuenient digeftiue medicines to produce laudable
quitture, and that the part affected be kept in his natural!
temperament and faculty, for therby it doth concoct and
digeft the matter flowing vn to it,asal"fo con fider diligently An ,
the excrements of the wounds,their fubftance,qualkyjand^y tj,e rei
quantity jthefe wil fliew thee what is fuperfluous? not natu- mng of that
rail, and what hindereththe action and dutie of nature, **** * beM<*
that it may be corrected and taken away by fit and conue- *********
nient remedies. The medicaments incarnatiue, or for re-
generation offlefh, arc the flower of Barley, Beanes, Lu-
pines and Crobus, Myrrhe, Aloes. Thus Ariftolochia
& Irisjwhich are vfed either by themfelues, or mixed with
turpentine, Mel Ro far am Sy rugs of dry Rofes, theyolke
of an egge,or the like: alfo Bazilicum magKum,VnoueutHm
annum, are good incarnatiues, the Emplaftrftm gratia Dei,
made of iuyce of hearbes,the Emplafter of betony,diffol-
uedwithAxungia porcina, and follow the generall rule,
let the dry bee more humected, and the humid more di-
ll ccated. «
The cure of wounds caufed through the biting of ve- yenmow
nemousbeafts (as maddedogs,fcorpions,vipers,ferpents, wounds, vhhh
bees, fifhes, wafpes,hornets,fwine,or other the like,is per- Neither inter.
formed firft by taking away that which is virulent, extra- naU or *xtvt9Al-
cting, diflipatingand confuming the poyfon,which work
requireth interaall as well as externall medicaments. The
S i internall
mte
rem$o-°
1 5 a Of Wounds, and their cures.
internall mud bee fuch as comfort and confirmethe parrs
difeafed(as Theriaca, Mithiidatum, Confedio alkermes,
Bole Armenie,Conferue of Borrage,BugIoliie, Rofemary
flowers, and the like) that fo the virulent vspour may bee
abolifhed, which otherwffe will infedthe whole body.
The external muft alfo intend to extinguiih the venemous
vapour (and fuch are cupping glades and fcarificarion*
alfo all hot medicaments attracting, as Galbanum, Am-
moniacum, Bdellium, Emplaflxum DiachilonandDiui-
irinum, a Fomentation made with thehearbe Dragon and
Mugwort boyled in wine, Treakle, GarJicke, Onions, Fi-
mus columbinusand the like) which being dorie,thecure
frail bee after the manner of other wounds of the fame
magnitude, but in mineovuiepraclife^Iheat Balme Arti-
liciallfeethinghot, and apply it for the firft drefling if I
feare venome : and if I feare a Gangreene, Ivfe /Egyptia-
cum as hot as may be, and ouer the wound I apply a Lix-
iuium : flender and wholfome diet is alfo good, that may
neither increafe melancholly, nor heat much the blood?
andabflaine from bleeding, vnleile the noble parts bee
tainted, and then thou may.ft fafeiy purge, bathe & fvveat,
which is knowen when the animal! faculties are offended.
^ -[ " The wounds in the veines and Arteries, bring with
wundsinthe them commonly a fluxe of bloud, which to ftay is a fpeci-
jtntrk^veherof all bufinetfe, confiding cheefely of aftringent remedies,
ndcthco>0. good application, future,iigature of a veine or artery, if it
may bee done conuenientiy,and fomerimes caufticke me-
dicaments : yea incifion, phlebotomie, the vfe of cupping
glares and ligature on the parts oppofite, which three la (t
are not alwayestobe prefumed vpon as fafecourfes, but
vponneede,if fo be the veineor artery wounded be great
many things are of force put in pracftife, which otherwife
feeme very bar (h. The aftringent fimple to make com-
pounds, are Bole A rmenie, Terra Ilgiilata: Thus aloes,
maflike, myrrha, Sanguis Draconis, flowers ofwheat,bar-
3ey, mill-duff, and diuers forts .-likewife Allum, Vitriole,.
Precipitate, mans blood dryed, andfundry morefome*
time
Of Wetmds,dndtheir cures. 133
timetomakea Ligaturevpontheveine, wounds or arte-
ry, which is the binding of each end thereof, being firft
caught and holden with fome fit in(trument,and tied with
afureandftrongfilke thread : butofttimes it happened*
that the ends of the veines or arteries wounded cannot bee
found, in which cafe an aduall cauftike remedy, or a po-
tentiallcaufticke medicament, which inducethan esker,
and ftoppeth, and couereth the orifice of the veine,is con-
uenient: fome alfo lay there thumbe on it fo long, vntrll it
bee fomewhat of it felfe flayed, and then bind it vp, which
is goodin meane fluxes, I haue often preuailed fo, and af-
ter that the flux of blood isftajredlet the ficke party bee
contained in a place neither too hot nor toocolde, and
darke,fpeaking little, that the cure may bee accomplished
with more eafe to the patient.
The wounds made in the nerues, tendons and aliga- The cure of.
ments, whether by inciilon long orouerthwart, a thruft *"^*V!y t
profound or fuperflciall or by contufion, great, iictlej or ne™"** '***
meane, require a good diet, fuch as is, meat eafie of dige-
fiion, refrigerating andcaufing little blood, but the choice
of fuch thing-sTat fea mud be forborne, and that the body
be kept open bjjj'glifters, mollefying and cleanfing, and if
needebee by potions eafie and gentle, that the humours
be not too much ftirred to inriamma:rion,bJood letting is
fometimesneedefull^ likewife. Anodine medicines which
refolueand extracl: corruption, by the pores of the skin,
flrengthen the part affected, and haue an affiniciejOr acer-
taine property to comfort the finewes : fuch are Turpen*
tine and the oyle thereof, oyle of Euphorbium , Rue,
Wormes, Yolkes of egges, Roiin, Pitch, as alfoaCata-
plafme made of bread crummes, milkes and a little Safc
fron,thelil^e made of Althea roots two oucces,mallowes
andforrell of each an handfuIl,floure of Beanes, Lupines
andOrobus, of each two ounces and anhalfe, redRofe
leaues powdered halfe an ounce, common honey two
ounces, Chamomile oyleone ounce, all made into a cata-
plafme accordiug to Art* But if paine and inflammation
S 3 be
1 34 °f Wfunds, and their cures.
be in fuch wounds neere to an article or ioynt, apply a ca-
taplafme made of bread crummes, with theiuyce ofBjo~
febyami, or coole hearbes,or yng.nHtritumtPopuleon Album ^
or fomeof thofe, that the burning heat may bee extingui-
died, or of oatmeale fodden in water with a little oyle: B uc
if conuulfion happen to a finew wounded or pricked, cut
off all the finew, for if the neruefhall bee wholly abcifed,
lelfer fymptomes,through impotency and depriuation of
action enfue, then if the middle or any part be wounded,
and the cure (and note it) is not fo fafe to fow it vp toge-
ther, as fbme thinke, becaufehls adunation is vncertaine.
The cure of a j^ finew be contufed wmiout any wound, ht it be cor-
"roborated by medicaments ftrengthning and aftringenr.
The cure of the wounds of the head is n©t alwayes to bee
prefumed vpon, though final J, nor yet difpaired of,thogh
great. Con 11 der therefore diligently, whetherrbebraine
it felfe be hurt or no, if the braine be offended, it is to bee
knowen partly by the inflammation, dolour, apoftumati-
on, retraction, conuulfion or depriuation of the functi-
ons of the fences, and death alfo is fufpefted prefeutly, or
within a few d ayes to follow, andifthepalfiepolfttre the
oppofitepart,it being found and whole,it is doub;;fuIl,and
the fympathie of parts will caufeofc times an abfceile in
theLiuer and Melfenterium, and an Intemperature of the
vitall faculty with a continuall feuerand death. It (hall
therfore be neceffary for the wife Artift to know the man-
ner of the hurt, that he may wifely prognofticate the dan-
ger, for if onely the Pericranium be hurt by inciiicn, with-
out any contufion , and farre from the cornmiffures or
feamesj it is not dangerous at all to be cured, and the cure
to be/Wrought, is as in other wounds : but if it bee much
wounded by punction or contufion, and fymptomsarife
with a tumour in the head, then dilatation is needefull
that the contufed bloud which is betweene Cranium^
and 'Pericranium may bee extracted, and let k be Cjuickly
done, foftiallthe fymptomes ceafe and the cure will bee
eafie, but and if the offence of the Pericranium be in the
future
Of Wounds, and their cures. i g j
future or feame it is more dangerous , becaufe the braine
doth fympathize with it, if the Fibres pafling through the
futures of the Pericranium from Dura mater be wounded
or contufed it exceed? the other in danger, therefore to re-
fill: putrefadion, let the wound be mundified : and if no
frartureof thebonebe ( the wound appearing onelyin
the flefh (without any offence of the Pericranium,the cure
fhall be as in other wounds. But if a fraclure m Cranium specUll obfer*
chance, there is required great care, namely, let the forme uathns if the
andmagnitudethereof be well confidered, obferuingalfoiowe5 efthe
diligently whatboneitis, and in what partitishurt, and/?Mrf*e bro^n'
whether the fragments are great or little, or ffoarp,pricking
theMembransornot , which of what fort foeuer they be
they are diligently to be drawne out with as mucheafeas
may be to the Patient, and if they cannot being broader
within, then without, let the Trapan be carefully vfed,thc
vfe whereof is touched in the booke of infiruments 3 vn-
der the name Trapan. Sometimes there is onely a depref-
fion,andthena Leuatorie inftrument will excufe the vfe
of a Trapan, and take away the fpills and fragments
which are vpon the Membrane, and the bloud alfo which
lhalliirueoutvponthefamemay by a fpung betaken a-
way : keepe it likewife from cold, and of a temperate heat,
and the place hurt being well clenfed, poure mel rofarum
warme into the wound 5 or two parts of Hony,andone
part of oyle or fyrupe of drie Rofes, or common Honey
with Terpintine,withtheyolkeof an egge, which are re-
medies mundifying, and gratefull to the Membrans,and
ought to be applied warme, but aboue all others thelina-
ment of Arcem is the chiefeft Balfame for wounds in the
head. The generall remedies for wounds of the head
muft neither ouermuch refrigerate, nor ouermuch calefle,
but be of a moderate or temperate calor. The generall
manner to proceede to the cure of wounds in the head? is
as followeth.
Pirftletthehairebefliauenaway, the next if any loofe
bones be, take them out, the next to be done is, if a depref-
flOQ
i 5 6 Of Wounds y and their curt si
fion of Cranium bee , (Hue with theeleuatorie to faifeic*
The next is to (ray the fluxe of bloud if any be,Ieauingof
the griefe vndretfed for two daies that the vaines may knit,
then inquire of the Patient if hee haue the benefit of na-
ture, if not^procure him one3not many ftooles,andonely
fee he haue naturall (loolcsonceaday , or in two daies,
hiftrtitthns yr~ not by potion nor pills, but rather by glifler or fuppofito-
ry need fan t be ^ e The fecon d opening of the wound? if occafion ferue,
ht3f™\--\ v& tQe T-rapan, or take out any fpills or bones that feeme
%emL t0 °ffen€^ if they be very loofe5 not dfe, force nothing out
of the wounds except the Patient his great neceffitie force
thee thereuuto ; for Nature is kinde,and ready to do won*
drous helpein the cure of the head. For the tecond appli-
cation, haue ready of the noble linamenc of tArceus ne~
uer fufficiently commended, and being fbmewhat hotter
then the partie would willingly beare it , annoinc the
wound [herewith in each place, with a little foftlintona
Probs end, leauing the faiddint therein, and with plegents
of lint drie fill vp the orifice, and after annoiiiting about
the edges of the griefe , apply a plafter^either of Emplaffi
betonie, Stifticum Paracelft, Minium^ Mellilote&tDiacaL
fitheoSyin want of Arcetu linetment you may take dcumrQ*
p&rttm , and tmtlrofarum which are not inferior much to
the former, being warme applied : Some vfe therewith a U
fo a digeftiue of Terpintine, and the yolke of an egge
well mixed, 4«^a likequantitie, wherewith they fpread
plegents, and then dippe them in the warme melt and oyle
mentioned? and {o apply them , which is very good, an<$
and the raoft ancient praftife in curing wounds of the
Iiead.
lit want of oyleof Rofes oyle of Oliue will do well,anj
common honey £orme/lrofarftm9thougn not fo well : and
ifcaufebe, fome Artiftsmix fpiritof wine , or gooi aqua
viu wirb the former medicine 5 and it comforteth well the
braine, and very much furtheredi good and fpeedy hea-
ling, good bowlftring , andligature doth much auaileta
the cure of wounds of the head : aifo it is goodtokeepe
the
of Wounds^ and their cures". 13^
the patty lying and in a darke place, rill rhegreateft dan-
ger of accidents be paft,remembringwithall that the ouer-
ilrickt keeping him in, may alfo be veryoffenfmetothe
ficjce.
Let good diet flricktly beobferued,if occafionbe,and
the vfe of glitters likewife vpon good reafons is alfo to be
approued,anditisgoodtoopen the Cephalicke vaine if
the braine hauebeene long vncoaered, or yeelde a fpu-
mous white and thicke excrement, which feemes to bee a
portion of the fubflance of the braine : likewife to purge
the body , mundifie the wound , and corroborate the
braine with Cordialls, and fomentations fitting, as the
chiefeft is good wine and bony to foment with, but I fcl- f^*^^-
domevfe any fomentations, my felfe haue cured diuers^J/^*'
fraclures in Craniptm without any fomentations at all, and wound rey*.
for the vfe of them at fea I know is troublefome, and dan- red.
gerous except great caufe. Becarefull alfo to obferue the
danger of the wound according to the accidents thereof
for if it bee little and fuperficiall it is cured as an other
wound, but if it pierce the fecond table,it inuft not be paf-
fed lightly ouer, for if you beoccafioned to vfe theTra-
pan it is to be applied the third, fourth, or flft day after
thehurtatthefarthefl, but the choice of the day is not
materiall,as fome fuppofe,where there is apparant necefli-
ty, except on the day of the full of the Moone , and then
there is danger more then oik , but neceflity hath no
rules.
The cure of wounds in the face would if it were pofli-
ble be done without a Ciccatrice, but that cannot be per-
formed without a drie ftitch3with alfo a moft artificial! acd .
conuenient binding the lippes of the wound together,
with alfo afure natural! balme : wherefore I will not (land
to teach the drie flitch here, for it is not proper at fea, it fits
the land better. In the worke of future or flitching, take
heed that the skinne and flefh bee not ouerthicke which
you take vp with your needle, and let not your flitches be
iooclofe. A true ligature of the face is fomewhat diffi-
T cult;
1 38 Of Wounds^ and their Cures.
cult to be performed, becaufe of the cauitiesthereof,which
are to be filled with linnen clothes, or.tow, or lint, the bet-
ter to keepe the ligature to the wound.
where nature The jsj0fe an(j Hare wounded require good and careful
is needfaii. ligature, and Emplafters that will cleaue raft to the griefe.
The wounds of the eies are dangerous by reafcn of their
affinity as well with the Pericranium as theother Mem-
brans of the braine 9 fo that they are for the mod part full
of bitter paine,caufingloire of fight :_ wherefore by gli-
tters? bloud letting, cupping glalles, purgations^nd fober
diet the accidents are to bee ftaied, The medicines out-
wardly which I haue vfed euer with good fucceffe , is the
artificial! Balme with fine lint warme applied on the eye-
lids, and a Paracelftu plafter ouer that, and therewith I
haue done great cures in wounds of the eyes : but I neuer
dropt any medicine into the eye it felfe.
The wounds of the neck are healed as other are, vnlelTe
the hinder part thereof be hurt, which hath like Symp-
toms to the braine.
If the fhoulder be wounded it is cured as other wounds
except the wound bee in the ioinj: bone, ligaments, and
nerues, which needeth a future , and if it be ouerthwart, a
conuenient Fafcia, or Ligature for the fomentation of the
arme is to be carefully prouided , for without good liga-
ture thofe wounds doe not well , but for ought elfe their
cures are common to other wounds.
The cures of the arme are fometimes dangerous, chief-
ly if the bone, and ligaments , or themuskells with vames
and nerues be incifed thwart, ht he remedies therefore
be fuch as are proper and agreeable to thenerues, as name-
ly, the artificial! Balme very warme applied,and zParacel-
ftts plafter with ligature fitting.
But if the hands be wounded , and the tendous liga-
ments, and finowy parts thereof offended diuers ahfceifes
in many places, with inflammations , and exceeding fore:
Sometimes paines arife , which may occafion the vfeof
purgations; bloud-letting, anodine medicaments, and a
fpare
Of " Wounds ^anitheW Cures. igp
fpare wholfome diet. In thefe cures the artificiall bearing
vp of the arme is a chiefe part of the cure thereof, and
keeping the hand in one euen pofition.
, The wounds of the Thorax externall fuffer tobeeco*
uered with flefb, and to be healed as other wounds 5 but
Wounds that penetrate the inward parrs are dangerous,
namely, if any great quantitie of bloud lie in the capacity
of the Thorax, which cannot be euacuated by the wound,
but if it can be euacuated there is hope, otherwife it is def-
perate. Alfoif the bloud may be extracted, and no inter-
nal! partfeem hurt, heale vp the wound, and becarefull
theairegetnotintoit, but if the externall orifice belittle
and the internal! great, and wide, the Membrane being
burft, and aribbe vncouered, as it oft-times falleth out, it
is to be iudged incurable, and a Fiftulae will remaine there
continually. And if the former part of the Thorax bee
ftrooke through euen to the latter, but not through both,
if the wound be little and (lender there is fomeiiopeof
cure, otherwife not, but it is commonly pad cure, yet neg-
!ed not thy duty., nor defpaire,for God is mercifull : Let
thy cure be attempted with good diet as is faid, glyfters,
bhcd'mgt fyrupe of Violets, and Hyfope and the like , vn-
guentum$Gt<ibile drunke fading fr ij, or 3 for a dolfe, and
fuch locallMedicines as are mentioned , but if paine or
the like accident fliall be in any part of the Thorax , vfe
Anodinemedicaments as well as Sanatine, left paine hin-
derreft,and ouerthrowall.
The outward wounds of the belly do nothing differ
from the generall methode of other wounds , touching
locall Medicines, only in ftitchtng they differ much , but
the inward differ as, the parts offended imay be diuers,as
namely, when the Omentum zovnmdh out with all hafte
putit into his place leaft it corrupt , and the aire alter it , if
it mall be put in cold it will putrefie , and bring grieuous
Symptoms , it were better to make a ligature about fo
much as is out, and cut it off being carefuli of the guts , if
the inteftins pafTe out by a wound, the wound being very
T t little
140 Of Wounds > and their cures.
Utle they will hardly be reduced, vnlelfe they be pricked,
for they will fwellwith winde \ but if the fubftance of a
gutt be wounded,fowe it together &confolidate it; and
if the liuerjfplenejftomacke^kidneiSiOr bladder be woun-
ded, let nature worke his part, there is fmallhopeby Arte
to preuaife.
The wounds of the Scrotum are cured as other wounds
of the finowy parts.
The cure of the Hyppe wounded agreeth with that of
the flioulder afore mentioned.
The Knee wounds alfo are cured as other finowie parts
wounded are. The Ancle, foote, and fole thereof woun-
ded is hard of cure, becaufe there are many bones, liga-
ments, tendons, and finewie parts amongthem : they are
alfo placed in the loweftpart of the body , and therefore
are fubied: to defluxion of humors,
Of Gnnjhot Wounds*
munclshy Gun \X /Ounds madeby Gunfliot are alwaies compound,
fijotarecont- ▼ V neuer fimple, and are the more difficult of cure
found, by reafon of a certaine humor without the veynes found
neere them inclining to corruption, the qualitie thereof
being changed by the fodaine violence of the blow. The
compofmon of which wounds for the mod partconfifb
of loffe of fubftance, contufion, fradion of many finewy
fibres, veynes, Arteries,membranes and bones, yea often
The dims fem fliiueredinto diuerspeeces, being in forme different, as
vf vnunds hj fome round, narrow, and wide, and in figure cunicului>
Gun/bet* triangular , quadrangular, fiHulous & c. at the firft bringing
with them no Hemorragiaot fluxe of blood, although the
veynes be broken and open, the blood returning backe
through the fearefuli violence of the ftroke. The firft cu-
ratiue intention of thefe wounds is dilatation, whereby
the enemie to nature may by an open orifice bee expel-
led.
Of Wounds >md their cures. 141
led. The fymptons of fuch wounds are HemwragiaJuT-
tiue, or a dealing fluxe of blood trickling out by litle and
litle, Gangrene vnawares aifaulting the party : alio a poll-
humation, dolor? and the like. Wherefore as an entrance
to the cure? kt an vniuerfall regiment of the fickc be care-
fully obferued? namely that as much as is poflible, hee vfe
whoftome aliments? fuch as refift putrefacTion(asfowre
and tart things) and which aregratefull to the vital! facul-
ties.- and when he eateth?Iet it be fparing and often, let
him drinke very litle wine. If yon feare^Venemous va-
pors may be gathered;g?ue him of good Mithridate ^Venice
'Treks 11 frfa or Diatejferon J4s. Thefe rules at Sea are
not fo well to be obferned as at Land 1 wherefore let the
Sea Surgion therein dee his heft, let his ordinary drinke
be TtifanS} or barley water : conceale from him the mag-
nitude of his wound : keepe him loofe onely with gliffers,
or fuppofitories : let him bloud ifneedebe, and yet but a
litle ? left poyfon or venome fetled in the outward parts,
be thereby drawne in backe into the more noble parts \
and abftaine to giue him remedies calefying the humor,1
efpecially at the nrft#
In thefe wounds often appeare exudations of clammy
burnors , fuppofed by fome to proceed from membrans,
and finowy Ligaments bruifedand broken, being chan*
ged from found to vnnaturall and vicious : thofe humors
are to be euacuated? or their dangers preuented by good
alteratiue remedies , namely abfterfiue medicines , as a
good Lixivium, or by fupfsratiue, mundificatine , and *#/&-
catine things hauing faculty? confirming and ftrengthning
the parts affe&ed. Therefore the feare of a Gangrene be-
ing taken away,fuppurationmu(T be intended in the flefli
contufed> but if in the parts contufedtherebeeavitious
humor , and the flefh about to putrifie ? in fuch cafes ids
convenient to heipe fuppuratien with all Ipeed.
But firft of all kt a good AlexipharmMon or frefermtme
againft poyfon be giuen the (icke, if you fee caufe^name-
ly a litie Venice Trekle or other Trekle on the point of a
T $ knife,
1 4 % OfWotwds-i and their Cares.
knife, if it be right and good ; but if you doe fearethe
vertue thereof to be doubtfull , as often it is, giue it dillbl-
ued infyirit of wine, Cinanton water ,ox good aquavit ^where
vnto adde certaine drops of Oyle ofVitriole, for it excee-
dingly refifteth putrefaction. Youmayforaneedegiue
Mithridxte, London Trekle^Qi Dtate^eron alone: or ir the
party be of a cold confiitution , then giue him Dia trion
pipenon, or good Ro fa- fete a little. And if he be ftrong,
after he is dretled , you may lay him to bed to fweat , and
procure him thereto by a dole of D tap for et icon giuen in
Trekel or Mithridate , regarding as is faid that rhe ficke
haue the benefit of a natural! open body, I meane not ma-
ny laxatiue ftooles for feare of danger* Let care alfo bee
had of his dyet, as is faid, fo much as the time and place
can permit. Which erTecled^in the next pi ace con fidsr by
the view of the wound, what manner of local! medica-
ments are mod fit. And for the firfT intention of curing,
it were fit the Surgion at vSea were neuer wanting of a
good Lixivium , to foment the parts perculfed or eon-
tufed , let it be fuch a Lixivium as I haue defcribedinthe
cure o£Fra8urest but fomewhat fharper; to which for
breuitie I referre the Surgions Mate. Alfo haue ready
Vng: <L<£gyptiacum , and the Caufiicks fione, if it may be :
alfo the Artifieidllfialme, Oyle ofVitriole , agoodReftri-
ftiue powder, good Ligature of all forts, ftitching needles
ready, with aH other fit inftruments not farre of, if occa-
fion fhould bee 3 as tents, fplints,dorfells,fpunge,clowts,
rowlers, tape, tow, lint, plafters ready fpread,and the like,
Vrm e capiUaM that when an occafion happneth hemight be ready to per-
pofl eft ocerfo forme his dutie.
eah*. Themoft notable differences I haue euer obferued twixt
a wound made with Gunfliot, and an other contufed
wound, is onely a Keeling flux of bloud, and a dangerous
difpofition to a Gangrene, which two accidents warily pre-
uented the Cures of fuch wounds differ nothing from or-
dinary wounds contufed.
In the curing of wounds of the head, as is faid, Areeus
Linament
Of Wounds ^nd their Cures. 143
Linamem is the chiefeft Balme ; the next therevnto in
common vfe is Mel%of& Oleum Rofar urn mixed, then
Honey and CMel mixed with good Aqxavita, if the party
be not too hot of conftitution. Vngi potabile is a good
healing Balme, alfo the Vng: IncArnatwum : or Vngnentum
Aureum is a generally good healing Balfame 5 you fhall
finde it no lelTe. Bafilicon is alfo a good healer of new
wounds, but the bed is the AnificM *Balme. For dange-
rous wounds, Ojle of Terebinthine is very good; but Ve-
nice Terb'mthine alone is much better 5 and common Ter-
b'tnthine is not to be defpifed 5 and no more is the ordinary
digefime of Terebinthine, and the yolke of an egge,of ech
alike quantitie well mixed together.
And yet I would not doubt at all without all thefe reci-
ted medicines, to finde fufficient healing medicines in the
Surgions Cheftfor double the occafion that can be imagi-
ned, which if time would permit me, I would write of.
And whereas putrefaction, as is mentioned, alwaies at- „. .
tendeth great wound > made with gun-ftiot;all care in time topnmntpmr-
is to be had to preuent the fame. Let therefore your firft faction to great
locall application, if you feare putrefaction, bee Vngux wands incident,
^/Eojptiacutn mixed with Wme or Aqnavit^ or alone; be-
ing alfo very hot injected into the wound, or applied on
liote. And if you feare it will require yet more cxficca-
tion,or cautrization, adde fome burnt Vitriols, and foment
fomewhat the outward parts of the greefe with a hot Lixi-
viam, and apply a hot flupe wetinthe Lixhium & wrung
out round about the member: but if the outward parts
about the wound be altered in colour,or grow either link-
ing or infenfible, make fcarifkation and foment well with
(hong hot Lixivium $ and inject thereof into the wound
very hot; and after fuch fomentation, fcarifkaticn, and
injection vfed, as is faid. Then if you yet fee caufe you
may vfe the former mentioned z/£gypti* cum with a hoc
dupe, and remouenot that dreeing without extraordinary
caufe, I meanethe <ts£gyptiacttm, in leife then 48houres,
I meane, if you hauecaufed a good Efhr. The next
dreffing
144 of Wounds, and their Cures .
dreffing after the Esker procured by the former dreffingi
it is likely you fhall finde digeftion though vnperfeft,
namely durty and fowle? and the wound will be very ten-
der and fenfible, and fubiecl: to alteration by theayre,i£
care be not had. Wherefore all things for your next in-
tention of application being firft-ready, ere the wound be
opened make a very fhort dreffing, and ofes gentle medi-
cines as may be. I haue vfed Arcem Linament warm e? and
with fofc linte applied : and the edges or parts neere the
wound annointed therewith, and gently filled the wound
with lint, then ouer that a Paracelfmplafler 5 andouerall
a large hot ftupewetinagoodZ,mw^? and wrung out?
with al(o convenient? foft?and warme Ligature? which is a
great help to healing.
The third dreffing 1 would leaue Arcem Linament^ and
betake me to the Artificial! TZalme. which ISdme I would
apply warme? annoyntingthe parts about therewith : ap-
plying aKb thereto feme good emollent, difcuffing, and
anodine platter? as namely Paracetfm pUfler I hold chiefe;
next that I hold Emp: Betonica deferibed by Arcem ; then
Diacaljiteos jninium, GratUH^eiyOt Melldote, any of which
as thy difcretion or ftore affords? will ferue. The reft of
the Cure I referre to bee proceeded in with balme and
plafiers, as is faid? in ordinary forme : and if any loofe
bones bee? remoue them 5 onely force none out before
their time without great caufe 5 if no bones be imagined,
ftriuenotto keepe the wound open , neither keepe any
hard tents within the wound. Many by a cuftome keepe
tents to the bothome of the greefefo long till they make
the difeafe incurable : you neede not bee too vigilant in
keeping new wounds too long open ? for thefeare of pu-
trefaction being once put away, and digeftion procured,
and no bones to come out,the fooneryou can heal e the
fafcr. Many Surgeons alio haue a grctie cuftome of ar-
ming tents, as they tearme it, with precipitated Mercuric 9
or other the like Caufticke medicines? and put them into
wounds to mundifie, andalfothe better to digeft them,
as
Of Wounds.. - Cure Si, J 4 5
asrhey!rrng:ne,bia < •. ■■; bpJ-dltfa . : hit (a \ is (aid)
if neithei rear? of a G#hp em I Done; to
be taken out, tngre is no caufe of any Gaufticki medicines
to be apply cd for the curing of a new wound ^ no time.
And 1 tinde by praflile plainej that Caafticke medica-
ments within vlcers or flftulaes hauc no other vie but to
take away a callous fubtbnee commonly in them to alter
the vitioufnes of the humor 3 and difpofe the gree'e to a
good healing, v.bich healing after FoUoweth chiefly by
the benefit of nature, together with gentle and fanatiue
applications, for (fubUta caufit tellitur effeftta ) \heczufe
rerr.oued, the effect ceafeth, and fo of wounds*
It is a fhamefuil error of many foolish Artifts Sill to be Jn a£§*:nhh*
too buiie wiih Caufticke medicines : how apparent is it teSarghns.
that they lame many thereby , let wile Dodors iudge.
They will not fee>a wound incame and red , and good
flefh to grow, but (traight they flander it of pride, and
call it proud flelh liketheirowne,and then mud at the
faired precipitate or Vttriole burnt goe to worke , yea
though the Patient bee lame for it , or at th^ lead the
greefe put backe againe . Truely the abufe of good
Caudicke medicines bringeth much flander to the Arte
of Surgery. In the cure of Vlcers & Ftfttt'Uess,iiid elfe
where* I haue noted downe my opinion of the true vfe
of Caudicke medicines, to which I refer the Reader.
If therefore wounds happen with Gunfhot, which giue
no caufe to feare a Gangrene, then begin the firft dreding
vvith B*lm* ArtiBcM'tvQty hot applyed 5 the next dreHing
t eafonable hott, and fo to the end cf the cure vling Em*
flajlers and Ligatures conuenient.
Of Burnings.
BVrning by Gun-powder often times is incident in ofy^* ^
Armes to Soldiors and others 3 which v\an<eth no G;.«fm^V.
greeuous accidents*, therefore be read) at ail times with 'W&ff^f&jn
remedies fit and effecluail to affw age them. And begin- for the Cme'
V $iin*g
1 45 OflVtundS) and their Cures*
ning thy worke with Lotions, ( as namely either a fomenta-
tion made withoyle and water, orwithadeco&ion of
the feedes of £)mnces , or of Malhwes, &i<trch-mMlowes>
Vtalets , and a little Turjlaine feede) thefe and the like take
away all the powder that (licketh in the flefh, for it hinde-
reth the cure. And to allwage both the dolor thereof,and
the vitious humors, Mel Saponin is an approued remedy,
for it taketh the fire out. And to make itmoreeafie for
fuppuration, vfe Anodine Medicaments (as Ceratum refrige-
vans C]alemrpopuleon mixtwith a third part of Vngttenttit®
album ) or a third part of Triapharmacon and Ojle ofRofes^
or Oyle of Eggs, or oiKofes mixt with the white of an egge,
axnngia porcina warned in the iuyce of Thntme , or the
iuyceof SoUnnm.ox in water : alfothefat of ruftie bacon
wafhed in Rofe- water, or the like . Alfo a decoction of
wine vineger lib. j. Litharge in powder §s, and gently fo-
menting the part therwith, taketh away all paines. But to
perfecl the cure, let good faqatiue medicines be applied^
as the Vnguentum contra ignem in the Chef! fet downe,
whofe competition (hall be manifefted hereafter.
Obferue alfo, ifoccafionbe,that blood letting be vkds
which is very requifite to auert fluxions, andtoauoide
putrefactions of humors. But abftaine from purging po-
tions, and the like at the fird With thefe recited helps
adminiftred iij their duetime and place, with alfo a good
dyet, the Surgeons Mate fhall performe much in
fliort time, to the praife of the Almighty
and his owne comfort
The
H7
The cure of Apoftumes,
Firft what an Apoftume is.
|N Apoftume is a tumour compofed of three The Definition
kindesof difeafes,as ^*r*«affirmeth,namely, °fa» apoftume.
Intemperature, Incommoderation, and Solu-
tion of continuity? all gathered into one mag-
nitude : and Tagaltius in his inftitutions affirm eth, cuery
tumour again ft nature is an Apoftume : The differences
of tumours are many, and are by many learned writers
handled at large, of which my leafure will not permit me
now to write.
The times of Apoftumes are alfo at large handled lear- The ^mei °fan
nedly by Mr. Gale, Iohtnnts de Vigo, Ambrofe a Paris, and $% *rs
diuers other good writers, and are noted to bee in number
foure, as namely, Beginning, Augmentation, State and
Declination.
The beginning of an Apoftume is noted to bee the ^iat the h ^
firft collection of humour, extraordinarily intruding into ning cfw 5p§l
any one part of the body, at which time with the Surge- flame is.
ons care, the proceeding of the difeafe is eafily hindered,
according to that oIdepoeticallverfe,Pr/»fl^/ *£/&*. &c. ^zniruU.
The next time of an Apoftume is the A ugmentation, then
the difeafe hath taken roote, and is not (o well to bee put
backe, neither is it alwayes neceflary norfafe to attempt
it : for it may be nature hath determined to fend it out, and
this fecond degree or time of an Apoftumeis fomctimes
knowneby heate, pulfation increafeth with a diftemper
generally of the body, and an inclining to afeuor, efpeci-
ally if the Apoftume bee hot, or haue malignity therein :
butthe augmentation ofcolde apoftumes haue often no
other fignes notable ; but onely an appearance of increafe,
V z without
1 4? Of Aj) oft times, and their cures.
without any other difternper ef the bodieibr a long time
t ^ together.
-«:;i A$S>pW* Uj r i r • nil j- • i
« d ,-/? «irWJ or the grzzU is v\ ell to be knowen dmers waies5as namely,
iih?tof. ° the apoilume by this time is come to perfect maturity, &
the. paine is cither wholly or partly allwaged, and the
matter being nsere the skinne, eachchild in Surgery may
iudge what is next in art to follow, by the bearing out and
difco louring of the skin, for either it is difcoloured blac-
ker, or is very foft, and if the apoflume lie deep by feeling,
you ftiall alfo fenfibly perceiuc whether their be perfect
on of maturation or no>aIfo by depreffing the cutis a little
with your finger,
wh n 4n ^a- Marke alfo out of the words of the Ancients, to know
fymeywilfufh- when an Apotlume will proceede tofuppuraticn. Hypo*
J*?*1*' - crzteshb. 47 cap, 2. hath thefev\ords, thatwhileft<P«/ is
^j^oaat' C3?* in making, paines and feuers doe afflict : but 7^ being
made, paines and feuers doe decline : And to confirme
Tag-It Inftic. the former words, Tagaltim in his Inftitutions, cap, 3 ,hath
thefe folio whig veifes,,
Dnrities longa pulfm do/or & calor auSti
Signzntpw fieri: fed fatto diUa remijfa
Sub digitus vndans dlefc ens pars & ncHtrf,
The fgunh time ' The declination of Apoff umes, I cannot ffand to am*
if*Hjt}oftum. pliiiejbjt 1 referreyou,as before, to MT.<jdlles Indication
of a burgeon ,as m& xolohmnes }rig3y and other good wrk
tersj fora mOie-ampledocTrine- in thatpoynt, onely note
that when the tomour orapofiume is ripe, mine opinion
is rather it b I opened by a potentiall cautlicke medicine,
■the&by A^ua-li inciii-on,- when it 'may- heas conueniently
effecl cd \ E nik ha t for many goo d rea Ion s 3 a nd on e fu fHci-
enrrei{b^inmineopmicnis,ifyouvfeineifion,youm?ift
iiecdes r/urm tents, doifels or thelikewith medicines, to
kee 2 oririce, and alfo to enlarge it,which doing
:fon ilop a^paiiageofnaturestruecuacuationtwixceach
drefling?
■nt
*
Of ApoftumeS) tndth/tr cures. 14 9
dreffing, offend ng the parts adjacent, and hinder the v-
n'tionof che dsnoyncd part?, again 'I conscience, detra-
cting good healing s./e*, and thereby hazard diuerseuill
a*, cideiics to fel ow*as ftfiuJaes 5;c. from all v\ hich by cau-
ftickeinciiion yot5 arefreedj and f'eure nor a: all rhe appli-
cation of a convenient pote-«:iail caufticke medicine in
due rime and place, efpeciaJly rhe impollume being ripe,
and the skinne thin neTforyjoue«3n peirceno further then
thorough the cuds, though you would for being oneiy
through che&kinne,tiie matter wjl) dsoarfft your cauf\icjg|
or corafiue medicine, neither doub: at all, that your work
(hall fucceede otherwise then w el], for nature will prouide T
remediefpeedily, eafily and fafely to heale your patient,
prouided you be a !fo careful! to vfe yourendeauour wirh
good warme medicines duely apply ed, and with alfbthe
vfe of good ligature, which is one principal! good helpe,
good diet and other reafonable rnesnes likewiiehad, fori
haueeuer obferued in my praclife, that a hot tumour in a-
ny outward part of the body, growing either by repletion,
obtlruclion,feuor,or by theeuilldifpofitionofthe bloud,
for the mod part : yea,euen in peftilentiall and venernous
feuers in good bodies, not being pockie nor too too olde,
are eafily healed by any vndei (landing Artift, that can
ioynereafonandexperiencetogether,manyieuerallvvaiesj
namely for one, if you perceiue abeginning? or gathering
of humours together in any part of the bodie^ confider
what might be the caufethercf as neere as you o*n : ifyou
finde it to becfulneireofthebodie5 or colli uenelfe, you
haue diuers prefent remedies that way to -flie' vnto, viz, at
the firft make the patient a fuppofitory, then ginehim 3
glifter, ifneedebeeand a Laxatiucmedicine^alfo accor-
ding as you fnalifee caufe, regarding the quality &^ua^-
tlty of ihe humour abounding : burremernber where the
bodieis coiliue,ybu were bell to beginne, aiisfaid^ with
a tu ppontOFV firft, and that hamng csufed one (loole, pro-
ceede with a purge, if you fee further caufe, or 2 glider. fot"
often on ely one fuppofir-one doth -w hat y0u require, alfo
V 3 good
i
Mtrafllftes.
Jd4tttratttt€i
I jo Of A^oftmneS) md their Curef.
good fomentations that may by the pores of the skinne
helpe to breath fome part of the matter? will do well, and
fo the reft by difcu fling and mollifying medicines the ea-
fier be cured. If thegriefe beginne in* the head onhroat
you may vfe phlebotomy either vnder the tongue,on the
forehead, or on the arme in the head veine, or median
veine > but if you perceiue that by empting the body arti-
ficially ,and cooling the blou<j with#conuenient medicines
as alfo anfwerable (lender diet , and opening a veine, that
jjig collected £tcc«it humors w$ not bee djfcutfed
nor put back ? then may you proceede to attracli*
on and fuppuration as you fee caufe 5 for it were moft
grolTe to feeke to detaine that which Nature hath refol-
uedtocaft foorth : wherefore if you fee caufe to bring
forward any Apoftume, you may then conflder by the
quallity thereof what courfe to take , namely , by at-
tradiues alteratiue or fuppuratiue Medicines , as touch-
ing attractiue medicines^good attracliues at fea to be had
are Gum Elemnioiit felfe , fpread on lether, and applied 5
and Galbanum alfo is very good , prouided it be diilblued
in wine, and not in vineger : CMelltlot plafter wiliwell
bring forward an Apoftume hot or cold, and helpeth fup-
puration : Common pitch is a good attracliue: B urgundy
pitch is alfo good : Of thefe the difcreet Surgeons Ma:e
may vfe the fitted in his difcretion, and if he defire violent
attraction of any (lothfull cold tumour, let him fet a large
cupping glaffe thereon. M aturatiues or alteratiue Medi-
cines in thecheft and Ship to be had are very many , yea
more then I can call to minde at this time^ wherefore to be
briefe 3 Emplaftrum vikchylon cum (jumis I put for the prin-
cipal!, for it is for that purpofe only 5 Tartcelfiu Plafters
applied thicke fpread3 the place firft annointed with oyle
of Lillies, will do well. B ut where time and place is con-
aenientinmy opinion, a meane Cataplafme warme and
thicke applied fupurateth beftand eafieft, viz, make a de»
coclion of Akhea roots or Line feeds, and the caufe being
cold addeFenigreeke a little to this deco&ion adde beane
or
of Jpofinmes^ndtheir Cures. x 5 1
or barly meale, oyle of Camomill, DilJ and Lillies of each
a fmall quantitie, Diaftheaantde 5 or Axmgiaforcina and
apply it vvarme, and Mft it twice in twentie foure houres.
Or R flowers of CamomiJl melliloteand of Elders ana
Mtf, Wormewood, MisAlthea roots brufed 5^, make
a decoction thereof in faire water a fufficient quantity,
adding of Beanemeale or Barly rneale M. j. and being
boy led into a due forme of a Cataplafme adde oile of
Camomiil or Dill * iiij. Axungiaporcina |ij. In want
of fame one of thefe flowers another for-neede will ferue,
and if none of them were to bee had yet there is many o-
ther meaner helps to bring forward an Apoftume, which
time wil not now permit mee to rehearfe. When you haue
an intent to bring any tumor to fupuration5 you mult nei-
ther purge nor bleede your Patient, neither appoint him
a thinne diet. When you would an Apoftume Should go
backe, if it be aboue the nauillin the breauSback,orhead«,
then let your purging Medicines befuch as purge downe-
ward only, but if it be below the nauill, or in the armes, or
legges^vomitiue Medicines do beft, except fome efpeciall
hinder ances^as Afthma or the like: And to thofe vfes none
are fo effecluall as thofe which are obMercnrij truely pre-
pared,for that they do not only duly euacuate,but alfo di-
uert and draw backe the humours from the place offended
yvhich in truth is a great helpe to nature, Alfo bloud let-
ting if occafion be>may be vfed for diuerting and mittiga-
tfng a ftubborne difeafe , but after the vfe of Mercuriall
purges it is held of many not to be good to open a vaine,
of which opinion I am,without extraordinary reafon vrge
the contrary. And further if you intend to repel! an A-
poftume you may make vfe of this following Cathaplafme
of beanemeale9orwheate meale boy led with water and
vineger a conuenient quantity that it bee notouerfliarpe,
adding a little Terebinthine and very warme apply it, with
alfo good clofe ligature , and fhift ,'renuing the medicine
euery fixt or eight houres, but euer obferue as it is rehear-
fed; that to repel! an Apoftume (lender diet with conuenk
enfc
I ji Of KyffpflumeuAxt their curt$\
enc euacuation of the belly , and phlebocho nie areas
principalis to be vfed. Alfeafafe Gataplafrne to fepellan
Apoilumein the beginning is5R! farina fkf&rtnp or beanc
flower and caftlefope, ana § j wine vmeger as much as
will (utfice, bo) Iethele one quarter of an h jwer together,
and you may mixe a little water with the vineger for feare
it breake the skinnt,and apply it warme. Note further that
to an A poflume broken by a cuifticke I commonly vie
no other thing then vngnentum haflicum warme,from the
firit to the end of the cure, or my artificial! balme which I
much rather commend vponm^ long experience, except
feme dreffings now and theti^I apply to it onely dry lint,
and if nature be not beneficial! to incame and helpe hea-
ling to my defire,! vfea gentle obfterfiue medicines name-
ly a little precipitate mixed with the (aid faztticum or elfe
vnguentum zs£gyptiacttmvery hot 9 but that onely for one
dreding at one time, and then to my former courfe againc
for cert aine daies together, namely, till rhe esker be fallen,
and at the lead: three dreflings after , which if itgiue mee
not good content of hope of amendment, then I pro-
ceede further one degree, namely, I vfe for onedreffing
of oleum [nip hurts per eampanam ,~ov oleum Vitriol^ with
which l onely touch the vker within : I alfo giue a purge,
thereupon if the Patient be drong, and thentomyolde
forme againe, till nature be at red, I meane as isfaid,rill
the eskar be dearie gone,and yet flue or Cixq daies further:
but if then I fee it be dill Itubborne, I proceed to the next
flep or degree, and craue helpe from my honed olde
friend mercurie who if he faile meiudiciouily applied,then
I confeiTe I am almod to feeke , but he neuer failed meia
my lifeif my Patient were not thecaufe , the difeafe being
by Arte curable. Themercuiiail medicine I mod vfe in
fuch cafes is aqua benedtfta , asisrehearfed in the cure of
Fidulaes and Vlcer*.
If an Apoftume be opened by a caudicke medicinethe
Apoitume of it felfe being concauous , I meane hauinga
great hollo vvnelfe; going deepechis way or that way, itnue
you
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Of JpojluMS) and their cures. 155
you not at all, either with tents , plegents , or dorffella to
fill the faid concauitie , and to diuide the parts afunder
which defire vnition , but only dreifethou the outward or
fuperficiali part with warme £^i///r#w, artificial] Balme or
the like conuenient medicine, putting in a little wirhin the
entrance of the orifice of the apoflume vpon a little lint on
the end of thy Probe, vntill the firft, fecond, and third
dreding after the opening be paft , and if thou haueany
of thy Cataplafme remaining with which thou didft ri-
pen theApo(lume,apply the lame very warme, if not,ap-
ply fome good Emplafter ouer it,annointing it with balme
artificial!, and applying daily thereto a good Balme or
bazillicHm warme, aud feare not if thou make thy applica-
tions warme, and vfegood rowling and boulftring, which
is a principall part of the healing, with Iikewife good diet
and conuenient euacuations of the belly where thou
feeftcaufe,butthou(lialtheale comfortably, only forged
not if occafion be,that fometime thou make inieclion in-
to the concauitie of the Apollume with fome fitting mun~
dificatiue or obfterliue medicament, namely,with thy or-
dinary Lotion it will'doe well, but vfeit warme, and
charge it not often with k, nor at all except great caufe, yet
vpondueoccafionifanApoItume turne to a moid watry
concauous vlcer , thou maift alfoadde to thy Lotion *s£-
gyftiacunh but be not too bufie with fuch medicines. Ic
maybealfo thou maift thinke how mall a good healing "* **"*"»•
follow where the fore is not fearched, and with tents , and
like medicines healed firft at the bottome: my louing Bro-
ther in that thou fhalt behold the excellency of Nature in
our bodies, which being once eafed of the burthen of that
vicious and offending humour which was the caufe of the
difeafe,it will at firfl feeme admirable to thee I know , but
it is a diuine work, forth (he fbrwith intends healing with-
out thy help, firft by little and little daily fpuing out the
dregs of thedifeafe, and euer as faff within by Gods pro-
uidenceincarningnewflefli as the quitture is outwardly
auoided,not by meanes of thy incarnatiues I muft tell
X thee,
154 OfAfoftumeSy and their Cures.
thee, whereon I aduife thee not to trult , albeit they be ne-
uer fo good : experience will (hew thee that obfterfiue me-
dicines, namely, fuch as haue vertue to fcower and excic-
cate or drie, Ieauing a certaine (tipticknetfe behind them,
doebeftincarnciudicioufly applied, yea and thofe medi-
cines which are moil caufticke of all, are truly modincar-
natiue, for.I fpeake this vpon my knowneexperience,that
vpon the true and iudicious vfe of thern the vker will focn
incarne, onely with the vfe of drie lint farre more then
with any vnclious Medicine whatfoeuer, yea though it be
An infallible yngUentum aurenm^Qx it is an infallible rule in that diuine
miniftry of healing , who fo can drie well can heale well :
if thou with thy ouer many cauftickes following each o-
ther, or by keeping the parts too much afunder hinder it
not, for too much exciccation or drying will make worke5
notJteale, which beware of.
