fyttema Medicinale,

A
C°MPLEAT system

f H Y SI C K,
Tbeorical and PradicaL

3ln £>!£ ©oous.

Joining tlie Names, Definitions, Differences,
. Signs, Caufes,^rognofticks, and Va-
Methods of Caring all the Principal Difeafes,
T*'*w%:— to the Bodies of
. ^Men, Women , and Children.
^inflated put of Latin into Englifh, out of the .molt
John Dolceus , being a Summary of the* Ancient and
JjWtniWayof Practice, colleded chiefly from Hippocrates,
tritcefi,s' HelmontJVillis,Sylvius.Cartefiusysnd others •
iwnrmnboth the Galemck, and Chpmci(. Methods are particul.ir-
v**l^ecially Explicated and Exemplified : Brought into this
foible Volume for the Publick Good.
Whcrcunto it Annexed •

^ Prefatory Difcourfe concerning the Method pf Stu¬

dying and Pradtifing Phyfick; and other Ateommodations re¬
lying to the Came.

Written by WILLIAM SALMON Profeflor

^mck, living at the Blew Balcony by the Ditch-fidc, near
mr Bridge, LONDON.^

LiceBfed, January 24. 168

ROB E R T M I D G L E T.
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over againft Dijlaff-Lane in the Old Change. 1686.
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PREFACE.
I. IT7Hat we are to inform the Reader of
W here, are principally two things : the
one is concerning the Original of this
Work: the other concerning the method of Jludymg
andpraftifwg the Art of Phyfick and other Accom¬
modations relating to the fame.
II. The Author hereof was one John Dolaeus,
Doll or of Phyfick, and a German Vertuofo, one of
that Society which has puhlifhed the German Ephe-
merides; a fVork much like our Philofophical
Tranfa&ions of the Royal Society. He was alfo
fhyfician to the Landgrave of Hefle, and in his-own
Perfon accompanied that Illufirious Prince , in the
Famous Expedition to raife the Seige of Vienna.
IIL As to the Work, we fhall leave it to Jpeak
for it ft If, being founded upon the Divine Hip¬
pocrates, and his Interpreter Galen, and compleated
from the Advancements of Paracelius , Helmont,
Sylvius, Cartefius, Willis, and their Followers \ be•
fides the Author s own Experience >wbo with an ex all
Judgment has given you the Sum of the old and new
Phyfck, the Galenical and Chymical Theory and
Prail ice. So that having this one Author, you have
a Library, and the )$m of all you ean expett from
A ? fo
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fo many Volumes. Jtnd he has leen fo ample upon
fome Difeafes , that he has laid (as it were) the
foundations of the s4rt therein, and given you an
Exemplar, how to do the like in others.
IV. Here is alfo given a Solution of the Caufe of
Difeafe*, according to the Cartefian Principles',
which I confef, I hare not met with elfe where, mo¬
ther Authors. And alt hough you will find herein much v
new matter, yet nothing, hut what is confirmed hy the
Suffrage of Great Judgments, and the mofl Learned
Men of this latter Age.
V. The next thing which we are to injtrutt you
in, is. The Method of fludying and frail ifing Phypck;
which hecaufe we canHot fo well do, unlefs we render
you an Account of the whole Art, and of its Parts,
he pleafed to take it in the following Words.
V I. Phyficians have divided the Art, fome into
five Parts;viz. Phyfiologia, Pathologia, Scmiotica,
Hygieine, and Therapeutics : Some hut into four
Parts, viz. Phyfiologia, Pathologia, Hygieine, and
Therapeutics: Others hut into three Parts,Viz. into
the Phyfiologicks, the Pathologicks, and the Thera-
peuticks, which UJl Divifton , heft fuits with our in¬
tended Method.
VII. <b\.aio\oyKu, in Rerum naturalium Contem**
platione Verfatur; wherein is confidered the Anato
micks; i . In the Strudure of the Humane Body,
z. In the Phyfical fate of the fame.
VIII. Anatome,or the Strulluie of Man s Body,
is a complete defeription thereof , reprefenting in a
proper method, both with fit Words and curious
figures , the exquifite Idea of the whole Humane
frame. Tkf Order whereof in few /fords, we have
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already done in a particular Treatife at the latter
end of our Synopfis Medicine, the latter Edi¬
tion.
IX. The Phylical State of the fame, is confidered
in the difquifition of all natural things relating to
the aforefaid Compofitum, in refpeft of Formation,
Structure, Comp option , Prcfervation, Agitation ,
Affeft ions , and Diffolution ; wherein alfo is confide-
red, i. The Materia Medica. z. The Parafcuolo
gia.
X. The Materia Medica, is confidered in a three¬
fold refpeft , as it has relation to the threefold
Kingdom; viz. Vegetable, Mineral, and Animal.
XI. Botonologia, or Phytologia, is that which
teaches the Figures, Names , Kinds , Defcriptions,
Differences, Places, Times, Temperature, Appropri¬
ations, Virtues, VfeSy Qualities, and various Prepa¬
rations of Vegetables; as they have relation, i, To
Englifh Herbs and Plants, z. To Englijh Trees
and Shrubs. 3. To Exoticks , fo many as we ufe in
Phyfick. The which we have already completely
performed, in a Folio Herbal now in the Pre/s.
XII. Minerologia is thap which teaches the
Names, Kinds, Choice, Growth, Virtues, Ztfe, Qua¬
lities, various Preparations of all. Mineral Bo¬
dies, viz. of Earth,Stones, Salts, Sulphurs, Excre¬
ments of Metals, Semi-metals, and Metals.
XIII. Zoologia, is that which teaches the Icon,
Names, Kinds, Defcriptions, T/tfce, Virtues, Ztfes,
Qualities , Preparations of all Kinds of Ani¬
mals , viz. Birds, Bealls, Serpents, Fillies, W
Jnfe&s.
XIV. 77;e Parafcuologia, is confidered as it has
A 4 relation
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r flat ion, i. To the Preparation of Medicines, i. To
the Medical Store. I v« » I
X V, Preparation, is that which teaches the
Various ways of ^fitting, preparing, and making up
of Medicaments , according to tlse Galeriick, Chy-
jnick , and Rational Methods , and that from the
whole Materia Medica , whether Vegetable, Mine¬
ral, or AnimaJ.
XVI. The Galenick Method, teaches the way of
Preparation of all forts of Medicaments from the
whole Materia Medica, which are, I. Internal, as,
%. Infnfions. x. Decod ions. 3. Emulfions. 4. Sy-
rups. f. Juleps. 6. Lohochs. f. (^uiddouies.
8. Preferves. 9. Conferves. id. Sugars, n. Pow¬
ders. 11. Eleduaries. 13. Tills. 14. Trocher.
II. External, as , 1. Lotions. 1. Oyls. 3. Bal-
fams. 4. Oyntments. $. Ccrcloths. 6. Emflafters,
f. Cataplafms. 8. ClyHers.
XVII. Chymiftry, teaches the way of the Pre¬
paration of various kinds of Medicines from the
Whole Materia Medica alfo; the chief of which are,
?» Waters divided. 1. Spirits. 3. Oyls diflilied. 1
4. Balfams difl i lied. 5. Powers. 6. khxers.
Y» Tindnres. 8. Ext rads. 9. Magifl cries, iq.
Salts. 11. Liquors. 12. Wines. 13. Vinegars.
14. Effaces. 15. flowers. 16. Glajs. 17. Sul¬
phurs. Of all which, both Galenick and Ohymick,
many Examples may be• feen in our Pharmacopeia
J-pridinenfis, of late Tears emitted into the World. I
XVIII. 7£<r Rational Method, teaches how ta
prepare likewife , from the whole Materia Medica,
thefe feveral Forms, 1. Waters, 2. Oyls. 3. Bal-
faws. 4. Spirits5. Powers, 6. Elixirs. 7, 1
Tindnres, j
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| TinHures. 8. Ejfenccs. 9. Species. 10. Empla-
Jiers, according to a natural and rational way,
wherein the Virtues, Powers , and Forces of Me¬
dicines are intirely preferved, without Addition,
Diminution, or Alteration.
XIX. the Pharmacologia , or Medical Store,
(which the Prudence of Antiquity , and Wijdcm of
all Ages, has ordered to le kept in the Apothecaries
and Chymijls Shops , to anfwer the Exigency of all
Occafions) contains the Names, Nurhber, Compofiti-
ons. Preparations, Virtues, Vfes, and various Dofes,
of certain feleSl, approved, and experienced Medi¬
caments ; together with an Ejlimate of the Powers
and Forces of thofe mojlly in ufe, which the prudent
Phyfic'tan is to draw forth, and ufe as the nature and
necefity of his occafion requires. The which we have
already done in Our Pharmacopeia Londineilfts,
hitherto of the Phyfiologick Part of Phyjtck ; the
Pathologick/o//^.
X X. nxdcKoyiwh, in rerum preter naturam con-
/iftit. Wherein is confidered the General Method
of Indications of Difeafes , Diagnoflick, ^Etiolo-
gick, and Prognoftick.
XXL The Diagnofticks, jhew (jiot fo much Jim?
ply the Signs of Difeajes, as) the Signs of the vari¬
ous Caufes, whereby the caufe may be known and un-
derflood: for if the Difeafe be known by its Pa-
mognomick Signs , yet if the Cauje be not under-
jleod, the Cure will be very doubtfully attempted $
for the* Medicaments for removing of the Di¬
feafe , mufi be contemperated, according to the Na¬
ture, Variety, and Mixture of Caufes ejfetting.
k ,
X XIL The i€tioiogicks fkew the feveral and
various
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various Caujes of Difeafe s, according to their feve-
ral Kinds or Differences : for as one Difeafe may
have feveral Caujes from which it may arife; fo
the Jevcral Kinds or Differences of it , will yet
have different Caufes from the first, either fimple
or mixed, according to the Symptoms and Complica¬
tion of the Difeafe.
XXIII. The Prognofticks , are deduced from
the Symptomatick Appearances of the Difeafe;
whence , according to the Strength and Vigor of the
Sick, the Vehtmency or Remifsnefs of the Symp¬
toms , and their various alterations or changes, the
Fhyfician is made able to judge, whether the Difeafe
may be curable or not, or probably may end in Life
or Death. The Therapeuticks , now remain to be
conftdered.
XXIV. medendi rationem Dicta,
Chyrurgia , Pharmaciaque prxfcribit. Herein u
confide red the General Indications of Cure, Dixte-
tick, jChyrurgick, and Pharmaick.
XXV. Hygieinc,or the Diaetetick Cure, is con*
fidered in a twof old refpett. i. As it has relation
to the prefervation of Health, or prevention of
Difeajes, confirming in the true Knowledge and right
Government of the Body in rejpett to the fix Non¬
naturals. a. As it has relation to the Government
and Diet of the difeafed.
XXVI. Chyrurgia, or Chyrurgery, teaches the
Names, Numbers , Kinds , Parts affetted, Signs,
Caufes, Judgments , and particular ways of Curing
all external Difeafes ; As i. Tumors, i. Wounds.
3. Ulcers. 4. Fradures. f. And Difldcations.
Together with the Names, Numbers > Defer iptions\
and

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» and feveral Z/fes of all the Chyrurgick Inftru-
ments; and the Method of Pollicination or Embal-
ji ming, whether Ancient, as the Egyptian and JewiJh;
« or Modern, as the Greek, Roman'or Englifx.
XXVII. Pharmaica, the Pharmaicks commonly
* and properly with us called Phyfick, is that which
teaches us the Names, Kinds, Parts affetted, Signs,
i Caufes, Judgments , and various ways of Curing of
all Internal Difeofes, whether General or Particular,
Acute or Chronick, happening to the Bodies of Men,
Women, and Children.
XXVIII. Thus in fhort have we run through)
the whole Art of Phyfick in its principal Branches
(to defend to particulars in this place we cannot)
wherein you mujt note, that the NAMES, i. Of
the Principal Parts of Mans Body. i. Of Difea-
fes. 3. Of Herbs, Plants and Trees. 4. Of Mi¬
nerals, as Metals, Semi-metals, Stones, and Earths.
f. Of Animals, as Birds, Beafis, Serpents, Fijhes,
and Infells, are to be known, learned, and under food
in Greek, Latin, and Englifh, that the Induflrious
Art if may be the more ready for the reading and
underfunding of Authors: And withal, that he be
knowing and skilful, in all the Icons or Figures ufed
•n the Medical Learning, whether Anatomical,Chy-
rurgical, Phytological, Zoological, or Chymical,
that he may not be impofed upon by any Medicafter
pretending to our Art.
XXIX. In order therefore for the more Ex-
1*ifite and Honourable Study and Prallice of thefe
Artsphe young Phyfcian, ought Firft, to be through¬
ly limed in all the preceding Branches of the
fame, and that he might be the-* ' 1 M 4
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complifoed for it, he ought to revolve Antiquity ; to
examine and fcrutinize the various Judgments and
Obfervations of the moft Eminent Phyficians , and
daily read all the more approvable Authors ex- !
tant.
XXX. Secondly, He ought to draw up the fum
of his diffufedKnowledge into a Jhort and fuccintt
Method, that he may not only know how to apply Pre¬
cepts to his Practice ; but alfo he able to jujlife
his P raft ice by the Precepts of the Art , and the
Opinions of the Great Mafiers of the fame ; not for¬
getting all this while , to make ufe of his own Judg¬
ment and Reafon, in all his practical Conclufions.
XXXI. Thirdly , He ought to be knowing in
all manner of Drugs , that he may not only tell what
their Names are, but he judge of their Goodnefs,
Virtues and Ztfes, and be able to make a choice of ,
the befiy if necefitated thereto. *■
XXXII. Fourthly, He ought alfo to fpend £
fome time,at leaf a year or two, with an Apothecary,
that he may not only dijpence the Compofetion of i
Medicines, but be verfed in their Preparations and 1
Mechantck mixtures, which though thofe things may j
at firfi feew below the Dignity of a Phyfician , yet 1
this he is to underftandy that he fhall never be an
aide Art.ifi without it.
. XXXIII. Fifthly , He ought to live at leaf a
year with fome able Chymifl,and go through an ample .I
Cvnrfe of Chymifiry ; not that it is requift for him
to make and prepare every Medicine, which Ghymijls
have taught in their Books ; but* that he ought atlu-
ally to go through every kind of. Procefs , and per¬
form the operation with his own hand. And thus
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by knowing how to make one Medicine of that kind,
he will know how to make an hundred of the fame ;
whereby he will conceive the Myflery, Nature and
Reafon of the Art, and from thence., as out of a
Store-houfe, fetch the Preparation of any Medica¬
ment whatfoever, at pie a fur e.
XXXIV. Sixthly , He ought not only to read
Anatomy conftantly , but alfo frequently to fee Dif-
fell ions; and thence, partly by his Reading, partly
from his own Qbfervations,to draw up a kind of Ana¬
tomical Scheme, that the complete Idea of the whole
Humane Frame, being conflantly in his Mind, he
may be the more able to contemplate Difeafes, fearch
out their hidden Caufes, and to prepare ft and pro¬
per Medicaments for the dure.
XXXV. Seventhly, He ought conflantly in
the Summer time to Herbarize, that he may at
fight know the Herb and its kind, from the pre¬
fence of which, the Virtues, Natures, and Qualities
thereof will prefent them]elves to his Mind, where¬
by the Power and Energie of the Art will [as it
were) by degrees be implanted in his Soul.
XXXVI. Eighthly, He ought to fpendtwo
years at leafl with a Practical Chyrurgzon , that he
may fee, and withal help to perform all the Manual
Operations of Qhyrurgery; and that if pojfible in an
Hofpital, where he will conftantly fee great Varie¬
ty. Without this Knowledge, let him pretend what
he will, and ufe all the Industry he can, he will be
but an imperfett Mafter of his Art.
XXXVII. Ninthly, Thefe things being done y
before ever he adventures to give or preferibe any
Medicament of his own, he ought to live two or
three

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three years with fame eminent Phy fician, and a
man of P rad ice, where he is to vifit the Patient,
ohferve the Difeafe, and its Symptoms, fcrutinize in¬
to the Caufe, take notice of his Mafler’s Prefcripti-
ons, and make Ohfervations of the Ejfeds of every
Dofe , how it wrought , and the Operation upon that
Conjlitution ; all which things he ought conjtantly to
commit to writing, that by revolving the fame he
may (when he comes to praftije) be able to do the
lire. Hitherto of the Method of Studying, and
coming to the knowledge of the Art of Phyftck : it
now only remains to give Dir ell ions to a young Phy-
fician, how he fhould manage the P rad ice there-
of-
XXXVIII. As to the PraSice of Pbyfick, this
is to be under flood,t hat the Learned Phy fician ufes
not fo much Levity, as to try all forts of Medicines
which Phyftdans have in their Books prefcribed,
nor dften to change their Medicaments; he that
fhall do fo, jhall never know the true worth of any
one , but be always to feek. Whereas if he be a
man of good Judgment, and able to make a Choice,
he may by his Diligence in Reading be able to draw
out a feled number of the mofl approvable , which
may anfwer all the Operations and Intentions of
Phyfick, and abfolve the whole P rad ice of the
fame.
XXXIX. With the conflant ufe of thefe he will
get Credit, and in a fhort time be able to know tru¬
ly, whatever they will do; whereas otherwife , he
would never be able to judge or know the true Worth
of a Medicament.
XL. But whereas things are beft taught by Ex-
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ample, We will here exhibit a Catalogue of fuch as
we conftantly make ufe of in our P rati ice, and have
tried their Ejfetls for more than twenty years lafi
paft. Andthefe we always keep ready prepared by
us , being in a manner the very fub fiance of what
we pratltfe withal, except fome few Arcana, which
ive are not yet willing to difeover to the World:
Their Compofitions, Preparations, Virtues, Ufes,
and Doles , you may find at large in the Fifth E-
dition of Our Polygraphice, lately emitted to the
World.
XLI. Thefe Medicines are wholly falulrious,
and beneficial to the Body , of a fmall price, and
admirable againft the Difeafes fpecified\ They will
be of excellent ufe for all Travellers , Soldiers,
Sea-men, and fuch like , who cannot attend upon a
Cure, but are forced to go about their Bufinefs.
XLII. Thefe things may be taken to Sea with
them, where they will fiand them in great /lead, in
all Sea-ficknefles, fickly Seafons, Agues, Scurvies,
Poxes, Gouts, Poyfons, Fluxes, Feavers, Calen¬
tures, and other Difeafes, commonly attendingy Ar¬
mies , Camps , and fuch as go to Sea : By the ufe
of thefe things , efpecially in Scurvies , Dropfies,
Gouts, Rheumatifras, Agues, leavers, Calentures,
Fluxes, Worms, Intolerable Pains, &c. almojl in-
credible Cures have been done. The like to this
may any Phyfician do for himfelf, if this pleafes
him not.
XLIII. Laftly, In the following Catalogue we
havt given you the Value of each Medicine by
the Ounce; all which are firm and durable , fo
that neither the Sea, Seafon of the Year, nor Age
will
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will fpoyl them , if they he kept clofe ; and they
may be all had (excepting the two lajf) faithfully
prepared hy the Author , at his Houfe in London.
To the Giver of every good thing and Fountain of
Mercy, he given all Praife, Honour, Glory i and
Thankfgiving ; and to him ( Reader) thou art com¬
mended hy

Prom my Houfe at the Blew Thy faithful Friend

Balcony, by the Ditch-
fide , near Holborn-
Bridge, io. January, and Servant,
i«8{. '

WILLIAM SALMOK
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23- Poteflates Mercurii 0:5:0
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28. Elixir Proprietfttis o: 2 r 6
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30. Oleum Salis Tartari 0:0:8
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48. Balfamum Arthriticum 0:1:
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50. Pilulx Panchymagogx 0:8:
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CONTENTS.
LItiER TRIMVS.

Difeafes of the Head.

Hap. i. Ofpains of the heady or head*acb.

Page i
Chap. i. Of a Threnfie, or Delirium, p.i 9
Chap. 3. Of Melancholy, p.^
Chap. 4. Of JMadnefs, p.jj
Chap. 5. Of aLethargy and Corns, p.69
Cl>ap. 6. Of a making foma, p. 8 3
Chap. 7. Of a Catalepjis, p.p j
Chap. 8. Of a Vertigo , or /dimming in the
W, p.102
Chap. 9. Of an Epilep/te, P-1 M
Chap. 10. Of an apoplexy, PM5
a z Chap.
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Chap. U • Of afalfie, P-» 5 1.
Chap. i a- Of a Conyulfun, p. i 70
Chap. l?. Of the Incubus or ’Nufjt-mare ,
p. i 8 6
Chap. 14. Of Catarrhs, P.-l 97
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LIBER S ECVNDV S.
A « V A : i

Difeafes of the Breaft.

C I
Hap. \. Of a Q)Ughy
Chap. 2. OfanJjlbma>
Page 215
p.232
Chap. 3. Of a Tlurifte and'Penpnkufnonia•, or
Jnflamation of the Lungs, p.252
Chap. 4. Sfa (jnifimption, . A • Jp. 2 6 8
Chap. 5. Of {pitting blood, and ^ojims, call* '
ed Empyema and Vomicay p.192
Chap. 6. Of the (palpitation of the fdeart \' \

Chap. 7. 0} fwoon'mg, P- U1
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The Contents.

LIBER T ERTI VS,

Difeales of the Belly.

C Hap. i. Of Heart-bum , Scpueami[hnefsy

Belching, Vomiting , Rumbling in the
Guts, Heat of Stomach , To ant of
Appetite, * Page }4?
Chap, 2. Of the Hiccough, p.371
Chap. }. Of a Loofenejs, caM Diarrhea, Li*
enteria and Coeliaca, p, 3 8 2
Chap. 4. Of Vomiting and Loofenefsy p. ^ 9 5
Chap. 5 • Of a Dyfsentery, or Bloody JrLuxy
p.408
Chap. 6. Of the lliack Tafsion, p.422
Chap. 7, Of the Cholich, P-4 ^5
Chap. 8 * Of the Jaundice, P-455
Chap. 9,, Of.the Vropfie, p.469
Chap. 1 o. 0/ */;e Hepatick Flux, the Ex*
cejs or Supprefsion of the Hemorrhoids, p.479
Chap. u . Of the Hypochondriack Difeafe,
• p.484 /• i
 The Contents.
Chap. 12. 0/ the Scurvy, p.489
Chap. 1 3. 0/ Vifeafes of the Kjdneys and
Bladder, P*49?
Chap. 14. 0/ t/;e fixt and running Qout,
p.504
Chap. 15. Of the French -Box, Cjonorrhta ,
W F(pBumal Pollution, P*510

L IB E R QJJ ART V S.

Of >Feavers.
C ,
Hap. 1. Of Feavers in General Page 1
Chap. 2. 0/ anEphamera, or one days
Fever; and a pure fimple QontinuaU
Page27
Chap. 5. 0/ other putrid continualFeaVers: of a
CauM or Burning Feaver: >a continual Quo*
tidian : a continual Tertian: a continual
Quartan, . p,^i
Chap . 4. Of the [low HeBick Feaver: the
Colliquative or Melting ; and the-Lymphatick,
, and Catarrhous FeaVer, p. 5 6
Chap. 5.
 f
The Contents.
Chap. 5. Of Malignant Fearers : of the
* Plague, Spotted FeOVer, Hungarian Vifeaje,
and other Epidemical Vifeajes, p.7 9
Chap. 6. Of the Small Pox, and Meafles >
p.ioi
Chap. 7. Of Intermitting FeaVers, or Agues \
and in particular of a Quotidian, p. 1 2 6
Chap. 8. Of a Tertian Ague, p. 141
Chap. 9. Of a Quartan Ague, p.i 54
Chap. 1 o. OfSymptomatick Fearers and Agues,
S . Prx69

LIBER QJJ INTVS.

1

u •
Of Womens Difeafes.
C Hap. 1. Of Wind, Dropfte} and falling
down of the Womb, Page 1 87
’ ‘^hap. 2. Of the Hjfterick Pafion , or Fits of
the Mother, P*l94
1 Chap. 3. Of the Defe&, Immmtion, aiid difor*
My Flux of the Menfes with pain, p.207
• Ch^p. 4. Of the Excefive Flux of the Menfes,
a 4 ani
'■» sj/
 The Contents.
and of the Whites, \r.zzo
Chap. 5. Of Barrenne/s, p.i $ 6

Chap. 6. Of Symptom* of TVomen 'frith Child,

viz. IS(aufedufiiefs, Vomiting, L6nging,$pafni,
faffe Conception ,cMifcarriage, dMola, p.246
Chap. 7. Of diff icult Trdvcl; a dead Qnld,
and breaking of the Watery' p. 2 6 8

Chap. 8. Of the Symptoms of LyingAn Women,

Lochia, See. p.281
Chap. 9. Of the Green Sicknefs, p. 3 04
Chap. 10. Of Furor Uterinns , and Womens ;
^Melancholy? p.jo? j

.ft !0 v VI 1 ---I

LJL B EK S EXTVS, I
Of Childrens Difeales.
Hap. l. What mu]} be done in the Month,
'Diet, See. ' ' N * v
CKap. 2. Of the faundice? p.318
’ Chap. 3. Of Childrens gripes, p.po
'Cfap- 4- Of Belching , Hiccough, Naufepuf*
nefs; Heartburn, Vomiting} Curdhng of the
 The Contents.
Milk, dec. P*?2!
Chap. 5. Of Loofenefs and Coflivenefs, p.326
Chap. 6. Of a Thruft?. p*.; 20
Chap. 7. Of Fits, • 'm
Chap. S. Of difficult breeding of Teeth,.pi {14
Chap. p. Of Childretis Coughs, and ylfthma’s.
r P'3 57
in, Chap. 10. Of Worms, p.3 39
hr Chap. 11. Of Lice, and of a fore or feald
Head,
r . P 544
* Chap. 1 2. Of Childrens Qmfumptions, p.348
9 Chap. 13. Of the pickets, P-552
Chap. 14. Of galling, p.$j6
Chap. 1 5. Of the Stone, Stoppage and Inconti*
nence of Urine, p.357
Chap. 1&. Of Agues and Fetfvers in Children,
P-359

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A
COMPLETE SYSTEM
PHYSICK
Theorical and Practical
Book
Containing the Difeafes and Dijlem-
pers of the HEAD.
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CHAP.
Of the T dins of the Head, or He ad-Ac Jj;
M $. i.
AN, the noblefl of all
Creatures, and moft di¬
vinely made , is, not I
without Reafon , and I
railed the Epitome of
the mute W:rM and the Microtfm, !
Of. the Wrfe World in Little: And ,
^ all other Things under the Sun ;
le particularly fees may be beft |
.1
I.
.
I.
explained by contctapiating Mari,
and the Curioufnefs and Noblenefs
of his Parts. Ahd as thofc Who
take a View of a Country , firft gd
to the Metropolis; and as chap. r.
in the Title fignifles no more than
the firjl Head ■, fo may this ferve
to intimate to us that we fhould
beginour Difcourfe with the Head,
Which ii the principal Part of the
toicrocofm, or the Metropolis of the
§ Unit
 Of the Pants of the Head\
Little World. And as Virgil began I other Diflemper of the Head ; un¬
with fo we begin this Trea- der which they comprehend Ce¬
nfe of ours from the Head, which phalalgia , CephaUa, and Heme-
^kas anciently reckoned Sacred, and
Of which they ufed to Swear with
the fame veneration as by Joxe
hirnfelf. • And befides this, if we
copfidcr the Violence and Extre¬
S.
mity of the Difeafe we are now ro Definition and Divifion.
treat of, and the frequent Vifits it
makes, we fhall find Caufe to begin R Ut becaufc a Definition is the
principal Bufinefs, we will be¬
with this cruel Monfter firft ; For,
as Willis fays, there is no Part of the gin with that firrt; It it a painful
Body more obnoxious to Difeafes I Senfat 'm in the Head, caufed by the
and Pains than the Head; Infomueh Dijjblutiou of Continuity. The Divi-
that it pafles for a common fign of fion follows: Tliat Pain is not uni¬
the belt Conflitution in any, if it form, but fometimes external, fomc-
can be faid of them, Their Heads times internal. If it is external,
never afed. Which Obfervation is fwhen the Diflemper his goc no
baek'd with this Rcafon ; Bccaufe nutlier than betwixt the Skin and
the Head is fumifhed with a great the Flefh) then the Hair falls oflF
many nervous Parts, thofe Parrs arc the Head as Leaves from the Tree
more eafily hurt. For the Nerves, in Autumn; and the Pain is noc fo
the nervous FibrcMQd Membranes; violent; Which never happens if
as,the two Meninges that environ the the Pain be inward, for then it is
Brain, the Coats of the Nerves, much greater, bccaufe the Mem¬
the Pericranium, the Perioftea, the branes chat compafs the Brain are
Panniculm carnofus of the Mufclcs, very fcnfible. If it be an old Ach,
are all Parts of the created Scnfo- return often, continue long , and
tion. Likewife in the Brain feve- feize the whole Head, or the grea¬
ral Exaements are generated, which ter Part of it, then it is called Cc-
if they incrcafe, and are not in due phalaa; but if it is in one fide only,
time difeharged ; it muff needs fol¬ then we call it an Hcmicrania ; If it
low, that thofe nervous Fibres mufl come from fome flight Occafion,
be irritated and vellicated by thel'c as a Fever, or the SunrBearas, or
difproportionate Particles of the hard drinking, or fome outward
Excrements, and fo the Head be Caufe, it is called a Cephalalgia,
affected. Now as the Head has ex- , which amongft the Galenifls is four
terior and inferior Parts ; fo in this fold, viz. Pituitous, Bilious, Sangui¬
Cafe we'll likewife follow the fame neous, and Melancholic ; of which
Order of Nature, which is the beft we fhall fpeak hereafter.
Teacher and Guide. For feeing
this Pain in the Head is lodged in §. 3. Part affetted.
ifx Meninges, many excellent Au¬
thors, who are of the fame Opi¬
nion, and follow the fame Methods
S Ome take the Subftance of the
Brain for the Sutjetl of this
with us, ufually treat of this Sub¬ Difeafe, fome the Ventricles, fome
let we arc no>v upon, before any the Pericranium, fome few the Pe-
riojlenm.
 or J-fead-Ach.
r/^’ifm.othcrsthe Animal Spirits j which there is blit little Senfc
and fomc, the Stomach becaufe of Pain.
when the Meninges of the Brain arc
«at of Order , the Stomach alfo
akes. But we reckon the Subjeft §• 4* Signs .
to he the nervous Parts of the THj Sigtts are now to be conf>
Head ; for they have the greateft dered. Some fhew the Mala¬
Sefoarion; and hence it is, that dy is;uftacommg, others that it
Pains arc felt by the Contraction Is prefenr. Much may be learnt
and Twitching of thofe Fibres in by the Continuance or Intermiflion
which the Animal Spirits are lodg¬ of the Difeafe, and the Hereditary
ed i for by how much the more Difpofition of the Patient. It will
acute thofe Particles are which lie alfo be of no finall Moment to con-
in thofe Parts, by fo much the fider whether the Part be affefted
more violent is the Pain ■, efpecial- primarily , or fectndarily , and by
ly in the Gnalleft Veins which con¬ Communication. Now the proper
fix of /lender Filaments, and are Actions of the Vifcem hurt, will
then-fort more eafily puff’d up by ihew what Communication there
the Spirits and kept ftrecehed our, is between the Head and Part afteJ
and are likewife apterto be moved aed. Whither Crato L 4. alludes,
and vcllicated by the fharp Matter. ("whom yet we do not altogether
IPe Trt induced to believe and de¬ follow) Head-acht, fays he , come
clare with Willis and Wedeliw, thofe through the Confent of the Stomach,
two great Lights io Phyfick , that and then ufuaUy the fore-Fort of the
the Part affcfted is not the Sub- Head a^es ; but tvhen the Pain ii
•unce of the Brain , becaufe it has from the Womb , then the hind-Part
nofenfiti.e Fibres; Which we al(fs.
know to be true by our own Expe- The Pain in the Head is fonic-
cwice, for tve have feen an [«- timcs pungent, tenfive , fiupijying,
Hfflccof this in a Soldier, the Sub- fhort and fometimes long, according
lunce of whole Brain the Surgeon as the Excrements of the serjim and
prob’d with his Inftrument, and Blood are fulphureous, faline,lharp,
yet without the Ieaft pain to the or acid, and as the Force of thole
Patient: When on the other Hand, Humors upon the Brain is flrongtr,
if a Nerve or nervous Membrane be or more violent. This Pain, as wc
jnAM or wounded, great Pain or faid before , is fometimes tenfive,
Spafraodic Motions arife. There fometimes fixt and piercing, by rca*
" alfo this Reafoa, that purely by fon of fome fait Particles lodg’d in
™»nga Nerve the Senfe and Mo- the nervous Fibres; (ometinaes it
non js taken away prcfently : is pulfatite or thumping, through the
Hence one may naturally conclude, too vigorous Fermentation of the
that the Pain arifes from thefe ner- Blood rufhing violently into the
*ous 9._c...
• when on the other Head through the Camides 119)9
-, fomc-
Hand, there is lefs Pain in thofe times it is pungent or pricing, be*
H ? £“11 nr0C nCrvous > I «ufe of fome fhdrp Particles ftick-
uiey oe tuU 0f Veins and Ar-; ing in the Membranes. If it comes
renes, as one may fee in the from too much Blood, it will be
i Liver «d Spleen> in indicated by the Conftitution,
® * Climate*
 Of the Pants of the Heart,
Climate, Spring Seafon, Way and
Manner of living, &c wifh fuch
otlicr things as ufujlly incrcafc the
Blood. Somctin.es tins Pain is Pe¬
riodical, fo that fome have it every
day, and continuing for fo tie liour?.
Otliers are affii&ed once or twice in
a month,fome only in three months,
fix months, a year ; of which ’tis
Bcedlcu to give any Examples.
$. f. Caufe.
8 .
H Clmont with great ConfT-%
dence imputes the Caufe to-
the Stomach and Spleen j for ic
happens, fays he, that fomeching
of the Nature of Spirit of Wine itr
the Artery of the Stomach, mixing
it felf with the Spermatic Nounflt-
ment of the Artery, does in procefs
of time caufe incurable Vertigo's and

N OW that we ltavc done with

the Signs we proceed to the
Head-achs.

