CHAPTER I. Of HEAD-ACH in general, with its several Names and Kinds.

Three sorts of pain in the head. OF Head-aches or pains in the head simply; there are three sorts, [...] in Greek in Latin Capitis dolor, in English the Head-ach. 1

The second is called in Greek [...], [...] in La­tin Cephalaia, in English, a continued or inveterate Headach. 2 [...].

The third is called in Greek [...], 3 [...] in Latin Hemicranium, in English the Megrim,

The two former possesse the whole head, the lat­ter only the one halfe of it.

By head I meane in all this treatise, onely the scalpe or so much onely of the Head as is covered with haire.

I question whether all inter­nal pains in the head af­flict the eyes, but only such whose seat is near the optique nerves.And here is pain ingendred sometimes without the scul, sometimes within, If it lie within the scull, there is paine at the roots of the eyes, by reason of the immediate influence from thence to the braine; if without the scull there is no pain there.

The first sort of headach, called [...] co­meth of diverse causes, as heat, cold, drinesse, blood, choler, wind, vapor from the stomack, drunkennesse, feavers, each of which to discourse of, will require a several Chapter.

Severall sorts of [...]. CHAPT. II. Of the Headach [...] coming of heat.

[...] comming of heat.BY Heat I mean only a hot distemper without any kind of moisture or humour. It is caused for the most part by the vehement heat of the Sun; note, that it is extream hurtfull to the braine, to stand bareheaded in the Sun. The cause. ☞ It is also caused by immoderate running, jogging or moving; especially to such as are not used to it, though it be most perillous to those that are used to it; it is caused also by being long near the fire, through anger and furiousnesse, and by hot diseases, and smels of hot things.

The Signs of headach coming by heat; are be­sides immoderate pain, Signes. you shall feele their Head burning hot when you touch it, their skin dryer then it was wont to be, their eyes looke red, they sleep little or not at all, and are delighted by sprin­kling or anointing their head with cold things, and find ease by it; other causes may be known by the relation of the Patient.

Cautions for the sicke.Let the air and Chamber where the sick abideth, be cold by nature, or else you must make it so by art, as by keeping it continually washed, by strew­ing there flowers and herbs, and branches of trees that are of a cold nature, Aire. as Roses, Violets, Water­lillies, Vine-leaves, Bryer-boughs, Willow boughs, Endive, Succory, or the like, also to poure water out of one Vessell into another, near him, to let him smell to Nose-gayes of cold flowers.

Great heed must be taken that the Patient sleep well, Sleepe. yea more than he usually was wont to do; if [Page 3]he sleep not well as most labouring of this disease do not, provoke him to sleepe with Diascordium; if that will not doe, use Laudanum, two grains; if that will not doe, use three grains, encreasing it till it come to six; if he sleep not sooner, let his Chamber be quiet, free from noise and wrangling, for that causeth perturbation of mind.

Let his meat be but little, Meat. and let that little be of good digestion, as chickens, birds that delight in Mountains and dry places, rabbets, &c. let it be dressed with cold herbs, as lettice, endive, purslain, and verjuyce; also Almond-milke, Pomgranates, Raisons of the Sun, Drinke. I doubt water is not so good in cold coun­tries. I think a cool julip were bet­ter. and ripe Pears are wholsome for him; but let him avoid Milk and all other meats of a dilative quality, for they send vapors into the head, and are hurtfull for him.

Let his drink be water, in which a little Cinna­mon hath been boyled, or in which syrrope of the juyce of Succory, or the juyce of Pomgranates or Lemons is put.

Let him eschew carnal copulation, exercises, and baths, all perturbations of the mind, especially an­ger, Directions negative. Affirma­tive Perfumes. Vnction. If ♂ cause the disease you had better use vervain ga­thered in the houre of ♀ take this as a generall rule. all things that are binding, all things that cause stupefaction, as crude opium, Mandrakes, Hen­bane, Poppeys, Nightshade; those things that bind much, though they coole, must also be avoyded, as juyce of Quinces, Medlers, &c.

Let the sick smell to rose water mixed with vi­neger, and often snuffe some of it up into his nose. Let also his forehead, temples, and that part of his head where the paine lies most, be anoynted with oyle of fleabane. Let the fleabane be gathered in the houre of Mars, he being (if it be possible) in Aries, in a good aspect to the Moone. So will the infirmity be the easier and more speedily cured.

Have a speciall care that the Patient go to stoole, in good order, at the least twice a day; Stoole. if he do not, provoke him first with a Clister, then with an ownce of lenitive Electuary, every night when he goes to bed; for the people most incident to this Infirmity, are such as are of a Cholerique consti­tution, (though the trouble of this disease be no absolute signe of a Cholericke-man) which com­plexion most commonly causeth astringency.

[...] comming of cold. CHAP. III. Of the Headach [...] coming of Cold.

BY cold I meane simply cold without any Flux of cold humours: ☞ for that causeth Lethargies: but onely a cold distemper.

The cause.This paine in the head is caused of outward cold, as by tarrying long bareheaded in a cold aire, also by suddain applying of any wet and cold, or very cold thing to the head.

The signes of this are contrary to the signes of the other that came of a hot distemper; for in this though the paine indeed be vehement, yet the head when it is felt is not hot; their face and eyes do not look red, neither are they hollow, nor shrunke, but on the contrary their face looketh full and pale, and their eyes are full and swarthy; also they de­sire not cold things, nor find ease but paine by them. Cautions.

1 Let them sleepe moderately, but no more then u­sually they use to do. Sleepe.

2 They must remaine in a warme aire; if it be cold, remedy it with a good fire. Aire.

Let them forbeare all meates cold in operation, 3 Meats. all fish, water-fowles and milke. Let them eat rear eggs, hennes, chickens, partridge and phesants.

For drinke, let them use Wine moderately, 4 Drinke. and generally for the cure thereof you must use things that are hot in operation; but in the cure as well of this, as other diseases in the head, you must diligent­ly consider the natural temperature of the braine; ☜ for it is such a thing as cannot endure either violent heat or violent cold.

Directions Negative.Let not their bodies be costive, but let them have every day a stool; if not by nature, give supposito­ries. Let them avoide sadnesse, deepe speculations, and thoughts, studying, and other immoderate af­fections of the mind.

Let them use moving of their body, Affirma­tive. walking and if strength suffer, riding.

Oyle of Vervaine, is medicinall for the disease; 1 Motion. let it be gathered in the day and houre of Venus, she ascending fortunately. Also, Rew, Laurell, 2 Unction. If ♀ cause the discase use Flea­bane an herb of ♂. Or­ris, Dill, Chamomel, Mother of time, Marjoram, are Medicinal for the disease. For the Oyle, anoint the fore-head temples, nostrills and holes behind the eares.

Also to boyle any of these hearbs, especially vervaine, gathered as beforesaid, in water, 3 Nasalia. and snuffe up the decoction in your nose.

Also quilt these leaves betweene two caps, 4 Cucufa. and let the patient weare it upon his head.

The innermost cap being made of fine silke, or Sarsnet, Take Laurell, Mother of time, Marjoram, Rosemary flowers, of each a handfull, Rew halfe so much, Penny royall, Calaminth two drams, Cloves, Staechas, one-dram, beat these into grosse ponder, and sew them up in the Cucufa, or double [Page 6]cappe before mentioned, and having first sprinkled the head with Vineger, warme it, and apply it.

Also it is very good for the sick to smell to such a Pomander as this. Pomand­er. Take of Storax, Calamitis, two drams, Cloves, Mace, wood of Aloes, of each halfe a Dram, Lavender, two Drams, Gallia mofchata a Dram, Muske, Amber greece, of each two graines, beate them into fine pouder, searce them, and with mussilage made with Gum Tragacanth, and Marjoram water; make it up into a Pomander.

[...] comming of driness or moy­sture. CHAP. IV. Of the Headach [...] coming of drinesse or moysture

BY drinesse here, ☞ and moysture also is meant only the baire quality; for although of these a­lone, without heate or cold, no paine come, yet hereby the studious in Physicke, may learne and discerne when the Head-ach commeth of heate and driness, when of heate and moisture, when of cold and dri­nesse, when of cold and moisture.

The cause.Head-ach through drinesse is caused through drinesse of the aire, through hunger, much watch­ing, extreame studying, by dry medicines, over much exercise, excessive use of venery, and violent perturbations of the mind.

Head-ach of moisture is caused through moisture of the aire, The fimp­tomes. moist medicines, bathes, hot waters, and other things that moisten over much.

Drinesse is knowne by these signes; there come [Page 7]few or no excrements out of the nose, the eyes be hollow, the patient cannot sleepe neither before nor in the sicknesse; also the skin of the head is dry as though it were scorched; dry medicines do not ease the paine but increase it.

Moistnesse is knowne by the same that lethargies are, of which hereafter.

Those in whome drinesse doth trouble the head, let them remaine in a moist aire, let them eate meates of good juyce and a moistning nature, Diet. as yolks of egges, cocks stones and the broth of them, phesants, partriches, and such meates as moisten and nourish much; let them drinke wine alwayes with water; let them sleepe largely, provoke them to it; as in the second chapter; let them eschew motion of the body and exercise, and use quietness and rest, let them eschew carnal copulation, hung­er, and thirst, and all things that do dry, let them use baths of sweet waters, that are warme, let them be merry and pleasant, and avoyd all perturbations of mind. For paine comming of moisture, See Le­thargyes.

Let such as have head-ach of drinesse, use to a­noint the seame of their head or os triquetrum, Cure by unction. with oyle of fleabane, (see Chap. 2.) mixed with oyle of sweet almonds or alone by it selfe.

Let their body be kept soluble.

Also they may bath their head in water in which strawberry leaves, Stoole. Bath. violet leaves and flowers, mal­lowes and other hearbes that have a moistning vertue, have beene boyled.

CHAP V. Of Headach [...] coming of plentitude or blood.

[...]. comming of blood.HItherto I have written of Head-ach comming through alteration of the bare quality only; I now come to Head-ach caused of fulnesse, and abundance of blood. I call fulnesse in this place, that which the Greekes call [...] that is, when all the four humours abound and be encreased in their proportion, [...]. or when blood onely abounds.

The cause.This is caused commonly of eating all such things as ingender abundance of humours in the body, as meates and drinkes of great nourishment, plentifully taken; as also the neglecting and omit­ting exercises, bathes, sweatings, and usuall pur­gings, bleedings and evacuations.

The signes be these, Signes. the face and the eyes be rud­dy, the veines be swoln, so that the least and smal­est may be easily seene; the pulse is great and ve­hement, the urine reddish and thick, the veines of the temples beate more hard, strong and vehement then those at the wrest; the paine of the head is hea­vinesse.

Let the sick be in a cold and dry aire; if you can get no such place naturall, Cure. 1 make it so by art.

Let his diet be spare; Aire. 2 let him avoyd things that nourish plentifully, 2 as egges, flesh, &c.

Let his drink be barly water in which cold hearbs have been boyled as endive, Meat. 3 succory, purselane, lettuce, Drinke. 4 or only barly water with a little Cinnamon.

Let him use meane exercise, Exercise. rubbing his body [Page 9]often; if his body be soluble and no feaver, let him bath often.

In the beginning of the disease let him blood in the cephalica of that arme on which the griefe lies most, if that appeare not, take the middle veine; 5 Bleeding. if bleeding in the arme suffice not, let them bleed in the forehead.

If age or weaknesse, or both, prohibit bleeding, 6 use cupping glasses to the shoulders to draw backe the blood. Cupping.

These done, 7 use medicines externall that are cold and astringent, Vnction. wherewith you are furnished in the second Chapter.

You must in this disease have a special care that the body be kept soluble if necessity require and neither feaver nor weaknesse hinder, 8 Purging. give a deco­ctum Sennae (with rubarbe and agricke at i. ʒ.) iv. ℥.

After this you may apply such medicines to the head 9 Repelling. as disperse the disease and dissipate and re­pell the humours, such be mallow seedes, fenugreck seeds, chamomel flowers, melilot flowers, either in bathes, liniments, or oyles, as you think fit.

Also you may bind the lower parts of the body hard, 10 Bindings. (as the things) to call or draw back the hu­mours.

[...] comming of Choler. CHAP VI. Of the Headach [...] coming of Choler.

The causeHEad-ach comming of cholericke humours is caused of all such things as heate and drye the head unnaturally, as care, anger, paine, labour, [Page 10]watching, fasting, eating of meates that be chole­ricke, as Garlique, Onions, pickled herrings, and other meates extraordinary salt, &c.

The signes be these; the pains be like his that hath headach by reason of heat, Signes. but that only they have a more sharp and pricking pain, as though awles or bodkins were thrust into their heads; their face is pale and wan; their head is moderate­ly hot, bitternesse of the tongue, drinesse of the eyes, nose and tongue; this disease chanceth most to young and flourishing yeares, to such as are cho­lericke of complexion, to them that take over­much businesse in hand, and the like.

Let the sicke abide in a cold and moist aire, which may be procured by the Art specified in the second Chapter, Cure. 1 as by sprinkling the Chamber with cold water, Aire. by strewing the Chamber with cold herbs, and moist flowers and branches of trees their mentioned.

2 Let his whole diet be moist; let him eat meates that be moist and of good juyce; Meates. give them Endive, Succory, Lettice, Purslaine, small fishes, that live in gravelly Rivers.

3 Let his drinke be water only, Drinkes. in which a little Cinnamon hath been boyled; but let him altoge­ther abstaine from Wine and strong drinke.

4 Let him be kept quiet, Sleepes. and have long sleepes; you may provoke sleep by the rules in the second Chapter; let him be merry, and refraine from all perturbations of mind. 5 Purges. You must refrain purging, there be a feaver.