Some Artifts haue in vfe long hard tents, this way,that
way, or dorfells , or plegents for perpetual! keeping o-
penanApoftume,for,faythey;Iwill fee a good grOundj
and a found healing at the bottome ere I take out my tents
and then I will beginne to fhorten them : I fay fuch are vn-
worthySnrgeons5yetI deny not an Apoftumeorvlcer
may be in fuch a part of the body , as namely; in the cor-
ner of the eye, or in anoy which in no wife willfafely fuffer
healing, till fome caulticke medicine haue well fearched,
yea, and as it w ere feared the bottome ? which once effec-
ted, go on , in the name of God , with your precedent
courfes of healing againe, namely with all foft, gentle, and
fpeedy healing meanes,as before faid.
For Natura naturans mturat omnia, and marke it, for by
this reafon an old wife oftentimes exceedeth a great Artift
in healing, for fhewreftkth not with Nature as great ma-
anoUmfes fters doe, and Nature pleafed with her milde and fimple
fottnthe»an meanes *s appeafed, and by diuine prouidence the difeafe
ynwifeUrtifts °^cen ea*% nude whole : for I know it for a truth, and by
mditine. too much experience of my owne, as an eye witneife m
other mens worke I haue feen as great harme done> and as
groife
Of JpeJlumeSt And their cures. i j 5
groffe faults committed by vnworthy Surgeons for want
of matureiudgement in ouer-doing, as by olde wiuesj or
fooles in vnder- doing. For many Surgeons neuer thinke
they haue plaied the workmen till indeed they haue made
worke : Some by error for want of iudgement, others for Jelns^wthl'
bafe lucres fake , prolonging and agrauating with things reproofe.
not only contrary , but aifo dangerous to nature often-
times, laying bare the bones 3 and by cauftickes fowling
them with their medicines when there is no neede,pre- •
faging wickedly before hand vpon vnperfed grounds?
bones to be fowle when to their fhames they haue made
them fo themfelues, as is laid, either for want of honefhe,
or want of true iudgement to confider : wanting charita-
ble and chriftian reafons , or not being capable what the
benefit and force of Nature is able to. effect, whereas ii
they would proceed mildly, and with Height Medicines
they might oftentimes effect farre more then they do , or
can. Nam nat ttr 'a pauc it content a, & /Mat a cawatolliwref-
feblm : Nature is content mthfmali things , and the can fe re-
moved the accidents or fffetls ceafe. I wilh rather a Surgeon
fhould heale gently > yea though hee (hould hazard the
breaking out againe of the griefe , which will not eafily be
if he rationally follow the precedent methode, rather then
by keeping the griefe open too long giue occafion of de-
formities lamenetie , loffe of limes 3 filtulaes or the like,
which very many in the height of their great conceited
skill procure, which were it but onely the guilt of confei-
ence, if they feared God, they (hould notdaretodoe.
Thefe and the like groiFe errors, vnexcufable beforeGod
and man,haue brought to the Arte a fcandall, & a fenfible
feeling of want vpon many vertuous profeifours hereof,
fo that the guilty and vnguiltie are cenfured both alike by
the common fort, and the one fmarteth for the others
fault. B at thofe which for gaine or otherwife will prolong
the health of thofe that commit their Hues , or limmes
to their mercy, or approue of it 9 the Lord pay them
X % tenfold,
x 5<5 Of AfoftumeS) and their Cures.
tennefold as much to their fliame : and Co for this time I
conclude concerning Apoftumes, onelyletmeegiue thee
this caueat concerning ^Precipitate mer curie, or of any
kindeof Turbith mineral!, vfe them not much neere any
bare bones without very great iudgement, for they will
blacke the bones 3 neither vfe any of them in any new
wounds as is faid>for if you doe they are very apt to pro-
cure lamenefle, or flirinking of the finewes. All fwifc
healing in new wounds I efteeme beft, yea without any
caufticke medicines at all if it may bee, which the Artifl
needenot doubt of where neither bones broken, nor
other iu ft thing of like kindehindereth the
worke. Thus much concerning the
generall curing of tumours3
to the praife of
God.
Of
x57
Of the Cure of V leers, and
Fiftulaes.
O R hafte I haue mixed V leers and Fifltt-
Ues together, for that they are of affiinitie
in fliew and cure : whofe feuerall defini-
tions I alfoforbeare for want of time,and
enter into the Cure at the firft. Where-
fore note as follow eth. If you chance
to haue in Cure an Apofteme ? that by the malignity of
the humors, or other euill difpofition of the body chan-
geth it felfe into a rebellious Vlcer?concavous, fiftulaes, or
into any the like height of malignity 5 or that fuch an
Vlesr come :o thy hand from an other Artift,be not out vlcm Cmiu
of hope to cure the fame* For if nature be not vtterly thy
enemy, the member being not pierced through in the IProgitJUsation*
ioynt, and fo the ligaments rotten, and perhaps the ends
of the bones alfo, or fome other apparent token of incu-
rability, proceeding as followeth, thou (halt bee able to
cure the difeafe,by the helpe of God.
Firft therefore entringinto dueconfideration of the age
and flrengah of the Patient^ with other reafonable refpecls
had, giue him a dofe of ^ ij. or of §^j-of pulvis Arthreti-
cm, and 3 daies after of Diaphoreticcn a dofe, viz: grains S.
which he friall take whileft he is yet in bed ,and couer him
warme? and yet but ordinarily, and it will caufehim gent-
ly tofweatfome i or 3 houres : then let him wipe himfelf
and rife, and afternoone it will giue him t or 3 ftooles,
but very gently. Then the next day or two daies after
apply to the Vlcer a litle Aqua benedibla , that it may come
to thebottome and intoech part of the Vlcer > namely
withalitlelinteon the end of a Probe wet onely therein,
and foleauethe linte flicking in the mouth of the orifice
X s for
I j 8 Of the Cure officers and BiftnUes.
for two daies, filling the Eskjrwkh more linte, or till the
Esker remoue, with alfo a Minium plafter ouer it, this will
caufe fome paine, and produce a (lrong£f£*r, which beiog
Second drefling. fallen, fill the orifice full with dry linte , for the firft and
fecond dreflingi putting the fame very gently in ; for it
will be exceeding tender. I am of opinion that it is meere
idlenes to apply any medicine foddaine^y to prouoke the
fall of an Esker, as I haue mentioned elfe-where. For I
dare affirme it furthereth nothing good healing? for when
the time of nature is come it will fall without thy helpe ':
thou canft not keepe it on. And I hold it as a hopefull
figne of good healing,wfae*i the Bsker is fiow in remouing.
Third drejfmg. Wherefore the third dreffing after the natural! fall of the
Esker, hauing for two dre flings, as is faid, vfedonely dry
linte? take of the white AquilU laxatiua a litle , 1 meane 3
or 4 graines , and mix with it "Piantaine or faire water, or
an ordinary Lotion, onely that it be as a very thin Vngmnt*
and wet well the wound therewith warmed,and fill it with
dry linte 3 andgiuethepartyintodrinke of AquilU vita
4 graines vpon the point of a knife. This will caufe him
to vomit, and makeaftrong diuerfion of the humors,
and then proceede in the cure with drving ordinarie me-
fomh dreffing. dieines, namely dry linte onely forae foure dreffings, and
fome one dreffing now and then,with a litle AquiU Laxa-
tiua vpon any linte,onely to touch the Vlcer within : this
caufeth no paine at all, or a litle fome dreffings. Alfo I
apply B-aJUicon } either alone warme, or fometimes againe
with a little of the powder of AquiHa Laxatiua ftrewed
thereon. And when I vfe this dreffing, I let the dreffing
remaine for 24 houres at the leaft , and then to my dry
linte againe •. and perhaps if I perceiue the Vlcer or Fifiula
to haue any other fecret concauities, and that it bee not
fully touched in the bottome, I vfe once more my Aqua
henediUa% and giue a fecond vomit of Aquila viu.
Other mUs for Alfo I obferue it for good in the conclufion of ech
tin fimjhing of &ch cure, to giue fuch a vomit, where the flrength of the
tht cms. Patient will beare it. Furthermore I prefcribe the Pari.
ent
of the Cure of Vlcer s and FifkuUes. 1 59
ent a (trie! drying dyet, where I fee good caufe, not other-
wife . B ut remember this principal! rule, that what day
he either taketh vomiting.purging^rfweating medicine,
that the fame day he forbeare his dyet drinke. Further
beware that you prefcribe not ouer (lender dyet 3 to him
which is already pinched with weake dyet, either at Sea or
Land : or vvhofe dyet is of bad nourifhmenr, as too often
times it happeneth amongftpoore Seafaring men in long
voyages. Thus vfing this afore-prefcribed medicine iu-
diciou ay, you may cure any pockie FifluU, or inveterated
Vlcer whatfoeuer, if they by Art are curable. And for
any pockie Vlcer on the yard, Imeane either vyonglans,
or pr<eptitwm, or mfct both, onely touch it but once with
the aforefaid Aqua benediBa, and giue the party one dole
of your Aquilla vita, and without queflion you (hall cure
it afterwards as if it were a gfeene wound, but remember it
will caufe Vtrga to tumifie fometimes much, but be nota-
fraid,for by the vfeof Lotions mixed with Plantane or faire
water dayly warme, and caft it in twixt GUns and *Fre-
putium, it willfcone amend. It curethalfo any warts of the
yard by onely touching them, and that if they be touched
but very gently : for it is aftrong medicine, and procureth
fome paine, but not in wart?, yet honed: it is and fure,for it
will not faile : and if once you acquaint your felueswith
the parts thereof, you will neuer afterward vfe Troffis of
minium nor Mercury fublimate agafne , and yet ht meq
fpeake my Confcience , both Troffis of minium and Mer-
cury fublimate are worthy Medicines ^ their whole force
and healing vertue being indeed onely the quicke-filuer
and fpirits of fait, and no other thing, whofe companion
was neuer found out for healing and killing. I haueoften
cured defperate Vlcer s , yea and Ftftulaes with Troffis of .fyuitUL
Minium, as alfo fometimes with onely a Tent made of 4-mm-I
LMercury fublimate^ and put into the orifice. And how ^ ^
excellent iris inwardly giuen being truly prepared, I will x*0o<Sd&
for this time forbeare to fpeake, till I write of the prepara- *<^ Wf ;
tion of fuch medicines , as I hauehere divulged ynder
ftrange-;
<*-,*•' ^Kf^U
\6o Of Tu$tiYe$rMd their Cum.
ftrange names . Thus much of Vlcers and FiftuUes to
God his glory, and the helps of the weaker fort of y oung
The Qure ofFraBures*
H E firft Intentionin the Curs of Fra-
ctures is performed by relloring the
bones difioyned, and taking away any
loofe peeces or fragments of bones if a-
nybe.
The fecond intention is performed
by keeping the parts together, namely
the ends of the bones formerly difplaced andfra&ured by
violence*
The third intention to bee done, is the curing of the
wounds or contufions incident to fractured bones.
The fourth, to preuent or remoue the accidents.
The firft part ofthisworke, namely the reftoring or ra-
ther bringing to their places, the fraclured ends of the
bones is performed by extention , and a skilfull and ready
Thefirft workf, hand touching the extention , let it be done pauktim , by
little andlittle, as the tearme is, with euen hands, not by
iumps or on the fodaine , and yet with as much force as is
requifite, namely till the Artift {landing by with his hands
vpontfaegreefe, perceiue heeis able to fet the ends of the
bones into their place; which done, it is then required that
they be kept fo«
The fecond curatiue intention of fraelures, is perfor-
med by keeping the ends of their boanes placed in their
right forme and place.
This part is cheefely done by good ligature, wherein I
amwilHugto impart to young Artifts my pracWe in cu-
ring
OfFrAclurtS) and their cures. 161
ling fraclures in the rhighes and iegges,and vnderftand I
vfenorowlersatall, but clowts, fplints armed and tape,
my reafon is, it is a great diieafe and difquiet to my pati-
ent, yea though I hauetv\o afliftants toholde the mem-,
ber, to come io oft about the member as to rowk it, and
endangereth much the difioyntingof theioanes againe,
and caufetb paine.
Anditismanifeftthatin fim pie fractures, theplacing
of the boanes and keeping them fo, is the mod worke of
the cure, and nothing cureth a fractured boane fo much
as reft z wherefore when a bone is newly placed, and fhall
be troubled much with lifting androwlmg, it cannot but
hinder vnition, and procure fome accidents cfFenfiue, my
forme ofligatures in fractures is to have next the member
one foure double clowt in length, I rneane aboue and be-
low th e fracture, fo long that the ends of the fplints I in-
tend to vfe,may haue a refting place on the clowt. And if
I intend to cure the patient by aLixiuium orotherwife, I
apply it on this fay d clowt, the medicine appoynting it to
be next to thee greefe, and haue another like great cloth
to come ouer that againe voder the fplints, which being
clofe and fmooth bjought about the member, I then put
vnder the fii ft fplint of a good bredth and length well ar-
med with towe, and vnder that I lay foure or fiueftrong
tapes, then I time one of the fakl tapes gently, andthruft
all the reft of thefplmts vnder thelame tape, namely, fo
many as may compaffe the fraclured member , lying
clofe, but withfome fmalldiftance, that they touch not
one another,then I tie the reft of the tapes, drawing them
clofe, till the party fenfibly feele them to beare in all pla-
ces, the fplints I appoynt commonly fo long as the mem-
ber can beare without galling or troubling the next ioynt,
thefe things fo done, ir either the legge or thigh be fractu-
rep,'I appoynt him iunckes, as fome tcarmethem, name- ^$*
ly, bents rowledvp in canuatletocome aboue his knee,
and downe to the foot, yea though ondy the legge be fra-
ctured, it is fit thefe bundles of Iunckes beeasthieke and
Y thicker
1 62 of Fr Azures, and their cures.
thicker then the member fractured, for that they may
defend it in bed from wrong, and they are gently to bee
bound to the meiri>«r, that they may turne with it if oc-
cafion be, to thefe'Hfcickes alfo a cloth may bee fafkned,
which may be brought vnder the foot to ftay the fame vp,
to his due pofition,which is a great eafe tofthe patient,and
beleeue me, if once you be but perfect in this forme of \U
gature, you willneuer defirearowlerinthe cure of a fra-
cture : I vfed rowlers till i faw the fufficiency of this forme
of binding, which now I defirenot to change.
the tun. ^ne tn*rc* intention is the cure, w herein the inward and
outward courfeofthecureistobeconfideredoK Touch-
ing the regiment of the body : concerning fuftenance at
fea j the patient neede to haue it no thinner then the Say-
lers ordinary, and touching medicine let him haue the be«
nefit of nature, that is onely cuery day, or the fecond day,
a natural! floole or an artificial! helpe by fuppofitories or
gliders, if there bee great neceflity not otherwife, and if a
feuor happen, giue him a Barley water, with a little oyle
of Vitriol! therein, and if that helpenot, openaveineon
the contrary fide,andif you feare putrifaclion of humors?
giue him alittle Diateiferon Trekell or Mithridate, or the
like, if he complaine much of the paine, fearch the caufe,
namely, fee that the ends of the bones lie right, and that
the fplints gall him not, alfo that there be no wrinckles in
the clouts apply ed, and that it bee not too hard or too foft
bound, all thefe things duely confidered. Tfle medicines
I vfe are as followeth, either 1 vfe a reftricliue ftuffe^ which
The ikntdknts ^ as followeth.
ofaifri&iife R, Bole |iij.
the Manner of AlumwiJ.
Radix Confolidd inp&wder KA).
Lapis Zabulofus |i £.
Thefe all made into fine powder, and mixed with the
yolkcsand whites of two eg gcs together, iftheymaybee
had ^adding wine vineger,and mixed as much as will fcrue
to
Of Frdffttresy and their cures* 1 6$
to make this medicine into the forme of a caraplafme.and
in want of egges vfe water and veneger oneJy fo mb^U as
is needefull, alfoifcomfry rootesbee not to bee rm! or
Thzu ; They may bee forborne, you may in their places
for neede, though not (o very well vfe beane- meale>Itisue
done very well many times, onely with All urn, Bole,
Egges, water and vineger, though Beane flower is alio
very good or wheat flower, and as for the medicine called
Lapis Ztubnlofiu heere recited it is a medicine found out in
the Arch. Duke of Brandenburg his Country, named in
the Germane Tongue, XBeine b?0UCt&, which in our lan-
guage is a broken bone, being in fubfrance like chalke aad
in forme like a bone, fomepceces like ribs, other like fin-
gers, others likelegges or armes,bones of nature fo grow-
ing. This medicine I know to excel! many otherin hea-
ling fradures both outwardly apply ed in cataplafmes,and
inwardly taken daily the quantity of ^j. in fine powder
in wine, beere, or water, the patient fafting for two houres
after the takingthereof In great fractures the Germane
Surgions,prefcribe this aforefaid medicine daily to be ta-
ken for twenty foure dayes, if they feecaufe fo long to vfe
it: The other forme of application to fraclures vfed and
commendable, as I haue fayd, and from which I am di-
grelfed is a good ftrong Lisiuium made withfrefti water &
afhes fill it beflippery, namely, let the water be made fee-
thing hot ere the allies be put in, adding if they be ready-,
or may be had in thefhippe thefehearbes following : Sk
Johns wort, womewood, centaury, rofemary, fage, cha-
momile &melli!ote flowers, orattheleaft fomeofthero,
alfoyou may adde Lupines therto:buthowfoeuer though
there be no hear fees : adde fait good (lore when it is clee-
red, but not before, and then though you haue neither
hearbes nor lupines, it will bee of good force, for it is the
fait vegetable in the a(hes,which is the befl healer,tbe next
befl is the minerall or fea-ialt,wet the clowt rehearfed rher-
in, and wring it out hard, and apply k to fmoothe, clofe
and hot about the member binding itfo vp, this feeond
Y 2 forme
I<^4 Of Br Azures ^ md their cures]
forme is efteemed of molt Artiftsthe fafer, forauoyding
Gangrenes, which fraclures are much incident vnro, by
reafon of great (lore of contufed bloud gathered, that can
hardly be difcutfed on the inftant, which thereby caufeth
obftrucfHons , whereupon folio vet h inflammation and
paine, and coofequenrly a Gangrene,andfurely the flrft is '
not inferiourto this : for by themeanes of the Allum and
the yiniger it fwageth paine, tempereth well the parts,and
yetrepelleth and difcu(%h the bloud gathered, and being
once baked to, it fortifieth mightily the member, by (tic*
king clofe and hardtoitj hauevfed it long without repen-
tance^ and the other fometinae : but for that it helpeth of
itfelfeto keepethe member to his ilraightnefle, I the ra-
ther vfe it.
olferuatUns Thefe thing s ready,! meane the one or the other form ,
fa the cure of fUpp0fctnen tne greater foflill or bone of the legee.were
the meat hone r rr D m t>o
tfitelegfra* fractured, make your extention (as is Iayd)that both ends
fturti? of the bones meete together, namely, let one ftrong man
take the one end of the fracTured limbe, and another the
other end, thy felfe (landing free, and let them draw out
the member, direcHy when thou art ready9 & not before,,
neitherby lumps, but leafurely and together, likewife if
they beare their hands too high or too low in drawing,
they caufe great paineto the patient, and likewife cauic
the'bone to.die vnapt to thine hand to reduce ft. It is
nmtckpm fcnowen when the ends of the bones meete, for that not
^VtUhhn * onely the member is returned to his former beauty agains
iueurtgbt. but alfo by it much of the paine is eafed, for it is a fure
rule,if the paine abate no:,all is not well : The bonej fay,
firflwellreduced, bring your ft uffe formerly rehearfed&
put it vnder the Iegge, the parties that extended, not forfa*
king their holde,and lap it about fmooth and clofe as you
can, without wrinckles, lumps or feames, and that the
ends may alfo fouldefmoothe one ouer the other, wrap-
ping it doubleand fmooth oner the (hinnebone,the caufe
why I vfe to foulde it double on the fliinne bone, leauing
Itthereto be opened^ is that if it chance therebeawouad
Of Fr AtlureSt And their cures. 1 6$
it may be dretfed the better without vndoing alhbut if no
wound be, yet it fortihcth the bene the better,by the dou-
blenelfe therof being fmoth, then lay your next cloth bro-
der and longer then che nrft, ouer the firlt, beting wet in
water and vineger if there beecaufe, andwrungout. Let
the fecond cloth, I fay,as alfo the firu\ bee longer then the
fplintS) that the ends of the fplints may reft thereon, and
not on the bare iegge, placing the fplints in their order a-
bout the legg£, till you haue eornpatfed the legge, laying
them (as is faid) not too clofe together, xhat they ride not
one ouer another, neither touch each other, nor come
vpontheioynts, remerr^ring to put all your tapes vn-
der together, in number it were fit tohaue fiueor fix*
namely s two on each end, and two for the middefb
Alfo if there be a wound, you mud fo order the matter,
that you may daily apply to the wound necelfary medi-
cines^' hereas otherwife iftherebenogreatcaufe,name!y,
through much paineor the Iike,ybu may well forbeare fix
daies, ortennedaies, prouided that you fee theleggebee
ilraight and well laid in an euen pofition or forme, and
that it may lie the fafer,it were good to bee prouided with
theaforefaid bundles of reedes or bents, asthicke as the
legge or thicker, to come from the foote, and one hand
breadth ouer the knee, which fhould be wound and wrap-
ped in canuatfej and bound to each fide of the legge artifi-
cially with foure long tapes, and at fea you may take for a
fbift two billets bumbafted with a wttle Ocum wrapt in an
oldepeece of a faile. Further in fraclures with a wound, if
you vfe vndionsand liquid things, as oyles 5 you hazard
putrifaclion of the bone and apoftumation : heerein alfo
great care mud be had,that the legge mull be kept (teddy,
for difquiet therein will bring apoftumation, and mortifi-
cation, and death alfo, hewarelikewife of ouer hard bin-
ding, for it bringteh aftonifhment and hazard of a fad den
Gangrene and death, it is a generall fault of diuers young
Surgeons, for many thinke they haue neuer bound hard
gnough, andyettoolbofeis a fault, buteafily may bee
Y 5 amended^
1 66 Of FrA&urts, md their cures.
amended, and I aduife thee tolooketo thy patlentof-
ten , that his fplints gall him not , for that bringeth want
of red 3 and diuerseuill accidents depending thereupon,
I fpeake this of mine owne experience, not to my praife:
Jet him haue no wine except hee be weake , ht him once
in two daies by Nature and An hans a ftoole , houlding
thefe rules with little trouble ? it is not hard for him that
will be careful! to cure any fracture , for indeed as is men-
tioned, the bone reftored, reft is thechiefeft medicine to
cure a fractures yea it will effect it almoft without medi-
cine; the member being onely artificiallie bound, and
fplinted orderly 3 the inward medicines for fractures I fay
need not to be many , onely giue him in beere daily , in
wine or water as thy difcretion fhall mouethee, the men-
tioned Lapis Zabulofus §^j. for tenne or fourteene daies if
youhaueit : fometimes if need fo require, a lenitiue gli-
AnBmnm. ^ may beeojuen : Alfo the beftlocall medicine to
wounds with fractures in my opinion is good hn^illicnm
or Arceu* Linament being warme applied thereto fome-
times as you fee caufe 5 Alfo you may vfe an Abfterfiue
or Corroding medicine, as Allumen comhuft ism ' zAtgyptia-
cumt fng. mixtum^ or the like : but in thefe things reafon
mud inftruct the Artift more then precepts, but beware of
afeadU Cm- t^ie ouef *v^e °f fharpe medicines neere the bone, for there-
i&L Dy often a bone is made foule1, which before was cleere,
this error is too frequent, both in young, yea and many
olde Surgions alfo , who apply fliarpe medicines often
without true iudgement, not onely in fractures, but alfo
otherwife,and as lor (imple fractures I haue cured them o£-
teRwithonelyafearedoth made of waxe|lij rofin and
fheepesfuct,ofeach|j. dipping a courfe canvas therein
in forme of a fparrowdrope, and fo haue wrapped it warm
and elofe about the limme, that it might reach at the lead
three fingers aboue, and as much below the fracture, with
apt ligature, as I haue recited in the manner of the ap-
plication of the Cataplafme :Thisin fractures of the armes
is &s good as any 7 and from theflrfttothe laft this feare-
cloth
Of Difocatms, and their Cures. 1 67
cloth may be vfed. Kememberalfoinanyfraclure thatif
ey ther by the galiineofrhefpJints or faeate, or other di- M
J r j- ■ • f • i > A Keceflarv rule
(temperature or any medicine or itching humour excoria- , jjeJJor exC0m
tionorheate opceare,that youappjy next the greefe for rfctftoftbcaem
onedreding XJng, TrkpbarmaeonVpredvpon paper , and b*t Jraflured.
your other vfuall medicine thereon 3 and it will become
well with one onely drefling, being taken ere it grow too
farre.
Thus much concerning fractures , not writ from any
mans authority, but truly and plainely as I haue done the
like in my praclife,for which let God be praifed? Amen,
Concerning the Cure of
*DiJIocatiom.
|Lthough I haue feene diuers skilful! men per*
forme good workes in Dislocations ? and read
fomewhatj and for many yeerespra&ifed my
felfe, yet know it not in this part of Chyrurge-
rie by words to defcribe ought to the purpofe^ which might
ferueatallairayesjorvponalloccailons for the helpe of
young men, for as much as fo many vnexfpecled obferua-
tions and ftrangeoccurrents happen in and by Diflocati-
ons, as would askemuch time to explaneorbutto touch,
all yet in a word or two, I hold it not vnfit to aduife them
Com what concerning Luxions or Difiocations. Firll there-
fore it is a generall rule that you muft vfe extentlon almod
toeuery Diflocation,efpeciaIly in the fhoulder,inthehuc-
kle bone, in the knee, and in the ankle , for I may boldly
fay, where the Artifl flndeth a member longer then his
due forme, hee fliall hardly doe good on it, namely if it
proceedby euill difpofition of nature, or that by theabun-
dance
1 6 S o/Di/Iitdthns, And their Cures.
dance of vicious or vifcous humors it haue extended ic
ielfe* Extention is therefore to be carefully made,l meane
as I haue faid in the cure of fra&ures , not on the fodaine,
nor too forcible, but yet with tlrorig and fteddy hands,for
fa the extention is exceeding great refped" to be taken,and
itis the principall worke , yea and much Charity is to bee
had and vfed therein, for too farre extent weaketh much,
ifnotouerthrowethtbetruevfeoftlie member, euen (o
too little extended, produceth not the erTecl intended , I
meane it ferueth not to reftore the bone difiocated , euen
fo the extendors railing their hands too high , or put-
ting them downe too low, hinder the comming of
the bone into his due place, and caufe greater paine to the
Cert aim rules party -5 furthermore it were good when the Artill taketh
for the axe of v^ew Qfa member diflocated, that the other fide alfo were
ijiuauons vncouerecj j tnat thereby the true forme and fituation of
the difeafed Jimme, being well regarded and compared to-
gether with the w hole ioynt , the better judgement , and
truer iudkation might betaken : I meane if one (houlder
or elbow be outofioynt,let the Artift make bare the other
fidealfo, for that there is often great difference in the na-
tural! proportion or fcituation of mens Ioynts, hauing
therefore rirft viewed, and then alfo fuffkiently extended,
and the forme of the other fide alfo is asfaide, feene and
kept in remembrance : then kike to reduce or place the
bone by thofemeanes, which in thy ownerea/on feeme
fitted: con(idering and well weighing the natural! forme,
and true fcituation of the dillocated bone, as is faid,which
in truth is vnpGlTible in my opinion by letters to explane':
this donejfor the moll part, yea and in very great diiloca-
tions,theworkethou maift account is done, andthefeare
at an end.
My felfe haue fet diuers flrong mens bones, I meane
the fhoulder bones chiefly, which haue done labour the
fame day, neuertheleife 1 denie not but it is good and ve-
ry necedary to apply to the place things difcu fling, ano-
dine, and mollirkatine. as reafon (hall induce the Artill
vnto
OffiiflmthnS) w& their cures. 1 69
vnto,youmay therefore annoint the place withoyleof
Rofes , CamomiH , DilJs or Earth-' vormes as you fhall
fee fitted, and apply thereon a Plafter of Minium diacalft-
teas, Paracdfns plafter or thQ like, and Co rowleandbinde
vp the member artificially as fhall be mofi fit, and let it
haue reft : if thou feare further accidents thou maift alfo
giue the partie fome laxatiue. The bone I haue faid is ne-
uer truel y reftored, if the paine continue. Againe if there
be a great tumour in the place diflocated , fo that thou
can ft not therefore well reduce the bone , then mai ft thou
lay the patty to reft , and the member alfo to as good reft .
asthoucanft, and by things mollifying 1 and difcuflmg
feeke to aftwage the tumor , in which cafea good Lixinw
defcribed in the cure of fractures were good to foment it
withall, oragood Cataplafmc made ofc Gate meale and
Iinfeeds boiled ia beere or water , with a little oyle of El-
ders would doe very well , but rake this for a rule that if
thou be called to any dislocation where a tumour is, if it
be buta tumour of one, ortwoi or three daies gathering,
attempt thy be ft to reduce the bone not withftan ding the
tumour ;for if by attention and paines taken thou canft
get the bone into his place , thou needed not to feare the
tumor ,f or it wil quicdy begone:wheras on the other Cidc
if by thy other applications thou canftnot in realbnable
time diitbluethe tumor, a callow or ftrangefubftance may
be fixed in the place that thou fhalt neuer be able to di£
foIue,alfo the ligamenrs and heads of the Mufckles will be
growne hard and fhrunke* and thou maift feare a lamenes The fiow «*.
and withering will follow to that member .- wherfore with *sp*m *
acarefull confideration feeke to reduce any bone, the f^*^' the
fooner the better,
I vfeaninftrumentin dislocations which I learned the
praftife of in Polonia whilft I liued there , which I call by
the nameof a Commander , for that rightly placed and
vfedit will furely command 3 and I haue vfed that one
felfe fameinftrument to the (houlder,wriftj knuckel bone,
knee, and ankell with good fuccelle. I may truclyfay I
Z haue
1 7 o of Dijlo anions ; and their cures*
h'iuc fet with it aboue i oo ioynts ar times,and neuer once
repented meeof the vfe thereof : and to (he v thee how I
vfeitmarkeaiittleiny words, for i mud be brief e: If i fee
iuft caufeof the vfe thereof and that wirh my owne hands
and fome others tohelpe me 1 cannot without much paine
to my Patient bring the diflocated bone to his feat, if this
difl ocation I fay be in his moulder I place the butten of the
inftrument being fomewhat flute on both (ides*, not
round,iuftinto the arm-pit,or hollow place, I meane vn-
der the vpper round end of the adiutory boane, or betwixt
the faid bone and the body, and dire&Iy vnder the os hu-
meralis or os Scapula as dole as I can, the end of the re-
cited button being .well armed with tow bound on with
acloute: which done I put on the Iron ginne which be-
longeth thereto at "the lower end of the Commander,
where are certaine holes with one Jrdn pinne for diuerfi-
tiesof lengths of iimmes to bee extended, thisginneha-
uing a remng place for to May it to the pinne recited , and
an otner for to take hold of the end of a fofc towell to be
tied about the wreftof the diflocated armc , which wrifl
bound about, and the lower part of the towell, or fome
ftrong lether, band, or coard , faftned to the faid towell,
alfo fanned to the vpper part or teeth of the Iron inftru-
ment,letthen fome garter alfo bee gently tied about the
party his arme, betwixt the elbow and the wrift to ftay the
arme to the instrument. It were alfo good that the inftm-
ment , I meane the wooden Commander, were iuft of
height witbthe party, I meane from the place where it is
to be placed to the ground 5 but becaufe that cannot al-
waies be expected, let the partie difeafed (land in that or-
der, or fo vnder fee the inftrument that it may fail outfo:
and vnderltandfurther that the party for any bone of the
arme diflocated mud be (landing whilft it is placing. And
for the thigh, knee, or ankell lying. Hauing placed, tied*
and faflned theparts together , as is faid , let one for thee
fioope to turne the extending inftrument , and turne it
gently till all bee reafonable flifie, the Commander flan-
ding
OfDlflocAtiem^ and their cares* iyi
ding vprightclofe by the Patient his legge : and let fome
one flxong man ftand on the other fiide of the Patient,
with his armes about the Patient his necke to keepehim
vprightjto the bufines: thefe things ordered as is faid,with
thy owne hands feeke to reduce the bone : I haue often
found when I haue extended but to a iuftlength,the bone
hath of it felfe returned to his place, thou wilt wonder at
the facility thereof, if thou proceede orderly, I nor no man
elfe can teach thee by written words halfe fo well, as by
praclife, which once vfingi t, thou wilt finde it out.
And when thou wilt vleitto the huckell bone,note the
button on the top muQ be taken off, and a cufhion bound
on the place thereof; the party muft alfo be fo placed lying
that his huckell bone, thigh and legge muft hange ouer
the beddes feete free from the bedde, or fo laid on a table
that all thofe parts may bee free , and his legge below th&
knee muft be gently bound to the Commander , as is faid
of the arme : In all this worke neat ligature , true extenti-
on & acarefull induftrious hand muft performe thebu-
fines, and pra&ife muft be the meane , for my felfe I haue
no time to amplifie further, this which is faid ispra-
£ttfe,for the which if thou finde profit
by it, giue God the
praife.
Of Difmembring or
Amputatioa.
sMputation or Difmembring is the moftlamenta*
blepart of chirurgery,it weretherfore the ho-
nour of a Surgeon neuer to vfe difmembring
at all if it were pofliblc for him to heale all hee
vndertookejbutnecefBtiehath no law : the Patient will
Z z . declare
Other rules
Vthiih concerns
the Surgeon hit
preparation for
the wot kg.
172 OfDifmembring) or Atnpnwion.
declare in his natural! defiretoliue, the comfort thathee,
hath by ir.Since therefore it is of necelfary vfe, let the dif-
crect Surgeon be euer prepared for it , and tothatendlet
the Difmembring-faw be alwaies in a readineire,weli filed,
and cleane kept in oyly clouts to faue it from ruft, lee it al-
fo haue two blades wel filed ere you put it into your chert,
for that one tooth in afaw may breakc.If you beconilrai-
Certahe rules ned to vfe your Saw, ht hVft your Patient be well inform-
before the *or% eGj 0f tfac erriinent danger cf death by the vie thereof 5
to bepraftifed of p^^fr, {^m no cer taioety of litQ , and let the worke bee
done with his owne tree will, and recj uelt 5 and not other-
wife. Let him prepare his foule as a ready facrifice to the
Lordbycarneftpraiers , crauing meicie and heipevnfai-
nedly : and forget thou not alfo thy dutie in thatkinde, to
craue mercie and help from the Almighty , and that hear-
tily. For it is no fmall preemption to Difmember the
Image of God. This done, haue thy other inftruments
ready, namely? a good Difmembring-knife, a fmall incifi-
on-knife, two great fquare ditching needles armed with
very ftrongthred waxed, which fome vfe, but may alfo be
forborn3& one needle alfo and thred of the ordinarie fort
to fow rowlers.-likwife haue ready long cIouts,letfer clouts
plegents of tow greater & fmaller, dorifels, andbuttonsof
tow, three broad ilrong rowlers or foure, of foure yards
long each, with alfo a forme conuenient for to place the
Patient on, with a large boule and fome afhes thereinto
receiuethebloud, let it befet vnder the end of the forme,
then wet your clouts, I meane your beds or boulders in
water & vineger, and wring them cut hard, which done,
make ready your medicine, 1 meane your reftri&iuepou-
ders of both forts: haue alfo ready Ilrong wine vineger,
or other good vineger, and the white and yolke of an
egge together mixt if it may well be had, or elfe vineger
only, fpread your plegents ready with the rertricliue ftuffe
or cataplafme following, haueready the ftronger reftric-
tiuepowder mentioned, namely, your ordinarie reftric-
ajad of burn'd aUome 5 I Vitriol! burnd and
of
true § j,
OfDifmembring or Ampuution. 173
* of Precipitate of each 3Jfs. allthefe mixed together i This
mixture I haue termed the ftrong reftridiue powder, for
that it forcibly reftraineth Fluxes , and raakethan Eskars
haue ready alfo one plegent made no bigger then the end
of the member 5 lee it be fpred with this recited ftrong Re-
ftricliuejHT'xed with an egge and a little vineger, which
done;, ftrew it thicke with feme of the faid ftronger powder
mentioned, hauing another plegent ready, broder then
the former fpred with the ordinary reftrictiue mentio-
ned and mixed with an egge as the former: alio, take
of r he bottom of towe fome foure or fiue, wet them in the
ftrong reftridiue to be laid on the great ends of the Vaines
and Arteries when they are abfized : This done and rea-
dy, place the patient on the mentioned forme with one
ftiong man fct behind him , and another to ftandsbefore
him,bc(lridinghis thigh clofeto his body, comparing
flrongly with both his hands the member which is to bee
taken orf, and holding it exceeding faft fome two fingers
aboue the place where you intend to takeit away , and le^t
another hold vp his f oote. It were not amifle alfo to haue
ready a fwrnes bladder which hath beene fomewhat wette
and dried orfagaine : which after dbe ftuffes the firft bed
andflrftlongrowler,istobeputouerthe member and to
rowle it againe. Ailthefenecellaries as is faid made rea-
dy to the wcrke, in the name of the Almighty , the
fharpe inftruments being as neere as you can hidden
from the eyes of the patient the twominifters or helpers
.alfo being ready, and hauing hold on the member onea-
boue, another below, & alfo one fitting behind,as is faide
on whom the patient mayleane backward, and reft on:
then take your difmembring; knife , and with a fleddy
hand and good fpeed, cut offflerh, finewes and all , to the
bone round about the member,which done,take a fmallcr
iocifion knife and diuidethe panickle called the ptriofteon^
from the bone, it is a tough thin skinne «, couering all the
bones of the body, alfo thruft your faid incifion knife be*
twixtyour foifels or bones, cutting away whatfoeueris
Z 3 -to
174 OfDifmemhying md Amputation.
to be found there with like expedition : the party that hol-
deth the vpper part of the legge with all his (Irength , gri-
ping the member together to keepe in the fpirits & bloud :
It were alfo very good that thefaide party holding the
member, the flefh and finewes being cut afunder, fhould
immediately draw or (trip vpward the flefn fo much as he
The yfe if pU could, keeping his hold, that thereby the Sawe may corns
Sjwc fo much the neerer, which would occafion a quicker and
better healing , the fleln being thereby made longer then
the end of the bone : then if you approue of that courfe of
flitching,as fome good men doe,take the 2. ftrong fquare
needle and threds mentioned, &prefently after the mem*
TUmxnn f k-r lsta^en away* ftitch the skin through on the one fide,
fiitehing the aisdiuft ouer on the other tide, and with the other needle
Mmfa doe likewife las it were crolle ouer the member the other
way* and draw the faid threds fo clofe as you thinke con-
uenient, the better to flop and choake the great Veynes
and Arteries, then tye them faft , and prefently put bur
tons to the heads of the veinesand Arteries, then apply
the reflricliue Plegents together, the letfer ipred with the
firong reftricliue lying on the broder, ipred with the ordi-
nary (tufTe:this broder plegentmuft come at theleaft three
fingers ouer the ftumpe , and a linnen bed with them pre-
fently following, laying a flat hand clofe on the end of the
ftumpe, and holding it fo till an other ftanding by draw vp
the faid plegents with the faid bed fmooth and clofe ? then
let a third man go on with the rowling, till the firft rowler
befpent, then if you will, draw on a (wines bladder,which
is no euill courfe, for being once dt ie, you need not feare
any fluxe of bloud , my felfe haue vied it and found it
good, but your rowling muft be very Artificiall in fuch a
cafe, or all will not ferue, for it exceedeth all medicines.
Andthereisafecond great carcto be had in the houlder
that he hold well ; alfo remember euer to keepe a hand to
the end of the ftump, thruftiag vp the medicines clofe,and
keeping them fo, excepting euer as the rowlerpalTeth by
to make way warily for it, and (lay it agame> and euer
where
OfDifmewbring and AmfuUtion. 175
where you lee the bloud fpringing out, there lay a (lender
dcd ell of towe, and rowle ouer ic againe, continuing row
ling till the bloud appeare no more: The firft drefling be-
ing ended , lay theparty to bed with the ftumpe high, and
a pillow vnder it, appoint him a (lender diet , namely no
flelh : let him haue a comfortable Caudle for the firft , if
you fee him weak ; and afterwards Broths and Parinadons
and light things, and in fmall quantity. It fhall not
bee amitfe to deferre the fecond dreffing at the lead
foure daies, or longer , cnely viCit thepatient daily and
eafe or take away fome one rowler, as you fhall fee caufe 1
Moreouer, in difmembring the legge, you are tovnder-
ftand that though the footeonely becorrupted, itisbeft .
totakeoffthe legge fome foure inches below the lower
end of the rotule, or round bone of the knee , the paine is
all one, and it is mod profitable to thepatient, for along
ftumpe were but troublefome. This worke of difmem-
bring is bed to be done in the morning, doe it not willing-
ly the figne being in the place, neither the day of the full
moone,neuerrakeofFany member in the ioynt: yet 7V-
trvts Tigtrius a late learned writer afKrmeth ic fafe cVgood
of his owne pra <ftife : and Matter Richard Wood a worthy
Father in Chirurgery confeilerh the fame in fmall iojnts Mayti^n*
tobegoodjbutnotin the knee. Note alfo it is conveni-
ent if the occafien of difmembring grow by reafonofa
Grangrene the body of the party and fpirits not wafted
before with long ficknes, to lee go fome reafonable quan-
tity of bloud in difmembring, becaufeit is fuppofed to be
vemaus jbut in a fpent weak body* who hath had along pi*
ning difezfe, pre'erue his bloud and fpirits as carefull as if
they were thine owne, and yet remembring this one rule,
w hich all the London Hofpitall Surgeons holde, there is
more hope in a weake fpent body, then in a full body:
note further, that ?f the legge betaken orTaboue the knee,
there is the more danger, alfo there is great care to be had
to the great ueine and artery, namely that thou take them
vp, and pierce them through; and make ftrong ligature a-
bout
I 7 6 Of Difmemhrwg or Ampuutwn.
bout them, whxh muftbefpcedily done? if: thou canft do
it s but at fii ft 1 feare thou wilt miife, yet be not difcoura-
ged, not (land too long to feekethcm,but goeon wiihlike
hope : Alio if theoccaTion ofdifmembring proceede of a
Gangrene, by reafon of an inward caufe, it were rcquifite
to take the member offfoure fingers abouc the Gangrene
at the leaft, if the member will beare if, and kt the patient
haue fome cordial! potion ; furthermore in difmem-
bring, where there bee two bones 3 as namely in the
legge, it is not amiiTe to fet the faw Hrft on the out-
ward part of the legge, that both the bones might, bee
cut at once, for the telle thou fhakfhake the member,
the better and the more eafe to thepatientrmoreouer con-
Thenmptfithii kerning the fecond drefling, Mr .Gatie teaeheththisvn-
M.GaUesFn- guent following-if occafion be,as a good remedy to fwage
guent, and good paineand caufe the skarreto fall, but for my part, except
& yfiit. paine did caufe mee, I mould neuer refpecl the hading of
the esker to fall, for I am of opinion, as I haue fayd mo-
ther places, that it is friuolous to haftenthefallof any e-
sker whatfoeuer, which esker was forced by caufticke me-
dicines, and yet I deny not this or the like vnguentmay
be found to bee of good vfe? to fwage paine, therefore I
haue fet it downe,and it is as follow Qth,BiTere font bine |ij
Btttyri recstitis |iiij. Cera *i8. Vng. Pepuleon lib.G.melt thefe
together and it is made, then being warmed, dip plegents
therin,& apply them, but in want of this vnguent a good
digeftiue of Terebinthine and the yolke of an egge is as
$pod,Empiaj?rttm de minio mollified with a liitleoyie of ro-
les,^. BafilicHmov tArceus Linament arelikevufe good
remedies, the reft of the cure difTereth little from the or-
dinary cure of vlcers, onely a great care muft be had that
all your dreffings be warme, and keepe the colde from the
end of the flump as much as you can, and cheefely from
the end of the bones, to which purpofe warmeoyle of ro-
fes daily applied on the ends thereof, will do well, further
to foment it with a good Lixwmmi wherein is ftrong wine,
is good after fome foureteene daies,fometimes alfo it will
doe
doe well to make one drefling with tAqti&vh*r wherein
a ftupe hot wrung out of the fame,may be warme applyed
to the grecfe, and then warme clothes and conuenient
rowlings, and fometimes alfo one drefling with dry lint*
or of foit tow is likewife good, and fometimes vnguentum
mixtum, viz. Bapliicum & ^Egyptiacum ana. partes aqual.
The defenfatiue cataplafme or ftuffe often mentioned, fbecmpofthn
itjrnade of the ordinary reflricliue powder prefcribed in °ffi ******
the chert, mixed with the white of an egge and wine vine- * A'm
genthe ftrcngefl: reftricliue of all is already fet downe,buc
inordinary fluxes in wounds Bolemay ferue very well.
Thus much for this time touching difmembring* being
according to mine own e pra&ife.
Of the Scuruy called in Latine
Scorbutum.
The Preface,
\H& lamentable difeafe, which kathfo long and fo M<u\nm mofi
fiercely availed Saylers and feA'tnen of all forts fithhft to the
more then Land-men, Itisfirange info many Scf*™y»
ages p aft 3 that no one Surgeon of our country
men 3 hath out of his experience taken in hand
fincenlj tofet downe to pofterities^ the true caufestfignes and
ettre therof neither left any inftruilions, caueats or experience*
for thepreuention or cure of the fame , yet it may beefome may
fay the cure thereof is common, and wee haue in our orvne coun-
trey heere many excellent remedies generally k&o&en, as namely
Scuruy grajfe , horfe reddifi rootes , Nafturtia Aquatiea,
Worme-modtSorrell, and many other goodmcancs, the truth
A* k
1 78 The cattfes of the $ cur ay •
is wee hauefo, bnt marke how farre they extend only to the cure
efthofe which hue at home •, or e/fe it may bee f(tyd} they alfo
helpefomefea men returned from farre 9who by the omly natu-
rati difpoftion ofthefrefi aire ef- amendment of diet ^nature her
felfein effeU doth the cure without other helps ,as daVy it isfeen.
This tbingt her efore being Jo y what Jhould I jp end my time
in teaching that method, or thofe medicines to the Surgeons
Mate, which will not bee had at fe a, neither if they could bee
kai% willfuffce for the cure therof^ where the difeafe raigneth
fiercely.