Caufe } which according to the An¬
cients con fills fometimes in a cold
pituitom Matter, from which comes
a dull heavy Pain. When tlie Pain
is violent and makes luddain Inva-
fions, with manifcft Signs of Hear,
that,they fay proceeds (com Choir.
They aifo accufe the languineous
adufl Humors and Vapors Dying up
to the Head (believe diem, who
will for me} of caufing this vio¬
lent Pain.
T Hc £>aracclGtfs fometimes
reckon the Caufe to be jome
Accidental Digejlion of the Blood ;
fometimes the Kefoluiion of Tartar
in the Stomach, and fometimes Ob-
fttuihon.
#• 7*
Hr-He famous ^acbeHtuB, accor-
* ding to his own Principles,
endeavors to explain the Caufcs of
this Difcafe by the two Salts Acids
and Allah's, thinking that it hap¬
pens either when too much Alkali
is got into the Blood and makes
it ferment; or tco much Acid and
therehv makes it coagulate.
9
B Ut CCttllio is of another Opi¬
nion, thinking that the Pain
of the Head does arife any where
abode the nervous Parts of the
Head, and that the true Reafon is,
becaufe the Animal Spirits being
upon the lead occasion feparated
and difperfed, they thereby make
die containing Bodies to be corru¬
gated and drawn together , and fo
caufe a Pain. And adds further,
that fome difproporciooate Parti¬
cles rufhing in aruohgft the Animal
Spirits, or their Velkls therebygec
into the Pores of the Fibres, aud
put che Animal Spirits into Confu-
lion. And for this Reafon he di¬
vides this Pain in the Head into Ac¬
cidental or Occasional, and Habitual.
The Occasional very eafily arifes
from exceflive drinking, gormon-,
difmg, basking in the Sun, and too
much’Exercife.
And he lays, this Head-ach ufu-
ally happens in Fevers, becaufe the
Blood by too much fermenting,
fwclls and dilaces the Membranes
which k paths tnrough. Nor does
he excuS the Scrum and Vapors,
becaufe tli.y may get into the
Membranes, and aft. r that twitch
, and irrirace the nervous Fibres.
But

C.O Q\k
_-
 pr H'jd-Ach.
But the Habitual Pain in the Head,
which is continually rroubldom, he
calls a weak Condi rucion of the
_ _ vr
Part affefred, whereupon the mor-
4.:c_u i 11
bifick matter become* more-readily !
and eafify accumulated. To this, i
he refers an Hereditary Head-Ach,!
which is propagated from the Pa- ‘
rents, and imputes it to the bad ’
3 3 5-IL*a-S’5*I.^-1
ner , in Particles of difproportio-
nate Figures which deprave the
Crafts of the Blood, blaming the
violent motion of the fharp Spirits
and thin arterious Blood which is
too bilious and vifcous , or whilft
thefe (harp Spirits are driven
through the Arteries to the Head,
they twitch, gnaw, rend and prick

Conformation of the Integuments ( the Filaments and C ars, or Menin-

of the Head and Brain , which be- *' of the Brain , and fo hurt the
ing thicker than they ought to be, Pores which they would break
and thereby unfit for the Humors ' through, that are ret of the fame
and Vapors to pafs through; thofe ' Figure and Magnitude with them,
vinous Humors do either blow up ■ and by making Breaches do at laft
orvellicate the Meninges, Veriera~ * diilolve theCminuum\ from whence
rim and other feirfible Parts, and . Head-Achs do necellitrily come, all
fo caufe this great Pain. This wor- Pain according to the Cartefans
thy Author rakes the Morbific Mat¬ arifing from Obflruction. The Re-
ter to be either the Blood or Serum, fnlt of all which is this, That the
or the Nutritious or Nervous juice; Acrimony, Saltnefs and Sharnnefs
that is, according as the Humors of any Humor is able of it felf to
degenerating from their right Cra- bring this Pain, always fuppofing a
fii, become tainted with fulphu- fubtile Matter; that is , the prick¬
icous, faline, (harp, acid, or bilious ing Pain arifes from Salt, the cut¬
FecuJencies, they twitch the ner¬ ting from an Acid, the do?.iDg
vous Fibres , and fo caufe either a from an infpid Fltgm, the di (len¬
fixt, piercing , beating . pricking, ding from Vapors, the beating from
heavy, ftiort or longer Pain. pricking Particle's that are extrava-
iated upon the Artery.
§. 10.
$. IZ.
Qflbius who makes the Caufe, as
ii others do, the Dijfolution of con¬
tinuity, fays it comes from a fharp
BUtI now to cart in my OfeJtt Mite;
think with others that the
Humor or Vapor twitching the ner¬ immediate Caufe of this fed Pain is
vous Fibres, whether it be th Pan- the Solution of Continuity , and the
creatick Juice , or Choler, or Va--mediate Caufe I take to be fome
pots compos’d of both thefe Hu¬ fait, fharp, auftere, or fulphureous
mors ; or it be Serum or Blood, all
Particles in the mafs of Blood and
which ate naturally apt to caufe Animal Spirits, which carried, be¬
this Pain. yond their Sphere, to the nervous
or membranous Parts , by their
$. IT. pinching and twitching caufe this

J violent Pain. But it feems to me

Et us now hear what Cartes very immaterial by what Names
- frys, who feeks for the Caufe you call this peccant Matter C for
o( this Malady after his ufual man- the Controverlie lies more in them
B } than

P gif'
 6 Oft);* Pains of the Head,
than in the thing it CrifJ vi*. whe¬
ther you call it the Recrements, or
bilious Partidc*,or acute, or fulphu-
reous, oily, tenacious, or very vo¬
latile, or falinc, frc. For it is cer¬
tain that the Animal Spirits being
parted from one another by thefc,
caufe the contiguous Bodies to be
conftringed and pinched together,
which occafions a certain unplea-
fant fenfation. For thefc (harp,
filt, fulphureous and acid Particles,
from whence foever /they come
either corrode, or being lodg’d
deeper and deeper in the Fibres
rend them with their (harp Spikes
and make a Divifion : As it tome-
times happens in Fevers , that
through the too quick Motion of
Blood, however oocafion’d , and
running violently into the Meninges
or Fibres, which know not how to
give way, this dolorous Senfation
prcfently ariies. In like manner
Joined mes the Blood is a Hindrance
to it felf, wh:n it is heaped toge¬
ther in a great quantity, and being
driven on by other Blood that fol¬
lows it, forces its Padage, through
little holes and fifliires (by Divi¬
ding , breaking , or opening the
Mouths of the VdTels) into the
neighbouring P irts; which is fo
ancient a Truth that Hippocrates
takes notice of it, when lie fays
that Bleeding at the Nofe cures the
rnoft violent Pain in the Head. So
that there are many Caufcs of this
Diflempcr, according to that com¬
mon Axiom in Legick, The lame
Effcft may proceed from divers
Caufcs. U'c read jn our German
'Epbemerides, An. j. Obf. 69. that
theve were found eight Ounces of
yellow Serum in the tore-Ventricles
of the Brain of one that was trour
bled with a heavy fain in his Fore-
heid. So the Excellent dc Ornaf
Go gle'
in the fame Ephemetides fav*, he
found a great Quantity of clear
Water, under the Pia Meninx. and
the Carttid.es grown hard, of one
that died of fuch a Diflempcr. Ic
is alfo plain from the fame Epbemer.
An. 10. Obf. 50. that Worms may
caufe this Pain. As to the Hcmi-
crania, I am of Opinion, that the
(harp and vitious Particles are car¬
ried with the Blood through the
Carotides and jugular Arteries to
the Cerebellum, by reafon of a vio¬
lent Turgefcency preceeding. Now
feeing thofe Arteries are divided
into two Branches, and that there
is fomecimcs an eafier Pallagc
through one than the other,when¬
ever the Way is mod open, thither
the peccant Matter rufhes with
g reat Force. Nor do I at all doubt
ut that where the oily and (harp
Particles predominate, whether
they be lodged in the Hypochondria,
or be there precipitated, or lie in
any other Vifcera, if too great a
Fermentation or Deflagration arife,
they are hurried to the Membranes
of the Head, and if they find miT
nute, (trait, unproportionate Pores
and Pipes which they cannot enter,
they try to force a Pallagc and
thereby caufe a Pain. It is rnoft
ufually about the back Part of the
Head, bccaufe there are the mod
Arteries, and confequehtly the
greateft Difcharge of the peccant
Humors. It ufually reaches to the
Neck, becaufe the Matter extrava-
fared in the hind-part of the Head,
falls down by its own Gravity ro
the Spinal Marrow through die
fourth Ventricle of the Brain. And
jtis rcmitdng.becaufe all the Blood
is not difpofed alike, fo diat fome-
times it comes (harp, anon it leaves
Oft*again. Thus much of the feve-
ral Ctufes of the Head-Ach, any
' ~ of
 or Head-Ach.
ef which whoever fhall take upon that is incurable alfo which comes
him to difpute will find a difficult from little Stones that are bred in
Task, as the famous Witt* towards the Brain near the Meninges, as ap¬
the Beginning of the firft Chapter pears by the forefaid Ephemerides
of his Book of the Head-Ach doth An. 8. Obf 48. Whoever being well
acknowledge 5 where he fays, that are .fuddainly feiz’d with Pain in
the Cades of this Difeafe are fo ab- the Head , and become forthwith
ftrufeand intricate,that it is no eafie dumb , and rattle, they die within
Matter to attain to its true Dia- feven Days except a Fever follow,
gnofis and Cure. No lefs Difficulty as Hippocrates fays /. 6. Aph. $1.
attends the Prognofis which we are When the Head is pain’d in fome
now about to infpef1. Part, or all about, and Water
or Blood illucs out at the Noftrils,
mouth or Ears, it is a Sign the
§.13. Trognofiick. worft is over, as Hippocrates again
N old and inveterate Ach, that witnefleth S.6. Aph. 10. If the Sum¬
comes ("as many think) from mer be dry and have frequent
fome cold Matter, is very hard to North Winds, and the Autumn be
be cured, and specially in old Men. rainy and have a South-Wind, then
A conflant excruciating Pain, and the Head-Ach afflifts in the Winter,
which takes away Reft is very dan¬ as our forefaid experienc’d Hippo¬
1
gerous and formidable. If it be crates .3. Aph. 13. again tells us.
without Intermiffion, and Periodi¬ When the Hcad-Ach does not be¬
cal, and very violent, and is ac¬ gin the Difeafe, it is a certain Sign
companied with a Vertigo and other of a future Crifis by Vomit or Blee¬
Diftcmpcrs; then it threatens with ding at the Nofe , and that no
Deafnefs, Blindnefs, Phrenfy, Epi- Cure fhould be attempted, left the
lepfv. Apoplexy, Palfy, Spafms,cArr. Bleeding be hindred , which is 2
If rne Diftcnfion of the Nerves be a Benefit of Nature , and will either
Concomitant of this Diftemper, it Cure, or at Icaft (as Mariners to
is a Sign of very great langer. In fave the Ship throw the Goods
like manner, when it is accompa¬ overboard in a Storm) will give
nied with the Pox or Hypochon¬ Eafe to the Difeafe. That Head-
driacal Paffion and often affefts the Ach is eafily cured which proceeds
Patient, it is very hard to be cured, from Eating , Drinking , Lying in
it* not altogether incurable. And the Sun, immoderate Exercife,
there’s but little Hope when the and that which is not roo deep
Pain comes from bilious Serum ex- rooted and become habitual. If
travafated near the Meninges, or much watry Humor be extrava-
from an Irruption of Blood, which fated into the Brain , and alfo
is commonly call’d an Apoftem. become corrofivc, it ufually cau-
Or, when it comes from a bony fes a Hcad-Ach which proves,
Hardnefs of the Carotid Arteries, mortal.
as Regnerus de Graaf obferved : as The Pain in the Head , in an
alfo that which is caufed by Worms, acute Fever, with thin white Urin,
which yet our German Ephemerides is dangerous; for it is an Argu¬
lay has been cured by driving the ment (as is vulgarly held) of vi-
Miaul out through the Ear. And tious Matter hurried up to thofe
B 4 fcnfiblc
 8 Of the Pains of the Head,
fenfible Parts, the Metdnges of the
Brain. When the llrin of thofc
that are feverifh is muddy , like
tliac of Cattle, they either have the
Head Ach, or it is nigh at hand, as
jHippocraics fays l. 4. Aph 7o.t If
this Pain come from Clioler or’vo-
latile Salt, the Patient is in Danger
of a Phrcnfy y if from Melancholy,
to run mad ; if from a watry Hu-
tnor or Blood, to fall into an Apo¬
plexy.
14, Dietetic Cure.
F Rom what has been faid of the
Canfesy it will be eaiie for any
to know how the Body is to
be order’d in RefpeS of the Six
Hon-Naturals; for that whi-h in =
arcafes the Caufes is above all things
^0 be avoided.
Therefore in the firfl place, Let
the Air be temperate, thin and
pure cither by Art, or Change of
Climate ; but avoid a cold Air,
for it hurts the Brain, neither mufl
it be tpo hot j but always obferve
a Medium, for all fuddain Changes
are dangerous. It is very bad
to lie down or walk bare-head
in the Night-Time and moon-
fhine.
Let the Meat be of good Nou
rifhment and of eafie Concodion,
as Wild-Fowl,' Pullets, Capons,
Veal, fyc, Roafl-meac is berer
for feme ConilirutioDS than boil’d ;
Poach’d Eggs, Water-Gruel, and
, parley Broth are good. We ad-
vife the Patient by all means to
forbear ftiarp, fait things, for they
are nought for the Nerves; alio
Meats dryed in the Sr pak, and
thhfe that are windy; zll Garden
fcryit, as Pot-Hcrbs,Radifht$,Stal¬
lage/ Muftard, Garlick, and what¬
ever elfe is commonly found to be
Go gfc
prejudicial to the Brain: Ainongft
which Milk-meats may be reckon’d,
for Jfiypx>ates long fince forbad
a of Milk to thofe that were
ed with the Head- Ach.
Let the Drinl^ be Small Wine,
and tlut but little ; however a
Draught mixt with Ccphalicks may
fomeumes be allowed. When it
proceeds from a hot Caufe , then
Iron Waters, as of the Spare, &c.
are good , becaufc they allay the
Heat of the dedolatory inftruments
of che Blood, and wafh off the Re¬
crements, and alio do temper the
rough excrcmcntitious tartarco-
nitro-fulphurcous Salts, and expel
’em by Urin.
Woods of Safiaphras and Guaja-
cwriy and Peony Roots do very
well in Diet Drink. And caution
mufl be us’d that no Darnel be
boil’d in the Patients Beer.
Let the Af01 ion and Exercife be
moderate, for too great Exercife,
through which the thin and hcccer.
Particles of the Blood arc drawn
from the inward to the outward
Pam, deprives the fifeera of their
natural Ferment, and fills all the
Parts of the Body with feyeral Cru¬
dities ; fo that the Brain and Geniy
Nerxofm are fupplied with a vi¬
cious Juice, by which means thole
fenfible Parts are eafily vcllicatetL
Let the Sleeping and Watching be
moderate , and let the Sick Perlon
fieep with his Head high and co¬
ver’d •, and not lie down under a
Walnut-Tree, for that will caufc a
He ad-Ach.
Laflly, the Excreta and Retenta,
as Supprdlionof Critical Sweacs,
Sneezings Hope, immoderate Vene-
rv , the fioppage or too much
flowing of die Terms, the Lochfd
or Purgation after Child-Birch, and
the Hemorrhoid* f which difturb
 ¥
or Head-Ach.
4 the natural Heat and hinder Con¬
coction , flock the mafs of Blood
with fevcral unagreeable Particles,
and are occafion of fevcral Difeafes
and Symptoms) fomcrimes are the
Caufe of this Difeafe, and therefore
are to be avoided.
Amongrt the Paffions of the Mind
are reckon’d Anger, Fright, and
the like ; being fuch as enrage die
Animal Spirits, and oft'end the
Nerves, which eafily caufe a Head-
Ach, and an irregular Heat in the
Blood. And tins is the Reafon
that in fuch Paffions we may
feel and fee the Arteries of the
Temples beat.
0. l$. Pharmaceutic Cure.
W E now proceed to the Phar¬
maceutic Parr. The in- 3
ctcntp, and after them the Moderns,
pure this Difeafe with the following
Medicines, ftill obferving this Di-
ftin&ion, that a cold Head-Ach
comes from a cold Phlegm, a hot
i one from Choler , a fanguineous
i from the Blood, and a Melancholic
t one from an aduft Humor, which
Method we will dclcribe though
we do not approve of it, begin¬
ning firff with Preparers , which
they place in the firff Rank, be¬
came they arc of Opinion that the
Morbifick Matter Ihould be conco-
fkd fevcral Days before it can be
o eradicated, which they do by thefe
n‘ following Medicaments, Syrup
cl of Hylibp. of Acovm Roots, of Be¬
tony, of French Lavender ; Oxy-
mei of Squills, Betony, Mar joram,
Sage i Decoction of Guajacum, with
the other Cephalicks. If it comd
t from a hotter Caule tjiey makeufe
of Syrup of Roles, of the two
Boots, of the white water Lily,
t find of red Poppies. After thefe
* ty
they ule Purgatives which they
give the Patienc two or three
times, becaule, fay they , the Hu¬
mors being gradually conco&ed by
Purging, may the better yield to
Medicaments; for neither grofs nor
thin Humors are carried off" fo well
bva quick Prtrge, and therefore
they r icher chulc Pills than Electua¬
ries, judging them to be better for
drawing the Humors from diftanc
Parts. Their ufual Pills are thefe.
Pills of Agarick, Aleopbangw*, Co-
cbis, Arabic*, and fetid*. Amongff:
die Electuaries,the Indwn, Diacatbo-
licum, hi era j Troches of Agarick,
Turbith.
They mix Purging Potions , as
Dedoftions of Senna, with Roots
of Acorns, Leaves of Betony, Rofe-
mary, and other Cepholicks. To
the fame purpofe they commend
Clyftprs of a Decoction of Betony,
Marjoram, Flowers of Mclilbt, ad¬
ding Honey of Rcfes and Salt. If.
the Body be plethorick they allow
Bleeding, elfe, in grofs, flimv and
very cold Humors they do , not
without Caufe , forbid it. If the
Pain be in the hind-Parc of the Head
they bleed the fore-head Vein, if it
be in other Parts they as ridiculoufly
choofe another Vein.
Now we come to their Rewl-
fiies> which are, Clyflers, waffling
the Thighs and Feet with warm
Water, Horfe-Leeches applied to
the mod curgenc Veins about the
place aggrieved ;aJfo Blood letting,
ffrong Suppoficories, Ligatares; as
alfo hard Rubbings, Fomentations,
Sneezers, Errhines, Apophiegma-
tifms and Gargarifms , a.l which m
their Opinion do revel. After¬
wards tliey give fuch Medicaments
as corroborate and amend the In-
temperaturc thac rs left behild,
which arc to bs given upon an emp¬
xo Of the Pains of the Head,
ty Stomach and Fading, or clfc the
Vapors, fay they, will fly up from
the lower Parts : And they are
thefe, Diacuminum, Treacle, Mith-
rldatc given in Betony water, Dia-
corum, Aromaticum Rafatum, Dta-
mufewn fweet and bitter, Confervc
of Marjoram, Rofemary Flowers,
Betony, &c. A Deco-ftion nf Gua-
jacum, with the Flowers of Car-
duns BeneJi!lm they hold to be ve¬
ry available both in a Cepbalda, and
Hemicrania. Cubebs, Musk, Am¬
ber and Cinnamon are only to be
given to the Mafculine Sex. They
commend wafhine of the Head in
Ley which has had Leaves of Beto¬
ny and Marjoram, and Chamomil
Flowers infufed in it : And like¬
wise Bathing the Head In a Deco-
ftion of Laurel Leaves, Betony and
Marjoram Flowers, tfye. They fay
it has been often found tlrat hot
Baths have wonderfully relieved the
Head-Ach. Telling us alfo in their
Writings that a Pomander made
of Cinnamon , Cloves, Stcechat,
leaves of Bay Tree, Marjoram has
fometimes given eafe. It is ufual
with them to apply a Cerecloth of
Euphorbium in old Hcad-Achs } but
it will take up too much Time to
enumerate all the Medicaments
they make ufeof in this Diftemper.
To be brief j They firft of all give a
Clyfter, after which if the Matter
be flimy and tough they ufe Inci-
ders or Preparers. Afterward they
carry oft" the Humors, and hinder
their coming to the Head. If there
be a Plethora they let Blood ; after
which they ftrengthen the Head,
and purge away the Remainder of
the Humour; nor do they negleft
Topicks, becaufe the ftronger the
Difeafe is, the ftronger Remedies
fhey apply. Amongft other things
they ny to their Aftual and Poten-
Go gle
tial Cauteries, as their Jafl but
cruel Refuge. If the Pain comes
by basking in the Sun , they
make a Compofition of Oil of
Rofes and Vinegar, and alfo Rofe-
warcr, in which they dip a linen
Rag and apply it to the Head And
arhoufand other Ointments, Oils,
Emplaifters, Cataplafms, quilted
Bags liath doting Antiquity long
ago invented. In removing an in¬
veterate Cephaloa they audaciously
bum the Veins of the Temples, as
Afercurialit /. a. c. i©. doth tc-
ftifie.
16-
T he ^aracclflft* have been
lomethjng more fuccefsful in
curing this Diftemper: When ic
comes from too much Blood they
cut a Vein , as Paracelfiu their Ma-
fter advifes. Sometimes they opt n
the fore head Vein. He alfo fays
that the Head-Ach is cured by cold
Things and Narcocicks, moift
Things cither external or internal,
as Liquors of Coral, Rofcs, Houfe-
Lcek, Pearls, Darnel, frc. Giving
this Reafon \ For that the volatil
! and raging Spirits exagitating the
Blood, arc quieted and as it were
fettered by the ftrength of Narco-
ticks. He alfo commends Oil of
Camphore to fix Drops,with as ma-
ny of Oil of Musk to be drunk
in Ale, or any other convenient
Liquor.
! The Medicines of other Reform'd
C.hymifts ("as I may call them) are,
Oil of Antimony with its Alkaheft
("or volatil Salt.) They reckon a
great Vertue to be in Oil of Gua-
jacum in ftrong and inveterate
Hcad-Achs. Some Drops of the
Oil of Amber taken inwardly every
Day, and applied outwardly, efpe-
 or Head-Ach.
cially to the Crown of the Head, as alfo to apply to the Head Oxyr-
do wonderfully, according to them, rbodindt and Epicliems, and to
ftrengthen the Brain, ana diflipace take fuch Juleps, Emulfions or De¬
die Pain. Oil of Rofemary Flow¬ coctions as cool the Blood, and thac
ers, Fennel, Hyilop, Marjoram, the Body mult be kept laxative.
efpccially when ’tis put into the The better to fix and cool the
Noftrils, lias the fame Effeft. They Blood, he prelcribes deftilled Wa¬
have found thatfome Drops of the ters, Decoitions, Elcduaries, Pow¬
rectified Oil of Olibanum , taken in ders, and efperially makes ufe of
the Morning in a'proper Vehicle, Mineral Cryftal. If this Pain pro¬
are very good. But to fet down ceed from a lerous Matter, he en¬
all the Medicaments us’d by Chy- deavours by Clyfters to flop the
miffe in this Diftemper would be Fluxion of thac vinous Humour ;
coo tedious. and afterwards to foak up thac
which is extravafated , he orders
Blood-letting , efpecially in hotter
17-
H Conftitutions. But in cold Tem¬
CImont,famous for the Cure pers he generally ufes Veficatories
of this Pain, fays, that it is near the Ears, or applied to the
fometimes cured by Eating, fetch¬ Crown of the Head. And then, to
ing his Medicines not out of an Apo- free the Body from fuperduous Se-
thccarie’s Shop, but out of a Pan¬ rofitics, gentle Catharticks, Diure-
try ; but yet ufes the fame Method ticks and Diaphoreticks he reckons
in its C ire, as he does in other Ce¬ very propt r , the Forms of all
phalic Diftempers. which are to be found in the Au¬
thor. But the choiceft, and which
18. he generally preferibes are thefe: A

T Decoftion of dry’d Leaves, fome-

He excellent CSIIilUs aims prin¬ times of a Willow, foraecimesof
cipally at thefc two things in Betonv, Vervain, Rofemary boiled
curing of diis Diftemper. 1. To in Spring-Water; and he mightily
rake away the Matter of the Di- cries up the Vertue of the Li¬
feafe. 2. To root out and quite quor we call Coffee, to be drank
remove the Conjunct or Compli¬ twice a Day to the (Quantity of
cated Caufe. He judges the Morbi¬ fix Ounces.
fic Matter roconfift in acid, fait, When it feems to proceed from
Uilphureous and other Recrements, the Vtfcera,he ufually gives Medica¬
of the Blood, Serum and nervous ments appropriated to thofe Parts j
juice, which are carried to the as, if it comes from the Stomach,
Head, for the molt Part, by the then he orders Stomachicks, as the
Blood. He aferibes the Caufes to Elixir Proprietatis of Paracelfwand
Vapors and Effluvia* getting out of of ffelmonty Vitriol of Mynfcbr, Sto¬
die Vifctra into the Blood. All mach Powder of Bnkmari^ &c. If it
wliich he thus re&ifies : 1. That comes from the Spleen, he gives,
the Diforders of the Blood may be with great Succefs , Chalybeats; if
removed and prevented , he advi- from the Womb Hyftericks mixe
fes the Patient to bleed thrice, ei¬ with Cephalicks. When it remains
ther in the Arm, or Jugular Yein ; afterMettle*, Small Pox, Fevers
or

sk
xi Of the Tains of the Head,
or Agues, and when the Blood
E ows rappici, and contrails a Scor-
itick Dyfcrafy, then he commends
Anrifcorbuticks and Chalybeats,firft
giving a gentle Purge.
In an univerfal Head-Ach, lie
6ys,all Cephalick Medicines which
corroborate the Animal Spirits, and
help all die fcnfitivc and motive
Organs in Man, are very good : as,
the Tin&ure of Coral to twenty
Drops, of Antimony, and of Sal
Armoniac. impregnated with Amber
and Coral, and Spirit of Harts-Horn
with Amber to be drunk in a pro¬
per Vehicle. Nor is the u(e of
JHMepcdet to be neglefted, the ex-
refled Juice, defhlled Water and
owder of which are of fmguiar
Advantage. He ufually alfo pre¬
scribes ftrengthning Plaifters', as al-
So to apply Sinapifms and Vclica-
tori-s. He fays, that Embroca¬
tion and Bathing the Head in cold
Water often dees Good, which the
mod Serene Charles Lewis, Elector
Palatine, now dead, very fuccefs-
fully ufed. Our Author alfo pre-
feribes a great deal to Salivation,
Arteriotomy, and to other Things
which it will not be to our Purpoie
more accurately to relate.
19.
N Ow will we' fee what
htuo fays, who to mitigate
the fh rp Humor and Vapor (as
being the Caufe of the Pain,)
makes ufe of Lenicnts, Demulcents
and tempering Medicaments, cfpc-
cially the lad, in Fevers, where
the llurpncfs of theCholer abounds,
adding alfo Anodynes and Narco-
ticks. To cake away the pain, and
the beating and watchings; he or¬
ders the following Compomioa.
Go gie
Take Water-Plantain, Lettuce, Sor-
rd, of each an Ounce, of Cin¬
namon-water half an Ounce,of the
fweet Spirit of Salt half a Drachm,
Syrup of Diatodbun one Ounce.
Mix them.
Amongft External Epithems or
Liniments, W perfuaaes to ufe
the following. And firft this Epi-
chcm.
Take of Water cf Betony two Oun¬
ces, Role-water one Ounce, vi¬
negar of Marigolds two Drachms,
Opium of Thebes half a Scruple.
Mix them.
Then this Lenitive Unguent,
Take of Ointment of Poplar Buds
two Drachms, Theban Opium half
a Scruple, Oil of boil’d Rofes
half a Drachm j Anoint the Tem¬
ples therewith.
20 .
W E are now to fee what
Cftttrs and his Fol ow-
ers fay, who feem to be of our Opi¬
nion. Our Way of curing this Pain
is thus. Firft , in a bilious Head-
Ach, or when many (harp, oyly Par¬
ticles, rude Salts or Salino-fulphu-
reous Recremmts abound, as in Fe¬
vers, and other Diftempers,which,
no Doubt, are the occafion of the
Solution of Unity, and of the fad
Pain that follows; we order Blood¬
letting , and other Things which
alter and correct the Intemperature
of the Blood, and which difpoflefles
thofe Nitro=fulphureous Particles
which are lodged in the fenfible
Membranes. All Purgatives do not
anmer the fame Intent, but fome
are
 or Head-Ach.
arc fitted to carry off theft , fome Emuifions, which at the fame time
other Particles, which Diverfiey ft dop the too quick Motion of the
not to be afcrib’d to an Occult Qua¬ AnimalSpiricsandofthe Blood.£.g.
lity, but to the differing Confti-
tudon- So, if the Blood abound Take of the four greater cold Seeds
with Choler or Sulphureous Parti¬ husk’d of each half a Drachm,
cles, they being very volatil, do ea- Seeds of White Poppy three
fily yield to any Purgcrs. But pi- Drachms, with Water of the
nucous, vifcid and tough Humors, Flowers of Betony, of the Lime
being not fo eafily moved, and (as Tree, and of Water Lilies as
I may lay ) having once taken up much of each as is fufficient,make
their Lodging in the Blood, require an Emulfion and fweeten it with
ftronger Remedies. In a bHious Sugar.
Head-Ach tliis following Medicine
is propet. A Scorbutick and mod dubbora
Head-Ach is not removed but by
Take Water of Endive & Succory, Antifcorbuticks raixt with ap¬
as much of each as is fufficienr, propriate Medicines, becaufe of
of yellow Rhubarb two Drachms, its extraordinary faicnefs and fharp-
Sale of Tartar one Ounce. Mix nefs. E.g. .
them for a Purge.
Take Water of Vervain, Brook-
This mud be done fird. In the lime, Marfh Tfcfoil of each three
feemd Place, the Heat and Sharp- Ounces, of the Phlegm of Vitriol
nefs of die Blood which is occa- two Ounces, Tin&ure of Rofes
flon’d by thofe fulphureous rude two Drachms, Syrup of Fearls
Particles is bed tempered by watry two Ounces. Mix them.
Things for the more Water there
is, the leflcr Acrimony is there Thus much of the Bilious, now
found. To this End Acids are pro¬ we come to fpeak of the Pitnitous
per which correft this bilious In- Head-Ach, which hath not fuch a
teraperature by precipitating the lharp, vicious Matter, but a thick
(harp Salts, for which the following grofs and tough Blood, and there¬
Form may be preferibed. fore mud needs occafion a heavy
burthenfom Pain. This Grofsnek
Take of Water of Betony two Oun¬ of the Blood mud likewife caufe a
ces, Water of Succory, Endive, Stupidity of Mind, and produce not
and Wood-Sorrel of each three lucid, but thick and grofs Animal
Ounces, Syrup of Rafp-Berries Spirits, which will be fewer and
& Barberries of each an Ounce, feebler, and all the Motions will be
Spirit of Vitriol as much as is flower. The Stomach too vflll be
fufficient to give it a grateful out of order, as 1 found by my Self
Acidity. when I had a Pain in my Head i
which Confert between the Head
WhenSIeep is banifhed by thefe and Stomach I obferv’d in a Coun¬
ftiarp , exaementitious Particles , try-Fellow , who being hurt in his
which pnek the Blood SeMenmges of Brain complained more of his Sto¬
the Brain, imbed reduced by oily mach than his Head. And the Pita-
14 Of the Tains of the Head,
fon is this; Becaufe the Animal Sadafras of each an Ounce, Annt-
Spirits being put to Flight, and not feeds two Drachms, Cream of
flowing in due Quantity into the Tartar half an Ounce. Mix them.
Stomach, its Tone ra'uft nccdurily Let them be put in a Bag, upon
be vitiated. Befides, tliey that arc which pour a Quart of Rhcnifh
Sick of this Dirteniper have a per¬ Wine.
petual Inclination to Sleep *, for the
Fore? of the Brain being fill’d with Very like to this, is this Ex¬
a pituitous and vifeous Humor, the cellent Receipt of the famous K'ir-
Animal Spirits are not able toke p ieiiHs.
them open. Therefore the ob-
ftrufted Tubes of the Brain and Take of the Roots of Peony one
Mcningts, caufed , no doubt , by Ounce, of Elecampane half an
that grofs and pituitous Matter, Ounce, Leaves of Betony,Bawm,
muft firft be opened, and then the Sigc and Rofemary of each one
Humor is to be evacuated. Fn handful,Flowers of Wall-Flower,
which Cafe you may with good Lily of the Valley and Rofemary
Succefs ufe both Internal and Ex¬ of each two Pugils, Primerofe
ternal Medicines. But that rhey Flowers one Pu^il, of French
may come fecurcly to the Place Lavender two Drachms , Wood
affefted (r. e.) the Pores of the cf Aloes or of Milfeltoe of the
Brain, it is requifite theyfhould Oak one Drachm, pf Cinnamon
have fuch ftiff Parts as cannot by a Drachm and a half. Sow ’em
other Particles eroding them in in a Bag and boy I them in Wine.-
their Way be eafily biaded or put
out of their Road tnither. Such as The Enemy being thus di farm’d
thefe common Woods, Guajacnm, and fetter’d, may be quite deftroy’d
Sadafras, China Root, SarfarpariUa; by the following Purge.
Barks «f Tamarisk, Afh, e^c. which
can, by their powerful Force and Take of Extraflum Phlegmagogum
Stiftncis, break through, cut, atte¬
half a Drachm , Refm of Jalap
nuate, and make flexible the rigid eight or ten Grains, Tartar vi-
Particles j fo that the reft of thetriolatcd feven Grains, volatil
Particles being fubjugated, may runSale of Amber three Grains, Oil
back again, and at laft be quite caft
of Marjoram and Amber of each
out of the Body. For which Pur- one Grain. Mix them, and make
pofe we commend the Deceptions thirteen Pills. Or, Take Refin
of the forementioned Woods in all of Jalap and Scammony of each
the cold, tough and watry Diftem- fix Grains, cf volatil Salt of Am¬
pers of this Nature. Here follow ber three Grains, Gums of GaU
two tvines medicated with the In¬ banum and Ammoniack of each
gredients of thefe Deco&ions. half a Drachm, Oil of Myrrh
three Grains. Mix them. Make
Take of Betony,CW««r benediZUu^ Pills for one Dofe.
Marjoram, Sage and Rofemary
of each a Handful , Flowers of The Cephalick Pills of CrantyUt
Rofemary and Lavender of each ("which are the Extratfum Vanchy-
a Pugil, Woods of Gua)acum} and magognmj are in thefe Cafes ufudl.
Jnfufiens