In the beginning of the cure you must purge the cholericke humour with medicines fit for the purpose; such be Hiera picra, Electuary of the juyce of Roses, Rubarb, Pillulae aureae, Alephanginae, &c. ☞ But if it chance the cholericke humours do rest quietly in [Page 11]any part of the body, as many times it doth, and so be­cometh adust and burneth the place where it lyeth, and maketh the man uncapable of receiving purging medicines, you must use preparatives to alter and concoct the humour, till it appear by the urine to be digested; the best way of all to do this, is to administer a spoonfull of Vineger of Squils every morning fa­sting, and let the party walke a quarter of an houre after it; if you find that too hot, as you seldome shall, administer it in an ounce of Julep of Roses, or Syrupus acetosus.

Also you may give an ounce of pulp of Cassia at night when he goes to sleep, or lenitive Electuary. 6 Bolus.

If they be very costive, as it is the nature of choler ☜ to procure costivenesse, 7 administer clisters of the molli­ent herbs, viz. Mallows, Beetes, Violets, Clisters. Pellitory and Mercury, of each a handfull, boyled in a quart of ☜ water to three quarters of a pint, in which (being ☜ strained) mingle Diacatholicon i. ℥. Mel rosarum i. ℥. species Hierae picrae i. ʒ; make it into a clister,

Also you may use Oyle of Fleabane for unction in the manner and forme prescribed in the second Chapter. 8 Vnct on. Beware of ♂

If the disease for all these medicines, 9 continue still viralent and malignant, Boxing. you may apply cup­ping glasses between the shoulders, and friction, or rubbing of the armes and legs, time and care con­venient being used. [...]. comming of Wind.

CHAP. VII. Of the Headach coming of Windinesse.

The cause.IT is a cause of eating abundance of windy things; besides, the nature of the body, and other [Page 12]things were such as were apt to ingender wind.

It is known by a distention or stretching within the head, Signes. and that without heavinesse or beating, as also by noise in the ears.

1 Let all meats and drinks that ingender wind be utterly avoyded. Diet.

☞ If the Infirmity lie onely in the Head, and ascend from no other part beneath, as many times it is caused onely by weaknesse and imbecillity of the head, then inward medicines profit little.

2 But you must use Concoctive and Discussive me­dicines, things that concoct wind, Conco­ctives. as Fenugreekeseed, Lin­seed, Chamomel, Yolkes of egges, Saffron, Hens greace. ☞ Goose greace, &c.

3 Last of all use Discussives, such as be, Oyle of Dill, ☞ and Rew, Discussivs. Lupines, Barley meal, Lilly roots; Nigella, &c.

4 But if it come from vapours that ascend from some other part, Clisters. you must empty the belly with a strong Clister that doth dissolve wind, made of of the emollient herbes, Anniseeds, Carraway, Fennell, and Cumminseeds, adding to the deco­ction Benedicta, laxativa halfe an ounce, of the Electuary I meane, for this glister draws the vapours ☞ down from the head.

5 After this you must strengthen the member that it ingender wind no more, Cautions. whether it be the sto­mack, liver or spleen, it were tedious and super­fluous to recite the manner how to strengthen all those parts, and others beside these, which may in their owne affliction afflict the head also; for I purpose if the Lord give me life and health, and time to write severally and distinctly of all the diseases in every part of the body. 6

Then may you apply to the head things repulsive and driving backe, Repul­sives. such be, Vinegar, Pomgranate, [Page 13]rinds and flowers, Wormwood, Merlilot, Mints, Plantain, ☜ Walwort, Shepherds burse, Nutmegs, Purslaine, Housleek, Laurell leaves, &c.

If heat be joyned with wind in the head, 7 Unctions. use Oyle of Roses, which is both repulsive, digestive, and ☜ discussive, mingled with Vineger, which is both repul­sive and discussive, and also attenuating.

But if there be cold mixed with the wind, then use Oyle of Dill and Camomell, mingled with the juyce of Rew and Vinegar.

If the headach continue still malignant, 8 use snee­zing with white Helebore; Sneezing. but beware of catching cold of the head after it.

After all this to strengthen the head, 9 Cucusa. and repell the relicts of the disease, make a Cucusa of these herbs dryed, (that is sew them betwixt two caps; see Chap. 3. Page 7.) viz. Roses, Knotgrasse, Willow leaves, Nightshade, Marjoram, Mother of time, Hysop, Rue.

Also the savours of Castoreum, Muske, 10 Amber­greece, and to take Venice treacle, or Mithridate in­wardly, Smels. are medicinall for the disease.

[...] cau­sed by the Stomack. CHAP, VIII. Of Headach caused of the Stomack.

HItherto of diseases caused principally in the head it selfe; Cause. now a word or two of pain of the head that cometh by consent from other places of the body; and first of that which is caused by some evil affection of the stomack; and that is caused by some sharpe humour for the most part that aboun­deth in the stomack, especially in the mouth of it, [Page 14]from whence corrupt vapours arising doe ascend into the head.

It may be knowne by that gnawing and biting paine they feele in their head, Signes. by their pronesse and desire to vomit; also if the sicke fast and suffer hunger long, their paine is more vehement; for through long abstinence, the malice of the hu­mour encreaseth.

Cure by vomiting.In the cure of this disease, outward medicines will doe no good; the best way of cure is by vomi­miting, but first prepare the humours by giving Vineger of Squils two or three spoonfuls; Consider the strength of nature in the proporti­on of the vomit. Purging. or four, if two or three worke not, divers mornings before the vomit, (which may be infusion of Crocus me­tallorum i.℥. s.) for many time the humors are vis­cous and sticke fast.

If you suppose the stomacke be furred after vo­miting, give a scruple of Mastich pils every night going to bed for a week or such a matter.

As for strengthning the stomacke after the di­sease is cured, I shall speake plentifully when I come to speak of the diseases in the stomack.

So also if headach come from the liver or spleen, or any part, you shall have plentifull remedies when I come to speak of the places where the cause lies, which is needlesse here; for take away the cause, the effect ceaseth.

CHAP. IX. [...]. comming of drunk­ennesse. Cause. Of Headach caused by drunkennesse.

THe causes are evident enough; for hot Wines, Strong-Waters and strong drinks fill the brain [Page 15]with vapours, and so much the more if the braine be hot by nature, if the os triquetrum be close shut, and the sutoriums close shut; for they beare drinke lesse before they be drunke then others in which they are more open.

Cure con­sisting in evacuati­on and re­frigerati­on.The cure consisteth chieflly in these two things, evacuation, refrigeration.

If the Wine be yet indigested, give a vomit in the first place.

If the headach remain after, you must use refri­geration to drive backe the vapours that ascend into the head; that doth especially above all things Oyle wherein Ivy leaves have been boyled, by anointing the head and temples and forehead.

To prevent drunkennesse are many medicines left by the ancients to posterity, Preventi­ons. but for mine own part, I, as yet, never tried any of them, as to eat six or seven bitter Almonds every morning fa­sting; to drinke a draught of Wormwood-beere sirst in the morning; also to burne swallowes in a crucible, feathers and all, eate a little of the ashes of them in the morning.

CHAP. X. [...] comming of feavers. Of Headach caused of Feavers.

IF Headach molest those that have Feavers, Praefatio you ☜ must consider whether the body be laxative or not; for astringency in Feaves alwayes causeth headach; Ʋel caeli vel signi, incertum est, puta signi. if it be, then you must consider whether it began with the feaver, or came onely the feaver increa­sing, near the Crisis, or when the Moon comes to the opposition of that signe and degree she was in [Page 16]at the decumbiture; if she or her beames reach but the place, give no physick; for vomiting or flux of blood by the nostrils will follow.

But if the headach began at first with the feaver, it is caused through vapours dispersed abroad through the vehemency of the feaver, Cause. as it were boyling up and ascending into the brain, and the brain also for the most part in this disease is weak and not able to repell it, but fit to receive it.

If age permit, you may use bleeding. If strength permit, you may use cupping-glasses, but the chief remedy is by remedying the feaver; for the cause being taken away, Cure. Tolle cau­sam tolli­tur effectus the effect ceaseth; and I intend hereafter to write a tractate only of feavers, to which I now refer it.

CHAP. XI. [...] Of the Headach [...]

The dig­notions of [...] from [...]. [...] in Greeke; in Latin, Cephalaea, in English an old and invetterate headach; it may be knowne from [...] by these notes; it hath been of long continuance, exceeding painfull, hard to cease; every light occasion (as noise, loud speech, cleer light, moving, drinking of Wine, strong smels, or the like) causes sharp or violent fits, the diseased desires to lie in the dark, to be quiet, often supposing that their heads are stucke with a hammer, also some doe feele those things that are about their head, as though they were bruised or racked; this disease sometimes doth continue painful alwayes, sometimes it comes by fits, with intermission, so that sometimes they thinke them­selves [Page 17]perfectly whole. This disease doth vex Women ☜ more then men. In some the pia Mater (or skin that ☜ knits the senses together, which lyeth round the braine within the dura mater) is vexed, in some onely the ☜ Pericranium, or skin that covereth the skull round) is vexed.

It is caused either by abundance of blood and other humours, or by the sharpnesse of the humours, Cause. contained either within or without the scull, in­flaming the head; also it is caused through weak­nesse of the head.

If the pain invade the sicke with heavinesse, Signes. it sheweth the disease to proceed of fulnesse and a­bundance of humours; if it come with pricking, gnawing and shooting, it betokeneth sharpnesse of humours; if it beat like pulses, it betokeneth inflammation; if there be felt distention or stretch­ing out, without beating, or heavinesse, it comes of wind; if there be beating with it, it is a hot wind; if heavinesse, there are humours as well as wind; if the paine be felt superficially, or out­wardly, the disease lies in the Pericranium; if in­wardly, it lies in the Pia Mater, and then is there alwayes a paine in the rootes of the eyes; for the tunicles of the eyes have their beginning from the brain. ☜

As for diet and aire, the cause being knowne, Cure. you may easily gather out of the former Chapter.

If it come through abundance of humours, you may in the first place let blood.

Oyle of Vervaine used in Unction, is an appro­ved medicine, unles there be inflammations or fea­vers joyned with it; for them use Oyle of Flea­bane, both considered as in the former Chapters.

Have a great care that sleep be moderate, and the body soluble.

You may also (for fear of Relapsing) purge the head with strong Gargarismes, made with juyce of Leeks, Pellitory of Spain, long Pepper, Mustard, or the like.

Or by sneezing, if the infirmity lie within the scull.

CHAP. XII. Of the Megrim. [...].

[...] in Greek; Descrip­tion. in Latin also Hemicrani­um; in English the Megrim; is a painfull evill, lying in the one halfe of the head only; the right side, or the left; and is distinguished by the seame that runneth all along the scull, from the middle part of the forehead, to the hinder part of the head or nape of the neck; this pain cometh often by fits; and in some the griefe is felt without the scull; in some within, and that deepe in the braine; in some, in the Muscles near the Temples.

It is caused by ascending or flowing of many va­pours or humours, Cause. or by the Arteries, or by both; and sometime it proceeds from the brain it selfe, thru­sting out its excrements and superfluities, when the passages are stopped.

The Signes whereby you may know whether vapours, Signes. or humours do abound, whether they be hot or cold; whether within the scull, or with­out, may be drawne out of the former Chapters, only this I adde; if the pain lie in the Pericranium, the pain is so vehement that they canot suffer their heads to be touched with ones hand.

Their Dyet, what they should eat, and what they should eschew, Diet. may be gathered out of the former Chapters, according to the diversity of the causes; yet let them by all meanes avoid all such things as send sharp vapors up into the Head, as, Gar­lique, ☜ Onions, Mustard, Raddish roots, &c.

If the Infirmity lie without the Scull, Cure. as most commonly it doth, comb the head; if the pain lie on the right side, with a combe made of the right horn of a Ram, (I suppose it were best the Ram were killed when the Sun Or at least when Mars is there. is in Aries) if it lie on the left side, with a comb made of the left horn of a Ram; and this (for ought I know) may do it, if the disease lie within the Scull.

If it lie near the Temples among the Musces, rub them often (either with your hand or with a cloth) till they be hot, when the pain is over, and that many times remedyeth the disease if it lie there.

Also Euphorbium mixed with Oyle, and put into the ear on that side the paine lies, take more or lesse Euphorbium, according as the parties senses are dull or quicke; a scruple of Euphorbium is enough for an ounce of Oyle, and one drop is sufficient to put into the ear at one time.

Also Euphorbium dissolved in Vinegar, and ap­plyed by way of Unction to the grieved part of the head, profiteth much.

But beware you use not Euphorbium, if the disease come of hot Humours, or Vapours.

Also Earthworms beaten to powder, Snailes, ☜ Peach kernels, Goats dung mingled with Vinegar of Squils, are medicinall.

If it comes of hot Humours, use those medicines prescribed for the headach coming of hot humours.

If it come of plenitude, use blood betting.

In fine, purge the Humour that causeth the Di­sease.

CHAP. XIII. Of Ʋertigo or swimming in the Head.

VErtigo is a Disease wherein a man thinketh all that he sees turnes round; Descrip­tion. it is a Disease my selfe have been often for many yeares terribly vexed withall, insomuch that at the last I many times fell down in a swoon, and fainted; This Disease often turneth to the Falling-sicknesse, as it had almost done in my selfe, though after much and vast expence of Physicke, one Vomit absolutely cured me; therefore I shall be more large in the signes of this Disease.

This Disease is caused through inordinate mo­ving of Vapours that are windy, Cause. contained in cer­tain parts of the Brain; this Disease is caused ei­ther, because the Brain it selfe is ill-affected, or of Vapours ascending from the Stomack thither; the Braine it selfe is offended by a Humour aeriall, from whence a windy spirit moveth inordinately about, and troubleth the apprehension; so that all things the man seeth, seeme to turne round also; the Brain is offended by the mouth of the Stomack, when windy exhalations are carried from thence to the Brain, which happeneth by corruption or putrefaction in the Stomack, the Vapours of which being penetrating move about the Brain.