This TreatlCe Hauing therefore very fmatl time % J muft conjlraine my
moft conctrnetb felfe to goe breefely to thebujinefe in hand^ namely to en-
feamen* forme the Surgeons mute how hee Jhould demeane himfelfe to
comfort his patients at fe a in that mofl dangerous difeafe ^ ne*
therwtll I heerejfriue togiue the curious Reader other content
then this^th^tifhee like tt not, let him amend it himfelfe, which
J Jhould heartily reioycetufee any good man doe s knowing mine
§wne weakneffe. A learned T?re£iife befit snot my pen, and to
declare thofe good msiktmSi winch emmt bee had at Sea, is-..
bwsimekfl*
What the difeafe called the Scurvy is. .
mfinhhn ~ofihe*~¥*He Scuruy is a difeafe of the fpleene, whereby iris
Scurvy, and the A fometimes wholly flopped? fometimes onely diftenv
mmretlxreof. pered, fometimes alfo appearing with hard fcyrros, fwel-
lings? beginning and (hewing themfelues in diuers parts
of the body 9 but more particularly on the thighes and
legges, cauting them to feeme ofa leady colour,theibarp-
neife of which infectious humor oft ofFendeth the mouth
and gummes of thedifeafed? andcaufetfathe flefh thereof
tojomidftinjse.
The
The cwfes 0ft he Scnruy. J J9
The names of the difeafe.
T He Scuruy called of fcrnefotkexia vniuer falls, of o- ThikmqpeU
therSceletyrfo, &of fome Stomacacen, it is a chronicall tetou tforrf,
difeafe, not iimple but compound of many other difeafes.
The caufes of the difeafe.
FIrft the difeafe comes, as is fayd, by obftruclions of the
fpleene, and by the thicknetfe of the humour, not the
multitude.
Some iudicious writers doe affirme this fickneife to
come by the multitude of melancholike humors gathered
wVena Porta, by which, it is fay d, the milt doth draw vn-
to it melancholly humours,and fo tranfporteth it from the
milt into the ventricle.
But truely the caufes of this difeafe are fo infinite and
vnfearchable, as they farre paife my capacity to fearch
them all out, fometimes wee finde this difeafe proceedeth
to fea men onely,tfarough long being at Tea without touch
of land, as it is feene in Eaft India voyages, our men haue AlYe an^ * »
it betwixt England, and the Cape^ bon jperance, as they f00ihelpeth wc$
termeit,& at their comming on land there they prefently thiidifajem
grow ftrong againe, & are by the very frefh ay re and frefn Seamen.
food cured withoutmuch other helpe. And likewife twixt
the Cape and the Indies, they are touched with it againe,
and as aforefay d the frefh aire of that land, the next they
come on and good diet together, cureth them with fmall
phyficall helps, and the fame againe home- ward bound.
Thecheefecaufe whereof is the contiuance of fait diet, ei-
ther fifh or fled), as porke and the like, which is not to be
auoyded at fea, as I fuppofe by the wit of man, another
caufeis want of fufficient nourifhingfood, andoffweete
water, and alfo for want oiAqna vita, wine, beere,or other
good water to comfort and warme their ftomackes,which
by contrary windesmen are too much incident vnto in
-A a z *tong
1 80 IhecAtifes of the Scuruy.
JongvoiageshowfoeuertheMarchant3 arc careful!, pro-
uident, and bountifull in that point.
An other caufe of this difeafe to the ordinarie fort of
pooremen, is want of frefh apparel! to fhift them with*
which indeed amongftpoore Sailers, efpecially a fort of
them that are cat eleife and iazie of difpofition is too fre-
quent, partly alfo by the not keeprng their apparell fweete
and dryland the not clenfing and keeping their Cabins
fweete, this alfo ingendrech and increafeth the infection.
Some charge Bisket as a caufe of the Scuruie, but I am not
of their opinion : Somefay inordinate watch ings are caufe
thereof: Some fay extreame labour wanting duenourifh-
ment : Some alfo affirme cares and griefe to be fome caufe
thereof, others affime the vQty heateof the aire, refoluing
thefpirits and vapors, and ingro fling the tbicke humours,
caufeth theScuruy $ but what (hall 1 amplifie further , for
it is alfo true that they which haue all the helps which can
behadfbrmony, and take as much care as men can de-
irifeareeuenbytheeuill difpofition of the aire, and the
courfe of nature, ftrooke with the Scuruie, yea and die
thereof at fea and land both : yet this giueth no warrant to
the^Surgeon, or his M ate to leaue their duties vnperform-
edjfor the blouds of thofe men which either by their wil-
£ulneireorflothfulnetre«perifh vnder their charge willfure-
ly be required at their hands.
B ut it is plain that this griefe is a lafie foule difeafe with
obftruclions of the liuer, or fpleene, or of both 5 as alfo it
appeareth that the head is much difeafed, and that there is
great obllruclions in the braine, for that the eies not onely
lookeeuillcoulored, but [alfo the gummes putrifle, and
the teeth growloofe, and all the finowie parts of the body
beare their part in the difeafe, for the fhrinkingand
withering of the finowes with the great
paines the party hath decla*
rethnoklfe.
of
xSi
Of the Scuruie or Scorbutum
• the fignes.
THe fignes of the Scuruie are many , as namely , a gc«
neralilazineileand euill dffpofition of all the facul-
ties and parts of the body, fauingthe ftomake and the ap-
petite which oftentimes is greater then o^dinarie witb
them along time.
A difcouloringoftheskinneasifit were fouler then er*
dinarie, with fpots darker coulered then the reft, and fom-
times alfo darkifli blew fpots.
A feuer atfea commonly ends in theScuruie, wherfore
by the way beware of too large purging, or phlebotomies
which increafe oft the griefe, and make it incurable : I
fpeake this becaufe I haue noted there is a fault in young
Surgeons of forwardnefie in taking too much bloud at
Sea.
Alfo itching or aking of the limmes are fignes of the
griefe. •
Sometimes the legges falling away , and drying the
calues of the legges growing hard and drie , as alfo immo-
derate fwellings of the legges : alfo the legges and thighes
difcoullered into frekells , or fpots of a durty browne fad
couller much like the couler of a gangrenated or morti-
fied member.
Stinkingofthebreath.
Great obftru&ions of the liuer, or fpleene, or both,and
in the exercifing of their bodies their 'limmes, and their
fplrit failing tthem.
* Shortnelle and difficultie of breatbing,efpecklly when
theymooue themfelues, but lying lhllfinoc little griefe
or paine*
Aa 3 tbek
1 8a The fignes $ftht Scuruie.
Their eies of a leady colour, or like darke violets.
Great fuellings in the face, legges , and ouer all the bo-
dy jpalenefle, or a foule pale couler in the face. Swellings
or thegummes,rottenneireof thefame, with the Shew-
ing of much filthy bloud and other (linking corruption
thence, ioofcneflTe of the teeth : Alfo fome are troubled
with an extreame coftiuenelTe that fo*i4 daies together
they go not to ftoole once , w herefore the Surgeon is con-
drained with aninftrumentto rake out the excrements to
auoide death, after whicrfextreame coftiuenetfe often fol-
lovveth a great flux of bloud ? and a painefuli : alfo many
haue (loppings of the vrine , or at the leaft making letfe
water in two daies then the party drinketh in one day.
A coldneireandftifnelfe of the (inowy parts ., chiefly
of the legges.
Some alfo haue their muskells,yea and finowes of their
. thighes,armes, and legges fo wafted away that there feem-
S^Sj eth to beleftonly the skinne coueringthe bones.
the dead opened j Alio it is manirelt that diuers or thofe which haue been
difcottered. * , opened after death,haue had their liuers vtterly rotted.
Others haue had their liuers fwolne to an exceeding
greatnelfe , fome the ipleene extreamly fwolne, others
haue beene full of water , others their lungs putrified and
ftunke whilft they haue liued,thefe and diuersotfrerflgnes
too many all to be mentioned here, doe afHi&poorefea-
men, which often are pad mans helpe, in fuch place and
time as they happen, the cure whereof reftejrfi only in the
hands of the Almightie. And yet to any man of judge-
ment it may feeme a wonder how a poore miferable man,
comming on land from a long voiage euen at the point of
deaths namely , fwolne fometimes to an vnreafonable
grearnetfenotableto lift a leggeouera(traw,norfcarce
to breath by reaforf of ftrong obftruclion , yet in a few
daies fliail receme^ieiuketfe of former health, yea with
little or no medicine at all.
The cure of this difeafe, as a famous writer named /<?-
;htnms Ecbthipu ina treatife de >fcor but o affirmeth;confi(teth
chiefly
The cure of the Scnruie. 1 8 j
chiefly in foure thing? 5 namely in opening obftru&ions,
euacuating the offer ding humors, in altering the property
of them, and in comforting and corroborating the parts
latedifeafed.
IohannesVicruu another famous writer afcribeth the
whole cure of the Scuruie to the herbs Spoone worte.
One Olaus CWtgnw a Svvedon writer , in his fifteenth
booke, and fiftie one Chapter 5 intreatingof this griefeat-
tributeth the whole cure therof to be in Abfmthto or worm-
wood, namely? to drinke much of the infufion thereof? Remedies touch*
and alfo of the fait of the fame : and one chiefe part of the i*% the Scunie,
cure of theScuruie ( faith he ) confifts in good diet , but
the fea-men are inioyned to that onely the Ship affordeth,
which the better and founder their prouifions of viclualls
are, the more their men ftand in health ; and the comrade
not onely bringeth many difeafes,but maketh the djfeafes
which happen very hard to be cured, therefore I may fpare
labour in writing what broths or herbs ferue bed where no
frefti foode can be gotten : the Surgeon and his Mate mufi The. SiiY&cm
therfore, feeing he is at lea depriued of one principal! help /^Vt/L
in that cure, namely, frefh meat and good drinke, be dili-
gent to call for fuch comfortable things as are by the great
careand bountieof the Marchants proui ded for fick men?
or thofe which incline thereunto, whereof in each Shippe
is a good proportion both of wine, fugar, fpices and other
comfortable things,and to fee they haue it in d ue i i ne an d I
meafure : and likewife to complaine to the Gouernours
if they be withheld frc0 the fame, or if anymanabufe
himfelfeby mitfe diet : yea and oftentimes , namely mor-
ning and euening to feeke for weake and poore men in ?
their Cabins,or fo foone as they are miffing at their melfes
to inquire for them,and to fee their Cabins be fweet , and ;
their prouifions according,orto moue and intreat the Ma-
fler,or Gouernour of the Shippe for redreife in fuch cafes,
for feareofagenerallinfeclion* And whereas the firft
part of this cure is in the opening of obftruclions, it is
therefore fit in the beginning ^f the griefe to giuealeni-
tiue
$§4 %& w* ijfSfc Smruy.
tiuc glitter, tfien the next day if the party be ftrong open
aveine,butbeware,asisfaidj of taking too muehbloud
away at once, efpecially where the liuer is weake or flop-
ped, and where men want good nutriment, for many e-
uillsenfue thereby, The next day following his bleeding
if he can beare it, and if that his difeafe be withafwelling
orfulneflejgiuehima dolle of the pills of Euphorbium
orotherwife ofpipularaffi, or of Cambogia, and make
him fome comfortable fpoone meate, iuchasyou can
make at lea 5 namely, an oatmealecaudell would not bee
a milfe of a little beere or winey with the yolk e of an egge,
and a little fugar made warme and giuen him to drinke,
or any comfortable broath made with currants and other
finite, orfpices moderately taken, or with fugar, or as the
fhippe can afford, a barley water for his ordinary drinke
were not amiile, with fome few drops of Cinamon water
therein, and alfo fome iuice or firupe of lemons therein,
or a few drops of oyle of vitriole and fome fugar, and giue
bim in his drinke by way of infufion , dried wormewood
good (lore for it is very wholefome.
Further the Surgeon and his Mate mud not faileto
perfwadetheGouernoror Purferin all places where they
touch in the Indies and may haue it, to prouide them-
felues of iuice of Oringes, limes, or Lemons , and at Ban*
thame of Tamarinds : Alfofometime though a man bee
well^jcomfortable caudell made with fome wine, fpices,.
fugar, and the yolke of an egge were very good ; forthefe
are helps in that cafe as well to p$uent the difeafe, as alfo
to helpeit when it comes.}
And further experience teacheth which I haue oft found
true, that where a difeafe mod ;raineth, euen there God
hath appointed the beft remedies for the fame greefe if it
, be his will they fhould be difcouered and vfed : and note
rtbtiHterf" ^orkkft ance,the Lemmons,Limes,Tamarinds,Qringes,
VmQn^Lm^ and other choyce of good helpes in the Indies which you
Qringess and Oiall finde there doe farre exceed any that can be carried
Tmmnis. thither from England, and y sufcere is a good quantity of
Iuice
Teaching the Cure of the Scuruj\ iSy
Iuice of Lemmons fent in each fhip out of England by the ne MarckanH
great care of the Marchants , and intended onely for the care for Seem*
releefe of euery poore man in his neede,which is an admi-
rable comfort to poore men in that difeafe : alfo I find we
haue many good things thatheale the Scuruy well at land, M««fe»»?r
but the Sea Surgeon (hall doe little good at Sea with them, ^j^StmV
neyther will they indure. The vfe of the iuice of Lemons tili€g eam '"
h a precious medicine and we] tried, being found & good,
let it haue thechiefe place for it will deferue it, the vfe
v\ hereof is : It is to be taken each morning , two or three
fpoonfuls, and faft after it two houres,and if you adde one
fpoonefull of Aquavit* thereto to a cold ftomacke,it is the
better. Alfo if you take a little thereof at night it is good
to mixe therewith fome fuger,or to take of the fy rup there-
of is not amide. Further note it is good to be put into
each purge you giue in that difeafe. Some Surgeons alfo
giueofthis iuice daily to the men in health as a preferua-
tiue, which courfe is good if they haue (lore , otherwife it rhs »** »/
were bed; to keepe it for neede. I dare not write how good Len"n'Ss ££•*»
a fauce it is at meat, lead the chiefe in the fliips wafte it in trtJertMtme'
the great Cabins to faue vineger. In want whereof vfe the
iuice of Limes,Oringes,or Citrons,or the pulpe of Tama-
rinds : and in want o? all thefe vfe oyle of Vitrioll as many
drops as may make a cup of beere, water or rather wine if
it may be had, onely a very little as it were fower, to which
you may alfo adde lugar if you pleafc, or fome firups, ac-
cording to your {lore and the neceffity of that difealej* for
of my experience I can affirm? that good oyle of Vitrioll
is an efpeciall good medicine in the cure of the Scuruy , as
alfo in many other greefes, the which in another place is
noted. Further a decoction of Branne and therein Al-
monds ground, adding Cmamon and Rofe water a little,
and fome Suger were very comfortable nowandtfaento
betakentorefremtheftomacke. And as touching the
Tamarinds brought from the Indies they are to be ea-
ten of themfelues as the fubSance of them is,namely to eat
them as you would prunes, and being made intocon-
5 b fcrues
1 85 Of the Cure tfthe Scuruy,
femes, eat them as other Conferues on the point of a knife
fucking out the fubftance, and putting forth the (hikes or
ftones thereof, fomedillblue them in wine or water, and
workeout the fubftance of them therein, and ca(t away the
reft taking onely that which is purerone m3y vfe this me-
dicine fo oft as y e pleafe without danger or harme, onely
Tatmrwds mnfi if heefeare a fluxe of the belly , or haue a weakenes in the
heyftdffmngly rajnes y Jet him not eat toomuch of the Tamarinds. Alfo
ed e " tne Electuary Diatrionpiper ion giuen each morning a little
Elett. Dktrion- on the point of a knife fading, and la(t,namely at the party
piperio». his going to bed, is a great preferuatiue 5 for it doth warme
and coroborate the itomacke , and preferueth from the
Scuruy , and is very comfortable to bee giuen to any one
that is difeafed with thefame, or fubiecl thereto. And the
Theriaca Diateferon is yet better , for it hath an efpeciall
venue in curing that difeafe. Alfo Venice Treakle, Mithri*
date, and London Treakje preferue well from this difeafe
daily taken failing, and fo dothconferueof Rofes and Ber-
beries mixed with a little oyle of Vitriole, and giuen oa
the point of a knife.
Greene Ginger is alfo very good to comfort the flo-
macke, and fo are all forts of ijMyraboUns Cond/te, and
alfo all forts of flrong Cordiall waters , but chiefly good
Rofafolii and good wormwood water, yea and very good
Aqmviu helpeth well. Currants and Reyfons of the Sun
are likewife very good.
Alfo all kinds of Spices moderately taken are good,and
fo is good wine a very good preferuer of the body from
this difeafe,withalfo the continuance of frefh diet, which
is hard to bee gotten at fea 5 the excelfe of which good
things is as dangerous*
The principall Laxatiue medicine which I would ad-
uife in this cafe is pills of Euphorbiam wherewith the body
being fwolne and watery, you may at your pleafure make
euacuation thereof: thefc purge alfo by vrine very well
the doife being J-fs, or at the moft^ij. Thefe are the fit-
ter for that difeafe;becaufe they purge not alone water,bue
alfo
Of the Care ofth$ $wuy. % 87
alfo by their great warmth , they comfort and warme the
ftomackeandintralls.
Thefe I aduife the Surgeons mate to vfe,as is faid,where
the bodyaboundeth with ouermuch cold and crude hu- ^ , r
midity, but let your dolfe alwaies refpeft the ftrength of dofe™*
the patient,for any ftrong purging is not good in the Scur-
uy :alIfodaineand ftrongeuacuationsareto be auoided.
Alfo Aquilla Laxatiue is a very good purge in this cafe ,
namely eight or ten graines thereof taken in a cup of wine.
It cureth alfo all wormes of the body , and killeth them
wherefoeuertheybe. But if the ftomacke onely bee op-
pretfed with the greefe in this difeafe, Irlrftgiueadofeof
pills called Pikle %t§ , namely §^j : you (hall finde them
to be very good.
Note further , that If any dofe or the whole made of
pils in the Cheft,fuch time as you would adminiflerthem
begrownetoo hard, then you may didolue them with
any firup you haue, or with good honey a very little,
namely one onely drop will ferue to ditfolue one dofe at
once if thematic prpoue too liquid, you may roule it in How to empofe
fome of the Vultiis Arthreticm till it be hard enough. Alfo them m a fit aft-
the moderate vfe of Vcriuice, Vineger, orOximell hath-^"" if they bee
beene found very good in this cafe. wr-fift.
Furthermore , if you fee caufe, certaine daies after you
hauegiuen of any your former Laxatiues, you may giue a To fweat Ua*
fweat to the patient in his bed, namely you may giue him oi]nTfir%»l<*
a fcruple of Mitkridate, Venice Treakle,Qi London Treakie or ^^ topr9m
Diatepron, and mixe therewith if you haue it eight or ten cure fweat,
graines of the Diaphoretice, and being but ordinarily co-
uered, he fliall fweat fufrlciently if he rtirre not too much.
Alfo the fweating in moift baths I confeffe to be good me-
dicines in this cafe, though not well to bee performed at
Sea for the ordinary men. And whereas one accident
dangerous in this difeafe is extreme Coftiueneffeas is men-
tioned , with alfo (lopping of Vrine : the remedies for the
Cofliuenes, is firft that you attempt to mooue the bel rjfcby
a lenitiue glifter as is faid? made rather of a ilimy deebfti-
B b % on
lS8 Touchingthewre of the Scuruy.
on or medicine which might leaue noiharpe Aftringent
or deficcatiue quality behind it , yea though it purge not
much, for the fharpPurgers after their working caufe of-
ten a more Coftiuenes then was before, or by their vio-
lence caufe a weakenes in the ftomackc andintrals,whence
follovveth a fluxe, wherefore for glitters ar Sea in great Co-
{UuenelTe, where the Apothecaries fliop and Cheap-fide is
not at hand, makeaflimy decoction of Afrhez rootes or
jtfl]™fctfCotn£ery rootes , orin want thereof, of Linfeeds & Feno-
iecefftyfhrtli greeke bruifcd,of each |fs : in want thereof, of Bran *ij.to
Scumie. the decoction being drained , adde of '/pedes Hiera Pigra
fr\) offalthalfe afpoonfulI,ofhoney as much, of oyletwo
fpoonfulls : all thefe put together 3 let the decoction men-
tioned be fo fitted that all may be but one wine pint , and
adminiiteritwith the Siring, beeingof a iuft temper in
warmth , but if you intend not to haue it purge much*
leaue out the fpecies hiera pigra^ and it will giue 2, or 3.
flooles. You may for an ordinary glitter well alfo take one
quart of the broth from the beefe kettle, adding thereto of
Iinfeed3ij/W7 rootes and March mallow rootes if they
may be had, a fmall quantity of Anifeed and fennell feed,
am 5^ij, boyle thefe halfe an houre, then adde honey and
common oyleof each a fpoonefull, & giue one wine pint
of this for a glifter ; but if you fee h worke not but come a-
way without excrement, the former recited will doe well,
or make an other ftronger , namely ad colaqumida^x^ in
the beginning of the decoction to the aforefaid decoctio,
prouided there be no inflammation mLongauujor intefiiuu
re&umjaot any excoriation,which by the patient his com-
plaint is knowne : this decoction being boy led and ready
tobeadmini(tred,you may yet adde of xhQ /pedes Hiera
52 thereto, or of the T^hIhu Arthreticm gj. rather, for it
jifpeciall oh- inflameth not , it were beft in my opinion to ftriue in this
/eruMtionin gi- difeafe by glifters to giue but one or two flooles atone
mngthefe afort time, for fharpe glitters offend much. Therefore though
fuAgUfm. 1 fa^ ^^ y ou may doe, yet be well aduifed in doing of
it. AUq of pills of Efifhortwrn^mt a care you giue them
DOC
touching the Cure cjthe Scuruy. i B9
not where there is an inflammation or inward Beate in the ToYy4U inthi
guts, in fuch a cafe , the AqmlU Laxatiuawillbe abetter inteftinesvfe
medicine, which will both temper the inward heate and Aq&U L«xq
help to heale the interalls,and yet wil purge him well,and **»*•
doth not binde him againe presently, andprouoketh alfo
vrine very well, for AqniRa Laxatittamll often caufenatu*
rail loofenes, certaine daies after the taking thereof, and^
will purg« water very much both by ftoole and vrine : and
becaufe as is faid, extreme coftiuenes is great hurt to«the
body, the Surgeon mud by his bed care to the patient,
feeke to preuentit, both by teaching him to doe his bcfl
for his owne health ,& to amend the fame byobferuing
good cuftomes and diet : by cuftomes, namely that hee
iraile not daily , once a day at the leafl: to offer himfelfe to
fieole, and doe his bed to vrge fome excrement to come,
and fomewhat to force his body thereunto if occafion be,
and to keepe one and the fame hower daily as neere as hee
can : I know by proofe it helpeth much, and for diet to
vfe alfo as neere as he can thofe things which heefindeth
procure an inward flipperineffe and loofenetie in the guts,
peafe, oatmeale, and rice doe fomewhat thereunto, proui- , ,
ded they be very well boiled , and the adding currants c4Ut,on*
thereto is the better, and oyleand butter are good helpes, Tfctj}> dr ■»
but at land where it may be had , all kindes of frefh diet al- teafah , the
moft are good in that cafe , for by the leauing onely Sea Mariners m
diet, the body refreflieth it felfefodainly through benefit ^ore*
of nature and the frefh aire, and eafily becommeth natu-
rally loofe, and then the difficulty is ended. The eating
of Tamarinds is likewife a good thing in that cafe.
What I hauewtittenhere plainly, touching meaneand
fimple gliders 5 1 would not be miftaken, as if I did it out
of ignorance or difdaine of better medicines, fori were
worfe then foolifli if I would reiecl:, detractor diifwade
from the good vfe of decoclions of hearbes, feedes, &c.
with the additions of Ele<fruaries, Laxatiue Sirupesand
the like which Ihaueinduily vfe at home vpon eachiuft
occafion : yet many of the ancient Artifts of worthy me-
Bb| mory
i po Of the Cure efthe S entity.
mory which I could rehearfe, haue in former ages vfed
for glitters only water and fait with oyle, and fome others
haue added honey , and it is manifett that new milke alone
is a good comfortable glider with the yolkeof anegge,
and a little courfe fugar added.
And you may alio many times faue a labor of giuing a gli-
tter by a fuppofitory,whichis either to be made of a long
peece of Allum fcr^ped fmooth, or of a candles end3or of
a peece of hardfope, or of honey and fait fodden till it bee
fo hard that it will breake being colde,which being yQt hot
may be ro wled 6c made vp of the greatneffe of a finger5&
adminittred: of any of thefej fay, you may makeafuppo-
fitoryaslong andbigge as a finger or telle, and thrutt it
vp into Ano, & let the party keep this medicine one houre
attheleaftinhisbody (if he poflibly canj Further note
this generall rule concerning Glitters, let a Glitter neuerex-
rhe quawti ty of ceede the quantity of one wine pint, let it rather want one
agUfierto here- quarter, efpecially when you giue it to a cottiue body, or a
garded. fu] body,he fhal be much the abler & the willingler to keep
it the iuft time. Further beware it be not too hot nor too
Tfl trti,eJemt*r colde, for the guts are tender parts, fo hot as piife new
italmhtped. ma^e?or a very ^^e rather warmer is the true temper. But
if you perceiue the lnteftimm. reftum or Arfe-gut, to bee
excoriated or inflamed, in fuchacafevfenofaltnor fait
broathes,nor ftrongLaxatiues,as Ettphorbittm, Agariaim,
Mkra Tigra, Coloqmntida, or the like. If you find the Lon^
flew to deliver 4 gmtm or Arfe-gutto be c!ung,or hard (lopped with excre-
gUfieriftha ment,you may put a fmal greafie or oily clout on the end
Lengaaum hee 0fy0ur!glifter-pipe only ouer the holes therof, when you
^W put it into the body,and thrutt it into the head of the pipe
then draw backe a little your hand and deliuerinyour me-
dicine, and if you fee caufe, and that it will not eafily deli-
uer, force it fomewhat. Alfb when your medicine is all in,
and that you would draw out your inftrumentagaine,doe
*i^effor inm, it quickly ,and let the party turne him on his backe,and he
*x?on*tilniT A13** keepe the medicine in the better. In cafes of excori-
ihe'&u. mom or inflammations of the intrailes^ in Glitters vfe
Deere
Ofthe Cure ofthe Scuruj. \$\
Deere fuet |ij . for one glider, and in want thereof Axm-
ota ouina velpGrcina>\ meane fbeep or fwines fat, and let the
decoftion whereof the glider is made^beonelyof branne,
andwithoutany other addition, aud giuenowand then
fuch a glider, I meane once a day, for two or three daies,
after you may adde thereto fomefmall allringent medi-
cines, as Snccm Acam |j. or GalesJ^ij. orBaluftians
|$.or Myrabolans,5-»iij. euenasyoufeecaufe, forthefe
helpe to heak the guts well.
Of Lotions,
Concerning Lotions to the mouth and throat of the
difeafed, theymuft befharpe and very aftringenr, I
meane them efpecially which concerne the cure ofthe Theatre ofthe
gummes in the Scuruie,ifthe gummes therforebeftvolne, gums mch
that they hang ouer the teeth, ftinke or be putrified, they f»olne3 fiinh^ng
muftbe very well lanced or fcaritied, and after hard rub- an(tp(*mfied.
bed with a linnen or wollen cloth,wrapped about the fore
finger and wet in fome ftrong feftringent or Stiptick Loti-
on very hot, as istheordinarie Lotion of Allum, Honey
and Hearbes, adding thereto a double quantitie of Allum,
and a little fait pceter, or gun-powder for a neede is good,
& if it benotfufficiently Urong, makeaftronger decocti-
on of coperas in water, ad ding fait peeter wit ha little ho-
ney, if you haue it,or Me3Rofarum>mth alfo a little ftrong
vineger/you may alfo putoileof Vitriolla little thereto?
butthatithath oneeuill qualitie in hurting andfoftning
the teeth, wherefore beware of it, and if you vfe it, do but
onely touch the gummes with it <>nce and no more, and it
will doe much good: andifyoupleafe, ztfo AqmFallopij
is good, butbecaufe it k made with foblimed Mercurie, it
is not without danger, and is alfo of a loathfome tafte and
fmell,andorTendeth theitomacke very much , but I know
it to be held by many for a great fecret, but as for my felfe •
for reafons rehearfed, I vfe it not but aduiferather that wcI*
Is ftrong ey ther ofthe Coperas, Allome ? or Salt-pecter,
for
192 Toiichingthe Care of the Scttruy.
for they hurt not the teeth at all as doth the oyle ofVi-
trioll, andfo doth Aquafortis very much, or you may
make a Lotion thus : R Coperas,white,greene or blew |ij.
water one pound or thereabout, Honey one fpoonefuli,
boylethefe to the confumption of one third or halfe, then
take of Lapis Medicamentofw>Qx{d\t-ipzztzv^iS) and if you
haue no honey, take Suger, or iuice of Licorice, or Lico-
rice boyled therein for to make it pleafantin tafte,or with-
out for a need you may vie icorthe Lapis Medicament cfns
diifolued into faire water, maketh an excellent Lotion for
the putrifTed gums.
, Touching good outward remedies for the cure of this
dies fnr the greete, bathes, fomentations, with alio good oyies, vn-
Scaruyingene- guents, cerotes, cataplafmes, oremplafters, are eachne-
raU. celfary in their due times, prouided they be of comforta-
ble ingredients, namely thofe which niinifter w armth and
nourishment to the diieafed parts, and open the pores ob-
{trucled, all fuch, I fay, are mod fit, prouided they bee al-
waies apply ed very warm, and the party be lay d and kept
warme vpon it- Further if it bee a Iwolne member, then
if falling tfj£s following bathe to foment the member, will bee
f^tTiixJvm g°0(3j namely a Lixitiiwn made of frefh water and a-
isgtod. ihes, and being onely butreafonable fharpe, (for too (harp
of what the of the a(hes,will ouer heat, yea & excoriate) this done and
H^tlm u cleered, boile fome hot hearbes, flowers and feedes fitting
therein* fuch are Camomile, Meliilote, Dill, Worme-
wood, Balme, Rofemary, Time, Sage, Bay-leaues, Bay-
berries, Iuniper berries, Anis-feede,FennelI, Coriander,
Carraway, Dill feedes, or the the like: thefe ingredients, or
shofe of them which may be had, and kt them be boyled
a little therein, and either,ftupes of woollen or linnen clo-
thes wet therein or put the ingredients into bagges after
thedecoelion ismadewith them, and the place weli fo-
mented therewith, and fo laid to fweat with fome of the
hearbes in the fame bagges well wrung out and hot appli-
ed-, till the next drefling. B ut if the difeafe proceede with
fiiffeneffe and hardneffe of the finewes, then forbear e the
Ljbduiurnj
tnade.
of the Cure of the Sturuy. ip 3
Lixiuium, I meane put no afhes thereto, and make the de*
coclion of the mentioned ingredients, boy led in the
broath of the beefe-kettle, in wine, beere> or water for a
neede, adding fomefalt, and iikewife, ifyou haue it, Lin-
feede oyle, neats-foot oile, fheepes-foot oile, or oile of al-
monds, oyle of chamomile, Dill or earth- wormes, of
Baye^ of Lillies or fome one of them.
A Ifo where you can haue it, a good bathe of the bloud ^i,atj} 0fuQU(i
of beafts, either cowes, horfe5,afIes,goats,or fheeps bloud yerygood.
is exceeding good, namely, to put the Iegges of the pati- _
j i* "i_ j t- i_ • l/jj The manner how
ent, yea and his body too, Kit may bee, into a tub made t9 iathein tj^
fitting, and the blood kept warme, part thereof being ftill haib of bloud.
kept hot on the fire, and renew therewith the bath ftilJ, as
it cooleth with the warme blood, for fome reafonahle
time, this reftoreth and comforteth mightily the decayed
{pints. Milkcoik kite is alfogood to be vfed in that kind Math ofmlf%.
where it may be had.
Of Oyles thereto.
OYles good to annoynt,which ztq Oleum Chamamilk, Ojhsg?odo»u
LdHrmi. Ancthi or Ltimbricomm, with a link Spike ^rdhel^s an(i
oyle, oyle of Turpentine, oyle of Nutmegs prefled out,1*
oyle of Peeter, oyle of Exitor or oyle of luniper, or one Much and hard
of the fame mixed with them,or{ome good tAquAviu, frkathnyery
& to vfe ftrongfrication with warme foft hands long con- henefici^
rinued, helpeth much.
ykgftents*
GOod Vnguentstohelp thefegreefes, in my opinion, wUtFngmnn
areeuery warme and comforting Vngsentinvfeiri areheerem help.
the Surgeons cheft, but I haue had efpeciali trfall of an /*#•
Vnguent, the compofition whereof ihall be heereafter de-
fcribed, which is named Contra Scorb Hi ttmy asalfoof the Two printing
VnguemumPopHleon, I meane the fame compofition Vale- Fr^en^ffi-
riusQtr&m hath defcribed,for Ifindeit to beevtry good : a"ga*mft\h?s<w*
Cc but«7.
194 Touchingthe Care of the Seamy.
but you may well fay, how doth hee contradicl himfelfe,
which euen now aduifeth warming Vnguents, and pre-
fentlyrecitechi^/w/^forone, which is knowen to bee
colde, but though I haue hafte, let mee I pray thee anfwer
for my felfe in that one poynt, which I know to be a prin-
cipall Arcatmmin healingnotlooked vnto : many a medi-
cine hath a feeming (hew to becoide7& yet doth contrary
effeds,witne(re Quick filuer,luyce of Lernnions,VitriolI,
M4tiyn»di. °y^c ^Vtoioft* Safr pester, Allum, Sorrcll, and diuers o-
€ims infaw thers whichl could recite, all which may eafily beeproo-
that which in ued, either hot or colde, by their feuerall ftrong operations
ejfettarenet. anc| q^q^s which they perforrne : as for example,to begin
with Quickfiluer, it is affirmed to be extreame cold of in-
finite writers, and his repercufliue quality (heweth the
&li4t Quk\t- fame as alfo in repelling and cooling hot tumors : with al-
£lH€rt* %fie" fothe variety of colde difeafes and contractions Podagri-
*» mep . caj]an(jchyrurgicallj procured cherby to diuers artificers
which worke much therewith,as namely to guilders5Foi-
lers of looking-glalfesj and the like Tradefmen, which
fheweththefametobecold. It alfo fheweth it felfe to bee
hot diuerfly, as namely in that it is fo extreame fubtill and
penetfatiue^fo inuifible to enter the body (-per poros cutis)
and being in the body, fo volatill and bufie,fo caufticke &
corrofiue, fo extreame Laxatiue5fo diaphoreticke,fo dia-
ueriticke, fomundificatiue, fo incarnatiue andfofigiila-
tiue or fi ccatrizingras the like medicine by the art or wic
The dijf event of man was neuer found out:iuyce of Lemmons was euer
VJlTofklns rePut€c* a c^Ide medicine, prefcribed and giuen dayly
'by the Phyficians in burning and peftilentiall feuours,
and that with great reafon, and good fucceife euen to
this day, and yet to that notable^ and colde, and ter-
rible difeafe of the Scuruy > how. excellent hath it been
approued, how then in thefe two recited medicines
holds the old Axiome Simitia conferuantHrfimilibm &con~
traria contr ^riorum rem$diafnyjt ? euen as true as voxpspnli
vox dei9 pepper is hot in the mouth and cold in the mawe 5
if I would defiretruely tQ coole and temper the boyling
of
Touching the Cure of the Scuruyl 1 9 5
of the bloud inwardly, which I my felfe would take, yea
'wereitvponthefafegard of my owne life I would take
fiue or fixe drops of good oyle of Vicrioll in a draught of ^W"«»*
n . -,i- YrJi r r» r appro aed rood
faire water with a little fugar, a drop or two or Koie-water ^icint %
and as much winevineger, marke well my words if thou temper thtboi.
knoweft not thefe medicines they are worth knowing , or ling ofbtwi.
fr j of pepper, fait niter, which is alfo called Lapis pru-
nella, in the like liquor, and for want of the fugar, rofe-
water, or vineger of it felfe , or with the water only for a
neederlhaue often prooued them fo true coolers that
they haue ftaied the Hemoragie or bleeding at the nofe,
the latter whereof ihallfeldome faile if you by outward To fop bleeding
meanes proceede rationally by applying to the forehead a*™fe&0°4
cold and aftringent things, as alfo to the nape of the neck:
alfo a large fpung wet in cold water and applied to his fe-
cret parts is good, or let him hold or put his members in-
to a boule of cold water , alfo binding hard the armes and
legges is very good to (ray bleeding at the nofe ; and one
of the fureft remedies but lafl to be attempted in Hemora-
gie or bleeding at the nofe , is to open a veine in the arme
on the fame fi de. Thus it may plainely appeare that two
of the recited medicines are cold : now to proue thole
two hot, I will not fpend many words , call to minde that
of Vitriol! and Sali-peeccv A^uafirtia is made, which by ^J#^}
his heate and penetrating force, tearethtopeecesand dif- slitZlter^nd
folueth the [Trongelt mettalls prefently , deuoureth & vt- ^ua firth
cerly deftroyeth cloths woollen and linnen, or put but />***.
good oyle of Vitrioll into an vlcer, or to the whole skin
and tell me halfe an houre after what a cold feuor the Pa- .
tienthad : or put tire to crude fait niter alone and marke s j/' 2L^
theconcluuon, namely it will prooue it felfe wholly com-
buftible, and therefore hot : as I fuppofe iikewife the herbe
Sorrell, if is a cold herbe efteemed at ieaft in the firft if not m dfi like
inthefecond degree, and yetconlider well if you (edae different tpera*
quickly to ripen and bring to fuppuration an ApofhimethninSorna'
you (hall rmdeitamoft excellent fpeedy remedie: I con-
cede therfore that it is not by his coldnefle it doth that ef.
Cc z fed
\$6 OftheCttreafthtScttruy.
fed:, for that is not common nor rational], arid therefore
to conclude my degredion as Ozjwaldm CroUim a late lear-
ned writer faith in his Preface Admonitorie to his booke
J. Sdying of called "Barilla (fh'mica Simplicium : qualitates non femper
Ofwddtu Cro- confideranda fed ear pan Arcana , Thefimple and apparent qtia/i*
litis s of Medicines are not alwuies alone to be reipccJed, bat ra-
ther their mjfieries or hidden vertex t.
Xhusmuchin defence of the temperament of fome
• , ^ priuate Medicines working if range and feuerail effects,
to bltlfetVedll wherein themyfieries of our God in his diuine prouidcn»e
Thirty opera: farre do excell whatfoeuer things eife, (hewing mans wife-
mn. dome roeere fcoliihneile,. wherefore to him for euermore
bepraife, Amen.
when the yn#tt- Xhe warm e vr guents are to be vfed where you fee ap-
entsareto be parant neede by reafon of the coldneile of the part , the
allied. Populeon wherethereispaine though no'manifeft figne
of a hotdifeafe appear v1, and doubtleifeit will worke good
erfecl to your comfort, yea though you thinke the difeafe
be nor cold, and cherefore neede a more warming Medi-
cine, Unguent-urn Tjithhea.h one of the heft vnguents, and
M rthtum i s $norher , Oleum tawim is alfo good , and if
you 1HI W adde fome more caKfying oyles, rake of oyie of
Speeke, of .Terbinthihe, or Petreolum, but good warme
application and ftrong fricationis themeane^and warme
what wiward keeping. Of medicines to be applied to the Spleene, Li-
mtdhmes^ the uer,or itamakeoutwardly,the vni*umtp?clora/e defcribed
hHJk*r? uire *S^W*$^4 vvarme to ann cintthafe parts,whofedefcrip-
ma -e re^mi ^^ with the red y ou f]] all finde ? and to lay alfo ousr the
vvhole part agtieued the EmpUfhrum tneliibte projplene*
whofe defcription is eKpretfed in the Difpenfatory , for
' want of which Plafter Emphfr&m cumini is good,
Alfo the well annointing with oyie of Nuimegges , or
Mace adding a few drops of oyie of Cloues 'Chymicaii
doth much comfort? keeping the gtkued part extraordi-
nary warme.
0f
ip7
Of Vlcers in thofe that bane
the Scuruie-j.
THe Vlcers which happen to them which haue this
difeafe are many waies different from the general!
formes and differences of ordinary Vlcers in bodies not
touched with this difeafe, all which I hauehere no time to
amplifie. But becaufe this difeafe hath two generalland ffflfitiiig ef,
principal] differences of appearance , namely fome men f^sJ^e Scnmie
deceafed with the Scuruie^re fwollen exceedingly, as in ^nuJrtpkli
the dropf e : Others their outward limmes with^ed , con- inflation of the
fumed, and dried vp, their finow.es fhrunke andgrowne wholebody.
iiard, though the Vicers in the one and the other fhould
beiikeinfh^yetdoubtleffe the healing of thefe Vlcers ^Jl^f%n;
will be found very much different , wherefore for one ge- b^y\
nerall note remember that the Vlceriln the full andhy-
dropicall bodies will require more deficcatiue medicines,
as namely the Vngtientum dUpompholigos^de minioyngnentum
album Camdhoratum and the like : And the other kind the
ZJngtienMm bafMcon incarnatWH , and the Arcem linament
and the like to thofe. Some fea Surgeons haue commen-
ded to me of their praclife the vfe of Veficawy medicines,
namely Contbarides in painfull fwolne limmes , which I Exptrieneethe
leaueto thepraclife of others further to commend the W fniftr.
£ame,my felfehauingreferued it as a great fecretfrom a
Surgeon my friend , but maae no fuch experiences there-
of my. felfe.-
And further touching the cure of Vlcers in this dikak °^- r%
vntil theobftrudions of the liuer and fpleene be remoued? fo'^ouedbe-
thofe Vlcers giue no place to good healing*, wherefore fore the ricers
fmce notwithlbnding they rauft bee carefully attended can be c»ndt-
for confcience fake, I aduife that all fharpe and violent
medicines be fhunned , and all (oft and anodine things
Cc 3 applied
X^3 Touckingthe cure oftheScurityl
applied that you know or can learne , prouided they bee
warrantable medicines, for otherwife they not only llriue
Ucaueat. agajnfta dreame, butputyour Patient to needleife dif-
quiet , and thereby increafethis difeafe.
Ihaue here in part (hewed the Surgeons mate my o-
pinion concerning the cure of the Scuruie , to which hee
may ioyne his owne and other mens experience,where he
can gaineindrudions worth following, together with his
owne daily pra&ife, which, if he be wife, he may likewife
fct downe,one]y ht meaduife the young practitioner that
Ho* to help fa f0metimes(as my felfe haue experienced) the fcuruie pro-
^f»/^W? <iLlcetf1 ^uch extreame coftiuenelTe, as neither fuppofitorie,
tUSmmF gWteij or any Laxatiue medicine whatfoeuer will auaile,
butthattheexcrementsmuftbe drawne out or the Lon-
gantitn, o$ thz Intefiimm rettum with an inftrument, for
they will be like drie lumps of clay , or hard fheepes tree-
kles, as they terme them, the which indrument I haue ap-
pointed and is an eafie and a fit indrument, called by me
SpathuU Munda^ which indrument being a little warmed.
Is then to be annointed with oyle , and fo gently put into
Ano to draw out the excrements, and to make way for the
glider-pipe, which, when it hath clenfed fome fixe inches,
or hue inches, you may a tlay by a glider againe. Further-
more it fometime happened^ that by the long remaining
of the excrements in the Longanamy the gut is either exco-
riated, or at the lead inflamed. In fucha cafe you may
take notice that you forbeare fait, as is faid, and all (liarpe
heating things in your gliders,as Colcqmntida^terapigra^
what mufi fo Scamonj, Aiartcum^Etdphorbium^ and the like : and content
fh™JVhec"re your felfe to adminider for the firft, a glider made onelie
lirUfier. °^a decoclion of Bran alone, or of M allowes, or of Com-
fry rootes fmall cut, or Linfeeds bruifed with 5jij of Deere
fuet j Vnguentum Viapompheligos , or as much popule-
-* jquiU* laxa* #» or Vnguentum album, as is faid, and rather ifyoufinde
*«* t that helpe not, giue a dofe of AquilU Laxatma which will
purge eafiiy without any offence at all, and helpe to heale
the gut, and this courfe is better then hy fharpe gliders to
purge
Touching the Cnre of the Scnrtty. ipp
purge) which will offend the gut, and after thefaid purge it
wiil not be amilfe if you fee occalion, to giue a like glider -5 -
againeas before, and note that if in the glider fomeof the7^^*'*
ingredients fhould be wanting, you may neuerthe teite& '"***'? '
proceed with the reft with goodprorlcprouidedifyou
haue better you vfe them, neither doe I heere intend ftri-
clly to enioyne the Surgeons mate to my rule , but if hee
haue better, let him vfe it, and forget mine in the name of
God.
Moreouer, if the patient his difeafe be in the forme of a
confumption, the body being dried vp as it were , or with The cure if the
fhrinkingofthefinewes ; then if you intend to purge the ^, he c ir^m
party, giue him pills called Pi tufa Ityffi for the hVftreme-^J^'*
did but if he complaine much of paines in his ioy nts, then
a dofe oiPulnis Arthmicm will do beft,or purge him with
jftjvifaLaxatittajtis alfo a general good purge at al times, therein th»
and almoft in all cafes, though bed in the French Pox and tihftfi virtue
DropOe. And though I haue formerly touched the forms °[^!^ CWm
of fome Cataplafmes, yet for that there hath beene much 0St
good found in the application of this Cataplafmemade
being of warming, comforting and anodine medicines,I Cataplajhesexm
thought good to note it,wh*ch is asfolloweth. R> the &ow-c^™tinthi*
ers of Cammomiie, Meliilot flowers, Wormwood & Hi- Howtomalit
pericon and Balme,ofeach M,j,BranM.j.ij,Linfeed,Fe- the catapufm*
nigreeke,of each §fs. Comfrey and Mallow roots,ofeach
f fs, barly meale |ij. bruife the herbs, and boyle thefe in
milke,beere, or water, thenadde ofoyle of Camomile,
Dialthx ,? oy le of Dill , of each |ij^ AxmgU * iiij, apply ic
warme : note likewife , that where you haue not all thefe
recited ingredients, yet that you take fo many of them as
you haue, and try their force, for if a few will do the buil-
nes.as fometimes it will,it were vaine & waft to vfe many.
Sometimes for a need ycu may make good vfe of a de-
coction of Bisket in wine or beere, which warme applied
will wonderfully comfort a weakelimme, and allwage the
paine, for fometimes the very good warmth with good
ligature auaileth much : fatty things mull bee forborne in
fome?
Soure thing*
better thin fat
inthli difedfe.
Couttfeti.
tting nth** to
2oa of the Cure of the Scuruy,
fome cafes, namely when the paine is fharpe and quicfce,
lea/l you caufe putrifacTion & fuppuration of humours a-
gainft your will, yea and rather vfe Acetofous medicines,
and Anodinefometime, alfo muflage medicines are to be
forborne, for like reafons : in all which cafes, confer v\fth
other writers : aske counfellof thy Elders, and keepee-
uer inwritingthyownegood obferuations from time to
time.
A word or two to conclude for the young Surgeons
concerning the cure of this difeafe, when they come vp-
bedone if means on a coaft where you may haue fome helps , let them vfe
may k had. fome one of thefe followmg,they fhal] find them good vp-
on triall.
R : Ab[mthi<ty lumber Berries of each m< j, Goats milke,
lib.4,boyle this together, the hearbs and berries well bru~
fed till a third part be confumed, then ftraine it, and adde
of farTron in pouder g^j, ftirre it on the fire till it haue boy*
led a very little, and fet it to cleenand giue the ficke there-
of three times a day at the teaft, viz morning, noone, and
night, this drinke hath cured many in great diftrede: if you
bauenogoatesmilke^fheepsrnilke^rforaneed, Cowes
rnilkewillferue.
Anoth
er0
*Amiher ge$d
drinfy.
Whey fodden
Witbsdftters
hearbs very
profitable.