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 or Head-Ach.
Infufions of die Leaves of Senna
with Aearick , and fome refolving
Alkali added, are not tobedefpi-
fed. After that altering volacil
Salts and aromatick Cephalicks clofe
up all. From whatever Caufe the
Difeafearifes, but efpecially if from
tlie Obrtrudion of the Veflels and
Pores of the Brain, all Aromaticks
and fuch Things as confift of a Vo-
latil Salt, as being Nervine , are
very available ; for by their fweet
and gende Bland ifhments they che-
rifh the fenttble Parts, and thereby
afTwage the Pain. Such as are the
Volatil Salt of Amber, and its Tin-
Aure, the Spirit of Harts-Worn with
Amber , the Nervine Balfam of
Schefery our Volatil Cephalick Salt,
our Tmdure of Antimony (or, in
/lead of them other Cephalick Salts,
Tinduresr&'i ) Cinnabarines are
noc to be forgot, nor the Infufion
of Shea, which we approve of as
very good. In a lafting , periodi¬
cal Head-Ach the Medicines are
often to be changed , which one
mull be careful in, for , die Caufes
are fometimes very obfeure, which
however by rightly weighing and
conttdering of Circumftances may
be pretty well guefs'd at. When
all is done, we mutt be very care¬
ful to prevent the begetting anew
of rhofe Sulphureous or vifcid Re¬
crements, or vicious Blood y for if
they be regenerated, they prove
more mifehievous, and breed grea¬
ter Confutton than at the firft.
Therefore we rauft be fure to flop
all preternatural Fermentations in
the Ventricle or Heart. In all
Hcad-Achs, both ttmple and ma¬
lign , the Juice of Crabs drawn
together with die Juice of Ver¬
vain excels all others inGoodnefs.
There is likewife an excelknc
Remedy prepared of Hungarian Vi-
I?
triol, which mutt firtt be diflolvcd
in clear Water, then decanted and
evaporated to half, and fo put in a
Cellar to CryttaJlize; which Cry-
ftals, being prepared of Vitnoljiave
fomething of the Nature of Salt,
and therefore do cut. But becaufe
they have many Particles of Cop¬
per amongft them, they do gently
bind, ana fo do , in fome manner,
fhut up and ftraicen the Pores of
the Arteries that are too open. Lee
half a Drachm of thefe Cryftals be
cook Morning and Evening upon
an empty Stomach. Camphorc and
its Oil are good in this Di-
ftemper.
In Venereal and Scorbutick Pains
which are ufually mod violent in the
Night-Time, befides the foremen-
rioned, the following Medicaments
are proper.
Take Spirit of Gmjacum tartariza-
tcd,Saflafras of each one Drachm,
TinAure of Antimony i Drachm,
Antimonium diapboretiam twenty
Grains, DecoAion of Sailafras
two Ounces. Mix them , and
give it at feveral Times.
To Women troubled with* the
fame Diftcmpcr, and alfo fubjeA
to Hyfterick Fits give this which
follows.
Take of Elixir Proprietary of P*ra~
ceijiti two Drachms, Spirit of Sal
Armoniac. with Amber, Scurvy-
Grafs of each one Drachm, Tin-
Aure of Caftor, Amber of each
one Drachm. Mix them. Let the
Dofe be from half a Drachm to 4
Drachm in a proper Vehicle.
If the Dittemper comes from
Weaknefs of Stomach, then Stoma-
chicalt.
16 Of tie Pains of the Head,
chicals, as the Jtoraarb Powder of
B/rtyt.rn, Pepper Corns wallowed
arc convenient.
If it proceeds from Drunkennefs,
vi^. from Wine , or that Volatil
Acid become furious, Voiatil Salts
of Harts-Horn, fac, are very pro¬
per. Ivy-Leaves , Colcwort and
Rue applied to the Wrifts, cure
this Pain. If it comes from Extra-
vafarion of the Serum, commonly
called Detiuxions, Crata's Pills of
Amber are very good
So likewife the Cephalick Spirit
ofVitrio!,givenina JuleporSpring-
Water to twenty Drops or more,
does powerfully fubdue this vicious
Volatil. EmuILons alfo do the
lame,for all oily things dc c ,rreft &
amend this intoxicating Acid. Ex¬
ternally, Leaves of Vervain, Ivy,
Cabbage and Rue, applied to the
Wrift and Head are very good.
But of all Remedies the molt So¬
vereign in any fort of Head-Ach,
are Mineral Waters, to which the
affefted fly as to their lalt Re¬
fuge. Many alfo, in the Spring,
drink Juice of the Birch Tree
with Succefs. Errhines, Maftica-
tories and all anci-Epilepticks are
here available.
§. 20 .
Take Water of Ectony and Marion
ram of each three Ounces, Ce¬
phalick Spirit half an Ounce ,
Harts-Horn one Drachm and 2
half. Mix them. Let Linen
Cloths dipt in this be laid td
the Head.
In a hotter Cafe the following
Medicines are proper.
Take Water of Vervain, Endive
and Lettice cf each two Oun¬
ces, Phlegm of Vitriol half art
Ounce. Mix them. Or, Take
Flowers cf the Peach Tree, El¬
der, Vervain;Polcy of the Moun¬
tain of each one Ounce, Sal Pru¬
nella one Drachm. Mix them.
Or, Take Water of Dill, RofeS
and Penny-Royal of each one
Ounce, Vinegar of Rofes one
Ounce, Opium diflolved in Vine¬
gar half a Drachm, Camphorc
two Grains. Mix them^nd make
an Epichem.
This following Medicine though
common and eahe, yet is very etfu
carious.
Take of the Crum of white Bread,
Juniper Berries pickled, of each
alike what is fuflicienc. Or, a

T Hus far pf internal, now we

come to, External Medica¬
Bag may be made of Millet, Salt,
Vervain and Lignum Rhodium.

ments,with which fomecimes,efpe- But feeing we have found that

cially in weak Conftitntions, we thefe Epirhems have often done
ought to bpdle the Fury of this Di- Hurt, we muft learn to be more
ftemper. All Aromaticks alfo in cautious, for if the Pores be (hue,
this Cafe are proper, which may the (harp Particles cannot have a
pafs through the Pores of the Head, Paflage out; from whence one may
and fo remove the Obflru&ion conclude that thofe things are more
which is made in the Veflels of the Proper which are applied In a dry
Brain. Such as the Spirit of Harts- Form, fuch as are Cucupb£y or odo¬
Horn. But for the fake of young riferous Caps, or Vervain alone laid
Practitioners we will fet down fome to the Head, to which Herb, wdl
Forms* known

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 or Heai-Ach.
known to Terence and Cicers , Fo-
reftu* aferibes fo great Efficacy, that
it will cure the Kead-Ach by being
put under one* Bolfter. Of this
excellent Plant an admirable Plai-
fter is alfo made. And likewife if
kneaded with very flurp Leaven
and Oil of Rofes, and externally
applied, it is very efficacious; for
there is a certain Acidity in this
Leaven by which the lharp Salts
are precipitated. Deftdlcd Oils of
Amber , Lavender , Rofemary-
Howers, Marjoram, which can ea-
ftly get into the Pores and there
operate , outwardly applied arc
proper for force, but not for all.
We may alfo make ufe of fcveral
Ointments and foporiferous Com-
pofirionr, of which this following
is much prcferrabl# t® all others.
Take of Vnguentum Pepulneum and
AUbaStinutn of each half an
Ounce , Requies Nichtlai one
Ounce , Powder of the Seeds
of Dill, whire Poppyiand Hen¬
bane of each two Scruples ; Oil
of Nu megs by Expreffion half
a Drachm, Orienral §affron half
a Scruple, diflolved Opium two
Seruples , Oil of the Seeds of
Henbane and white Poppies by
expreffion of each one Scruple.
Mix them. Lay this to the Tem¬
ples as a Plaiffer, but take heed
it be not in time of a crijn. Or,
Take of Oil of Violers three
Drachms,of Vinegar one Drachm,
Opium and Saffron of each three
Grains. With this anoint the
Temples and Forehead.
If it be in the Summer, let the
Juice of Crabs be mixed with the
Juice of Vervain, which is alfo
good in a malignant Pain. You
ntay find Plaifters enough here
17
and there amongft Authors, as
df Betony , and Cephalick Plai-
fters , but that wc may not
be redious we will name one
which excels all the reft , which
is that of Crdto'i. We allow of
Veficatories, Salivations, Leeches
near the Ears, Vetfcfeftion, Ar-
terjotomy j Friftions, Cuppings,
according as there is Occafion. In
defperate Cafes , and when the
Patient had rather endure any
thing than be fo cruelly afflifted,
a Caurery and Burning with Mox<t
may be ufed ; -(omcalfo have been
cured by the Trepan , but this
ought never ro be done but in a
dciperatc Head-Ach.
The Cephalalgia , CefbaUd, and
lUmicrctnict proceeding from the
fame Caufcs, have altogether the
fame Cure. The Variety of the
Caufcs is only to be refpeaed.
Let the following Pultifs be
laid to the Feet, efpccially in Ma¬
lignant Fevers, and other Pains of
the Head.
Take of the Leaves of Rue newly
gathered two Handfuls , Roots
of.three Radilhes,cf the fharpeft
Leaven, Vinegar ofRuc as much
as is fufficienr. Make a Pul¬
tifs.
Amulets of the Roots of Plan¬
tain and Rhodium, if they be ga¬
thered right, do fometimes avail.
Alfo Lotions for the Feet do ofeen
help, the little nervous Fibres bci
ing by that means clierilhed and
Rumoured.
\ Cumin bruis'd and laid to tJ:e
Head is good. Let the Noftrils
and Temples be anointed with
Apopleftitk Balfam , mixt with
Oilof Amber and Cinnamon, alfo
with BaifarhS of Sulphur and Am¬
ir Ur-
18 Of the Pains of the Head, or Head-Acb.
ber. And fomc things of fubtil
parts muft be holden to the Nofe,
and alfo ftinking things, as Spirit
Zedoary and Khdinm , Seeds of
Poppy, Kernels of Peach Stones
and Flowers of the fame , Seeds
I
cf Sal Armtmiac. Caftor, &c. In a of Henbane, Flowers of Chamo-
Pituitous Head-Ach Brown Paper mil, &c. Or,
dipp’d in diflilled Oils, as of Am¬
Take Oils of Poppies and Kernels
ber, Lavender , Cloves, and laid
pretty hot to the Head are very of Peach Stones by Exprelfion
good. Forrftm ties green or driedof each one Drachm, condens’d
Vervain about the Neck, and, juice pi Vcrva'n one Drachm
as he faith, with very good Suc- and a half. With a fufficieot
quantity of Wax make a Li¬
Ctfi.
Amongfl outward Things you niment, with which anoint the
may apply Vervain, the Root of top of die Head and Temples*

CHAP.

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 Of a Phrenzy and Delirium.
CHAP.
Of a Pbretly and Delirium.
I 5- r.
N the preceding Chapter we
have treated of thole Grie¬
vances of the Head which are
commonly in and about the
Meninges, Pericranium, and nervous
Membranes of the Brain; we come
now to fpeakof fuch Diftempers as
'difcharge their Fury upon the Seat
of the Fancy and Memory, that is,
within the globular Frame of the
Brain, or rather in the Brain it
the Cerebellum and Nervous
frock, amongft which this Diftem-
per is Chief, by called Phrenfy;
by Cclfus, Madnefs; by $btccit--
na Cirfis , or an Apojtem of the
Brain \ by ©there Mentis Ufio, or
a DiSemper in the Mind.
Definition.
It is wont to be defined, An In-
namnution of the Brain or Mem-
branes, caufmg an acute Fever,
JJota8c. *"d Lofs of ones Wits,
proceeding, for the raoft Part,
from the Acccnfion cf the Ani¬
mal Spints.
j Tl!r ,fjfr of Madnefs.is very
ofCfl5p and.dal!^rous, becaufe
t^™S?"'hcrc‘"'"u<>mmon,y
g£
II.
Divifon.
, It is wont to be dttidedfotQ
fpurtotu and true. The fpuriowfthcy
lay, is a lofs of onesWics witicuc
an Apoftem of the Brain, and that
a biliow Fever commonly follows,
which is accompanied with a raigh-,
ty Thirft, even to that Degree,
.that tlic Patients Tongue is rough
through extraordipary Drynefs*
The true Phrenzy has an Apofteni
with it. In the fpuriow the Ha¬
vings are not fo violent nor fre¬
quent as they arc in therrwe. We
muft obferve that this milder fore
of Delirium happens , efp'ecially in
Fevers at the Time of tile Crifis,
and fometimes before it, and is
more violent in the Fir, than irt
the Time of Intermiflion. Thofe
that have the trite Phrenzy hcvef
come to their Wits aga-ip , and fo
far lofe their Memory as to forger,
not only their daily Bufincfs, but
die Commands of Nature. An
Example of which in a miferable
young Man Foreftw has given us,
/. io. Obf, 3.
§. 2. Part affetted.
W E now come to the part
ajfeSled, about which the
Ancients arc divided ; and although
they agree pretty wdl in other
K * Parti-
 Of a Phreftzy and Delirium.
Particulars renting to thr Difcafe,difperfed in the Brain , are , as it
yet they mightily differ in this were , forced to be upon their
Point •, fome taking it to be the Guard every Moment. Whence it
Subftance, others the Minnas , happens that the Patient often
jumps fuddiinly out of Bed, accor¬
others again the Ventricles of the
ding as the raging Animal Spirits
Brain.
gjelment and his Followers be¬ rufh violently into this or that Part
ing of a quite different Opinion <fr Mufcle. Refpiration in this Dir
from all the reft, fix the Seat of leafc is fometimes more flow , at
other Times it is ftronger and far-
this Madnrfi about the Pucordt* or
feacht, according as the exafpera-
Midriff, and rhiflt that thecarnou*
red bpiri s flow more mildly or
Part of the Diaphragm* is inflam’d,
impetuoufly into the Diaphragma•
and therefore that the Animal
There if a Rednefs df the Eyes and
Spirits arc hurried violently flu¬
Face, beeaufe ’of fome over volatil
tter , and thereby caide this De¬
Particles that fly upward, asSmoak
lirium. .
in a Chimney. One of the. Eyes
Cilltllic enters this Labyrinth by
alfo often waters , and the Veins
another Clew, and places it in the
and Arierks of the Eyes feern to
globous Part of the Brain, which
fwell through the great Quantity
as it is reckon’d the Seat of the
and Ebullition of the Blood. The
PhantaTie and Memor^ , fo likt-
Body is ftrangely dry, and looks as
Wife will he have it to be the
if it were Sun-burn-. The Eyes
Part affettrd.
look big and ftern, by fteafon of a
^Nplbtug is muchwhat df the
top great Afflux of Animal Spirirs,
Tame Opinion with WiWn,vcA there¬
and the puffing up of the Fibres
fore we need not repeat ir.
and^ontraftionof the Mufcle de¬
®ur ottm Conjcfture is this *,
pending thereon. The Pulfc is
That thofe Commotions are raifed
frequent, fwift and largej there
hot only in ttc Brain , but alfo in
is a great Thirft, and the Tongue
the Cerebellum , chiefly in the
Wobous Part of the Brain, and is rough.
The affefted are delirious,and fo
Wherever the Animal Spirits rove
much difbrafled that they can make
about. no proper Anfwer, nor remember
what they either fay or do. All
$. V Signs. their Difcourfe is incoherent,wtth-
\\ T E now proceed to the Sight: our either Scnfe or Order. They
VV It is accompanied with a imagin various Tilings, ahd con¬
trary one ro another; fometimes
continual dry Fever, by rcafon of
tvet p’ng, fometimes Tinging, foitie-
tte Animal Spirits being lrnrated
by the Salino-Sulphureous Recre¬ times fronting, according as the
Animal Spirits light into the glo-
ments which are precipitated into
bous Frame of the Brain, and
the Frame of the Brain, not witn-
move into the fcveral Pores and
out a preceding Turgefocncy. And
ranges of ir, and by their irregu¬
hence come troublcfome Watch- .
lar Motion form again, though
ings and Diftculty of Sleep.. For !
the Animal Spirits being irritated i incongruously , thofe Idea s and
by thefe heterogeneous Particle* ( Imurcflions which were made be-
' fore y

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 Of d Phrenzy and Deliriifm.
fqpe j (or fo the Mind perceives
With a falfe Conception. They are
furioutly and audacioufly bent up¬
on the mod defperate Attempts,
and, as Hirace fpeaks of Men drunk,
th y fall a fighting though very un¬
fit for it. They childifldy pick,
and pJay with Feathers,Straws,^c.
and their Hands tremble. The
Urine in this Diftcmper is ufually
yellow and thin; and aifo often
white, nor by Rc^fqn of die Cho--
lcr being hurried to the Brain,asthe
Ancients erroneoufly did fuppofe,
but becaufe the Sulphureous Re¬
crements being not well affimilated
or ^corporated into thp Ser.im, re
main in the Blqod , and together
will) it arc carried to the Brain ;
So rhar the Urine muft needs be
w/yre when it wants that whicli
flipuld gireitits Tia&ure: Which,
according to Helmm, is a very bad
Symptom , who fays, When the
'Urine if clear and not tinned, it if a
Sign ef a fubfauait' Dcljriqm. So
rhar a Fever with a continual Deli¬
rium is a true Diagnaftik Sign of a
P.ircnzy,provided that the DtHmm
continue after it. For we cqil that
a fimple Delirium which appears in
the Fever, and goes off when the
Fever is over. But if it exceeds
its Rounds, and continues longer,
and is more intenfc, then one may
infallibly conclude a Phrenzy is at
Hand. Which ftill is more cer¬
tain, when the Patient greedily
devours his Medicines and ordina¬
ry Drink; and alfo cannot make
Water, his Animal Splits being fo
difordcred that they are not able to
do their excretory Office,
$♦ f- Caufe.
\ \ 7^ v*w Procced t0 Cttvje,
V V rtf priapip4 Matter in be Let jin. J?jre, fy the Spirit pf
2, \
this pifeafe, on the Knowledge
of which the Cure ceitainiy does
depend.
The ^5nci:nt)5 ( to whom fo?
Antiquities Sikc wc ought to giye
Precedence) fometimes derive the
Caufe from fupcrfluous Blood vio¬
lently carriedluto the Brain, fome¬
times from Cholcr enraged a«d
caufing a great Inflammation in
the Brain or its Meninges ; fome¬
times from adufi Cho|cr got Into
the Brain or Diaphragm. If it
proceeds from the Blood extrava-
fated , then they obferve that thp
Patient has a foolilh Laughter, docs
not dote fo much, nqr is fo fcyc-
-rifli. If it comes from aquft Choi-
ler, that then he is raving mad and
fit to f>e bound.
Thofe, fay they, that have their
whole Brain inflamed by any Hu¬
mor, quite lofe their Reafon, and
when the forc-Part of it is only in¬
flamed , that the Imagination is
more difturbed than the Reafqp,
but v«hen the back-Part of it is on¬
ly affefted , that they loft their
Memory in a great Meafure. £nd
as the Ancients aferibe a great Deal
to Vapors in other Matters'; fo m
this Cafe thev fay the Fault (jn
dry Vapors, tnat ar.e got up into
the Brain find diflurb the Animal
Spirit*.
?• 5- t
L Etus nowepme to #aracej*
fus, who mjikes the imme¬
diate Caufe to bc'dry Mercury,
fubliinated4>y a three old Heat;
which Mercury, according to him,
is elevated by the Heat, i. Of a
digeflive Virtue , a. Of Exerci'fe,
g. Of the Star*: For as by jJ}c
Heat of the Sunfcvcrq! Things may
Cj Mer-
 Of a Phrenzy and Delirium.
Mercury is eafily kindled, either
by Sulphur or alone, as Wine taken
Jn a great Quantity doth fublimate
Mercury like Fire. So that a Fren¬
zy, according to him , is a Mer¬
curial Difeafe, that has its Being in
the Humors, and a Sublimation
which proceeds from internal and
external Heat. He alfo fays in ano¬
ther Place, This Difeafe and other
Speciet of it, do proceed from the
heaping up of the Spirit of Life,
which is obftrufted in the Brain,
and caufes Putrefaction and Exul-
ceration there. Again he fays.
That Tartar is bred without the
Brain in the Region of the Ven¬
tricle, from which arife Phrenzy
and Madnefs. So he elfewhere
jells US of a Worm that having
pierced the piti and dura Mater cau¬
sed a PhrenZy.
globous Frame of the Brain; wftePi
he reckons the Seat of the Fdncy
and Memory to be, and that from
thence various Phantafms and con-
fufed Notions liave their Original,
and being thus enraged and mad¬
ded they raife many and divers
Thoughts. Whence it follows ,
that whllft they arc fometimes in
one Organ, and fometimes in ano¬
ther, they muft neceflarily caufe
abfurd Speech and diforderly Ge-
ftures. He fays, that this Madnefs
fometimes has its Original in the
Blood, fometimes even In the Ani¬
mal Spirits refiding in the nervous
Kind. That it comes from the
Blood,he proves by burning Fevers,
when the Blood boils too much,
in which preternatural Effervefcen-
cy, the heterogeneous, wild Par¬
ticles, by means of a fpumous Ra-
refaftion of the Blood, get inro

.
6
the Pores of the Brain , and exagi-
tatc the Spirits and put them into
H dfclmont fays, that a certain Confufion. He proves it likewife
kind of Recrement is carried by Drunkennefs, when thofe in¬
to the Veins about the Midriff, toxicating and untamed Particles
and that a Delirium is caufed there- are carried into the Brain and caufe
by; and violently draggs Hippo- this fad Effect. Nor does he ex¬
crater to fpeak for him in thefe clude malignant , contagious Par¬
Words, He that has a Jirong beating ticles (as wcfeeln the Small-Pox,
of a Fulfe in the Hypochondria,"pre- Meazcls, malignant Fevers, Plague)
fently turns frahtic^. And for this which being got to the Pores of
Reafon Continues Hclmont) in the rhe Brain, diforder the Spirits and
Schools this Paflion is called hypo¬ faufe a Phrenzy. He proves by
chondriacal ; Adding that there are the fame Reafon, that Night-fhade,
yarious forts of apilh and fierce Mandrake , and other venemous
Delirium's which vary according Plants and Polfoasmay eafily caufe
to the Quality of that Poifon. this Difeafe. And as he has thus
far fhown that the Caufe may pro¬
ceed from rhe Impetuous Violence
of the Animal Spirits; fo docs be
t 3llig argues, that this Di- likewife on the contrary aflert, that
W I temper is caufed by the it comes fometimes from a Penury
Animal -Spirits being too much ir¬ and Scarcity of them , which he
ritated or idifordered, andconfu- proves by thofe tint ar« agonizing
' fedly hurried _up' and down the or ac the lift Gafp, as alfo fuch as
’/i 3 . are

/Go gle
 Of a Phrenzy and Delirium. *5
arc macerated with Hunger,Watch¬ by the Influx whereof, the Parts
ings and Hemorrhages. He fays and Humors are diflurb'd and
further, that fometimes the Blood mov’d , from whence they argue
is not at all in the fault, and that this Inflammation arifes. Nor do
is, when the Animal Spirits that they doubt' that the Atumal Spi¬
(land Sentry are only difordered rits may be in Fault through their
amongfl rhcmfelves by fome ex¬ Mixture and Motion, efpecially if
terna] Caufe, which he proves by they be more fubtile and more agi¬
Hyrterical and other convulfive Di- tated than they ought to be ; for
ftempers and Motions. then, fay they , they form other
Idea’s ; and the Glandula Pincalis
§.8. cannot difeharge its dutyv becaufe