Galen makes a great stir, and so also doth Hippo­crates to prove two sorts of Vertigo; the one called [Page 21] Tene [...] of a Vertigo; of some Scotoma: and this, say they, is the most dangerous, because it often turns to the Falling-sicknesse. Indeed I grant, the dark Vertigo turneth soonest to the Falling-sicknesse, because it commeth of Atra bilis, or Choler adust: but Fuchsius thinks they erre that think the Dis­eases to be two, because they differ a Tittle in qua­lity: and truly so do I. All Gallen's words may not be Authenticks; no, nor Hippocrates his neither: and neither Fuchsius nor my self were nor are so simple, but we know Choler yellow, will turn black, and adust in the Tunicle of the Stomack, and cause no other difference then changing the quality, not the nature of the Disease. But enough of this; I proceed to the Signs.

A darknes or mist appeareth before their eys that are troubled with this Disease, Signs. and that upon eve­ry light occasion, especially if they drink but a cup of strong drink, or wine; or if they turn round: for it chanceth to them if they turn round once, as it doth to others when they turn round often times, so that sometimes they fall down. Al­so the same effect it brings to him, to see another man, or a wheel, or the water run round: there­fore let such objects be avoided; for the vital spi­rits beholding it, turn about also, and so the mo­ving of the Humour that causeth the Disease, is troubled, unequall and inordinate.

When this Disease lyeth in the brain only, with­out relation to the stomack, there followeth sound in the ears, pain in the head, sometimes vehement, and heavinesse there; also the smelling and other senses are detrimented: their fits are chiefly when the Sun doth heat them, or when their head is hot by some other means: for Heat doth dissolve [Page 22]the Humours, and then they turne about the Brain.

And indeed for ought I know, a cleer Sun-shine day is hurtfull for those in whom the Disease proceeds from the Stomack, as mine did; and I found the same extreamly prejudiciall to me.

Those in whom the Disease proceedeth from the Stomack, feel a gnawing in their Stomack be­fore the fit come, and a disposition to vomit, and are as though they were heart-burnt.

Also thus you may know of what Humour the Disease ☞ comes, by the apparent colour of things to their eyes: for if they appear yellow, the Disease comes of yellow Choler: if reddish or bloody, it comes of Blood, and is ☞ apt to fall into a frenzy or madnesse; if dark, it comes of Atra bilis, and is a fore-runner of the Falling sicknesse, ☞ or Apoplexie. And thus much for example sake.

Also these Diseases are most violent in that time of the year that suiteth best with their nature; as Choler in Summer, Melancholy in Autumn, &c.

If this Disease be caused by Vapours that ascend from the Stomack, Cure. as mine did, Vomiting is a speedy cure, and the onely cure I could find.

Cautions. For only that winde causeth Whirl­winds.Let the sick avoid the beams both of Sun and Moon; all Winds, especially South winds: nor let him behold any thing that moves round, nor any deep thing.

Let him avoid fasting and fulnesse, all meats that engender winde, that are of a dilative quality, and send Vapours up to the head: such be Milk, Oni­ons, Garlick, Leeks.

Let him eschew sleep in the day, saith Galen: but for mine own part I found ease in nothing else.

Let his Meat be of good Juice, Diet, and good Di­gestion.

If the Disease come of Blood, use Blood-let­ting.

Let the Sick avoid perturbation of mind, anger, fear, sadnesse, loud crying and singing.

Let him not keep his Head too hot, nor abide in an Aire too hot, or too cold; and let him stir his Head as little as may be.

In a word, keep his Stomack clean with Vomits, and his Head with Pil. Alephanginae.

Acetum scilliticum is a soveraign remedy, and Southernwood is the Herbe proper for the Di­sease.

CHAP. XIV. Of Frenzie.

[...] Descripti­on. [...] in Greek, in Latine also Phrenitis, in English a Frenzie, is a Disease that troubles the minde, dangerous and difficult to cure: it dif­fers from Madnesse thus; Definition a Feaver ever accompa­nies a Frenzie, but never Madnesse.

A Frenzie is a continuall Madnesse and Furie, with raging and vexation of mind, Division. accompanied with an acute Feaver, caused through inflammation of the Brain, or the films thereof.

Three sorts of Frenzies.There are three internall senses in the Head; Imagination, Judgment, Memory: and a man may be frenetick (or as our common English word saith, Frantick) in any of these.

Some are frenetick onely in Imagination; ima­gining they see things they do not, and yet do give [Page 24]a right judgment of things they do see; and re­member every man, and call him by name: in such fantasie onely is distempered.

2 Other apprehend things truly, yet judge falsly of them; as a Patient I had, that judged his father would kill him, and therefore fled his presence; as also, that he was some great person. There the seat of Judgment is chiefly vexed.

3 The third is compound of these two, and they erre in every thing, and know no body, nor re­member any thing; and in such the Brain is total­ly distempered.

The Frenzie is caused of abundance of Choler, Cause. and cholerick Blood, either in the Brain, or films thereof; and if the Choler be adust, the Disease is vehement and pernicious.

Besides, Signs. a terrible Feaver and Madnesse, for the most part they cannot sleep; if they do sleep at all, it is troublesom: many times when they do sleep, they start up out of it suddenly, and rage, and cry out furiously; they babble words without order or sense, and very seldom answer directly to a que­stion; their Water many times is thin and cleer; and if it be so, it is so much the worse: many times the softlier you speak to them, the louder they an­swer.

Their Eyes are blood-shotten, bleared and sta­ring, and sometime dry, and sometimes full of sharp and scalding tears; most of them pull and tear all the cloaths about them to pieces: their Pulses are small, weak and slow, and they fetch their breath but seldom: that which cometh of Blood, causeth inordinate laughter; and Choler, immoderate fury: also such must be bound in their beds; they forget every thing speedily that they [Page 25]either do or say. I have seen one call for a Cham­ber-pot, and so soon as he had it, either had forgot what it was, or else forgot to pisse in it.

Concerning the usage of the Sick; Aire if it be win­ter, let the aire be warm; if in summer, let it be cold: a whited wall is best; for diversity of colours or pictures are naught.

Some are troubled with light in their Fits, and some with darknesse; therefore you had best try them both, and let him have light that is afraid of darknesse, and keep him dark that is offended with light: but if the Sick be indifferent, between both, let the strongest have light, and keep [...]e weakest darkest.

Let his dearest friends come to him, and let some speak friendly to him, and let some of them speak harshly and roughly to him; for there is no rule with such persons, unlesse they stand in awe of some body.

If strength permit, Bleeding. let him bleed largely in the arme, and two or three dayes after under the tongue.

Keep his body laxative. Stool.

Force him to sleep with Opium; Sleep. if his body be strong, you need not fear to give him four or five grains at a time: also hang soporiferous things about his Head, as Mandrakes, Nightshade, Poppy, Henbane, &c. and anoint his head and temples with oyl of Poppy, if he sleep not without these.

Let his drink be water, Drink. in which Cinamon hath been boiled.

Let his meat be exceeding little, Meat. and let that lit­tle be of very good and speedy digestion.

Also, I have found by experience, Cure Castoreum to [Page 26]be very medicinal for the Disease, taken inwardly.

For other Medicines, your best way is to la­bour to remove that Humour which causeth the Disease: of which Medicines you may be furnish­ed in the peculiar chapter belonging to the par­ticular Humour.

CHAP. XV. Of the Lethargie.

IN direct opposition to a Frenzie, Descripti­on. is the Disease called a Lethargie; which causeth sluggishnesse, and an inexpugnable desire to sleep.

This word Lethargie, is a Greek word, com­pounded of [...], [...] which signifies forgetfulnesse; and [...], which signifies slothfull, or dull: and therefore in stead of Veternus, the common Latine word, it might be better (or at least better in my opinion) be called Oblivio iners, a sluggish forget­fulnesse.

Names. [...]. Subeth. [...]. It is affir­med by many good Phi­sicians, that there is such a Disease as Coma Vi­gilans, but as yet I never saw any possessed with it.This sluggish Disease hath gotten many names; it is called by some Grecians [...], of the Arabians Subeth; of some Grecians [...]; and this [...], say they, is of two sorts: Coma somnolentum, or a sleepy Coma: the other called Vigilans coma, or a waking Coma; because such as have Lethargies seem to be awake many times, when they are not. Many have thought these Diseases to be all different, be­cause different places have given it different names; yet all confesse the cause of them all to be the same, and then the difference can be onely in the Complexion of the party grieved.

It is caused of Flegm, Cause. which cooleth the Brain overmuch, and moistneth it, and thereby provok­eth sleep.

They are alwayes in a profound and dead sleep; Signes. their Pulse is great, and striketh seldom, and beat­eth as though it were in water; they fetch breath seldom, and weakly, and are so sluggish and sleepy, that they can hardly be forced to answer to a que­stion: sometimes they will open their eyes, if you cry aloud to them, but they instantly shut them a­gain: they are exceeding forgetfull, and alwayes talk idly in their sleep; they gape and yawn often, and sometime keep their mouth open, as though they had forgot to shut it: some are costive, Cure. others laxative; their Urine is like Beasts Urine, stink­ing; some tremble and sweat all over.

Let the chamber wherein the Sick doth lye, Aire. be very light, and very warm.

Let his Diet be such things as extenuate, Diet. cut and dry, and let it be seasoned with Anniseed, Cum­min-seed, Pepper, Cinamon, Ginger, Cloves, &c.

For Pot-hearbs, let him use Sparagus, Parsley, Fennel, and such like: and after eating, binde the ex­tream parts (viz. the Thighs) hard, that the Vapours ascend not up into the Head.

You may burn Brimstone under his Nose, Nassali [...]. or assa foetida to awake him.

Give him strong Gargarisms, Garga­risms. made with Pellito­ry of Spain, and Mustard: also you may safely put a whole spoonfull of Mustard into his mouth at once.

Also you may boil Time, Penny-royall and O­riganum in Vinegar, and dip a spunge in it, and hold it alwayes to his Nose.

You may shave off his Hair, and keep his Head [Page 28]alwayes moistned with Vinegar of Roses: also it is excellent to let it drop down from some high place upon the crown of his Head.

Povoke him often to sneeze with white Helle­bore. Sneezing.

Also, Clisters. in this Disease you may safely administer sharp and scowring Clisters, with Collocynthis, Agrick, Electuary Benedicia laxativa, species hierae picrae, and the like, in the common decoction.

The Disease declining, purge Flegm.

Castoreum is also exceeding medicinal for this Disease, Purge, either taken inwardly, or applied out­wardly.

CHAP. XVI. Of Forgetfulnesse.

THe losse of Memory chanceth sometimes a-alone, and sometimes Reason is hurt with it.

It is caused of Lethargies, and other soporiferous Diseases; Cause, for they being ended many times leave Forget­fulnesse behind them, and then it comes of a cold distem­per. This coldnesse hath sometimes drinesse joined with it, and sometimes moisture, and sometimes nothing but a bare distemper: to know this, you must diligently observe the causes whence it ari­seth.

The causes are two; internal, external: if they be internal, either abundance of Flegm, or Melan­choly is the cause of it; if there be no signs of these abounding, then it comes of some external cause, (unlesse it come through extream old age.)

2 The external causes you may know by the re­lation [Page 92]of the sick, or those that are about him; if any disease have newly passed and so turned into oblivion, if medicines were applied outwardly on administred inwardly, which extreamely cooled the brain; or if it came of study, watching, &c.

If the memory be but a little hurt, Signes. it shews the braine to be but a little cooled; if reason be also hurt, then the disease is vehement.

If it come of a dry distemper, the sick watcheth much, and can hardly be brought to sleepe.

If moysture only offend, then are they heavy, in­clined to sleep, and their sleepes are long and trou­blesome.

If cold be joyned with the moysture, it is a per­fect Lethargy, though perhaps but breeding, and then the excrements are many at the mouth and nose, proceeding from the braine.

If melancholy be the cause, he will not be very desirous of sleepe, nor voyd excrements from his brain; besides all circumstances, and the state of his whole body incline to cold and drinesse.

For to give a true judgment of a disease, you must con­sider the complexion of the party, the region that he lives in, the times of the yeare, the state of the aire, and the diet he hath used.

Let his diet be different according to the cause of his disease; as for example, Diet. if it come of coldness let it be hot, &c.

But what ever the cause be, the aire must not be cold, nor the roome darke, Caution. nor any windowes o­pen North or South, for the one cooleth, I should think the East were worst. the other stuffeth the head.

If it come through age, Physicke availes little.

If the memory fail suddenly, either falling sicknesse or Apoplexy is following, Prognosti­ca. for cure of which use such [Page 30]meanes of prevention, as you shall be taught to cure them when they are come in their proper chapters.

If it come of other causes, viz. of cold, heat the braine; of drinesse, moysten the braine.

Things medicinall, Cure. are Castoreum, Oleum de late­ribus, Rew, Balme, Betony, Rosemary, Marjoram.

Of Compound, confectio anacardina, Diamosebum dulce, Diambra, Mithridate, Theriacha. These not only remedy memory lost, but helpe and mend it being dull.

CHAP. XVII. Of Catalepsis.

Name [...]. [...]. detentio, occupatio, congelatio. Descripti­on. [...] or [...] in Greeke, is called in Lattin, Occupatio, detention, and Deprebensio; Mo­derne Writers call it Congelatio, in English it is cal­led congelation, or taking, and by the ignorant struck with a Planet.

It is a sudden detention and taking both of bo­dy and mind, both sense & moving being lost, the sick remaining in the same figure of body wherein he was taken; whether he sit only, or whether his mouth and eyes were open or shut, as they are taken in the disease so they remaine.

This disease is a meane between a Lethargy and a frenzie, Cause. for it commeth of a melancholly humour; Therefore in respect of coldnesse it agreeth with a Lethargy, and in respect of drinesse with a frenzy; and the effects are in a medium between them both; Sometimes abundance of blood is joyned with the melancholly humour, and sometimes on­ly [Page 31]pure melancholly; both invade the hinder part of the braine.