R, Water Creffes, Sorrell,and Wormewood, of each
one handfull, bruife them well , and broyle them in three
quarts of Whey or new milke, and adde thereto a little
fuger and faffron^ and let the ficke drinke thereof as often
asheewill.
Whay drunken of it felfe is very good, but better if, the
iuices of fcuruy gralfe , forrell, Coclaria , wormewood ,
Watercretfes, the greater or leffer fort, B rooklime , Scor-
dium, Spoonewort^ water lermander, or of fome of them
be mixed therewith, for that they are all approoued good
mediciries,and doubtletfe fome of them are to be found in
other Countries and coafls; as well as in England.
Alfo
Tht me of the Sturm. 10 1
Alfo an infufion or gentle decodlion of the roots of the
h&xbcRh*fbAn4filtieflre$9 orhorfcreddflhin vineger, or
mixed with beere and drunke, is exceeding good,or eaten
of it felfewith bread. ^
Bay berries,and Iuniperberries are alfo wholfome boy- tayhmhi alfi
led in whay againft this difeafe , for they open obftru&i- md /«»#/>«•-
ons : likewife from thefc former hearbs may many other &«**.*« ff*&
good compound medicines be made.
And generally note 9 that bitter and fower medicines
preuaile moft to the cure of this greefe f amongeft which
lower medicines you haue that are approued good there-
to,thcfethat follow aschecfe,IuiceofLemons,ofLImes? J^JJJj/*
Citrons, and Oringes. f
Oyle of Vitrioll, oyle of Sulphur, fpirit of Salt, vineger
of Wine, and the fpirit thereof.- alfbthe Sirups thereof fo
many as are in vfe, and the rather , for that they cut away
the tough and grofle flegme, and haue power alfo to open
obftruftions, In like manner,the iuiceorpulpe of Tama-
rinds hath a great acetolity, and is found a precious re-
medy againfl this difeafe, the vfe whereof is noted al-
readie.
Alfo s note further that there are few difeafes at fea hap-
pening to Sea-men, but the ScuruyhathapartintheiB, An Mfwfa^
the fluxes which happen chiefly proceed from the Scuruy,
andliuppofeifSeamenmaybe preferued from that dif-
eafe, few other difeafes would indanger them.
7%e concfofon.
'Heferecited medicinesfor Chriflian charity I thought
notamitfe to publifti, admonifhing young men to be
wife and carefull to make right vfe of them, and as neere
astheycan,torefpecl:inthevfethereof,Time,Place^Age, . . ... .,
quantity, quality, temperament, ftrength, climate, caufe, smlimd *
and what eifeis fitting to be regarded for the good of the oughttoU*-
fake, and credit ofrhemfelues,and let them auoide floth- uoyded.
fulnes, auarice, enuy ,feare, pride, or what elfe may hinder
D d thefe
2os of the Fluxes efthehdicj.
thefe duties, that God may giue a bleffing to their labours
and then the praife and comfort (hall returne to them-
felues j which God grant.
And for the elder fort of graue Artifts, I craue their cha-
ritable cenfufes of my weake or vndigefted inftruclions ,
which Ino way meane to them, but to babes m Surgery,
and fo I conclude to thehonour of the Almighty3concer-
ning the Scuruy for this time.
Qoncerning the Fluxes of
the bellie^,.
THe principal! Fluxes of the belly by a common con-
fentof diuers ancient writers? are chiefly referred to
three kinds? namely:
CLeitnteria,
(Difenteria.
what Leienterla LeienterU is diftingui fhed to be that Fluxe which either
w. palTeth the fuflenance taken, wholy vndigefted , and that
without any bloud at all, and without great paine, or as
itwerehalfedigetled. The true caufes of : Leienteria pro-
ceede chiefly through imbecility and weakenetfeof the
The caufes of ftomake, which may be occafioned many waies, whereby
Leienteria^ the vertueretentiue is weakened 5 yea and fometimes the
ftomakereferuingapoftumation is either wholly weake-
CnditUacattfe. ned, and cold and broken , or fometimes by crude humi-
dities is oppreiled^and mud be flrengthned,both inward-
ly and outwardly, by things that corroborate and warme
thefame/asisikuped*^/^;*, or oleum tbfinthy 9 Chi»
mice
Of the Fluxes of the beftitJ. 203
mice three or fourc drops thereof in wine, or beere for
neede, and I haue found it good to a ftrong body,atfirfr,
namely in the beginning of the difeafe to giue him a vo-
mit of the infufion of fttbittm, or rather of Safoitrioli, ten Myomhatfirfi.
graines if it may be had, or of aquila vita foure graines,.
or of Cambogia twelue graines,and fo the medicine hauing
done working, let him prefently (leepe fading , if hee can 5
if not, giue him a little Cinamon-water, or a little fanguk To corporate.
frftncliQrumrfyQxihzueki or a draught of good aligant,
or conferueof floes, or quinces $ and ftortly after, name-
ly threehoures , if he cannot takehis reft , giue him three
graines of Laudanum in a p i ll , and fo ap point him to reft5 An opiate.
but if you conceiuer or feare the difeaie to proceed of a-
poftumatiun in the ftomake , then beware of giuing any
vomit before perfect fuppuration of the fame, for it is
deadly, but outwardly yau ma^ apply to the ftomakca
bag, with wormewood, mints , orfaectcmarioram,and Stomal^emj
warme being fprinkled with role water and vineger, or'* "
elfeabisketbeduedweliwith rofe water and vineger, be-
ing fteeped,mu ft be applied to the ftomake 5 orannoint
the ftomake with vng^m^mpUprale^ot with oyle of nut-
megs made by ^prQ^ionx^oTherPop^andromAchiyOt the- ipe^oraUyitm
riacA Londtm fr& is very good giuen him vpon the
point ofa knife, or Marmalad of Quinces is alfogood: Cor&Ufc.
Metbridateis very fit and approued, or grated Nutmegs
is very good , and Cinamon in pouder taken in meats or
drinkes is good likewifej if thefe things anfwer not thy de»
fire, thou rnaiftproceede to medicines more aftringent, ^&ri»ge»t
fuch as follow in the cure of Difentery, one very familiar mdUwes*
and good Medicine isfanguis pmnetterum aforefaid, the „
dofeis |j or *ij with Mint or Wormwood, or Cardum
water, taken going to reft, or taken of itfelfe. But your
mentioned Laudanum in all Fluxes iudicioufly admini-
ftred is the only fure heJpe, neuerthelefle in this griefe trie ardUU \wers*
other good things: fir ft all Aromatized ftrong waters are
conuenient in this cafe, moderately vfed as well to auoide
farther Fluxes, asalfo in thefe Fluxes to comfort the fto-
Dd 2 make?
ao4 Of the Fluxes efthe hellieS.
snake, ffiptike wines ferue well for it:likewjTe,7lwW<?d&*-
tojf*™* $*} now and then,aIfo eUttmrii* dmrimppenon^)
Didtnon fye< Qf g^ j Qn a J^fe p0jnt gjuen ^ very gOOCJ? fof jt mightily
warmethand ftrengthneth the ftomake. But fometimes
it happeneth that not onely the meate pattern away by
ftoole, but alfo other vndigefted matter with it , in which
Cd&Tetrus Bayrius in his yemmecum folio 27j,aduifeth
to vfe things fowre with meate as Veriuice, or the iuice of
fowre Pomgranats and the like, in want whereof the iuice
of Lemons is good, or rather firupc of Lemons, or firupe
Sirup ofimm. ^ Agr^ or oyle? or fpiri£ of yitriole taken in fome fit-
spirit ofyitrioU, tingdrinke,as Cardans water, or faire water, wine, or Bar-
ly water, the oyle of Vitriole.3. droppes taken with con-
ferue of Rofes is alfo good in this difeafe; outwardly keep
warme the region of the flomake and liuer, and inwardly
asisfaid, namely vfe all good comfortable helpes thai;
warrne8
D;
OfVkrrbat*
Jarrh&ah a Flux of the belly which is either meercly
'watrifli, or with humors and with dime mixed5for the
fignes of the difeafeare manifeft, the caufes too many for
sny leafure to note vnto you^oncerning the cure o£<Dkr»
rb<ea if you fee that the Patient be flrong,thereis no great
Stope not at the had of flopping this difeafe, for that it is many times a be*
frfim nefit of Nature, whereby (he auoidcth fuperfluous, or ve*
nemous, or otherwife vicious and oflenliue humours: but
when you fli all perceiue that it hath continued certains
daies, and that the party is weakned thereby , then begin
Apurgt. the cure as followeth % Firfl giue him ^i j of Rubarb dried
as they vfe to drie Tobacco , and poudercd either in wine
or Carduusjor faire water,or the infufion thereof without
the fubftance, and after the working thereof, a gentle gli-
der will doe well ? which may likewife leaue a flipricke
quality in the guts, butnottooflrong, fuch as hereafter
>fhali be mentioned* and let the party belaidfo reft very
* ->*-■ VYajQ$-
Of the fluxes of the belltcJl 10%
warme couered, andwarme clothes applied to the belly r^mthk-p^
and fundament of the party , and if that helpeth, not you g0odt
may giue him within three houres three orfourcgraincs
of Laudanum , and let him againe incline himfelfe to reft
and by Gods help be (hall be cured : but if he haue a feuor
giue him an opiate fin!, I meane the Larddanum. Good L*»Unt*m
helpesto the cure of this difeafe and all Fluxes of the bel-
ly, are thefe following, firft to refraine and refill as much as
is poffible the motions of going to floole , not to ftraine
cr force the body being at floole , not to fit long being at
ftoole, in rifing to remember to put vp the fundament
with a clout ?and that if it may be with a warme foft clout : *&** *fo «&•
to fit as hot as the party can , namely if it may be often to ?<"&&
fit vpon an oken bord hot is very good , hot trenchers, or
peeces of bords heated and applied to the belly are very
good, and to take the fume of wine vineger fprinkled on
a hot bricke,or iron, and fit ouer it on a clofe floole is ap- MantMShetp.
proued very good, and to fit ouer the fume of Francken- ;
cenfe or Amber with a chafing difli , and afewcoolesia Tc'ft }Qt*
a clofe floole is likewife very good, this difeafeinourcli-
raateforthe mod part by skilfull Phifitions and Surge-
ons is well and fpeedily cured , but in the Indies it is very
hardly cured, in fo much that many haue died of it , part- ufHm*
ly by the great wilfulnetfe and diforder of the Patient, and
fey your leaue alfo by the ignorance of the Surgeon being
a thing they had not beene warned of before , nor practi-
ced in,and by nothauing good remedies and inftruments
fit at hand to giue men helpe, wherefore let young Artifts CmtofahA
haue a care to thefe aforementioned rules and medicines,
not fcorning them.
And among other needful! instruments for poore $ea«
men in fluxes, neuer be vnfurnilhed in the fluppe of one or
two clofe ftooles with doores tothem>andbra(repai!es,
that poore miferable men in their weakenes may be eafed
thereon 5 and not be conflrained to goe to cither the beake
head,or (hrouds (astheytermeit) for that not onely in-
creafeth the difeafe, but alfo caufeth the falling downe of
Dd 3 the
A dangerous
accident*
Admonition to
ywng Artifts.
AmUguhyim
pertinent*
Adtttfktotht
Artift,
io6 Of the fluxes of the heUicJ.
the Arfe-gut, afearefull accident) except the Surgeon be
very careful!, diligent, and ready handed? in which cafes,
allnicenes,lazines,and difdain fulnefle (too muchclea,
uing to fome young menj muft be laid afide, for the very
omitting of his duty in reducing the gut fallen, may eafily
be the death of the patient 3 whofe blood will cry to God
for reuenge : Wherefore young Artitls rhat profetfeto
feare the Almighty,be companionate to the meaneft crea-
ture in this difeafe, euen as you would others fhould do to
you in the like cafe* and not otherwife.
Petrm Baycrim an ancient learned writer,alleaging Ga-
len in his fecond booke, delocis affettis , defineth this dif-
eafeas followethrlt is,faithhe,tearmedZ)?/V?rtm^w5where-
as variety of fubftances are fent out w ith the excrement,
producing excoriation with dolor and paine , as if fome-
what were fhauen from the fmail guts, and that fhauing,
faith he,proceedeth from choller and turneth to vkerati-
on of the guts , and is compleat in two weekes, or procee-
ded of a gla (lie coloured fubftance, and hath his termina-
tion in foure weekes \ orproceedeth of a- Melancholy hu-
mour, and is in perfection in forty daies : firfl beginneth
the fluxe, then followeth the excoriation,&c. But to trou-
ble the reader much, or my felfe with long defin/tions, ey-
ther of thecaufesor fignesof this difeafe , my leifure will
not permit me, and the rather will I- not infift thereon/or
that in reading I finde diuers learned and reuerend writers
that haueentredinto long difcourfes of the fignes & cau-
fes of this griefe,prefcribing diuers methodicall rules,and
yet they conclude of the cure of Difimerj, for the mod
part of them with a kindeof Empericall forme of curing ,
namely fome reciting one, fome another medicine for the
general! cure of this difeafe : many of them ending with-
out any rationally or methodicall forme at all, which argu-
eth in my opinion, that it is impoilible eyther to finde out
all the caufes thereof, ortoprefcribeany one true forme
for the generall cure of the fame, but the difcreet Surgeon
mufl be armed with iudgement inthefe following princi-
ple*
Of the fluxes of the belli^j\ %<yj
pies \ namely that if he perceiue it to proceed by fulnes of
bloud or humours, to feeke the health of the Patient by
fundry the moft rationall and fitted euacuations; as name-
ly, bleeding, purging, and fkndernetfe of diet : then alfo,
to proceed to medicines which take away the acrimony,
and heale the inward parts, then to thofe which are Ano-
dine , and caufeth reft. A learned French Surgeon na-
med Gttiliemean , writing a Treatife of this difeafe, in his Guillimcau his
conclufion faith as folioweth j The Emperike Medica- opinh*
ments which the methodicall Phyfitians fo difdainc and
jefteeme of little worthy are thofe which wee through our
experiencerand through the diutumall vfe of them , haue
found to bemoft excellent, which being vfed with Xudge-
ment,arenot to be difdained, feeing that patten himfelfe
teftifieth , that the Phy&ipn muftbeeftabli/hed on two
foundations, to wit, reafon and experience, whereof rea- GretmAofJttt.
ion is as it were the foule of the fame, which meafureth and
pondereth all things,and the experience the body as a pro-
uident tutor and fchoolemafter, wherefore feeing that ex-
perience teachethvs that Rubarb in what manner foeuer . ^ r .- ,
we adminifter the fame, (but efpecially theinfufion there-
of) is very commodious and profitable in this difeafe , as
likewife is Spirits vitrioti with Rofe-water , and Plan-
tane water,and alfo being adminiftred with Cinamon-wa-
ter, {ditkGmlemeauj there is a fugarlike^«/^rorfweet-
ines extracted out of leade, which neuer deceiued the hope
of the Right Worfhipfull M after T>uion a very learned Phi-
fition, whereof I haue attained the beft of thefedifcourfes: slmnk
the tindure of Corall and of yellow Amber , extracted
with Aquavit&jkin operation admirable,alfo Croctu Mar-
tis , ox flos Sulphur is being in feafon adminiftred with the
conferues of Rofes, Marmalet, Citron rindes , with other
fuch like things are very commodious,becaufe among na-
tural! things 1 know nothing exficcatethmore, and op-
pofeth it felfe more againft all corruptions, To^ con-
clude, there are innumerable forts of remedies which wee
mud fo compound, that they may haue one fimilitude,or
one
aoS Of the fluxes of the bcNicj.
one Analogy with the difeafe : finally we mud in excreame
Difentery For the laft remedy indeuour to mittigate the
pain with narcoricall things, as is the Oleum Iufquiami man-
dragon, the cold feedes,the Thilonium refutes Ntco/ai, and
many other fuch like compositions which are vnto this
difeafe vfed , and which may not be adminiftred except
great Iudgemcnt and aduife had thereon. Thus much out
of GuiHimeau . This difeafe chiefly afflic'teth Souidicrsin
9rii4tpedpU[m(ft warres, and Sea -men in long voyages, and namely in hot
fubiettto thii countries, chiefly when after ftiort and hard allowances
thff * an* *key iliall happen on the fodaine to get great (tore of rawe
fruit, frefh meat, flefli orfifh or any other great change
of pleafant dyee, in which cafes reafon and Judge-
ment, as the principall helps are to be vfed, as for inflance
this difeafeis incident much tc fnch as change the place of
their abode for a farre hotter or a farre colder country,buc
chiefly Into hotter, witnes the mortality through that dif-
eafe which hath often befallen our Souldiers in the warres
In Ff ance* &c. As alfo now at Bantham, how much doth
It afflict them that liue there. Moreouer as is faid , if it
proceede of repletion , euacuation , and thinne dyet, is
th&meane to proceed in the beginning of the cure there-
oft if it proceed of an acrimonious fretting humor , then
one of your firft helps mud be a prefent purge, if ftrength
will beare it, namely of Rubarbe , as is faid in the cure of
Diarrkaa, or a Decoction of myrabalans and alfo a good
Barly water : the fecond good help is a Giifter, which may
fee proper againftfoarpe humors : and after to conclude
the cure with a dofeof Laudannm Paracelfi, but if theparty
sftheVdtknt be in great weakcnelTe and want of reft , giue him fome
t»ant refijgitm comfortable gly fter firft , next that an Opiate, I meane the
him 4 GUJItr. Laudanum one dofe : you may begin in weake bodies firft
with opiate medicines, in that there is moftneed of eafe,
andif you find after reft it help not, vfe a Glifter or a purge
as you fee caufc,for though the Laudanum at firft cure not,
yet it giueth reft, whereby the party afterwards,it is likely,
will bee the ftronger to indurecure by other reafonable
medicines,
Of the fluxes of the bellieS* 209
'medicines , which done, if that anfwer not thy defire,
thou may ft returne to Laudanum againe and againe,
alwayes remembring, as is fayd, there bee fbure hourcs at rJ?e °flJeMinX
theleaft diftance, betwixt each dofe,and if the difeafe pro- tlZttuhu
ceede of heat, feeke to coole the bloud by a decoction of ca#tim,
Plantane and colde hearbes or feedes if they be to be had,
or at fea with fuch medicines as are vfed to quench heate,
and are not meerely fharp,and y etoyle of Vitrioll is much
commended to be taken certaine dayes together in any
kinde of diftilled waters either Plantane, Sorrell, Straw-
beries or the like, whilft the fayd waters are good and
fweete, or with Aqua SparnoU, if it be at handjalio a barley
water with a little Allum orGalles in powder is lingular
good, fo is Bole, butthefiner Bole the better, and Terra
Sigittata, and Sirupe of Quinces is good alfo in that cafe,
add fo are all the medicines made of floes, after fome due
euacuation, as in thy difcretion thou (halt fee reafonable,
but to conclude, a dofe of Laudanum opiat, is beft to finifli planum
the worke for that goeth before, or rather exceedeth all o- <"§**«*»«
ther medicines in fluxes, for that fwageth all painesand
caufeth quiet fleep,which often euen alone is the true per-
fection of the cure. And further ,if it fhalappeare,thatthis
difeafe haue fo gotten the vpper hand that the patient is Uo^totefiwt
growen very feeble, his bloud being wafted, appoynt him the patient yery
a diet thatmay warme and comfort the ftomacke,namely, ¥ M% h Difen-
at land if it may be had, Brothes of Checkings or the like, '"^
with fomefpices therein, and egges and fugar, and a little
rofe water, but not honey ,for that increafeth gripings,and
cawdels with egges wine and fpices, according to good
difcretion will doe well, if they may be had,and giue him,
if thou fee caufe, a glifter, if there be feare of excoriations
in the guts, namely a decoction of Barley or *B ran, or of
Bran onely with Deere fuet^ij. let not your decoction be ^l'^aZ^fl
tooflimy of the Bran, and addeifyou can getit,theyolke €Xi
of one egge, for egges comfort much and fwage paine, the
yolke of the egge muft be well beaten with the decoction
by little and little,fo taken very warm, or if the party haue
Ee gripings
a I o Of the fluxes of the bellies.
gripings in his guts, make this glider following, and for
want of Bran take a little wheat flowre, and with Carno*
^tt^ihnmh mi!e,Sentaury, Worme-wood, Sc, Iohnswotuor fomeof
mjjfa e%! ' thefe, make a decoclion adding alfo Anisfeede, Fennell,
Dill or Cumrain-feedes, orthe like, or fomeof thefe at
the lead , adding after the boy ling, fome two or three
fpoonfuls oi^jafoli*) or good Aqua, vita, or fome drong
cordiall waters, if you fee there bee caufe to comfort and
warme, and adding alfo, asisfayd, Deerefuet |ij. with
waxe |{5.
Mother gUJler Afc gliders of milke and egges oncly are very good m
fwage gripings and paines, where they may bee bail,, alfo
as is fayd, warme clothes to the beliy and fundament ap-
plyed are very good, and note flill that reft procured is a
principall helpein curing all fluxes.
jimhcrgUJler F°r excoriations of the guts , make a glider with a
decoction of dry Centaury , Hipericon, Worme-wood
or Balme, with Barley adding of Deere fuet |ij. and
a little dried Galls in powder, or cut in dices, or fuc cut aca-
m or Cortices granatorumz or dried red rofes, if you haue
them,ofBalaudies, which are flowers of Pomegranetss
Note what powders foeuer you giue in gliders, Jet them
bee exceeding finely powdered, otherwife they are very
dangerous, and f ear e not to adminifter an opiat, as I haue
laid, prouided that there bee foure or flue houres didance
oftimetwixteachdofe, alfo you maygiueadofe of Ru-
bar be, namely 9ij- org^fi, parched and powdered fine,
for fo it doth bed, taken either alone, or with Sanguis pru-
netlorum one fmall fpoonef uli in wine, and a little Cyna-
mon water, or in any other conuenient drinke, as the pre-
fent date of the ficke (hall caufe thee, or for want of wine,
beere or water, you may giue the ficke alfo conferue of ro-
fes or quinces, after which, if caufe bee to giue the ZW<«-
«»wagaine,you mayrfafely doe it. Furthermore in this
cafe, as alfo in all kindes of fluxes, fumigations are very
good medicines, namely fitting ouer a clofe doole, proui-
ded the ficke bee very warme kept, and not too hot, to
which
Of the fluxes of the beiizJ. in
which purpofe a well burned bricke heat very hot and put
vnder the floole, laying two colde brickes vnder it, for
burning the ftoole, and then fprinckle often the hot brick
with vinegerif the difeafe be hot, or with vineger and A- r
qua vita mixed if it be colde, and for want of brickes fome
great peeces of olde iron will ferue, as it is already rehear-
fedj alfo decoclion of cynamon or cloues, or both toge-
ther, or nutmegs fet vnder the ftoole, that the warm fleam
of the fpices may come vp intojthe body of the patient, is
very good. Note further, that where you feare a fluxe of /» tfiuee of the
the belly may follow, that you purge not the party with heU***wyd
Coloquwtidd,'Trocki*de tstlhandall , Agaricum,TiQxBiaJ^^mdim
gredio*. And remember euer when you giue Rubarb,that
you giuecinamon,or ginger, or Anis-feedes, a little ther-
with, which correð the flatuous difpofition thereof.
If this difeafe of the fluxe fhallfliew it felfeto proceede of
any contagioufneile of the aire, as fometimes it doth, this
is certaineJy the moft fearefull of the refl,for although all
difeafeshane their originall from the hand of the Almigh- ^ndifeafespr^
ty, yet then we haue all reafon to call to our remembran- ceedfrom God,
ces, the words which the Prophet Dauid ipeaketh in the
Pfalmes, Whither (ball 1 flic from thee O my god I when Godmufibt
therefore the aire w hich we are forced to receiue into our fou§!nynt°*
bodies dial threaten vs, then if euer,it is high time for Sur-
geon and patient to crie vnto God for his helpe and mer-
cy ,*and yet not to miftruft,but to vfe all artificial! meanes,
referring the fuccetfeto the Almighty. Wherefore in this
cafe I holde nothing better then a good purge of Rubarb,
and then to to take three or foure graines of Laudanum Pa-
racelfi, then after there may bee giuen him one fcruple of rhe cure °fa
thebeft TreakleorMithridate, or London Treakle, or^j^ -
eieerely Laudanum alone. You may giue the party alfo a faake?^
little Cynamon water,or Aqua Theriacalis ,or Cardnm wa-
ter laying him to reft : It were! alfo to be confidered whe-
ther the body ftandeth inneede of bleeding, purging, or a
glifter: but when as the difeafe proceedes from contagi-
ous and venomous aire, and is fierce, I holde it thefafefl
E e z courfe
2 1 2 Ofthejluxes of the bellies.
courfe to forbeare bleeding or purging, forfeare of draw-
ing backe the venome to the principal! parts, and rather
jfthefiix-ebct tQ fcc tQ Alexipharmacons or Preieruatiues, as Venice
whltZbtVnl Treakell,Mithridate, Diateiferon, London Treakell, or
the like : And prefently after, or immediately with it, as is
faid, giue a dole of Laudanum, which of it felfe is a perfect
cordiall, and a good preferuatiue.
The fix through Many learned writers are of opinion that this difeafe is
theain u infe- jnfeclious, and that the breath and excrements of the (kk
manmayeafily infecTa found man, affirming alfothat
from putrified and difeafed bowels, infectious vapors doe
afcendand defcend, and partly the rather by a kinde of
fimpathy eur bodies haue each with other, but led that o-
pinion of mine vttered may perhaps offend the courage of
young Artiftsjwhom I feeke by all podible meanes to em-
bolden , let them take this rule from mee, inthefeare
l^T/stf? °^od,Iholdenodifeafeinfeaioustome,inthat Ihaue
"eonsc*uMi». a lawful calling, and I am therefore bound to vifit the dif-
%Uyto the cure eafed, which who fo negleð, God will flnde him out
if any difeafe with that difeafe or aworfe. Now a word or two offuch
y»batfeener. medicines as are belonging to the cheft found in the fhip,
oratthevtmofl maybe foundinthe Eaft Indies, orthat
are likely to be found there I intend to fet foorth fome in-
flrudions for the Surgeons Mate:and firft note I haue cu-
The care ofDi- rec* man>'> both in Defenterie and Lyenterie, with burned
/entity at fta9& Harts-home, or in want -hereof I haue found thatonely
efLyentety. the hard bones of BeefeorPorke calcined or meerly bur-
ned till they be white, for fo they mud be, and it may ea-
fily be done in any wood or coale-fire, being not a fire of
fea-coale, and then being powdered fine, and giuen con-
tinually in the ordinary drinkes , during the time of the
fickneffeithelpethmuch, and you may alfure your felfe,
that if you take much or little of it, it can do no harme to
be taken^and with fome few drops of Cynamon water, if
itmaybehad, itis the better, or a little Nutmeg and Cy-
namon h>powder therein, alfo I haue giuen it fometime
with Rofa foJis andfaire water mixed; of each two fpoon*
fuls
Of the Fluxes of the belli^j. a i j
fuls and §-*j, of the powder of bones.
Another fecret which hath cured many ofthcflixe*
R>. Wheat flowre, and thruft it very clofe together into
an end of a clowt, and fo binde it vp hard, and clofe like a
bullet, and put it into boyling water, andboile it three
houres and more, and you fhall flndeit wil bee very drie
and hard as chalk e, and powder it, and giue of this pow-
der §^ij. or more in any liquid fubllance fitting, and it is a
very good medicine for any flux of the Belly, either white
or red, this medicinehath been often prooued, and found
fare at fea and land, yet it helpeth the vertue of the
medicine well, if the vehicle or menftrum you giue it in
be alfogood, namely if you giue it with fome liquid me-
dicine proper to the greefe, alio Crocm CWartu 3j. giuen
in red wine, Aligant or French wine, or with beereor wa-
ter for a neede, adding certaine drops of Cynamon water,
it is a very good medicine. Thefamealfois giuen with Ve-
nice Treakell, or London Treakell, or good Mithridate is
likewife very good, but toaweake perfongiue it alone
with Sugar, it will pleafe his tafie better then with other
ftrong medicines.
But if you perceiue the difcafe proeeedes of worm es, as The cure, iftU
often it doth,then giue the patient a glifter of a decoction Jfaftprowd*
of Alt he 'a roots , with a little worm e- wood, adding Colo-°fmmes'
ijttintid* fri). where there is no great acrimonious paines AGUftti,
in the guts, but where there js great dolour intheguts*
rather put fome Bay-berries, namely g^ft.in your deco-
ction, which decoction you may alfo make meerly of the
bran, if you pleafe, and make it not too flimie, I mean,puc
not too much bran orrootes therein, then adde, if you
hn\xzit)Q& Aquik Laxatwa* 1 2. grain es, Deere fuet §ij.or
three ounces, and giue it ftirring well the powder therein,
this Aqmlla Lfixatiua, certainely will kill anie wormes,and
giue prefent eafe s alfoalmoft ail bitter things kill wormes, Ther»ea»e$n
as Allocs, Agaric mn, fihqfjMtida,IVorme'WOQd3and the like ^H^ormes,
but principally Aquiffa Lttxatim doth it fure,and is fafe to
be giuen, the dofe by waie of gHfter is to I o, graines.
Ee | W.pdwardt
iT4 Ofifo Mmcs of the bcUit^.
Me. Edwards his medicine for the Fluxel
ft red-rofe water i j fpoones-full , Cinamcn | ij, Al-
mons of vallence |iiij vnblanched, the Cinamon is to bee
brufed and boiled in iij pounds of water till \) pounds bee
confumed , then referue that decoftion and adde three
pounds more of faire water to the former Cinamon , and
boileitasafore, referue both the waters together ., then
beate or rather grind well your Almons, and being well
ground and beaten adde thereto fome little quantity of
the water mentioned, grinding the Almons therewith :
and againe beate the faid Almons-, and fo often beate and
ftraine them with more of the faid liquor or water till all
the fubftance of them be in the decoction which will bee
in the forme of an Almon milke , then adde rofe- water ij
fpoonful!s,and as much fugar as to fweeten the faid drink,
giue the Patient thereof to drinke fo oft as hepleafe.
Chunk * Let fuch as feare the flixe not ouergorge themfefues,for
caufe (of th$ the ouercharging and (training of the ftomake oft bring-
tlttxe. eth this ficknetfe, chiefly when the body is weake , as alio
if the foode taken be crude or not well boy led or rofted,
and meerely frefh without any fait. Alfo the vfe of eating
Tamarindes brought from Bant ham if you vfe them ouer-
much by their acrimony may eafiiy caufe a fluxe,although
their vertues in preferuing from the Scuruie, are vnre-
proueable and very good in deede.
Tbefenesef The higher toward the ftomacke the difeafe hath his
thepUces af. beginning the more dangerous it may bee adiudged. By
fnd wfk^c the complaint of theficke you fliall know partly in what
part of the body the dik^fe is , though not alwaies : if the
fmall guts be in the fault there is alwaies great paine about
the nauill, but if it be in the gut Duodenum colum, or re&um,
then the chiefe paine is in the lower parts of the belly, ac
r ^t cording to their places.
mZZTrtththl Thisdifeafeproceedeth fometimes by Apolrumation
fgntefitAthoi theguts, and then it is exceeding painefull beforeit
come
Of the Fluxes eftbe bellies. 1 1 5
come to a Fluxe, neither can any anodine glider preuaile
atalltogiueeafetiU the full fuppuration of the guts bee
perfeded, and that it be broken.
If this difeafe proceede from a former great obftrucli-
on either ofthe Liuer,t>£ the Lungs, or the Spleene,there
isfmali hope of Jife to be had.
Alfo when con vulfions ofthe finewes, hickett, and vo-
miting, or any one of thefe fignes , efpecially the two firft
appeare, then commonly death is at hand.
One learned Writer rehearfing Hyppocrates for his Au-
thor, faith, that vfually before death in this difeafe a black
or bkwifh fpot will appeare behinde the left eare of the
ficke, which I %lfb haue feene obferuing it of late: you (hall
frnde Pkntaine water to bee very good liquor to giue any
drie medicine in for the flixe,efpecially where there is any *pidntane W4_
complaint of heate, or excoriation , PI antane feedes are al- ter3 *»df«ds
fo good , and fo is a decodion of the roots of Plantane andwts an
very good for that vfe, or for Glifters whereat may be had. y*9ff*i:fa
The purging medicines which are called Diaureticke , or the Flt4X€*
that prouoke vrine are alfo praifed by Writers: but I leaue
them to be done with great iudgement, onely if you vfe
any medicine to caufe vrine, the pouder of yellow Amber
isafureone, and without any manifeft hotoroffenGue
qualitie, fois the pouder of the Seahorfe peezell and the
morfe tooth$ of any of which if you giueg^j for one dofe
you may fafely do it, but a ^ is fufflcient at once. Oyle
of Terbinthine and of Amber are good diaureticke me*
diclne?, and much more forcible then theformer, butnoc
fo fit in this difeafe, but rather good to driue grauell from
the kidnies , and ferue well touching the cure of many
cold and flothfull difeafes, as the Dropfie, Scuruie,Ly~
thargieandthelike# A vomitiue medicine is not amitfe
in Fluxes whilft the party hath (trength,but the young Ar- The &*>»g «f
tift may eafily make an error, fmall in fliew, which not- ^f^S
withftanding may quickly coft a man his life, wherefore T*ldhdgu
if he attempt in fuch cafes to caufe vomite,as one principle mm,
let him haue great care to the true dofe of his medicines;
but
%i 6 Of the Fkxes of the helicS.
butfirftlethimhaue good con fi deration, whether it bee
conuenient to vfeany fuch medicine? or no, for where ea-
fier remedies will cureneuer attempt greater , but miftakc
jnee not, Ifpeake thefe things of loue onely to chiidr
Art, and not to graue Artifts3 from whom I would gladly
learne my felfe. Further I aduife the younger Artifts, not
to ftriue to ftay a FIuxc* as is faid* in a full body, till nature
be firft vnburthened , partly by the difeafe, and partly by
medicines fit.
But as concerning Phlebotomie rehearfed as neceiTa-
riein thecure of this difeafe , doc it not without great dis-
cretion, andiudgement 5 for the Patient weakned former-
ly with fo terrible a ficknelle, and his fpirits^ent bleeding
by a vaine, not aduifedly done may fuddainly ouerthrow
and kill him, yet again© I muft confetfe that rule holdeth -
not generally.
CERT A IN E SIGNES, PROG-
noftications, and inftro&ions which I hope will
nothevnfrofit&bleforYo r t h con-
cerning Fluxes.
tlnftgmi price. T^He Signes of the difeafe are alwaies manifeftof them*
dingtht Mxe. X felues, thefignes afore-running or demonftrating of
the inftant difeafe are thefe following : Paine and torture
of the inteftines, or ventricle. (7rf/*»teflirieth cap. 2. Ibcq-
YHmaffettoYU) in the very beginning of a Fluxe, faith hee,
fiiarpe cholen is fent foorth, wringings, and as it were
off-fcouring , or off fliauinges of the inteftines appeare,
then afterward there followeth a little bloud, and then be-
ginneth the difeafe Difenterie 5 and by the relation of the
Patient it will often appeare if the paine be aboue or be-
low the Nauill. A painefull flow expulfion of the excre-
ments of the belly[with fmall fragments bloudy and fatty
do
Of the Fluxes of the bellies. 217
do argue the higher inteftines to bee arTecled* but if the
griefe be lower7a paine below the nauill (hall torment the
Pi 'eat, then you Hiall fee much fatneffe with fragments, Tl^ *x™wn*
1 .d'thofe fragments of the lower inteflines willbe more ?J™jw»itb."
grolTe atrd leile mingled with the excrements. A Dilen-
terie /laying popularly and killing many,may be adiudged
contagious, and is thought to follow a peftilentiall coniti-
tution, andif in the times of a generall infection by the
diieafe Difenterie,or Leienterie , a white Fluxe called Di-
arrhea with Tenafmusappearein the Patient, that party
a little after fliall bee afflicted with the Difenterie. The
Vlcersof thefmsll internes are more dangerous then
the vicers of the greater.
Difficulty of the inte(lines,if it proceede from a blacke
cholleris held mortal! : Jpb.z4.Sett. 4.
Longjlifficulties of the inteflines? hunger and weari- Mondfynes
nefle are euill fignes , and it is lb much the worfeif it bee "> the Difenterie.
with a feu or : Apbor. 3 . Sett. 6.
Euery Fluxe efpecially if it be DifentericalJ, happening
after a long* fickneile is mortall ; but chiefly if it bee fud-
daine, becaufe it argueth a fuddaine corruption of humors
and great debilitie .
A Fluxe drawing to a languishing dropfie is mortall.
If in Difenteria a blew fpot appeare behind the eare,the
Patient (liall die.
The Fluxes that are from thebeginning waterifh and af-
terwards like an vnguent are euill.
In all Fluxes of the belly, and in all other difeafes , of
weaknelleof the appetite, inconftancie of theminde, hea-
uine[reinileepe,imbecillityof thelegges , a hoarfe and
barking voice, a weakepulfe, beating often , painesouer
the whole body, chiefly about the belly, blacknelfe of the
face, or ofa deadly ofleadlycoulor j andcoldnelfein all
the extreame parts : thefe aforefaid /Ignes foretell euill,
but the fignes. contrary to thefe aforefaid are healthful!.
The'Hicket after an immoderate fluxe of the belly is
mortall.
Ff :.} Belching
a 20 Of the Flaxes 9f the belUc^.
jitnifcne. Belching following a fluxe of rhe bellyis good, becaufe
it is a figne that nature hath receiued, or againe begun con-
coction. .
a hadfrnt. ^ ^uxe °^*e be% vvMch is not appeafed by fit reme-
dies is pernitious.
Apeftiiencfluxeofthe belly beginning with Henteria
Dearrkea, or Tenafmm is worfe in children then in antienc
Bien5QS experience teacheth.
If mat by the difficulty of the Inteftins, the excrements
come forth like peeces of flelh , it is a deadly figne, 4ph*
jt»tther>m& *n ^uxes °f tne belly , changes of the excrements is a
fvme. principall good figne, vnlelle the change be made worfer,
Aph.i^Seft.t.
In perturbations of the belly and voluntary vomiting,
if fuch things are purged thereby that ought to be purged?
it is good : but other wife the contrary, jiph.i$,Se&m Aph.
A Bifenter'te which proceeds from yellow choller is not
altogether mortall,ag £*//<?» afflrmeth in his fecond booke
of naturall faculties that many are cured of it. Lienterie af-
GtnetaUruUs ter Ae(enterie is mortal] : thefe Canons following belong to
££r theparricularcureofanyfluxeofthebelly.
No fluxe of the belly before the fourth day if the pati-
ent be ftrong, is to be retrained.
The vlcers of the higher inteftines are to be cured with
medicines taken at the,mouth , but thofe of the fewer with
Glifters chiefly : and if vlcers be in both, then are they to
be cured both waies.
To fuch as cure a Difeti&riejet adftringent things be gi-
uen before other meates that they may the better be retai-
ned*
Hot flipticke things are good in fluxes proceeding of a
coldcaufe : And on the contrary, if the concocting facul-
ty (hallbeweake, the vfe of hot things is likewife good.
If there be a cough with the fluxe of the belly, the pati-
ent (hall abfteine from all (harpe flipticke things.
Sweating
i
7 he cure of the Scuruie. 32 1
Sweating medicines and frications with oyle of Camo- *
mileandDill, by opening thepores, and plucking backe
the matter to the oppofite part are good in fluxes.
Cupping glades faith Amcene applied foure houres to 7
thebeliieftay the fluxes of the belly.
All ftipticke frures by the counfell of 'Amcene are to be 8
auoidedin fluxes of the belly, notwithftanding Cheftnuts
hurt not, as the fame Author affirmeth.
Sleepe among other things is good for a fluxe , and fo is 9
any quietneffe and reft good vnlefle the fluxe proceede
from fome Catarrhe or rheume.
Touching the particular cure if the difeafe come of a
hot caufe, let there be a lenitiue glifter adminiftred before
the fourth day, which is this. YlAqm hdrdei 1 12. Mellis A GUfter.
roptti |ij, mingle it, and let it be made a Glifter, twife reite-
rating it afterwards, let the chollericke matter bee purged
thus i^RofdrumrtibearHmviolarum^ a.A.%), let them boile A\>Hrgt9
onely one walme, and in the draining, infufe by the fpace
of fixe houres following thefe things : &. Qenkei mirabah
cit: I j. tragac. jij . ftraine the medicine,and let it be giuen :
but notwithftanding warily, for indeed many of ourann-
cients did abfteine altogether from purging medicines in
fluxes : whereupon Auieene^i .capite 3 . faith, that it is dan-
gerous to loofe the belly vpon a former loofenes#
If the matter be fanguine, and the fickeof reafonabfe
flrength, you may let the lower veine be opened ? tew re-
preflethe acrimony of the humour, toplucke backe and
coole the boyling of the Iiuer, witnelle Amcena 4. prims
chap. 20. Phlebotomy doth bin de the belly very much,
and amongft many is held for a great fecret : for a ccrtaine
manof 7o.yeares of age labouring with the Diftenterie
the fpace of a month, when no other meanes would helpe
him he was cured by letting of bloud^ yet I confefte my
felfe fhould not eafily doe the like.
If the excrements begin to grow fhicker,& thegripfngs
begin to ceafe,the token is good:if in the excrements fcra-
ping as it were of the guts feem to appear, it is no tokeaof
death. Fit I
2 a 2 Of the Fluxes of the h Uicj>.
I readethatthe anciens vfed caudicke Gliders of Arfc-
mcum,<£svftum , Altimen and Calx vwa, but thefe latter
Phyfitionsvfe rather adringent and narcotice medicines
as.thu:? Ccrtices TharisyMapichis Bott Anmniv Sxrcoco/k,
and the like.
The vlcers of the fmall guts are worfe to receiue hea-
ling then thofeofthe great guts 3 for the greater are fkfhie
and therefore they receiue confolidation fo much theea-
fier. The vlcers of Uiunum , or the hungry gut are of all
the worftj becaufe it is fmallerthen the other, and becaufe
fharpe choller doth fodainly happen into ic 5 it hath more
vainer in it then the red, andisnexttothatnoblepart the
Lyuer, and further one reafon of doubt is , for that medi-
cines taken to bind and confolidate, cannot long remains
therein.
In the Ttnafmta and the Difenterie comming after it,
in the DifcHte- the patient mud a h (lain e from all fharpe, fait,, and bitter
ria ivhatmtft be things j becaufe by . vfing of fuch things ? the excrements
nfttfed, become fharpe,andcaufe excoriation.
Ho:t things redraine the fluxe of the belly becaufe they
make the meat diged penetrate , caufe vrine and prouoke
fweat, which is found in the drinking moderately of pure
wine, as Amcens wicnelfeth, befides that, it prouokes deep
and helps dlgedioh, notwithdandlngitisto beabdained
from in feuors , and when the duxeproceedesfromhote
and chollericke humors.
3 A Difenttrie proceeding from obdruclions will neuer
be cured with A drlngent medicines.but rather with pene-
trating medicines, by adding a little vineger which epe-
neth more forcibly then wine;and mollifieth obdrudiensr
for if Adringent medicines bee mingled with Operatiue
medicines, they increafe theobdruclion.
Although fome fay that in th&Lietiterie the meat taken
in doth come forth in the fame colour and quantity as it
was when k was taken" in :vthis notwithdanding is to be
vnderdood that the form and colour of it is of neceffity
changed > but it doth not wholly alter it? for they are alte-
red
Of the fluxes of the bcRiz^\ 223
red fomewhat according ro the maim &mimu , becaufe ic
is an impoflible thing that the nourishment being con-
ueied through fo many inteflines^ mould come forth
without any alteration at all.
There are fome alfo which iudge the Difentere* and
the Temfmm by motion on he pulfe, that the patient hath
a feuor if the pulfe moouefwift; yet it feemes to me the
contrary 3 although there is an oucr-heating or boy ling in
the bloud by reafon of the hott humours, the great moti-
on of the- body,want offleepe and abltinence : yet with the
fluxeonely flayed, the feuor hath an end.
It is formerly faide that the vlcers of the great inteftines
are to be cured with Gliders, and the vlcers of the fraall in-
testines to be cured with medicines taken at the mouth:
notwithstanding it proEteth to take fit medicines at the
mouth for vlcers of the great inteftines , and in vlcers of Remedies for'. ylm
thefmallgutstoiniecr. gliders, which fometimes z{Q.Qndc^rsin^eintem
to both the ventricles, as experience teacheth : and fo alfo ?mes%
are vlcers in the great guts fometimes cured by medicines
taken at the mouth ; v, hereforelet no conuenient helps be
omitted in cafe of necefti ry.
And though Amcena faith, ic is dangerous to purge the
belly vpon a loofenes thereof, yet the lame Amcena , Gs-
rzrdHi^Crzmo^ Serafh, J&stdkmk de Tarra and other latter
Phiiitians of idund judgement prefcribe in the cure of
fluxes Purgatiue medicines ; therfore they appoint things
according to the patients ftrengtfc, when a Difenteria pro-
ceeds of many humours ; or baaing an ill quality 5the cure GakmruUiftht
as Galen witneflethji hath one cheefe and mod common vfantena pro-
intention: to that which is contrary to the difpofition to eee^o humours.
betaken away: Therefore ht therebe giuen Mjrabolam ,
which in this cafe are; mod excellent , *rbr they correct, the
acrimony of the humors 5 and (trengthen the ventricle ,
and the inteftines ; in want whereof Rubarb may be as
well giuen, being dried a little. But if the fluxebepeftilen-
tiall, let the matter be purged prefently ? as is laid; not ref-
peeling the conco clion of humors.
Ffj OF
224
BHBGS2QBSaE0Ca
Of Laudanum Opiat Taracelfi, and
the Vermes thereof.
'Here are many difeafes which can hardly be cu-
red without Anodine medicines , therefore in
the cure of fuch difeafes, I meane where want of
reft through extreame paine or other the great
difquiet of nature doth foretell an imminent danger of
death; if reft be not fpeedily procured,in all fuch cales A -
nodine medicines may doubtlelle with great reafon and
good warrant be inwardly giuen. To procure therfore fafe
and quiet reft, ftieweth great skill in the Artift, and to the
patient is more precious in his grieuous infirmity then
muchtreafure, but in no one infirmity haue fuch medi-
cines more fhewed their admirable vertues, then that no-
Thethetfeyer- ble medicine called Laudanum Opiat Paracetfi hath done
m efUH&ani*. in the cure of that lamentable difeafe called DiJJeHterk, or
thebloudy fluxe,aswitneiTeth diuers of our nation com-
mingfrom the Eaft Indies vpon good proofe,asalfo being
nolelfe approued of, not onely by auncient and moderne
writers,butby euery expert Surgeon comming from thofe
countries out of their owne, too many experiences there-
of haue bin made.
The vermes of this precious Anodine to be, I meane
heere recited, as they arc noted and fet downe very lear-
aedly by that famous writer OJwaldm GroIUus, late Phifiti-
0QMMi0«wri-on to Matthias the third Emperour of Germany in his
$tr9ftbeyertues booke called BaziBica Cbimica, and not by him onely, but
tfUfdatrnm* gfo ^y <jjuers good A uthors of credit * which haue writ-
ten of the fame medicine before , which vertues being ve-
ry many, may fcemealmoft incredible, though many of
them
Oftbe vertues of LAuddHtmO fiat PsrAcelJ!^ t% j
them my felfe am witnelle to be true, out of my daily pra-
ctife oncly, they are merit by the true compofition,accor-
ding as Theophraftw Ptracelfm hath prefcribed it, and is
the fame eompofition which the fay d writer mentioned!.