N OW wc come to
the Animal Spirits do not obey it,
but being unruly and difobediene
who makes this Difeafe to to its Command, run hither and
arife from a very flurp and volatil thither and fly away again. Now
Choler, or fuch like Humor, con- the Soul judging according to the
fifting of (harp volatil Salt, and Motions that are brought to it, ia
.afloc rating it fclf wirh the Spiri- this Perturbation of the Animal Spi¬
rousPart, and diflurbing the Ani¬ rits the Modons are irregular and
mal Spirits; Oy which Means , he uncertain, and therefore there can
fays, (omerimes the Imagination, be no regular compos’d Thoughts.
fometimes rhe Memory, andfome- They prove that that fubtile Matter
riraes the Pliancy is hurt , and does contribute much to the Di-
that from heace a Delirium pro¬ ftemper, from this; That Men as
ceeds. well as Dogs are moft obnoxious to
this Difeafe in the Summer-Time,
and particularly in the Dog-Days,
s. 9.
C when this fubtile Matter flows in,in
35 rtefl and his Followers make greater Quantity, and the Bl<x>d
this Delirium to be a fhort Fu¬ and Animal Spirits, like fo much
ry, which while it continues Men combuftirble Matter, are fooner kin¬
think , fpeak and aft many ridi¬ dled, fo that their Motions mud
culous Things. Sometimes they needs be biaffed.
judge it to arife from the Heat of
the Blood, when it is fluff’d with
§. 10.
(harp and other ill Particles, which
run into the little Pores of the
Brain, and its Membranes, and
H Aving given the Opinion of
others, now we may be al¬
fometinus fets them on Fire, and lowed to put in our SDlDti. Which
from thence they derive an Inflam¬ is thus ; That the Animal Spirit*
mation, which they fay is , when being kindled are confufedly driven
triangular Bodies light inro round this Way and that Way, in which
Pores, and thereby leave three lic^ furious Difperfion fometimes they
de Spaces on each fide of them ac¬ open thefe, fometimes other Pores
cording to their three Superficies; of the Brain, and violently croud
to the filling of which there flows thorow wherever they find a Paf-
in a certain fort of fubtile Matter, fage.
C4 Now
M Of a Phrcnzy and Delirium.
Now that which caufcs this Di-
fturbancc and Confufion , is the
Blood over heated , and full of
Sulphureous Recrements, carried
to the globous Part of the Brain, as
yre fee every Day in Fevers, in
which there are a’fo fturp and ea¬
ger Spirits. For as long as thefc
Spirits confift of oily Parts, and
fome few fturp an4,watry ones
confpiring together ; fo long they
are quiet and all is well. But when¬
ever fturp Particles do preternatu-
rally abound and bear Sway in the
Spirits, prefently there arife Com¬
motions and Diforders in the glo¬
bous Part of the Brain where this
Mifchief happens. Which is ma-
pifeft enough by two frantick Pcr-
fons which we opened, in whofc
Brain? we could not find the leaft
Extravafatien either of Blood or
any other cholcrick Humor, or In¬
flammation of the Meninges or any
Apoftcm : And again wc have feen
Others who bad ill favoured
Wounds in their Brain, and yet
died without raving. So that we
^Jo not doubt that fome fulphu-
feous, fturp, fait, pungent Recre¬
ments, that have their Birth from
Intermittent, Continued or Malig-
cant Fevers ; or from drinking
too much Wine, and the unfeafo-
nablc Ufe of other hot Cordials
yvhich arc carried into the Blood
and Spirits, or from fome Poifons,
do irritate the Animal Spirits, foas
to break the Enclofures of the
Brain, and creep here and there
into the Pores thereof, according
as they can get Entrance. It is
plain by many Examples, that poi¬
sonous Herbs may bring this Di-
feafe : For I my fclf in a Village
pall’d Lindbeim near Limburg!) in
Oamurj , faw thp Maftpr of the
fyufe with his Son a^d twoDaugh-
Go gle
ten, run fo mad by eating of Hem¬
lock which they had miftook for
Cliervil, that rhey could fpeak no¬
thing but Nonfenfe , dancing and
running up and down the Houle and
playing ftnnge apifh Tricks, which
was occafion’d, no doubt, by the
Animal Spirits turn’d raging mad
by the poilonous Particles of the
Chervil.
The Reafon why this Diftemper
fiezes thole that are at their tail
Gafp, and other weak and old
Men, is. That the Animal Spirits
being almoft quite tpenr, and for-
fiking in a great Meafure the exr
tremc Parts, do retire to rtic Brain,
where they make their Jaft Effort,
in which Extremity and Danger
they in great Confufion and Diftra-
ftion open unufual Pores, and
caufe a Delirium. Which we may
obferve in an outward Part that
gangrenes ; for the Animal Spirits
being in Danger to be deftroyed,
make haft to be gone, and therefore
fhcltcr themfelvcs in the Bra'm,
where, by their Diforder, they oc-
cafion a Dtlirhm. Not much un.
like to Garrifon-Soldiers, who be¬
ing beat by the Enemy from their
Out-Works , retire into the Fort,
and in their Haft beat down or
break thorow whatever ftands ia
their Way. Here wc are to ob¬
ferve, that as a Fever brings a Dc-
linuniy fo likewife does a Delirium
bring a Fever.
The Judgment in this Difiem-
per does not fuffer, altho the Soul
produce nothing but abfurd and ri¬
diculous Effefts; for when the
frantick Perfon chide? and is an¬
gry, fuch Idea’s arc really repre-.
fen ted to the Soul, fo that it muft
needs think of chiding; but its
Error lies is thinking that thofc
Idea’s arc prcfcotcd to it by fome
outward
 Of a fhrcnzy *»*/DeIiriurru
outward and prefcnt Caufc, not in
the Judgracni.
The Eyes often, when the Difeafe
is not violent, Ihed Tears, becaufe
through the extraordinary Motion
of the Biood aud Scrum , there is
more Serum carried to the GlanduU
Lacbrjmales chan can be conve¬
niently difcharged by the Lymphe-
duds, fo that it muft needs be
forc’d out by way of Tears •, but
Weeping is only accidental in this
Diftempcr.
There is often a Trembling al.
fo , becaule through the violent
Motion ot die Blood and Spirits,
the Valves are forced and in a Man¬
ner moved, and fo the Spirits run
violendy out of one Mufcle into
another
The Drynefs of the Mouth in this
Diftemper proceeds from t wo Cau
fes. Either when the Serum and
all the watry Parts of the Blood are
in great Quantity driven through
the Habit of the Body or other
Paflages, fo chat none flowing to
the Mouth or Throat to moiften
them, a Drynefs and Third arife,
f which may be quenched by drink¬
ing. Or , from forr.e Obftrudion
in the Glandult S.divales, f o that
little or no \Sativa can come to
the Mouth. In this Cafe Third
is not abated but encreafed by
drinking, becaufe it makes the Ob¬
ftrudion greater , wliich ought to
be opened.
§. II. Progttoftick.
ASacute
to the Prognostic^, Ic is an
and very dangerous Di¬
feafe , and kills in feven Days if
there be not fpeedy Help. And
that Phrcnzy is molt dangerous in
which the Urio is white and clear,
9* Al/Jjpccratei Cays, /. ^ Afh> 72*
is 8k.
Conftanc Watching and a lading
. Madnefs are often mortal Symp¬
toms. If Sleep allay it, there will
be no Danger. A bilious, virulent
and black Vomiting, is an ill Sign,
and a di final Melfenger of Death,
and as Hippocrates wicnefles, Death
is even at the Door. Thofe mad
Freaks which are accompanied
with Laughter , are not fo dange¬
rous as bold and premeditated ones
are. That Phrenzy which is atten¬
ded with a hedic or a dry hot Bo¬
dy , is feldom cured , becaufe the
Animal Spirits in this Qfe are very
fharp. There is alfo more or lefc
Danger according to the rtrength
of the Patient. If ic remits often,
and has many Intervals, ic is much
better than when *ris continued.
Alfo young Men are fooner cured,
of this Difeafe than old Men .as they
are oftener troubled with ic than
old Men are j for young Men have
hotter and more vigorous Blood,
and fo their Animal Spirits are more
furious and the fooner irritated.
But old Men have their Spirits
more fedate and quiet, and not fo
eafilyangred.
If the Excrements be white, ic
is an ill Sign, becaufe the Dull us
Choledochm is obftruded, fo that
the Cholcr is not carried to the In-
teftinsto tindure the Excrements,
but to the Brain. When the Stools
are red it is an ill Sign , becaufe ic
fliows either that the Heat is immo-
.derate, and that all is in a Manner
burnt up, or that Blood is mixe
with them. To pick Straws and
Feqthers is often a Sign of enfuing
Foolifhnefs.
When the Urin is pale and clear,
ic is a bad Symptom, not becaufe
the Choler is carried to the Head,
as is vulgarly thought, but becaufe
the Pores of chc Reins are obftru-
ded.
2,6 Of a Threnzy and Delirium.
ded, fo that the tinfluring Humor
cannot pafs through them.
Shaking and Shivering are bad
Signs , becaufe they- denote Defeft
of Spirits, and Obrtru&ion of the
Nerves. Hither alfo belong the
Aphorifms of Hippocratet , S. 6.
Apb. 11. The Hemorrhoids do good
becaufe they evacuate, for Evacu¬
ation is profitable. Alfo S. 3.
Apb. 3©. Likewife S. 7. Apb. 1 a.
becaufe a great Difcafe comas upon
the Back of another. If the Mif-
chief arife from drinking Wine, and
taking other hotter Cordials, and if
the Crifu be rightly made in a Fe¬
ver by Wrin and Sweat, it is not fo
dangerous,but maybe eafly cured.
But if the Animal SpiritsCtho they
be not fo hot) con trad an ill Ha¬
bit, and by that Means the Pailagcs
and Ports of the Brain be fpoiled
and perverted , a Iafting Delirium
often follows, as the famous Wil¬
li* alfo has obferved as well as
vrc.
§.12. Dietetic Cure.
N Ow we come to the Dietetic
Cure, wliich as in all other
Diteafes, fo likewife in this is prin¬
cipally to be obferved.
The Air muft be temperate and
pure, inclining to cold \ on the
contrary, that which is hotter and
dry er muft be avoided •, for the
fubtile Matter, according to Carter,
may irritate the Animal Spirits of
thofe that are inclinable to this Di-
ftemper *, and it is obfervablc that
Phrenzics arc commonly bred un¬
der the Dog Star, it being then a
hot Seafon.
The Meat muft be moift’ning and
cooling, fuch as Pcifan, Barley huf-
ked and boiled, Lettuce , Endive,
Spinach, and the like, which may
Go gle
be boiled in Broth and given to
the Patient. Moderate Eating
muft alfo be obferved ; for as to
eat too much heightens the Di-
feafe *, fo likewife too much Abfti-
nencc decays the Strength, and
dillipates the Animal Spirits. In
the Declenfion of the Difeafe you
may give Fifh that d light in a ftony
bottom, as Trouts, frc. And by all
Means have a Care of fharp, hoc
aromatick Things, which fire the
Blcod and Animal Spirits.
Let the Drinl^ be Barley Water
fharpened with Spirit of VitrioL
Several Sorts of Juleps alfo are good,
made of deftilled Waters and acid
Syrups;, as likewife Decoflions of
Tamarinds, or Nitrous Mineral
Water. All fpirituous Things and
hot, whether rich Wine, or Spirit
of Wine, or other hot Cordial Wa-
ters,arc induftrioufiy to be avoided.
For it cannot eafily be imagined
how much by the Ufe of thele the
Spirits are irritated.
Exercifc muft be gentle and mo¬
derate , nay Reff is rather to be
enjoyned than that which is too
great and inordinate. Fri&ions of
the lower Parts, whereby the Ani¬
mal Spirits may lie compofed, efpe-
cially when the Symptoms are moft
favourable, are to be advifed.
Sleep muft by all Means be pro¬
cured. For hereby the Animal Spi¬
rits become more fedate and go¬
vernable. But if che Patient cannot
■Jleep, he muft be brought to it by
Narcoticks taken inwardly, and
applied outwardly, vi%. by the Ufe
of anodyne Topicks. Whence
it follows, that Watching is to
: be avoided as an Enrager of’ the
. Spirits.
( The Excretmt by Stool and Urin
ought to be agreeable to Nature, or
t-elfe they matt be often procured*
by
 Of a Threnzy and Delirium.
by Art. The affected are frequent¬
ly to be put in Mind of making Wa¬
ter, and the Chamber-Pot is co be
offered to provoke them to ic. For
the Animal Spirits do not flow in a
tufficienc Quantity to contrad the
Mufcles of the Bladder.
Pafjims oj the Mind muff be agree¬
able, and tlicfe that are good hu¬
mored, and fuch as the diltempcr’d
Period takes moft Delight in, are
to be defired to keep him Com¬
pany. All greac Perturbations of
Mind, as Anger, tfyrc. are to be a-
voidedas cautioufly as a Mariner
does a Rock; and the Paffion of
Love, is dangerous above all the
Reft. I knew two young Men,
who beihg ardently in Love with
their Mmri)les,when they defpair’d
ofSuceefs in their Amours, fell in¬
to a Phrenitit Aphrodifta, as they
call it, or became mad through
Love, and the poor Wretches, fan¬
cied themfelves Kings. Of fucb
alfo you may read in the German
Epbem.An. 6. St 7. Obf $4.
§.13. Tbarmaceutic Cure.
N Ow we proceed , as our Me¬
thod requires, to the Cure
by Pharmacy, and firft we bring in
the Sncicnts, who, for Fear of an
Inflammation, and after that, an
Ap6rtem,prefcntlyadvife Bleeding.
Then they keep the Body looi'e
with Clyfier?, and at the fame
Time , to prevent the coming of
the Humors and Bicod to the
Head , ufe Repellents, fuch as an
Oxyrrhodinum of Rofe-Warer , Vh
negar and Oil of Rofes > this, and
otheT cold Things of the fame Na¬
ture foaked in a Cloth they apply
cold to the Neck , foro-Part of the
Head, or the whole. Head, and often
i-epcat them.
gle
*7
For the fame End they preferibe
Embrocations of a Decodion of
white Poppy, Henbane, Flowers of
Water-Lily, Violets, Rofes, and of
the Juice of Plantain, Lettuce^em-
pervive^jrc. They alfo deep pieces
of woollen Rags in thefe and other
Liquors, and lay them to the fore¬
part of the Head, believing that
they drive away, thicken and cool
Vapors and hot Humors. They ad-
vife the applying of Vngueniwn
Alabajhinum and Popttlneum to the
Temples, Alfa that the Force and
Violence of the Humor may be
ftopt, they command the Applica¬
tion of Cupping-Glalfes with Scari¬
fication to Parts near the Head, if
Venefcdion was upon any Account
omitted: Afterward rliat the Heat
of the Blood may be fomewhat al¬
layed, they give a convenient Sy-
rub, which alfo may caufe Sleep.
After the Humors are fome Way or
other pretty well compos’d , they
next contrive to difeharge by Ca-
tharticks the fharp Reliques which
are left behind. When the Caufe
proceeds from Cholcr or Blood they
purge with Eleduary of Juice of
Roles, Diaprumm folutivum, Syrup
of Rofes, Pilule awes, Troches of
Rhubarb, Caffia newly drawn, Man¬
na, Rhubarb infus’d in Water of
Endive. When it combs from Me¬
lancholy, or, when black Choler;
as they call it, docs abound, they
ufe ftronger Purgers, as Extrad of
Hellebore, Leaves of Senna, Sec.
After that they try to keep the
Humors from the Head by binding
and rubbing the outward Parts^nd
by Lotions. Their Revellers are
Blood-Letting, Clyftcrs, Leeches
applied to the Forehead and Tern*
pies. They alfo preferibe walhing
the Feet and Hards in a Decodion
of Lettuce, Violets, Plantain, &c.
x8 Of a Phrettzy and Delirium.
Then they ftrengthen the Brain
with their Corroboratives, as Dia-
m or tan ton frigidwn. Syrup of Pora-
granates,Conferve of Violets, Flow¬
ers of Water-Lily, Buglofs^c. Nor
do they neglect Baths of frdh
Water, and Irrigations of the
Head with Violets, Lettuce, Flow¬
ers of Water Lily. They (have the
Head and lay thereto a Ram's Lungs
or Liver, a Whelp, Capon, Hen or
Other Creatures gutted, cut in two
and recking hot* The Thirft which
is ufually very troublcfom in this
Diftemper, they afTwage with Juice
of Currans given in a convenient
Dccoftion to the (Quantity of one
Ounce or more. They caufe Reft
with Anodynes and 6piats, but
dilfwade the too frequent Ufc of
them, left die Di (temper turn into
a Lethargy. And if the Urin be
ftopc they provoke it by Diurcticks
ana proper Bags applied above the
Tubes, taking their Meafures accor¬
ding to the Patients Strength.
$-»4-
N Ow we come to paracelfuB’s
Way of Cure, which con-
fifts commonly in thefe three
Things, i. In raking away the
Sublimation of Mercury. 2- In
removing Obfiruftions. And 3. In
reftoring and ftrcngchning the Ani¬
mal Spirits whetWity are weakned.
The Bafmefs of the fir ft is done
not only by Coolers, but by Ano¬
dynes too, which by their ftupe-
faftive Quality do aflwage and coa¬
gulate the raging Spirits: For which
he mightily commends Laudanum,
his own Invention, taken from
three to five Grains s by which he
tcl’s us, a German Prince afflifted
yj h this Difeafe, was made per¬
fectly well both in Body and Mind,
Go * gle
Yet fome of his Seft prefer Mine¬
ral or Metalline Laudanum, others
Laudanum without Opium of the
Sulphur of VitrioL For the fe-
cond, /. e. to remove Obft, uftions,
he fays tbe Spirit of Vitriol, efpe-
cially that which is call’d the Philo-
fophical Spirit , Arcanum Vitrioli ,
Extract of Hellebore, Salt of Urin,
Spirit of Salt, Spirit of Nitre,
the Anrimonial Elixir of Paraccl-
/W, fee. For the third Indication,
L t. to comfort the Brain, he com¬
mends the Water, or green Li¬
quor, or Sky-coloured Tindurc of
Silver, or Tinfture of the Moon,
Elleocc of Topaz, Sapphir, Rmrald,
Oil of Amber, fyc. The chief Re¬
medies of other Chymifts in this
Diftemper are , the true Tinfture
of Gold prepared with the con-o¬
live Menjlrua's, given every Day
from three to fix Drops, Tinfture
of Coral, Oil and Salt of Pearls, as
alfo Spirit of Camphore given in
ilofc-Water, and Magifterv ofTar-
car given in Water of Swallows
yvitn Caftor.
is-
H dElmont thinks the Remedies
(hould not be applied to thp
Head , becaufe he fuppofes the
Caufe of Mainefs and Plireazy to
lye in the Pracordia. Rut that tf tp
take Notice only of the Effisft, mid
not the Caufe i like filly Currs that
bite the Scone thrown at them with¬
ou c regarding the Hand that threw
it. And therefore it is that he ad-
yifes the Immerfpn of the Pauetg
iq cold Waccrj and, whichJs fafer,
as he exceedingly excols the fopori-
ferous, Narcotick Philofcphical Sul¬
phur of Vitriol in all Alienations
of Mind, (0 particularly ifl this
Plircazy.
5 1 6.
 Of a Threnzy and Delirium. *9
Laudanum, prepared with Salt of
$. 16. Tartar and Juice of (Quinces, has
been often effectually ufed,either ta¬
\\7^|Ui0 teaches that mo ken by it felf, or in any convenient
V V Thing* efpecially are to Liquor and Dofe.
be regarded in curing this Diftem- For this Purpofe he alfo appliea
$>er,TheFever and theTurgtf enq. externally foporifbrousEpitliems,to
Therefore the Heat or the boiling the Temples and fore-Part of the
of the Blood, from whatever Caufe Head to caufe Sleeps likewife
it proceed, is to be prefently al¬ Lambs and Weathers Lungs reek*
layed and ftopc, and the enflamed ing hoc, or Pigeons or Chickens
Animal Spirits , muft be gently cut in two and laid to the Head.
compofed and extinguifhed. For Houfleek alfo bruifed in Woman’s
which Reafon he is of Opinion that Milk and laid to the fore-Part of
the Patient mult immediately be ; the Head,he alTerts to be very good,
blooded, and that ic ftiould be of-1 Yet all thefe Things he bids us be
ten repeated if his Strength will fare to ufe with Refped to the Pa-
bear it (for Nothing more quen-1 tient’s Strength, or elfe our Labour
ches the enkindled Blood than Ve- is in Yain j for if we deftroy the
neleftioff) which , he fays, muft ! Animal Spirits, we cure the Difeafe
be done by opening a Vein either I by killing the Patient. Therefore
in the Arm , or Hand , or Fore¬ to preferve Strength he adrifes to
head, or Foot: Nor does he re- take about ao Drops of the Tin*
rejed Arteriotomy, Blooding with dure of Coral twice or thrice a. Day,
Leeches, Cuppkig-Glafles: and, in a proper Cordial Draughc. *
above all Things, he commends
Clyfters for preventing the Feverilh
17-
Matter from flying from the Vifcera
up to the Head. Atftoftgft Pur¬
ge rs, he allow* of Loofntrs , and
S plWue, to cor red the fliarp
Choler which he fuppofes mofl
ftlch as purge gently *, as for Vo* commonly to be the Caufe of the
mits and ftrOttgCatharticks, being Delirium, ahd which weakens the
Using* that very much weaken, he natural Confiftency of the Blood,
quite excludes them. He cries up andfometimes deftroys the Foun¬
a Cataplafm of Rue, Vervain, Brio- dations of Life , ufes chiefly this
ny-Roots Flowers of wild Poppy following Mixture.
With Soap applied to the Feet.
Nor does he aferibe lefs to Juleps Take of Dhfcordim tif Fncaffarim
and coding DecodiOns, in allaying two Drachms,Confedion of Hya¬
the Heat of &e Blood. But if all cinth one Drachm, Syrup of
■tlxfc forefaid Medicines prove in- White Poppy one Ounce, Water
effeflual, he ha* ROcourfe to a mo¬ of Plantain two Ounces, Fennel
derate Ufe of HypOoticks and Nar¬ one Ounce. Mix them.
cotics. But he bids us deal cau-
tioufly with them, left the Morbi- This he gives by a Spoonful at t
fick Matter difperfed in the Brain, Time and very oftenj adrifmg like*
*bc thertby more clofelyind deeply Wile in this Cafe to let Blood.
fixed in. Yet he fay* his liquid
He

&
30 Of a Pbrenzy and Delirium.
He calls in alfo Dietetic Remedies
to correct the (harp Choler. Com¬
mending a gentle cool Air, facci/h
Vi&uals, Almond-Milk , Barley-
Broth , or Emulfions prepared of
them, becaufc thefe Things do dull
and correct the (harp Particles of
the Choler. He fays that a Jelly of
young Flefh has the fame Effect,
for the fame Reafon, becaufc it
abates die Acrimony of the Choler
and dulls it. He much commends
fmall Beer brewed with Barley, and
Ptifans of the fainc with Liquorice,
Raifms and Currans skin’d, with
which the vitious Matter, to wjr,
the Sharpnefs of the Choler is cor¬
rected, and Rclt is abfolutely com¬
manded both to the Body *.d
Mind. He thinks likew fe that
Mirth and Sadnefs, provided it be
but moderate, contribute much to
the Cure of this Difeafe.
4.18.
C artes and his Followers com¬
mend Opiates to mitigate a
Delirium, allwage Ravings, regulate
the Diforders of the Blood, and al¬
lay the burning, Fury pf the AniT
mal Spirits,which are caufed chiefly
by irregular Particles and Interven¬
tion of a fubtile Matter. Which
Opiates force thefe furious Spirits
to a Repofe, flop, and, as it were,
conglutinate the Nerves, and gent¬
ly correft thofe (harp Particles
which fo cut the Fibres and Bran¬
ches of the Nerves, that the Fibres
which before were rtretch'd like
ScringsoPlh Indrument, run back
and arc turn’d into certain round
Curies or Circles, which forefaid
Rings or Curies being got into the
JPaflagcs of the Nerves flop the gli¬
ding Spirits, fo that they cannot be
earned to the feveral Parts of the
‘Go gle '
Body and difeharge their Natural
Offices. The Car left apu likewife do
magnifie precipitating .( by others
commonly called cooling ) Medi¬
cines \ as, Nitrum Perlatum, which
being ditlolved in Water is of great
life, becaufc it fixes d)e Spiritsand
Blood, and alfo opens Obftyuctions }
they alfo commend dcflilled Vine¬
gar, Anti/noniurh Diaphoreticum, and
all heavy Things, as Pearl, Coral,
all (helly Things,alJ Martiates,Chalk,
Bole, each of which put a Scop
to the Animal Spirits , and retard
the Morion of the Elood, that
neither the one nor the other
can Tally out; for which End he
fo much commends the fore men¬
tioned Opiates.
O I
lWr oton Opinion in curing
| this Difeafe (befides the Die-
tetick Cure to be obferved as be¬
fore) is as follows. There mud be
all Care imaginable taken that the
Animal Spirits difperfed and en¬
raged, be again .quell’d and com-
poied y which Intent is anfwered
by Venefedio'n and Arteriotomy in
the Arm, or Forehead , or rather
in the Temples, becaufc the Blood
is too quick and fubtile. By which
Arteriotomy I happily cured a cer¬
tain Butcher chat was Frantick,
without any other Remedy : the
wound of the Artery after Incifion,
being bound up with the common
Plainer of Hares Furr and the
whites of Eggs,or by our own Styp-
tick Liquor (or , indead thereof
fome other Styptick) ’tis wonder¬
ful to think how fedate the enraged
.Spirits do became thereby, and
how well they perform their Offi¬
ces. Amongft other Chyrurgieal
Operations which are to he ufed
according
 Of a Threnzy anJ Delirium/
according as there is Occafion, the
following are not to be neglericd,
to wit, Blooding vvirh Leeches,
Cupping with Scarification, by
which Means the raging Animal Spi¬
rits may be difeharged.
We commend the Infufion of di¬
vers Liouors into the Veins, cfpe-
cully of Opiates, as the Anodyne
Eflerice of Zuelfer, &c. And the
Transfufion of Man’s, Calf's or
Lamb’s Blood into the Veins of the
diftemper’d Perfon ; for by this, as
by a Donative or Largefs, the Fury
of the Animal Spirits isabated. Ve-
ficatories likewife are not ufelefs,
winch carry off the fharp Particles
that offend the Spirits. And to
this End alfo Friftions and Ligatures
of the extreme Parts, Baths and
waffling of the Feet are convenient.
Thus the German Efbtmerides tell
us of a young Man mad with Love,
and fo dry that his Bones would
fcarce hang together, that was
cured by bathing in frefh Water.
We now pafs on from the Chi-
rurpe to the \Pbarmaceutic Part.
Gentle, cooling, mollifying, loof-
ning Clyfters muff be given ; for
in all acute Dileafes ftrong Purges
are hurtful , becaufe they encreafe
the Motion of the Blood and Spi¬
rits. In like manner if there be
many fulphureous Particles which
do not eafily give Way to fhrong
Catharticks, which do themfelves
irritate the Animal Spirits, I would
advife gentler Lenitives to be given,
tuch as Decoriion of Tamarinds,
of Earley, with Raifins and Roots
of Sorrel, adding, to make it grate¬
ful to the Taft , either Syrup of
wild Poppy , or Barberries, or
Wood-S'rrel, pc. all which do
wonderful wJl perform their defi-
red Efi'ca. To compofe and allay
the l ury of the Animal Spirits wu-
1 try and acid Things are good •, for
they reftore the Serum , which if
wanting may be prejudicial; fuch
are Water of Endive, Plantain, Sor¬
rel, Whey, divers Juleps, foe.
Amongft Adds thefe excel; The
Juice of Citrons, acid Pomgranates,
Sorre{; acid Mineral Spirits, of Vi*
triol, Clyjjki Minerals Antimonii ,
Phlegm of Vitriol, Tinfture of
Rofes, of the four Cordial Flow¬
ers, pc.
| Nitrous Things alfo, which are
1 reckoned amongft Acids, do very
J much abate the Heat of the Blood,
; and aflwage and bridle the roving
, Spirits; as , Nitrum Antimooiatum,
■ Pirlatum , Nitrous Mineral Wa¬
ters, pc.
I Terr eons, or Earthy Things alio
• are to be given for the fame Pur-
Pofe, bccaufe they do the Work
, by precipitating, and thofc are
Coral , Pearl, the five precious
Stones, Shells, Unicorn’s Horn,
J arid alinoft all ponderous Things.
| For the fake of young Praftitio-
| ners, we fet down the following
I Forms.
Take of Water of Endive, Wood-
Sorrel of each three Ounces,
Plantain one Ounce and a half.
Spirit of Nitre thirty Grains, Sy¬
rup of wild Poppy one Ounce.
Mix them and make a Julep.
Or, Take *of the four greater
cold Seeds, of each one Drachm,
white Poppy an Ounce and a
half. With Water of Endive,
Self-Heal, Lettuce as much of
each as you pleafe, make an E-
raullion , adding in the End a
Drachm of prepared Coral.
A Decoftion of Hips is commen¬
ded by fome. Or,
Take
3 Of a Phrenzy and Delirium.
Take of Lapis VruneUa for of Ni-
trim Antimonlatum J an Ounce
and a half, burnc Harts-Horn half
an Ounce. Mix them. Let fomc
of this Powder be put in Whey
or ordinary Drink.
Alb Tin&ure of Rofes, Violets,
Eflence of Pimpernel compound,
Miner a Salami, &c. are very good.
But if thefe excellent Medica¬
ments prove unfuccefiful, our laft
Rccourle is to Opiates, that feldom
or never fail * for they compofe tlic
difordered Spirits refrefh decayed
Nature, and when tired out, do
cherifh her with pleafing Reft. Or
they bridle the raging Lympbx, or
the too much fermenting mafs of
Blood, and do alfo reduce the tu¬
multuous Spirits under their for¬
mer Government. But one Thing
is to be obferved of Opiates when
they have to do with a Fhrenzy tlwt
Comes of a Fever •, that when the
Fever is predominant they are not
fo certain, nor do fo exa&Iy an-
fwer the Phyfician’s Expedition*
yet if they arc given whtn the Fe¬
ver declines they prove very effe¬
ctual, as alfo the experienc’d Dr. Sy¬
denham obferves in his excejlenr
Book of Fevers * and there you
will find the Reafon why they are
Hot Etfc&ual if given before. We
few the fame Effect in a certain
Woman at Limbourgb, who in the
Declenfion of a malignant Fever,
drank, a quarter of a Pint of rich
Wine, and fell into a Phrenzy,
whom we fortunately recovered
with the following Opiate mixture,
given now and then to three Spoon¬
fuls at a Time.
Take of Water of Betony, Borragc
of each an Ounce and a ha!f,tin-
Go gle
fture of Rofes fix Ounces Opiare
Laudanum cut five Grains, Con¬
fection of Hyacinth one Drachm,
Syrup of Sorrel, Citron of each
fix Drachms. Spirit of Sal Arrm-
niac. ten Grains Mix them, and
let it be given as aforefaid.
But tl e'e Narcoticks are not by
any Means to be given when we
think the Patient is weak, and that
a Crifis is ac Hand * and we mufl
always begin with a very little Dofe,
to fee what the Blood can bear, as,
fuppofc, with this
Take of Syrup of Poppy tliree
Drachms, Opiate Laud mm one
Grain. Mix them.' Afterwards
alwa;s the Dofe may be en-
crea fed.
The PuJvis ahforbens of Wedeli'M
deferibed in his excellent Treatife
of Opium docs the fame Thing. The
Anodyne Tmfturc of Zuelfer from
a Drachm to a Drachm and aft half.
Laudanum Cydoniatum of Hoffman,
our own Tier iota Cx left is, and fora-
niferousEmulfions^nd feveral other
fuch fort of foporiferous Medica¬
ments are very effe&ual in compo-
fing and allaying the raging Spirits
Amongit Specificks we reckon
our own Powder which we call
Praunon, becaufe it does wonder¬
fully appeafe the Animal Spirits
when difordered , and indeed we
have done prodigious Things with
it in this Difeafe, efpecully by
giving it often * which we wil¬
lingly communicate for the fake of
young Pra&itioners.
Take of the Specifick Cephalick <?f*
Michael one Drachm, La d.mum
Cydoniatum of Hoffman half a Scru¬
ple, Nitrum Antimoniatum half a
Drachm,
 Of a Phrenzy and Delirium.
TVichm,Crabs Eys prepar’d, Ma¬
gi! tery of Luna, Amber of each
half a Scruple , Leaves of Gold
No. 11. Mix them, and make a
very fine Powder. The Dofe is
from half a Scruple to a Scruple,
or half a Drachm.
Ground-Mofc is alfo very good.
To remove obftrudions in the
Brain and Meninges, and to reftore
the Blood to its due Mixture, the
following anti-Eebrifick Sudorifick
may be prcfcribed.
Take of Car duns benedifim fifteen
Grains, Laudanum Opiatum one
Grain, fweer Spirit of Nitre fix
Drops, Water of Car daw bene-
ditfus nvo Ounces,Syrup of Pop¬
py three Drachms. Mix them.
Or, Take of Be^oardicum minerale
half a Scruple, Water of Carduut
btneiUitti three Ounces. Mix
them.
Or This following Powder may be
given, which hath done Wonders.
Take of Lapis Prunella fifteen
Grains, Camphorc three Grains,
Laudanum Opiatum half a Grain.
Mix them, and make a Powder.
Having done with internal now
wc come to external Remedies,
which wt would not lave neg-
leded amongft which we advife
cooling and precipitating Epithems
of Water and Vinegar of Rofes, or
of the Seeds of white Poppy, Ler-
tu<*, Kernels of Peach Nuts, with
Water of Rof^iToppy,Water Lily,"
Lettuce , Endive , applied to the
Forehead and fore-Parc of the
Head. The fame Effeft have di¬
vers fomniferous Unguents, and
Specially our own foporiferous
»° sle
Mixture laid to the Temples in
form of a Plaifter. WiUit js for
the Application of feveral Animals
abovementioned,as Pigeons, Chick¬
ens., Whelps, &c. We fhave the
Head and lay thereto live Swallows
Cut in two ;in the Middle , which
Secret..we extremely value ; for it
dees mightily appeafe and miti¬
gate the Fury of the Animal Spi¬
rits, and a pure gentle Heat and
Steam iflues from them, which is
very agreeable .to' the Pores, and
very proper for removing Obstru¬
ctions. Cataplafms of green Herbs,
Purfiain, Scmpervive, Flowers of
Rofes, Water Lily, Chamomil, and
Melilot are very good. You mgy
alfo apply Leaven and Rue to the
Soalsof theFcit, and Epithems to
the Teftes. Barfholett. in Method,
de difficil. Refpir. /. 5. mightily
commends the Pulp of Garden-
Gourd hruifed.and fays, that if laid
to the Head, when fiiaven, it won¬
derfully cools, and that herewith h«
cured a defperate Phrenzy.
The Cure is l'ometimes to be di¬
rected to the Symptoms, fo that to
provoke Urin , if the Patient for¬
gets, t|ie Pelien and Perinaum mud
be anointed with Oil of Scorpions
and fome fix’d Salt, that by the
Acrimony the Bladder may be ir¬
ritated.
Take of Oil of Scorpions three
Drachms,Seeds of Daucm of Crcct
one Drachm. Mix them.
If there be violent Heat, the fol¬
lowing Powder is convenient,which
"ivill cool, and ycC not obftrucl.
Take of NitrumPer latum half a Scru¬
ple, Camphore two Grains. $e-
zoarduum Miner ale five Crains.
D Spirit
u Of a Phrenzy and Delirium.
Spirit of Nitre is alfo very good. Sperm of Frogs fix Ounces, Juice *
of Crey-fifh three Ounces, Opium
Ta’<e two Pints of Whey in which correaed with Vinegar half a
Steel has been quenched, add Drachm, Camphore , Saffron of
thereto of Syrup of Sorrel, Ci¬ each fix Grains. Mix them.
tron, or fomc other an Ounce
and an half, or of Tamarind For a Liniment to th« Head ufe
Wine. Or, Put thirty Drops of the following.
Afixtura fimplex or Br^oarcUca in
ordinary Drink. Take of Vngumum Populneum half
an Ounce, Laudanum Opiatum fix
The following OxyrrhoeHmon is ex¬ Grains,or of Opium twelve Grains,
cellent to caufir a gentle Sleep. Camphore half a Scruple, Oil of
white Poppy, as much as is
Take of Role-Water ten .Ounces, fufheient to make a Liniment.
Juice of Lettuce two Ounces, Or , you may apply the bruifed
Opium half a Drachm , Saffron a Pulp of a Garden-Gourd, or the
Struple. Mix them, and make Juice of Lettuce, Purflain, Night-
an Epichcm. Or, Take of the ikadc, fac. to the Forehead.

CHap.