They that are taken with this disease, are alwaies taken sudddenly, Signes. both speech and sense are taken from him; he neither speaketh nor heareth, his breath scarcely to be perceived; he lies like a dead man, his pulse is small, weake, and very thicke; his egestion and urine are either very little or none at all, which seemes to proceed from want of sense; for the sick abounds (most commowly) with moy­sture; For melancholly is an humour dry in operation, ☜ not in quality; Their face is sometimes red, and that is when blood is mingled with the melancholy; and sometimes swarth, and then pure melanchol­ly oppresseth; the eyes in this disease remaine im­moveable, as though they were frozen.

The diet is different according to the cause; Diet. on­ly in generall let him avoyd all such meates and drinkes as send vapours up into the head; also wa­ter is hurtfull be cause it swelleth the spleene. Barly water wherein Cinnamon hath been boyled is good.

If blood abound, and strength and yeares per­mit; Bleeding. let him blood in the Cephalique of the arme, as much as strength will permit.

If melancholly abound, Clisters. cleanse the gutts with clysters made of things proper for melancholly: such be borrage, buglosse, fumitory, time, epithimum, polipo­dium, ☜ senna, cassia fistula, confectio Hamech, &c.

If the head be hot, coole it with oyle of fleabane; Refrige­ration. if too cold, heat it with oyle of vervaine.

Black hellebore corrected with Cinnamon is very medicinall; so is mother of time. Cure.

If trembling accompany the disease, give Casto­reum.

As for other remedies, you may find them in the chapters of frenzie, and lethargy before; and in the Chapter of melancholy, which is to follow af­ter.

CHAP. XVIII. Of the Apoplexie.

[...] in Greeke and Latin, [...]. is also called an Apoplexy in English; and is a disease wherein the fountaine and originall of all the sinewes is affe­cted, Definiti­on. and so every part of the body doth suddainly lose sense and motion, throughout the whole body.

If this stopping come only in one halfe of the body, Cause. it is called the Palley; of which hereafter.

The Apoplexie is caused by a grosse tough and clammy humour, (ingendred for the most part by drunkennesse;) which (being crude) fills the prin­cipal ventricles of the braine.

It is caused also by a fall or a blow, which brui­seth and shaketh the braine, and causeth the humours to ☞ flow thither.

Also those that are brought up in hot countries, when they come to live in cold countries, many times the cold only congealeth the humours and causeth the disease.

There goeth before this disease a sharpe paine in the head, Signes. a swelling of the veins in the neck, the vertigo and brightnesse before the eyes, coldnesse of the extreame parts without cause known, pant­ing of the whole body, slownesse to move, and gnawing of the teeth, while they sleepe; their urine [Page 33]is little in quantity, and black, like rust or canker of mettall, and hath a residence like meal; they lack sense altogether, and lie with their eyes shut, as though they were asleep and snort.

The vehemency of this disease, may be known by their impediments in breathing; if their breath­ing differ but little from another mans that is in health, it shewes the disease is but weake; but when they can hardly be perceived to breath at all, it is the strongest Apoplexie; and little better is theirs where the breath seemes to be stopped for a while, and then fet with great violence.

This disease happens most frequently to aged people, flegmaticke folke, and to such as use such diet as encrea­seth ☜ flegme.

This disease is seldome cured, and seldomer but it leaves the dead palsey behind it; and then it is but halfe cured. ☜

A strong Apoplexie for the most part kills a man in 24 hours; many times in halfe the time. ☜

Bleeding is a desperate physicke for an Apoplexie, well befitting such a desperate disease; for it kills or cares quickly. ☜

Provoke him to stoole, with mighty sharpe and strong clysters. Stoole.

Bind the thighes hard, and rub them vehement­ly. Liga­ments:

You may shave the head, and bath it with oyle of Rew, Camomel, or Dill. Vnction.

You may fasten Cupping-glasses good store to the shoulders. Cupping.

You may burne stinking things under his nose, as Ca [...]oreum, Assa Foetida, Saga-penum, Galbanum. Nasalia.

You may provoke him to sneeze, with white Hellebore. Sneez­ing.

You may apply Castoreum, and Euphorbium, [Page 34]with vinegar to his head. Cucufa. Vomit.

You may provoke him to vomit with turbith minerale, ☞ mercurius vitae, or lac sulphuris, which is the best medicine I know. Lacsul­phuris. I take it doth not procure vomit, but is diapho­retical.

Thus much for the cure of an Apoplexie, if it may be cured.

CHAP. XIX. Of the dead Palsey in one side.

[...] in Greeke, [...]. in Latine Resolutio, in Eng­lish the dead palsey; 'tis a disease wherein the one halfe of the body, either the right side or the left, doth lose either sense or moving, Definiti­on. or both, either totally or partially.

But note here that the palsey that followeth the Apoplexie, [...]. is properly and particularly called by the Greekes [...]

In the palsey sometimes sesne only is lost, and not moving, sometimes moving and not sense, and sometimes both sense and moving; yet the Greeke word [...], signifies properly loss of motion.

A word to satisfie the curious, Quest. that may aske why sometimes sense only, and sometimes moti­on only, should be lost?

You must note that the faculty of motion, Answ. as well as that of sense, flowes from the brain, as from the fountaine, and is derived from thence by the nerves to the instruments of sense and motion; and so either sense or motion is lost, according as the sinews that convey sense or motion are affected in the disease; therefore it being considered that [Page 35]divers members participate in two kinds of sinews; the one for sense, the other for motion, I doe not yet un­derstand this. the doubt is easily cleered. One sinew may be hurt; and mo­tion is lost; the other may be hurt, and that fare; then sense is lost and motion remains; both are hurt, and then farewell (pro tempore) sense and motion.

If members participate but of one sinew, as few do, (perhaps none) yet Gallen saith some do, and at present I cannot contradict him; I rather adhear to this judg­ment. lesse vertue is required for feeling then for motion, saith he; and so if the sinew be much hurt, sense and motion are both lost; if it be but little hurt, onely motion is lost.

The matter indeed is scarce worth disputing for, or writing of, and therefore I proceed.

The Original of this disease lies sometimes in the Brain, Descrip­tion. and sometimes in the marrow of the backe.

If the disease lie in the back, (as but seldome it doth) then is the face firme, and then sometimes halfe, sometimes the whole body is paralitick, ac­cording as the halfe or whole marrow of the backe is vitiated.

If it come from the Brain, it lies only in some particular Pellicles thereof; for if the whole Brain be vitiated, it is an Apoplexy.

These things being first duly considered, we come to the cause.

It is caused through vehement and inordinate cold, Cause▪ or through grosse and clammy▪ Humours that stop the passages, that the animal vertue can­not passe freely from the Centre to the Circum­ference.

If it come from the back, it is caused through [Page 36]Inflamation, or hard swelling without sense called Schir­rus, hapning at the backe bone, or nigh to it, or other siinewy part, dependant thereon; whereby the sinews are pressed together, and so stopped, that the animal vertue cannot passe. It may happen by ablow or wound.

The Disease is so apparent that it needs no Signs.

The Palsey is no acute o [...] sharpe Disease, Progno­stica. and for the most part is curable.

☞ It chanceth (for the most part) to ancient people, and beginneth (commonly) in the Winter time.

If the Palsey come by a cut or wound, it is incurable, and very difficult, if the Paralitique members wane, or wan lesse and lesse; for then it sheweth the parts to want spirit naturall as well as animal.

Let his Diet be extenuating and drying, Diet. let his Meat be easie of digestion and roasted. viz. Birds that frequent dry grounds, Almonds, Raisons of the Sun, Pine Nuts.

For Pot-herbs, Herbs. let him use Fennel, Pursley, Hi­sop, Marjoram, Sage and Savory.

Let him eschew Water-fowl, Caution. Fish, and all o­ther meats that are cold and moist, and fleg­maticke.

Let the Aire he abides in be hot and dry; Aire. if not, make it so by Art.

Let him drinke no Wine but Hippocras, Drink. and let him use Cinnamon in all his drink, or broth.

It is good for him to indure as much thirst as he can.

Let his sleeps be but mean, Sl [...]epe. and let him not sleep at all in the day.

Let him use as much exercise as well he can. Exercise.

Let, him be merry and cheerfull, Mirth. and fly an­ger, [Page 37]vexation, and other perturbations of the mind.

If there be signes of Plenitude, Bleeding. you may draw out blood (moderately, for feare of over-cooling) of the sound side; else forbear.

If he have not a Stool once a day, Clisters. provoke him with a Clister.

Acetum Scilliticum, Cure. or Vinegar of Squils taken two spoonfuls every morning, fasting, is a soveraign medicine.

So is also Castoreum. Sneezing.

If it lie in the Brain sneezing is good, which you may provoke with white Hellebore, but let it be in the Evening, the party in bed, and their head wrapped warm for fear of after-claps. Unction.

Also use Unctions to the nape of the necke (for their the marrow of the hacke hath its passage▪ to the Brain) use first weak ones, such as Oyle Chamomel, More pro­perly the Brain hath its passage to the spina­lis me­dulla. Bath. Dill, St Johns Wort or Earthworms. Then after some dayes such as are stronger, as Oyle of Bricks, or Tile-stones, Castoreum and Euphorbium. Where­with you may anoint all the paralitique members, wrapping them up hot afterwards in a Fox skin.

Also you may make a Bath with S ^t Johns Wort, Rosemary, Staechas, Sage, Marjoram, and Camo­mel, boyled in Water, wherewith you may bath the paralique members before you anoint them. Ceratum:

Also this Cerecloth is excellent to apply to the paralitique members. Take of Oyle ii. ℥. Oyle of Pepper, i. ℥.ss. Oyle of Euphorbium, ii.ʒ. Aqua vitae ii.℥.ss. juyce of sage & Marjoram or cowslops of each ii.℥.ss. Galanga iii.ʒ. Pellitory of the wall and pep­per, of each a dram, Staechas and Rosemary, of each ii.ʒ. Euphorbium ʒ.ss. boyle it till the Aqua vitae be consumed, then strain it, and put wax enough to it to make a Cerecloth.

Also you may make a quilt for his head with Hysop, Cucufa. Marjoram, St Johns Wort, Sage, Rew, Bay­leaves of each ii. ʒ. Spikenard, Mastich, Castoreum, and Staechas, of each ii. ℈. Cloves, Mace, Nutmegs, of each i. ℈. red-rose-leaves well dryed, halfe a handfull, make of them a quilt, as you are taught Chapter 3.

Use these medicines to the head if the disease lie there; to the nape of the necke, and the back bone, if the disease lie there.

CHAP. XX. Of the Palsey in one Member.

ALthough any expert man may draw out of what hath beene written before, the cure of the resolution of any member, the radix being the same, yet to satisfie the unskilfull, I thought good to write a line or two.

If any member be paralitique, search from what root the sinews come that supply that member, and mend it there at the root with the former medicines.

There is also a kind of Palsey called by the Greeks [...], [...] in Latin Tortura oris, in English wrinesse of the mouth; this you may cure also by the aforesaid medicines: besides, yo [...] may hold a looking-glasse before him, that he may see what an ugly face he makes, and so labour to a­mend it.

CHAP XXI. Of the Falling-sicknesse.

[...] in Greek, the Latins call it Morbus Co­mitialis, [...]. and the English, the Falling-sicknesse.

It is a Convulsion, drawing and stretching of all the parts of the whole body, not continually, but at sundry times, with hurt of the mind and sense.

It is so called, because it attacheth both the sense and feeling of the head, and also of the mind.

Three causes of Falling-sicknesse.There be three causes of the Falling-sicknesse.

The first is caused when the disease lieth only in the Brain; and that is caused two wayes. 1. When grosse, tough and clammy Humours flegmaticke, 1 stop the passage of the spirits animal in the Pelli­cles of the Brain. 2. See my Anatomy of the brain. When the same opilation is caused by Choler.

2 Secondly, it is caused through the evill affect of the Stomacke, sending up vapours thither, which the brain labours to repell, and by the reluctancy causeth the disease.

3 Thirdly, it is caused through a cold aire which the Patient may feel creeping up from one member or another, to the Brain; but this chanceth but sel­dome, especially in these climates.

There goeth before this disease, Signes. an unwise state of the body and mind; sadnesse, forgetfulnesse, troublesome dreames, headach, continuall fulnesse in the head, especially in anger, palenesse in the face, inordinate moving of the tongue; many bite their tongues, as soon as the fit takes them they fall down, their limbs are drawn together, they snort [Page 40]and sometimes cry out: many tremble when the fit comes upon them, and run round, but the pecull­ar signe of this disease is foaming at the mouth.

This disease happeneth most to young folke.

Let the Aire the sicke abides in, Aire. be hot and dry, if the disease be caused of Flegme, let it becold and moist, Diet. if it be caused of Choler.

Let him eschew all meats that are hard of di­gestion, and stopping, and such as are of a dilative quality, Vomit. Cure. My thinks I might have be­stowed the p [...]ins to have quo­ted a few more me­decines, yet seeing [...]is as tis see my re­cepts. and all Wine, the older the worse.

If the Disease proceed from the Stomack, cleer it by a vomit▪

The best remedy, which is most sure and appro­ved, is, a Male piony root dug up, ☉ in ♌ rising on sunday morning, the Moone encreasing, Aries culminating; hung about their necks; which by a hidden planetary vertue cureth it. Also the juyce of piony roots dog up at that time, and made into a syrrup with Sugar taken inwardly doth the like.

CHAP. XXII. Of Convulsion and Cramps.

[...] in Greek; in Latin Convulsio; in En­glish Convulsion and Cramp: Definiti­on. is a Disease in which the sinews are drawne and pluckt up to­gether against ones will.

There are divers kinds of this Disease, Kinds. three of these kinds lie in the neck.

The first is called in Greeke [...]; in Latin Distentio; 1 it is when the necke remaineth altoge­ther immovable; so that it cannot be turned any way, but must alway be held straight forward.