TiHching the vertues of the medicine,
THis Laudable medicine (faith OzwMw Crrtius) de- Z^lVuZ*
ferueth rightlie his name, although thou call it Lah- Jqrf
damm, for in all fti3rpe paines whatfoeuer hot or colde
within the bodieor without the bodic, yea, cuenwhen
through extreamitie ofpaine, the parties are at Deathes
doore.or almoft madde with the vehemencie of the fame,'
this precious medicine giueth eafeprefently,yeaand quiet Lai^anm mn
fleepe,and that fafely ,but much better the bodie being firft effiauiow if the
foluble, either by nature or art, and you may giue it fafely, bodyfofMk.
prouoking firft onely one ftoole by a fuppofitorie,or a gli-
tter were better : in the collicke w ith Mint-water, it eafeth
thegripingsfoorthwith. In the paines and grauell of the
kidnies, likewife it giueth prefenteafe. In the plureficit
prefently and fafely giueth eafe. In paines of the ioynts it
is very good. In the flaying of rheumes,as tooth-ach and
other like deflusions in their beginnings, it is a fingular
good medicine,as namely in the tooth •ach,di(Ibluefoure
graines thereofin Plantane water, and put it into the eare
on the aking fide,and take three graines into the body,and
lie to reft, it is a fu re helpe. In all fluxes of the belly, whe-
ther they proceede of (harpe or flippery humors, or what.
foeuer oik offending caufe taken with mafticke, Terra Si.
gifiata, fine Bole, or with any other appropriate good me-
dicine, it is exceeding fure,forit fortifieth the other medi-
cines , and doublech their forces, adding his owne alfo
thereto- In extreame watchings and want of reft ? either
inwardly or. outwardly taken, it is profitab!e,if outwardly
you would vfeit, take foure or Cixc graines, wi'h three
drops of oyle of nutmegs, which h prelled out mixed to-
gether, and binde it in two little clowts, and put it into the
noftrils,
it6 Of the vertues of Laudanum Opkt Paracelji.
noftriis, it will maruelloufiyatfwage paines in the head,
and caufe quiet reft. In the extreame bleedings of the nofe
called Hemoragie, it is anapproouedfecret/chatfixteene
graines thereof diuided into two pils, and thru ft vp into
the noftriis, into each noftrill one part3 helpeth the fame.
In all kindes of feuors it is good to bee giuen with water of
worme-wood, or pill-wife alone, and if, the heat remaine
after fixe houres, you may glue it the fecend time, and af-
ter that againe in like time fafely, not exceeding the dofe :
yet let your owne experience lead you, that where you fee
three graines will not caufe reft, in the next potion you
giue one graine more* andfo increafe 'pauiatim, but in-
creafe not but vpon good deliberation.
Inhuming feuors it aftwagetlvthirft, and prouoketh
deep cheefely in thofe feuors, in which the party feemeth
to haue fome (hew of reft,with tedious dreames and flum-
brings mixed.
In the difeafe called Afthma, and in the Tyficke, if it be
vfed in water of Ifope, it will preferue the difeafed patient
a longtime.
Itconferueth the naturall hear, ftrengthneth the fpi*
rits , repaireth ftrength loft : It is alfo erTeftuall to bee
giuen to melancholly people which are voyd of rea-
fon, and are troubled with the pafiions of the heard. It is
likewife vfed with good efFecl againft vomitting, and the
bickocke proceeding of winde, faintneile or debillity of
the uentricle.
In the fuperfluous defluxions of the excrementall or
menftruall bloud, it is an excellent remedy with Crocus
M arris, or red corrall .
In phrenfies ormadnefte, both inwardly and outward-
ly it is good mixed mthnyff/ua vita, and the temples an-
noynted therewith.
In the falling ficknes with fpirit of Vitriol J, or the quin-
teftenceofCamphire, with alfo oyle of Almonds, it is v-
fually taken. Thedofe of this opiat medicine, is two, or
three, cu foure graines, iftherebeloofeneileof the belly,
as
Of the virtues efLiu Annum OpistParacel/i. 227
as is rehearfed, it worketh much the better. Note that in
fome parts of the world this medicine in the mentioned
dofewill doe no eafe, wherefore when you finde that by
experience^ in the next patient giue more, but not to the
fame patient without great reafon. It is beft giuen in any
occafion accompanied with waters or other medicines, Tbekftnayto
which aremoft appropriate to the difeafes and parts dif- rt*j*iP#'ib
eafed, and yet may very well bee giuen alone in a pill,
which I willingly do/or that the patient then is lead trou-
bled with the tafte thereof.
B ut beware you vfe not this medicine to any,which are u cau**n n"
feeble through a great cough being oppreifed with tough maf^ "'
phleagme and fhortnes of breath, for there it is not good:
if the difeafe be violent, as I haue fay d, one dofe may bee
giuen after another, with fixe houres attheleaftdiftance,
very fefely, but Ozwatdtu Qretlim faith, within foure flow-
ers,! as is laid in the cure of Difentery.
In a word this Laudanum palfeth all other medicines in
the cure of Difentery ,for which caufe I haue publiiLed it to Thecff9. °f.
the benefit oftheyonger fort of Surgeons, which aduen- iflJ^Zt^'
1 • 1. J 1 t r- n t i- 11 - "• of Laudanum.
tu re their hues toward rhe Baft Indies 5 1 know it is pre-
emption in my klfe and deferues blame, that I ihould
handle medicines of this nature fo copioufly, for which I
craue pardon from that graue and learned Society of Phy-
ficians of London, whom of right I ought to reuereuce,
and do : excufing my felfe that I haue done it meerely for
the behoofe of young Sea-Surgeons in the remoteparts of
the world, wherethey otherwife haue vfed Opium'm com-
mon, without vnderftanding the danger or dofe thereof,
to the lode of many mens liues. Itbehooueth young men
to bee careful 1 to carry with them fuch ballance^ as the
beame w ill turne at one halfe of a graine, with waights &
graines fitting, and to keepe them warily and alwayes rea-
dy at hand for all occafions, for he is an vnworthy Surge-
on, w hich is at any time vnready with fuch needefull in-
ftruments. This Laudanum I efteeme fo fufflcien t a medi- ^U
cine truely prepared in all caufes, where an opiat medicine
. . Gg is
Laudanum ex-
teUeth allotber
Gpiats.
Beeaufe of bis
■duration.
az$ Ofthsvtrtaesof LmdmrnnOfM Paracelfi.
is required, that if f were vpon my life to morrow to vn~
dertakea voyageto theEalUndies in any great (hippe, I
would renounce all other compofitions of that kinde
whatfoeuer, rather then mille it : yet am J not ignorant of
diuers other good compofitions of opiat medicines in
daily vfe, as namely Philomum ^Perficum Romamm^mc. &
mef. Roman. fettTarcenci, ^Athanafica magna) A urea, Alex-
andrinaj Trifera magna tiic. Duicodion , ^iafcordiony and
many more,for all which I onely would take the true Lau-
danum opiat Par ace l/i, for when the red: had fully fermen-
ted at fea, and were voyd of all their fuppofed vertues,
which their preparers had challenged them to hauehads
yea and had beene turned to crawling Animals5euen then
and twenty yeeres after their deathes, may any man relie
vpon the aforefaid Laud-Awm, as a true medicine; which
medicine notwith dan ding-, I know it is vnpofliblefor the
Surgeons Mate to prepare at fea, yet for that he ihould be
the better fatisfied, when heehath occafion to vfeitiJ
thought it notamiifeto fetdowne the ingredients, with
alfo the true forme of the preparation thereof in h&c verba*
out oiOfvoaldm CroUm being one of the beft I euer found
or read.
Laudanum Paracelfi Laudatiflirnum,andthe
true preparation thereof.
R. Opij Thebaki vncias tres.
Succt Hyofcyami debko tempore cofteffi, & in Sole prim m-
Jpiffati vnciam vnam & fern, fjpecUrum Diambra &T)iamo-
fchipdeliter^ifpenfatarumtana vnciat dnas cum dimidk mum*
mm tranfmarwa drfeleEla vnciamfem*
Sails perUrum.
Coraftornm ana drachm^ it/.
Liquor is Snccini Albi per Alcohol Vwi extratli.
Offu de corde Cemt and drdchmam ],
LapidUBeKoarticu
Vnkornm
Of the venues of Laudanum Opat taraceJJ!. zip
Vmcorni animate vt I miner ate drachm am vnam.
Mofchi.
Ambraanafcrupulum j.
In defecln genuini ami potabite nullis corrofitte inquinati
addantur,
Oleorum Anifi.
Carui.
Arantiornm.
Citrorum.
Nmifta.
CariophiHorttm,
Ctnamomi.
Succinianaguttdt 12,
Fiat ex hisfecundum art em chimicajna§a0feu extra ftpim^ ex
quo ad necejjarios vfus, pojfmt pilluU efformari,
Obfer 'nations in the preparation of this medicine*
R The roots and rindes of the younger Hemlocke,
cafting away the inward woody part thereof : the time of
the gathering thereof is the Summer, the Moone being in ^ t*m of
theligne Artes or Libra^nd before the full of the Moone, the™* thm. *
and if it might be done it were befl: to bee gathered in the
very houre the Moone is entered into one of the faid
fignes : this obferued, let the Iuice thereof be preffed out,
and filtered, and coagulated, then kt in the Sunne to har- The preparing
den, which done, extract the tincture thereof per jpiriturru of the tubeex-
vim : the opium ought to be purged in fome diftilled water, PreJfe^
as of Ifope or the like, as Aloes is vfed to bee purged , and
after, the tincture thereof to be extracted perjpiritum viniy
the tincture ohhe Species Diambra is to bee extracted alfo JthtslTcUy'-
per jpiritHm vim* Viambr*,
Theiuyceof Hiofcyamis or Henbane with the extract
of Opium mingled , together with the fpirit of wine,
wherinto they are extracted before,is to be euaporated fr 6
them ere that they bee mixed with the reft of the ingre-
Gg 2 diences.
vA fyeciaU oh-
femathn,
Extraftion.
Calcination.
Jfoapwatiwi
The manner to
jinifh the com-
fofition.
a jo obferumom in the preparation
diences. Alfo the opium and iuyce of Henbane muft bee
digeftedinchymicall manner for a month at theleaft,
that thereby their fulphurous, venemous> and dangerous
vapours they haue may be well corrected, which vapours
hauc a yellow ifh froth or fcumme feeneinthefuperfkiall
parts of them , and are very obnoxious and dangerous,
which i thought not amiife to aduife the fludious and in*
duftrious Chymiftof.
Let all the extra dions be done in the true fpirit of wine
well recl-ifiedr, and then the longer the ex era cl remain eth
in thedigeftion,ibe belter will be your medicine,
Kee that intendeth any part of this composition for
women, muftforbeare the muske and ambergrece 3 and
vie with itratherfoure graines of good caftorwm , I meane
in thstone dofe he intends to giue the women ; but in this
I digrelfefrommyfcope of the Sea-pra&ife , where wo-
men in long voiages are rare creatures. Wherefore to the
bu fines in hand : the feces of the opium hiofiyami0fpeciernm
ambra&c, after their tinclures are extracted from them5
are to be calcined and brought into fa It ? namely byinfu-
lionin fome fitting liquor, after calcination,with alfo due
Alteration 3 euaporation, and coagulation with Cohobs
conuenient, and added to the reft of the compofition.
And concerning the tinctures mentioned to be extra-
cted in [piritii vini , after one monthes digeftion the Jpiri-
tns vini \sper halnc? m marU to bee euaporated till the reu-
dence be almodof the thickneiFe of honey : which done
and gathered cleaneinto GEexonuenientgiaiFejporrlnger,
or the like instrument) then adde the fait cor alter nm^perU.
rnm^ Mumia beaten fine, and alfo the Bezer, and the coma
cerui. mufcm and amhra all in fine pouder , and well mixed
with the kid extracts, then adde the aforefaid falts of the
recited feces, and alfo thQ former recited oyles.all of them
firft mixed together with the Liquorice and Succini fiia-
ken well together in a glaffe violi with a few drops ofjfiri*
tits vinij for that the faid fpirit of wine caufeth the recited*
oyles well to incorporate^ which done, and thattheyare
mixed
ef this medicine. 231
mixed all in one and added to the former, the Laudamnu
is ready, onely if you could forbeare your medicine fo
long that it might afterwards (land in a fmall Alimbecke
of glade, with a blinde head one month,it would be much
the better.
This medicine though it would put many that profeffe Tecompofethis
much knowledge in the Arte of the Apothecary to their opute aright
trumps truly to prepare it , yet to an A r till which is a true ^ *r£T *
Preparer of medicines it is plaiiie andpleafantto be done,
and once done,it is for his whole life a fure medicine, and
will do the worke-mafter credit that vfeth it.
I haue the rather explained this medicine for thatfo
many groileand dangerous compofitions are daily hatch-
ed vp, and vttered abroad for currant ynder thenameof
LattdanumParacelJi epdafi to the extreame hazard of the
liuesof very many, and to the great prejudice of the com-
mon-wealth, from the danger whereof God deliuer each
honeft Chriflian. And for that the younger fort of Artids
fhould not eafily bee deceiued with falfe compofitions,
though I confelleit is nor poflible to efpie fome cunning Marks to dif-
deceits which may palfe in farre plainer compofitions cemethefalfe
then this is, yet takethefe few notes following when you fam the true
.would buy k,for remembrances. Firfi note, that the medi- lf$f*mtpi*
cine is falie if it be vneuen , I meane if it haue any courfe;
or grolfe thing in it , io that it will not all plearely dilfolue
as a iuice of Liquorice well made will.
For this is an infallible rule, extracts are the pure parts
of things, and will wholy diilblue, or be dilToIued. Fur-
ther note, that if either hony or fugar be found in the mc-
dicine,itisfaife.
Alfo if it be more liquid then the ordinary balls of Li-
quorice made vp in London 7 itisfalfe or fooliflilymade,
and will not keepe.
Alfo W it retaine the lothfome fmell of Opium, it is not
to he trufled.
Alfo if it be not meerely of one coulor, fo that you fee
nothing of the ingredients appeare at all,it canot be good.
Gg 3 For
tit ittUaPapo.
Worn of the tm Fof affure Ay felfe this compofition truly made muff
Uuianm. be fmooth, and well fmelling of fuch an indifferent hard-
netfe that without additions you may roule it into pills,
and is not greatly ponderous orheauie, but it is of an vn-
pleafanttaLk,Irnufl:teIl thee, and therefore I vfetogiue
itjaslhauefai&inapill, except neceffity by weakneife
of the Patient when he cannot iwallow a pill.,vrge the con-
trary, or that 1 vfe it m outward gnefes, as toothach cVc.
i
I!lUcacPaJfio,
' Lees ot IHUcArPaJfia is amoft painefull difeafe, procee-
ding from an obilru&ion of the fmall guts , which fuf-
Afanful yU fering nothing to patfe downewards caufeth a great wrin-
faation. gingandpaine, fo that many which are opprelTed with
this difeafe doe peri(h, and die a very miferable death, en-
ding their daies with their fecesror their owne excrements
Killing out at their mouths, and it is many times noted
for a difeafe infectious.
This wofull kinde of helly-ach or MacapaJ/zo, dttfereth
UUata an& c@~ £fom thecollicke in the fituation , in that it hath Displace,
lk* differ in and being in the fmall guts ? and the chollicke only in the
pUa, great guts, fo that a vomit fometimes giueth eafe herein 5
but glitters feldome or neuer giue any helpe, for that fel-
dome any thing will be broughtforth downwards though
the gliders be neuer (o flrong : but herein the help that is
to be hoped for by gliders is farre better effected by the
glider firing, then by the glider bagge , for one may deli-
- uer it with that indrument with as great force as you
pleafe,
THe caufes of this difeafe arealmod one with the chol-
licke ? both which are obdrudions in the fmall or
great
great guts? and proceede chiefly of three caufes as faith
Dominica Leo •. namely
1 The drinefte of the ordure, or excrements.
2 Abfceilus, a bile, or a botch in the guts.
3 Thickeanddriehumoars.
Alfothis difeafe fometimes commeth by di (tempera-
tureofthe ay re being very cold,alfo by a blow orbruifevp-
on the gut Ikon , the inward caufes may be very many,
namely by drinking of poyfon, or cold water , meates of
hard degdlion, binding of the belly, and fuch like. *
Simes or tokens,
THE fignes or tokens whereby thisdifeafe is knowne,
are as Galen affirrheth, 7, Aphorif, j 9. is an intolerable
paine and wringing in rhe vpper part of the guts s and no
excrements defcending downward* Sometimes it moo- j* fearefull y&
ueth heauy and fore vomits, fo that the very feces are vo- siting.
mited vpward, of which difeafe orgreefefcarceany in that
kinde doe efcape,as Gden witnetfeth, hl>.6.capt 2 , J haue
fecnethelikeina Rupture by reafonofa part of the gutte
lllwn that was fallen through the Peritoneum Into Scrotum
that could not bee reduced, the ficke vomited his excre-
ments, and died the fecond day. Alfo much watching
fometimes caufeth great painein the fmal guts or//<fe<w,vn-
re(t3 ilrong Conuulfions, cold in the extreame parts , and
if any feces be gotten forth of the fundament by any
meanes they being put into water will fwirnmealoft. Item ?ipte,
if this griefe come of poyfon drunke, then the Patient will
fuffer Tremor Cord is/oundings, debility of the faculties
of the body and vomit, doe commonly goe before the
pangs, andallthefeaforefaid fignes are vfually more ve-
hement and ftrongerthenintheCollicke.
w
Trognoflica,
J*Hen thsJHUk. commeth with diftiJli'ng~ or drop,
ping of Vrine, the party dietb within feuen daie&,
Galen
Ii
134 * liked pApi.
Galen apbmf./fa* except an Ague happen fo that in the
tneane time fufficient quantity of vrine doe come.
Item, vomit the Hicket,foolifhnes or idle conuulfions
are euill fignes, Auken vpon the 7. apbor. 1 o.
The vomiting vpward of the excrements, are deadly,
A deadly feu. yet young folkes efcape in this difeafe fooner then olde
folkes.
The //*ftr,where the paine dof h change from place to
place,is of lead dangenbecaufe it dependeth orproceedeth
oigoodfigne. Qf wjn(]ej which is eafily refolued.
*The breaking of winde vpward ordownev?ards3 and
Another, ftinking much, is euill and deadly : as alfo the excrements
much (linking is the like.
Cur a.
N the cure of this difeafe no Phifitian or Chirurgion,re-
.fpecling his Credicj will take vpon him absolutely the
cure thereof, efpecialiy if the Scuruy be confirmed in the
r patient, but with protection of death if the patient doe
Vromfcnocm vomitthe faeces or excrements Vpward, but if the Scuruy
be not yet confirmed in the Patient , then the cure of this
difeafe differeth little from the cure of the Collicke , and
may be differently vfed, and is all one j, but that ondy the
ftronger medicines, and greater diligence is to be vfed in
this IftUk** then in the Collicke: which if it were on fhore
or land, much more good might be expected, where aire,
Mfimthtts.] faex^ place, and many other helps, obferuations,and con-
siderations according to the quality of the difeafe,with ad-
uicealfo of the learned PhiQtians obferued , all which the
Seaaffordethnor.
QertAtne breefe andfpeedy notes for the Qbirurgeons mate at
bis neede7 when neither DoUory Chtrurgiw , nor
v4p9thecarj is to be bad,
Mu49fpyf$*. THlrftj if the difeafe come of poyfonexhau fled , a vomit
- J/ with warme water, and tnen warme oyle, or fome fat
brothistobeadminiftred, and after a day or two fome
good trekle to be vfed*
If
lliacd paffio. 235
If the caufe come of crude meates remaining in the fto-
macke, or that the difeafe come of crude and raw meates,
a vomit is to be vfed.
But if there be no crude meates yet remaining in the
Stomacke, then all meanes mud be vfed to difperfe the
winde,and to draw the excrements downward, cytherby Ofpnkmani
potions, glilters,andfuch like : and firdwkh gliders to^w*
fupple theguts , and to euacuate the obdruclions of the
lower parts : make [herefore a glider of common oyle , or
Lin-feed oyle, and giuehim, or a decotflion of March-
mallow rootes, Comfrey rootes, Linfeedes &Foenigreek,
adding Bay berries & oyle of Dill,and Puluis Arrhredcus,
or f pedes Hiera- Pigrac §»ij, giue this glider with the great
firing, and put it vp with good force,rcmem bring to adde
fait, one fmallfpoonfull thereto. Alfo you may vfe fup-
pofitories, and all other helps which are proper in the cure
of the Collicke : or a mixture of honey and fait- Peeter,
or Niter to anoint the fundament therewith , and vfe &* fommmiw?
ments with fpunges,&c. as in the Collicke. Alfo Phlebo-
tomy may be vfedjefpecially in young men , and that in
Sommer, or warme Countries , efpecially where the dif-
eafe commeth of an Apodume,orbotch:Purging potions
arealfogood,as/V«fef Anhretictu ^'mmnz or beer e, or
AqttiU Ltxmtta 1 i, graines in a pill or in beere ditfblued.
Moreouer, Refolution of the matter is to be made with fo-
menti>%±%kh cloth or wollen dupes wet in oyle, wherein
Dili, Chammomel, Rew, Hollyhocks, &c. hauebeene
boy led, and applied very w arme. Alfo Cataplafmes made
of Barlymeale, Cummin, Rew,Linfeed,Fenigreeke,DilI
feeds, Annifeeds,Fennelifeeds, Bayberies, and the like,
are very conuenienr.
Alfo the patient is to fit in a Bath made of oyle and wa-
ter, wherein are boy led Cammomell, Mellilot, Dill, Al- Cataplafinei.
thea, or Hollyhocke, Rew, Bayterries and the like, are
good helps.
Ncta Sterem Luyumm is a remedy in the iRiackeyaJJtoy 'fif^em'
euenas album Gr&ctim is in the angina*
\i\ Alfo
^2<5 Colic* paft*.
Alfo old Treakell and Mithridateare good feelpes for
thofe which cannot hold their meate, and you rnuft giue
them to drinke the powder of Thus or Frankenfence, and
Cummiivfeedes in warme oximell.
To conclude thefe breefe notes? I wifli the young Ar-
tift in this rniferable difeafe, to try by drong gliflers and
purges, and euery other good rneanes which is warranta-
ble, and not ftridly to reft vpon thefe ihortinftrucVions.
in cafes difficult and dangerous.
c
Collka pajfis,
OHka pajjlo is called in Engliih the Collicke, and it is
icalled a paflion , becaufe the paine thereof is fo great
Thepainedefiri- and vehement, that many times the patient defireth ra-
hd. ther to die then to liue in that vehement paine. This dif-
eafe hath his name of a gut called Colony and happeneth
very often when the excrements are retained beyond their
naturall times and Cuftomes.
How it batoe* This infirmity is engendted of ventofity , or winde in
netk the gut Colon, and cannot get out, fomtimes it proceeded!
of collericke humors, and vntemperate heat which drieth
vp the ordure,& hindreth the egeft ion of mamalfo it com-
meth fometimes of cold and dry diftemperatures with
increafe of fatnes, making ftricl thepaflages of euacuation
of the excrements, and by weakening the expulfme facul-
ties. Alfo this paine proceedeth fometimes from the hu-
mors of the ftomacke, gathering winde from the liuer and
milt, fometimes from the raines of fuch as haue the (tone,
Alfo from an Apoflumeinthe wombe , and fometimes it
proceedeth from all the parts of the whole body of man ,
as in feuers, where the humors are expelled from the vains
to the guts, and proceedeth of hot and dry, or cold and
dry diftemperature?, but neuer of moift?as faith Dom.Leo.
Signer
Signet,
T He fignes or tokens of thispaffion are both generall
and fpecialJ.
Generall fignes are vomiting, lothing of meates, great nmithgafgnt
pains, retention of the excrements, vnreft, greefe or paine
in the fore-part of the belly , contfipation fo great, that Coffmenet a
it will goe neither vpvvard nor downward , the Vrine tin- £,£ *
aed,&c.
The fpeciall or proper accidents that doc alwaies ac-
company the Collickc are continuall thirft , vomiting of Cwmtalthirft.
choler, watching?, by lofe or chollericke excrements , a
(framing or wringing paine, though not long enduring,
and young perfons in the Sommer are molt fubiecl to
a loofe chollicke : but the tokens or fignes of the (late of a
cold body in old age , are ilownefle and lazineffe, much "
defire after groife and cold meates, rawnefTe, Nattfea , or
quefineire of the ftomacke, ready to caft, but cannot, ?>#-
tttojity or (limy vomits, little thirft, the paine more remiile
but longer continuing. Rumbling of the belly, defiring
to drinke cold water, or fmall drinke. Longing after all Bewdre of C$U
manner of fruits , and white meats. The paine changing drin¥
from place to place, and the feces to fwimme, being put
in water, and very many fuch like fignes too tedious to
trouble the Surgeons matewithall at this time. Auicem Jvthwity,
faith,that amongft outward fignes of this difeafe, if the pa-
tient ficke of the Collicke haue certaine fmall whelks or
puflies arifing vpon his belly, about the bignes of a beane, ■
vlcerating and continuing aboue twodaies, it is a figne
the patient will die of the difeafe : Alfo when the Cholhck
doth not giae place to Gliders, Foments, Motions, Gata-
plafmes , and fuch like good remedies:you may then with
Galen i i.Methodi Medendi) iudge that biting humors doe % Jntlwhy,
polfelfethe tunickles of the guts , but if the difeafe yeeld
or giue way thereto, then the matter of the difeafe is con-
tained in the cauity or hoJJownetfe of the guts.
Hh * - The
/
i j8 llUcifdJRp.
The CoWcke (till continuing with vomiting , cold
fweats , often fobbing or the hicket, and not giuing way
to remedies adminiftred, is deadly.
A peftilentiall Collicke, or contagious Collicke, doth
almoft alway kill.
ACollick with feces voyding (limy fubftancesjthough
an Apoftume be in the greateil guts,yet it is curable.
The Collicke proceeding ot winde is eafily cured. A n
eafie or good breathing , or taking breath is a good figne
in the patient that he may becured;but difficult breathing
Jheweth the contrary.
The Cure.
THemaner of curing the Collicke is effecledby re-
newing and taking away the caufe, and then the
paine vanifheth : But to remoouethecaufe , many
things are to beputinpraclife, as preparing the humours
euacuation , remiffion and refolutidn, all which require
fome longtime, and therefore other meanes are firft to be
vfedtotake away the paine, or at Ieaft to mittigate the
Unodines firft ^ame w^h Anodine medicines,and the due application of
' conuenient helps of warm and moift temperatures,which
Tiarcoticatlme- not helping, you muftagainehaue recourfe to Narcoti-
dkinesifnsede. call and Scupifying things, which indeed are not to be v-
fed, but in great extremities to giue the patient fome pre-
sent eafe.
Anodine medicines are to be adminiftred fovvell in-
wardly as outwardly, as firft inwardly , namely in gliders
confiding of moift and fatfubltance y as the decoclion of
Chamomell,Dill,Linfeed, Mellilot, Maliowes, Holli-
bocke,Fa?.njg; eeke. Bay berries, or fome of thefe, with one
ounce of the new extracl of Cajfia, and fomefugar, with
linfeed oyle and butter adminiftred. Outwardly,thefeare
to be applied, eyther Vn&ions, Cataplafmes, Fomentati-
ons, Baths, or fome fuch like conuenient medicines r as
time and place belt fitteth.
But
lliiu put/Tie. 239
B utif thefe fhouid not helpe, then in great extremities,
you are to flie yet 2gaine to N&coticallor ftupifying me-
dicine^ as namely Laudanum Parace/fi9 which exceedeth
allNarcoticis: or F } hiloninmrRomtinum is alfoa good me-
dicine: thefe are only to be vted in caufes proceeding of
hear, and neuer of cold caufes 5forin cold caufes that were
rather to conftrme the difeafe,and yet in the judging whe*
ther the caufe be hot or cold, ibmetimes a good Artift de-
ceit erh himfelfe. If the Gollicke come of winde3then you
muft apply warme refoluing medicines, I meane diiTol-
uing anddifperfmg medicines.
Notes to be con/tiered of the Surgion in beginning the
Cure of the Collkke.
Flrft 3 whileft the meat is yet crude in the gut, I meane s
before it be digeded and turned into excrement, no .^ *****;.
leafing medicines are to be mimdred , but rather a fmall
and fpare diet, and in the beginning to begin with molli-
fy ing giifters3and then afterwards to proceede v\ithmore
fharpeanddronger. But before all things, if the parient cUprsand
haue a full ftomack, and withall queafie,atter a glider, then vomas.
a vomit is principally to be adminidred.
Repletion or ouer-fulneife, as well aftoo much fading *
is to be auoided.
Thirdly, no Agarickis to be vfed in any ofyourmedi- S 3
cines for the Gollicke, becaufe that cleaueth to the guts?
and bringeth mod terrible paine and cordons, yet Stokintx Beware of Jw
a learned Germane writer, doth highly extoll the fame to mum.
be put in Gfiders to giue prefent eafe.
Fourthly, you mud by cordials haue a care to preferue 4
the Liuer, heart, and head , lead they be hurt or offended
by the vapors , and ouer muchheat of the oyntments^ca-
H h 3 taplafmsj
^itaueat.
Specificall reme
dks.
140 Colica fAfiio.
taplafmes, and fomentations which are vfually applied to
the parts agreeued.
Fiftly, in the beginning ouer vehement warmings are
to be auoided , efpecially, if the Collicke proceed of the
dryfeces; for thereby they be the more dried.
6 Sistly* cold water is to be auoyded , and not any waxes
Ufecond caveat* t0 be permitted to be vfed to quench third withall, but ra-
ther let the patient vfefome dewed prunes , Iewlip of Vi-
olets, conferues, and fuch like-, or a barJy water3with a few
drops of oyle of Vitrioll and fomellcoras are good.
Speciflcall things that cure the Collicke are very many,
as horfe-dungdrunke in wine, hares dung or hennedung
drunkein Oxicratium, where fuch may be had. Alfo the
pouder of Harts home, corral! , cockell (hels burnt, or
fwines hoofes burnt or Calcined till they be white , and
fuch like, according to the diuerfity of the caufes. Further
in the particular cures of this difeafe , there are very many
things obferued by the learned Phifitiansjaccordingto the
diuerfitieof the caufes , which were too much to trouble
the Surgeons mate withall at this prefent, as the ayre, dkt9
and diuers other good helps to the cure ofthis greefe,
which ?cannot be obferued at fea, onely flfli and water-
foules are to be auoided as much as may be. 1
To cure the Collicke which commeth by meanes of the
feces remaining, and being dried vp, which happeneth
moft commonly at the Sea in long voyages, and especial-
ly in hoc countries 1 there are three fundry intentions to
be obferued.
The firft, to mollifie the feces, and fupple the guts.
Secondly, In Euacuating, to difcharge the belly.
Thirdly, toremoue or take away the caufe ofexficcati-
©n> or drying vp of the feces or excrements.
The firft is performed with gliders made of common
oyle and butter, with the deco&ion of Mallow es, Violets,
Beetes,&c. and by drinking oyle of fweet almonds , or 3
deco&ion ofTofypodinm.
Thefecond thing which doth bring forth the mollified
feces
ThCim,
Colica pap*. 241
feces or excrements is Cajfiafi(tftia7 or Manna, or Diaphe*
xicr/i or Htera.ov fharpe gliders.
The third intention curatiue , if it could be attained to
at Sea, were to remoue fii A the externall caufes of the dif-
eafe 5 as ouerwarme ayre> ouerfaked dry meates,and fmall
quantity of foode, falling, watching, melancholy, and the
like, and inwardly to helpe the weakenelfe of the expul-
fiue faculty, with Treakle, Mithridate^ finfertta rofarum:OT
the like cordiall helps 3 helping alfo the expulfiue facultie
with gliders and fuch like good things:For further inward
remedies you may vfe the aforefaid glitters, orhalfe a
drachme or 5^). of Sulphur viuum drunke in good warme
wine, and the belly well applied with warme clothes hel-
pethfomevshat,
Item, Carawaiefeedes made warme in wine, but not
boyled therein, being drunke helpeth.
Item , a glider made of Sope and Hony is aprefent re-
medy.
Item, a bagge fluffed with branne,and made very warm
fprinkled a little with vineger , and applied to the belly is
good.
Item, Goates milke, or other milke, boyled With hony,
and applied to the belly with a fpunge, or cloth warme, in
manner of a foment, healeth the Collicke, and driucth a-
way wormes,and ceafeth thepaine.
Item? the gall of a bullocke,Salgemm, Aloes, common
oy\e,aM partes equxhs, minglethem , andmakeanoynt-
ment thereof, wherewith annoint the fundament before
the fire, that lofeth the belly , and bringeth forth the hard
feces.
TEnefmtsov TenAfmw , as Hypocrites calleth it in his
fixth Ayhorifme and in the feuenth booke , is a difeafe, The jef„^on 9*
intention, or draining about the right gut called inteftmum Tenafmm^
reftxm> being opilate or flopped; and of iome En glim wri-
ters
a4» Tenefnm*
ters it is called ColliuenelTe. This difeafe as Galen faith,
inhisfecond booke De methodo meAewdi is when a man
hath an extraordinary prouocation , luft , or defire,anda
vehement draining to go to the iloole , but cannot voide
any thing at all, except fometimes fome fmall quantity of
flimy matter, which now and then is mixed withbloud,or
abloudy fubflance, and the extraordinary defire of egefti-
on or going to the (toole not ceadng.
Tbeidufes of This diieaie proceedeth of diuers caufes and accidents,
TenafmM out- fa^h outwardly, and inwardly.
ward ana m- q a, warj j y 5^ co j ^ comming accid ent ally to the bin-
oJtwrd & dcr parts, ararfegut, asthelong (itriogvpona cold done,
CoUe. vpon iron, a bord , vpon the cold ground , or any hard
H<?4*. thing, whereby the Sphinclure, or round mufcle compaf-
Vro»ght. fm~ tfoQ ftraigfit- zutk preifed, or brufcd. It commeth al-
*A corrupt aire & . » & r »
BatbmHntold toby imzmperdtzheatQ, and drought, and corruptnefie
water* of theaireand weather : fometimes by long bathingin
7S[arc3ticall cold water, and fometimes by much vfing narcotiall oint-
cymments. nients, and fuch like. Alfo inwardly this difeafe procee-
inwardas deth of fait biting humors abounding throughout the
f*lt humors, whole body of man : alfo by meanes of fome hot or colde
Impoftume , or after a Difenterie , or Fluxe , whereas
fome chollericke matter remaineth behinde in the right-
gut yet vneuacuated. And fometimes it happeneth here
in our Countrie, as fome EngJifli Writers affirme, by little
drinking of beere or ale, and fometimes it commeth by
Toomtchdrin- drinking too much wine, and by eating of coftiue meats,
tyngofwine. and fuperabun dance of choler aduft. This difeafe is of
Mature ofTc- ^€ naturCj or d jfpefition of a Difenterie or Fluxe, but that
8 the Difenterie paineth the Patient with grieuou. tortions
through all the guts, but Tenafmus paineth the Patient v-
fually in the right-gut only, as appeareth by Cjahti in his
GaLde caufis third D00^e De cmfis Simptomat. And Tr4tanus in his vj.
& fymptiib.3. Chapter, and viij- booke, who affirmeth the fame,faying,
Traian.cap.8. fenafmut reEliintejiim (efi effe$w &c. The fignes andto-
7? % r 'cens °^ ^ difeafe are chiefly to_bee knowne by the Pati-
renafnm? ents r^ati°a oi the temperature of the body, flender diet,
and
Tmfbtui, 243
and egeftions, whether it be hard or coffiuc, "or elfe thirme
or liquid.
InTenafmusthepainc doth not afcend Co high as the rtepaUedeftrU
nauell, but is chiefly felt with heate, pricking, and burning 1
with a dell re of ege&ion in the end of the fphinclure , the
excrements being of a yellowifh coulor in young men **m]nffanu
(like their (larching now adaies)but in old perfbns the ex-
crements are of a more pituofiih flimie and bloudie fub-
ftance.
If the difeafe proceede of an Impoftume , the Patient
will teelea continuall paine, and the more augmentcdand
grieuous when he gowh to the ftoole.
Trognoftictt
Tenafmus after a Difenterie is tnoffi harcfe to bee ^#tf #*-
cured. "**•
Tcnafmus In a woman with childe caufeth oftentimes
abortion, fobbing, yexing, or the hickoke is very per-
iniriou^i and betokeneth much drineife,
TenAfmm long continuing , bringeth the Collica and
Uliaca Paffions : Sounding and dileafes of thehead*
Tenafmm is not numbred amongfi: long nor fliarpe dit
eafes, for that itisfoone cured, and if the Patient do eate
and drinke well there is n6 danger.
Thfcnre. ^
Temfmm is cured by taking away the caufes thereof,
from whence it doth proceede 5 as if it come by outward ^°*H *#*&£
cold 5 thenlet there bee applied to the Ofepecken,and "di^m^iL
hippes warme, refoluing fomentations and applications,
asbaggesof miUmm with fait? being rotted or fried, or
fackcs with branrie fodden in wine, or water, and fo appli-
ed as hot as may be fuffered,and the fundament and parts
annointed with oiles of Rew, Lillies, Bayes, Vnguentunu
mwtmum and fuch like 1 JUxander'mhis & Chap: and 8.
Ii booke
344 O f the f fitting *f the fundament*
bookefzkh^Tenafmw is cured with foments of Farnigr eke
and the roots of Altheae, being boiled and iniected into
the belly , and alfo the Patients hinder parts well fuffumi-
gated with the fame decoction, the PatientJbeingcompaf-
fed about clofe with clothes, and fo fetouerit, and then
the fundament afterward annointed withoyle of Rofes,
frefh-butter, or goofe-greafe , with wax diilolued, Beares
and Capons-greafe and fuch like.
Item^ A fume of Frankenfence and pitch , being cart
vpon burning coales ^ and the Patient fet clofe ouerthe
£ume,helpethprefently.
Item, Togiueprefentcafetotha&paine^ ht two bags
be filled with wheaten-branne, and fteepedinboylingvi-
neger, and the Patient to fit thereon fo hot as may be iuf-
fered, and to change them continually, as the one cooleth
to take another.
Note that in this difeafe of Tcn*Jmtu9 nocolde things
areto be applied at all.
UfteeUU !n#m. Item fuch glifters as are vfed in this difeafe fliould not
€Hwin admM- exCeede halfe a pound, and the glifter-pipetobe put into
f^fwajmm. *e §>ut n0£ aboue tw0 fin£crs &edth at the moft in length
"- within thegut.
„ Concerning exitus% vefprsgreffiw, vel procidentia Ani^in En-
glifip the falling of the fundament.
'His difeafe for the moft part is accidentall to our nati-
on in hot countries, and that cheefely after or in the
timeofagreatfluxe ofbloudor humours, although it is
manifeft it alfo happeneth in all countries and places,both
€fhf&n T* t0Joun£ anc* °^c> ^u£ cnee&ty t0 children vpon diuers
mtbthenlu f€u€ra^ occafions, which I lift not heere fo amplifie, ha-
ptople. uing nointenttofet outdny worke in painted phrafes, for
I would onelyarme the Surgeons Mate how to proceede
In the cure therof atfea,and yet Iknow the fame will take
good effect alfo at land where that difeafe happeneth*
The
T
of the f a ting ofthefundment* 145
The Caufet.
THecaufes of this grcefe are too many to bee named, u»r* tfthfd
the figne thereof is manifeft, that it is a refolution or a U»g *fthtfm«
relaxation of the mufcles of thofe parts : whereby the gut damew>
(lippeth or flideth downe lower then the natural! place
therof, namely out of the body.
The cure of this greefe is for the moft part (horf, and
likewife if the patient at fea be carefull & goe not out to the
fhrowdes or Beak-head of the fhip to ftoole, neither in go-
ing force the expulfiue vertue of his body ouermuch,ic
will not eafily fall downe againe.
It is cured as followeth, namely at the firft going out, TheCare.
vfe no other remedie then a warme foft clowt and thy
hands, and gently returne it into his due place, and let the
party after it is reduced, fit on a hot board, or haue a very
hot napkin doubled and applied to his fundament, and
another to his belly : but whereas this difeafe for the moft Tbe cf *'/ *
part proceedeth from the fluxes ofthe belly, in fuch cafes fl^soVbe1
you mull proceedetothecure of fuch fluxes, and that ef- hUy.
reeled, you (hall heareno more of this accident, but if it
vfually fall out, it is the more dangerous, then you may rUcmtifit
proceedeas followeth, fetthe party ouer a clofe-ftoole, yfethofit»t9f*H
and fume the place as warme as heecan fufFerit, with a dmm*
fume of Thus, mafticke, amber, rofin or pitch,or any one
of thefe, and being fumed well and very warme, beftrew
the gut fallen downe with Album Grecnm well powdered,
and fine, for this is precious though a homely medicine,
buttherewith this difeafe is cured, and many other infir-
mities alfo, but there is a great care to-bee had to the pow-
dering and weUfearfing of the fame, for that it is often
full of (barpe peeces of bones very dangerous : I fay there-
fore this being carefully prepared , and applied with Tlxep»ttty of it
warme foft clowts and warmed hands put it vp,and let the *g • ,
party as it were endeauourto draw in his breath in &* hsipr«TJr!d
doing therof, for it will with eafe be brought vp : & being
lit thus
%^6 Ofthefding of the fundament.
thus put vpintohis place it falleth noteafily outagaine?
the fame efTed hath burned Harts-horne powdered, ora-
ny other hard bones burned into white powder, are very
good, powder of Gall -apptes or Gals is thereto a good me-
dicine ftrewed on as the Former, Pomegranate Pils pow-
dered doth the like, and Balauities or, Sumach is alfo
'A$om$nMitn. good, being powdered and ftrewed thereon. A ifo a fo-
mentation very warme of ffiptick drying things are good,
as for example. R. frefli water , heat and quench pee-
ces of iron or fteele often therein, if it can conuenient-
ly be done : if not, only faire water, a con uenient quantity
about a quart, boyle therin the quantity of one large Gall,
- put to it a little Allum about §-»ij. alittle Succits AcatU
fome §$ .or lefTe, cynamon if it may be had |$. or pome-
granate rindes^j. ifyou haue them, or BaLJlaufties a lit-
tle, and therewith foment well the part, and after fomen-
tation let it be very gently put vp to his pjace, but French
wine or Aligant were better then water for the fomentati-
\a$kU\Um** on, Further, haue a great care that whatfoeueryou vfe by
sto»e wav of fomenting or otherwife, each thing be actually ve-
ry warme you apply, or they will endanger him. It -will
likewife nor be amiiFe, if you adde a little good Aquaviu
or Rofafolm to your fomentation after it is boyled, efpeci-
ally H your decoction be water. Beane flowreisalfo good
to (!rew thereon when you goe to put it vp, but Albunu
G*?cum is the befl thing you can vfe, mafticke in powder
Is alfo a very good medicine to drew thereon, vfe as httls
force, as may be, In putting it vp, and haue euer ready a
ChafTendiih with fire, when you goe about that worke,to
TheTatients wa-meclowts, and your hands alfo. Andif you finde it
heipe yery need- difficult to be reduced, ht thepasty be fet on his head and
hh^UmZtT "hands,wkh h!sleggesabroad,anditwillhelpefomewhat,
but beware hee (land not fo too long, but rather let him
re(l and beginneagaine, or kneeling onhiskiees and el-
bo wes is alfo good, onely let him remember that he draw
let thepatieut *n ^s Dreatn> as * naue &*&> ^or ^at auaileth much,and let
hlwre. hiax not feeke to clofc or draw together his fundament as
little
Of the Callenturt^. 427
little & he can, till the gut be reduced to his place. If vpon
occaGpnoftheflixe you bee contained tovfe conforta* Howtoprsmnt
tiueor rertringenc glitters-, which alfo your Laudanum in* the time of
you (hall not needetofeare, but it will keep vp : or if thefe ihefiixaffl^ing
things helpe nothing, I fearc he is hardly to be cured, but
they haue neuer failed me, and fo I conclude co the honor
of the Almighty concerning this difeafe,
OfthefaUentHre,
♦He Callenture by all my experience, or what I can
, gather from others, is no other thing then a contagi- . *&»G$»5
ous feuor, for the mod part fuddenly ailaulting Sea-men, **
fometimes itis with paroxifmes , fometimes continual], TfofmUtyofh*
and hath fits hot and coide in forne,and that very violeat?
cuen tothe lolle oi fences and lifeaifo*
The Canfesi
THe caufes thereof are diuers, as namely the intempe* The mfa l
ratureof the Climate, or degree of the world caufing hereof.
an euill habit in the bodies of men, when they come in-
to fuch contagious aires , The euill nutriment the
Sailers haue at feattrong obttruclions, the abufeof them TUfgnesl
felues in diet and cuftomes, and diuers other reafons too
long to infilt vpon.
TheSignes%
TO bebreefe, thefignes are attrong feuor, agenerall Thecumhn
and fudden dittemper oft times, both of body and nhefewium*
mindeatoneinftantjor an inclination thereto, ^eth*
The Care,
THe Cure con fitted* cheefly in cordials, Alexipharma*
cons or preferuatiues;that the animallj vitally and na-
il i , 3 turall
*48 Of the edentates.
turall parts may be defended from the venomou* danger
of the difeafe in euacuation, and in regiment of diet, all
thefe being asfodainely putin pradifeas time will feme,
the difeafe being fodaine and fierce in it felfe.
Of Cordials.
ji CordiaU $oti- A Prefent Cordiall medicine fitting to be giuen in the
pmfortheCallen- XX Cal lemur e is Venice TreakellorMithridate9j. or
m* London Treakle, or Diateiferon J-6 with Sirupe Limor.u
ertm |j; Plantane water or faire water,* iij. oyle of Vittioll
fix drops, or fo much as to make thedririketarr, and one
hower or two houres after giue him another dofe thereof,
and foorthwithalfo let him haue fuppofitory or glider gi-
uen him, and fo foone as he hath had one ftoole therwith,
lethimbloudreafonable largely if his (Irengthwill beare
it, let him alfo haue for his diet no other thingfortwo or
three daies but thin broathes, pannadaes or the like,and if
it bethought fit to take it, after the fuppofitory, a glides
were not amitfe to bee giuen him> namely a decoftion of
march mallow roots in water, adding in the end of the de*
co<5Hon of falniter^iiij. of Species Hura^ij. Oleum Sam*
hncot §i j . thefe will coole him well and clenfe him.
Andiffartherneedeof purging be, giuehim adofe of
AqttillaLfixatiuA.orAquitlAvU^ adofe, which in this dif-
eafe hath been approoued very good.
The Aquilla Laxatiua is vfually giuen in Plantane or
faire water |ii j . with fyrupe of violets or lemmons § j. the
Aquillaviumth Conferva Rofarum, with Diatefferon, Lu
qHorice-foicvder or alone- If you fee thefe courfes reasona-
bly putinpra&ife, doe not giue content, Imeanethe bo-
dy being open,then in the name of God giuehim a dofe of
Laudanum , you fliall flnde it often to procure perfect
Hi* »AinfV . health without further help. For his drinke let him haue a
SLw^f decoftion of French or common Barley, whereunto fo
what it is made. mucn Juquonee, oxSuccus Ltquortas, maybe added, as to
make it Qfagratefulltafte, as alfo for the fmell, a fmaJl
quantity
quantity of Rofc or other vineger, & Rofe water alittle,&
therto fo much oyle of Vitriol,as to giue it a tafte fomwhac
tarr, but not too much : Sirupeor iuyceof lemmons isaL
fo very fitting to bee put thereto if it bee to bee hacl in any
plenty. But let meeaduife the Surgeons Mate in all the
precedent courfes? that he vfe good difcretion and mode- GndSwgt**
ration, forouer purging, bleeding, and much thin diet ta^n9tice'
willbevery dangerous atfea, and will furely turneyour
patient into the Scuruy : For note this for agenerall rule, TwBprforipaU
thatalmofteuery fickneflTeat feaends in the Scuruy, and dfimatiwu
the Scuruy oft times vnlades her felfe by a flux with death x
attending thereon, without Gods mercy, and the Chrifli-
an commiferation, diligence and skilful! hand of theSur- *? Cods merty
geons Mate, which that hemay the better be ena- miferk,s *r\ **■
* bledinaUdifficultcafestopraaifeand t&SSi.
performehisduty,theGodofa!l ? *
glory affift him with his
grace. Amen.