Go gle .
 Of Melancholy.
CHAP.
Of Melancholy.
I N die preceding Chapter we
treated of the Animal Spi¬
rits, when tumultuaij and un¬
governable, here we find them,
on the other Hand, fo much deje-
tfed and declined from their Natu¬
ral Brisknefs, that they are fcarce
able to perform any Function a-
righc.
I. Definition.
T His D idem per is commonly de¬
fin'd by others, A certain fort
c/Delirium or Dotage, without a Fe¬
,
ver and Rage proceeding from a me¬
lancholy Humor } which in our Opi¬
nion is well enough, but for Per¬
spicuities fake we give this Defini¬
tion, A Delirium without a Fever
and Rage , arifing from the Dul-
neft and Vnatlivenefs of tlx Animal
Spirits.
The Efletitial Caufe of this Di-
ftemper (if it be not clearly ex¬
plain'd already ) is, the Imagina¬
tion’s being fo difturb’d as to fancy
ftrange and monflrous Things, but
yet with Fear and 9adnefs; where¬
by it comes to pafs that the Ani¬
mal Spirits, forgetful, as it were, of
their Duties, flow left plentifully
into the fitveral Organs to perform
their Offices, fo that the F’ijfcera
being defrauded of their Spirits,
8le
IS
III.
have not their due Fermentation,
without which they cannot per¬
form their proper Actions, whence
the Body becomes fill’d with acid,
vifeous and tenacious Flegm•, and
then thofe few Spirits being en¬
tangled, and as it were agglutina^
ted in this tough Matter, are infen-
fibly wafted every Day. more and
more, upon the lofs of which the
difeafed Perfon lives very miferably.
But to come nearer the Bufinefs,
and to give the Genus of our Defi¬
nition. In this Difeafe are found
various Delirium's, and ( as Willis
fays) fabulous Antiquity has fcarce
invented any Met amorphous of Man,
which fome or other have not fan¬
cied in themfelves.
§. 2. Divifion.
W E divide this t)ifeafe into-
Melancholy Cephalic , and
Hypochondriac. A Cephalic is whCm
the Difordcr is in the Brain, and
the Hypochondria ere not in fault:
The Hypochondriac is when the Dk
feafe has its Seat about the lower
Part of the Abdomen.
§• 3- Part ajfettecf.
'\T°W wc come to the Part affc-
IN tied, which according to the-
P 2 Opi-'
 <6 Oj Melancholy:
Opinion of the Ancients is the
Bnin it fclf, and they lay it is hurt
as it is a peculiar Part; for they
derive all the chief Faculties of the
Soul from thence, and will have in
this Cafe the principal Faculty
thereof, that is, the Imagination,
not the Cogitation or Memory, to
be hurt. The excellent Hippocra¬
tes aflerts, 6. Epid. SeS. 8. t. 58.
that the Soul in this Di(temper, is
difttn&ly affeCted, and, as it were,
without the Body and Brain. The
Brain, fay others, is hurt elTentially,
and that then there arc no Signs of
the Prscordia, Hypochondria, or of
any otlicr Part being affected , and
that in that Cafe the Symptoms are
more favourable, and tliat a Livid*
nefs appears in the Face : If the
Brain be hurt by Communication
or Confent; as by the Spleen, Hy¬
pochondria, or by the Womb, when
a melancholy Humor is generated
there, that then the Symptoms
commonly aferibed to the Womb
do appear in thofe Parts affe&ed.
For they tell us that in Child¬
bearing Women, whofe Lochia are
ftopt,or in Maids when their Terms
do noc^ow, the Blood is fpoil’d,
and becomes more fixt, and is
turn’d into a melancholy Dyfcrafy,
and that by this Means this Diftcm-
per ariles. For which Reafon the
Ancients blame the Spleen j but
Our Opinion is,that rather the mor¬
bid Produft than the Difcafe it fclf,
lies there. The famous Willis
thinks that both the Heart and
Brain in this Cafe are affeCted.
Some take tlje Corporeal Soul to
be the Subject of it. Helmont
thinks that it lies out of the Brain
in the Prscordia, and about the
Mouth of the Stomach. Oar own
Opinion,in fliorr, is, That it ha6 its
Refidcnce in the globous Frame of
Go gle
the Brain, which being the princi¬
pal Part, and the Fountain from
whence the Animal Spirits ifluc out
into every Comer of the Body, if
they be dull, languid and una&ive,
the Hypochondria , Spleen , Liver,
Pancreas, Mefcntery , Womb, fore.
being thereby deprived of their
Fermentations , muft needs fuffer
in the common Calamity, and be
the Receptacles of latent Evils.
4. Signs.
He two principal Signs oi this
Difeafe are Fear and Sadnefs j
all melancholy People are extraor¬
dinary fearful and fad; which the
famous Willis ([as we hare heard
above) aferibes to the Padion of
the Heart; for it muft needs be 2
Fellow Sufferer, when the Animal
Spirits are fo dull and fleepy that
they cannot irradiate and puff it
up. For whereas naturally and
in a found ftatc they ought to be
brisk, lively, clear, fine andlucid ;
now they are fad, dark , and as if
they were dead, and as terrible as
the dtfmalbUcknefs of Night,which
may make the boldeft Courage
(hake. A joyful Spirit, on the con-
contrary([(ays the Wife Man,Prov. 17.
23, foe.) makes the days of a Man's
Lije pleafant anc( Jfturijhing *, where¬
as a fad Spirit caufes the Bones to
dry, and brings a fpeedy Death.
Thofe that are affeCted with this
Difeafe are weary of their Lives,
in fated with frightful and very in¬
tent Thoughts, have ftrange Con-
vulfions of their Limbs, and ar$
F.pilcptical through the whole Bo-.
dy. They begin to talk idly, and
without any Order. They alfo
often fall a weeping, and take Plea- .
fure in being alone,and anon didike
what they fo lately delighted in.
 Of Melancholy.
They are fo jealous that they think
every body cheats and lays Snares
for them, and are even afraid of
Poifon in their Bread. They ileep
lb little that the Nightingale is not
more vigilant; and this fhort Re-
pofe is attended with ft range fright¬
ful Dreams , which many Phyfi-
cians erroneoufly aferibe to Vapors
arifing from the Spleen , which Wc
£with thofe of better Judgment)
impute rather to Spirits got out of
their proper Sphere.
Thefe were the General Signs,
now we come to the Special. Some
Melancholy People have always a
foolilh hlly Latghter like Democri-
f«j;odiers again never ceafe Weep¬
ing, as if by a Pythagorean Mt-
lempfitchofis, the Soul of Heraclitus
tad transmigrated into them. Ma¬
ny imagine themfelvesProphets and
prophefy of things to come. Some
do vainly fancy that they are great
Kings or Princes, and that the Staff
they carry in their Hands is a Scep¬
ter. Others believe that they are
transform’d into a new Species,
whence it is that they imitate the
Sounds and Geftures of Cuckows,
Cocks, Wolves , Dogs and other
Creatures. Many think themfelves
earthen Pots, and therefore are
affraid of meeting any Body left
they fhould be broken. Others
that they are made of Glafs, and
are much concern’d left by being
too hard grafp’d they fhould be
crulht to Pieces. Some that they
are dead, and are very importunate
to be carried to their Graves. Ma¬
ny think they fee an evil Spirit in
this or the other Pot or Cheft, and
for that Reafon they are thought by
the Vulgar to be pofiefc’d by the
Devil. Others, though they fear
Death, yet feme with for it, and
Sometimes do lay violent hands
s1?.
upon themfelves ; three Examples
of which, I my felf have knoAn.
Some think they want their Heads.
Seme all their Members, as Arras,
Feet, &c. and fancy to themfelves
fuch a mangled Ecdy as HZneas in
Virgil law Deipbobus have.
--- ■ Lacerum crudeliter ora,
Oramanufq•, ambas}populataq-,tem-
para raptis
Anribus, & trunks inhoriejio vul-
nere nares.
Some fuppofing themfelves to be
dead, refufe to eat. Many think
that Soldiers and Officers are ready
to fuze them and carry them to
Prifon; of which we have an ele¬
gant Example in *the famous Bar¬
clay, Argentd. /. i. cap. ij. Cwhere
he tells a Scory of one Heraleon,
who being notorioufly famous at
Court for his erroneous Fancying
himfelf a Prince , fled a\\ay , and
being apprehended was brought
back again) but he perhaps endea¬
vours more to be jocofe than to
fpeak the Truth. Many are afraid
that the Earth will open and fwal-
low them up. Some are intent up¬
on Batdcs, Contentions, Quarrels,
Studies, Prayers,-or fuch other
Employment and Courfe of Life as
they have been converfant in, to
which that of the Poet may* very
well be applied.
Navita de ~jentiiy de taurit narrat
aratory
Emrnerat miles miner a, Tajlop
oves.
And fomc that arc awake, frc not
unlike to others in a Dream. Bi>c
to be fhort, It is moft true which
Willis obferves, That it would be a.
miraculous and almoft ctjdlcfsToil,
D 1 to
 Of Melancholy.
to reckon up the feveral mad
Freaks and Whimfles of Melan¬
choly People.
5. Caufe.
THe Ancients reckoned the
Caufe of this Orange Difeafe
to be the cold & dry Incemperature
of the Brain , cither naturally, or
pnly accidentally fo; but thought
it to proceed for the moft Part
from a Melancholy Humor, c/<.
Black Choler, which they think i s
lodg’d, and abides in the Vdfcls of |
the Mefenrcrv , from whence they 1
think Vapors like a Cloud afeend
Into the Head, and fo far obnubi-
Jace the Animal Spirits, as to make
the Brain a mecr Darknefs. They
allert like wife that the Blood grows
aduft , which caufes Melancholy
Vapors to mount up to the Head,
like the Fumes that arife from
the burning of wet or greenwood,
is is ufaal in Deliriums caufed by
fevers. But we will not fpend our
Time in confuting the palpable Er¬
rors of thefe obftinate and hair-
brain’d Fellows, who are not capa¬
ble of underftanding better. Htl-
tnerr has done it already. Neither
does our Dcfign permit us for we
allovv every Sett its own Opinion,
and willingly let them enjoy the
Fruits of their Labour. But, to
the Bufnefs in Hand. Amongft re¬
mote Caufes,they reckon, as others
do, Sadnrfs, Grief, Solitudes,
Watchings, Preternatural Stoppage
of the Terms and Hemorrhoids,
whence they think malignant Va¬
pors afeend into the Head. And
it is wonderful to think how ftifly
the Gaknijls ( who tread in their
Mailer’s fteps) aflerr, that nothing
hut Vapors offend the Head , even
aferibing to them the airy Phar.-
tafms which arife in Dreams. Thus
a He&oring conceited Galenitt be-
ing askt by aGendcman in my Pre¬
fence, what was the Reafon that
he was every Night troubled with
frightful Dreams, anfwercd, That
they proceeded from Vapors arifing
from the Spleen. Another of them
at his Elbow faid, No, they are
caufed by Vapors and Steams Hying
up from the Ventricle. But to
omit thefe Tritles, The Galeniflt
do accufe the ill Difpoftion of the
Bladder, Spleen, Liver, Kidneys,
and the other Fi/cer*,in which they
earneftly contend that too muen
melancholy Blood is generated*
S. 6.
N Ow we come to the
cclfifts, who are fomething
nearer the Mark. They fay that
this melancholy Humor has aR Ele¬
mentary Coldnefs and Drynefs-, but
yet a confiderable Acidity and Acri¬
mony, not unlike the Spirit of Sal
Armoniac. and that it lias a Power
of ferm nting and diflolving even
thchardeft Bodies , and of conco¬
cting Meats, and procuring an Ap=
petite. Neither do they limit this
Humour, commonly the Caufe of
the Tragedy , to the Intempera¬
ture of the Spleen , but fay that it
is diffufed through the whole Bo¬
dy, which whilftit feizesthe Brain,
(■whereby the Animal Spirits be¬
come either fiery, earthy , fixt or
fuliginous) caufes various Deli¬
rium's. They alfo aflert that this
Difeafe fometimes comes from the
Sublimation of the Mercury. Alfa
that it is fometimes Aftral, not fo
much from an Entity of Influence
(as they call it; as from an Entity
of Nature and Poifon. Some alfo
of the fame Clafs feign I know noc
 Of Melancholy.
what fort of terreftrial Juice and
Tartar lodging in the Blood, and
annoying the Brain.
7-
*THc renowned J^clttiont thinks
theCaufe lies our of the Brain
in the Prscordia , and that it is
difperfed about the Orifice of the
Stomach. Furthermore he prove-
that Poifons, which have the
Power of difordering the Imagi¬
nation, do noc primarily affeft the
Brain, hut only the Prmrdia and
Stomach •, for whatever goes into
theSromach, isperfeftly changed
and turned into another Eflence
before it for at all from thence.
Neither does the noble Author
think that Cephalick Pills draw
any thing from the Head, and that
if they aifeft the Head , alter or
fcelp it, that it is from the Pr&cor-
dia. Nor does he accufe the thick,
dark , fharp Vapors, which the
Schools have invented, but thinks
that the diforders of the fenfitive
Soul occafion the Madnefs; For
which reafon he places the Soul in
the Center of the Body, or in the
rmidft of the Parenchyma of the
Stomach , wherein he fuppofes it
torefide, rather than in the Brain,
that it may the better Communi¬
cate with the reft of the Members -,
as all foporiferous Difeafes are by
him called downright Madnefs,
which he will have to arife from
filthy, and, as it were, febrile Re¬
crements. For the Collegia or Fra¬
ternities of Impurities ( as he im-
poperly exprefles it) do prefently
invade the Monarchic State, fo
that they do forcibly imprint a
ft range Phancy in the fenfitive
Soul i as is plain in Opium, Hen-
bane, which Impurities en-
8le
39
cempafling the fenfitive Soul in its
Original Vi few , lay afleep its In¬
tellective Aft, not being able to
ftiine out clearly when it is fo be-
fet. And the fame Author fays, he
has found many thus diftemper’d,
who have perceived the Intelle-
ftual Impreflions in the lower Parts
to begin to rife Confufedly up¬
wards, and that they firft &il*d in
their Memory: And that there¬
fore from hence may be gathered,
tha? the Intellective Faculty is feat-
ed a great way from the Head;
juft as th'e Parts that are remote
from the Heart, are firft of all fen-
fible of the defeft of Vital Influ¬
ence. So that I have obferv’d in
Delirium's, that firft of all there is
a forgetting of things which we
have formerly had an Impreflion
of, inflead of which arifes a reft-
lefs and conftant Remembrance of
one Particular Thing, which is like
a repeated Dream, with trpuble-
fome Toffing and Pain , which is
fucceeded by Watching ; to wit,
when the former fleepy Impreflions
of the Brain have weaken’d the
Memory, then there comes from
the Pracordia, a waking Kind of
Dream with a manifeft Delirium.
Neither, Continues he, is this De¬
lirium accompanied with a Cefla-
tion of the Intelleftual Power, as
it is in ar. Apoplexy, dead Sleep,
Syncope, See. but it is a confus’d
and inceflant Propagation of the
Idea's which being made in the Pra-
cordia are darted upward. And
feeing that in Health there is
no Conception without Idea's,
fo muft there needs aho be mail
Idea's or Impreflions in a Deli¬
rium. And he afterwards tells us,
that Madnefs often proceeds from
Fear, Agony, Envy, Ambition,Cor
vetoufnefs, aud fuch other Pertur-
D ^ barion*
49 Of Melancholy .
binons of the Mind , whidt Mad
arifmg from thence , have
tlieir Incentives of their Repetitions,
Periods, and Intervals of Paroxyfms
orincxhauftiblcSupplics in the Spi¬
rit of the Prtcordia. And many
other \yeighty Things doth he add,
very nccejlary for the.ex plaining
the Caufc of this Difeafe, but he is
fo obfeure that I will rather choofc
to remit the Reader to the Au¬
thor himfclf, chan proceed any
fFthcr.
f 8.
lU JUio in this Otfc blames the
fndifpofition°of the Animal
Spirits, which he fuppofes to be
naturally tranfparcnt,nne and clear,
hut that in Melancholias they are
obfeure and cloudy, and that they
therefore repr^fent the Images of
things ftiady and dark. Which
Animal Spirits, thus affected, he
tfually compares to Chymical Li¬
quors, and thinks they are like an
acid Spirit, defiill’d-from Salt, Vi¬
negar, and fuch other Things; and
lulpe&s that in thefe Melancholy
Difeafes, they have fuch a ftiarp
Quality as fiuid Salts have. For
.thole, Spirits by reafon pf their
falinc, and as it were pointed Par¬
ticles, while they ftream out from
the very Middlc'of the Brain, do
not fo ex^dly obferve the Tracks
and Circles of their Expansion, but
make themfelves many new and un-
ufual Cavities within the globous
SubHance of it, and from lienee
happen fuch ftrange, impertinent,
and fer the molt Part abfurd
Thoughts and Meditations, as now
and chert Melancholy People have.
He thinks the Proattarffic Caufc of
this Difeafe to be partly from the
4cqqu3 pifpofiticn of die Animal
Go gle*
Spirits, partly from the atrabilary
Dyfcrafy of the Blood.
N 9*
Ow we come to ftpMnitt,
who lays exprelly , that this
Difeafe does not fpare the very
Functions of the Soul, and that
bolides confounding the fimple Ap¬
prehension , that it difturbs die
Operations of the Wit, takes away
the Memory, and docs fo. far di-
ftraft as Continually to excite and
difpofc the Mind to Melancholy
and Fear, and indeed with a kind
pf Delirium, foraetimes more,fome-
times lefs Confidence *, and this
lie calls only Melancholy. But he
gives it the Addiuon of Hypochon¬
driac when the Delirium is aecom-
nied with Fear, fo that it cannoc
fmothcr’dany longer, but open¬
ly breaks out. And he fays, that
the Hypochondriac Melancholy dif¬
fers from the other only in Degrees,
blaming a vicious Efftrvefcency,
chiefly when the Succm Pancreati-
cm, becoming more acid and au-
fterc, and mixing with vifeid
Phlegm, difturbs the Animal Spi¬
rits ; and this he commonly makes
the Fund of all Calamities, and as
great a Plague to the Body of Man,
as Cicero makes Caiilin to the City
of Rome,
§, 10.
tea and his Followers fey,
' that nothing is more equally
diftributed amongftMen, than the
Soul, but that it is varioufly dif-
pos’d, and exercjfes feveral Ope¬
rations by Reafon of it* Organs.
And that therefore many Tilings
are afcfibed to die Soul which
ought to be imputed to the Indifpo-
fition of thefe. Likewife that for
this Reafon, that Man ought pot to
 Of Melancholy.
be blamed who has bad Parts or an
unhappy Memory. Which they
prove from Infants , who have the
fame Soul then, as when they be¬
come old : All the Difference be¬
ing, that in Infancy the Organs arc
unfit, render and mucilaginous,and
likewife the Brain and Nerves are
fo foft, that the Impreflions made
will not lad , and therefore the
Idea's cannot be diftinftly percei¬
ved and carried to the Glandula
Fincalk, until fucli Time as the
Organs are more firm and ftrong,
and then they begin to ratiocinate
and to think more diftinftly. In
like Manner by reafon of the fame
Organs being weakned in old Men,
we find that their Wit, Memory
and Sight is hurt and decayed, and
even that they return to their for¬
mer Infancy again \ Which cannot
be through the decay of the Soul
or Mind, which is immutable, but
becaufe their Organs (I fuppofe the
Erain) are fo dried , that the Im-
preflions cannot be rightly made,
and therefore the Soul is not able
to judge diftinftly of them: whence
comes that Saying, If an old Man
bad a young Man's Ryes, he would See
as a young Man does. But the Parts
of the Eyes being dryed and chan¬
ged in old Age, muft neceflarily
Gaufc a Diminution of Sight. To
come clofer to the Bufinefs, As long
as the Parts of our Machin are dif-
pofed according to the Laws of
Nature, and tne Filaments are
gently and lightly ftruck upon , fo
long do we aft according to thofe
Laws. But when thofe Filaments
are out of Order, and are beat too
violently, then begins a Delirium
juft as an Inftrument founds melo-
dioufly when all its Strings arc in
order, and tuned according to Art;
but if any one be indifpofed or noc
4*
rightly Strung, then the whole Har¬
mony is fpoiled. They fay too,
that the tough, thick and feculent
Intemperature of the Blood pro¬
ceeding from a vitious Acid, does
remotely contribute io this Mala¬
dy ; for by this Intemperature the
Animal Spirits become darkned.
Now to various Thoughts, are re¬
quired Spirits variou/ly difpofed
Thus if they be too fine and fubril,
the Judgment is extreamly weak¬
ned j if they do not move regular¬
ly, divers Delirium's follow upon it,
with Laughter, Dancing, Thoughts
of Vcnery, and other plcafant Con¬
ceits. But if the Animal Spirits
be grofs, then the Melancholifts
move flowly. And thefe Spirits
having once got into the Paflages
or Tracks of che-Brain, and rette-
fted baek,reprefent the fame Image
to the Mind •, from whence they
alfo think, that the Thing they have
once conceived is always prefenc
with them. And therefore it is,
that thofe that are Melancholy
fometimes imagine they fee the
Devil in this or that Place, and
this happens when the Animal
Spirits,that are very grofs and move
flowly, light into thofe Tracks
which were formerly made by die
fame Impreflion,as when the Image
of the Devil has been prefented to
them with the Horns of a Bull, a
Lyon’s Breaft and Tail, the Refle-
ftion from thofe Impreffions upon
the Soul through the Swiftnefs of
the Thought caufcs a Perception of
all thefe things, and forms one Idea.
They fay that the Cafe is the fame
in fuch as have a Fever, who
fometimes imagine that they fee
Flies and feveral Creatures bo
fore their Eyes*, for the Animal
Spirits are then fo determin’d, as
they were when thofe little Animals
• ' were*
4* Of Melancholy.
were really prefent, and fo repre- ther excufed, becaufe the Anima|
fem the lame idea to the Soul. Spirits ought to pafs through its
And as in Dreams many things arc many Nerves, which Spirits when
prdlntcd to die Mind, by the fal¬ they arc viriated, and become dull
ling of the Animal Spirits into piofe and unaftive, the ferment of the
Tracks that were formerly made \ Spleen muft needs be fpoiled. A
fb it is with melancholy Perfons, ulfc Imagination concerning any
who, while they are awake, arc as thing may alfo be the Caufe of
if they were in a Dream. Melancholy, and hence comes a
deprav’d Judgment, when die Soul

W fi II. dunks (he perceives Caufes out of

E will now givpouroten the Body, which are within it, as
Opinion , and fteer our when a poor Man imagins him-
Courfe as even as we can between felf a King, he does really at that
the two preceding ones. Itismoft time perceive in himfelf the Idea
it rain that the Animal Spider¬ of a King, but there’s a wrong Ap¬
ing defiled by fome fparks arifing plication in that he does therefore
from a vitious Acid, do hereby be¬ think himfelf to be fa Thus,as in a
come fiow and grofs, and creep at
their pleafure through thofe Pafla-
r i and healthful ftate of Body,
idea of a King by a particular
ges of the Brain they find the nod Motion of the Spirits, being repre-
open j which when they have once fentedto the Mind, makes it judge
entred, by reafon of their Gravity and perceive that it doth really fee
they cannot eafily get out of, but, a King; fo likeyvife in a morbid
as if they were plunged in the ftate, if fuch a Motion of the Spi¬
Mire, arc forced to flick there. rits arife, it alfo Judges, either that
Hence it muft needs follow, that it fees, or, is a King: which mo¬
one and the fame Idea muft always tion raay happen when we arc very
be prefent. In like Manner, feeing follicitous for any thing, and have
that the Spirits do not flow into the it always before our Eyes: for that
reft of the Pifcera as they ought to Attention, raifes a peculiar Undu¬
do, thofe Vifccra muft needs be de- lation of the Spirits in the Brain,
flitutc of their Volatil Ferment, and fo carries it through all the
and inftead thereof have another Nerves, by which Diforders the
ftrange, wild, vitious Acid,which Fermentations of die Spirits in the
lies and is encreafed fometimes in Blood are fpoiled, and that Blood
the Spleen, fometimes in the'Sto¬ again produces worfe Spirits, and
mach. fometimes in the Mef.ntery, fo the Thoughcs are depraved.
fometimes in the Pancrcas^ad other All the Phanmena of this Di-
Parts of the Hypochondria % Or in ftemper may b? well explain’d by
fome froall Velfel. Manv of our the Animal Spirits, which natural¬
Countrymen take thefe Vifccra to ly and in a healthful Body are
be the Parts affected, and ftrongly bright, brisk, and enlighten all the
maintain, that the Caufe of the
Diftemper lyes in them, whereas
C ircs thereof; but.if they be (low,
zy, and unaftive , and inclining
the Difeafe is rather produc’d by to an Acidity, and do not enlighten
3 fuper-abounding Acid. We con- and fo fpeedily pafs through the;
frfs tl eSpleen is net to be altogc- whole Frame of the Brain as for-
• { i ■’ - ‘■'•■merly.

Go gle
 Of Melancholy.
mcrly, but rifmg up in the middle
arefuriotifly and blindly carry’d in¬
to the next Pores and Paflages*then
the Melancholick Perfon walks fad
and heavy, imagining and fpeaking
many abfurd and ridiculous things.
And in whatsoever Paflage of the
Brain thefe flow and lazy Spirits
are, they are wont to Slick there
becaufe of their Grofsnefs, which
is the Reafon that an Idta once con¬
ceived is not eafily obliterated, but
the fame Objed continues prefent
to the Mind, and the affeded Per¬
fon coatinues fixt upon fome Trifle
to the negleft of his more weighty
Concerns. If any one fancy him-
felf a King , a Prince , a Cock, a
lion, &c. he muft neceflarily imi¬
tate their Geftures, becaufe the
Spirits being dull md fluggilh, are
only inrent upon making out that
thing, which they have once feign¬
ed ; and therefore he that thinks
himfelf a Dog, will forthwith bark
and imitate a Dog,which Symptoms
I have obftrved by the taking a
Philtre. And fo of the reft.
$. ix. Prognojlick.
A S to the Prognoftic^ of this Di-
feafe, it is ufually Chronical,
and very hard to be cured,and may
well be call’d the Opprobrium Medi-
corum , or Difgrace of phyficians,
when fo many Medicines arc ufual¬
ly given without Effeft. For the
rijeer*, the Shop where Fermenta¬
tion is made , by reafon of the
flothfulnefs of the Animal Spirits,
are almoft defrauded of all their
natural Ferment, the reftimtion of
which is fo difficult, that a confi-
derable time is requir’d for the
effecting of it. The greater Part
of the Animal Spirits are often al-
fo lodg’d in the Pores of the Brain,
Go gle
4*
and the other few that are left be¬
come furious, from whence pro¬
ceeds an Epilepfy or Convulsion.
And fometimes the Paflages of tbe
Spirits are quite fhut up, upon
which happens an Apoplexy ; but
ifonePallageonly to the outward
Parts be obftrufted, thence comes a
Paffy. Melancholy of a long Han¬
ding, fometimes turns to Stupidity,
when the Animal Spirits have
block’d up all the Paflages, and
cannot extricate themfelves. Again,
fometimes this Difeafe turns to
Madnefs, through the Inflammation
of the Animal Spirits, which run
thorow unufual Tracks and By-
Paths, and caufe thofe Symptoms
which are fo common in mad Men.
The Spring contributes much to,
Melancholy, as making new Fer¬
mentations in the Blood. Autumn
alfo does the fame , becaufe in
Summer the Blood is defpirited,
and therefore, becaufe of that and
the enfuing Cold in Autumn, be¬
comes thicker. It is much the
fame cafe, when melancholy Per-
fons have drunk too much Wine ;
for when the Blood is brisk and
fpirituous with Wine , they are
very merry, but when thofe Spi¬
rits are gon off, and they left to
themfelves, they grow Melancholy
again.
§. i q. Dietetic Cure.
A S to the Dietetic Cures Lee
the Air be clear and tempe¬
rate, by which the Animal Spirits
are rendred lightfom and brisk ;
and therefore it is that thofe that
live in fuch an Air are merry and
chearful, but become fadder than
ordinary, and find a laflitude on
themfelves in that which is thick,
cloudy, and foggy. For when the
yjj ‘ Of Melancholy.
Air fa clear, the fubtil Matter fa
let in , in greater (Quantities, by
which fubtil Matter the Animal Spi¬
rits arc cheared ; but if the Air be
thick, the Spirits are grofs and
cloudy too , and le(s fit to offer
any idea to the Mind , to which,
bosk, lively, lightfom, volacil and
arfivc Spirits are requir'd. Now
when tliefe grofs Spirits have once
took up their Stations in the Brain,
they cannot well pafs another Way,
becaufu of their Grofsnefs ; and
this is the Rcafon that melancholy
Peribns commonly think only up¬
on one thing, and always harp on
the fame (bring \ For thofe dull
Spirits continually keep the (amc
(eat and Idea, and therefore it is
that thofe People are fcldom Me¬
lancholy, who live in a fubtle warm
Air, as we may obferve amongd
the French. But the Beotians, who
live in a thick Air^re heavy, (low,
and dull, which occafion’d that
of the Poet,
Bxotvm crajjo jurarej at e natum.
And wc may obferve the fame in
the Germans , who live in a cold
thick Air •, as alfo that they are
more obnoxious to thefc Difeafes
than other Nations who live in a hot
and fubtle Air.
Let the Meat and Drinl^ be of
good Nourilhmenc and temperate,
as tiens, Mutton, Veal, Beef-broth,
potch’d Eggs, and other fuchMeats
of eafie digedion. On the other
hand, Meats that are hard, and of
lefs NourUhment, as Flcfh and Fifh
(alced and dry’d in the Smoak, and
altnod all. forts of Pulfe*, alfo Geclc,
Pork, Hare, Venifon, &c. are to
be avoided as dangerous, for fuch
as the Chyle is, fuch is the Blood y
foch as the Blood, is, fuch arc the
Go gle
Animal Spirits, which if they be
generated of a thick vifeous Blood,
they cannot be brisk enough and
fit to do their Duty. Thick, fog¬
gy Ale, neither well brewed nor
fermented , mud above all Things
be avoided \ neither is it good to
drink too freely of drong Wines,
as is evident from hence, That the
poor Wretches being drunk are
prone to run mad, and to cut their
own Throats. On the contrary,
in (lead of ordinary Drink feveral
appropriate Deco&ions, efpecially
Nitrous Mineral Waters, ought to
be ufed; for hereby the Spirits
are brought rightly to perform
their feveral Offices, by the Help
of other Spirits that aflid ’em,
and are gently called back to
do their Work in their proper
Sphere, out of which they had
wandred.
Sleep and Watching mud be mo¬
derate. For too much Sleep*fixes
the Animal Spirits deeper in the
Paffages of the Brain, and makes
them more dull. And fo of Watch*
ing. If it be immoderate, it wea¬
ries and diflipates the few remain-
ing Spirits.
• Tec the Exercife be moderate,
efpecially after Supper. For that
which is immoderate plainly diifi-
pates the volacil and moveable Spi¬
rits. The fame Moderation is to
be ufed in Rejl, for by too much
Reft the Animal Spirits are fo fixe
in the Brain, that they cannot be
recalled to their wonted Offices.
Amongd the Pafions of the Mind,
Mirth and jollity muft be mod of
all fought after. Therefore merry
Company , Mufick, Hunting and
other Recreations, are very proper
in this Cafe. On the contrary.
Cares,Grief,and Sadnefs arc mighti¬
ly to be avoided j for the Animal
Spirits
 Of Melancholy.
Spirits arc hereby diflurbed, and
hopping about the globous Part of
the Brain, excavate the Frame
tlvereof, and do thereby ofren be¬
come the only Inftrumcnts of this
fad Diftemper.
As to Evacuations and Retentions,
Let the Belly be kept Ioofe, that
whatever flows to the Inteftins
maybe carried off; left it ftiould
by its Staying there and hmplc
Warmth , contraft a putrefa&ive
Ferment in the firft Pal&ges. If
the Body be not naturally open, ic
muft be procured by Art. Let the
Terms, Lochia * or Child-bed-Pur¬
gations, and the accuflomed He¬
morrhoids be agreeable to Nature.
For the Obflru&ion of thefe docs
very much defile the Animal Spi¬
nes ; from whence it necelfarily
happens, that diverfe fad Phantafms
mult needs be raifed in the Brain.
§. 14. Fharmaceutic Cure.
■\ Tt 7 E now pals on, as our Me-
V V thod requires, from the
Dietetic to the Pharmaceutic Part *,
for there is moll hope of Recovery
when both thefe arc called in to
Afliftance. The indents, com¬
monly call’d Galenifts , order, if
the Melancholy be univerfal, thac
is, in all the Veins of the Body, the
Vena Mediana of the left Arm co be
i or, if the Spleen only be
ed by feme Melancholy
Humour, they cut the lower Vein
of the Arm, which they call the
Lienaria \ and if they have been
accuflomed to have the Hemor¬
rhoids, they open the Hemorrhoi¬
dal Veins about the Anus •, but
when Women have this Diflemper
by Reafon of the Obftrudioti of
their Courfes, they ufc to provoke they call Melanagoga , or fuch as
fbem by Vcnefc&ion in the Foot, expel black Choler. Such .as are
2V
and other Blood-evacuating Medi¬
caments. When the Brain alone
is diftained with this vitious nfe-
lancholick or atrabilary Humour,
efpecially when the Body is Pletho-
rick, they open the Vena Jccorar'ut
of the right Arm, or the Cephalica
of the left. After that they nfe
Preparers, as Roots of Succory,
Borrage, Capers , and Kennel;
Penny-royal, Centaury the lefs, Rai-
fins,
After that they ufe Evaeuafors,
asClyflers, Apozemsand Pills. To
concott and carry off the Humor,
they mix Preparers with Pursers ;
an Example of which* for the fake
of young Phyliciaris, upon the Cre¬
dit of the Galenifts^ we will here
fetdown.
Take of Baum, Betony, Borrage,
Hops, Hytlop, Maiden-Hair of
each an Handful, Roots of Suc¬
cory, Borrage , Fennel, Barks
of Capers of each three Drachms,
Citrons, Leaves of Senna, Ept-
tbymum of each three Drachms,
Seeds of Annifc , wild Carrot,
F ennel of each two Drachms, of
Currans one Ounce-, being brui-
fed and cut, boil them in four
Pints of Water, to which fquee-
zed and (trained add of the
Juice of fowreand fweet Apples,
Pomegranates of each half a Pirtr,
of Fumitory, Borrage, Roles Of
each fix Ounces, white Sugar
half a Pound. Boil and clanfie
it with the White of an Egg,
and make an Apozem. Of
which give Morning and Eve¬
ning from three to four Oun¬
ces at a Dofe.
Their ftrongcr Purgers are thofc
Extra>3
46 Of Melancholy.
Extra# of black Hdlebor, Diafenna,
Tiluli lnd&, de Lapide Lazuli* A-
mongft which they commend the
following Infufion.
Take of black Hellebor prepared
one Drachm , Leaves of Senna
half a Drachm, Anife-Seeds one
Scruple , Cinamon half a Scru¬
ple. Macerate them in fix Oun¬
ces of Goats Whey, afrer that
boil them, and to the Colature
add of Elettuarium Diafenna half
an Ounce. Mix them. Dr, Take
©fLenitive Eletfuary, Diacatho-
licon of each half an Ounce. Dif-
iolve them in Water of Fumito¬
ry, and let it be given warm in
the Morning fix Hours before
Dinner.
And feeing that they think this
melancholy Humor f which they
take to be as tenacious as Pitch)
cannot eafily be carried away at
once, they therefore often repeat
their Purgers. But fome days af¬
ter they endeavour to recreate the
Brain and Animal Spirits by
Strengthners. To which end they
commend the following Medicin,
andfuch like.
lbmc other delhlled Water. And
they advife alfo Cuppings, Liga¬
tures, Fritfjons, Cauteries, and
divers fuch like external Applica¬
tions to avert the peccant Mat¬
ter. With infinite other Things
which it will be too tedious to
relate.
15-
3raeelfus wonderfully extols
as a great Secret,both for pre¬
venting , and alfo for curing this
Difeafe, the Flowers of Antimony,
to be given twice, thrice or four
Times in a Morning, in a fmall
Quantity of Treacle, as Occafion
requires. He commends likewife
Tinfturcs of Metals, efpecially of
Luna and Mars , as alfo the Tin-
ftures of Emerald, Sapphire, Co¬
ral , foe. which he thinks are
good if only hung about thi
Neck. But I will forbear to ran-
fack any further the Books of the
Paracelfifis, feeing they are of Opi¬
nion that thefe already mentioned,
do for exceed all others.
$. 16*