2 The second is called Tentio ad anteriora, when the head or necke is drawn down towards the brest.

3 The third is called Tensio ad posteriora, when the head is drawn backward.

4 The fourth kind of Convulsion, is that which usually is called the Cramp, and is a drawing to­gether of the sinews of some particular limb.

5 The fift is that which is usually called Convul­sion-fits, and a wreathing or drawing up together all the sinews on the one side of the body.

This Disease is caused through fasting, fulnesse, Cause. pricking of an Artery, or the biting of a venemous beast, that the venome come to the Nerve.

The fift of these is only mortal, and takes away many young Children.

For Children: Spirit of Castoreum, Cure. Aqua parali­tica Mathioli, Aqua antepileptica langij, are medici­nall.

For aged people; if it come of fulnesse, Of fulnes. purge and vomit, then use the precedent medicines.

If it come of fasting, Fasting. it is more perilous; the best remedy that I know then, is the decoction of China roots.

Pricking of a nerve.If it come by pricking an Artery, as many times it doth in blood-letting through the unskilfulnesse of the Chyrurgion, or unrulinesse of the Patient. If it be much hurt, the only way I know, is to cut it quite as [...]der, and lose the use of the limb, to save your life.

Stinging of vene­mous crea­tures.If it come by stinging of any venemous creature, make the wound bigger, and draw out the poyson with Ʋenice treacle applyed to it plaster-wise.

Finally, wear for the Cramp, a Ring made of a Rams horn, the Ram slain ☉ in ♈, in the houre of the Sun, he either rising or culminating.

CHAP. XXIII. Of the Mare.

[...] in Greeke, [...] in Latine Incubus, is a Dis­ease that happens onely in the night, to people in bed, wherein they conceive themselves over-pres­sed with a great weight, which almost strangles them.

The ridi­culous conceits of the vul­gar.The simple sort call it the Mare, and conceit and affirm, that they feel it with their hand, and hear it fall down in the chamber; yea, I have heard one affirm, she heard it come in at the gate. The truth (or rather falshood) of all this, will appear in the description.

This Disease is caused of excessive drinking, Cause. also of continuall rawnesse of the Stomack; whence are sent grosse and cold Vapours, which fill the ventricles of the Brain, letting the dispersing of the faculties thereof by the sinews.

This Disease alwayes invades those that are a­sleep, Descripti­on. and most of all such as lye upon their backs; Signs. they suppose a great weight lyes upon them, and stops their breath, that they cannot move, and dream that they are almost strangled, and would cry out, but their voice is stopped; and in [...]ed they groan pittifully, at last being something wakened, and able to stir, the passage is opened and they eased.

This Disease (though seeming light) is not to be neglected, Caution. by reason of its affinity with the Apo­plexy and Falling-sicknesse.

Let him never lie on his back.

Let his Diet be such as breedeth not wind, nor is of a dilative quality. Diet.

Blood-letting. Cure.If there be signes of fulnesse, use bleeding.

Let him not go to bed till digestion be perfected; Vinegar of Squils taken two spoonfuls in the mor­ning fasting; and if digestion be weak, I have been my selfe, and have known o­thers strangely troubled with this disease, since the writing hereof, and in a farre different manner from what he e is written; but the margent is too small to hold the Story. one spoon­full presently after meat digesteth the humours and cures the Disease.

Keep the head and neck alwayes warm. Also you may take inwardly such things as strengthen the braine, such be, Aromaticum Rosatum, Diamoscum dulce, Diambra, Dianthon, &c.

CHAP. XXIV. Of Madnesse.

Diffe­rence be­twixt [...] and [...]. [...] in Greek, is a Disease which the Latins call Insania and Furor; in English Madnesse and Fury, they that have this Disease be unruly like wild Beasts.

The difference betwixt this and the Frenzy, is this: A Feaver alwayes accompanies a Frenzy, but never this Disease called [...], or Madnesse.

It is caused of much blood flowing up into the Brain; Cause. sometimes this blood offends in quantity only, and sometimes in quality, when it is melan­choly: The super fluity of melancholly, causeth alienati­on of mind, and causeth the man to be foolish and beside ☜ himselfe.

I shall onely in this Chapter treat of madnesse coming of blood. Signes.

There goeth before Madnesse, weaknesse of the head, tickling of the ears, shinings before the eyes, great watchings, strange thoughts approach the mind, heavinesse of the head, a ravenous appetite, a forwardnesse to bodily lust, the eyes stare, and seldome either winke or beckon.

If it come of blood only, they laugh continual­ly, and the sicke thinketh he seeth before his eyes things to laugh at.

If any Choler be mingled with the blood, then the pricking and swift moving of the brain, makes them angry, irefull, moving and bold.

In the first place bleed them, Bleeding. ☞ and then by the colour of the blood you may discerne easily the quality predom­nate.

If it be a Woman, breath a veine in the ankles, for ☞ that provokes the termes.

Let their Diet be such as breeds little blood, till they are almost starved.

In many the humours is waxed grosse, and setled by long continuance, and such are worst to cure, though perhaps they be patientest, for the time, yet looke for them to be furious enough, when the humour is stirred, and made thinner.

If it come of blood only, you may draw away blood abundantly, from the arm, under the tongue from the forehead, from the fundament with leaches

If Choler be mixed with the blood I refer you to the Chapter of Frenzy.

If of Melancholy, the next Chapter shall in­struct you, only let him eat little, drink no strong drink nor wine; sleepe much, and go to stool or­derly.

CHAP. XXV. Of Melancholie.

BY Melancholie, here I mean, not the simple complexion; for without that, none can live; but the alteration of the complexion in quantity, quality, or seat.

It commeth without a feaver, Descripti­on. and is engendred of melancholy occupying the mind, and chang­ing the temperature of the brain.

It is caused three waies. Sometimes it is caused of the common vice of melancholy blood, 1 Caused 3 waies. being in all the veines of the body, and so hurteth the braine.

Sometimes the blood only in the brain is alte­red, 2 Had this been to do again, I could have done it ten tim [...]s bet­ter. the blood in other parts of the body being safe.

And sometimes it is ingendred through inflam­mation about the spleene, and so sending up me­lancholy vapours thither.

The most common signes be fearefulnesse; sad­nesse, hatred, strange imaginations; For some think themselves bruit beasts, and counterfet their noise and voyce; Signes. 3 my selfe knew one, this present yeare 1645. that thought him selfe only a man, and all other men beasts that came to devour him, and stood with a staffe to beat every one that came neer him, whom I perswaded that he was made of a black pot, and if he did not speedily get him into his house, I would throw a stone at him, and break him; which was so upon his imagination, that he threw away his staffe and ranne in, and would suffer none to touch him for feare they should break him.

Innumerable such fancies are mentioned by Au­thors which I forbear to mention.

This is according to the cause; if the cause be fear, then they thinke o­thers will kill them; if of grief, they seek to kill them­selves; if of love, the natu­rall blood is infected because the liver is the seat of love, I want room, guesse the rest by these.As how one conceited he had a fish in his blood, another durst not pisse for feare he should drowne the world, a third conceited he had no head, and a fourth that he was made of butter; all which, and the waies and meanes by which they were cu­red you may read in A. P. his Chirurgery: but to proceed. Many desire death, and some do kill themselves, others are afraid of death, and thinke their best friends when they see them determine to kill them; some laugh; some weep; some think themselves inspired with the holy Ghost, and prophecie of things to come.

Also the state of their body is slender, black, rough dry and hard in touching, and altogether melan­cholious.

This is caused through excessivenesse of some passion, as love, joy, griefe, &c. or through much study, watching, stopping of the Hemoroides, or Men­strua, or the eating of wicked and melancholicke meats.

But in such in whom it is caused by the Spleen, they have rawnesse, much wind, sharpe belchings, burnings and greivousnesse of the sides, the sides are drawn upwards, and many times they have In­flammations there. Also Costivenesse, little sleep, troublesome and naughty dreams, swimming in the head, and sound in the eares.

Let him abhor melancholy Diet. Diet,

Let the Aire he abides in be hot and moist. Aire.

Let his Meat be hot and moist, of good digestion and breeding good blood. Young Borrage boyl'd and buttered is good meat for him.

Black Hellebore corrected with Cinnamon, Purge. is [Page 47]a good purge for him, so is decoction of Epithimam.

Fumitory is a soveraigne hearb for the disease, and so is betony.

If the infirmity lie in the whole body, Bleeding. you have no other remedy but you must bleed him often, be­cause all the blood is corrupted.

If it lie in the head only, bleeding is needles, only follow his humours, and comfort him with Cordi­als and Cephaliques, that strengthen the braine; such be of simples, Betony, Red-roses, Harts-tongue, En­dive, ☜ Borrage, buglosse and Violet- flowers. Of compounds, Aromaticum rosatum, Diamoscu dulce, Anacardina, Laeti­ficans, Galleni, Dianthon, species cordiales temperatae, &c. And his best Doctor is Dr Merry-man.

But if it proceed from the Spleen; for Simples use Centaury, Penyroyall, Wormwood, and Ger­mander and Bay-berries, apply to the region of the Spleen an Emplaster of Melilot for the Spleen.

Also you may provoke them to sneeze with Be­tony in powder snuffed up in their nose. Sneezing.

There are divers other manners of cure which I omit here, my scope being in this place to treat of it, as it annoyeth the brain only; I may happen to write of the redundance of all the complexions severally and distinctly by themselves; to which I refer you.

CHAP. XXVI. Of Trembling or shaking of any Limb, called commonly the shaking Palsey.

THis Disease commonly goeth a little before death, especially in acute diseases and sur­sers, and then it is an evident signe death is near.

It many times troubles aged people, and then it is incurable.

It is also caused by fear; Cause. then remove the fear, and the trembling is gone.

Sometimes it comes by accident, as immode­rate cold taken, abundance of grosse, thicke and clammy humours, much drinking of Wine, &c.

There needs no signs to be shewed.

For Diet, Diet. use such things as cut, divide and ex­tenuate; let him eschew all things that hurt the si­news; all Wines.

The best cure that I know, Cure. (which indeed is suf­ficient) I have knowne men of ninty years of age, kept from this infirmity, Question lesse such things as streng­then the Nerves are excel­lent; I am sorry I was so briefe. only at night when they go to bed, by rubbing their fingers between their toes, and smelling to them.

Yet if you be troubled with it already, your best way is first (when you have learned what humour it is that troubles you) to purge out that humour.

In this Treatise are many Aphorismes, which are marked with a hand in the Margent, which the studious in Physicke, especially young Students, if they please to write them out by themselves, may find wonderfull usefull.

CHAP. I. A Table of FEAVERS.

A Feaver is an unnatu­ral heat ingendred

• In the Spirits.
• In the Humours.
• In the fleshie parts.

In the Spirits it causeth

• Ephemeris, or an one day Feaver.
• Synochus non Putri­da, or a Feaver la­sting three or four dayes.

In the Humours it causeth a rotten Feaver, and the Hu­mours rot

• Within the Vessels.
• Without the Vessels

Within the Vessels

• All the Humours rot and so cause Sinochus putrida.
• Onely one Humor, & so by Pu­trefaction
  • Of Choler, a continual Tertian.
  • Of Flegm, a continual Quotidian.
  • Of Melan­choly, a continuall Quartane.

Without the Vessels by putrifaction.

• Of Choler, an intermitting Tertian Ague.
• Of Flegm, that is
  • Sweet, an in­termitting Quotidian-Ague.
  • Glazen, it causeth Epia­los.
• Of Melancholy, an intermit­ting Quartane Ague.

In the fleshy parts it causeth

• Hective Feavers.
• Marasmos.

CHAP. II. A Comment upon the Table of Feavers.

A Feaver is an unnaturall heat, which taketh its beginning at the heart, Definiti­on. and is spread from thence through the whole body by the arteries and veines; hurting or letting thereby the operation of the parts thereof.

The body of man is generally divided by Hip­pocrates into three parts; The things contained, the thing containing, and the thing that gives life and motion to both.

• 1. The things contained are humours;
• 2 The thing containing the humours is the flesh;
• 3 The spirits give life and motion to both.

In all these three, distinctly, and severally, hap­pen feavers.

For if this unnatural heat (for a man may be naturally hot, and is hotter at one time, then at a­nother, yet hath no feaver;) be kindled in the Spirits, it causeth either a feaver which the Greeks call [...] in Latine diaria, in English an one day feaver; [...]. because in this feaver, there chanceth but one fit; and that lasteth nor above a day; For and that lasteth not above a day; For as a bottle filled with hot water heats the bottle, so the spirits being inflamed, heat the body; or

Sometimes it causeth a feaver, called [...] non putrida, Three sorts of [...] and it commonly lasteth (if it be right­ly handled) not above three dayes, the Latines call it diaria, but very improperly; Of this [...] there are three sorts.

Some continue with equal vehemence, from the [Page 2]beginning to the latter end; [...] [...] and [...] the Greekes call this.

2 Some alwaies encrease by little and little, un­till they end; and such the Greekes call [...] and [...] [...].

3 Againe some decrease or diminish by little and little, [...]. and those the Greekes call [...]

Moreover, if only one humour do putrifie and rot within the vessels, it causeth a feaver the Greekes call [...] which is a continuall feaver; [...]. for although there be remission in this feaver be­tween the shaking fits, yet the feaver never leaves him, before he be either cured of it, or killed by it.

Diffe­rence between [...] and [...].So that here in this lies the difference between Synochos, and Synochys; the former hath no remissi­on in the fit, but only one continued fit; the latter hath alwaies remission, or slacking, though no in­termission as is in agues; In [...] but one fit, in [...] many.

Three sorts of [...].O [...] this [...] are also three sorts; For if the pu­trefaction be of choler only, it causeth a continual tertian, 1 called by the Greekes, [...]. [...]

If flegme putrifie within the vessels, it causeth a 2 continuall quotidian.

3 But if melancholy, a continual quartan.

Dif [...]ence between, remitting and inter­m t ing feavers.Yet all these differ from intermitting Feavers, called (by the Vulgar) Agues; farre and wide, though the fits are distant alike.