Sattfuteinye-
getabUs.
TREATISE OF SALT
in generall : And firftof the
Antiquity thereof
Ale was created with the world in the be-
ginning, for that it is eafie to be prooued,
that neither hearbe, bud, nor tree what-
foeuer groweth, wfreh containeih not in
itfelfe a proper and peculiar Salt, which
is eafily and apparently by art to be fepa-
ratedfrom the other fubdances thereof, and through the
wonderfullprouidence of our Almighty Crcatour, each
gW^^hathtoeneedefiiH yertue contained in it for the be-
«denie. tisBt of his creatures. A further teftimony of his antiqui-
ty j the fea which tooke his beginning, as Scriptures telK-
fie, before mankinde, doth produce the fubftance thereof
being wholly fait. And not onely the fea, but alfo all o-
ther creatures of God whacfoeuer vnder the whole hea«
uens, whether they doeconfift of Animall, Vegetable or
Minerallparts,cannot3 noreuer did fubfift without a nam-
rail inbred fait in them, whofe nourifhiaient and increafe
proceedcth from the earth? water, or aire, where the fay d
creature breedeth and groweth. Therefore fmce it chal-
lenged a place with the molt ancient and firft creation of
all things, I needevfe no more demonnrations, but con-
clude that the Antiquitie thereof, is as vndeniable, and as
cleere,as the funnerfhiacis at mid-day s thus much of the
Scriptures*
ttftifie.
The fea and aU
tretfum cmm
Mine fab*
Antiquitie thereof*
Of
ofSdtstnd their Vertuts* 171
Of the kindes and difference of Salt.
TO intreat of all the kindes and differences of Salt, is a
worke fo difficult and long , that no man whatfoeuer
in the whole time of this (hort life, can make fufneientre- M<*oi"" '•
lation thereof, wherefore to auoid tedioumes, I will take a ™rttt ?M/4"S
fhorter courfe : namely, I meane to doe fomthing therein,
and leaue the reft for others of better capacity 5 that mail
come after. Note therefore tjhat there are three kindes of
Salts in generall, to wit, animall Salt, vegitable Salt , and ^^ ,. ^ -
rninerall Salt, and ere I digretre or goe any further, letmey-j'.
interpret my felfVin plainetearmes, to young practitio-
ners in Art, whom alone I defire to benefit.
The animall faltis vnderftood to be that fait which pro-
ceedeth from creatures thatbeare life, and haue fence and The three falts
feeling, or moouing, whatfoeuer, vnder which are com- e*$Ut*td.
prehended all beaftsjfifb, foule, and worme.&c. vnder the
name of vegetable falts, are comprehended the falts of
trees and hearbs, and whatfoeuer elfe-may grow by few-
ing or planting, or any other induftry of man, as well the
feed as the fruit, or the plant it felfe 3 or any part thereof.
And vnder the name of rninerall fait is comprehended the
falts of all mettals, as o$Saturney Iupiter, Mars, Sol, fenus9
Mercuriw or Luna : as alfo the falts of all (tones , with al-
fo all earths and their iuices arid extraclions,as likewifeall
other Minerall and Terreftriall falts whatfoeuer, without
name. -
Thus much in breefe for explaning the three principall
kinds of Salts, each of which haue a three-fold feuerall
fubftance contained in them, viz : */£ volatile fait, a fixed
fait, and a Caput mortuum , named alfo Terra Damnata9
otherwife it may be tearmed to containe a Flegme,a fpirit,
an oyle, which againeis called, Sal, Sulphur, and Mercury,
each deuidable, plainly , and eafily by Art : Some may
heereobie<ft,they will draw more then three fubftanccs,
each being a good medicine from any one fubiect, ey ther
K k animall
~~'%1% OfSths and their venues*
Ankr>all,Vegetab!e?or Mfncrall, as for an in fiance from
Merely, you may ext i# infinite feuerail medicines, in-
wardly ,6c outwardly feruiceable,as namely you mayhaue
from Afercnry Laxatiuc, Vornkiue,Diaphoretick,Diaure-
ticke,cordiall,preferuatiue,and fun dry other needfull me-
dicines to be miniflred with great fafety & comfort to the
difeafed, as elfewhereof Mercury is noted : which fpeech
may feem very Grange to fome that all thefe, yea& many
more varieties & diuerfities are found in any one mineral:
'jinfatt. butthough one fubftance make many medicines, yetit
confoundcth nothing the triaprincipiajox euery medicine
is not one principal!, neither is there any principal! tied to
make but one medicine. B ut to returne being digreifedjl
fay the kinds of mineral falts vfed at tables,& for feafoning
Salts gesd in meates3 are to be efleemed three in number : one kinde is
mates are of ^ gay or $ea fajt y . jryCj meerely from falc fea-water by
tbtttjortf. the heat of the Sunne. The fecond fort is that fait which
we haue from the Sea coaft,or from fait fprings at home,
made by decoclion.The third is the fait that groweth con-
crete, hard and pure in me bowels of the earth, fuch is the
SalGemm, and this Iaft is held the bed, both in meate and
medicine, it is in colour like Chriftall tranfparenr, and
groweth in great quantity inPolonia, neere the City of
0racm'ia.
Of the necejfuy of fait, an&of the general! vt'ilities thereof
The Mtffity ef ^j o one thing which the Almighty Creator hath made
$alw d tlwgs. l\[for mansvfe) excelleth Salt: as well for thefundry
and mofl: neceifary vfes it hath , as alfo for the aboundanc
vertues thereof, without the which,nothing which is crea-
ted vnder the funne, as is faid, could fubfi ft in his kinde,
beauty or vigor, as for example, man the excellenteft of
Maamfif, Gods creatures, without fait presently putrifieth . or at the
lead falleth into fome extreame difeafe, yea a fmall diftem-
perin the Animal fait of man is able to kill theftrongefl
snan^which the fimpleft may in his ownereafoa compre-
hend
Of Salts and their vertm* 275
fiend and know. And who liueth which at fome time or
other hath not tafted his owne bloud, eyther from his
gums or his nofe bleeding, or otherwife, whereby he is a- ?,0* t0 ^ctm
ble to affirme the fame bloud to be fait. Ithinkenonewill ttnmM'
deny it, but it any will be fo fimple or obftinate, then let
himtaftehisownevrine, and there queftionlesheeneed
not doubt to finde it fait : but without contradiction, the
whole malfe of mans body is full of fait , an j^f thou wilt
not by all thisreafon be perfwaded to beleeue it, then
fearch artificially, and thou fhalt finde,yea two kindes of
fait in mans bloud , and fo in all other creatures which
bearelife and haue bloud as well as man, namely a Vola-
tiue fait, and a fixed fait, which fait I fay wanting in the bo-
dy, that liuing creature which wanteth it prefently putri-
fieth. Some alfo wee fee that by a fait rheume in their cettamteuihl**
eyes lofe their fights,fomeby a lharpe faltnes in the vrine, faiifogma*****
dangerous accidents enfue: fome fall into the Scuruy , &»&[&.
fome haue the dropfie, fome the Leprofie, with infiniteo-
ther the like offences hapning by the diftemper or want of
the Animall fait: the examples are very common : Nihil
fate & file cor paribus hotmrtHm vtilim , faith Pardee lfttS'yTio-
thing is more profitable for mans body, then the Sunne
and fait. It is the moll precious Ballam for mans life in sahmrerutth
health, it maintaineth health and keepethmansfoode^w^^^t
from putrefadion in fickneife, fores and aches, few medi-
cines to be compared to it : Minerall fait being brought to
an examen in the fire, firlt from it is by Art exhaufted
a thin Minerall Phlegma, called the Mercury or fleagme
therof; which paft, then there arifeth a mod fragrant fpirit
which openeth minerall bodies, and breaketh vp gold and
filuer to make them potable,or otherwife according to the
will of the difcreet Artift , in which fpirits is comprehen-
ded the cheefe medicine: the refidence whereof, contai-
neth the fixed fafc,& the feces thereof: the feces are meere-
ly good for no vfe at all, that I know,and thetfore of chi-
mifts are called Terra Damnata. Paracelfiu {peaking of the
sxeceflary vfe of common minerall fait , afhrmeth it to be
K k z the
2 74 of Salts and their vertues,
the true correcter of all kinds of meates, and faith further,
that meat, though being or meane nutriment} yet if it bee
wellfaltcd, nouriftieth much: for hee is of opinion , that
whatfoeuer meat is ey ther eaten without falt3 or but mean-
ly faked, turneth for themoft partto the offence of man ,
and breedeth difeafes, asthefallingfickneflTeand other
Salt helped <fc. great greefes .-for, faith he} fait mightily helpethdigeftion,
geftion, and and concoftion, and likewife comforteth all the faculties
cixfirtetb. of mans boay, it is the Balfam of the earth, wherby mens
bodies arepreferued aliuC} and fo of all creatures which
Salt *^ s^/y^- cooteyne bloud in them, yea and all infenfible Creatures
««/>/' a^°5 as Vegetables and Mineralls haue their peculiar fait,
which keepeth them in their vigor & ftrength from com-
mon putrefaction, lofefhm ^ttercitanw afiirmeth fait to
be a fpur to all medicines, both outward and inward}With
which it is mixed}(hrring them vp and quickningthem}the
better to performe their offices} and the longer to retaine
their venues } by preferuing them from outward putrefa*
dionoftheayre.
Temferaturc of fait in getter all.
COmmon fait by the moft opinions of the learned wri-
ters is hot and dry,fome affirme in the feconddegree,
$f common fait, feme in the third, this being fpoken concerning common
fait as it is vfed in meat and medicine without any further
preparation : but let no man attribute to all falts one tem-
perament, which I fuppofe none which is difcreet will, be*
caufethen he (hould miftake himfelfe 5 for without al con-
Blurs falts &• tradidion , no temperature can be named, but feme fait
**fo q»*i'f.*- mav eafjiy fce pr0ued of the fame temperature, wherefore
it is faid concerning ordinary falts for meat vfed, whether
they come from the Sea, or from fait water by decodion,
or from the ground without mans Art as fak Gemm dotb,
or from the fait lprings within theland, as our Worcefter
..{hire fair doth t yetallthofe haue no manifeft differences
intheirtemperaturej butmay befaid tobe hot and dry,
and
of Salts and their vertuts. 27 j
andyetaccordingtotheftrength of them, they may one
exceed another more or leffe in degree.
But falc-Peeterv\hich is of excellent vfe for medicine,
as alfo for very many needfu II occasions otherwife, whofe
fubftanceand qualities are wonderf'ull being confidered, Theqwliyof
yet it is apparent that the temperament thereof is cold by Salt-penr.
the effects , for it doth coole the violent boyling of the
bloud , no otherwife then if a man mould coole fire with
water, and yet hischiefeft fubftance is fpirituall, volatile, r, f ,-
andcombuftibk, ifitbepure : but in truth all mineralls cfLh^eetlr,
fhew themfelues in operation to befpecificall,and not tru-
ly to be diftinguilhed by their heat or cold,& as for thefpi-
rit of common fait, the medicinall effects thereof arecoo^
ling the bloud , quenching thirft, coroborating andrefre-
fliing the ftomack, &c. the tafte thereof being almoftlike
the oyle of Vitrioll, or rather like good iuice of Lemons,
Further,the falts of animal and vegetable creatures may
very well be faid to haue their feuerall temperaments and
differences, each according to his own ekinde, as the fait
of wormwood is efteemed hot and dry like the hearb, and
fo of many other hearbs in like manner may be vnder-
flood. #
Somewhat of the healing vermes of common Salt,
COmmon fea fait, boyled in the ftrongeft beere to the
confumption of three parts of the fame beere and be-
ing made (alt as Brine3is an excellent bath to eafe the pains Good fir th
of thegoutj as my felfe haue proued often. It is alfo good Gout.
to cure the Serpigo of the hands, Tetters of hard curation, .
Paraeelfm fpeaking of the vertues of falt,faith as followeth. yjjS*
All thofe which are vexed with any difeafe, proceeding of
groife crudity, or vnnaturall humidity, as rheumes, itch,
fcurfe, ring-worms, or the like noyfome greefes : let them
make a bath of commonfea fair, and ilrong beere boyled
together to a third part, and as warme as they can poffible
indure it, fit in it and fweat therein,and after go to a warm
Kk 3 bed
[%j6 Of Salts And their venues.
bed and fweat againe , and doing fo fundry times , they
fhall fezte helpe thereby. I haue had credit by it when di-
uers greater medicines haue failed me , efpecially in the
Geodforctldit* pa}nes 0f the gout and other aches, I haue done much
good with it. And further, itisfo harmlesathing, that
noneneedtofearethevfe thereof.* whereas many other
kindes of bathing, although they be good in one kind .yet
ptl l j i hurtinanother,butthi5ismeereIyharmele(retoany,pro-
purred before it u*ded withall , before the vfe of this bath, a due preparati-
bt with a fait on andpurgation of the body be thought vpon.
hath bathed. Moreouer, this is an ordinary Lixitdzim, made by ex-
pert Chirurgion9,for the healing of Vkers,v\ hich is Mun-
dificatiue^bfterfiue^Pifcufliuejand very Sanatiue^perfor-
mingmuchin Chirurgery^thechiefeingrediences where-
of is vegetable and minerall falts,made by decoclion with
vulnerary herbes in faire water to a iu ft confidence, this
Theyertuet of Lix'miHmm Tumors, Vlcers5 Fractures, Diflocations, as
tftjKiuMM*. aifoingrcatContufions, Obflruaions, Gangrenes, and
many other like infirmities, is a mod fure and ready medi-
cine , the defcription whereof is (Gt downe in the cure of
fim ismdepf A>V-° Z^Q Caufticke ftone, called commoaly La^is In-
fMt. f emails i is no other thing , then meerely a Vegetable fak
the vertues and making wherof, is not proper in this place
to be fpoken of, but fhall in an other place be mentioned,,
Thus much at this time concerning common fait.
OfVitnoll or fipperos in G&erath Andfirfi
what is fitriou.
VItri$/e9 called in Latine, Cdcanthum^ in Englifh Cop-
peras or Vitriole; but more commonly called Cop-
peras, is a minerall fait , which for the worth and Vertues
thereof doth farre excell many other kinds of falts, fo that
not without great reafon> that worthy Theopbrafttu Tara-
cdfm
of Salts and their venues. 277
felfm^ who had truly anatomized rha t fait, affirmed and of-
ten repeated? that thefourth parr ofPhidckewas contai-
ned in this Minerall fait, from whence the fame author al-
io, not vnfitly, doth compare it to wood y of which diuers
formes may be formed) and diuers instruments alfo may ji emparifon
bemadefordiuers operations and effects: for out of this between Copperas
fait many fubftances may be extracted and prepared , and a»dwad.
many good medicines may be compounded, quite con-
trary in operation, and vtterly difagreeing in efTedfo from „.. ,t
1 ir r * c 1 • xm' uri ' V. The diuersysr*
each other, as for example out or this Mineral] iaJt, medi- tHes 0r Coppera8
cines of great efficacy may be made, as well in purging, as both inward and
alfo fudoriferous or diaphoreticks,Cordialls , Anodines? wnard.
Narcotickj Stupefacliue,Stipticke, Coroilue,Abfterfiue,
RepercuiTiue, Mundiflcatiue, and S3natiue medicines, as
alfo againft theEpilepfie, or falling fickneifeand fuffocati-
ons of the Matrix, good medicines are to bee prepared
thereof, and how thefe or fome of them may be made by
Art, and oftheirvertues,as rime mall ferue by Gods helpe
I haue determined briefly to declare hereafter.
B ut I confefle I am not able to difcouer the fourth part
of the great vermes of this worthy fait, fori daily meet
with, fome new medicine therein worth the noting,
Of the different kjndes ofVkrioll. '
\JItriohox Copperas we may haue heere in England of
fixe3 or at the lead of flue kindes , namely, Vitriolum*
veneris, or Copperas made of Copper, which in difeafes
of the head farre exceedeth others, as writers affirme, and
this kindc may eaiiiy be prepared and cheape, as hereafter
fhallbefetdowne.
The next thereto in vertue is that kinde of Copperas
which growes inHungaria, which to my knowledge wee
cannot well haue in England, though fome will afflrme
they haue of it.
The third fort of Copperas that is praifed is the Roman
Vitriollor Copperas? in place whereof we doe buy a kinde
of
a?8 of Salts mi their vermes.
of blew Copperas in London, which isnotthetrue Ro-
man Vitrioll. «
The fourth kinde is broughr fromGoder, aTownein
Germany neere to the City of Brunfwicke.
The fifth kinde is commonly broughtfrom Dansk and
is fomewbat yellowifh.
The Cixth and Jaft, or-worft, is our owne common Eng-
li(li Copperas. Thefe are all the forts ordinarily to bee
bought.
Though indeed many waies,and of many colours cop-
CobbrM ofdi- Peras may De made, yea and of many fubfhnces, as well
ners colours. Animall Vegetables Mineral,which if time would ferue?
andthatitweretothepurpofe, fhouldbe further (hewed,
but to bee fhort, the Copperas I would chufe for my vfe, is
that which commeth from Gofler in Germany, it is to be
had in London,and is not dear, and is fufficiently good to
draw a fpirit or oylefrom, or to make any medicine for in-
what Coppras ward vfes,but for outward ordinary vfes,the common fort
firoutward ofCopperas will feruewell, andfoitwilldoereaibnable
yfis htft. we]i for oyle, but notyeeld fo much.
Note that the beft Coppras as is faid , is made of Cop-
per, or of the Minerall of Copper. Note further that all
copper and braife will wholly be conuerted into Coppras,
yea and turne againe into his owne firft fubilance, namely
into copper or bralle agame, though with loile. Alfoiron
and filuer will make good Coppras, fo will diuers forts of
fiones and earths be conuerted into good Coppras , and
fprings neere Copper mines, they doe make Coppras of?
mucEafter the manner that fait peeter is made,
The waj to make fitriolnm Veneris ^ er Coppraief Copper,
is as fblloweth.
R.npHin plates, or rather filings of Copper,what quan-
1 tity you pleafe, and Brimftoneof each a like quan-
tity, powder the Brimftone, and mixe it with the Coppery
put thefe into an earthen pan vnghzed,and place them in
a Char-
Of Salts and their virtue?. i j?
a Char-colefireina Chimny, and let them gently heat to-
gether till the Brimftone take fire. Then v\ ith an iron ftirre
k a little to and fro till all the brimrtone beecoufumed:
then rake it from the fire , and being eold,ca{l it into a
gallon or leffe quantity of faire water, and it will make the
water greene, and in tafte likeCoppras , poureoffthac
greene water,filter and keepe it , and fet the fame Copper
to be made drie againe on the fire, which done, mixe it
with more Brimftone, and burne it, and quench it as be-
fore, continuing fuch worke , till all the copper bee confu-
medand turned into apleafant blew or greene water : then
jnixe and boyle the waters tillhalfc or more beconfumed,
and fet them to coole, and being cold , if it be fufficiently A mte °fthe
boyled, you fliall finde Coppras therein ; if not,- boyle K%£&$£m*
more, and the Coppras will appeare ; then take away the
faid Coppras which you finde , and lay it to dryland boile
the remaincr of the water againe ? and there yM be more
Coppras : take dill the Coppras each time out , laying it
to dry, and doing fo till all be made into Coppras. This
is the 'beft kinde of Coppras , it is in colour of apleafant
blew,andis eafily to be made, and will yeeld a good quan-
tity,namely one pound of copper , if it be artificially pre-
pared, will make three pounds of Coppras.
Of "Phlegms Vitriol* •", or of the firfi renter drams
from Cbfpras;
PHlegma Vitrioli is made as followeth : R. Coppras,put , , _
it into an alimbecke, and place it according to Art in ^/jf" w-
the higheft degree of B. M. namely in a boy ling water , ' '
drawing thereby frem it all the humidity which by B. M ♦
will be exhau(ted,prouidedyou fill your alimbecke but 2,
third parts full of Coppras, when ye put it to diftill, This
liquor as Angelas SalmzlztQ Italian writer affirmeth , h Thcvert»tstf
good againft paines ofthehead,proceedingof heat,name- vUe^marhriok
ly the dofe being mo dragmes taken fading for certaine
daies together. It fwagetn alfo the burning and boyling
L\ oi
a8o Qf salts And their venues.
ofthebloud, It ftrengtheneth t7! the boweh. It ccrnfir-
meth the braine weakened withfupeirluous Jieat by the
daily vfe thereof in the ipring time, the ftomacke being
purged a little before- AJfo it maketh a moid braine tem-
perate. This'firil medicine of Coppras was by the A und-
ents not knowne : my felfe 1 muft cohfe(Te haue made no
great vfe of this medicine,oneIy I haue vfed it as acooling
water againft the heat of rhe ftomacke, andfometimes
The Mthw hit haue found it good; as alfo to foment warme with it for a-
experienc* ny fudden inflammation in any outward part of the body,
thcnof' dueEuacuationsfirftconfideredof.ThefaidAuthorafcri-
beth many more vermes to this firft Phlegma, or water of
Coppras, whichjforthat I would be loth to waft time, I
will not trouble the Reader with.
Of the preparation of the fecotid water of ' VttrklltGommonlj
palled Spirit offttrioll.
THis firft recited water being well rectified, feparated ,
and kept apart : then take theglafle, Alembeck men-
tioned, containing the Vitrioll, from out of the B.M . and
place it in Arena,or a furnace with fan d according to Art,
the Vitrioll within being firft made into fine pouder, and
diftill it therein fo long till all the reft of the Humidity flial
be drawn from it which the B.M. had not force to exhale.
Thisfecond water,you fliall perceiue to be acleereancTo°
dorifei ous water, onely remember that thou force not the
water ouer ftrongly, but doe it by a gentle fire.
YU ffftSis, fhjg ]iqUor is good to purge the reynes: it appeafeth in-
ward fretting and gnawing paines , taking one drachme
thereof in the morning fa fling with flefh broth.
It alfo caufeth ftorecfvrine, & moderately prouoketh
fvveat.lt ceafeth the inflammations proceeding of blows or
ftripes taken in warm broth,& mitdgateth thepaine ther-
of,but if your fire be too ftrong,yourliquor wil come ouer
Jr^:^n. (Q [}rongf th„3t your dofe muft not exceed $)9 at the molt;
wherfore be wary thcreoftfor a good medicine euill band-
. ' led
ofSahsandtheir vertues* %%t
led, may do much hurr, and fo will this if you want judg-
ment to vkit. In times pafl they were wont to calcine Vh
trioll till it was red, whereby it was depriued, nor onely of K** $* Mi'h
the firft, but alfo of this his fecond moiftand mod fpirit- JK^^
fullfubftance,butrhatwasvfedby them cheefely, vttittithiftttiu J
only they intended to prepare the (harped fpirir, or flron«
geft oyle of Vitrioll, which ftrong oyle of Vicrioll hath all
the vertues heereaftcr recited and many more.
The venues oftheftrongeft ojle ofVitriell.
IT helpeth the infirmities of the lights, with the water of
fennell or fumitory , It cutteth away the melanchoJIy
humors from the ftomack,with Balm- water, and comfor-
teththe ftomack after a wonderfull maner,& doth defend
the whole body from inward apoftumes & inflamations,
& therfore it is vfed with good iuccefiein thepleurefie, as
alfo in vulnerarie drinkes it is approoued good* for it atte-
nuate^ the bloud wonderfully, anddefendeth the parts
greeued from feare of Gangrene or putrefaction of the
bloud. It conglutinateth ruptures as well of bones as
veines,and doth exceedingly corroborate and comfort all
the parts of mans body, and may well bee numbredas a
principall amongft cordial 1 medicines. It is alfo a very
good medicine not onely in preuenting the Scuruy taken £ hefathtbe
inwardly, but al/b in the cure of the Scuruy many waves, Smruy>
both inwardly taken with any comfortable wine, or with
beerefor neede, or to make a Beuerage therewith , and
daily to vfe it in fmall quantity, namely foure drops for a
dofe. In the Callenture itexcelieth all other medicines caUentm.
taken in Piantane, Sorrell, or any other good cooling wa-
ter, or onely infaire water. Other conuenient courfes iu- . .
dicioufly held, as namely to procure to rhe party by fup-
pofitory, glifter or potion fomeloofeneileofbody, with
alfo phlebotomie in due feafon,and quantity according to
iudgement.
And likevvife obferuing that a dofe oi Laudanum is in
LI z of -
The zf*wnje$ 9"
•AXtmnn*
a 8 1 Ofsdts mi their vertHei,
fuch cafe? sriit helpc, laying the parry to reft : a loofenefTe
ofbelly,Iiay, firiihadby nature or art. Moreover, for
thcouergrowings of the gumme^ in the Scuruy, Vitrioll
orCoperas hath no fellow,namely, a ftrong decoclioa
of Vitrioll? with a linleme/t, or r&e!lrofamm:md the gums
after they areletbloud well rubbed therewith very hot,
helpethwell Alfoifa Wronger lotion bee cequired, you
mayftouchthe rotter? gummes wanly once with the oyle
it felfe< but beware you touch not rne whole skinne with
the oyle recited or ftrong ipii it,for if you onely but rubbe
theteeth therewith, iris hurtfull, for it will offend and
much decay them, although I confeffeit maketh them
white, Iiiaue had the experience thereof, as well by ma-
kingblaeke teeth white, asalfo in lotions for the teeth %
wherefore I know that the much vfe thereof eonfumeth
theteeth, in vlcerations of the throat or mouth that refift
ordinary cure,by other good lotions vfuali,touch the vice-
rated part warily but once therw ith,and then the vlcerati-
ons wil heale viry faft afterwards with any ordinary medi-
cines &helpb,remcbringas caufe fhall requiresto vfedue
euacuations or phlebotomy. A Ifo this (Irong fpiritis good
for inflammations of the throat, namely againft ScjuwAti-
ci? or Angina vfed certaine drops in a fit Gargarifme 01
Lotion, namely, to make it fomewhat fower, and then
gar gar izewarmc therewith, for it mightily quencheth in-
flammations, and tempcreth well the bloud, and being
likewife a little thereof giuen todrinke, namely, fix^drops
ji Qmihn. jniuch a ca(cr it is much the better, alwsyes remembring
that all fuch difeafes require loofenslTe of the belly, and
fometimes phjebotomie.
r^miandfi* Moroeuer in vlcers and flftula's fcareea better medi-
/tab's. cine js found, to enlarge a Rrtcl oriflce,remooue a callow,
ortruely to correct and prepare any inueterate vlcer to
gaodhealing.onely by touching it with lint on the end of
a probe, thereby putting the medicine to the place where
the caufe is, This flrong tart fpirit or oyle of Vitrioll is al-
Tmpngmdk.. nipn generally in all purgstiue medicines, anotablecor-
'»m- * fccliuc?
Ficeratlfas of
the mouth wil
throti.
^ Caution*
Jfifammatisrts
sfshe throat,
Of Salts And thin <vmnes. 283
rectiue, and? ask were, a good hclpe to them to doe their
office, for it comforteth the whole body, anditgiuech a
gratefull tafte almoft to any medicine.
It is alio good to a weake Itomacke opprelled with
phlegme or (lime, and helpeth appetite taken in conferue ^ ^ wttit*..
of rofes, it hath infinite other vertues too Jong heere to re^
late, and indeede aboue my reach to fearch our.
There is no medicine more precious in peftilentiallfe- tyfiimUM
uors, then this ftrongoyle or fpiritis, my felfe haue often ftmru
vfeditto others in that cafe, andrakenit my felfe with
good fuccefle.
The true and vtmoddofe is onelyfo much thereof as
may m3ke the vehicle ormedicine wherein you giue it
fomewhat fower, but not too tart,for no man can fay iuQ-
ly, giue fiue, fix or feuen drops, for that one fort is flue
times flrongerthen another, but when either your purge
or other medicine is ready to be adminiftred ,adde certain
drops thereof to alter onely verie little,theta(te fower like,
but in the.CaIIenture,(lrong feuorsjor peftilentialMeuors,
a greater dofe may well b£ taken, according to difcretion
andiudgement but take thiscaueatfor a fare-well in the
vfe thereof: note that if you put it into a medicine liquid,
it will finke downe to the bottome, fo that when you giue
It fhakeir,otherwifeyou may leauethemoftof itin the
glatfe behind, and when you mix it with a quantirie of
Barlie water or Iulep , whereof you intend to make ma-
nie dofes, deceiuc not your felfe, for if you neuer fliake
and ftirreit, the lad dofe will be ynreafonable to betaken^,
and dangerous ,
Ofwbitefiperm
WHite Coperas is eafiliemade of other kinds of co- f*f^df
peras, jtis gencrallie called Vitriol,or white Vitriol ,0
in Engli("h?asif it were worthy a higher or more particular
name, orrefpec% when in truth, as white waxe is made of
yellow wax, by the bieaking it in the aire, andwalhing it
LI 3 oftj
284 Of Saks and their verttiess
. . oft, (o is white Coperas made of greene Coperas, and is
Jtelkr^™ thereby, in my conceit, the weaker, onely the fuper fluous
greme. humiditie is thereby euaporated, and it begetteth a new
kinde and fliape, in all lotions it may feruein place of the
other kindes of coperas, butto draw fpirits from,it is wea-
ker then anie other coperas that 1 know.
The venues Tne cnee* e v^es * naue ma^e thereof,is for Collyriums
there f9 for the or Lotions for the infirmities of the cks^ namelie, againft
diestxc>u<wy itching^akingSjfmartings, defluclions, anddpthalmia's
ether medicine. 0f me eies, wherein I finde it to exceede either Lapis CaU*
The Salt is vo- mnarii^Tuti^ or Ctwpkire. The falc thereof maketh alfo
■m*ti* e. a finguiar vomitiue medicine, which I firft learned out of
the daily pradife of that worthie and famous Phyfician
Dx, Teter Turner dwelling in S\Het/ew3who highly com-
mended it torn ee, andlhaue found it worthy his com-
mendations in many great infirmities? the dofe is from
^G.to^fS.andtojijjtisfafelygiuen.
Theeffttts of jt 'ie wejj bee t^Qn fn 3 etony- water with fugar,
the Salt are for . J , r . r . . { __ r & '
the/aLintfickz or m want thereof, in raire water with Role-water , one
.nejfe. fpoonefull. It is good againft the falling ficknefle, and in
diuers occafions of purging the head, alfo in feuors pro-
$eumt ceeding of crude and vndigefted humours. It prouoketh
Sumach appetite. One receipt of my experience for outward infir-
mities of the eyes, I will heere beftow vpon the Surgeons
Mate made of white coperas, which is as followeth. Bfe
ufreeeitforthe Vitriolum Album in powder J»j. one new laid egge, or
*ies ti-affe fled. founc| egge? feoile the egge hard, fhell it, and cleaue it
through, and take out the yolke, andin place thereof put
the powder of coperas mentioned, and let it fo rernaine
clofed together two houres or more, then put it into a
cleane foft ragge, being ftillfo clofed together, and flraine
it hard, and a water will come out which is greene in co-
lour, keepeit in a glalTe clofe flopped, and when occaiion
as, drop one drop or two at once into the greeued eye. It
Is good in many infirmities of the eyes, and it will keepe
feuen yeeres without putrifying. It cureth all itchings
faiartingspimmoderate rheumes? the Opthalmia's in their
_ ^beginnings,
of Salts And their Vertues. 285
beginnings) with many other infirmities happening to
the eyes, and it ftrengthneth well the fight. Thus much
for this time of white Vitrioll or Coperas.
Of Burnt Vitrioll.
THis is made as bwrnt allum isf of any fort of coperas,
and is of great vfe in Surgerie? namely, to abate fpun-
gie flefta in vlcers?and alfo in all reftridiue powder for Tht-pfeofh.
Haying of fluxes? and it helpeth well with other fimples
fitting to ficcatrize,and alfo in Lotions and Gargarifmes,0
as is fay d? it is of good vfe.
Of Liquor, or rather MdVitriolu
THis Liquour, or rather honey prepared from Cope-
ras? fo called) becaufeitis in thicknes and colour not
vnlike honey 5 Jt is an excellent remedle againll any la-
chrimous or weeping vlcers, or fiftula'$,to ftay defiuxfons Tj}g
of humours in them, for it is very aftringent? and doth
wellfartifiea weake member?it is made of calcined Vitriol whttscfhk
infufed in fpirit of wine? and the tincture of the coperas made*
thereby drawenout? and then the fpirit of wine euapora-
udper B. M* and fo it is excellent for to cure rotten gums *&f&$&
qt any purred or corrafiue vlcers of the throat or mouth,
or elfev\ here, 'and hath many other fpeciall vertues?which
when I fee down the preparation and vfe of my other chi-
micall medicines fhall be further handled.
Of Colkethor or Deadhead.
FOrwantoftimelheere come to the lafl medicine of
Vitrioll ere I haue touched the fourth part. This
Colkethor is of two different kindes? the one is from the
feces of Aquafortu, andthe other from coperas? after ^"^
the ftrong oyle is extracted from it. The fir(t is moft in
¥ieainongit Surgeons? and indeede is mod forcible? be- .- .
caufe
■A
% 8<5 ofSxlti And their <vemtu
caufe therein is a great part of the fixed fait of Salt-peeterV
andofAllum mixed with thecoperas, it is a medicine a-
flringent by reafon of the coperas and allum, and abfter-
Tr n f?en f" - *me ty reafon of the Salt-peeeter, and therefore it is good
f<a of cither. iono prepare flubborne vlcers to ficcatrize. Thus for
this time I conclude of Coperas.
SalAbfwthtf.
S Alt of worme-wood isa cordiall medicine, and is very
necetlary in the Surgeons cheft. It is very goodagainft
, the heat of a burning & contagious feuor, §^{S. therof ta-
ken in a deccclion of Sentaury beft, or in PJantane, or
faire water,to which for to amend the tafte,you may adde
fugar a little : giue the party at the lead three dofes of the
medicine at feuerall times, and fweat thereon, you (kail
finde it an excellent helpe alfo in the dropfie or fwellings
of theScuruy3j- thereofgiuenfirft andM ona peece of
totted bread for fiue daies together.
It is good and fit to adde a few graines thereof into^-"
uery cordiall, fork is Diaphoreticke, Diauretickc and
partly Laxatiue. It is a very good medicine againft a quo-
tidian feuer,^j.thereof taken in Sentaury-water,or rather
in a deco&ion of Sentaury &fweat thereon. In all flop-
pings of vrine, it is a furegood medicine taken in win&
Thus much for this time for Sal Ahfinthtj. A
T/;< dofe font
feftiletitfeHsr.
The dofe for the
Vroffie.
Thc^uaUty.
The dofe fir*
Good fir flip-
ping of the rrim
naBfajptges,
SalGemm*.
'Earch in the differences and kindes of common Salt
\&dtSdGemim.
Saimri
ThepHrityl
3flfoT$aturt.
IS the Chriflalline fait purified from grofle Salt-peeter
known to be pure by that it doth containe no common
fait therein; being alfo wholly combuflible of tempara-
■meat
Of S*lu and their rtrtues] 287
ment it is either hot or coole, as is plainly feene by his of-
fice and vertue : doe I fay vercue? yea and viceboth,I may
fay, for in truth for wounding andkillingfalt goethbee-
yond Mercnry , this is the dangerous part of gun-powder,
which giueth it the force of piercing fo the heart, which
God deliuer all Chriftians from feeling k7 and accurfed be
thathellifti Germane Monke which taught it firft in Eu- Germane
rope. This or Salt niter is either animal! orvegkable, or ^»»%£*«
both „ and may alfo not vnfitly bee tearnied mineral!, Wi?*?^
growing in mines, anditiseuerywhere, roreuerycrea- tW}fuftft -
mreliuingmaybeefaydtohauea part thereof : man and
beaft, I am fure hath a great par: of it. It is a mod medici- tfaft&ihm
nablefubieft as any is in the world, and no man can liue £*>£■*«« «f
without it, forourbloud andvrine hath it in it, yea, and $*$&&
our very excrements are mixed therewith , it h alfo in.
caues, in mountaines and plaines, and where not2
But toleaue fuch difcourfe,whereto I haue not appoin-
ted this little time, ]fay,Sa/mt£r in the Surgeons ch efl is
a worthy medicine, and the purer it is, the better it is for Th* inward
all vfcs : Touching the inward vfes thereof, it is good a. y^srfsd
cainft Hemoragia- or bleeding of a veine, whether it bee *Mmj > >
by thenofe,orany inward vaine or the body, taicen ^.Uemirms.
diflblued in Plantane or faire water.
In the Callenture it is apprcoued good to coole the HetyuhtL*
boyiing of the bloud taken as aforefayd, the dofe for a ca&eneurej
neede, if the heat bee great, may bee giuen euery foure
boures, orthe party may haue abarlcy water rather made,
wherintwodragmesormore may be diflblued todtinke
at will, it will not offend him, onely if hee take too great a 7k d<fi.
dofe at once it may caufe him to vomit3but it will not hurt
him* It is the beft thing I doe know for the furring of the
mouth and the throat in feuors, the place gently wafhed clcnfah thi
therewith diflblued in water3i.t prefently bringeth away ail moutbfurred,
thewhitenefle & furring, without offence. It is not vn- yJed*HWattr>
gratefullof tafte : but Co foone as you hauetaken fuch fur- Tj)e moutli
ring away, I aduife that you hau&'readie fome gentle fana- denfiia Lotion
tiue lotion to iniect, to takeaway the acrimonie thereof, **#*&
M m for
*88 Of Salts and their virtues*
for it is abftcrgent, and yet without violence or danger?
you may vfe therefore the ordinary lotion one part, faire
water two parts, andfo iniedtocleanfe the mouth after
the vfe thereof. I haue expreflTed other vfes of Sal Niter
proper in the cure of the Scuruy, to which Ireferre the
Reader.
CERTiUNE PLAINE
Verfes for the vfe of young Sur-
geons by the Author gathered^
JnpraifeofSalt.
SAlt with the world did beginne*
whofe end exceedeth time;
In it lie hidden fecrets rare,
which no tongue can define.
Our Sauiour his Difciples deere ,
to fait did oft allude :
Who by their blelfed voices fiHU
the earth with fpirituall food.
Salt manyiewelsfarreexceedesj
.« fait guideth health and life:
Salt Author is of all increafe,
gainft fait there is no ftrife,
Salt and his force, his place, his time,,
his power in life and death:
His choyce, his change, his adions fira
admire we may on earth.
What
Of Salts and their virtues. 2 8p
What liuing creature can want fait,
what plant or tree may grow :
Whattnettalperfeft doth endure
iffalt it doe forgoe.
His feuerall kindes are infinite,
his vermes without number :
His quantitiefo large in all,
as to man feemes a wonder.
The aire, the earth, the Ocean deepe,
with fait are feafoned fo .-
As wanting it fowle, beaft, nor fifh,
nor man could breath I know,
And for one inftance doe but note,
in bloud what tafte you finde :
Note vrine eke how fait it is}
ifitdigreflenot kinde.
Yea fweat and fpittle though they be,
but excrements indeede,
Haue ftoreof falt,which thing we find
by nature fo decreed.
The earth produceth fait in all
her creatures more and lefle :
Yet different each in fome degree,
experience doth confeiFe,
Both hot and colde, yea moid and dry,
is fait in temperament :
Yea volatile and fix alfo
obferuing each intent.
Some fowre, fome fweet, fome fliarp is found-;
fome bitter eke in tefte :
Mm 2 Yea
%$o of Salts undtheir virtues*
Yea liquid, folid, corrafme,
and purging (alt thou haft.
All colours ftrangein fait are feene*,
true healing therein ftands:
Andpoyfon (irong abounds in fik*
faltloofethmcttals bands,
Thefpirit of falc makes liquid «SW*
and Luwt at thy will 2
That potable they may be, wrought,
a worke of worth and skiLL
By fait are cured many greefes,'
though hidden and profounds
Yet the exceeding vfe thereof^
is certainely vnfound..
Salt doth preferue the food of mety.
that trauell farre by fea.
And feafoaeth well our meats at homej
which elfe would foone decay.
Ofgaine that doth thereby arifcj
all people haue a part :
It makcth barren land beare fruit §
w hich cheercs the Plow-mans beared
The Marchantis enrichtthtreby,
and aH that fifh in lakes :
Great ftore of food is gain'd by fair*
all things it fiuory makes,
InPhyficke and Ghirurgerie*
it hath the greateft part :
It doth containean eiknce true,'.,
which glads the fainting heart*
of Salts and ] their vemes* 39 1
It caufeth appetite at neede,
it quenchcth thirft at will :
It ceafeth paine of raging gowts*
it feuors hot doth dill.
Thereby are bleeding wounds made
and that without delay :
Yea, fordid vlcers it makes found,
and tumours takes away.
For meat and medicine there's not oug' ;
with fait compared may be.
Wherefore lie ceafe to praifea thing
aboise capacitie8
God grant w e all may feafoned be,
with fait deuoydof ftrife,
That while we Hue wc may doe good,
aad gaineetcrnalllife*
Sal met dler Hm9 ejl lafis Philofiph&rum.*
Mm 3 SVI+
OF SVLTHV%.
Sulphur is ta\en
in geticrall three
maimer vfrvaies.
•Afyeti&jbfer'
nation.
Example.
<Jgen*r<tllruU,
What it Is,
Vlphur is generally taken for euery fatty,
oilie,or any way combuftible part of any
creature, whether it be Animall, Vegita-
ble, or Minerall, namely in Animall it
comprehends Adeps, Axmgt^T'tnguedo ^
and what elfe is combuftible. In Vegeta-
bles k includes Tfyfae, Terebinthine^ Gum, Ojle , Waxe% Vi<*
numArdens, or Aquaviu. Touching Mineralls or Met-
tals, it includes all forts of Bitumens,withalfo the oyles of
Mettals, as of^oldj^Siluer, Iron, or any other , toge-
ther with all forts of Brimftone. Alfo it comprehends all
forts of Minerall falts, I meanetheir Oiles , as the oyle of
Vitriole, of Allome, or of common fait, &c. And further
it is to beconfidered, that euery Animall, Vegetable, or
Mfaerall fubftance whatfoeuer, is faid to containe his own
peculiar and different Sulphur , as for example, in wine or
beere, or any other liquid thing vegetable , that ipirituall
part which is combuftible, though it be liquid, is termed
the Sulphur thereof, viz. Aqmviu is the Sulphurous part
of Wine, and fo alfo of beere is to be vnderftood.
Of Sulphur in particular.
S Vlphur in particular is that vfuall Sulphur or Brimflone
which with vs is common , of which Artifls make di«
uers excellent medicines viz: Flost Oleum , Lac, Arcanum,
and Bafamn Sulphur kt as alfo EJfentia Sulphurujwith ma-
ny other profitable preparations.
This
Of Sulphur And his virtues, 29$
This Sulphur or Brim Hone istearmed the Balfam oiThe^en^^
the Earth, otTome others it is tearmed a Mineral! Terbin- P'a**j°n' of
thine, ofotherforneaRofinorGumof the earth, and is ** ur'
plentifull in all the world, for if you but note for one The j f
meaneinftance,thefea-coles,as wetermethem,whichwe sMnr^
burne, euen they are full of Brimftone,w hereby they kin-
dle fofoone, and burne fo noyfome , that were they not
burned in Chimnies, none could Hue and indure their ful-
phurous fume. As alfo the Turfes in fome places v(cd for
fuel], and generally, all the earth is replenifhed withbrim-
ftone.
Moreouer note, that there is no mettall, w hatfoeuer it
be as is faid, but containes a naturall Sulphur in it , o-
therwifeit were no mettall, for intruth many of the anci-
ent writers doe affirme that Sulphur is the Father of ^ SuyMrtf,eFaM
mettalls,andnotwithftandingall mettals containe apart thvrfmriak*
of Brimftone or Sulphur in them 3 yet wee fee Sulphur or
Brimftone alfo to be an ordinary fubflance ofitfelfe with-
out the helpe of any mettall to it. Further it is apparent
that Sulphur or Brimftone is of many different kinds as is
laid,and thus much breefly of Sulphur of Brimftone.
WWW^W^W
or (Brimftone.
His Sulphur from the Horrid deepe5
dame Nature did ordaine
A fearefullfcourgefor finneto be
as Scripture doihexplane.
29% Of Sulphur tndbuvmuef, i
A tafte whereof we may perceiue,
for his infernall fire
Hath millions flaine in towne and field f
by LMars his furious ire.
Yet though it feeme mod mercilefle,
our God will haue it (o$
That from the felfe-fame fubiecT: fliall
great choice of medicines flow.
Yea it one chiefe mongft three is freld
in all that Hue and breath.
And Vegitables it maintaines,
yet burnein Caues beneath*
A Father it is of Mineralise
Philofophersfay fo,
By help whereof they're made cencreat, r
irom Chaos whence they grow.
The Sulphur that's in A»imals,
in fames cheefly ftands,
Each order be it good or bad,
is linck't in Sulphurs bands.
The Vegent Sulphurs many are ,
each anfwering to his kinde,
Some Gummy,OyIeIy ? watery
and Ay ry eke inclin'd.
Yea Sulfur vini glads mans heart*
his courage it doth whet,
And many a ffrong man it puis dowae^
it cam inebriate.
I meane the fulphrous fpirits of wine ,
firBarly-cornealfo
^ Hath
Of Sulfhur and his vertues] spy
Hath fhewed himfelfc a man at Armeg
each plow-man that doth know.
But to returne being wide dfgrett
from what I haue in hand,
The minerall Sulphur was my fcope,
well knowne at Sea and Land,
Which Brimflone crude gainft itches tri'd
in country and in towne,
And to kill wormes in man and bead
Isvf'dofeuery clowne.
The oy le of Sulphur well prepaid,
aiewellisofpriccr
His balfam precious is alio,
thefe are no new deuice.
The qulntcflencethereof Is pure^
and cheeres each vitall part.
Yea being prepared faithfully,
it doth reuiue the heart.
Tlieflowres ferue*gainft peftilence,'
'gain ft Afthma and thsMurre,
•Gainft Feauers and gainft Plurifies
co appetite a (purre.
Vnto the Lungs a Balfam *m+
the Collicke it doth cure,
From falling ficknes it defends
and is both fafe and fure.
In Phificke and Chirurgerie
great helpe ir doth produce.
To him that hatn it well prcpar'd,
and nghtyl knowes his vfe.
N a But
296 Of Sulphur dttd bis <vertuit*
But Ckinricke medicines are to fooles
like fwords in mad mens hands,
When they fliould aide, oft times do kill^
fuch hazard in them (lands.
Let Surgeons mates to whom I write9
be warn'd by me their friend,
And not too ra(hly giuea Dofe,
which then '$ too late to mend.
For many a good man leaues his life,
through errours of that kinde,
Which I wifli young men would auoid
andbearemy words in minde.
Though Sulphur, Sal, and Mereum
haue healingraedicines ftore,
Yet know the'have poyfon and can Ul%
prepare them well therefore.
Of
Myjhape and habit fir angejou fee >
my a&ions heft can witnefe me :
lAbout the world I take my way,
with Sol in circuit once a day.