Take of Conferve of Buglofs,Baum,

H dBltnont thinking that this
Difeafe lies in the Stomach
Fumitory of each half an Ounce, and about it, does therefore be¬
Species Diamfcbu dulcti, of Pearls, lieve that it ftiould be cured by
Diamargariton frigid, of each Stomachics not Ccphalics, fo
half a Drachm, red Coral pre¬ that the Argument brought to the
par’d one Scruple. With Syrup contrary concerning Hellebor falls
of Plums make a foft Eleftuary, to die Ground * for he aferibes co
of which let the Sick Perfon it a peculiar Virtue for a mad Brain}
take the Quantity of a Nutmeg not In that the intoxicating and
two Hours before Dinner. hurtful Quality reaches the Head,
but in that it exerts its Strength
In this Cafe alfo , efpecially if in the Stomach} for after it is
there be no Heat, they commend a thrown out of it, fuch a Comra-
Drachm of Theriaca Andromachi ftion follows as is ufual in the
diflolv’d in Fumitory-Water or Coljck, which is a Sign that, its

Go gle
 Of Melancholy.
Virtue is not carried into the
Head, but other Members.
So that black Hellebor, in his
Judgment, helps Madnefs, becaufe
it cafes the Spleen, and Fevers of
the Prmrdia of the Ancients, and
fo difpoflefles the Enemy better
than all other Vomits commonly
known. This we muft confefs by
the by, That as in other Places, fo
alfo in this Helmont is fo very ob-
feure, that the Reader may be in
the fame Condition with Appion the
Grammarian,who would have rais'd
the Ghoft of Homer to ask him his
Country and Parentage.
17.
T \ 73Ui0, after his ufual way,
V V does very elegantly han¬
dle this Difeafe, the Subfiance of
whofe Opinion we will in fhort lay
down. He has three primary Indi¬
cations, Firft, theC«r<tf«ry, which
immediately refpe&s the Difeafe,
and its Conjunct Caufe. Secondly,
The Prefervatory, which confiders
the Procatarftic and Evident Cau-
fcs. Thirdly, The Vital, which
is concern’d in preferving the
Strength.
As to the Curatory, Let the more
fix’d or dejefted Animal Spirits
be volatiliz’d and corroborated,that
afterwards they being the more
freely expanded, may irradiate
the whole Brain, that it may per¬
form the feveral Afts of Imagina¬
tion, Judgment, and of the other
principal Faculties and may fo
vigoroufly aftuate the Procardia,
that the Blood being plentifully
kindled, may be fent from thence
through the whole Body without
any flop or flay 5 which Spirits are
beft cured by Admonitions and cun¬
ning Management of'the <£ftem-
47
per’d Perfon. The Mind muft al¬
fo above all Things be free from
that curfed Paflion of Love, Sad-
nefs, Hacred, Fear, <fyc. Likewife
he would not have melancholy
People left alone, but thofe who
take delight in ferious Bufinefs,
fhould be permitted fome gentle
Employment. But if, being redu¬
ced by Phantaflic Illufions, they
imagine prodigious Things of rhem-
felvcs, and firmly helieve them,
they are to be brought out of fuch
Thoughts by fome im enious Trick:
Many Examples of which Cures hfe
fays, may be found here and there
amongft the Books of Prafticio-
ners.
The fame Author tells us, Thac
a new Melancholy is cured fome-
times purely by well ordering and
managing the Mind , and the Ani¬
mal Spirits *, but that one of a Jong
Handing, when the Animal Spirits
have con traced a fharp Quality,
and the Blood an atrabilary Dyf-
crafy, and when the Pores and
Paflages of the Brain are already of
an ill Figure^ is harder to be cured.
But in all Sorts of Melancholy,
whatever the Caufe be, he thinks
Blood-letting is very Efficacious$
becaufe when the aduft and decay’d
Blood is by degrees carry’d off,
always better and more fpiricuous
comes in its place. A Vein may
be cut either in the Arm , or the
Foot, or the Salvatella, if the Me¬
lancholy Perfon choofe that before
any other.
He fays, the frequent opening
of the Hemorrhoid Veins is of ex¬
cellent life, which, as the venera¬
ble f/ippocrates obferves, if they
bleed of themfelves, the Difeafe is
thereby often cured. ^
As to Evacuation ; He thinks ic
beft to begin with it, becaufe it
removes
48 . .4 _ Of Melancholy.
removes that which feeds the Di¬ Take of the Roots of Polypody of
ftemper from the firft Paflages,and the Oak half an Ounce, tpithy-
makes way for other Remedies. mam two Drachms , Leaves of
But he does not allow of Evacna- ,. Senna half an Ounce, Tamarinds
tors that are ftrong j bccaufe they fix Drachms , Coriander feed
do not take away the Caufe, to three Drachms, yellow Sanders
Wit, the Dyfcrafy of the Blood, but two Drachms. Boil them in
rather encreafc it,and do but more fourteen Ounces of Spring Wa¬
weaken the Animal Spirits which ter, till four be confumcd. Ad¬
are already dejefted. And he fays, ding of Agarick two DrachtiK,
the Ancients preferib’d HeJIebor, Rhubarb two -Drachms and an
becaufe they knew not any o- half. To the Colaturc clarified
ther Pursers at that Time. At add of Syrup, de Pomk purganr.
the Beginning of the Difeafe two Ounces. Mix them. Let
he alfo preferibes Vomits, as the Sick Per (bn take four Oun¬
he does in other Cephalic Di- ces of this once in three or
ftempers; for by thefe the vifeons four Days.
Filth of the Stomach,that often op-
prefles the Mind, is carried off, Amongft Pills, he commends Pit:
which being difeharg’d, the Animal tartar, guercetani, or, de Succino
Spirits can more freely and chear- Cratonk half a Drachm, Refin of
fully expand themfelves. There Jalap fix Grains, Tartar vitrio-
are alfo many Times feme hetero¬ lated half a Drachm, Gum Am¬
geneous Particles in the Gall-Blad¬ moniac diflblved in Water as
der, Dullm Pancreaticiu, and other much as is fufficient. Make four
Glandules of the Mefeatery, which or five Pilfe w'be taken going
by Vomits^re prevented from get¬ to Bed.
ting into the Head. Ex. gr.
Amongft Powders, he prefers
Take of Oxymel[implex one Ounce before all others that of Diafenna<
and an half, Oxymel of Squills and Diaturbith with Rhubarb, and
an Ounce, Syrup of Tabaco two he does fharply reprove the An¬
Drachms. Mix them for a Dofe. cients abufive life of Purgcrs; who
Or, You may give a Decoftion thought there went no more to
of the middle Bark of Elder, the curing of this Diftemper, than
with one Drachm of Salt of Vi¬ Purging away the Atrabilary Hu¬
triol. mor. Eut he lays more ftrefs upon
other Medicines; for he obferves
To thofe that are ftrong and that Mclancholifts are always very
found, he gives an Infufion of Cro* ill after Purging, and that theyfei-
c ut Metallorum , alfo the Emetick dom find any good thereby. A nd
Tartar of Mjnficht, and Sulphur of feeing he aferibes tlic Caufe of this
Antimony. Diftemper to the Dyfcrafy of the
Blood and Spirits* and ill Shape of
Amongft Catharticks he extols the Brain, he puts altering and
the following Apozem, to be took ftrengthening Remedies amongft
for forac days. the firft Rank, and upon their.-
Account fometimes ufes Cuthar-.
tics.

Go gle
ticks. His choice altering Medi¬ to fet down here , bccaufe of the
cines are chcfe which follow. pretty Account he gives of the life
of Vitriolic Waters, in head of
Take of the Confcrve of Clove- which he fomecimes ufesChalybeate
G illy-Flowers, Borrage of each Remedies. Put one Ounce of the
two Ounces and an half, M.yro- Filings of Steel in a Glafs, with
balan Peels candied fix Drachms, two Ounces of Juice of Oranges.
Coral prepared one Drachm and Let it fiand a wiiolc Day, ftir-
an half. Pearls half a Drachm, ring it now and then. Pour upon
Ivory, Crabs Eyes of each one it Water of Apples and White
Prachtn, Confc&ion of Hyacinth Wine of each one Pint, or of finall
two Drachms, Syrup of Coral or Cyder two Pints. Let three Oun->
red Poppy as mueh as is fuffi- ces of this be took twice in a Day.
cient. Make an EleCluary , of He ufualiy alfo gives this following
which, lei the Patient Evening Sted-Powder.
and Morning take two Drachms,
thinking upon it a Dofe of the Take Vitriol of Mar;, Cream of
following Julap f or any other Tartar, Crabs Eyes of each one
appropriate deftiirdWater.JOr, Drachm. Mix them, and ipake
Take Cowflip-Water,black Cher¬ aPowdcr to be divided into nine
ry-Water of each two Ounces, equal Parts, one of which may
£awm four Ounces , Sugar fix be took every Morning in fame
Drachms. Mix them, and make proper deftilled Water.
a Julap.
He fays Whey , provided it do
Amongft Alterers he alfo reckons not hurt the Stomach, being drunk
our Iron Spaw Waters, which are plentifully for feveral days, does,
wont to chcar Melancholy Perfons like Iron Waters , wafh away the
extrcamly. For. if they be.plenti- falc and fulphurcous Particles of the
fklly drunk , thqy wafh away the atrabilary Blood , anti that- he has
Salir.o-fiilphureous I injure of the often found it fuccefsful. Whey of
Blood, and deftroy its bad Fer¬ Goats Milk with Epithymam infufed
ments , clcanfe the Bowels, and or boiled in it, is alfo commended
open Obftruftions. Befides, by by him.
their binding C^ualjcy, they ftreng- He lias an excellent Broth of the
then the Viftera that arc too lax, Dccoftion of a Chicken, with the
and alio dole the Orifices of the Roots of Polypody, Chervil, Fen-
Yeflels, which open into the Brain, nel, Eurcliers-Broom, Leaves of
that an extraneous Matter may not Spleen-Worr, Harts-Tongue, which,
be let into it along with the ner¬ the fick Pcrlbn mull take in the:
vous Juice. And for this Reafon, Morning with Vitjriol of M.in from
ro vviubecaufe.-they iircngtlien the fix ro ten Grains, and in like Man¬
Bowels, and Quit up the Pallpgts ner Sale oi Wormwood and Cream
into the Brain, Vitriolic Prepara- of Tartar of each one Scruple.
ri°nf Q|f Iron arc ufually given with He thinks thf Juices both of
^i eat Sijccffs, both »n bJcLmcholy, Splenetic and Autifcorbucic Herbs,
afla ;in i Vttffy. , Whidh Very ; drawn and: diftill’d,, do wonder-;;,
r’dras' of the Author 1 thought fit fully contribute to the correcting
E ' of
5 °
Of Melancholy.
of the atrabilary Dyfcracy of the
Blood.
He fays, That backing in frefti
Water in the Summer Time is ve¬
ry good, in that it wafhes out the
Filth that is got into the Pores of
the FIcfti, and excellently procures
an inicnfiblc Tranfpiration.
When the fick Perfons cannot
Sleep, or are decayed with long
Watchings, and thereby become
svorfe, he advifes to have rccourft
to gentle Hypnoticks y as a Deco-
tiion of the Flowers ofPrimrofes,
Lettuce-Leaves, or dcftill’d Water
of red Poppy or its Syrup. Fur¬
thermore, lie thinks that Emul-
fions of the Seeds of white Poppy,
Syrup of Meconium,and other things
which are benign and chear the
Spirits, arc very good.
5.17.
E now proceed to
btuts, who, to corrcdi and
temper that acid Humor,commends
all Aromatic Things, and fuch as
abound with fixt and volatil Salt,
becaufe,by them the Acid is ufually
concentred and weaken’d. Spiri-
tuousThings have alfo the fame Ef¬
fect, efpecially when joyn’d with
Aronfarics; as likewife fat Things,
provided they be volatil and Aro¬
matic ; and alfo watery things, as
Emulfions, all which do gently and
efficacioufly corredt,curb,and amend
that auftere Humor, which for the
mofl part gives the Difturbanee in
this Diflemper. Nor are volatil
Salts at all inferior to thefe in Vir¬
tue y and amongft the reft the Spi¬
rit of Sal Armoniac joyn’d with
other A romaticks, efpecially irs vo-
laril oyly Salt. Hydragogues carry
off and abate this auftcre and acid
Humor that troubles the Spirits,
Go gle
which is in fomc Mcafure amended
but is too redundancy fuch as are
the Hoots, Barks, Leaves and Flow¬
ers of Dwarf-Elder and Elder,Seeds
of Carthamm, Roots of Mecboachan
and Jalap, GummiguttAs to the
Dietetic Cure , who ever is cu¬
rious may confult the Author him-
felf.
$.18.
C 1 X rtes and his Followers, that
j they may inride, attenuate
and volatilize the grofs and fecu¬
lent Blood , which produces Ani¬
mal Spirits of the fame Nature
with ic felf, and that they may fub=
due every vicious Acid, that there¬
by fuch Animal Spirits as are finer,
and fitter for the performing their
fcvcral Operations may be genera¬
ted, give Altering Medicines,whicli
ufuallv confift of much volatil •
Salt, fuch as all fpirituous Things
are: For feeing the Phenomena of
this Difeafe depend for the mod
part upon a ftate of Fixity, and
the conglomerated Particles of
fpirituous Bodies become dull by
hard rubbing one againft another,
therefore they deftil the juices of
Bettony,Scurvy-Grafs, Brook-Lime,
Chickwced, and fuch like. And
becaufc a tough and clammy Mat¬
ter often offends, therefore they
frequently preferibe the ufe of Mi¬
neral Waters which arc impregna¬
ted with Iron , Vitriol , and Salts,
by which the glutinous Quality in
the Blood is correfted y for thofe
Metallic Parrs can pervade the
ftraitelt Pai!ages and Pipes of the
Body, and diflolve thofe vifcid Hu¬
mors, thac obftru.fi them.
Preparations of Iron do mightily
help to correct and deftroy this
Acidicy in the Bloody efpecially
Vitriol*
 Of Melancholy.
^ Vitriol of Mars ; for if they be n- And this is to be done with Ale alts
11 ken inwardly, theVhiout Acid gets both fix’d andvolatil ; hut the vo-
Ifr. into them, and foa third thing is latil are much the befh Iiclng very
P produced, and the Acid is quite fit both for abforbing the Acid and
m toak'd up. The Cartefians mighti- dulling its Points. And this is the
Bi ly commend Vomirs to carry off Reafon why volatil Salts, which
isa that Munr, which-oftcn lies in the correft the grofs and feculent
rl» firl} Pallages , and flicks ufually to
Blood, are found fo advjncagious
theCoac-. of the Stomach, and hin¬co melancholy People. But feeing
ders the Fermentation *, for by dia¬
the Particles of the Acids are fo va¬
ling this Mucus, they eafdy tear itrious as to be fometimes edg’d like
off, and throw it out. Others thinkSwords,er Knives,fometimes point¬
•&' Amimonittes bear away the Bellas ed like Pins, cr Needles,fye. there¬
® the Emetic Tartar of Mprficht givenfore there ought to be divers Anti¬
from two to four Grains. And they acids or Remedies againft them;
A commend Sulphur of Antimony, and hence it is thac in this Diftcm-
a wliich Preparation Willis hath. A-per the Medicines are fo ofren
ffc »mongfl other Purgers, they pre- chang’d. To fubdue tl.is vifcid
kt frribe Extrafi of black Hellebor, to
Acid which fometimes is feated
be be given to the Quantity of a about the Hypochondria, Mcfentery;
k® Draclmi. To ftrengthen the Era in Milt1, &c. Wc commend Myrrh,
r*. and gently bind its Peres that are and Tmttura-falutis, wltich is prepa¬
| become too lax , they magnific red f t it; for this removes all cor¬
aijl' thcTinfturc of Lapis Lazuli,Coral, ruptive Sowrencfs; and by its Eal-
sf Silver, and the like, alf which it famic Virtue expels any Putrefa-*
would be too tedious here to ftion. To this we do not think
iff repeat. our Elixir Fo/ychrtilori inferiour ,
,9 which is prepared of Myrrh, Aloes,'
§. ,
19 and Saffron , with the Spirit of
Wine.tarrarifated, and bil of Tar¬
>* oiuit Method, in fliorc, tar per Deliquiwn ; tor it has been
$'■ V ./ of curing this Difeafr, is, to try’da thou land timeswith Sueccfs.
U ■ rouzc up and chear the Animal Earthy and fix’d Alcati'%,- fuch as
Spirits, that arc quite dejefted are, Crabs-Eyes , Pearls, burnt
I anddprclfcd by acid, (harp, and Harts-Horn , Coral, cre. as they
:# point’d Particles , and to cad out drive awav and deftrov the foreign
jl thofe (low and duH Spirits which Acid, will be fcrviceaWe. Vjrricf*
f# are lodg’d in the Pores of the of Mars is of great Virtue. The
lit bran, iliac are taken up with other following Prcfcript is very po'teuc
ft’ ideas. in expelling this inimical Acid.
Our Way of Cure is to breath a
i! ' Vein in the lower Part of the Body, Take of Cr<?am of Tartar 1 drachm.
A and let out the thick Blood. After Vitriol of Mars, Crabs-F.yes fine- '
jj) that we think onr greareft Care ly powdrccl of each one Scruple,-
ought to be to correct thac clammy Pearls half a Scruple. Mix-
•j( Acid,- which difturbs the Animal them, and make our abforbing
JT. Spirits, that thereby they maybe * Powder.
pur upon their refpective Offices;
E 2 The
ViJ !
<z Of Melancholy.
The following Remedies are of Hole with a Stick in the Ice, and
the fame Nature, but fomething fo pour forth the Liquor that is
Wronger , as Elixir Froprietatit of not congeal’d into anotlier Veflcl,
Paraceljiit, Tmfturc of Carter,Am* which murt be fet to freez again.
bcr,irr.VVc give you this Prefeript. This do till the Liquor be con¬
dens’d , and you will have this
Take of rhe Spirit of Sal Armoniac admirable tartarifated Spirit of
half a Drachm , Spirit ns Carni¬ Wine.
val. one Drachm and a half, Sugar is fo far from having a
Tinfturc ofCaftor, Cinamonof true fweetnefs,that it diflolves even
each a Scruple , of Mars half a Antimony it felf, with which if it
Drachm. Mix them, and give be mixt, and leifurcly dcrtill’d for
twenty Drops at a Time. three days together, yields the fu-
gar’d Oil of Antimony, or an acid
Tinfturc of Mars prepar'd of Spirit, very good for Burns. We
the Juice of borfdorfian Applcs^nay alfo find good Succefs with the fu-
be given in a proper Vehicle, as gar’d Tinfturc of Coral,when Coral
fome dcrtill'd Water, foe. is calcin’d with Sugar.
We cannot forbear reproving When the Enemy is fubdued, it
many Practitioners of our Times, is to be cart out of the Body,which,
who think to correft this vitious feeing that it often exercifes its Ty¬
Acid with their opening Syrups, ranny in the Stomach, Guts, Dulls**
and other fweet Things, when they Fancreaticist, and ether Places,muft
rather do hurt with them ■, which be expel I'd thence by Emetics, as
the dainty and nice People would Emetic Tartar , our own Emetic
omir, if they did confider,that they Wine, foe.
do not thereby dulcifie the Blood,
bur rather encrcafe its Acrimony. Take of Antimony prepared half
fife's Obfcrvation makes the cafe an Ounce, Cajiia Lignea three
clear beyond Difpute,where he tells Drachms, the bert Rhubarb two
us, That the Juice which Sugar is Drachms and an half, Calamssi
made of,whcn it is out of the Cane, Aromaticut one Drachm, Ginger,
turns fowrc in a very little time.But Galangal of each half a Drachm,
all volatil acids are good in this Cloves a Scruple, Cinamon half
Cafe. Amongfl the volatil acid Spi¬ a Drachm, white Sugar an Ounce,
rits Tachenim reckons the alcalila- Rhenifh Wine fixteen Ounces.
ted Spirit ofWine, which is made Let the Dofc be from 2 Drachms
of the common Spirit ofWine in a to half an Ounce.
Copper Still, without any Addi¬
tion either of Afhes of Liquid Tar¬ We commend Antimdniates in
tar, or common Salt, as it is wont this Difeafe above all other Things,
to be made by fome. The tarta- bccaufe they mightily diflolvc, and
rifated Spirit of Wine prepar’d as make fluid the Humors, and caufc
follows, docs Wonders in this and a kind of Political Cure: Forwhilfl
other Dirtempers. Expofe to the they very much tinfture and cor¬
Air, when the Seafon is extream rupt the Humor, fo that the Excre¬
cold, fome rich Wine in a conve¬ ments appear green, the Patient
nient Vcfiel, to be frozen, make a feeing them of that colour, thinks

Go gle f
 Of Melancholy.
all the vinous Matter is carried off,
and thereby his melancholy Fan¬
cies and Imaginations ceafe. Thefe
Emetic and Cathartic Medicines
mart be pretry ftrong , orelfe we
do not think they can irritate
the fenfibfe Parts to fuch a Spaf-
modic Contraftion, as to fhake off
that clammy, glutinous Matter,
which often flicks to the Sides
of the Stomach ; to which end
you may give this which follows.
H
thing fo much purges it, as Anri-
mony does. We may ufe Infu-
fions and Medicated Wines. Pur¬
sers are befl infus’d in Whey, or
its Water, or in Water of Ap¬
ples , with May Dew , and dc-
iriird. After Purging we muft
proceed to Specific Alterers, which
rouze up, and fet the Animal Spi¬
rits at work. To this End we ufe
to mix Steel-Medicines with the
Volatlis above commended.

Take of the Juice of the middle Take of Spirit of Sal Armomae.

Bark of Elder an Ounce and an with Amber half a Drachm,
half; Salt of Vitriol half a Scru¬ Spirit us Car min at. two Drachms,
ple, Syrup of Fumitory one Tindure of Cafior, Cinamon
Ounce. Mix them. of each one Scruple , of Mars
halfa Drachm, Water of Fumi¬
Amongfl Specifics is reckon’d tory, Centaury the lefs of each
the Extrad of Hdlebor, given two Ounces, Syrup of Cinamon
to the quantity of halfa Drachm, half an Ounce. Mix them j and
cfpecially corroded with the Spi¬ give them in a Glafs.
rit of Vitriol .• He that does not
like this Extrad may have a gent¬ TheEfience of Fumitory, and
ler in its Room , as the Extrad of its Juice may be taken for fomc
Citrons to four Scruples, or an In- days in Whey 5 for Fumitory will
fufion of the Leaves of Senna, and not admit of long boiling, becaufe
Rhubarb, with Salt of Tartar, or a of its volatil Salt.
Decodion of Raifins with Leaves of The AnrlmoniateTinflure ofTMr-
Senna, a Pint and an half for feve- tar, the Eflence of Steel, the fim-
ral Dofes 5 or the following Pills, ple Tindure of Tartar,^, are pre-
which yet are not fo proper for dry ferr’d before all other Alterers.
Confutations. Several Diflillations of Juices,
Whey, and fuch like, are proper;
Take Extratlum diacat hoi icon half efpcciallv Iron-Waters which may
a Drachm , Magiftery of Luna be artificially prepared of Steel and
half a Scruple. Mix them , tlyJTus, of which fee Schroder. As
and make Pills to be rook at to Mineral Waters we chiefly com¬
Night. mend thofe of Schwalbac in Ger¬
many, which upon many Trials
We do alfo with good Succefs have been found to do mrch
often give fcveral Clyflers of Car¬ good; for they corredthevirirus
minatives that qualifie the Acidity, Acid, cut the clammy Matter, hu¬
and at the lame Time loofen the mor and bridle the diforder'd Spi¬
fcody, and make the Mucus fluid. rits, amend the faults of the Fer¬
cV> There ii a Specific virtue in Anti¬ mentation, and arc often a prtftqc
•V mony againrt Melaioholy, and nc- Remedy. For no one doubrs that
E 3 Sickncfj

Go gle
 Of'Melancholy.
54
iicknifs atwcjl as Health , does
richer immediately or mediately
depend on the Fermentation of the
Blood. Camphore it better than
Opium, becjul'e it his more fubtle
Parts, and fooner flys away. Jfit
be fufpetted that the Patient hat
h id a Philtre given him, Jet him,
ifter a Vomit, take Powder of a
SecunJine with Treacle, alfo the
Magiftery of Mans Scull , and the
Ekftuary of Hartman.
Vs <o the Chirnrgic Part we
commend,with the.famous Ettmul-
tents, the Infufiori of fereral vola-
ril and other Liquors ; but feeing
that thi$ excellent Man has dif-
courfed copicufTy upen this Sub¬
ject in his Deputation concerning
lnfuf-ny Surzery, we refer the cu¬
rious Reader thither, that we
. Go gle
may not be tedious. To which
we over and above add. this one
In (Twee, That we, with good fuc-
cefs, once infus’d Tinfture of
Mars feveral times into the Veins
of a certain Man, who was very
Melancholy. Ycc I know bur few,
if any, that have been fo curious,or
that durft for fear of Ccnfure,incite
Tryalofic. . , r *
We have often advifed the o-
penlng of the Hemorrhoids and
Arteries of the Temples ; as alfo
the Application of Cauteries, with
great Succcfs; for bad Elood is
always fuccecded by better from
the Chyle t But there mufi ever in
this Cafe regard be had to the
Patients Strength, and other Cir-
cumflinces. f ■
4* r.h-fT> Uij Ol
CHAP,
 Of Madnefs.
C H A P. IV.I
Of Madnefs,
£ i. Definition.
k
n:
A ifAdms ( faythe Lar5ncs
|\/■ call’d Furor or InfaniaJ
3* \ is commonly defin'd ; A
r( hot Diftemper arifing
Ih the Subfhwce of the Brain,
without a Fever » by which the
Imagination and Reafon is hurt,
the Memory many times being un¬
concerned. We had rather define
it thus; A Delirium with an ex¬
traordinary Wildnefs, and Aliena-
. tion of Mind , without a Fever,
caufedby the Extravagation and
irregular Motion of the enflamed
Animal Spirits. Thefe Difeafes,
Tbremjy Melancholy, and Madnefs
arc near akin, in all which the
Reafon is difturb’d.
§. 2. Difference.
'"J’Hey differ thus *, a Phrenzy has
always a burning Fever along
with it. In Melancholy and Mad¬
nefs the Ratiocination is affefted,
and die Patient fpeaks , afts, and
imaginsabfurd,impertinent Things;
but thofc that are mad, are far
raore turbulent in their Anger,
Fierceneh, Brawlings, Shoutings,
^ and dreadful Looks, than melan¬
choly Pcrfons arc; fo that fome
define and defcribe Madnefs to be,
SS
-
A ftrong Melaocholy. Again, Me-
lancholy is accompany’d with Fear
and Sadncfs; but Madnefs is atten¬
ded with Boldnefs, Raging, and
without a Fever; yet they are
changed one into another : For
this Smoak will eafily take Fire.
Thus, the Animal Spirits in Me¬
lancholy , arc as it were darkned
with Smoak *, in Madnefs they
feem to be in a perfeft Flame.
Thofe that arc mad arc as defirous
to bite as mad Dogs, and ravenous
Wolfs, and fo this Difiemper is
call’d for that Reafon , Cpranthro-
pi a, <fyy Lycantbropia, Dxmomum Cani-
num and Lupinum. Nor is it any
Wonder they do not fpare others,
when they, many Times, lay vio¬
lent ftands upon chernfclves.
Part affefted.
'THe Part affefted according, wt
the Ancients, is the Erain,
which they prove from the princi¬
pal Funftions of the Soul being
hurt; and fo they fay the Brain in.
this cafe is affefted, either Pri¬
marily,or by Confenr. Some take
the Soul it felf for the Subjeft; for
Cartes fuppofes two Subilances in
Man really diftinft , one Immate¬
rial; the other Material or Organic a!y
which yet are both fo elefely, and.
E 4 ia;ir
56 Of Maitufs.
inrimatcly joyn'd and united, that
the Animal Spirits difehirge all
their Offices and Motions ar the
Command of the Soul : and thefe
lie thinks in this Cafe to be af-
fcftrd.
CUilltC takes the Animal Spirits,
declining from their natural and
genuine. Temper, a Ad becoming
like Stygian Water, and alfo the
Brain too for the Part affefted.
But CUc imagine the Scat of this
Calamity to be all the Pores of the
Brain, in which Ueai are ufu-
!od j>rmcd * and tltc are
4- Signs.
T Hofc that are taken with this
Difeafe feem to be as mad as
wild Bearts, nor do tliey differ
much from them ; for they fly
upon every Body they meet, and
wound them, as did thofe two in
Sacred Scripture^Mat tb.9.26,29.J
not fo much as fparing their Pa¬
rents. Sometimes again they be¬
come mild,but are ftill intractable,
talkative, fingjng, jumping, Orange¬
ry teffing their Bodies, and always
look furly , and haughtily, fear-
It'fly, and impudently. But ihe
common Symptom*, which attend
all mad Men, arc,conftant Watch¬
ing , and a Prodigious Hncutean
Strength, which whoever tryes it
will be to his cqO. They can en¬
dure alfo the greateft Cold,Hunger,
and Stripes without any fcnfible
Harm. ■ They fwear, (bout,
and are always playing apifh
Tricks , often pulling off their
own Hair, tearing their Cloths,
breaking their Windows and Cof¬
fers. . Tlkty are ftrong and never
tired our, and are always mutter¬
ing fo me thing to themfeives of
Go gle •
great Things, as Contentions,
h ire, <tfc. Sometimes they arc mer¬
ry, fometimes fad, fometimes fear¬
ful where no Fear is. Becoming
of a fuddaln , hafty , angry, and
boirt’rous, they break their Chains
and Fetters , and beat to pieces
Walls and Doors; for tho they
neither deep Day nor Night, yet
they arc incredibly flrong, by
Rcafon of the fiery ftrength of the
Animal Spirits,which darts through
all the Pores. Hence alfo It is that
, they can endure the fevered Cold
without the leaft Concern, tho
ftark naked, as Helmnt has obfer-
ved in his T raft called Demens I Jed,
in thefe words; “ It is peculiar to
“ a mad Man, that although he lie:
“ ftark naked all Night upon the
M bare Ground or Stones, yet he
t; is not frozen, nor arc his Limbs
*• mortified with the (harpeft North
“ Winds. A mad Man is not fen-
fible of any Cold; becaufe, as fomc
think, the Soul is fo bufie within,
that it does not attend to what is
of lefs concern without, nor has
any Regard to Cold, whereupon ie
does not value the Eafe of the
nervous little Fibres, fo that they
fcarce perceive Hunger, Stripes
and other Inconveniences. Some¬
times they are fo much in earneft
that they bite, or ftrike, or fome
other Way abufc their Friends as
they Hand by them, and are as fa-
vjgc as wild Beafts. Their Eyes
look rtern, big, and attentive, and
are always contriving fome Mif-
chicf, becanfe the Animal Spirits
pafs furioufly through the Brain*
And fometimes they are fo mad,
as ro reproach and curfe them-
felves, and then they mud be fet¬
ter’d. Sometimes they have a
Pain in their Head, and watch im¬
moderately , by Reafon of fiery
Animal
 Of Madnefs .
Animal Spirits irradiating the Phrenzy , and all the Species of
whole Brain. Fear, Love, Ambi¬ Madnefs come from the Obftru-
tion, Cares, Study, &c. are , for ftion of the Parr, by Heat or Cold
the raoli part, Fore-runners of diflolyed or coagulated. And, /. 1.
Madnefs, a ccording to Helmont,who de virib. Membrorum, c. 3. he fays.
fays, Madnefs proceeds from Fear, Where the Spirit of Life can¬
Agony, Wrath, Envy, Ambition, not reach, there a Difeafe is
Love,Study, Care,Shame,and other bred; to wit, if it is ftopt, there
fuch like things. Sometimes they arifes Putrefaftion , and Exulcera-
are prone to Vcncry, and are fo- tion; for it dies in that Place. Alfo,
lichous about Bufinefs that does c. 2. de Morbit, he makes two forts
not concern them. But we need of Madnefs; one which comes from
not fpend any more Time upon Diftlllation, when the vapor lie*
thefe Things, feeing that we have in the Head j the other from Sub¬
dally a thoufand Examples be¬ limation, when it is coagulated in
fore us. the Head. And he tells us in the
fame Place, that it cannot well be
$. Caufe. underftood, what is the firft Occa¬
sion and Mine ®f this Diftemper j
rT'Hc Caufe of Madnefs, according but he guefles the Caufe (in whac
J to the 3ne(cnt0, that is, the ever Part of the Body it lie} to be
Gaknijts, is, ill Humors, as aduft the Mercury reverberated into
Melancholy, yellow aHd burning Calx, and refolved into a moft
hot ChoIer,and aduft Blood,chang’d ftrong Water, which is mixt with
into the Nature of Melancholy. the Spirit of Life, and enflames It.
This Diflemper, fay they, fome- And ne fays, That that Water is
rimes comes from the hot Intem¬ fo fubtil, that it will not ftay in the
perature of the Brain but if hot Bottom, but flics up as high as it
yellow Choler be the Caufe, that can get; and as foon as it reaches
then a wild kind of Delirium fol¬ the Brain, that it caufes Madnefs,
lows •, fo, that the Patients become as Petrous,a Follower of Paracelfw,
defperate, and fo ftrong that they tells us in his Hofologia Harmonica
are formidable. But if this Di- Dogmatica 8t Hermetic*.
feafc proceed ffom fuperfluity of
hot and aduft Blood, chang’d into t. 7.
both the forts of Choler, flying
violently into the Head, then they 'THe Famous Qelmottt thinks all
obferve that the diftemper’d Per- Madnefs arifes from the bloom¬
fon exprefles his Madnefs moft by ing of conceptual ftrange idea's,
Laughing and Singing. which do (how themfelves,juft as
the Mark of a Cherry or other Mole
from the Mothers longing, grows
6- green or red at the Scafon of the
^ratetfug,c. 2. de MorbU Amen- Fruits j and fo thefe mad Ideas,
tium, fays, Madnefs proceeds that come from Perturbations, (as
from the three firft Principles. he exprefles it) have in the Spirit
And, /. 10. $. de cap. adverf. in- of the Procardia , their incentive
tent* $.3. he allerrs,That Madnefs, Intervals of Returns and Periods;
and
 Of Mainefs.
and that in Hypochondriacal Mad- their Spirits, god their uwptrtcfs to
rettes, rhcre is a certain Poifon, fly
. which caufcs cither a furious or a
merry Dittrafiion.
If we may he allowed the fame §. 9.
Liberty with Hclmont, why may '"I'He Aflbiansin tliis Cafrac-
not wc feign a ruftick Madnefs.rhat cufethe Excandefccnce of the
in irs drunken Firs makes all this Animal Spirits, caufcd for the mod
buttle, and caufcs a Ditturbance hi Part by a vitious Eflfcrvefcency.And
tiie Spirits? ... r’rj they aferibe all the Symptoms of
mad Men to a remote Caufe, i. e.
§. 8. the Succuf Panereaticm ftagnating
and corrupted. Wliich Sjlvius,
TJITE will now examine COiL their Matter,difcourjes more large¬
V V lie’s Opinion , who trea¬ ly of in his Praxk , Cap. dc
ting of the Caufe of this Difcafe, Mania. 1 • ^
fays that it Ts occafion’d by the
Animal Spirits that degenerate
§. JO.
from their mild and benign Nar
tore, that is, fron; their faline Spi¬
rit, and turn fharp, as if they did
C 7t rtce and his Tribe argue,
that this wonderful Paffion of
participate of fluid fait and Arfe- the Soul confifts.in the IrrcgOJar
nica! Sulphur •, which various Spi¬ Motion of the. horAnimal Spirits.
rits arc bred of deprav’d, and nitro- For, according to them , the Sou!
fulphurcous Blood. He alfo thinks js fo long quiet, as the Motions in
that poifonoqs Ferments got into the Body arc gentle and without
the Blood or the nervous Juice, Tumult; and thisi fay they, con-
may eafily breed this’Dirtcmper, fitts in a gentle Fermentation of
wh ch he proves by the biting of a the Blood. For fo long as that
•mad Dog, or drinking of Poifon. continues, x\ye Spirits ih the Brain
He gives this Reafon for Madmen’s arc equally; period, but as foon as
daring Boldnefs; That their Ani¬ a violent Moron, by fome extra¬
mal Spirits are very fierce, and car¬ neous latent Ferment is brought
ry the Soul, as it were, out of the upon the Blood fo difprifi’d, as it
Limits of the Eody. Their im- is in melancholy Perfons, the Ani¬
menfe Strength he explains thus; mal Spirits are carried with fuch
That in their Blood1 and nervous violence into the Brain, that they
Juice, there are nitroduiphureous do not obey the Soul: for as a
or other very fharp, or Stygian- gentle and mild Motion of well
like Particles; whence his that the temper’d Spirits, ufually caufcs
Animal Spirits are endued with an fedate, plcafant, Wife, and calm
Elattick or Explofive Force, and Thoughts: So on the other Hand,
far exceeding the natural. Their hot and pricking Spirits too vehe¬
enduring Cold, Heat , Stripes, mently moved , ufually make a
Watching, Fatting , foe. with¬ man fierce, angry, bold, impu¬
out any fenfiblt Hurt, is, in dent,^. Thus do they fuppofe
this Author’s Opinion, becaufe of the Animal Spirits of mad Men to
the Strength and ftxedncfs of be difpos’d. Thp grofs but fer¬
mentable.