For first, though the humours that cause them both be the very same; yee in these remitting Fea­vers, 1 the humour is contained within the Veines; but in intermitting Feavers, commonly called A­gues, it is dispersed through the members, and so through their violence of spreading, the Feaver intermits for a time.

Secondly, this continual, though remitting Fea­ver, still remaines between the fits, though not with the same violence; but an intermiting Feaver or Ague, totally to the Patients apprehension, ceaseth, till the next fit come.

Of which now, a word or two.

Febris in­terpolain. Three sorts.This Feaver is very fitly called in Latine Febris interpolata, because the fits renew at their time; it is called by some, Febris deficiens.

1 Of this also are three sorts.

• 1 Tertian,
• 2 Quotidian,
• 3 Quartan.

A pure intermiting Tertian is caused of choler rotting without the Vessels. Tertian.

An exquisite quotidian is called in Greeke [...] and is caused of sweet flegme patrify­ing or rotting without the Vessels; 2 Quotidian [...]. For if the flegme that putrifie be glazen, it causeth a Feaver called Epialos.

Epialos is a Feaver, wherein the Patient feeles both heat and cold, immoderately in all parts, Epialos quid. both at one time and at one place.

To this Feaver, belongs an accident called by the Greekes [...] that is, [...] when vehement heat is felt in the bowels and entrailes; and immode­rate cold in the external parts.

An intermiting Quartan is caused of melancho­ly rotting without the Vessels, 3 Quartan. is governed by Sa­turas a planet slow, weighty, and ponderous, and therefore the disease is commonly Chronical and lasting.

I come now to the last sort of Feavers, which the Table shews to proceed of heat in the fleshy parts; Hectica F [...]bris. and that is called Hectica febris, an Hecticke Feaver.

For as a hot Vessell heats the water that is put into it, so a Hectike Feaver though the rise of it be in the flesh, after the third concoction, yet it heats the humours which the flesh containes.

This Feaver for the most part, Maras­mos. without speedy cure, consumes the whole body, and then is cal­led Marasmos; and this Marasmos, saith Galen is incurable; Galeus errour. but the good old soul was mistaken; for I have known it cured in more then one, or two; I have had it my self since the writing of this.

As for the Pestilence, it is also a Feaver and a shrewd one too; I have written of that already, in a treatise by it selfe; and therefore no more of it now.

There are other Feavers that come by reason of the inflammation of some member. Inflama­tions.

So that Feaver which comes in the filme that girdeth the ribbs, Pluretia. is called pleuretia.

If from inflammation of the lungs, it is called Pe­ripneumonia. [...]. Erraticae febres.

If of the stomack, it is called Typhodes.

Some Feavers also are called Erraticae, that keep no certaine time of coming at all; nor any order of fits, ☞ and intermission; and such Feavers come commonly of Melancholy.

But in every Feaver, you must consider diligently, whi­ther ☞ the Feaver come by any disease, of any particular member; else you will erre egregiously in giving Physick.

These are all simple Feavers, some Feavers are compound, Com­pound Feavers. as diverse Feavers of a like nature joyne together; as intermiting Feavers with in­termiting, &c. For example, two intermitting Ter­tians, or two intermitting Quartaines joyne to­gether, in which last the party is sick two dayes, and well but one; my own child, at the writing [Page 5]hereof, had two intermiting Tertians; the one far more violent then the other, and they came at some twelve hours distance.

But sometimes, an intermitting Tertian is joyned with a continuall Quotidian; [...] and this disease is called in Greek [...] and this only is known as yet of compound Feavers, of different natures; the other are still of Feavers of like nature, as con­tinual Feavers with continual, or intermiting with intermiting.

And thus much of my paraphrase, which though it be somewhat long, yet I account nothing tedious that is rational; I know many words might have been added, but not one might have been left out. For by ignorance in, or negligence of this, many lives are lost; which by due observance of this, might be preserved.

CHAP. III. Of [...] or an one day Feaver.

[...] in Greek; in Latin Diaria; [...] in English an one day Feaver, because it hath but one fit, which continueth but one day, if rightly hand­led; if not, it turneth to other diseases,

It is caused when the breath is inflamed above nature, without any putrefaction, Cause. and this chanceth many wayes.

First, through binding or thickning of the skin, 1 which stoppeth the vapours that were wont to flow out by the pores, which being hot and sharpe in­gender a Feaver.

Secondly, by wearinesse. 2

3 Thirdly, by watchings, crudilities and lack of digestion.

Fourthly, by sadnesse, care and sorrow.

4 Fifthly, by anger and vehement passion of the 5 mind.

6 Sixthly, by feare.

7 Seventhly, by vehement heat of the Sun.

8 Eighthly, by hunger and drunkennesse.

9 Ninthly, by swellings and kernels about the throat; for all these heat the spirits and inflame them.

Signes. Generall. Six.The Signes are of two sorts.

First generall signes; whereby this Feaver is 1 known from any other Feaver.

2 Secondly, particular signes, which shew from which of all these severall causes the Feaver comes.

The generall signes are six.

• 1. They change the pulse, in greatnesse and swiftnesse, but it keeps that proportion, in order, softnesse, and equality, it did according to nature.
• 2. The Urine seldome or never turnes from a naturall state.

☞ A naturall Ʋrine is subrufe in colour, meane in sub­stance, and if you shake it, it sparkles like Sacke.

Yet I deny not but Ʋrines alter something accor­ding ☞ to the predominant complexion of the party, even in men of perfect health.

• 3. 3 Their heat of body is gentle, pleasant and casie.
• 4. 4 They end commonly by moist sweet sweats.
• 5. 5 Vehement pain in the head and stomack, and other parts.
• 6. 6 Abhorring of Meat, and insatiable Thirst.

Signes. Of watch­ing.The particular Signes.

If it come of watching, there followes a naugh­ty colour, swelling of the face, heavinesse of the eyes, that he can hardly lift them up, the haires of the eye-lids are moist, and the pulse small; for watching hinders digestion, and causeth crudities, when☜ these signes arise.

Care and sorrow.If it come of care or sorrow, the body is leane; if sorrow be the cause, the colour is cleerer; if care, darker, hollownesse and drynesse of the eyes, discoloured skin.

If of anger, Anger. the eyes seeme to sticke out farther then they use to do, the face is red, and the pulse lofty.

If of sadnesse, the pulse is small, Sadne [...]. feeble and rare.

If of feare, the face is pale, Feare. for feare sends the blood from the circumference to the center, the pulse is swift, unequall and sharp.

If it come through burning and heat of the Sunne, their skin is hot and dry, Sun. and their head seemeth to burne, the eyes are red and troubled, and the veines in the temples forehead, and under their eyes are stretched and puffed up.

If of cold, there followeth heavy distillations and rheums, Cold. astringency; for cold bindeth and keepeth the vapours within the skin.

If of wearinesse, the skin is exceeding dry, Wearines. and the pulse exceeding small.

If of drunkennesse or hunger, Drunken­nesse. the sicke may tell you.

If of Kernels, or Impostumation of the throat, Kernels. the pulse is great, swift and often, their face swol­len, their Urine pale.

For cure, Cure. you must observe the generall rule contraria contrariis medentur.

Let their generall diet be meats of good juyce, Diet. and easie of digestion.

Give such as have their disease of anger or sun­burning, cool and moist diet.

If of cold, a diet that doth moderately heat; against watching and sadnesse, a diet that moist­neth and provoketh sleep.

If of wearinesse; let them eat as much meat as they can well digest.

More over you must regard the Patients strength, his naturall temper, the time of the yeare, age and u­suall custome of the sicke, and accordingly order your Physick.

If the natural temper of the body be cholericke, you must feed them with meat at the beginning of the fit, [...]tio [...]. for it is very subject, if the body be kept fasting to turn to an acute rotten Feaver.

See the body be kept laxative; Stoole. if he go not na­turally to stoole, provoke him with an emollient Clister.

Finally, Bath. so soon as the fit begins to wane; bath him in a warm bath, made with sweet hearbs boy­led in water; for that will open the pores, and let out the vapours.

CHAP. IIII. Of Synochus non pistrida, being a Feaver which lasteth three or four dayes.

THis Feaver is caused, [...]. quid.either because the small pores of the skin are stopped, Cause. or because the body it selfe is moderately thickned through cold, or after bathing, or by sharpe binding medicines, [Page 9]heat of the Sun, or any other thing that dries the skin.

It may be thus knowne.

First, by touching, Signs. for the skin is harder and more compact, then it was wont to be. 1

Secondly, by the heat, 2 which at first seemes gen­tle and easie, but after you have held your a hand while, you shall feel it sharper.

Thirdly, the Unine is not much altered from its naturall substance and colour, 3 for this disease lies in the spirits, not in the blood.

Fourthly, the body fals not away, 4 but their eyes are swollen, and fuller of moisture then usually.

Fifthly, the pulse is equall, swift, vehement, 5 and frequent.

Cure. Bleeding.For cure of this disease, you may safely draw out so much blood as age, strength, and the season of the year permit.

After bleeding use things that clense and scowr; Abster­gents. such are Oximel, Hysop, Origanum, Smallage, and observe whether the heat abate by this diet. ☜

For if by the third day you find little heat left, Bath. you may safely bath him with such things as are scouring, such be Orris and Aristolochia roots, Smal­lage, salt-peeter, boyled in water and honey.

But if the Feaver then increase, or on the fourth day, then either you were mistaken at first in the disease, or else the Feaver is altered, and some hu­mour putrified.

CHAP. V. Of a rotten Feaver, called Synochus putrida.

Synochus putrida quid. SYnochus putrida, is a Feaver which holds from the beginning to the ending without any great [Page 10]mutation, or sensible change, and may well be cal­led a constant or stable Feaver.

Of this are three sorts; I described them in the second Chapter.

This Feaver is caused by the rotting of all the humours equally within the Vessels, Cause. and especially in the great Vessels about the arm-holes and share. and this chanceth, when fervent heat is kept in by violent binding and stopping, which is within the body; for when heat and moist things cannot breath out, they putrifie and rot presently.

Therefore this feaver is seldome ingendred in thin spare folke, nor in cold bodies, nor old age, but in such as abound in blood, of grosse, fat, or fleshy bodies, or stuffed with hot excrements.

This is properly known from Synochus non putri­da, Signes. because there are signes of rottennesse in the U­rine, and the pulse of a man sicke of this, but not so in the former.

The other signes all agree with the former.

The Cure of this feaver | must begin with blood-letting, Cure. Bleeding. and that in the beginning of the disease, if you can.

Cold drinke is most perilous in this disease; Caution. first because it causeth obstructions, and hindreth the attenuation of the clammy humours.

Secondly, cold drinkes hurt weake members; some by drinking cold drinke in this feaver, have gotten such sore throats|, that they could not swallow; in some the Stomacke is hurt, that they could not digest; in some the Bladder; generally that part that is weakest is most subject to hurt; and being hurt, cannot performe its proper office.

But blood-letting you may use at any time, if strength permit, provided it be not upon a full sto­macke.

Such as have this feaver, have alwayes loosnesse and sometimes vomit up Choler.

Let his drinke be barly water, Diake. sweetned with syrrup of Violets, and a little Oyle of Vitrioll to make it tart.

Let his diet be light of digestion, Meat. and let him eat it at his usuall times of eating; for then it will digest best.

Also Oranges, Lemmons, Oxymel, and Ver­juyce, are medicinall for him.

CHAP. VI. Of continual Feavers called by the Greekes [...].

[...] in Greeke is a continuall feaver, that hath some certaine slacking betweene the fits; [...] ▪ yet no absolute intermission, till the end of it, and by this only it is knowne from Agues or intermitting feavers, therefore I shall omit the signes till then. Cause.

This feaver is caused by rotting of one particu­lar humour only within the Vessels; I shewed it in the first and second Chapters, I remit you to that.

I shall only treat of that which is called of the Greekes [...] by it selfe, in the next Chapter, for that is the most dangerous, and wind up the rest together in this. A Com­pendium of the cure of Feavers.

In the generall cure of feavers of this sort, these things must be considered.

First, the Feaver.

Secondly, the rottennesse. 1

2 In the Feaver.In the feaver two things must also be consi­dered.

1 First, How that part which is already kindled and inflamed, may be remedied.

2 2 How that which is not kindled, may be letted and hindred from inflammation.

2 Also two things must be considered touching the rottennesse or putrification. In the rotten­nesse.

First, how the humours already putrified may be healed.

1 Secondly, how those that are not putrified may be kept from putrefaction. 2

Heac, qui non animadvertit, errabit nimis.

In the begining of the feaver, if strength and age permit, Bleeding. let blood; for that lets out the inflamed blood, and cooles the rest.

Obstru­ctions.The body thus cooled, you must cure the ob­structions, and that without heating the Patient, lest you increase the feaver, and cause more putre­faction.

This is best done by Clysters, Clysters. and sweates; for Clysters, take only the common decoction with Molossus, Sweats. and Diacatholicon.

For sweates, you may use either Venire treacle, Matthiolus his great antidote, Serpentary roots, E­lectuarium de ovo: Consideratis considerandis.

To stop and hinder the humours not inflamed from inflaming, use cooling juleps, made with bar­ly water, Harts-horne, Ivory, Scorzonera roots, Zedoary, &c. Syrupe of Violets, &c.

To prevent putrefaction, avoyd all meats, I mean flesh, and all broths of flesh.

To bring away humours already putrified, boyle a white Lilly roote in White-wine, and let him drinke it.

For outward medicines, Vine branches, Water Lillies, Lecalia. Endive, Succory, Wood-sorrel, Sorrel, Let­tuce, [Page 13]Knot-grasse, Vinegar, these or any of these beaten, and the juice mingled with oyl of Roses, and wool dipped in it, and applied to the Stomack, mightily allay the heat.

But have a care by all means, that you do not apply this at the beginning of the Feaver, for then the heat lies in­ward, ☜ and this will add more violence to it, but onely when the heat is come to the externall parts, for then it cherisheth the Lungs, and provoketh sleep.