From earth to skie with oft returned
fromfnbftancetoa blaft-
From good to bad and good againe »
hence wingedp I fly* in haft.
JS?n *
OF
2? 5
OF ME% QV%fE
m General!.
Er curie is generally taken by Chymiffs
for one of the three principles whereof
)#b*titeitm? Wf$^7^ ^1 eac^ compleat creature is framed by na«
wended and dif. ^B}j§^^ fc§a ture 3 and it is alfo tbe-firft which forfa-
keth his fdlowes * being atlailed by fW-
f^<r ,. it is in truth a fugitiue and vagrant
fubftanee, which in the preparing ofdiuersfimple medi-
cines, is (carceto be efteemed worth the glaffe whiebcon-
taines itr, it being alfo the fainted and weakeil part of the
three, for performing any good thing of itfelfe, yecifyou
paife higher in An then to a firnple worke , and that you
would make a truceMentiall medicine ,. in fuch a cafe it is
worthy of eq uall refpeel -with the red : namely either with
the Salt or Sulphures part of the medicine. It is of fome
Artids rearmed aFiegroa^ a water or a dew, as being the
mod wa'trifh part of a medicine , itisfoeafieto be exhau-*
fled from his fellowesj that the very warmth of the Sunn€
will raifei?^. yea warme aire without fire or other helpe in
fomellmplesisfufEcienttodry their humidity? though
not al waies v\ holly t but note this that all the humidity in
,AffrtcUllfi!>fir<*.rRcdiQities is not to be tearraedMercuriall or Meicury:for
fyfikn. 2fty humidity, though it be not oy ly,yerif it be combudi-
ble, it is tearmed Sulphuriousj to wit, Aquavit*, as is faide,
euen fo much thereof as will burne is held Sulphur vie j.
Thus much of Mercury in genera)!.
Of
Of Mcrcurym particular.
MErcttry is a fpecial name which wife Philofophers cf
ancient time haue thought meet to grace quickefil • Mercury taty
uer withall.the reafon whereof in my opinion was /or that /or Q3fikP**r*:
quickeiiluer is an vnftabJe or vncertaine Metalline fun-
ftance fugitiue, and not well any way to be made fixe or
fajchfull, as triall will teach thee to know. And yet of
quickfiluer is made many feuerall forts of medicines, each Outfit"*
• i • j • i_ act • j« yerymeaxw
in their names and operations much differing , according ^
to their vertues^feuerall vfes^andefrecls which they per-
forme t Sublimed Mercury is called oneiy by the name cf Mif<wJf^Vi'
Mercury & by the vulgar fpeech, fome call it white May- ™**fe. *ieMm
entry & ^Markry.Thxs corofiue medicine is made of quick- wbmrftih
filuer>falt, and the Colcother of Vitrioll only by fublima- made.
tioa or diftilling them together with the quick(iluer,whkh
quickfiluer fiieth vp to the top of the helme or headof the ThefMequdi-?-
Still, together with the fpirits of fait, Ieauing the iubftance V *fQ&i&r
of the fait, as alfo the Colcother in thebcttomeof tbe^; *e5%
glatfe which is therby faid to befublimed, yet neuertheles
though it feeme eafily to be made r let none attempt to
make this medicine without good direction or experience,
for there is no fnaali danger in the working thereof , and
yet it is a good medicine well vfed, and hath much hel-
ped the Surgeon in the outward cures of defperate difea-
fes as namely fiftulaes and rebellious vlcers* . v
OfTretipitattv '
Precipitate is alfo Quick-filuerdiMled in Aq*a fort i§itf*» ?*#'&****■
tf hich by reafon of the ilrong fpirits contained in the * m^e*
faid Aquafortis or flrong water, it is colouredred>or glitte-
ring, or y ellowiih, as experience fhewethj the vapors pro-
ceeding from this kind of preparation are alfo dangerous
and fo are the medicines made therewith beeing often
without due refpe&adminiftred , yea «pj oiPrxcipitateot
No 3 more;
joo ofSinaber*
more often Pill- wife. Butfome Artifts, And againe, fome
others which would be efteemed more excellent for in"
uention haue this medicine a little remooued. And then
H they Me it Turbith minerail , attributing thereto the per-
/ fed: cure of the Pox, perfwadingthemfelues none can doe
like wonders to themfelues, but they are children in vn-
derftanding.andknowitnor, onelythey are opinionated
ThefubtiUy cfi and bold, and more often kill or fpoile, then heale,as their
Menurie. con&iences know 5 for Mercury is a fox, and will be too
crafty for fooles , yea and will oft leauethem to their dis-
grace, when they relying vpon fo vncertaine a medicine,
promife health, and (hallinftead of healing make their
"Patient worfe then before.
OfSinaber*
SImber which is vfed in fumes for thepox, is a deadly
medicine made half e of quickfiluer, and halfe of brim-
TZV'TndlL aonchy Art of fire : I meane by diftillation. I know
yfiai!dMft the abufe of thefe three recited medicines hath done
thereof. vnfpeakeabJe harme in the common- wealth of England,
and daily doth more and more, working the vtter infamy
and dellruclion of many an innocent man,woman> ana
child, which I would my wits or diligence knew to helpe;
for eueryhoffe-leech and bawd now vpon each trifle will
procure a Mercuriall fluxe,yea many a pittifull one,wher-
by diuers innocent people are dangeroufly deluded , yea
perpetually defamed and ruinated both of their good
names, goods, healths and liues3and that without remedy.
Me thinks I could fpend much time if I had it,euen in fet-
ting downe the good and bad things of quickfiluer 9 and
yet I confeife I am too weake to defcribe the tenth part of
his wonders.
There are alfo from ^Mercury of late yet diuers other
Tbemedicines g°oc* medicines in vfe , whichfor their forces and vertues
that aremade of are admirable, as namely Mercury water , which is made
Mermii] of fublimed Mercury , and called Z^ Mercury , Mercw
rins
Of "Mercury and bis venues. 301
rittidttku, Mercttrimviu. There is alfoboth Diaphore-
ticke Mercury, yea Diaureticke, Vomitiue , and Laxatiue
medicines of diuers forts out of Mercury both fafe and
good to be made , the preparations and vfes of which*
when time femes I meane to publifh.
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fn Laudem Mercurij:
OR IN PRAISE OF
Quickfiluer or Mercuric
WHe*eto (hall Fthy worth compare?
vvhofe aclionsfo admired are*
No medicine knowne is like to thee,
in ftrength,in vertue and degree.
Thou to each Artift wife art found,
a fecret rare, yea fafe and found :
And valiantly thou plai'ft thy part,
tocheere vp many a doleful! heart.
Yet makeft thy patient feeme like death,
with vgly face, with (linking breath %
B ut thou to health him foone reftores,
although hehaue a thoufand fores .
The perfect cureproceeds from thee,
for Pox, for Gout, for Leprofie,
For (cabs j for itch* of any fort , 1
Thefe cures with thee are but a fport
Thou
joi o/Mercnrie tniitivertuesl
Thou humors canft force to fublime,
and them throw down when thou feeft time*
Yea from each end difeafes flie,
when thou art preft thy force to fty#
Sweatto prouoke,thou goeft before,
and vrinethou canft moue good (lore,
To vomit for diuer fi on bed,
in purging downe thou guid'ft thereff.
Mans body dry thou canft humcckt
performing it with due refpecl:,
And being too moift thou mak'ft it dry
who can that fecret caufedefcry.
Vmdnon men terme thee, wot's thou wiy £
thou canft be faithfull yet wilt lye s
Thy temperament vnequall ftrange^
is cuer fubiecl vnto change. •
For thou art moift all men may fee?
and thou art dry in th'higheft degree :
Thou'rt hot and cold euen when thou pleafe*
and at thy will giu'ft paine in cafe.
Yet thou haffl faults, for I dare fiy,«
thou heal'ft and kilft men euery dayj
For which I will not thee excufe,
nor hold them wife that thee abufe*
8 ut for my felfe I doe protefi^
as trufty friend within my breftg
Thy fecrets rare mod fafet© hold,
cfteeming them as fined gouli
And why > thou art the Surgeons friend,
his worke thou canft begin and end %
For
OfMerturyAidhuvertMes. j0j
For tumors cure, yea hot or cold,
thou art the beft, bcit new or old.
For recent wounds who knoweth thee,
hath got a peereles myfteric :
A Caufticke thou art ftrong and fure„
what calous flefh can thee induret
In Maturation where t*is dew,
thou art the beft I euer knew :
For repercuffion thou win'ft praife,
by di tfolution thou giu ft cafe.
What's virulent thou do'fl defie,
and fordid VJcers doft defcry %
Yea fiftulaes profound and fell,
thou fearcheft out and cureft well
No vlcer can thy forceindure,
for in digeftion thou art fure :
Modification come« from thee,
and incarnation thou haft free.
To figilJatethou do'fl not faile
and left ftrange fymptoms fhould affalle
The greefe late heard, thou canft conuay,
th'orTending caufc an other way.
The Alchymiftbv VnUntn fought ,
from volatile thee 6*xt t'haue wrought %
But thou defieft his trumpery,
and changed him to beggery.
Had I but all thy healing Art,
it would fo much aduance my heart,
I fhould not doubt equall to be
in wealth to Lords of high degree.
Oo But
g04 a/Mrmry and his vertuet.
B ut from thy venemous vapours vile,
thy corofiuefting that bones defile,
Thy noyfomefauorsfullof paine,
God giue me grace free to remains.
For when thou rageft Bird, nor Tree,
nor fi(h , nor fowle can withftand thee;
What minerall fo (lout can fay,
/he can withftand thy force one day ?
In Sat urns bred thou feem'ft to dwell,
by Inciters f byle thou doft excel],
Thou Lion- like furprifeft Mars,
rich Sol thou mak'ft as pale as afh .
Thou Venus beauty can ft allay,
thou Hydrarge doft ElipkLma :
And though thou feem'ft to wrong all fixe^
not one without thee can be &xz9
Thou art their Mother, fo faies Fame,
which giues them cayfe t'adore thy names
Ready thou art as women be,
to helpepooremenin mifery.
Humble jtod^ftvindaflieatwill
water arid oyle from thee men ft ills
Toft vp and downe in fire thou art
yet fukill Mercurie plaies his part.
Meekeas a Lambe, manly eake,
fof t as the Wool, Tiger like t
Millions in one, one in a MiHionj
Male and Female in thy pauillioo.
Thou Hermaphrodite as Fathers know,
feeming folid;truely not fo %
Th©ul%
of Mercury dnd hisVertms. 3 © j
rhoul't be in all, none reftsin thee,
thy boldnes brings Calamity.
Thou Idoll of the Chymifts ould,
who mall thy fecrets ail vnfould I
Swift is thy tongue, none can thee flay*
when thou feem'ftdead thour't flowncaway.
Ifthour'tin all things as men fay,
daily produced and fled away,
Vp to the skie, downe to the graue ,
a wonder like thee;where (hall men haue?
But mend thy faults or thou (halt heare,
Tie blaze them out another yeare :
For many a guiltles man thou haft lam'd,
and many a modeft wight del am'd.
And yet t'is finne to wronga theefe,
thlmpoftures fault therein was cheefes
For he that would be bold with thee,
'twere meet he knew Phiiolophy.
For thou to fuch art knowne and true,
buthateftfooles that men vndoe,
Handling *hee without due caufe,
thou being not fubied to their lawes.
Now to conclude,one boone grant mee,
1 will requite it gratefully :
If th'old wife kill thee with faffing fpittle,
furuiue to make her patient ci ipple.
For well I know it is in thee
to caufe difgrace effedually :
His throat andnofe fee thou defile,
for thou thy Father canft beguile-
O02 Force
y*6 OfMercurydndkhvcrtuet.,
Force out his teeth , clofe vp his iaw,
and leaue fcarce entrance for a draw s
Yea deafe, or dumbc fee thou him make?
with ache and woe, with palfie (hake,
Regard not thou though he fiiould curfe,
whofe greefes th'hait chang'd from ill to worfe
It's knowne by thee ther's many flcepe,
for whom it is too late to weepe.
Tie leaue thee lefl thy anger rife,
thy fauours let no man defpife :
For as (word drawn e, I know thour't prefl,
men to offend; or y eeld them reft.
To any mou'datthefemeane rimes*
I anfwer 'twas my idle times,
And loue to youths in Surgery,
vrg'd me tVnmaske olde Mcrcurk,
\iZojtm deeme I ftretch too wide,
in praifing thee what heeres defcri'de;)
I nothing doubt to proue each line,
to him that quarrels indue time*
The conclufion touching Sal^ Sulphur %
and Mercuries*
MAny learned writers haue through their whole vo-
lumes, left to future ages as a trueth ratified, thai
body cwfifts* next the Almighty hand which createth all things , Sal,
Sulphur, and Met curie , are the three principles whereof
euery natuf all body is compofed, whether it be AnimaJl,
YegitaJblc,
Of Mercury And his venues. 307
Vegitablc, or Mineral], The Sal, »y#//>W,and Mercury
are by the Ancients diuided out as follow eth-.they affirme
the thin Volatile and watery part or fubftance of any thing £s(mjfit
whether it be animall or not 5 to be the Mercurial! pare
thereof*, the fatty, oilely, or any way combuftible part to
be the Sulphurious part of ihe fame medicine , and the
allies remaining after combuftion is efteemed the Salt
part thereof.
Each of thefe three fubftances are well to be diuided
from the other by Art , and to be reunited , the pure part ffc^J**
being fep^rared from the impure. But in this part refteth '
the w hole Chy micke Art, the arriflciall erfe&ing w hereof
(heweth great perfection in the Artift , thefe thing* are
talked of by many, but performed truely by few, for in this
it may be truly faid : Aitquid Lata quod not pant : bic labor
hoc opus.
Alfo the diuifion of Animal!, Vegitablc , and MineraJI
creatures is as followeth. All whatfoeuer hath life , whe- ttf)4% creature k
ther it be in Sea, Land, or Ayre , liuing it is efleemed an Animall.
Animall.
AH whatfoeuer groweth vpon the vpper face of the
earth by nature, or mans induftry $ whether it be Tree, whatthevegk*.
Plant, Hcarb, or what thing elfe (o euer from the Cea- 1>U creature is.
der to the Thiftle, cy ther branch, barke, orroote,is ac-
counted for a vegitable creature.
And all whatfoeuer is meere earth, ffone, iuice, or li-
quor of earth,as Salt,whether it be of the Sea, or Land,to- l^*Ai * *?'«&*$
gether with all mettals or roineralls whatfoeuer, are repu« *
ted for the Mineral! part.
(feature «.
0°} Of
JfP&fL. Ji*¥$^ JP^BL ^
mMmimi
ihax fan. ~
OF THE SEVEN PR1NU
cipall Mettals afcnbcd to the
feuen^Plamts.
Here are feuen principal! Mettalls in
Chymicall, Phiiicall and Chirurgicall
v(e5 and they are by many famous wri-
ters which are delighted in the prepara-
tion of medicines, named and noted
downe vnder the vfuall names or Cha-
racters of the feucn Celeitiall planets*
as namely Lead is tearmed Saturne, and noted by the
Character of Saturne. Tinne is afcribed to the planet Ju-
piter, and marked with the Character of Jupiter* Iron is
marked out with the Character of Mara.
Gould is kt downe by the Character of Sol ; Copper by
tlie Character of Venus : Quickfiluer by the Character of
Mercury :Siiuer is deciphered according to Luna. Which
r f things the learned haue thought fitfoto doe,no doubt for
tLefcclwlfters many good reafons 5 one of the lead of which is for a more
b: eefe di(lin<!tion in their writings at all times.
•.Theophraftfts Ptracelfw in a treatife of Sulphur , as Mi-
chael 7^^/^xfomeiimesofSiransburge, Doctor of Phi-
- ficke noteth, hath thefe words of the feauenMettals and
their venues: faith he, the Sulphur contained in the feuen
Mettals, inrjche;horendoweth each of them with medi-
cinal! vertues, appropriating, them to feauen principall
members of mans body for the curing the feueral! greefes
of
oftbefeuen Msttdsc 3 09
of the feme members, as namely.
The medicines prepared artificially horn Gouid>are
noted cheeflv to refpecl and cure the difeafes of the heart, s?uenpScuUar
Thofeoniluef to refpert the brains cheer!/. The medi- f^jfe
cines from Copper to refpect the kidney es. Lead and the
'-medicines thereof to the milt.
Iron to the Gall.
TinnetotbeLiuer. m
Quickeiiluer to the Lungs,
But note further that notwithstanding thefe mettals are
faid to refpecl thefe principall members mentioned-, yet Uowfarrege-
from any one of them may be made medicines that doe *e,*lhth* f-
refpecl all the parts of mans body , as namely , AurumpoJ*
tabHe? and fo of others : for in truth thefe mineralls can do
wonders both in Phyficke and Chirurgery , being rightly
prepared and applied , and the contrary being abufed.
Thus much in breefe touching the feauen principall
Mettalls.
A worde, or two touching the foure Elements. The
foure Elements are Fire, Ayre, Water, and Earth. But
the diuiiion which the Chymifts of thefe times pleade for
touching the Elements, Iofephw £)j4srcitaxHi expreffechin
thefe words following: faith hee, the whole world is divi-
ded into two Globes, to wit, into the fuperiour Heauen , The whrile
which is jE theriall arid Ay rie , & into the Lnferiour Globe l^Xtf
which contalnethths waterman d the earth. The fuperiour • &'
Globe which is /Etheriall* harh in it fire, lightning, and
brightnetfe, and this fiery Heauen is one formall and ef- W^^mtyrp-
fentiall Element; the water and earth are the other two T*f9l*^he
Elements :fo he concludes , thereis but three, and with wimthstrfl* ->'
him all the ChymiGs of latter times fubferibe, affirming onrchaajneth*
tharaumbermoft perfect yshich agreerh with the euerla-
fting Trinity.
Paraceljm in a treatife of his3 called Meteormiu ,
cap. 1. mentioning the difference betwixt foure and three
Elements, hath thefe words. Touching fire 3 faith he, fire
which is efteemed one of the foure elements, can (land
wick
5 1 o Ofthefeucn Mends.
with no reafon fotobe: but as touching the Earth, the
Water, and the Ayre, they are truely elements ; for they
giue element to man , but as touching fire, it giueth no e-
lement, it hath no part in the breeding ofman-kinde, for
it is well poflible for a man to be bred, and to liue without
fire 5 but neyther without ayre, water , nor earth can man
liue, for in truth from the Hcauens, by helpe of the other
two elements doth proceed fommer and winter, cold and
heat , and allnourifhment and increafewhatfoeucr with-
out the helpe of fire. Therefore arc theheanens the fourth
clement, yea and the firft, for the facred worde fheweth vs
m that in the beginning God made heauenand earth , (hew-
ing that heauen was the firft made, and in the outward
heauens are included the water and earth , which faith P*~
racelftu may be compared to wine contained in a velTell ,
for wine is not gathered and prepared without avellcll
firft had and ready, prouingalfom any waies that the fire
is included within the Element of Ayre, &is no Element
of it felfe. To prbue the like opinion, touching the foure
elements,! could rehearfe the names of many famous wri-
ters if I had leifure, and that the occafion were worth it ,
but the queftion little concerneth the cure of difeafes by
young Surgeons, wherefore I will conclude this point my
felfe, intending neyther to quarrell for to proue three, nor
foure, let thore be foure or three, eythcrofbothihallcon*
tent me.
3*3
A PREFACE TO THE
Treatife of the Qharafters and
tearmes of Art following.
Vrteous Readcr,confidering with my felfe that
young men'in long voyages are full of leifare*
I thought it not loft labor to adde thefc trea-
_ tifes to the former , for that they not onely
containe profitable inftruclions foryouth , but by their
nouelty and varieties doe partly refrcfh the minde of thofe
readers as delight thernfclues in that part of praftife. It
was part of my gleanings in the time of eight year es trauell
by land in forreine regions. If the matter and formethere-
of be not worth thy acceptance, yet I pray -thee accept the
good will of the giuer.
?,m
Tp
CBA~
V*
CHA\A CTE%S a^D
their Interpretations.
And fir ft oftbefeaum Planets.
Saturnus. *r< 4 n* Lead fwcetUifcuffiogi
Plumbum XX Xv mollificatiuc, a-
nodine^fanatinejlaxatiue, mundificatiue, and yet full ofdeadlte
vapors.
Iupiter. m ; QT T,-„„ SSSaSfi
Scannum ^/* ^ ' fanatfue, &c.
Mars. JX -*'*"»•"' aSLJSSS
Ferrum w iJ #<w a furc medicine
for fluxes of bloud> and a great opener of obstructions,
Q*] /***%> /^\ ,-» , f Agreat andfure
I f • J m fiSfl ^«" CordiaD' fork
Aurum VL/ x^rx ^ comforteth the
heauy hearted, and is reputed the bed medicine,
7enus' 2 ♦ 2 Copper *StS
Guperum *f* »J« il cines for mans
health, Phy ficall and Chirurgicall, viz: &IeHmjfftrkf§4^& terra cum muk
tk alijs.
Mercury
,lf jj ■ Chtrtfors. # 313
Mercumus. $f% jf 7>^~ frenSSUea?
^4 ^ J«/*fr ling, killing, ex.
pelling, attradling, coroding, # quid no» ?
Luna. /7^ ^\ Siiuer ^JXnncae:
Argemum \^ \^/ ken, a good re-
fioratiue, a comfortable, and an anodine medicine , &c
Ace
Other QbaraBers *Alj>habeticatty.
X 1 ffW difcuiTme, de-
fenfatiue, comfortable, anodine, &c,
Acemm ,-L, , di, JTw fr^JSSTS
Vini. f »J* f " 'X* Vtnegtr piercer , anodine,
a confumer,a cauflicke,and a vcficatory medicine, &c.
Acetum ^ i-£«D*KM£\SS
Diffiflatum, *5jp ♦ T"l T/»^ra mineral bodies
and extradeth tin&urcs, dec.
Without the
which no crea-
Elementr mQ fubf]fteth#
Alumeru C % ♦ ( !) rw* ^^^
\**S \***/ CrH™ fiue, mundifica-
tiue fanatiue, refrigcratiue,&c«
Alumen A ^T <^Uum ^f^t
Combufhm. KJ # KJ Sum medicin*which
alfo induceth a good ficatrix.
P p t Alurnea
Aer. ^A« f. JR One of the ^ Q£%& j^g
Alumeri I±T .jg? Mum ^S^k
plumofum. £ 1 < />W member by a
certaine hidden fpecificall vertue ithath.
Albumen l^V 4_S\ Whites £*^
Ouorum. ^ JJ \s . JJ tfEgges tiue, healing^ ■
good inreftraining fluxes, &cv
A 1 *£>& * * i A putting things
Amalgama. $KX>C ^LOfl. together, or a
^Jy* terme of Arc for
putting together, vizifat Alwagama^but more particularly it is meant
of Mercury > with any other mettall,
JLi JU A x 4 „ Vomitiue,
Antiffiomu. T | ££ Antimony <iasatiue,fa:
vJ* vl/ natiue^dia-
phoretike, diaureucke,anodine,caufticke, and full of deadly vapors, if
It be not preuented, yet exceeding precious in healing, being difcreet-
jy vkd.
Anfimnnii aJtfl - hJEl* aUfeof An- A forbidden.
ilntimonij idtf J w ,-J^^... me&c*ni and
Vitrum. (J \J hum. yetofdocte
tfed, an dpraife- worthy, if not abufed.
A * \i imft m « i aJL *-T> Aniimotifpre- This is but
iintimonij H* # *H ^^- Ubiadu
Keguhs. ^-J (y cine, which
afterward is vfed to be conucrtcd to Flores,, Tincture , or fome other
good medicine,
"■ -D r^ drip From March the
Amms MlH « ^r*r 1 ** nil thcmum
J***- of the fame.
L y (Sbeofthefoure
lity could and
moi(L
Aqua,
Cbtraffers. 3 \y
Aqua X.TyT %*& US5££
andSaIt-peeter,and diuc ilieotherwaies.
Armi -■ T> ^ x 4 Thisismadeas
5 \>P*£t iS' theformer,ad-
Regis* ▼ *- * ^/ ^* * ding common
{alt, or rather 5W Ar&pm&ck?*
Aqua V-^ ^^i«Sg
#"• O O O eff^^ of wine is of
excellent vie for healing? and the cheefe ccrdiallin cheering the heart
of man.
. r . \T * r • i Intaftenotvn-
Arlenicum. ZL # O— O Jrjmckv\^™&mtn-
Ht* all deadly, yet
agoodoatward healer many waies.
a ~ • f% ' - Orfii^ fntalj Jead-
Aunpi^mentul=^J=J^Ctzi) w* fyft&'wteof
r ° w £8f»* fofflc inward-
ly for the co ugh? byfume with amber mi^, and outward in many me-
dicine? profitable*
a y\ ^ ^ tt n Of as ic were
AutUEQllUS. v=£ * ^— O HarUejt an entrance
>* to the winter
quarter.
. . r , i ^ mm^ J cbalkjhat Alfogoldcal-
AuriCalcum ] J"*""* *\JJ contains* cmedintopou
j^/af" der beeing an.
entrance to Aurum Potabile.
Aurum <&.^ToM**^
Potabile. >/ V> 6 6 Go/d dicinc ., but
very often adulterated, which being true, is precious.
"\T^" \T/'p This character
jfT/ltaS. ^C ♦ )|f S Qmmer is (omtimesv-
J?h w± *lXV fedforfornmer-'
and fomerimes for heate.
Pp3 iEs
*i{ chmBtrs.
tt> O -O cd /r TflisisblltC0P:
JEjSc pXe » HH JtSraJJe per mixed with
O O Lapis Calamitta-
r^and prepared by Vulcam Arc,
Balneum TVR . RM^^^t'l
Mari*. X J-f i-T V. J. ^e gla(re Stil fa .q-
to a furnace in a kettle of water, by the boy ling of which, the fubieel
contained in the glalleis diftilled.
Bolus ® . © FiHeMSSfZ.
Armenus. X JL ftringent, fa~
natiue, refrigeratiuej&c.
Bolus r? , q? (jmwm ggfe
Communis /^ * hU farre weaker
Borax q- ^ g^ J**^
Venetian |/I — clions of young
women, and is excellent to I u te glaffes, and as a fecoad hand to Gold-
miths.
Calidus X-X^'her"^
^ I "SJT^JP *«• Isabfterfiue, de^
C>alX, jT « Vr/ XlW^ ficcatiue, cau-
T ^^ fticke,fanatiue.
€**. z\ v ib^ ^^^ f :^^ £^ fomtimes v-
/^\ * /N ^»»« */ fed in (hong
* * "* Egiejbels reftriaiues,&c
Ouorum
Calx
Vlua«
%W$?k reftricliuesjckc
^ ^ ^^ X/wtf medicines.
Chalibs
Chir Alters. gi^
Challbs. >■] 7* LA *SWtf »t Sonnet
©bftrudion*, and ftayeth the fluxes, &c.
~» , ^ - r? Thls Cnaraclcr
C>alor. A * A He ate feruethnotonly
#/ V * / \ • for fire, but alio
for great heate.
*s i • t—TL-m i Ej ,_. ; . Sometimes
^alcinare. /^ \ ^Zr 1 o calcine tobume to
S* *4 powder, &
fometimes to prepare by fire to a certaine height and colour.
r* h-TLni h/\^* rr £ Is b? a
Cementare T^TT viV ' ° demerit mixture
,^T corral] ue
to adde to any mettall purees Gold or filuer, a higher tincture,and al-
fo to pun fie the fame yet further.
CerufiTa ->P J> Venice?* '<**'<*'
Venetian fU**~'* V*^ Cerucc fanatin€j cooling,
anodine, deficcatiue, &c.
Cera. jtiT /\ IVaxe
A blelled medi-
cine outwards &
inwards , of a
temper neither exceedingly too hot* nor too cold, molificatiue, fana-
tiue, &c.
Cinnabriu. gF ♦ 313! Qnna^ar turaI1&air°
TT 3^5^ copounded
of Sulphur and Q;rickfiluer , and vfed in Fumes , it fpoyleth many,
and healcth by chance fome one in killing tenne.
Cmeres jH . j, e^fcr^-^ffi
Ligni. L-,, t/T^W ferentmedicines
ofvalue, in Phyficke and Chirergery, amongeft which the caufticke
flone, the ordinary Lixiuium, &c,
Corallus
320 Char niters'.
■Corallus XLT XL/ for all fs%dmfl^
Corallus Albus. jT\ JT\ wkte beeing prepared
ChimicalIy,hathvvonderfull vertues comfortatiue.
Corallus XL/ .XU %€dde™™*n¥{°<-
« . HZ / TtT__ ^N „ mer, but mver-
Rubeus. jtTif* jr\V&ra/i tues it farre ex-
ceedetb it. Paracelfus afcribeth vertues infinite and wonderfull to red
Corali, if it be perfect ly red.
L>OiCOthar. (HP) ♦ (if) m*//>*r Hick medicine,
\£X \2Z/ Colcother and alio coo-
ling) exiiccating,fanatuie7 mundificatiue, &ce
Crocus /j^f ^71 SafronGooiz^fd^
Martis. y^V, O^ !«?/*«? DUrrhM, & ge-
nerally all fluxes
Crocus Q . ^/J &»>» Sg***S'
Veneris. Jf W V* '/ftp fomecimes ta-
ken for refined ALs Vftum,it expelleth:,drieth;mundin*etb;and healeth,
t^v X 7 X / m /• Is the boy ling
DeCOCtlO. ^T ♦ ^£ jSojIw? or decoding
■CX -*fc3* any medicine.
. XT T y nr\e /?• Gooddige-
Digeltio. V< ♦ >< Tjtgejtmg&onfedk-
bealingjbut Chy mkall digeftion, eft gradusfpagyrkm fimilis ventrical*
perquemgrAdMmatfriacocjMWr melim vt -pur tab tm purofipar at ie fieri fojfit.
DitS 4\C% + r\Ct &a?e Containing
Etnox **J7 yD and Night 24,houres.
Diftillatio. if0^
thevnpure, performed by fublimation? and precipitation > but after
'in*** blades and fafhions, Elemcn.
Ch&ntterf* 319
&**\ *«-[ Not one of But a pure me-
Elementaa 0+ 'O-p the fotire dicine made by
Vmmk fc-i EUmemts Ghymicall Art,
out of any good thing eyther Aniaiall, vegitable, or mineral!, qui re
-^ > jf~ ^*Z- *ri This filtring with
Filtrum. J&\ fjr A felt & fifc, a a kind of
^JT J* preparation of
midicines liquid, to purge them from their terreflriall parts.
Finos W M| Horfe &**•
Equinus. // \\ /jf ^\ dung* tines in Horfe-
dung to putrifie, and is an ancient and worthy worke rightly vfcd,VL
earim em eft, MB%
Fixatio. ^ A FifP s»™
in their workcs,butfew truly attaine it, but in ftead otftc&fo^h&f find
vexatiofatu.
Flos ^ . ^ /&*£. f;S°3
Mm. &-*+ £—+ gre*fe Vardigrece, be-
ing the ruft of Copper, it is a good aftringent dificcatiue,and corofiue
medicament.
~ j yJT\m\\JT\4 i»A-4 A degree firft, fecond,or
Cjradus. n- * ♦ G:2; ft 3 third * as you fee them
** *■ ** *? ^* ? defcribed with their feu«-
rail figures
- #%fj O /~* Of any kinde is
Gummie Jt$P f ^X Gumm^ddcvibQdMt
O t> <W J the fingie Cha-
rafter is moftvfed. Qjj Hyems
3*0
Charters.
This Character
Fly ems. 'ffi * tfl Winte
Jgnis. /\* j^~ Fire
tiall« but the fir ft is molt in vie.
cold by iome
writers.
As well natural
as artificial], a-
dual] aspoten-
Magnetis. C/ \> C/ W^i ceedins the Dia-
hiond-of the tribe ofii£*r^ in quality a?t racliue and fanatiue.
LueS~ tf 0 ' Y Tfc t^i- ™si? a Cathb-
Ifflr* * «^T^. r,Jr / like plague con-
Veneria. ^T ffctu^fi ^vkigtlnoa*
difeales in one, being (el dome perfectly healed.
Luna erf*-* i-fM Moone?ttbtA6iamd
~ r \J ^f • fecond quarter
Crefceus. V * V mcretfng 0ftheMoone.
Luna A ■ A Moone ofthewawi
_x ; JL jL _ *c 1i ■ quarters of the
Decrefcens. *^\F** TrP^"* decrcajittg jVloone.
Prunella. VJ/ , V£ ,/jW^, ^ ^ £.
flammat!ons,aod for foxes of the mouth and throat , and alfo againft
hot feuors inwardly taken.
Lapis /# , 7$ (Whhw *$t
Calamiriaris. £-» / * yr*w chaungeth
Copper into Braffe, it is deficcariue, and exeeHeth m Lotionsfor the
eyesj&c.
Lapis
Characters. 32!
Lapis (T) 0 "Bloud^f0^^
Hemaates, »-p f£J jW ding inwardly &
outwardly, and hath many other vermes medicnabie.
T *+,; c • This is a great fecret in
^Plf C&£OCCX£> curing alradhirebee-
5abuloius. jDg daily giuen the
party>^j. and alfo mixed with the outward medicine and applied to
the greefe.
Lapis Hh *# The gr mat j^-**
Granatus, Q£) * (§)>»* ti^s ' in
medicine,butnot commonly vfed.
t T *f T T- ®r brickes ^or
JLatereSt / / - J f StOneS farnaceiorother
*5 " JL waies.
Lateres prr] 4 | — 1 Pmderof Itiso*en ****»
Gibrati Illy »*W • p-re?anns -ft
^riDrati. !■ .«! ■ > « x , cines as well to
make good Lute , as alfo for diuers other needfull vfes.
Lixiuium Jk I A W- ^^
Lixiuium. Q Q */^/ profitabIeinhea
ling outwardly andinwardly,and for caufticke medicines it is the bed.
Limatura > O Filings ^^
Martis. ijjf ^y| «ftf»w cusMartis.
Lutum /* J .S ^S ^ ^Gme- fuJ?poie
/ W »(Sf_ of the Phi- that toe pinch-
Sapienti* ^tJ W^ lofopbers ing of glares to-
gether is it? but it is taken for a man? and fo meant by diuers lear-
ned men.
Lutum >-7.»-7 I** §^ii
Communis C?^ &"-+( Common 0fwooi, & fait
commonly, but there is as many feuerall Lutes as Chymifts vfe.
CLq 2 Lythar-
52a Characters. .
Lythareiruso^p ofe iafe Oneofthe&nj
meu, for that the teds which refine gouid through leade, after are
made into Litharge, I meane theSaturne into them.
Lythargirus *> ; ^ iffi f^toftl]
Argenti. $> Z> tfM,er fuppofed to
proceed of Luna as aforefaid, but indeed thefe and the firft are km
daily from Holland, made onely of Lead.
Lythargirus * \ * i*ft%5£5«
by euery Plumber out of-that part of Saturae which wafleth to a hard-
nelfe in melting.
Marchailta. $j, OZ, &£«
lead oare, &c«
Mercurius. V ♦ V fif??^ tb&iS, a
T"1 Tt"1 «&'*'*"- true healer , a.
wicked murderer, a pretious medicine, and a deadly poyfbn, a friend
that can flatter and he.
Mercurius ^*0p. S§f J^S
Sublimacus. £fr *p .wwt much praife &
difpraife,as till morefcopel omit, forhee hath done me both credit
and fliame.
Mercurius **&* *&* £***f- £ "orth£ me"
_ O + O ntrvna- dicine or true
Przcipitatus %* ^ pitate9 Artifls with
praifevfed,ofEmpericksfhamefi4llyabufed,for healing and killing
heisknowne.
Mercurius
Characters, 323
M^wiivfiirt *\£ *><C n* Hie Labor, hoco*
Soils. 0 0 f^f me nihil ad me,
true Philofcphcs oncly arc capable of this my ftery .
MerCUriUS X K £*ftfo* This & the for-
Lunx X * M ?^«- « %Ue °"e
""•^ j^^ ^^ J way or prepara-
tion, or .not greatly different, but are pail my reach.
MerCUriUS ]3 tf Un«rj Ihaueheardrna-
.■.■■:. X * 5fc /■^■Jt ny brags of this
Veneris. £ £ «/C<#*r medicine,and to
be precious, but Ineuer could fee it, &c.
Mercurius M 4 &jii&sk i^^d'hatwi.h
. -*£*? ' Ss& „fir«n thismedicine,tbe
Mams. Qr^7 tf^' of iron ymue of thg
Loaddone is ftrengtheoed aboue meafure.
Mercurius &> ^ ^., ™2Xfi
taw. -*y» -^i »; »»• ti„„ . bot i hl„.
notfecneir.
Mercurius b . K m™*, Jhis > f^
^ . **; * TR rr j7 drawn from Lead
Saturni. *) t> of Lead .^ a good quaati.
ty,perfe, onely by Art of fire, as writers affirme,
M •** tt T T Containing 2 8,
dills* \ // \ /. One month dales, and 28.
a«Lii*Bi*'i4- Y^»M nights j orfoure
whole weekes.
Is one of the
fons of Saturne ,
cooliag drying 3
repelling, healing, mollifying, difcu fling, &c.
(jHC The fixtieth pare-
tJMwHte of one houre.
MelL |Vr * iVT Honey tiue, muiidifica-~
A T *4 JL T JU 7 tiue i mollifies-
tiue; faaatiue,&c* Q5 3 Oleum
Minium. /^ < ± Or red
repelling, healing, mollifying, difcu flin
Minutum. ^^ * ^P
324. Cfj/ird&er?.
Oku™. (6) £ ° °-;'"/"rs
would fay, take from Gudacum his Sal5 Sulphur* and Mercury, by his
vSulphtiryou muO: vnderfland his.oyly part3 &c,
y . 1 1 ^,r It Is vied for any
Fllle^ma, /-*■■* .\ / AFlegma diftlied water
./ ^ which is void of
Spirit3as 1 cfe water.
Piger ^'MMS^ feSg*
Henricus. ^w' ^W i?^ called^ for his ex-
ceeding flownes.
Plumbum *S ^Thilofo^Tht?^™:
J. ■ _ f • I i • I i, tion is myfti-
Philofophorum. ^/ \^/ fbers Leaae call, &aboue
my reach, the fame Character is aHb vfed for the Philofophers (lone.
Pulok V.V ?""*>■ 22SE:
|«*X* ^J^of any thing dmes |t ig ta,
ken for fubtill flores^and hnefpiritsof any medicine-
Purificare \5^ \ J %Te purifie fubiimation
^"^ * V^ / or[jy preci-
pitation? or any kinde of purifying or clenfing.
PutrefadliO *f* \ TV Tutrifa or opening of
y^ ^" mixed mine-
rails bodies by a natural), warme, and moiflputrefaclion, namely by
jimtuequinva , velehuVicarmSy MB.
EiTentia. ^-^\A^ f^Sr Ejfentja. digefted medi-
cine, vtfthoutgroffefuperikiries, drawne from any fubfi ftence eyther
animal! ^vegttable, or mineral^
. . - . Quinta
charters.
325
T/jt<]</wt~ This isalfo cal*
$[$#ce of led Af.tvitt, &
mne Aqua Cclefiis^ &
Alcolevir,it and Aqua Ardens, with many other names.
Quinta
Eflentiavini.
<k£v
Realgar.
© n
of Ratsbane healing,tbogh
fometimes vfed in Alchimy,
1 I r | 1 f A preparation
Keuerberatio r"Ti / Jj chymicaiby
fire.
Retorta. (f°. (f°
A retort of
Gtajf*
Sublimare* **£^
Sulpl
lur.
Sulphur
Philoibphorum.
Sal
Commune.
Or -to caufe to
Tofublime afcend by fire or
Art of dillilling
very many waies.
Diicudiue, fana-
grimftone due? delkcatiue ,'
anodine^repercuf-
fiue>&c.
Perfect Sul- A true -eflentialj
tjjttf^ perfect 5 and v~
gnkurfr niuerfall medi-
cament out of Sol
Com
mon
Difcuiliuemu-
Sal
Gem mar.
in Polonia, neere the City of Cracouia, &c;
dificatiue , far
Sa/t- natiue,&moft
precious for the life of man ;
'Tretiom A Chriftaline
Salt like Salt 5 naturallie
ChriftaH growingininines
Sal
p6
Chara£ftrs.
Sil JL xTv Salt A fait of a won-
<T) * CD derail kind and
Pcti*. *jp VX/ 7>m,r breeding ? witfe
effects admirable both good and euill.
eo| ^NT/4 ST/ CJf Growcs natural-
Oai j. j IT | * Ajti »>*» ly in Turky, but
Amoniacum ^Avt ^1^1 Amomach^ iscomonlymade
of Sal Alkali, common Salt, Vrin &c. Tefie Andrea Itfanio.
C/jj z*-^ ^_ A Salt of an Akindcofve-
0cU CJ Vfl^l. heard called getablc Salt,
Alkali. jT\, VX7 jfcfi but Paraceifus
tetmeth euery vcgitabkSalt Alkjlj.
^^1 pf p"< A fait out A fait drawne
of Dead- from the CV*/>**
^sF-^F
Colcotharis. \J/ ~ ^!/ j^gf mmum, and
commonly called Deadhead, which is exceeding aftringenc and
drying.
Sal * *, ^^^TheSdtrfTw.
. □ ♦ CI ^rf4^ tar or wme Lecs
Tartan' tj: ip a medicine of ma«
ny great vertues,both of it felfc, and alfo for making other medicines.
Succinum . ~fsf . MTWTnte gjg^£*J«
Album. P*^ &-<& Amber CwSdTmedi!
cine, diaureticke, diaphoretike, laxatiue, and generally opening all
obftrudions.
Succinum <{t> , <J1^ M<m> J£2g*g
Citrinum. M * W H * V/ -rfwfor yecfrom this i$
an excellent Oy le drawne, feruing for many efpeciall medicines in-
ward and outward*
Spintus 0 o ♦ ♦ Spirit <SrSS&,
Vini. O * ♦ of wine cordiall, and of
iufinite other vertues Liquid, yet wholy combufiible.
>v As. r A good medicine
50DO# C > 4/ OOpe attracliue, naolli-
r >/ >V z ficariue,&c.
. Stratum
Stratum fi» m rttfH
SuperScratum. +H)l> Mp>J
Chauffers. yi"
Two txedi • A termc of A rt
cineshidone often vfed viz:
or other fiat ftrtitum, fu-
ferfiratftm^th^t is, firft put in of the one, and then of the other till all
bee in*
, (Jy The opening of
SoiUtlOt r\\Y—i ^J^^Opening niinerall bodies 6i-
uerfly by Vulcan*
Art.
Sigillum /^./V Hermes *"*■££
Hermetis. J / ^hisSeale 0f G|a(fes ^y
a more excellent manner.
Terra. ^j^^^fiEarth ken for potters
y earth to make
Lute of.
Tigillum. V • V ,1""'"' aBSSff?
V V other Artifls vfe
to melt mettals or medicines in, called alfo a Crucible.
rr» i ^ 2^ "^ JT rr- it ^^ls mmera^ *3
lalCUm. yf « )T T<tf%icarcevvell known
-« \. -jr v. v yet,the oyle ther-
of is much extolled for beautifying the skinne*
_ . / j r ~S^-n^" _, A medicine com*
Tlltia. / % (>c} Tuttj monly knowne,
'j -^-^s. and is made of
the fcumme of copper, or of Copper by combu (Hon .
1 artarus. r3^! „ r^-i ^raff wine dried, w*
I * ■ ■■ ■ maketh many
profitable medicines, artificially prepared.
R r . Tumores
Vlcus ^ • £•*
~2§ chauffers.
■*T"* t-|-» _, And alfo any
TumoreS. V1/" * \V" * *w^rX Apoflume or
yf yf fwelling,whcr-
foeuerin mans body.
Turbith K^ ^C^ 7S/fei r This ™'<h
^ Ja - i ,.. „ lome addita-
MineraiJ.. T TT* ^w^ ments ^.g^
all? well prepared^ is precious in the cure of the French pox,
This is the anci«
An ylctr ent charader for
anVJcer,&fome
Authors haue vfed the fame for a wound.
/T\ /T\ r> It is beft which
Vitriolum. Uz^
VltrUlll. Q-H * XX WMfe Glatfe Still, and
J?yf\ J JJ alfo for any other
kindeofglalle.
. . Q , Mans vrine or
Vnna. fil * A\ Urine Children* vrine,
*— " V^/ it is commonly
vfed in AIchymy,and fomevfeit In fomentations 3 andotherwife in
Chirurgeryandphyfickc
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CERTAINE CHiML
CALL VERSES, OR GOOD
will to young Artifts, from
the Author.
Ome verfes plaine at vacant times,
I fram'd and layd afidc:
Intending youths which leaifure haue,
migh$ view what I haue tride.
And as occafion them fhould Jeade, v
might fear ch, yea finde and know ;
The principles which follow heere,
from which great treafures flow.
Three principles the Chymifts hold,
Each creature doth con aine,
AndfouretheMethodifts haue taught,
and learnedly maintaine.
Three muft I needes confefle I finde,
confirmed all by reafon:
Andyetfromfoureto vary ought,
I doubt 'tis petty treafon.
Vpon this Theame twofchollers migh*
Well feuen y eeres good time fpend :
Continuing flill in argument,
vntill the time had end.
Rr 2 Where-
g^o CbymhullVerfcL
Wherefore ambiguoufly towade,
within a fea of Itrife :
I like it not for feare of knocker
Jloueaquietlife.
All worthy Artifts I adore,
and duty bindes me fo :
Yea thankfully He learne of each,
the thing I doe not know.
And ere He feeme once to contend,
mywili(hallbefoe<en :
I know there's three, I yeeld ther's foure
to make thefumme vp feuen.
But wil you know why Chymifts cal
their principles but three I
With heauenly number it agrees, k
from all Eternitie.
A Trinity in Deity,
moftfacred and moMAire r
AH iliould confeife in vnity
is, was, *nd fliall endure.
From which as from a perfect guide,
each man his worke mould frame.
And in his conuerfation true,
alwaiesrefpcd the fame.
In honour of which Deity,
true Chy mifts daily finds.
** Atripartfubilancefortobe
of all things following kinde;
Which in the earthly fpheare arefound,
each one in his degree .
And
Cbymicallrerfis, 3 3 t
And thefeby Artifts fliied are
SaI, Sulphur^ Mercuric
Who calling vnto reckoning all
that Animals doe feeme,
Of Vegitablesin their kindes,
They make no fmall efteeme.
Likewifefrom minerals each one,
great medicines they deriue :
Which do root out inueterate greefes
and keepe men longaliue*
The Mercurie that's volatill,
the Sulphur burnes like fire :
The Sal in fundo doth remain e,
as chriftals their defire.
Each of thefe three to three againe,
The Artift can produce,
Which done & ioyn'd the medicines pure,
and fit for each good vfe.
Thus haue I in one Period
anatomized plaine :
True medicines how thou maift prepare,
if thou wilt take the paine.
B ut if that any further feeke,
in true Philofopfaie :
The Minerals fix and pure to make
that is no worke for me*
I to my Latchetwillretume,
and reft me in a meane :
Good medicines onely to prepare,
I holde fufficient gaine.
Rr 1 And
;jp ChymialtVerfes.
And vnto young men that haue rninde,
in Alchy mie to venture :
He Ihew them to the Labyrinth,
which who fo lift may enter.
Fowle hands and face he muft not fcorne,
if ought good he would finde :
With coales and rime to be befmeerd?
it is the Chymift kinde.
The trowell^bncke^with hammer oft,
and fhouell he muft vfe,
The cliffes, the tongs, and bellowes eke,
he no way may refufe.