Go gle
 Of Madnefs.
men table Blood, and which is vio¬
lently moved by fomc occafional
Caufe, as Anger, Terror, foe. is
reckon’d by them the remote Caufe
(for the Cartefians fuppofe in the
Blood of mad Men, a mod ftrong
Ferment.) But a certain Ferment,
confining of irregular Particles,pro-
eeeding from fome external Caufe
raifing Paflions in the Soul, is often
carried violently towards the Brain,
and opens the Pores of the little
Arteries of the Plexus ChoroicUm
wider than ufual. And then the
Motion of the pleafant Animal Spi¬
rits, is taken away by the Afflux
of thefe heterogeneous Particles,
which Spirits being kindled they
fuppofe to rove up and down
the whole Brain, but more parti¬
cularly about the Glandula Pin:alif%
which darting violently like a
Thunderbolt into the Brain and
Mufcles, do perfectly withdraw die
Glandula from the )urjfdiftion of
the Mind, which being thus fool’d
by thofe head-ftrong Spirits, and
denied all Command over the Bo¬
dy, can no longer govern the At¬
tention j and from thence they de¬
rive all thofe diforderly Geftures,
Quarrels, Brawlings, foe,
ii.
N Ow let us give €>ur olBtt Opi¬
nion •, We confef* that Car¬
tes in his Difcourfe of the Portions,
has very well explained the Pheno¬
mena of this Diftemper, to wit,
how Anger is caufcd, as, when a
Man is evil fpoken of: for when
die Mind is intent upon that Im-
pretUon, the Spirits, by the Mo¬
tion of the Common Senfory, oc-
cafton’d by a certain agitation, are
forced through the Tubes of the
N?rvpsj iijto all thofe Members of
Go gle
*9
the Body diat ferve for Revenge.
In like manner the Motions of the
Blood and Humors circulating,
whilft that they are moved by a
ftrange Ferment , become fwif-
ter. But we will explain it as
follows.
To which purpofc we will mca-
fure out our Way betwixt the
Qualities of Nippxrates, and De¬
mocritus his Salts, which aft vari-
ourty according to the diversity of
their Figures. In this Difienipcr
the Animal Spirits are enflamed,
which being thus fet on fire, like
Sampfms Foxes, run through eve¬
ry little furrow of the Brain, and
form all forts of Ideas, efpecially
thofe which were before concei¬
ved of 'Boldnefs, Madnefs, Burn¬
ings, Brawlings, foe. they alfo rufh
furioufly into all the Parts of the
Body, which they very much ir¬
radiate ; and this is the reafon why
Madmen are fo extraordinary
ftrong, and can endure the Ihar-
, peft Cold, and other Inconvenien*
ces. Amongft remote Caufes we
reckon the Blood , confifting of
many fix’d and irregular Particles,
bccaufeit adminillcrs Fuel to the
enflamed Spirits j which if it ac¬
quire any acid volatil Ferment,
it fets fire to the Animal Spirits.
The Spirits in the Brain fhouldbe
equally balanc’d; but as foon as
they arc put into any violent Mo¬
tion , either by fuch Blood , or
fome wild bilious Sulphureous Fer¬
ment lurking in the Blood , then
the Animal Spirits are fet on fire.
Poifon and fevcral other Things
may bring this Diftemper: Thus
the German Ephemerides An. 3. tell
us of a Country Fellow, who taking
a nap under a Tree, when he awa¬
ked was raving mad, andfo conti¬
nued for the fpace of half a year.
fo Of Madnefs.
but a vehement fhee-zing being rai-
fed by raking an Ounce of Tabaco,
there came out a long hairy black
Palmer Worm, after the voiding of
which, he was perfectly well again.
And the fame Ephemertdes take no¬
tice, that Madnefs has fucceeded
the Cure of malignant Small Pox.
Likewife the Experienc’d Ettmul-
kn*i, the famous Profcflbr of Up-
fickf g*TCS 2 notable Relation in
Difp. ie morfn Viper*, Tliat at Ttr-
neighbouring Town,a Mad¬
woman (who, as xwas imann’d,
became fo by a Love-Potion} by
biting the Officer near theArm-
Pirs, who was going to fecure her,
him tlie fame Diftcmper, in¬
ch that 'the next day he was
as mad as the Woman had been,
but fhe grew better upon it. And
I my feff have known the Bite of
one in Wrath, to have caufed a
Madnefs and an incurable Wound.
For Choler , when it is predomi*
hint f as we obferved before J is
often the Caufe of this Diflemper,
provided as Democrittts fays to Hip¬
pocrates, that it move fwiftly and
Anger make it communicate its
fharpnefs to the Animal Spirits:
For it is obfervable, that angry Per-
fons feldom abide in one place, are
very hot,and in a great Chafe, and
if they bite with their Teeth, they
leave Poifon in the Part, as the
above-named Hiflory teflifies. in
like manner this Madnefs may come
from Fear, or a Dcfirc of Revenge;
as Orefles (in Euripides) after lie
had kill’d his Mother , was diftra-
fted, till he mide Satisfaction for
the Crime at Diana's Alcar. And
Empedocles being mad with Pride,
leaped into flaming Atna, accor¬
ding to that of Horace,
Go gle
-—Deus irnnwrtaUs haberi,
Dumcupit Empedocles, ardent em frr-
fidus AEtnam
Injilih.-
AH the Phenomena of this Diflem¬
per, may eafily be explain’d from
what lias been already faid.
§. 12,. Prognoftick.
Oung and middle aged People
1 are mofl obnoxious to this
Diftcmper, nor are old Men alto¬
gether free. We knew a Couple
of fuch Old Mad-men, of fixty years
apiece, but of fo very dry and mea¬
gre Conflitutions and Textures, as
that it might eafily be guefs’d
that their Animal Spirits within
them, were as hoc as fire it felf.
That Madnefs , as Hippocrates fays.
Self. 6. Aph. 53. is lcfs dangerous,
that is accompanied with Laughter,
than with Serioufhefs; and the
greater the Rafhnefs is that attends
it, the more dangerous it is. But
when the Diftemper has taken
deep Root, it is hard to be cured.
For the Impreflions, which were
formerly made in the Brain, being
afterwards ras'd out, and as ic
were burnt up , cannot be reco¬
ver'd again ■, becaufe it is not poG-
fible to get out thofe Wrinkles,
which are once firmly iraprefs’d in
it *, as when any ImprcfTion is light¬
ly made with a Needle upon Paper
or Leather, in Time, and by rub¬
bing the Paper, the Imprefiion is
uite obliterated *, but it the Nee¬
le go very deep, and make holes,
the Imprefiion can never be got
out.
A bad Scomach , and Ulcers in
the Face, Anns , and Feet, are ill
Signs. But if Sleep mitigate the
. Deliriumj
 Of Madnefs. fa
Delirium, it fignifics Good, as Hip¬ Apb. 20, fays, Madnefe, Fury, and
pocrates teftincs, Seif. 2. Aph. 2 melancholy Difcafes have their
Likcwifc if mad People have the Birth in the Spring, when Beans
Varices and Hemorrhoids, the Di- are in Flower, according to the
fteraper is cured, Seif. 6. Apb. 21. Vcrfe,
Watchings of long Continuance are
dangerous. This Dife3fe eafily turns Cum fttba florefeit Stultorum infant*
to Melancholy and Folly, for a arefiit.
Time, till new incentive Ferments
enflame the Animal Spirits ; and It may happen at any other Time,
this happens two Ways,cithcr from but efpeciallyin the Dog-Days,and
the Soul, or from the Body. The fome I have feen go maefin Winter.
Soul makes the moft tirefome and For as die Sea.tlirough the violence
of Tempers, fwelkup from die
ingratcful Things eafie to it in Con¬
tinuance of Time, and contemplates Eottom , and railes its proud Bil¬
them with lefs Concern. From the lows ; fo likewife when the Winds
Body thus: One fort of Madnefs is are very buiflerous, the Humors
caused bya certain Ferment, which boil ia the Body with a kind of
at lad is ipent; yet cannot be fo Tide; which being carried into
confum'd but fome Rcliqucs muft the Erain, and difturbing the Ani¬
be left in the Solid Parts, which mal Spirits, raife confufed Motions
by fome external Caufe may be fee in the Soul, and caufe Difquiet and
afoot again, and fo the Madnefs re¬ Diftradion. And this is the Rcafon
turns. If it be inveterate or here¬ that in tempefiuous Weather diere
ditary , or caus’d by the Bite of a are fo many Storms in the Paflichs,
mad Dog or other mad Creature, fuch a Difficulty in Speaking, fuch
it is fcldom , for the Caufe abovc- Anger in the Mind,fuch Morofcnefc
faid, perfectly cur’d; for the old in Convention, <£rc.
Irapreflions of the Brain being once Let their Meat be cooling and
worn out, and the Spirits entiam’d, moiftening, as Broth of Chickens,
and degenerating from their ge¬ Partridges, Hens and Pullets that
nuine Temper, arc feldom reduc’d are fluff’d with cooling moiftening
to their former State; Of which Herbs,and fuch other Tilings. Some
we have treated more largely a- write fhow well 1 know not) that
bove, especially where we gave Hogs Brains ffy’d in Butter and
the Caufes of this miferable Di- eaten, arc very good in this Cafe.
ftemper. Windy and hot Meats are very bad,
bccaufe they may kindle the Ani¬
S. 13. Dietetic Cure. mal Spirits, as Aromatics, fharp
Things, Muftard,«irc. Swincs-Flefli,
*T He Dietetic Cure confifts in the Meacs hang’d, and dry’d in the
*■ due Observation of the Six Smoak, asalfoall leaven'd Things
Uon-Noturals. Let the Air be tem¬ arc found to be very hurtful.
perate, rather inclining to Cold Let their Dtink.be cooling, as
and Moiftnefs; but carefully avoid Barly-Water, orSpaw-Waters,Dc-
an Air too hot and impure: And codion of the Herb Pimpernel. A
decline going abroad in the Spring; Decodicn of SwaBows, with Lapit
for the great Hippocrates, Sed, 3. Prunell.11 liave found good by Ex*
pcricifet
62, Of Madnefs.
pcrience; but let them abftain
from all Sorts of Wine, for accor¬
ding to the Poet,
Vina gravant animot, faciuntf, furo-
ribm aptot.
Wherefore rich Wines , Spirit of
Wine, and other hot Cordial Wa¬
ters, are by all means to be avoi¬
ded : So that the Ancient Rite of
the Heathens in drinking three
Healths to the Honor of their Gods,
is worth Obfcrvation. The firft
Bowl was to Jupiter Olympiut; the
fecond to the Hero’s ; the third ro
Jupiter Sofpitator. Which were al-
fo.of old railed the Healths of the
Sages. The firft to their Healths;
the fecond to their Friends; the
third to their Reft. What was
more than this they reckon’d Mad-
nefs,and an Injury to their Healths.
So we Phyficians ufually attribute
the firft Glafs to quenching of the
Thirft; the fecond to Pleafure;
the third to Drunkennefs; and the
fourth to Madncfs. For as a loaded
Ship in a great Storm, when the
Pilot is afieep. or has loft its Rud¬
der, cannot fteer right; fohe that
has his Senfes overwhelmed with
Wine, and his Mind opprefs’d, runs
againft the Rocks of Folly; which
Pythagirat obferving, faid, That
Drunkennefs was the Exercife of
Madnefs. Again he fays, apud Sttb.
Serm. That drunken Men as well as
old Men, become twice Children.
Cbrjfoftom called Drunkennefs,a run¬
ning out of ones Wits. Yea , it
muft needs be, that Vinnlentia turns
into Violentia.
Let their Exercife be moderate;
therefore Running, Leaping, &c.
muft be avoided.
More than ordinary Sleep is ve¬
ry convenient in this Cafe, which
Go gle
muft be provoked by inward and
outward refrigerating and cooling
Medicaments. For (according to
Hippocratei) fo long as the Drain is
quiet, fo long a Man is in his
Wits. Long Watchings are hurt¬
ful.
As to Excretion and Retention,
The Belly is to be kept lodftf. So,
if the Hemorrhoids and Courfes be
ftopt, they muft by all means be
forced; and likewife of Fiftula's
and Vlcers, if they be ftopt, they
muft be made to now again.
The Mind muft be kept free
from all PafTiofts. Let Friends be
admitted, but Strangers, and fuch
as the Tick Pcrfon either did or
does hate, be kept from him: Ac¬
cording to lls and Helmant, Fear,
Agony, Envy , Ambition, Angei,
Love, Study, Care, Shame, Cove-
toufnefs, and other fuch like Per¬
turbations muft be avoided , all
which ferve to entiame the Blood,
and enrage the Animal Spirits.
§. 14. Pharmaceutic Cure.
W E now come ro the Phar¬
maceutic Cure. The 7ln=
etent Practitioners , cfpecially the
Galenifts, in the Beginning of this
Diftcmpcr, ufe Preparatives, fuch as
arc Syrup of Violets , Fumitory,
Sorrel, Buglofs, Succory with Rhu¬
barb, foe. Water of Violets, Hops;
Water-Lily^uccory,Endive,Sorrel.
After thel'e they- proceed to Eva-
cuators. And firft they order Blood¬
letting, if the Madnefs comes from
a fuperfluity of very hot Blood, as
they call it; which they do alfo if
it proceed from aduft Choler,
without a Plenitude. And they ufe
thefe following Purgers; Syrup of
Rofes 3 Confeliio Hamech, Diafennx,
fitera Ficra, PiluU Indx , de La» 1
 6f MaJnefs.
fiit Ammo, See. Syrup of Violets i
Leaves of $uccqry,Fumitoryi Flow¬
ers of Water-Lily, the greater cold
Seeds , Liquorice, which may be
given fometimes with , fomecimes
without Purgers, divers Apozems
and Drinks or Decoflions. Af<cr-
vvaid alfo for evacuating they make
l/fe df Manna, Caffia, Senna, black
Hellebor, foe. Nor do they con¬
temn Clyders of the Leaves of
Violets, Lettuce , Marfh-Mallows,
Mallows, Oil of Violets, of Wa¬
ter Lily , foe. After this thefc
Practitioners tty to AVerters and
Repellers, applying Leeches to the
fore Part of the* Head , and to any
other Part of it outwardly. The
Hemorrhoids and Courfes are to be
provoked.
To this End they embrocate the
Head with Oil of Rofcs, Juice of
Knot-Grafs and Vinegar, &c. or
apply in a Rag to the fore-Parc of
the Head, and often change them,
Epithems made of thefe Things ;
and order the Head to1 be fo¬
mented with a DecoCtion of the
Flowers of Stxcbas , Chamc-
mil, foe.
To rtrengthen the Erain and
amend its Intemperaairethey com¬
mend Spedret DrMnargariian figid.
Eieliuarium de Gemifm , Li.i-
tnron Santalan.. Confcrve of Bu-
glofs, Water-Lily,Barrage, violets,
and l'uch other. To the Liver they
apply Epithems of the Water of
Endive, Roles, Sorrel, Camphorc,
Spikenard, foe. ’ To the Heart Wa¬
ter of Buglofs, Rofes., Water-Lily,
Vinegar, Speeiet Dtarnargaritat fri¬
gid. They highly extol a Bath
of Water, wherein has been boiled
Flowers of Chamomil , Melilot;
Leaves of Violets, Lettuce, Wil¬
low. Alfo they advife to anoint
£lie Back-bone with Oil of Water-
Go, gle.
Lilies, Sweet Almpnds, Rofcs,
Violets, foe. When the Cafe is '
almort defperate they boldly ap¬
ply Cauteries to the Nape of
the Neck.
iy.
P SIracelfus thinks he ha$ found
better Remedies than thofe of
tlie Galenifls. And fays /. de Morb.
Ament. c. a. that in tlx Cure of this
Didemper we mud have refpeCt to
two Things, to refrigerate and co¬
agulate the peccant Matter. A-
mongfi refrigerating and cooling
Things, he reckons Narcoticks and
Anodynes, the mod excellent of
which are his Laudanum opiatum,
the quinteilencc of Mandrake,
Poppy, Henbane. But he thinks
that thefe following arc fpccificalty
good, the QiintcHcnce or Spirit of
Saturn, Man and Mercury, the So¬
lution of Cry dal, Extract of Cam¬
phorc, Gold, and the true Aurum
Fotabile, the Liquors of Luna, Sap¬
phire and Musk, as he has ir, lib. a.
de Virib Membr. c. 4. and there he
very much cries up die hidden
Virtues of Gida, which hewculd
have diddled in the Wine of Life,
and to circulate till it cannot touch
the Bottom , and to be given in
Malm fey : This many of tiie Para-
cel/ifti lay, is Nitre diddl'd with
the alcalifated and reflified Spirit
of Wine , which they will have
to be afterwards circulated until
ic become altogether fpiritual knd
volatil. Some of them think it
to be a Preparation of Vitriol,
which PaTacelfut in another Place,
where he.makes it a fpccifick Ce-
phalick, calls Gida or Grid a.
§.i*.
64 Of Madncfs.
cy amended. His Emcticks in this
i i6- Diflemper are thefc:

H Clmont treading in Paracel- Take of Sulphur of Antimony from

fm'% Foot-fleps, commends eight to ten Grains, Cream of
both Narcoticks and Anodynes in Tartar half a Scruple. Mix them.
this Diflemper , and mightily ex¬ Or, Take of Mercurias Vita two
tols the Philofophic Sulphur of Vi¬ Grains, Conferveof Red-Rofes a
triol, calling it Narcotic, foporife- Drachm. Mix them. Or, Take
rous and fweetcr than Honey>there- of Emetick Tartar from two to
fore he fays, ifc is fovereign in all three Grains, Salt of Wormwood
Alienations of Mind, and Phancies two Grains. Mix them.
and Paflions of the Hypochondria .,
for all Kinds of Narcoticks, accor¬ He wonderfully crys up Aurum
ding to him, keep the Spleen from Viu, as alfo Mercurial Medicines,
fending fuch dilrnal Chimera s to forafmuchastheyare wont to work
the Brain. He declares black Hel- by Vomit and Stool* alfo by Sweat,
lebor to be very ufeful, becaufe it Urin and Salivation. For this Au¬
alleviates the Uneafincfs which nu¬ thor has feen fome Mad men per?
merous and troublefom Phantafms feftly cured by Salivation. Araongft
give the Patient. Amongfl other Purgatives be commends this
Things he commends dipping over which follows.
head in cold Water, by which he
hasfeen many cur'd. Take Excraft of black Hellebor,
Calomelanos, or, Meravrius dxd-
ck of each one Scruple. Make
17- a Bolus, Bec.
*t X 73(11 IS fays, nothing is more
V V neceflary in this Cafe,than He alfo highly efieems Alteratives
to keep the diflrafted Perfon in in this Diflemper. Ex. gr.
awe, and commends Severity of
Difciplinc, as Threatnings, Bands, Take of Mineral Cryflal two Oun¬
Stripes, and other fuch like Cour- ces, prepar’d Pearls a Drachm
fes* for that Mad men may be bet¬ and a half, Sugar-Candy two
ter cur’d by beating and tormenting Ounces and a half, Camphorc
them in a dole Room, than by half a Scruple. Beat all thefe to¬
Medicaments. He alfo advifes gether and make a Very fine
Bleeding, Vomiting, and now and Pow der. Of which let the Sick
then flrong Catharticks. He would Perfon ofeen take from, one _ to
have a Vein to be opened, fomc- two Drachms , in final 1 Beer or
times in the Arm , fometimes in Spring-Water, and let him drink
the Neck , fometimes in the Fore¬ fo often as he pleafes, for his
head, fometimes in the Foot, and ordinary Drink , Whey , efpe-
this to be repeated often * for by cially of Goats Milk, alter’d with
that means he thinks that the Lofci- the Flowers of Violets, Red-KoP
nefs of the Mind is befl fupprefs’d, fes, Water-Lilies,

•A
and that always other calmer Blood
ir v -ed of the Chyle,and its Dyfcra-

Co gle
 Of Madnefs.
He alfo commends the often ta-
ging of cooling Eleftuaries, Juleps,
and deftill’d Waters. For aSpeci-
fic in this Diftemper, he mightily
crys up the Deco&ion of Purple-
flow’d Pimpernel, alfo the Tops
of St. Johns-wort.
If the Madnefs come from the
Bite of venemousor mad Beafls,
he commends Infufion of Apples,
fcveral Kinds of Tinftures and
Emulfions.
In every Sort of Madnefs he ad-
vifes Cupping with Scarification,
!■■*.■*** ms
*5
§• 19-
C3 1' Jttes and his Followers fay,
J That to diminifh and ftop the
Motion of the Blood, Venefeftion,
and that to a good Quantity, if the
Patient be ftrong enough, is very
convenient. As alfo all ponderous
things which by their Gravity ftop
the Blood in its fwift Career.
To this end they ufually preferibe
,
Lapis Prunella Saccharum Saturni ,
Lapides Cancrorum, Laudanum Opia-

as alfo Veficatories and Cauteries tum , ,

both aftual and potential. He does
not eafily admit of Arteciotomy,
Trepaning and Mercurial Unguents,
without Diftuftion of Perfons and
Cafes.
He applies Lambs-Lungs reeking
hot, and other hot comfortable
Things, to the fore-part of the
Head when the Hair is ftav’d off,
w*?
Sanguit Dracenit 8cc. And
they alfo commend the Dcco&ions
of the Common Woods, in that
by their hard and heavy Particles,
they ftop the Motion of the Blood,
and by the ftiffhefs of thofc Par¬
ticles cut it, and take away the
Obftruftions, efpecially if fome of
the Pores of the Common Sen-
fory be obftrufted by grofs Parti¬

be the Patient never fo unwilling cles. They exclude all Chirurgic

to permit it. Whoever would be Operations whatever.
inltruftcd further, may confult the
Author himfelf.
§. 2 0.
W
1

§. 18. E are now to deliver 4Dut

ottm Opinion, which is.
S PUuuo, as well as the reft,com¬ That the Animal Spirits being, as
mends Venefeftions, Vomito¬ it were, all on fire, and darting
ries, aqueous Alteratives, as Emul¬ themfelves too furioufly, and flalh-
fions, Juleps, Whey, Mineral Wa¬ ingly, muff be extinguifhed, and
ters, and fuch like Things: neither brought to a gentle and regular
does he difeommend Lapu Pru- Motion. This, Bleeding, often re¬
«St. He mightily extols Veftca- peated, will effeft, but it muft be
tories, and other external refrige¬ by a finall Quantity at a Time, left
rating Applications , as alfo Ano¬ it caufe a Dropfy , an Example of
dynes taken inwardly,v and applied which I my felfhave known. O-
outwardly, as Laudanum Opiatum, piates are very proper in this Cafe,
Cjdmtuttm, &c. He affirms that which prefentiy compofe the raging
cooling Clyfters are of great Ule. and boifterous Animal Spirits *, buc
But I am unwilling to fpend Time they muft not be given imme¬
in being more accurate. diately , nor in a large Dofe $
for it may fall out that the Spi¬
rits may be fo exhaufted by the
V long

Go gle
66 Of Madtiefs.
Ion? continued Madnefs, that if
Narcoticks Ihould be given. they
would fo enfeeble the Fermenta¬
tions of the Elood, that Death
would follow upon it. But we
mnfl firfl begin with Anodynes, as
likewife with a very final! Dofe of
Camphore inflead of Qpiuih, to flop
the Motion of the Blood *, for Cam-
phore is fo fubrlc that no Danger
can arife from thence. If the Di-
fea c begin to refpire, we commend
the Ufe of Vomitories.to take away
the remote Caufej to wit, to free
the Blood from many fixt Particles,
and to caft oat other extraneous
Ferments refiding in tlvr firfl Pafla-
gc«. For by the Ufe of thefe, the
Blood is difehargedof thofe cxcre-
mencitious Parts. Thefe Vomito¬
ries are chiefly Preparations of An¬
timony, as Tirtutui Emeticm, Ayna
benediHa Rularldi,Vomitory Sapa's,
and other Things of this Nature.
To th'ofc 6f a more nice Pilate,white
Vitriol may be given. Others cry
np black Hellebore and its Extract.
It Is our Opinion that flrong Pur¬
ges ought, according to Rule , to
be omitted , for that they do but
more encreafe the inordinate Mo¬
tion of the Animal Spirits , and
drive them deeper irtto the Pdres
of the Brain : For in fuch a furious
Perturbation there is an impetuous
Ebullition and Effervelccncy of tlie
Blood, which alfo arifes frOm the
Force and Irradiation of the Ani¬
mal Spirits, and from thence often
proceeds too great a Rdreftdfem
and Ebullition of the Blood. Poly¬
pody of tlie OaTt hi any tidies does
the Eiifih^fs in tfnS Cafe. But, ro
bring the Blodd to its due Fermen¬
tation all Chjtfybeat Medicines arc
convenient, For they flop the Mo¬
tion Of the faglHgSpirits, and the
violent Ferment a ncm of the Blood.
Go gle
The Blood of the flugglfh Afs,
drawn from the Veins behind his
Eats, has a fiagular ind wonderful
Virtue in deftroying that volaril
Acid. Of Which Michael the fa¬
mous Phyfeianhas given us this
following Prefer ipr.
Take a linen Cloth, and foak it a
fufFcicn- time in Alies Blood let
out behind the Ears •, put it in
a convenient (Quantity of Water
of Pimpernel, and Flowers of
St. Johns-vvort, until rhe Water
be ttng'.d. Mix them and make
a Potion for feveral Dofes. With
this Medicament, the aforelaid
Michael avows that he cured dne
that was Mad Tn die Court of Al-
tenburgh.
We are of Opinidd that the Blood
of a Dog, Hair, yea aUb of a fear¬
ful Man, arc avai'able ih this Di-
flcmper; bccaiife there is in thefe
Crcarures a Terror, Fear and Anxi¬
ety when a Vein is breathed. This
Blood has a peculiar Nattire, and
from thence it is that the moft acute
Mar oh Marci very well fays, That
it is of no fmall Conctrn in what
Dlfportioh thofe Animals die,’whofe
Parts are made ufe of in Ph\flck.
In this Cafe thb Transfufion Of
Calfs, Alfes and Mans Blood, Vene-
feftion being always firfl premis’d,
is convenient *, fdr by it We have
krtOton many Mad-men cured at
Vark, and I my fclf, as abovefaid,
firfl try’d it with gdod Succefs Up¬
on dne that was diflrdfted. To in-
fdfe divers Medicaments, bfbecifdHy
Opiates, into the Mefcraie Veitls,
will not be unprofitable Among ft
Alteratives rhe Attti-Epilepcic Spi¬
rit of Hartman, prepared of a Mix¬
ture of Salt of Urin, and acid Spirit
of Vitriol is very good. Alfo in
thek
 Of Ma inefs.
their ordinary fcrink, vi*. in a De- and left Harm , than thirty of an/
cortion of Pimpernel and Flowers other. Of this Laudanum Opiatum,
of Sr. Johns-wort with two Swal¬ Helmont fpeaks very elegantly frT
lows, you may put fomc Drops of Jus Duurnx rratw , §. 64. Happy if
Spirit of Vitriol, or Lapis Vrunella that Patient wkofe Phyjician fyiotrs
in Whey of Goats-Milk, which hive how to fepar ate from Porn that which
a peculiar Virtue of hireling and is deadly, and retain that which if
appearing the Animal Spirits. And, rfful. Amongft Minerals, Sulphur
to be fhorr, we expert the only, at of Vitriol, and Anodynes of Cop¬
lead, the certaineft Help in this Di- per arc very cffcrtual; but feeing
flemper,from Opiates, provided the that thefe Medicaments are not io
Patient be ftrong for they won¬ cafily strained , we ought in the
derfully lay afleep the Animal Spi¬ mean time to be conrent With Opi¬
rits that are violently moved, and ates. Nor do thefe following want
allay and conflrain their dangerous their juft Praife, Toeriaca coeleJHs
Violence. For the Sick Perfons are Hanov. the Anodyne Tirrture of
often in Danger by the fiereenefs of Zrreffer, Diacodium, Theriaca Andro-
the Spirits, which forlaking the machi, and others which we pur-
Conduct of the Vital Faculty , put pofely omit ; for we cannot be par¬
a!/ things in Confufion •, or as Pbae- ticular in every thing , defignmg
m being flung from his Father’s only to give a general Scheme. No¬
Chariot, fir’d tne Macrocofm, fo do thing will more fix and fettle the
they the Microcofm. For Opium raging Animal Spirits than Oil of
does calm thefe Furies,aflwage thefe Pearls rightly prepared, the Effica¬
Commotions,and doth wonderfully cy of which we have often Expe¬
allay the Motion of the Spirits. rienced in this Diftemper. This
Hence proceed spleafant Reft, and following Lunar Spirit is alfo very
the dehred Settlement of the dif- good.
compofed Spirits, and alfo the Tur-
gefcencyof the peccant Matrer and Take of the Filings of Silver one
Violence of the Humors hereby ca- Part,of Sulphur two Parts. After
filycealc; for if th$ Spirits be com- they are gently melted and uni¬
pofed, which is beft done by a due ted in a Crucible,and pulveriz’d,
life of Opiates , the Republick of pour upon it Spirit of Sal Amo-
the Microcofin, that was before in niac. Extrart a Tinrture accor¬
Confufinn, does in a manner return ding to Art, which cryftallize,
to a fettled State. If among ft Opi¬ and with a Retort draw a Lunar
ates you defire the more fimple fort, Spirit. The Dofc is from fixteen
Meconium (Tor Opium is fcarce with to twenty Drops.
us) may be digefted and corrertcd
with fomefixe Alcdli Salt^fpecially If the Patient cannot fleep , the
of Tartar, with Turpentine, or by following Potion may be given
an artificial Fermentation with about Bed-Time*
Juice of Qumces,according to Hoff-
man in his Clavif Pbarm. Sckrced. Take of Laudanum Opiatum tWo
which Opium fo corrertcd becomes Grains. Diflolvc it in a fuffi-
Anodyne without being Narcotic, cient Quantity of Eflence of
and ten Grains of it do more Good Pimpernel and Sc. Johns-wort.
F a Sweeten