Provoke sleep with Diascordium; Sleep. if that prevail not, use Laudanum.

But have a care of Opiats, at the beginning of the Dis­ease. ☜

For Cordials, Scorzonera-roots, Bezoar, Cordials. Sirrup of Citron-pils, and Syrrup of Balm of Fernelius, Confection of Alchermes, and de Hiacyntho, Electua­rium de Ovo, any of these may be administred, consi­deratis considerandis.

CHAP. VII. Of a Burning Feaver, called [...].

[...] Qad Cause. [...] in Greek, is called in English a Burning Feaver, or continuall Tertian.

It is caused of Choler, rotting or putrifying with­in the Veins, together with the Blood.

Those that have this Disease, Signes. their Tongue is dry, rough & black, with gnawing of the Stomack, immoderate thirst, and watching; their Dung is li­quid and pale.

Let the place wherein the Sick lies be cool, Cure. Aire. the aire sweet; if it be not cool, m [...]k [...] it so by art; of which you have examples in my Criti a Cephalica, vol. 3. lib. 2.

Let him drink for his ordinary Drink, Drink. water wherein Barly, Cinamon, and such Herbs as cool and ☞ moisten, such be Lettice, Sorrell, Wood-sorrell, Purslane, &c. have been boiled.

Also Syrup of Violets, Violet and Straw-berry-leaves, Water-lillies and Verjuice, juice of Lem­mans and Oranges, are medicinal,

With the other Medicines mentioned in the former Chapter; and Bleeding.

If these Medicines prevail not, Blisters. but the Humours ☞ flow up, and lye heavy on the Head, which you may know by their talking idly, you must apply Blisters to the in-side of the Wrests, and the in-side of the Calves of their Legs.

If that prevail not, but you perceive their case desperate, Pidgeons. apply Pidgeons to the soles of their Feet.

But if in a desperate case it oppresse their Sto­mack or Heart, I have known six grains of Mercu­rius Vitae cure them; yet in my opinion Lac Sulphu­ris had been better.

CHAP. VIII. Of an Intermitting Tertian Feaver, com­monly called a second dayes Ague.

OF all Agues, this onely is mortall, yet the other two ☞ may turn to another Disease that may kill, but they kill not themselves.

And this Ague, though sometime it be mortall, yet is ☞ of all other most frequent; and if rightly handled, easiest cured.

It vexeth young folks most.

I suppose the reason why this Ague is most frequent, to be because Choler by reason of its heat, Cause. is most apt to stir with violence.

This Disease is caused of Choler, pure, sincere and unmixed, carried with violence by the sensi­tive parts of the Body.

This Disease happeneth usually to persons Cholerick by nature, in their flourishing age, and in Spring time. Signs.

The signs of this Disease are, a vehement Cold, rigour and stiffnesse in the beginning of the Fit; the Patient thinketh his Body is pricked; soreness of the Bones, as though they were nipped, an exact order and equality of the Pulse; for as the Feaver encreaseth, the Pulses are raised in strength, vehe­mency and frequency.

In the vehemency of the Feaver, it causeth thirst, and burneth up the Patient; his Breath is swift, and hot as fire, and requireth drink immoderately, their Urine cholerick, subrufe, and something yellow.

The longest fit of a Tertian endureth but twelve hours.

When these Fits come sooner and sooner, the Disease ☜ getteth strength over nature; but if later and later, the ☜ Disease loseth strength.

Galen's mistakes. Galen saith, men labouring of this Disease, vo­mit Choler.

At the writing hereof, and it is the seventh of February 1645/6. I have cured above twenty of this Disease, and it is like seen more, yet never knew nor saw any vomit at all.

I have known e­nough vo­mit sinee.When I was a Boy, I had the Disease constantly every Spring (though Galen saith it comes onely in the heat of Summer: Gal. ad Glauconem.) yet ne­ver (to my memory) had so much as a pronenesse to vomit.

The usuall Cure of this Disease, Cure. is by Vomiting and Sweating. But I have found out a more cer­tain and speedy, and indeed never missing Cure.

Let the Air the sick abides in, be clear and pene­trating. Aire.

Both this and Q [...]otidian Agues I never missed cure, by giving onely Cinquefoil, gathered in the hour of Jupiter, if it be possible, he being above the Earth: and truly I should think it were the bet­ter, if the Moon were aspected to him, but I never observed it.

This I have given in Powder, both in common Vinegar, and Vinegar of Squils; I have observed the number of the Leaves I have given, viz. one for a Quotidian, three for a Tertian, &c. and I have observed it, I have given the Decoction thereof, and all of them still did the Cure in three Fits, sometimes in two; therefore I hold it the most soveraign Medicine for Agues in the world.

CHAP. IX. Of a Quartane Feaver, or Ague.

THis proceedeth of Melancholy putrifying and rotting without the Veins.

This Feaver doth not invade the Sick with that rigour and stiffnesse that the former doth, Cause. but the cold is like the cold a man feels in an hard frost, Signs. as though it would break his Bones, and doth not seem to prick him as the other doth.

Their Urine is white and thin, and, as it were, strained from some grosse matter.

Their Urine is white and thin, and, as it were, strained from some grosse matter.

It commeth commonly about Harvest, land stayeth (with­out cure) till next Spring; and is a stubborn Humour to be dealt withall.

For many a time and often, this Ague by violent Medi­cines ☜ (as Vomits, &c.) is turned to a double Quartane, and so the Patient hath two sick dayes, and but one well day.

Saturn the causer of this Ague, is a sullen Planet, and the Disease takes after him; therefore deal gently with it at first; you had better please a sullen potent adversary, then displease him.

I never had any Patient of this Disease, since I knew the vertues of the Herbe Cinquefoil; it is ve­ry probable it will cure this, as well as other A­gues Since I have done the Cure with it. Bleeding. I d [...]si [...]e these Hel­lebores may be let alone in this Di­sease, for old Saturn will not be Vexe [...]..

Yet if Blood abound, you may let blood in this Ague; and if it look black, draw out good store.

Also black Hellebore, corrected with Cinamon, may be given.

And white Hellebore, if it may be given inward­ly at all, it may in this Disease.

But let these be given on the well dayes, for then they anger the Ague lesse.

In this Agu [...], you must have a great care of the Spleen, for that is the receptacle of Melancholy.

Therefore you may anoint the left side with oyl of Capers, Ʋng. ex succis aperitivis, or any opening splenetick Medicine.

CHAP. X. Of a Quotidian Feaver or Ague.

IT is caused of sweet Flegm, Cause. [...]. putrified without the Veins; it is called of the Greeks [...], but if the Flegm that putrifies be glazen, (which is the coldest of all flegms) it engenders a Feaver cal­led Epialos.

In this Feaver, called [...] by the Greeks, [...]. [Page 18]the Patient feeleth vehement heat, and vehement cold, both at one time, in all parts of his Body.

In the beginning of a Quotidian, Signs. the Pulse is un­equall, slow, little and weak, nothing like neither Tertian nor Quartane, neither for extremity of heat nor cold; neither do they thirst much, because the Vapour is moist and smoaky.

It most vexeth flegmatick persons.

But this also is compleatly, perfectly and speedi­ly cured, by that excellent Herbe Cinquefoil, so used as before was specified.

As for all mixed kinds of Agues, I need not write; but I commend this as a soveraign cure for them all.

And (God-willing) I intend to make proof of it, in continuall, Q [...]otidians, Tertians and Quar­tanes.

CHAP. XI. Of an Hectick Feaver.

AN Hectick Feaver is a Disease, wherein an un­naturall heat is kindled, throughout the fleshy and massie parts of the Body. Hectica Febris, quid..

They that have this Feaver, feel no pain, neither do they know (the rules of Art excepted) that they have any feaver at all; because all the parts of the body are equally hot, and so there is no reluct­ancy.

This Disease is caused two wayes. Cause.

1 First, through want of Physick, or a skilfull Physitian in other feavers, which having consumed the Humours, seize upon the flesh.

2 Secondly, they sometimes begin of themselves, as of sorrow, anger, wearinesse, burning of the Sun, &c.

When these feavers consume and waste the bo­dy, (as indeed without speedy cure they alwayes do) then Galen cals them [...]; Gal. de inaequali intempe­rie. and this Ma­rasmos, saith he, is incurable: and to make this seem as though it were true, he tels a long tale of the snuffe of a candle; which, saith he, being put out, mutters to pieces; but if you put Oyl to it, it makes it burn with more violence: so (quoth he) this feaver, if you go about to extinguish the heat, the party dyes instantly; but if you add moisture to him, his feaver burns more violently.

But Experience (the best Artist) makes no dif­ference between Hectick feavers, and Marasmus, but shews plainly that all Hectick feavers are wast­ing, and also curable; therefore I shall leave Doctor Galen, and follow Doctor Experience in this Dis­ease; and therefore now to the purpose.

The Signs of this Disease are these: Signs.

Their eyes are wonderfull hollow, as though they were sunk in their heads, their moisture is consumed, so that you may see the bones of their Eye-brows stick out; there hangeth at the hair of their Eye-brows gum or filth, as though they had gone a long journey in the dust; their skin is hard and dry, and their eyes wink often, as though they were sleepy, when indeed it is far otherwise with such as have this Disease, for they can hardly be brought to rest; they pine to skin and bone, and if you look upon their Belly, it looks as if it had no bowels in it; the Pulse is weak and often, and continually after meat the feaver is encreased, and the Pulses are augmented in greatnesse.

The Cure consists in cooling and moistning, Cure. which must be done both outwardly and in­wardly.

Let the Aire the Sick abideth in, Aire. be cold and moist; if it be not so naturally, make it so by Art, whereof you have examples in my Treatise, called Crit. Cephal.

Let his Meats be such as moisten, Meats. and breed good and active Blood; such are Lamb-stones, Cocks-stones, Lobsters, Prawns, Eggs boiled soft, Paritich, Larks, &c.

For Herbs, Herbes. let him use Lettuce, Endive, Succo­ry, Spinage, Mallows, &c.

Let his Drink with his Meat, Drink. be onely water wherein Cinamon hath been boiled.

Let him drink new Milk abundantly, Milk. provided he have no feaver of putrifaction, or rottennesse joined with it.

Hee may eat freely Raisons of the Sun, Fruits. and Al­monds, Cherries, Prunes, Pomegranates and figgs.

Let him eat often, Caution. and but little at a time.

For Cordials, Cordials. he may use Diarrhodon abbatis, Dia­tragacanthum frigidum, Diapapaver and species Cordia­les temperatae, Diamargariton frigidum.

For Syrrups, Sirrups. let him use Syrrup of Violets, En­dive, Lettuce, Water-Lillies and Vinegar.

Let him nrink Emulsions made of Barly-water, Emulsion. Almonds, the four greater cold Seeds, and white Poppy-seeds, sweetned with Sugar.

Lastly, Unctions. let his body be kept continually anoint­ed with pure oyl Olive, and nothing else.

Many in this Disease vomit up all their Meat so soon as they have eaten it, Caution. (which indeed I forgot before) in such cases make their Emulsion of Mint water, instead of Barly-water, as before; for only by this Medicine alone, have I known Galen's sup­posed incurable Disease, cured.

CHAP. I. Of Waters.

Waters either

• Alter.
• Purge.

By altering they

• cool
  • Blood.
  • Choller.
• heat
  • Flegm.
  • Melancholly.

Cool the blood over­heated, as Waters of

• Lettice.
• Purslain.
• Waterlillies.
• Violets.
• Sorrell.
• Succory.
• Fumitory.
• Endive.

Cools Chol­ler in the

• Head
  • Nightshade.
  • Lettice.
  • Water-Lillies.
  • Poppies.
• Breast
  • Violets.
  • Poppies.
  • Coltsfoot.
• Heart
  • Sorrell.
  • Quinces.
  • Water-Lilies.
  • Roses.
  • Violets.
  • Bark of Wal­nuts.
• Stomach
  • Quinces.
  • Guords.
  • Roses.
  • Violets.
  • Purslain.
  • Nightshade.
  • Sengreen, or
  • Housleek.

Cools Choller in the

• Liver
  • Endive.
  • Succory.
  • Nightshade.
  • Purslain.
  • Water-Lillies.
• Reines and Bladder
  • Endive.
  • Winter-Cher­ries.
  • Plantane.
  • Water-Lillies.
  • Melons.
  • Guords.
  • Citruls.
  • Strawberries.
  • Sengreen.
  • Grasse.
  • Black-Cherries.
• Matrix
  • Endive.
  • Lettice.
  • Water-Lillies.
  • Purslain.
  • Roses.

Heat Flegm in the

• Head
  • Betony, Sage.
  • Marjerome.
  • Camomell.
  • Fennell.
  • Calaminth.
  • Lillies of the valley. Rose­mary flowers.
  • Primroses.
  • Eyebright.
• Breast
  • Maidenhair.
  • Bettony.
  • Hysop.
  • Horehound.
  • Carduus. Orris.
  • Scabious.
  • Bawm.
  • Tobacco.
  • Selfe-heal.
  • Comfry.
• Stomach
  • Wormwood.
  • Mints. Fennell.
  • Cinamon. Mo­ther of Thime.
  • Marigolds.

Heat Flegm in the

• Heart
  • Cinamon.
  • Bawm.
  • Rosemary.
• Liver
  • Centaury the lesse.
  • Wormwood.
  • Origanum.
  • Agrimony.
  • Fennell.
• Spleen.
  • Birthwort.
  • Water-cresses.
  • Wormwood.
  • Calaminth.
  • Gentian.
• Reines and Bladder.
  • Rocket. Nettles.
  • Saxifrage. Rhad­dish. Pellitory of the wall. Cinkfoyl.
  • Burnet.
  • Elicampane.
• Matrix
  • Mugwort. Savin.
  • Penyroyall.
  • Calaminth.
  • Lovage.