His grates of iron he muft fit,
his rings to cut his glatfe :
With pors of iron,bra(Fe or clay,
his furnace he muftpade.
The Retort and the Alembicke fafe,
with lute he muft defend :
And vaprous ventils haue in care,
thofe muft he often mend.
And why,invaine he makes a fire,
which cannot rule the fame s
For therein refteth all the art,
the pleafure,gaine,and fame.
Yet thats not all he ought to know,
that would a Chymift bee .
A thoufand things are yet behinde,
as he {hall finde and fee.
But heethat takes delight inought,
regar deth not the paine :
So
ChyinicAllVerfes. j 3 j
So he may haue the thing he feekes,
although it be but vaine.
A Chymifl: that would duely worke,
mud readily define
The chara&ersj which he fhallreade,
and {pels of ancient time.
Each Minerall he ought to know
hismalice^forcejand might,
Or he may foon befli rew himfelfe,
if he miflake the right.
The tweJue fignes of the Zodiake,
he ought to know by heart ,
Coniun&ion, Opposition too
of planets, though in part.
The Textile, Trine, and Quadrile eke,
the Dragons head and taile,
The planets orders how they raigne^
and where their force may faile.
In terrries of Art which diuers are5
inflru&edhemuftbee,
Amalgamate, alcolizate,
and cohobatemuft he.
To calcine and for to cement5
to circulate alfo,
To colliquate, coagulate,
and congelate Itrow.
Tocolorate, to corrodate,
conglutinate likewife :
Coagmentate, coadunate,
whereby to win the prize*
, » Some-
3©4 Chymicd Verfesl
Sometime digeflion needefull isa
and deliquation too,
Diuaporation is a worke,
the Alchy mift mud doe.,
Where diftillations doepreuaile,
Diffraction takes the head,
Then by Elaboration,
wife men may be milled.
Election needefull Is in all,
euaporation too,
Expreffion and extraction are
two things that he mufl doe.
In exhalations he muft flriue*
and Ebulitions make,
His fermentation oftehrimes
will caufe him to awake.
His Alterations many are,
His fumagations eke,
And mofl in his fixations,
the good man is tofeeke^
Gradations then are thought vpofij
and granalation more,
Incorporation hath his time,
Ignifion pincheth fore.
And Leuigation hath his place,
and Liquefaction vfe :
Then to L utation haue a care,
therein be no abufe.
For all mortification
can doe, or elfe can fey.
2 hope
Chymicdyerfes. 335
I hope multiplication,
the coft and paines will pay.
HefufFers Mafaration,
and Maturation both,
Embracing putrifaftion fowle,
which many a man would loth.
Precipitation was forgot,
purgation goeth before,
And by proiedionhe ftiallfinde,
ifheberichorpoore.
But if his hopes yet chance to faile,
Redu&ion thought vpon,
Reftrinction, Reuerberation,
and Refolution ftrong. ;
Then Repurgations often had,
with Segregations fine.
Some Sublimations duely vs'd,
may well become the time. \
Stratifigations in due place,
Solutions eke in time.
Subdu&ion neuer wanting is,
a Chymift to define.
OfTorrefa&ions hehathftere,
Viuificationshope,
But findes vitrification,
or vanillic all in fmoke.
Whst fliall I fay ? this is not all
the Chymift muft abide
This Labyrinth out, his glaiTe then breakes,
bis patience there is tride,
Sf Yet
544 ChymicaUVerfes.
Yet grant to this although twerc more
there's no man neuer knew,
A workefo flight andcheape as this*
fuchrare effects to (hew.
In gaining health to ficke and fore,
preferuing men from vvoe :
Yea fundry vvaies expelling greefes^
which in mans body grow.
By true Elixers of much price,
'by Quintefenfe&high,
And many famous medicines more?,
which I forhaftepaffeby.
Though once a Galenift ill led,
deuis'd a flanderous rime,
Which he in Latin verfe put foortfv
I know not well the time.
And this it was that followeth next*
w hich if it prooue a lie,
He no way feeme him to cxcufe,
you haue't as chepe as I.
tAlchimia eft ays fine arte,
cuius fubieElum eft pars cum parte,
^Proprmm eius probe ment'triy
& ultimo mendicatumiri.
But left I ftiould be deemed one,
'mongft birds that file their neft,
Ileleaue this doubtfull verfe as 'tis,
and hafte to end the reft.
Common it is with Chymifts true,
their houfe-doues them witbftand-
Fearing
ChjmicdVerfcs. 34 j
Fearing all will befpent in fmokc,
time, goods, yea houfe and land.
A noyfe domefticke fhrill I heare,
and [ dare flay no longer :
Good friends adue till further time,
Imuft obey the flronger.
You Chymifts wife that wiucd are,
be warned heere by mee,
Search not into this my fterie,
except your female gree.
For I haue fouad to my great fmart,
when (lie lid to contend,
Then downe goes pot, yea glafle and all,
and I vow to amend.
And neede fayes yeelde, there's fault in him*
that ftubbornely Hands out,
Till breech and iacket all be torne,
by fearching fecrets out*
rde.
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TERMESHOFART
RECITED FOR.
MERLY IN VERSE, ARE
heereagame repeated Al**
pbaktically, andmQreplamely
interpreted,
Lhationh the abflraclion ofduft moths, gret5
adhering to a thing with an hares foot, fea-
ther, fpather, knife, or the like.
Ablution is exaltation, cleaning vncleane
things by ofteiiinfufion, reducing them to purity.
Alcol'ijmm is an operation by calcination, ribellation^
and other meanes, which reduceth a matter into Alcool,
the fined powder that is.
AmalgAmationh the putting together, folution, orcal*
cinanon of familiar mettals, by Argentum vi&ut#, &c,
Aromatiz,m<m is an artificial! manner of preparation?
whereby medicaments are made more fuaueolent and o-
doriferous fortheobleclation and (trengthofthepalate*.
andvirall faculty.
Attrition is a certaine manner of preparation , like grin-
ding on a conuenient (lone with (ome humidity, wherby
Laps I$4ddmis9 Celijna^ and the like are prepared.
BticalUtis
Terms of Art, $}$
BucceBatio is diuiding into gobbets, or by peece-meale.
Calcination^ folution of bodies into CaJKor Akcoljby
dedccation of the natiue humidity, by reuerberate Igniti-
on, by Amalgamation, by Aquafortis, tbefpiritof lair vi-
triol!, Sulphur, or the like.
Calfattiottis a cenaine manner of preparing (Irnple and
compound medicaments, not by boyling or burning,bur
by the moderate heat of the funne, fire, fimm equina* ^ vel
eim vicarins..
Cementation is gradation by cementing.
Cementumis a mineral] matter likeiute, andpenetra*
ting, wherewith mettals fpred ouerare reuerberated to
cement.
Ceratio is the mollification of an hard thing, vntill it be
like wax atthe fire.
Cinefaclicn is ignition conuerdng Vegitables and Ani-
mals by a very vehement heat into Cinercs.
Circulation is the exaltation of pure liqueur, asfpirit of
wine by circular folution, and coagulation in a Pelican, a
moderate heat forcing it.
Clarification is the expurgation of Iodide gro fife matter
from liquid medicaments.
Coadunation (fometimes termed by the name o'fa more
excellent ipecies, Coagulation) is a perfed and skilfull wor-
king, whereby di/gregate things are vnited.
Ceagmentationhke to glutination* is by liquate things^
on which diifoluing powders are caft, ?nd afterwards are
made concrete by laying them in a colde place, or by eua-
porating their humidity.
I Coagulation is the coadion of things agreeing in nature
from a thin and a fluid confidence into a follid malfe, by
the priuatiori or moid ur e.
C*#/s» is the alteration or commutation of a thing to
be boy led.
Cohobatiw is frequent abftradtion of liquour often*
times affined vpona dead head or drie feces by dlfliila-
tion.
Sf 3 Qoktion
^8 Terms of Art.
Relation is the tranfmiflion of that which is humid tho-
rough aitrainer, that the liqueur may bee had feparated
from the drier fubihnce.
C<>lliqxeition,ox CoBiquefaftiottjs the conjunction of many
fufilsor liquables to make one compound by eliquation
on the fire.
Coloration is, whereby the perfect colour of golde, fiL
uer, Philofophersleadjocc, obfeuredby any fulphurious
vapour, is renouated and illuftrated by maceration, fre-
quent ablution, in (harps liquour of Salt, ArgaJ, fpiritof
wine, wine vineger, or by an acute pafie iayd on the fayd
mettals.
Combujlion is ignition, conuerting bodies by burning
them into calx.
Comminution is the reducing of any matter into fuch
fine powder by delution,filceration,exiccation,contufionf
calcination, cribration, or any other meanes, that no
roughnelfe or corpulency be felt, as AIcool.
Cc^j>/^^«isthenaturcofaparthot,coldc, moyft; or
drie.
Compofition is the coadunation of diuers things.
Coticretienh diuaporation of humidity in fluid things,
by gentle decoction on fire.
Csnfrittion is a certain e light Attrition Joy which puluera-
ble things, with the rubbing of the fingers, or a more fol-
lidbody, are quickly leuigated, as Cerufa Amylum* &c.
Confujionis properly a mixture of fuch liquid things as
are fluid, and of one and the fame nature (as of diuers wa-
ters by themfelues, and fo of oy!e$) liquid things (as wax,
rofin, pitch, &c.)may likewife bee confuted, but byEli-
qyatton.
Cewelation'is often performed by a precedent decocti-
on of things to a certaine height or iuft confiftence, which
after fetinto a celleror colde place, doe congealc into a
iranfparentfubftance,notvnlikeice, as is feene in the ma-
king of Cop eras, Salt- peeter, or the like.
Conglutination is the ferrumination or compaction of
. mcttals,
TermesofAn. j^.t.
mettals,iewels,glaires?&c. by gummes? glue, whites of
egges, and the like? the nature of the conglutinated re-
maining.
Contufim is the beating of grotfe bodies into fmaller or
very fubtill part.
Corrofionh calcination? reducing things coagulated, by
the corroding fpirits of fait, fulpbur, wine-vineger diltil-
led, Aquafortis, &c. into calx.
Cribration is thepreparation of medicaments by a fiue,
or fearce#
Deliquatiw is a preparation of things hy melting on the
fire.
Deliquium is the liquation of a concrete (as fair, pow-
der calcined. 6cc. fetiiran humid and frigid place (exter-
ternall humidity? refoluing the fkeitiej that it flow, ha-
uing a watery forme? as is apparant in the preparation of
fait of Tarter.
Defctnfion is when the eifentiall iuyce dilfolued from
the matter to be diftilled, is (abducted and doth defcend.
D cjpitmation is when fpume or froth floating on the top,
is taken away with a fpoone? feather? or by coladon.
€Dift illation is? whereby an eifence is extracted in the
forme of liquour, and being coagulated, is carried by the
ftcHidium, tranflated out of the velfellof the matter, into
the excipulium fublocated.
Difflation is, when through heat?fpirits aridng? are with
a kinde of folks blowen intotheaduerfe camera,and there
are found coagulated.
Digeflion is iimple maturation? whereby things vncon-
cocledin artificial! digeftory heat ( as food by a natural!
heate in the ftomacke) is digefted.
Dijfolmion is a preparation of medicaments fimple, and
compounded by fome conuenient humidity to a certaine
confidence.
Diftraftio* is a certaine diuulfion or dffunition of diuers
things before vnitcd & agreeing together (no refpecft of
oneexifting or comprehended in another had)euery one
remaining in hisown nature. T>iuaf oration
242 TfermesofArt.
Divaporation is exhalation by fire of vapour, remaining
in liquid fubftances, till all aquofity bee coniumedorin
more drse, but fumed by tcrrefadion.
D uk location is the correction of mineral! medicaments
by ablutions, and ^brfke.
Duration is either when things mollified at the fire are
fetina colde place to harden : or by boiling to an high
ccniiitence or -admixrion of dry powder withthem, doe
wax hard.
Elaboration is a manuall operation, whereby we extract
from a fubftance the moH excellent matter^ the ignoble
parts remooued.
Election is of fimples according to time & feafon wherin
f.hey are gathered?and according to the region wherin they
grow, that fo the*be(t ma>! behadj and their vigor appears
in vie according to expectation.
Elcuatiottis fubtlliation, when fpiritu all parts from the
corporal!, fubtill ftom thegroffe, the not fixt from the
fixed;, like fmoke by the force of fire are eleuated, and ad-
heringto the colde concaues of the Alymbecke, doe thic-
ken and conuert into water.
Elixation is co clion in humido by a moderate heat.
Ehtionis the preparation of common Bole, Tatcurtu]
Crccm MartU^Terra £?«***>,&€. by puluerizacion^ calci-
nation, lotion > &c.
Evaporation , See Divaporation.
Exaltation is an operation , whereby a medicament
changed in his affections by gentle diflblution, is produ-
ced to an higher dignity of fubQance and vertue* and a
greater degree of purity.
Exhalation is when the fpirit of anie matter follid? or in
powder ( being put into a platter, or any other conuenienc
veilellfet oncoales) is eleuated through heat, and vani-
flieth into the aire.
ExpreJ/iojtU extra ftion by apreire, wherein hearbesja-
inigdales,&c, comprelled, powre foorth their fubffances
(as iuy ces and oy le) in a liquid forme.
Extinttiw
TemesefArt. 343
FxmUion is the fuffocation of a matter fiery and hoc
into Tome humidity.
Exit allien is a .fegregation of an ellence from a corpo-
reous concretion, by digeftion in Balneo his feces, left in
fando, as Rkubarbawm infpiritof wine infufed, manife-
Fermtntatienhihe exaltation of a inaffie fubftance, hy
theadmiffion of Fermentnm->i which doth penetrate it
wholly (his venue diftributed by a fpirit) and inuerteth it
into bis owne nature*
Ferrnminatiiw is the ioining together of a fracture in one
& the fame mcttall,or of diuers mettals, by a minerall flux.
Filter At ton called percolation, byFiltrum achymicali
colum is fubduclion of thin aquofity in humid things3the
thicke and oy ly fubflances refifting*
Fijfi*n7ke SeUUn.
^Fixation is the alluefaclion of volatill and fpirituail bo-
dies to fire by calcination, gentle and continual! decocli-
on, frequent fubliniation, folution, and coagulation often
iterated, or by addition of a matter fixed, that fo they may
endure fire and not file away.
Frattion is the breaking of fome matter with ones hand,-
orwirh an inftrument,
Frixim is the preparation of fome medicaments, with
oyle, butter, wine, vineger,&c. in a conuenient veirell,for
the correcting of bad qualities in them.
Fnlminat'tsn ,deriued oifnlmm a Latdn word,fignifying
fire breaking out of the clowdes, caufing a fudden light
great and bright,is a metaliicalj gradation, w ith excoclion
to an a bfolute perfection in Cinmtioy whofe purity is de-
clared by an effulgent fpJendor.
Fumigation is calcination of mettals,by the (harp corro*
ding vapour of Cbkrcuryy Pkilofophers leade, &c. boyling
in a crucible, the mettals cut into plates, & either laid ouer
the Orifie'mm of the crucible, or hanged ouer thefume.
Fnfton is liquation by heat violent or moderate, for the
reparation of the pure from the impure.
T t gradation
j44- 'fermes rfArt.
Gradatienis an exaltation of mettals in the degree of
arFc&ions , whereby waight, colour , and conftancy are
brought to an excellent meafure, but the fubftance vnalte-
zed : ib goldeis rubified, fixed- and purified.
Granulation proper to mettals> byinfufiononfire, and
effijfion into water isthur comminution mtogramla, or
very final! drops like Gratia Paradifi,
HttmeBation, fee Irrigation.
Igmtion is calcination; the fire reducing violent bodies
into calx. '
lUtcjPfAtUn is the commiftion of terrene bodies with met-
talline (as ofLapu cadmia with cuprum) but fo as each re«
taineshis owne fubftance.
Imbibition > a philofophicell operation Is ablution, when
liquour adioyned to a body iseleuated, and not finding
vent, doth fall backe vpon the fame, and often waflieth, it
with humeclations,fo long as it being coagulated, can no
more afcend, but remain eth wholly fixre
Jmbutten^ fee fnfitfon and maceration,
Inceration is the mixture of humidity with that which is
dry, by a gentle and not hafty combibition totheconft*
Jlence of mollified wax.
Incineration, fee CinefaUion.
hcorporation is a Hidden addition of fo much humidity
to ficcate matters as is required in the true confidence of a
mixtbody,paft,©ra maife.
Irfettion is the giuing of a tincl ure or colour to a medi-
cament by immerii on.
Infufiouh the preparation, of medicaments, cutorbrui*
fed in tome humidity conuenientfor the purpofe, a little
or longer time, whether It be an houre, one day or many,
a weeke or a moneth, &c.
Inhumation is thefetting of two pots fthe head of the
vppermoft being very well couered and lured, bur his bot-
tomeboared full of little pin-holes, and lure faftened to
that which is vnderneathin theground,and burying them
with earth to a certame depth, hauing a circular fire made
for
Vermes of Art* 345
for diftallatory tranfudation pe r defcenfnm.
InfoUtion is the preparation of Gmple compound things
by the heat of funne in the fummer, a gentle fire in the
winter, *'# Balneo> or infimo eqmno.
Jrrigation not much vnlikeimmerfion is an afperfion of
humidity vpon things that are to be dillblucd?that fa they
may the more eafily deliquate.
Lemgatienis the reduction of any hard and ponderous
matter by comminution, and diligent coJIifion into fine
powder, like AIcool.t
Limatitn proper to mettals (as (leele, iron, braire, Ieader
&c) is a preparation with a file, whereby they yeeldcduft
for diuers vks.
Liqaatten is when as that which (hall bee made into one
body, is dilTolued, that it can flow abroad like waues.
Liqxefattion is the diflblution of a minerall body, by the
force of a very gentle fire.
Lotion is a preparation of medicaments in water,orfome
other liquour to remoouefome euill and hurtfull, and to.
procure fomegood and profitable quality in them.
Lutation right worthy the name ot Sapient ia, is amedi*
cine thin or thicke according totheheate and continu-
ance of the fire, which ltoppeth molt exadjy theorifichim
of the velTell, if no vapour muft palfe out.
Maceration is preparation of things not vnliketo Htme~
flatten in the manner of working,but in time,for fome are
infufed 3.4. or moemoneths,and fomea fhorterfpace^
iMAtvrttion is exaltation of a fubftance,rude and crude
to that which h mature and perfech
Miftion is fuch a compoficion of bodies, as ulceration?
incorporation, colliquation, and confufion doe declare.
Uffol/ition is the beginning ofiiquation,yetfbme things
are mollified (as onions, concha:, c©i -rail, iuory,vngula?,
&C. ) which cannot liquate.
Multifile m ion by proiedlion,is of a body amalgamated
from 7. to 10. from io,to5o.from 50. to an ioo,&c. ac-
cording to the force and quantity ©ft he tin dure,
Tt & Mund'u
.^6 T'ermesofArt.
Modification is the purgation of any matter by few or
many operations from that which is fordid & vicious,thac
oriely the mod excellent may be admitted to the wofke in
hand.
Nutrition is the permiftion of humidity by little and
little, for the alteration of the quality of the medicament.
Prmpitdrmi is when bodies corroded by aqua fir^
t#, or kqm Regti) and dilfolued into water, Sale Armo-
niacke or Mercury caft vpon then, either by the abstra-
ction of the corroding vapour , are reuerberated into
calx.
probation is the examination of any matter, whereby
we dircerne what is excellent and perfecl-, and what cor-
rupt.
proicftionis an exaltation cheefely in mettals, by a me-
dicine caft vpon them which will fuddenly penetraceand
trans figurate, giuing them another tincture,
prole %ation\s extraction by attenuation ©f fubtill parts,
fo that by the inclination of their rarified nature, they may
be carried from the more grotfe parts into a contrary place
and there con fid.
Purgation like to feparation, is the clarification of im-
pure hquour,hauing a thickefedement and fpumc by de-
codion,
putrifaBkn is the refolution of a mixt body by a natu-
rall putritude in collide humid&.orfimo equina, &c. whereby
it may be rnadejmQre excellent.
Jguartatien is thefeparation of golde and filuer mixt to-
gether by foure vnequall parts.
6)uinta effentia is an abfblutcpure and wel-digefted me-
dicine drawen from any fubftance/either animal!, vegita-
b!e, or mineral!.
Ra/ionis thefcrapfng or paring of a thing, either for ex-
purgation of that which is vnpronrable or for eafier pulue-
rization.
T^dublion common to many operations doth reftore a
thing changed to his forner eftate and condition.
Repurgati*
TemesofArt. 347
RfpnrgAtiett is, whereby metrals and other fubftaiices
arepurgcdfromfuperfluities of another nature adhering
to them.
#«/*&//>» (the way to mod excellent operations of Al-
chymie,cau(ing both elemenrs and caeleflialletiences to
feparate from their elemcntaris compoikion) of things
commtxt,iswhen the parts one with another ftheveffeil
wherein they are, being very clefe (lopped) depart; heat
working, and refoluing them by moifture.
Refiintlion is a gradation, whereby mettalsorthelike,
candefied by fire, are reftinguifhed in liquor of exaltation,
and thereby made more noble, by how much a more ex-
cellent tincture and gloifeis fet vpon them.
Renerberation is ignition reducing bodies (the fire quick
reuerberating and refecting,) into a very 1 ubtill calx.
St ttton is the cutting of things great into letier parts, for
the prefent occafion.
Segregation is the folution of that which was wholeand
perfect into parts diuided,which flow not together as col-
liquablesdiflblued
Separation is, whereby parts diftracted are feparated e«
aery one alike hauing his feuerall being in himfclfe.
Siccatioa is the drying vp of excrementall humidkie in
bodies, before the fire, funne, in the /hade, or the like con-
uenient place.
Solution, a principal! part of chymicall practice, wherby
the incorporation of things coagulated; isdillolued and
attenuated.
Subduftionis an abftraction ofiuyces,oyles, and other
liquid matters downewaid by percolation, filteration,and
the Hke.
Sublimation is when that which is extracted is driuen to
thefublime part ofr he veiTel 1, and there fubfjfteth,or w hen
as b^tweene that which is fublimed, and the dead head an
aery fpacedoth intercede.
Sanitation is diilulution, feparating thcfubtill parts
from the groife.
T t 3 Stratification
348 Termes of Art*
Stratification, or fir At urn fuperftrai m we J I knowen to
Chymifts, and vfedin cementation, is brewing of corro*
ding powder, or the like, vpon places ot oettail by courfe.
Torrefattion like ficcacion,buf: more violent,is an opera-
tion drying, fpeedily, parching an dfcorching thatwhicfv
is to be dr) ed before, or ouer the fire.
Tranftmttation is the mutation of a thing in fubftance,
colour? or quality.
Tranfudation is when in defcenfory diftillation^tbe effencs
prouoked, fweateth through, an d is carried guttAtim into
thereceiuer.
Vitrification is Ccmhufiio^ conuerdng calx and cinerei
into tranfparantglaile.
Vfttonk a preparation of things for eafier puluerization,
mutation of colour, faculty >&c. by burning them in a era?
ciblejorinthefire.
The Epilogue^*
GEntle Reader* 1 had Intended much more in my
lone to young men* to bane written by way ofinftru*
Bton, namely \ a Dijfienfatory touching the precedent par-
ticular'sy withfemewhat alfo concerning the cure of the
French Difeafejwith fymf tomes thereof \ namely the Go*
mr&$sthe Bubo veneria,/^ Hernia Hurnoralis3&e.
But time hath oner taken mee* fo that now 1 am forced to
f aw fe a little* and to fee what acceptance this fir H part
Hath in the world ^and accordingly I will hajle to the next*
Thine in the Lord,
7. m
FJT^IS.
THE TABLE.
\B fat ion. 338
Abfinthinm herba, no
] Acetum K 0 far urn. 6 4
Acetum vim, 64 6$, 3 1 3
Acetum commune^ ?
Acetum difttlfatum. 5
Aer.
313
t/£s viride.
$s£$~tas.
Aoaricum-
Albatien,
Album Gr<ecum,
Albumen Ouornm,
Alcolifmus,
Aloesy
Alumen^ 123.313, Comhuftum, 313
&plumofum, 316
Amalgama, 316
Amalgamatio, 338
a.j, ^Dulces
*> £Am<%r& \_
Amputation, vide difmembring
3*3
316
114
317
94
338
lit
3*6
338
94
102
Amylum, 10;
Angelica water. $jm)- 8
Anmfeed water. 5-7
Antimonium J>
Ait'.imomvitri > 3x6
Antvmon-reoulm , \
Annus. %i6
A po flumes of the mouth how ope-
ned, z
Apoftumes incifed by caufticke, 62
Apoftumes and matter rnuft not befo-
dainely forced out , nor hep m by
tents, 63
Apo flume what it is, 147
Apoftumes timesy 147.148.149
Apo flume how to rep eft; 1^1A$Z
Apoftume broken by a caufticke^ 1$Z
Apoftumes cures ; natures benefit e,
I53.*S4,I$S
See more in tumors,
Aqm, 316
Aqua Cardui benedifti, 3 g
Aqua Cdeftis, 54
Aqua Cinnamoni, SS
Aqua DoElorU Stephanie SS
Aq. Falopy, 60
Vy AqtFor«
The
60
Aq, Fort is,
Aq. Oiorifera,
Aq* PUntaginis,
dAq. Regis,
A -o r ^Damafcen
Act^arttmiKubrLm,
Aq. viridk>
Aq,vit<e. 1
See more waters vnder the
title waters.
Argentum vhmm,
ArQmf4iz,dtiwi
Attritiont
Aurea Alexandria,
Aurnm ? stabile ~Y
Anri C&lcum C\
e/ftiriPigmsntum ?*
lAutumnus , J
Certti,
Porcina7
60
317
59
6z
317
114,194
338
114.317
3.3 8
87.88
17
Axunvia
53
51.51
B
Bags,
Baime -water,
Balneum^
Balfamum naturale^
'Balfamum artificial^ ■.
ABafinofBrjjfe,
Bdellium, #
A Bsd:p*r.ne,
B'efcom, ef *BctiUmin9
Benedict, Laxatiua.
Ifow to flop bhedmg at nofe,
117
37
57
$16
74
7*
34
105
37
107
9*
195
Table.
Ofbloud4ettirigiCert4weinftrtittioni9
28.2p.30
OfBlottd what quant iy is to be taken,
29'35
A Board to fpreadplaflers on, 37
■Rnh** SP'tru^ArmenU"?
B°lm 'ictmmtmi,. ^"'H*
Borax, ^&
Brick? s 3 9. ^ 1 1
Bucceliation, 2 2 o
*B timing by Gunpowder, 14^.146
A Burr as pipe, 3 ©
Calcanthum, 1 1 2. efrvUe VitrtbU
Calcinare> 317
Calcinatio, ♦ aj
Calf a Bio, 247
CaUtdus, 316
Callenttire what it is, 247. Thecaufes
247. the fignes, i^y% and the
cure, ^6. 247.14$, *4p.
Color ^ ~ 1 j
(Ouortim, ijg
Camhogia, 96
C amphora, iI9
Cantharides, jIO
Carduus beneditttpi, j 20
Cariophili, ' j 0^
Qarnmkle in the necke of the bladder,
23.24
CaJpaFifinla, 97
A Cat he tor, 22.33
Afotling, ' %
Cattftickf white, Cy
Cauftifkf
The Tabled
6*3 Compofitto/?
<S3.tf7.tf8.276 Concretio, $
3*7 Ceff»fa
I08.109 Conge/atie,
347 (/Mgtminatte)
Ii2.Ii3.3i7 rAntbeSt j>
17 \ CitoniorunLj) j>
317 Confer tt a JjLmhU,
Charters vftull vnth Chytnifts, iTrmellorum^
312.313.^ LRefarum rtab 1
347' ContHfion.)
Si 7 C0nvHlft6rl)
115, 300. 301. 317 Copperas, vide fitriot!%
103 Copper, vide Venus*
347
347
37
38.39.20;
3
Cattfticke RqM>
Cattjlickeftone*
Cementtre,
CementntioJ
Cement nm^
Cera.
CerAcimntty
Ceratio,
Ceraffa,
Chafing-difk,
Cha/ibs,
Cinefaclio,
Cineres ligni,
Cinnabrmm,
CinnamomHm%
CircuUtiOy
CUrtficaWy
Clouts,
£lofeftoole,
Coadunatio,
Coagmentatio,
Coagulaiio
Cotlio,
Cohobatio,
CoUtio,
Colcothar,
Cor,
■:l
347
348
\Albwy
^ Ruber-
Coma CerVh
Corrofio,
Cortex granatorum^
Cofiiuenes,
Cribratio>
Crocus*
Crocm
\ Mart is,
^ Veneris ,
285.28^,318 Crowes bds,
ColiicaPaJfiorphat it is 23 6, the caw Cupping g/ajfes,
fes, 2 3 6.Jignes,z 3 7. 2 3 8 . & cure, Cupping,
2 3 8. 2 3 9, 240. 24 1. Cups for Phj/Jicall potions,
Colliquatio, 3 48
Colophenia* 107 J)
Color at to, 348
CombuftiO) > D e cotlio 9
Ctmminutio, > 348 Deliquatio
Complexity J Deltquium
Vv 2
•1
82.8$
84
Z>
81
82
80
349
150
112
318
95
349
98
J4
349
97
318
11.17
33
33-34
37
318
349
efcez*
The Table.
*Defcenften
1).efputnatiotJ,
I) ens Elepbantintu9
^Diacedton,
D iapemumfimphX}
7~hefl%xe Diarb&t) andcure^
2 05. 2 0(5. 2 1 7.2 1 8,2 I 0.l£ 0.2 2 1
Diafcordiuni) 26
Diatrionptperiott, 83
Vies y 3 1 8
Diet pet, 3%
ZXiffiation)
Dive ft ion.
349
86
87
80
82
204
Eleuatien,!?
ElixationS* 542
Elation, 3
" Callidum, ">
D* /<?/>/<& Calamindri, V43
Z)tf Minio, j)
S I D iacelfitheos, 41.42
C^ T*arvwn% \ ^
Meliloti &jplcne9 42
Oxicroceum, 42
Stipticum Paracelg, 40 4 1
349 <£Vfe?>" w/;f« fp £* pricked in an Ap^
3*S 349 ./?«»/*, 68
Dlflosat%6s,i 67 1 168,1 69. 1 70. 1 7 1 2;%r ^/*g /<?«*, isagoodpgne, 6%
Z> ifmemhringj 171.171.171.174 Eskersfatl muft not be h<?Jfned9 where
1 7 5M 76. 177 nature hath breathing, 62
349 Esker cannot by Art b e kept in an A.
34*
Dijfohtictf)
D$i!iation\
Difiraffion,
^Dmapcration^
A Drink? for the (^aRenture,
A DHnkffor the Laske,
Duicificatto'?
Duration^ £
D yfenteria and cure, 20 6. 20 7. 208
209. 2 ho ill. 212, 2 13. %\6
217. 2l8. 219, 2 2 0, 2 2 1.222*
E
Bare pickers,
Elaboration,
ElsEiiqn% -
/ Diacatholicon7
•«-, n .SSOiavhemcon
EiectttarwS _ * .
318.349 poftume*
349 Evaporation,
342 Euphorbmm,
36 Exaltation f>
36 Exhalation^
ExprcJJ7o»9j)
Extmclion, ExtraUim,
342
34*
243-
*7
342
342
82
Tarina
117. 1x8.
Elementa^
YDr Oho,
84
Volatile,
Fermzntatipn, F errumwathn, 3 4 3
WhataFenoris, and the cure in ge-
neral^ 129.130
DefaccoRopirum, 83 File s with their vfes,
2415.17
319
libera*
The Tabic.
Fitteratio,
Funw,
Fijfion,
Fiflulaes and the cure,
343
319
34?
157.158
159
Fixatio, 319.343
Amcdicinefor thefluxe approued, 3 9
Flos, 3*9
rAnthos9 1 1 5
Baluftiarum^ 1 1 5 . 1 1 6
Centauri, n6.it 7
Fl ores < Chanwneli, 116
Hfperici, 11 J
Mcihloti, 116
\Sambuci, 1 2 7
The Fluxes of the belly, vids Lieute-
ria Diarrhea ,D yfenteria.
Thefignes and caufes efthe Fluxes of
the belly, 2 16.217,21%
Folia Senna, 9 }
Forcers* 14.15
Forceps, 2 6
FraElion, 343
T/ta £»r«? ofFratlures 161.161.
1 63.1 64. 16*5.1 66" 167
Frixion, ^41
F.ulminathn, 343
Fumigation, 343
The falling downe of the Fundament,
to whom it u moftiiihiet~l, 244. the
caufes, 245. the cure, 245, 246
247
^ Funnell,
Furfur Tritici,
Fujion,
G
QaHa, in
Ginger^ vide ZinzihrJ
Gl*B", 17
AGlifterpot, 19
^ 6V*/r<?r £w f<? prepare and admmi*
fler it,
GouldfVideSol,
Goofe bill,
Cjradation,
Grades ,
Granaiortim cortex*,
Granatoram,
granulation^
Growers,
Graypapcr\
Cjuaknm lignum,
Guaict cortex,
Gummi,
37
118
343
19,20.190
ld«
344
319
Cortex
344
14.15.17
17
98
320
105
105.106
Cjummi
104
Ammoniacum,
Galbanam,
Guaici ?
Opoponari, \
Sagapewim, 105
Traguanthum, 107
Gums ouer growen and rotten , their
remedies, ' 2%2
Guttig&mba, vide Cambogia%
H
H amides, 1 7
Hemorrhagia^ 1 2p. (^ vide bleeding
At no(e.
HermodaUili,
Hooves,
rr j \Communef?
Hordeum<^ ,,. >
(Galltcum, ^
Humeilatton9
Hyems,
Vv 3
9*
17
f99
344
320
Jvnis
The Table.
Kniuesfor ineijion]
I.i.31
131
344
1.2
1
/gȣj 320
Ignition, 344
//kftv* pajfiojvhat it is 2$t. the caufes
■2J*.*33.'Hfcw'*333'334.'*'
'^,334,33;. 33$.
UhtjHMionA
Imbibition, ^344
Imbmion, J ^
Incarnatiue medicaments ,
Inceratiens ?
Incineration) £ *
Incifion,
Incijion by Caufticke3
The forme of Incijion by acaufticke
ft one, 68
7»c^3 37
Incorporation, . 344
Infection^ 1
Infa/ion, j> 344
Inhumation^
The delivery of an inyElion into the
yard, ll.il
InieElions of Mercury not good for
the yard. 2 2
Info tat ion, 34^
What inumfer attire is9 1 2 9
Iron, vide Mars9 . _
7r<7»/ /<? Cauterize^ I o
Irrigation^ 345
Jupiter, 3 1 2
K
Laudanum, 1 e 5
Lmthorne^ 3 7
Calaminark, 320
Gramtes, 321
Hematites , 321
Magnet is, 320
Prunella, 320
Sabulofm, 3 2*
tCribratiX 3
Laudanum Opiatum Tar ace lp , 8 6.
2 2 8. 2 2 9. /&<? vertues, 2 2 5. z 2 tf.
f £* *&/<», 2 2 6. ?£<f ?y^ ?<? admini*
fier it) 2 2 tf . 2 2 / . How to prepare
the ingrediences of it , 2 2 9. 230.
231. 4^ £0*1? /$ difcerne the true
fromfalfe, 231.132.
Lapis
Latere;
Kmuesfor difmsmbring,
ALauncet,
Lead, vide Saturnus.
ALeuatorie, ,
Leuigatioj
Limation,
Limatura,
Limon mice,
^Limon-water,
Linimentum Arcei;
Liquation^ 7
Liquefaclion^
Liqueritia,
\Forte 7
[Commune^
Lotion cemmuner
Lues Venerea,
Ltxiutmn<
*8
■ 345
345
185
u
si
345
99
63.321
<$2.e^34f
320
Lund
- . %Crcfcens 7
. * 5 w {Qecre(cctis}\>
320
Lupim7
109
Lfttation,
345
r ^Sapientu 7
L*:tum<^r v.
(J^ommnney
321
Ly enter ia a flux e^ the can
>, 212.213
214. 21$. 116. uy
218
.2ip.
220 22 1,
f Argentic 1
LythargiriH< safari )»
123
* » y
[jl ^ Iambi ', J
M
^/^&r,
102
Meceration3
345
At Mallet,
8
M^-rchaftta}
322
Mrxna,
312-
AfaftickC)
IO6
Maturation,
345
Meljimplex,
53-3* 3
tei&i°""'
47-4B
(J£Qf*rum7
^
79
Meltjfa,
120
Mellilotumy
119
Menfis,
323
Mentha,
119
McrcuriHSy
322
~Iouis% "j
J
Lun<e, > '
3*3
214 art is, J
v» < Pr<ecipitatM}ll $,199,300
.^o6
|
311
Saturffij?
Soils, y
;
3*3
The Tabic,
Sub!itHatM,ii$%zg8.i29,$Q6
Veneris, 323
Mercuries praife in general, 301.302
>J-3
otf
303.304.3
Mithridatum~Damocraw, 8485
ST/?* 7. principal CMettals with their
proper vert uesj $0%. 30 $,& their
Characters,
Minium,
Mint Water,
Minutum,
Miflmi,
Mollithn,
Morter and Peftell,
Mullet,
Multiplication,
Mammia,
Mundiflcation.
Myrabolans}
Myrrha^
N
312.313
113,323
5*
323
345
345
37
17
345?
109
346-
9*
106
A crooked necke, belonging to the gli~
flcr Siring? 1 8
Nippers for Difmembriag, 8
Nutrition, 346"
Nax Mofcbata, \ 04
O
oh
etm%
Ohum
Abfynthtj*
Amigdal
324
Communis, 73
Chymici, J J
'Dulcmm^
Am&rarum, • *
AncthL
^u summit
Qktnn
Anzthinum,
Amp)
Mhiimffltj,
Agarici,
■ Cbamomatfyum,
GiAridt/hilorHm)
rr . ^Simplex
Hyper taw <
1 Ifimperiwm*
Liliorum^
Lwi,
Lxmbrkoruw,
^ Maces,
Origani*
Quorum,
Tapaueriwtm.,
Petrolei,
Philofophorum.
Siimbnctyiumy
Scorpionum,
SpidS)
Sficcini,
Sulphuric, _
Terebinitiw<&,
Vitrhli)
The Table.
69 P hie gmaV'ttt toll
76 Tblanes,
77 PigerHcnricw
71
7o
7S
70
it
76
7*
70
70
75
77
7*
71
7;
75
Piluh
■ edvp,
Piper minim,
Pipkins ■,
CBftrgundia,
Pix << Graca
APUfler boxe>
C Alburn^
69 Plumbnm^Philofophorum)
72 (Vfttimy
7 V Polypodmmy
J 6 Porringers for blou&>
j j G ally pots j
75 Prtcipitatidti)
j 6 probation 3
34*
74 Probes^
2S1.28t.283 Precedent ia Ani> vidz thefatling down
Opium, 97 of the fundament*
Qximelljimplexy 79 ProieUion 7
Prolett&tion^
*-■■ Ptillicansy
Paces} , 14.15 PulpaTamerindorum,
APdeofBraffei 39,205.206 Puluis^
<^Ptrficum\ 1 PuluU Arthrtticus
fPhihnkm ^Romanum magnum >%7 Punches^
% CTarfenfe. J Purgation,
324
92
1415
346
Pmri-
Putrificari,
fputrefaclion,
Jguartations,
The TableJ
324 Saccharum,
5*4-34*
34*
Quick? flitter his different operations,
s 94. vide Mercuric.
Qui/s fir fetching,
n > * ^Bffentia,
**~ iSfientiavtm,
R
njAlthea,
p. Angelica,
t>.j> J) China,
jr p jre the urn,
"ssfbflnthit,
Alkali -j
Amoniacus >
folcothariti J
69.28*
27.37
121
122
97
122
121 122
%^flon,
ARafor,
Rauens bils,
Realger,
Reduclio,
Repurgation,
Refina,
Sal< Communis f 32/
Gemma, 4%iji. 3 25
iVfcri, 69.195.286.2 87.289
Tart art, 326*
iSV/j the antiquity, 250. f&* kjndejj
What Salt is good in me^tes, zyz
Salts nee effity and vttltty, 272,273
Salts temperature, ij^.ij$
^SXRaphanuifdHefms, 122 Salts healing vertues, 275. 2 76
ejoiution$
Reftinclion,
AReflriUiue\
Retortum,
Reuerberation,
Rhabarbarum^
- » KBerberttm, ?
ICitoniorurn, $
%ofaJofo,
Rofarstbra,
Rofemarie,
Rofemary water,
$
Sabina,
346 Saltspraije, 288, 2 89. 290.291
11 Salma, 11 9
3 2 j Saluatorie, 24.25
346 Sarfaperilla, 9798
347 Saffa^hr as water, 56
108 Saturnus9 %iz
347 A Saw for difmembring, J
347 S awe for the head, 7
162 Scammonium, 94
325 Scuruie what it isi 1 J 8» *£* »4«ft?x <?/
'325.347 it3l79.theflgnes, 181. 182. /£*
5)4 f/mr,! 83.1 84.1 85. 1 8& 187.188
o I 89 . 1 90. 1 9 1 . f £<? £#?r ^ lotions,
191.192,193. byey/es, 193* ^
55 vnguents, 1 93. 194. 1 9(5, /£* £W<?
116 forthevlcersGftheScnruie3 197
119 198.199,200,201.
56 Searces, 37
ifr&w, ^ 347.3
121 Segregation, 347
X ^ Anethi
Semen^
" Anethi>
Amfir
frtmini,^
Fccnictilty
Fanigraci}
Liniy
Papaueris*
Pctrofelini,
(^^luatuorjrigid, mm,
Separation,
Sheeresfer incijion?
Siccation.
Sigillum Hermetiss
Sskfs,
Silfa .-
Siluer, vide Luna*
Sixers,
Sol,
Solution
Sopo,
Sorrel!?
SpAtnUs$y
Spatula Mundani,
CAni,
Sptculttm<lLinon£i
Oris,
The Table.
201
99
100
fTerebinthina,
* Vitrioii,
Spirim <Vmi
Sfht2tS>
Spodinw?
p^.IOO
100
IOO
IOI
IOO
IOI
IOI
I 02
liip.20
2 1
347
12
347
3*7
17
17
%6
37
312
327.347
326*
195
13.26
14
. • 9
9
8
66.67
6$*66.$26
66
Stercuscaninum^ 122
Stibium. \\z
Of Stitching, 27
H<w tofmde out the fi one in the blad-
der,
Stories bills 9
Strainers,
Stratification, .
Stratum fuperflratum^
da, S
Styrax*^. .*,
y ^Liquiaa
Subdufiion,
SfMmare,
Sublimation, 7
Subtiliation, £
Succinum,
[Album*
*3
11
37
34^
327
106.107
347
3*/
2
108
Succinum
fjCitrinum,\*
Abfinthij? 1
*AcatU9 > gg
Glicirrhiz,*,}
Limonisrum, 89.194
Sulphur, 112.325
How diuerfly Sulphur if taken 3292
the diuers names thereof, 2 93
T/tf p4/? °f Sulphur 1 295.294
29^.2 96.297
Sulphur Philofopherum^ 3 l^vide el,
Sulphur is.
Sumach,
WhatSjrupeis,
Abfjnthij,
Cinamom,
Syruptu \Limonum
Papaums.
Trunelbrumy
no
129
7%
§0
%apham
'Rap ham Sitae ftris,
\n . <\Simplsx9
T
The Tabic.
So
Talcum^
Tamcrwds,
Taper, -
Tartarus?
327
185.186
37
327
How Teeth are to be drawen out, 1 5
16. 17
Tenafmm what it if , 241.242. the
fignes^ 242. 243. the cure, 243.
Terebelhm,
Terra,
f ' Andromachiy
Thsrkca < Diate$eront
\LondJncnfiS)
ThredandNeedk?)
Thymum%
Tigillitm,
A Tinder-boxe,
Tinne^ vide lupiter*
TerrefaUiG)
Tewe,
TranfmHtAUoi?
Tranfudl\tio> ^
Trapan,
'(Abfmthio*
Trochifci de>AJjattdaL
j Minus.
\Spodio,
Tumors not to he inctfed, 1
**4 Tumor defined) 129
The cure of a hot Tumor 7 149.150
151
11
85
85.86
83.84
37
120
3*7
37
JS>'37
348
3.4.6
32S
96
114.328
31*
di
TamoresP
Turbith, £*
Turpetnm,
Tmht3
VentU)
Verittke,
W 'hat Veinesmufihe opened) and the
capt/eswhV) 30
How to open a Veinet 2 9
Vitrification) 34 8
Vttriokm, 112,3 28. what it is) 276%
r£<? kindes of it) z 77. £fo r^/wr <?f
*>, 278
H<w to make VitriolumZJenerie, 2 78
279. and (pint offitrhll with hid
vert ties, 280,281. vide okvitrioli.
Vitriolum album , or white Copperas,
112. what it is * and hove it is made9
283.284. and venues of it, 284
Vitriolum vjlum, how it is made) and
the vfe thereof 2 S /
Mel Vttrioli whereofmade > and the
venues thereof 3 285
ZJ.itrum^ 328
The cure officer sf j 57 . j j- 8 J $9
197
Vlula Spoone,
fzs£gyptiacum?
Apoftolortim,
Ai-agon?
Aureum)
Bazilicon,
£\Dialthea$S™?Ie*>
£ i
- !
£0
328
32-33
45
44
444S
44
49
ICompoftttm^^
J DiapomrheligoSj 4 5 .4 6
X x % Contra
I*
1°
The Table,
48 Wounds penetrating are not to be ^pt
52 openlongy *'z
49.50.51 What a Wound is, I2-
46 The diners names of wounds, J2
47**94 The diners formes of wo finds, 125
49 Hewtofiudeoutawound, r 25.1 26
4# The Jjmptoms of wonnds internal;,
4$ ■ 126.117
32S The cure of wounds, 128.129
348 The accidents c omen to wounds, 129
ioz The cure of wounds in the brake with
with thefymptoms, 130
The immoderate vfe of hotte-watcrs The cure of wounds contufed, 1 3 0.1 3 x
hfirmhy 58 of wounds vemmom% 12 z
Towhom hotwaters belong, S$-59 OfWoundsJn the Arteries, 1$ 1. 1 3 %
YContralgnem,
» Mdrtiaton,
[ De Met curio, -
' 'Peclorale,
Populeon,
Potabile,
Rofatum,
ifontra Scorbtttam,
yrina,
Vwe-Patfe.
W
The common dofe of hot waters$ 59
Thefitteft time to take hotte waters in
S9
The diuers manner of taking hott wa-
ters, 59
Hot Waters may bee vfe din G lifters ,
59
Waxe lights,
Weights andfcaleSi
Nerues and ligaments. 1 3 3 , 134
audHedd, 134.155. 13 d, Face,
llJ.Nofe, Ear es, Eyes, Necke,
Shoulder, Armes, 1 3 %. Hands, 1 5 8
1 3 9.Thsraxy 1 39. Belly, r 39.1 40
Scrotum, Hifpe, Knee, Anck/e,
Foote,and So ale ofthefoote, 140.
22.23.24,27 The cure oj Wounds by Gmjbot, j^q
57.38 141. 142.143. 144.145.
White paper, 37 The difference b etwee ne wounds by
Worme-wood Water, 57 gun(hot,& contused Wounds, 142
New Wounds muftauoide corroding How to preuent putrefatlion in
ynedkines, 31 wounds. . 143
How to fecatrize and cure new Z
wounds, 31 Zingiber, 104
Vine, vale, Le&or. Si quid fcis re£tiusiftis3
Candidas imperti % ft non his vtere gratus.
FINIS.
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