Heat Melan­cholly in the

• Head
  • Hops.
  • Fumitory.
• Breast
  • Bawm.
  • Carduus.
• Heart
  • Borrage.
  • Buglosse.
  • Bawm.
  • Rosemary.
• Liver
  • Cichory.
  • Fumitory.
  • Hops.
  • Asarabacca.
• Spleen
  • Doddar.
  • Harts tongue.
  • Tamaris.
  • Thyme.

CHAP. II. Of Syrups.

Syrups.

• Concoct. vide pag. sequ.
• Purge
  • Choller
    • Roses,
    • Violets.
    • Peach-flowers.
    • Cichory with Rhu­barb.
  • Flegm
    • Briony.
    • Hermoda­ctills.
    • Oximell.
    • Julianizans
    • Oximell.
    • Hellebora­tum.
  • Mixt humors
    • Dyasereos.
    • Diacnicu.

Syrups con­coct choller in the

• Head
  • Water-Lillies.
  • Poppies.
• Breast
  • Violets.
  • Jujubes.
  • Juyce of Pom­granates.
• Stomach
  • Vineger.
  • Pomegranates.
  • Sour Grapes.
  • Roses.
  • Quinces.
  • Mirtles.
• Heart
  • Sorrell.
  • Wood Sorrell.
  • Juyce of Orrenges.
  • Lemmons and Citrons.
• Liver
  • Endive.
  • Succory.

Syrups concocting Flegm.

• Head
  • Betony.
  • Stoechas.
• Breast
  • Hysop.
  • Horehound.
  • Maidenhaire.
  • Coltsfoot.
  • Scabious.
  • Bettony.
  • Liquoris.
• Heart
  • Bizantinus.
  • Bawm.
• Stomach
  • Wormwood.
  • Mints.
  • Oximell
  • Symplex, compounds and Scil­liticum.
• Liver
  • Of the opening roots.
  • Agrimony.
• Matrix
  • Mugwort.
  • Calaminth.

Melancholly in the

• Heart
  • Juyce of Aples.
  • Borrage and Buglosse.
  • Citron Pills.
  • Baum.
• Liver and Spleen
  • Epithimum.
  • Hops.
  • Fumitory.

CHAP. III. Of Wines.

Wines

• Concoct.
• Purge.

Wines concoct according to

• Place.
• Property.

According to place Wines heat the

• Head
  • Betony.
  • Sage.
  • Rosemary.
  • Fennell.
  • Stoechus.
  • Eyebright.
• Heart
  • Borage.
  • Buglosse.
  • Bawm.
  • Hippocras.
• Stomach
  • Wormwood.
  • Black-cherries.
  • Hippocras.
• Liver and Spleen.
  • Germander.
  • Tamaris.
• Reines and Bladder.
  • Winter-cherries
  • Sage.

In property they

• binde
  • Quinces.
  • Peares.
  • Roses.
• provoke sweat
  • Guajacum.
• resist poyson
  • Zedoary.
  • Angelica.

Purge

• Flegm
  • Vinum scilliticum.
  • Acetum scilliticum.
• Choller
  • Rhubarb.
• Melancholly
  • Black Hellebore.
• Water
  • Spurge.
  • Walworth.

CHAP. IV. Of Oyles.

Oyles are chiefly for an externall use, and so they alter according to

• quality.
• property.

In their quality they are

• hot.
• cold.

Oyles hea­ting the

• Stomach
  • Mint.
  • Wormwood.
  • Mastich.
  • Spiknard.
• Liver
  • Bitter Almonds.
  • Wormwood.
  • Spicknard.
  • Mastich.
• Spleen
  • Capers.
  • Spike.
• Joynts
  • Spiknard.
  • Rue. Nuts.
  • Nutmegs.

Heat the nerves as Oyle of

• Pepper. Mastich.
• Euphorbium.
• Elicampane.
• Earth wormes.
• Marjoram.
• Costmary.
• Lovage.

Oyles cool­ing the

• Stomach
  • Quinces.
  • Mirtles.
  • Roses.
• Breast
  • Violets.
  • Water-Lillies.
• Liver
  • Violets.
  • Water-Lillies.
• Reines
  • Lettice.
  • Water-Lillies.
• Womb
  • Quinces.
  • Water-Lillies.
  • Mirtles.
  • Gourds.

Oyles heating the head, are of

• Rosemary.
• Bettony.
• Vervain.

Oyles cooling the head, are of

• Fleabane.
• Poppies.
• Mandragues.

Oyls altering in property:

So they

• Binde
  • Wormood.
  • Mints.
  • Mastich.
  • Mirtles.
• Mollify
  • Linseed.
  • Styrax.
• Loosen
  • Sweet Almonds.
  • Sallet Oyl.
• Rarifie
  • Dill.
  • Chamomell.
• Digest
  • Bitter Almonds.
  • Nuts.
  • Rue.
• Cleanse
  • Mirrh. Tartar.
  • Wheat. Eggs.
  • Elder. Rhadishes.

In pro­perty they

• Glutinate
  • Mirrh.
  • Tobacco.
  • Balsum.
  • Maudlin.
• Provoke sleep
  • Mandragues.
  • Poppy.
  • Henbane.
  • Water-Lillies.
• Break the Stone
  • Citron Seeds.
  • Scorpions.
  • Cherry Kernells.
• Provoke Lust
  • Emmets.
  • Fistick Nuts.
• Ease paine
  • Elder. Wall flowers.
  • Chamomell. Dill.
  • White Lillies.
  • Bay. St. Johns wort.
  • Populeon. Foxes.
  • Dwarf. Elder.

CHAP. V. Of Electuaries.

Electu­aries either

• Alter in
  • Quality
    • Hot.
    • Cold.
  • Property
• Purge
  • Choller.
  • Flegm.
  • Melancholly.
  • Mixt humours.

Electa­ries Heating the

• Head
  • Confectio anacardina.
  • Diamoschum.
  • Diambra.
  • Diacorum.
  • Diapeonias.
  • Pleres Arcoticon.
  • Theriaca diates.
• Breast
  • Diaïris.
  • Diapenidion.
  • Diahysopum.
  • Diaprassium.
  • Diacalaminthum.
• Heart
  • Arom. Rosatum.
  • Arom. Caryophyl.
  • Dianthon.
  • Diaxyloaloes.
  • Diamargariton.
  • El. de gemmis.
  • Loetificans. Gal.
  • Conf. Alkerm.
  • Conf. Liberantis.
  • Pler. Arcoticon.

Electuaries Heating the

• Stomach
  • Arom. Rosatum.
  • Diagalanga.
  • Dianysum.
  • Diacyminum.
  • Diacinnamomū.
  • Diagingiber.
  • Diaspoliticon.
  • Diatrion piperion
  • El. è baccis lauri.
  • Rosara novella.
• Liver
  • Dialacca.
  • Diacurcuma.
  • Diacalaminthes.
  • Diacinnamomū.
• Spleen
  • Diacapparis.
  • Diacostum.
  • Diacalaminthū.
  • El. è scoriâ ferri.
• Matrix
  • Diambra.
  • Diacalaminthū.
  • El. è gemmis.
  • El. ex Affafoe­tida.

Cool the

• Head
  • Diacodion.
• Breast
  • Diapapaver.
  • Diatragacanthum fri­gidum, & resumpti­vum.
• Heart
  • Diarrhodon. Ab.
  • Diatrion sanct.
  • Diamarg. frig.
  • Conf. de Hyacintho.
• Liver Spleen Matrix Joynts
  • Triasantalum.
  • Diarhodon. Ab.

In pro­perty

• Binde
  • Diacodion.
  • Micleta.
  • Tryphera minor.
• Break the Stone
  • El. Reginae.
  • Lilliontribon.
  • De cineribus.

In pro­perty

• Provoke Lust
  • Diasatyrion.
  • Diacorum.
  • Tryphera Saracen.
• Resist poyson
  • El. de ovo.
  • Mithridate.
  • Treacle.
  • Antidotus
  • Mathioli.
  • Athanasia.

Purge

• Gently
  • Cassia
    • with Senna.
    • without.
  • Diacatholicon.
  • Diaprunum simplex.
  • El. lenitivum.
• Strongly, see pag. seq.

Purge Strong­ly

• Choller
  • El. è succo rosarum.
  • Diaprunum
  • Solutivum.
• Flegm
  • Benedict. Laxativum
  • Diaphoenicum.
  • Indum Elect.
  • Diaturbith
    • Majus.
    • Minus.
  • Hyera picra simp.
  • Hyera cum agar.
  • Hyera Pachii.
  • Hyera diacolo­cynth.
• Melancholly
  • Confectio Ha­mech Hieralo­godium.
• Mixt humours
  • Diacarthamum.
  • Diaturbith cum
  • Rhubarb.

CHAP. VI. Of Conserves.

Conserves heating the

• Head
  • Rosemary flo­wers. Bettony. Eyebright. Sage Flowers. Laven­der flowers. Mar­joram. Peony.
• Breast
  • Hysop. Bawm.
  • Maidenhaire.
• Heart
  • Borrage flowers
  • Buglosse flowers
  • Rosemary flowers
  • Bawm.
  • Clove-gilliflowers.
• Stomach
  • Wormwood.
  • Alicampane.
  • Mints.
• Spleen
  • Cetrach.
  • Fumitory.
• Liver
  • Wormwood.
  • Fumitory.
  • Elder flowers.

Conserves heating the

• Womb
  • Marjarom. Bawm.
  • Rosemary flowers.
• Joynts
  • Stoechas.
  • Rosemary flowers.

Conserves cooling the

• Head
  • Water-Lillies.
  • Roses. Violets.
• Breast
  • Violets.
• Heart
  • Sorrell.
  • Wood Sorrell.
  • Roses. Violets.
• Stomach
  • Roses.
  • Violets.
• Liver
  • Endive.
  • Succory.
  • Roses.
  • Violets.
• Spleen Reins Womb Joynts
  • Roses.
  • Violets.

CHAP. VII. Of Salts.

Salts purge by

• Coughing
  • St. Johns wort.
  • Polypodium.
• Urine
  • Camomell.
  • Wormood.
  • Gentian.
  • Rest harrow.
  • Broom.
  • Beancods.
• the Womb
  • Mugwort.
  • Bawm.
  • Chelondine.
• Sweat
  • Guajacum.

Salts ease paine as of

• Mans blood.
• Stags blood.
• Goats blood.

Clense as Salt of

• Urine.
• Honey.
• Vineger.

CHAP. VIII. Of Pills.

The Pills I here treat of either

• Binde, as Pills of Bdellium.
• Ease paine, as Pills of
  • Opium.
  • Laudanum.
  • è Styrace.
  • è Cynogloss â
  • Scribonii.
• or Purge.

Pills purge

• Choller
  • from the head, as
    • Auriae.
    • Arabicae.
  • from the Liver
    • Rhubarb.
    • Agrimony.
• Flegm
  • from the head
    • Cochiae.
    • Hiera cum
    • Agarico.
    • Alhandal.
  • from the breast
    • Agrick.
    • Hiera cum
    • Agarico.
  • from the stomach
    • Alephangin.
    • Mastich.
    • Stomachicae
    • Ruffi.
  • from the Joynts
    • Hermoda­ctils. Arthri­ticae. Foetidae Sagapenum.
    • Opopanax.
    • Sarcocolla.

Pills Purge

• Melancholly from the Liver and Spleen.
  • Fumitory.
  • Indi.
  • Lapis Lazuli.
• Mixt humors
  • Head
    • Sine quibus esse Nolo.
    • Lucis Majores
    • Cochiae.
  • Stomach
    • Assaireth.
    • Turbith.
    • Imperiall.
    • Ruffi.
  • Liver
    • De tribus.
    • Alkekengi.
  • All parts
    • Agregative.

CHAP. IX. Of Troches.

Troches

• Alter, vid. pag. seq.
• Purge
  • Choller
    • Rubarb.
  • Flegm
    • De Agarico.
    • Agaricus trochisca­tus. Alhan­dal de Scillâ

Troches alter ac­cording to

• Quality.
• Property.

Inquality they are

• Hot as of
  • Lignum Aloes.
  • Saffron.
  • Crocomagma.
• Cold as of
  • Spodium.
  • Diasantalon.
  • Camphire.

In proper­ty they

• Binde as
  • Earth of Lemnos.
  • Amber.
  • Barberries.
  • Spodium.
  • Corrall.
• Soften as of Capers.
• Open
  • Bitter Almonds.
  • H [...]patici.
  • Wormwood.
  • Roses.
  • Bechici
    • Albi.
    • Nigri.
  • De Lacca.
  • Alkekengi.
  • Agrimony.

In pro­perty they

• open
  • Aliptae Moschatae.
  • Mirh. Anniseed.
  • Rhubarb.
• Clense as Cyphios.
• Resist poyson
  • De Vipera.
  • Ramich.
  • Hedicteroi.
  • Gallia
  • Moschata.
  • Diarrhodon.
• Ease pain
  • Diarrhodon.
  • Diaspermaton.
  • Camphire.

CHAP. I. Of Cephalicks.

CHAP. II. Of Pectoralls.

CHAP. III. Of Cordialls.

CHAP. IV. Of Stomachicals.

CHAP. V. Of Hepaticals.

CHAP. VI. Of Splenicalls.

CHAP. VII. Of Renalls and Vessicalls.

CHAP. VIII. Of Hystericalls.

CHAP. IX. Of Arthriticalls.

CHAP. X. Of Purges.

THis last Chapter I shall divide into these parts,

• Of purging Med cines. 1.
• Of their Election. 2.
• Correction 3.
• Of the time of purging. 4.
• Manner of purging. 5.

CHAP. I. Medicimes for the Head, and its Diseases.

CHAP. II. For the Eyes and their impediments.

CHAP. III. For the Eares and their impediments.

CHAP. IV. For the Nose and its Infirmities.

CHAP. V. Of the Mouth and its Diseases.

CHAP. VI. Of the Teeth and their Medicines.