Go gle
 68 Cf Madncfs.
. Sweeten k a linlc , and give it Spirit of Vitriol fulphurated half
ac once. a Drachm, Syrup of Violets two
Drachms, Water of St. Johns-
They commend Mufick in the wort one Ounce. Mix them for
Tiring of a Tarantula , and in the two Dofes.
Diflemper arifing from thence ,
which is like to this in every thing', Weathers Erains fry’d with Cin¬
and fincc others have done it, I namon, Nutmeg, Cloves, and given
think we may make Tryal of it. for three Mornings, is reckon'd as
Amongft the mod ready Specifics a great Secret by a certain Anony¬
i$ the Elood of an Afs drawn from mous Author.
behind the Ears, deftill’d with the The Sccundine of a Woman of
Flowers of Sc. Johns-wort, Juice her firft Child Pulveriz’d, and a
of Pimpernel, Roots and Seeds of Drachm of it givep privately in
wild Fennel •, and thefe arc alfo Wine, is fometimes available. A
good if infos’d m their ordinary Friend told me for a great Secret,
Drink. Agrimony boil’d in Spring that he had cured many Mad men
Water is excellent. I have often with ti e Juice of young Swallows,
known good Succcfc from this given to the Quantity of an Ounce
which follows. twice or thrice in the Water of
Pimpernel.
Take of Confcfth Alhrmes one Amongft external Applications,
Ounce, Tinfhtre of I a; if Lazuli wc commend divers Epithems and
half a Drachm , of Amber two : Unguents prepared of anodyne and
Scruples, ECencc of St. Johns-! cooling Opiates, and applied to the
wort, Pimpernel of each half a Head lhav cl,and Temples. Many of
Drachm, Magiftcry of Luna half our Country-men deftil Bay-Eerries
a Drachm. Mix them. The Dofe iu Balnea Af.trit with Camphoreand
is one Ounce Morning and Even- \ Whites of Eggs, and bath the Head
ing. Or, Take of Water of St. therewith.
Johns-wort. Pimpernel of each ' A live black Hen ( but we fay
three Ounces, Confettio Alkcrmes Swallowsjcut in two in the Middle,
a Drachm and a half, Lapis La- and laid recking hot to the Head
sfuli prepar’d two Scruples,Syrup when fhaven has been found fuc-
of St. johns-worc one Drachm. ccfsful.
Mix them. The Dofe is two or We are not againft the Ufe of
three Spoonfuls. Or , you may thefe Things by the by, Friftions,
often give the Tinfture of Lapis Ligatures, Scarifications> and alfo
Laxult, or the E'.fencc of Pim¬ Cauteries, both Aftual, as Earning
pernel cr Sc. Johns-wort. Alfo with Indian Afoxa, or our German
Afjrnficbt'* Compound Tin&ure of Afoxa found out by us and alfo Po-
St. Johns-wort. Or, Take of tential, but they muft be us'd with
Nitrum Antimmiatum one Scru- Caution.
pic,Butyrum Pcrlarum half a Scru- j Whoever goes about to draw a
p|e, .Magiftcry of Amber three . more exaft Epitome from the prccr-
Grains, of Luna five Grains, ding Medicaments, need not (car to
Mix tliem, and irak- a Powder lofc his Labour,
ft rone Dofe. 0r> Take of the |
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CHAP. V.
IS- Of a Lethargy and Cams.
S-
i|: who (hare in a Citrus have no Fe¬
§. r. Definition.
r-
is
L Etbgrpu or Ltthargia, the Le¬
thargy (by fome call’d Veter-
ver, never open their Eye's, lpeak,
or dir, but lie as if they were dead,
only draw their Breath. A Carus
A* nm, by fome Torpor, by fome is not unlike an Apoplexy, yet it
I* Sopor gravis or a heavy Sleep, by differs from it in Refpiration : for
r« fome Coma, by fome Cataphora , in a Carus there is a free Refpira¬
and by many Subetb J is commonly tion , but in an Apoplexy fcarce
ft defin'd; A (Reflation of the princi¬ any. In a Caruso they neither are
d pal Faculties, but efpecially of the fenfible, nor (lir, nor underdand,
Memory, vvidi an unavoidable Ne- nor think , nor defire , and only
;oi ceflity of Sleeping, (as Celfus ex¬ differ from dead men, in that chey
press itj and arifing from a watry draw their Breath:
is* Humor, with a continu’d lingring
Fever. A Lethargy and Car us are
§. 3. Fart affetted.
W< wear akin, and are aimed cur’d the

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fame way,and therefore we thought
Ft to treat of them both cogether.
T He Part affeBed according to
the atnctentg, is the Sub-
our ohm Definition is this 5 An dance of the Brain, and mod of all,
c I® indifpenfable Necefliry of Sleeping, its hinder-Part, but not its Ventri¬
with a perfect Oblivion, fotnetimes cles : Which they endeavour to
"ith a Fever and Delirium , foijic- prove from the Functions of the
■It* nmcs without them , and arifing Brain being hurt *, becaufe in this
from the Animal Spirits (licking in Difeafe chiefly the Memory and the
■tf a glutinous vifcid Matter, and for¬ Reafon fuffer, which are the parti¬
E«* getting their Offices. cular Offices of the Cerebellum.
& Some of the Ancients take the
0
'id
§. z. Difference. Heart, though without Reafon, for

tf
A Cam differs from a Lethargy
thus*, A Lethargy is attended
with a Fever, and the Lethargick
i opens his Eyes at loud bawling,
and makes fome impertinent An-
fiver when fpoke to: Buc thofe
it*
die Part affetted.
CSUilts in his Anima Brut or um,
reckons for the immediate Subjett
of Sleep and Waking, the greater
part of the Senfitivc Soul radicated
in the Brain, which, according to
him, is nothing elfe buc the Animal
F 3 Faculty

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70 Of a Lethargy and Car us.
Faculty and Spirits, and be confi¬
dently aflcrcs,That the Soul pike as
in Sleep,) does as it were furl its
Sills, and liidc its Head in its own
Bofom.
8>pibttto does not take the Brain
in this Difteraper to be the Part
affefted, but the Veflcls that carry
tie Blood. For lays lie, Prax. /. 2.
c. 29. § 19. Tho the Head of the
Lethargy be heavy , yet that may
proceed from the Humors char are
carried with the Blood to the Brain*,
Jp that wc need not have Kecourfc
to a peculiar 8c primary Fault of
that Part.
The CartcCattc blame the Pores
of the Brain , which if obliruded,
the Animal Spirits cannot pafs
through them to execute their
Offices •, from whence, fay they,
proceed fuch an Inclination to
Sleep.
Belmont, lib. Jus Duumvir at us,
thinks this Diftemper to be ori¬
ginally from the Stomach and
Spleen.
G&e take the Brain and Cerebel¬
lum, and their Pores or Paflages
through which the Animal Spirits
move to the Execution of their
Puties, either in the Brain it fclf,
or the other outward Series, to be
the primary Subject. But as to the
Specific and Individual Part, We
think the Medullar Part of the Brain
is primarily concern’d, becaufe this
Part is rather the Rendezvous of
the Spirits, than the Part where
they are hred ; nor do we exclude
the cortex of the Brain, which com¬
mits mofl: of the Spirits, when
they are generated, to the Nerves.
For if the Cortex be the Seat of the
Memory, and of Sleep , as WiUis
lays it is, it cannot but have a /hare
in tins Calamity.
4. Diagnojlick.
'THere is in thefe Oifcafes an io-
A fuperable Inclination to Sleep,
with a Forgetfulnefs of every
Thing ; yea fometimes the diftem-
per’d Perfon cannot remember his
own Name. Sometimes there is a
Delirium , fometimes none , and
fometimes a continual lingring Fe¬
ver^ When it is conrinual, he
aferibes it to the Choler nnxt with
the whole Mafs of Bloody when
lingring. to the lefs afrive Choler,
fleeing this is but Flegm difpers’d)
wherefore the Parts do not burn
fo much. And this continual Fever
may be remitting, but not intermit¬
ting,becaufe the Blood is not equal¬
ly tainted.
The Patient is forgetful in this
Difeafe, becaufe the Brain prefcntly
fubfiding, difturbs tliat orderly Mo¬
tion of the Spirits which is required
for the Memory; and hinders them
from palfing vigoroufly , and after
their ufual way, into the track for¬
merly made id the Brain, and from
being refleacd to the Clandula
pinealis.
The Sick Perfons make very flow
Replies, altho they be prefs’d to
it, and for the moll pare lie with
their Eyes clos’d,but now and then
Lethargicks open rhem, if you call
aloud upon them, which being Ihut
again, they forth-wich return to
their former Sleep, and fometimes
to fuch a Degree, that thongh you
ull them by the Hail1 it will not
urt them, as being fofar flupified,
that the Operations of al] {heir Sen¬
fes are fufpended. There is fome¬
times fo great an Oblivipn and E-
clipfe of the Memory, char, /ike
Mad-men, they forget every tiling;
yea, though fpmc call ftr^Cham-
 Of a Lethargy and Carv.s. 7*
ber-Pot with a defign to make Wa¬ the Brain. There is a Drowzinefs
terier they forget what they vex and Heavinefs throughout the
about to do , of which I my felf whole Body , efpecially the Head,
can give two Inftances \ which and though they be turn’d upon
nukes it clear beyond all Difpute, their B^s or Sides, yet they will
That the Memory and Reafon are turn again to their former Ponures.
in this Cafe quite abolilhed They In a Corns, alcho the Patient be
alfo.thar are took with this Difeafe, awaked, yet he neither is fenfible,
often yawn, and have a lingring nor gives any Anjwer when fpoken
Fever, with a How trembling, and to, which is a tiling proper to a
languifhing Pulfe. The Reafpn Cm us} yea, if you prick him, al-
why the Pulfe is fometimes hard, tho he fliow feme fnaall fign of Sen-
fom?times foft, is, becaufe the Skin fed on by Contradion of the Part,
or Flefh and Arteries under the you cannot for all that rouze him
Skin* are fofter or harder, which up. For the moll partalfo all the
impofes upon him that goes to feci outward Senfes become in The End
the Pulfe Som : have their Stools ftupified , whereupon neither do
thin, others again are bound and the inward Senfes perform any of
hare their Stools hard. Their Urin their Duties, and are juft as if they
is commonly like to that of Cattle, were dead, excepting that Rpfpi-
which is always better than if it ration remains unconcern d. So
were cle r. la fomc we have obfer- that a Citrus is a Kind of a middle
ved a fweating,accompanied with a Diftempcr betv.ixt an Apoplexy
trerrbing. and the other fleepy Difeafes,
Their Refpirarion is foraetimes .end the next Degree to aji Apo¬
Prong, fometimes weak, fometimes plexy.
ilow, and fometimes attended with
a ratling. That Delirium which Caufe.
now and then goes along with this
Ditfemper, is BOt a true Delirium ; HpHe ^Luctcift Gulenijls, with
for we all of us dote"as much, and 1 their Followers at this day,
make L-c as impertinent Replies when reckon the immediate Caufe of this
we arc dro»zy,becaufe the Motion [ piftemper to be from the cold and
made upon die Nerves, by the ! moift Iuremperaturc ofche Erain,
Words fpoken, is fcarce carried to • that corrupts there *, and from a
the Brain, orific be, it is but very ! pituirous Tumor or cold Apoltem,
obfcurcly and corruptly * wherefore - ari.mgfrom the purifying of cold
j
it is, that ia the Soul are farted tfhlcgm, and by that means di-
confus'd Thoughts and Perceptions, j fturbing the Reafpn and Memory,
which (he making anlwer todpeaks and caufing a mafarlefs Drowz:-
abfurdly : therefore it cannot be nefs. from the Pucrcadion of
Paid that he that deeps is delirious, j Phlegm they deduce the Fever j fo
becaufe we have known (b many ' that they fey the Caufe of thefe
Perfonsin Health to anfacr iraper- two Diflcmpcrs, is, a thick and
t i nently when betwixt Sleeping and dammy Kuipqr lyW8 upon the Sub-
Waking. The Cafe is the fame in fiance of die Brain, by die abound-
this Difeafe , fo that we need not ding of which they lo.vc all die
aferibe the Caufe to Putrefadion iq fbxnomena of this piltemper.
F4 *

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yt Of a Lethargy and Car us.
$. 6.
T Hc ^taratclQfts deny that it
is caus’d by the Coldnefs and
pucrifying of this Phlegm, but fay,
That it is from the Spirits orVapors
of Sulphur , or a fort of Narcotic
Salt, which by its vifcoufnefs ties
up the Spirits, or by its vitriolick
acidity coagulates, or by its Nar¬
cotic Quality ftupihes them, fo
that they cannot come at the Or¬
gans of the Senfes to do their feve-
ral Offices. Which isconfirmed by
this, That there muff needs he
found fome fuliginous and (linking
Sulphur, as in Poppy, Opium, deadly
Night-fhade, Henbane, Mandrake,
and fuch like , which contain in
them (linking Narcotic Oils, which
eafily rake Fire, & fo abound with
a foporiferous Quality, which is the
Property of innammibJe Sulphur.
Therefore though Optum and Opi¬
ates by the Gatenifts are accounted
cold in the fourth Degree ; yet if
the Temperaments and Qualities of
4”ngs are kno .vn by their Tad and
Effed, our Opium is not only bitter,
but alfo (harp and bites the Palate;
from whence the Paracelfifts, no
doubt, conclude, That thefe above-
mentioned contain a Sulphur in
them, to which the Caufe of this
Diflemper is wholly to be aferibed.
According to the Chymifls there¬
fore thefe two Difeafes, Carirt and
Lethargy, are caufed by the Refo-
lutibn of Narcotic Sulphur.
Earnedfus, Lib. 1. de Pita
hnga Cap. 3. makes a Lethargy a
Species of Gutta,1 which Gutta he
calls the Separation of the nutri¬
tious Juice from the Part, which
is done by the Sublimation of the
Cachochyraic Mercury. In ano¬
ther Place he makes the Salt of
Go .gle
Vitriol to be the Caufe of this
Diflemper.
(• 7-
dclmottt, and his Follower
Tacheniw, falling , by what
means I know not, into the Para-
celjian Road, think tliat this Malady
has its rife from a vaporous Sul¬
phur.
(.8.
VrrJUm&ys, that this Du talc
is generated from a watery
corrupt Matter overfpreading the
outward Part of the Erain ; and
partly from fome Narcotick Parti-
cles.pre-exiflent in the Blood, and
convey’d thither; and therefore
adds, that by this means the Cir¬
culation of the Blood is hindered
or altered. He alfo thinks that the
Serum, and other ill Humors are
fometimes fent in too great Quan¬
tity to the Brain, and that it eafily
receives them, by Reafon of its
Pores being over-widened, by the
too much Coldnefs and Moiflnefs
of its outward Part; as he proves
by the Example of Children , and
Old Men, fuch as are Cachochy-
mic, Hydropic, Scorbutic, foe.
f). <>.
n$>ltoiu0,as was faid before, thinks
^ the Caufe to be a tco greac
Quantity of grofs Phlegm, and a
Narcotic Choler elofely mixt with
the whole Mafs of Blood. The
lingring Fever he derives from
that naughty Bile vitioufly fer¬
menting with the Phlegm which
it meets in the Duodenum.
§. I®.
 Of a Lethargy ami Caras.
C SHtteu and his Followers, who
/ alVcrt natural Sleep to be the
fubfiding orclofing of the Pores of
the Brain, conclude that the im¬
mediate Caufe of this Diftemper is
a preternatural Obftruftion of thofe
Pores by means of a grofs Humor,
and a Want of Spirits, which are
drowned by an Inundation of fil¬
thy Matter, and thereby changed
with the Figures of the Pores.
And they alfo fay,that vifeid dewy
Vapors, which eafily turn to Wa¬
ter, and opprefs both the Brain
and Soul, do much contribute :
when, on the contrary, ftiarp and
dry Exhalations, becaufe of the
too great Agitation of their Parti¬
cles, do not to readily turn to Wa¬
ter, as we fee the moft bluftering
Winds to dry the fafteft, of which
Cdrtes Difcourfes more at large de
Meteor. c. j. p. 212.
§. n.
"I X 7<£, as to our own Parts,
V\ fuppofethe Animal Spi¬
rits , furrounded with Clouds of
Vapors, to flick in a vifeid , and,
for the moft Part, acid Matter, fo
that they muft needs defift from
doing their .Duties *, cfpecially if
the Paflages are ftopt which »hey
were wont to pervade ; for from
hence there will proceed a Cefla-
tion of the preternatural Undula¬
tion and Motion of the Animal
Spirits into the Nerves, and their
Irradiation into all the Members.
Eut the more immediate Caufe is
to be fought for in the vifeid Mafs
of Elood, and in the Spirits of the
lame Nature, vithat are imbued
with a certain extraneous Spirit,
. Go gle
7?
or (/.», £as the Chymifts call it.)
For if any heterogeneous Thing
whatever, in either of thefe , ob-
ftrucf or overflow the Pores in the
Cortex of the Brain j or alfo if any
Narcotic Poifon by its previous
filth drives away the aforefaid Spi¬
rits , and altogether extinguifhes
them, then this Mifchief is eafily
raifed. The Morion and Circula¬
tion of the Hutnors are diminifhed
in this Diftemper, and in natural
Sleep, bccaufe the Spirits not flow¬
ing lo copioufly into the Velfcls,
fqueeze them not fo much, nor
cor.fequently move and thruft for¬
ward fo fwifdy the Humors con¬
tained in them. Now thefe Hu¬
mors by flicking there are thick- ‘
ned, and by long ftagnaring caufe
Obftruftions, if they be not pre-
fently driven on by the Spirits. In
the Evening we grow dull and
drowzy for want of Animal Spirits,
and upon this account many Difea-
fcs are worfe towards Night, and
from this greater or lefs Defeat of
Spirits, for the moft part proceeds
more or lefs found Sleep. There¬
fore. the Caufe of this Diflemper
lies moft commonly in the drowzy
Difpcfition of the Animal Spirits,
the Obftruifrion of the Pores of the
Brain, and the vifeidity of the
Blood. For whil’ft this heteroge¬
neous and clammy Mafs of Blood
forces its way into theBrain through
the tw.e Carorides, it leaves there a
glutinous and flimy Matter,in which
the Animal Spirits ftick faft, and
fothe Pores of the Brain are ob-
ftruded.
Narcotic Medicines may eafily
produce this Difeafe, if they be
given unfeafonably, or in too great
a (Quantity, for they very much fix
the Blooa and Spirits. Narcotiqks
are to be manag’d prudently when
the
74 Cf a Let harp/ and Carus.
«hc Patient has long wanted Sleep, Spirits enough generated to puff up
becaufe then the Fermentations are the Brain , and keep it inflated.
very weak in the Heart, and when And hereupon all Motion and Senfe
the Narcotic Quality gets into the is loft •, for the Nerves not being
Blood, it fo difpafcs it, that k is fsvoln with Spirits, they become
Ids and lefs fermented. Wherefore flaccid and fubfide; fo that although
when Strength is already decayed, they be twitched at their Ends yet
it i$ fo fer further diminifhed by they cannot tranfmit chat Imprcflion
the ufc of Opiates, that life cannot to the Brain : And hence arifes
be fupported: And hence it it that tfiis Diftemper. From what has
(bmetimes, after a fmall Dofe of x“en faid, all the Phenomena of this
Opiates in long Watchings, Death Difcgfe may very well be explained
enfues. and unfolded.
This Diftemper fometimes alfo
has its Original from a Narcotic $.lz. Tromoflick.
Vapor arifing from Coals or Turfs •,
for thefe Vapors have fornc Arfenic that we have dope with
in them, wherefore if they caufe _ r the Caufes, we will proceed
any one to feint, hemuft be expo- ;o jhc Prognoflicli- Of yvhich Cel-
fed prcfently to the open Air, and fm. thus fpcaks, “ Seeing this is an
iioc Spirits put into his Mouth,fuch “Acutp Diftemper, it brings Death
as Aqua Thtfucalisy aqua PitJyAntar “ if there fce not prrfent Help- And
ptpleflica, &c. the divine Hippier ate t, 2 <je Morb.
Drunkenncfs and Gluttony wig. defines the Time in thefe
we have faid before, may eafily words; w Uthargickl die in fpyep
bring this Diftemper. Corruption “ Days, but if they efcape fo lone,
is an unequal and bad Mixtion of “ they will recover. Tnis Difeaie
the Parts of the Blood amongft is alfo dangerous if it come upon a
themftlves, whence comes a Fever: Fever, or other Cephalic Di-
For every Fever is not an Acccn- feafcs, or a continual Colick.
fion of the Blood in the Heart, and Alfo old Men are in more danger
anencreafed Fermentation, becaufe than young, for their Spirits arc
in fome Fevers the Pulfe is the not fo vigorous as young tyensare,
weakeft. and alfo in thofe that are old the
Therefore when the Blood is Pores of the Brain arc more fubje<2
thick, pituitous and badly mixt, ic to Obftru&ions, which hinders the
breeds grofs and ill mixt Spirits, Spirits from enlightniag the other
whofe Parts confift of very irregu¬ Parts, and making them fit to do
lar Particles; fome of which are theif Duties. For the Spirits arc
grofs, others fine and pure. The the Governors of the Body, but if
purer fort, at firft, pafs into the there be not a fuffkient Quantity,
Nerves, but afterwards being ob- it mud needs be thae the Body
ftrufted by thole that are grofs the mightily fuffer. It is alfo an ill
fubtler can no longer enter, and Sign if the Patient be oyer whelmed
hereupon the Nerves fhg. Ariel with a very great Drourcincls, and
becaufe pituitous Humors do every if he breath fiowly or rattle. But
where obftruft the Arteries and there is more Hope if the Diftem¬
tlieir Pores, therefore there are not per proceed from Gluttony, Druo-
fcennefs.

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 Of a Lethargy and Car us.
tI5MSIIv»
kcnnefs, Smoak of Tabaco, ufc of
Narcocicks, a light ftroak on the
Head, or by too much vyecting
the Body. In like manner it is lels
dangerous if Evacuations by Scool
and Sweat, whether by Art or Na¬
ture,give eafe \ alio if their Blitter*
run well, and if they fneeze often,
and their Nofe or Eyes drop with
Water. If there be an Abfeefs be¬
hind die Ears it is lookr upon as a
Degree to Health, and is common¬
ly accounted a CriOs. A Suppu¬
ration often grows in the Breatt
when they begin to recover. A
%k**
Trembling in this Diftempcr is one
of the worh Signs, and alfo a cold
Sweat about die Head and Fore¬
head. .If the Excrements by Stool
be many and thin it denotes a
greater Dcfeft of Animal Spirits,
and confequenrly Danger. The
Female Sex is moft obnoxious to
this Difeafe, becaufe they moft a-
bound with ferous Particles. A
Cure is very difficult in old Men,
in that their Qhftru&ions are not
. fo eafily opened , becaufe of the
Hirdnefs of their fibres.
$.13. Dietetic Cure.
THefe Things being explain’d, we
mutt now come to the Dietetic
Cijre. Let the Air fee clear, hot
and dry, which may be amended
with burning Juniper-Woqd, flofe-
mary,andpeaves of Bay-Tree. On
the other Hand , a cloudy, rainy,
moift and cold Air muft he avoi¬
ded ; for fuch an one is an Enemy
tp the Animal Spirits, and thickens
thc^lpod, and thereby deprives
the Spirits of their Commerce.
Let the Aftat be attenuating,
and taken in dpe Proportion, but
jejs better meat too little than too
much. ^Kths of CafQns, Hens
Go gle
and Pullets ftuff’d with Cephalic
& other Herbs are very good. Pbta-
fants alfo arc whoKom ; but all
Meats whatever mutt be feafoned
with Cinnamon and other Aroma¬
tic Herbs. Such Meats as are crude,
windy, cold, and tyt mutt be for-
born. As alfo I’ulfeand all Pot-
Herhs, no lefs than Milk-Meats,
and ether Things of the fame Na¬
ture.
Their Dr/n^ muft befmall Wine,
Ptifan, and fmall Beer. Itca and
Coffee are very good. Thev muft
by all means forbear drinkingSpring
Water, or Twilling of any Urong
Liquor.
Sleep muft be kept off as much
as may be, by pinching, pulling the
Hair, and if need be, hy pulling the
Limbs , or by putting under their
Nofes Funjes of Sulphur , Cali or,
Galbanum, Sagapenttm % alfo Spirit
of Sal Armonhc. muft be put to the
Nofe. The Ancients us’d to irritate
the Fibres qf the Noftrils with die
(harpeft Vinegar.
Inftead of Exercife let them be
foundly rubb’d all over with rough
Cloths , efpeciaHy their Feet and
Hands; and they muft be often
mov’d from one Side of the Bed to
the other.
As to wliat concerns the Excreta.
and Retcnta, All poffible Care muft
be took that the Belly be loofiied
with Clyfters, Suppoftories , and
other fuch like Cachartidts.
Amongft the Papons of the Mini,
Joy and Mirth are to be endea¬
voured. To diis purpofe, Friends
are to be call’d in , who by keep¬
ing abuftle wich the Sick Perfon,
may interrupt his Sleep. Melan¬
choly, Sadncfs, Cares , Fear, <frr.
are to he avoided.
5- I4«
7S Of a Lethargy and Car us.
I pull’d by the Hair of the Head to
$.14. Tharmaceutic Cure. flir him up and avert the Matter,
j They command the Application of
THc 3nrtrut0, who followed
x G.tlsrii Methods, make -ufe, in
this Diftemper, of thefc Prepira-
tives; A Deco&ion of Sagc,Hylfop,
Time, Marjoram, Betony, Penny¬
royal, Fennel, Smallage, Maiden-
Hair, Bawm, Roots of Butchers*
Broom and Grafs j to which Deco¬
ction they add Honey of Rofes , or
Oxymel. When die Diftemper has
took deep Root, they then en¬
counter it rather with Purgatives,
which are thefc •, Htera Dtacolocyn-
thid»s, Diaphanicon, El. Indum Maj.
Trochifces of Agarick. They alfo
fometimes advife to vomit with a
DecoCtion of Rhachfli, Orrach, and
Vinegar of Squills, &c. After tliat
they are wont to preferihe Clyfters
of Mallows, Chamomil, Sage, Mar¬
joram, Origanum, Centory the lefs,
Rofcmary , Betony, Fennel-Seed,
Colocynthu, Agarick j in the Cola-
tures of which tliey either diflolve
/tier. Logadii or Eletluarium Dia-
pbanicon, Oil of Chamomil, Rue,
Honey of Rofes, foe.
Amongft thefc they are wont to
«fe Suppofitories of Honey with
Species Hiera pkrsjmd common Salt,
or Sal Gem.
Thofe Things are by them call’d
Revellers, which can avert the Hu¬
mors, and rouze the frek Perfon in
thefe Diftempers , as Vencfeftion,
Clyfters, Suppofitories, Rubbing
of the Palate and Tongue with Ho¬
ney and Vinegar, in which is mixt
Pellitory of Spain and Muftard-
Seed. The extreme Parts of the
Body are to be rubb’d until they
are red and fore, which alfo, they
fay, muft be pinch’d, ftung with
Nettles, and prickt, and the di-
ftemper’d Perfon muft be violently
Go gle
Cuppjng-Glalles to the back part of
the Head, as alfo to the firft or fe-
cond Vertebra, and likewife to the
Buttocks and Thighs. They ad¬
vife Errhines of Vinegar , in which
arc boil’d Origanum, Time, Penny¬
royal, foe. and to fnuft' up the Nofe
the Vapors tlut arife from thence.
Thev endeavor to raife the f:ck
Perfon with a Suf-fumigation of
Galbanwn, Caftor, Ajja feetida, Eu-
pbirbium , Sulphur , Pirch , Harcs-
Horn, Mans Hair, and other fuch
Things.
The Ancients think that Lcthar-
gicks may be raifed by a Criins Gall,
heated in a leaden Vcflel, and the
fore-Part of the Head anointed
therewith j and they alfo vainly
imagine that the Eyes, Heart and
Gall of a Nightingale , as alfo the
Head of a Bat £thefe being watch¬
ful Creatures) laid under the Pil¬
low, will keep the Patient awake.
They ufe Gargarifms and Apo-
phlegmatifms: Alfo Irrigate and
Foment the Head fhaven, and cfpe-
ciajly the fore-Part, with a Deco-
ftion of Rue, Origanum, and other
Aromaticks. Neither do they neg-
le<a Sinapifras of dry Figs, Muftard-
Seed,Pigeons-Dung,C4«rA.w</ff3&c.
Laft of all,they arc wont to amend
the remaining Intcmperature, and
to corroborate the Head with their
Strengthners, fuch'as Confcrve of
Betony, Marjoram, Diamofcu Dulce,
Dumbra, Mithridate, Treacle, Con-
fell. Anacardina: Outwardly, with
Oil of Caftor, Ol. NarMmtm, Cojli-
num , fee. Alfo they would noc
have Perfumes of Caftor, Penny¬
royal, Time, &c. to be neglefted.
They think alfo that Oyntment of
Caftor is wonderful good for the
Head
 Of a Lethargy and Cm
Mead in this Diftemper. And wardly diis Aurhor commends Bal-
they lay bo the Head (haven, with fam of Alces, Myrobalans CbeM,
good Succefs, a Bag of Millet-Seed Bslljr. ind. See.
and Salt roafted.
W E will now , having done
with the Galenijh, pro¬
ceed, according to the Order of our
Method, to the £)araeclfl(lB,and,
if we may be Choofers, we will
ftllovv thofe who commend in thefe
Diftempers the Philofophick Spirit
of Yimol, and the Volatil. For
Paracelfus himfelf de Alcbymia fays,
that a Lethargy being a Mineral
Diftemper, is not to be cured by
Deeoftions out of Apothecaries
Shops, but by Minerals. A certain
Man , he fays, after a Fever, fell
into fuch a deep Sleep, that he was
noc fcnfible when prickt, nor could
open his Eves, or (peak one Word,
but lay juft as if he were dead, be¬
ing in a Lethargy , whom he cured
w ith Oil of Salt, as helikewife did
another with Oil of Vitriol. Oil,
Milk, ancl ^uinteflence of Sulphur,
are in the fame Eftcem. In ano¬
ther Place he commends in thefe
Diftempers a twofold Arcanum, Vi¬
triol at um and Mercurim Solis, which
lie would not call Aurum Potabilc,
("not liking , perhaps, the vulgar
Appellation) but gives it the new
Name of Horizon. Amongft Mine¬
rals, he affirms, that the Eflcnce of
Antimony has a fpecifick Virtue in
quite rooting out theCaufe of this
Difeafe, and mightily ftrengthning
Nature, and this he alfo us’d in
many other of the raoft grievous
Difeafes of the Head. The Madnefs
and Envy of Chymical Knaves hin
tiers me f.om divulging the genuine
and truly Philofophical Prepara¬
tion of this and other Arcana, Out¬
Go gle
77
16.
H gltnont magnifies the Roots
of Carline Thiftle, and alfo
the Juice and Ext raft , all which,
he fays, do by jympathy drive away
Sleep, and moft of all,' that which
is preternatural. He alfo fays, that
vvhat he advifes in the other fopo-
nferous Diftempers are proper in
this. But to repeat all thefe Tilings
would be impoilible.
17.
N Ow comes Cfilillis upon the
Stage, who takes this Me¬
thod in the Cure. After the Inje¬
ction of a fharp Clyftcr he advifes
Venefeftion, and rather in the Ju¬
gular Vein than the Arm, becaufc
the ftagnacing Blood is by this
means brought to a more equal Cir¬
culation. He commands large Ve-
ficatories to be applied to the Neck
and Thighs , and the Temples and
Face to be anointed with Oil of Am¬
ber or Cephalic Balfams. He or¬
ders Cataplafms of Rue or Crowfoot
with black Sopc and Sea-Salt beat
together into a Pulrifs to be laid to
the Soles of the Feet. Rough Fri-
ftions, according to him, arc to be
ufed to the outward Members. He
highly commends Scarifications,
Errhines, Sternutatories, andApo-
phlegmatifms. Inwardly he ufes
thefe Medicaments. If the Lethar¬
gy proceed from Surfeiting or Nar¬
coticks, then lie thinks that a Vo¬
mit of an Infufion of Crocus Metal-
lorum is moft convenient. After
this ke furnifhes us with appro¬
priate Ccphalicks, as divers Yola-
yS Of a Lethargy an A Car us.
tils. Amongfl outward Applica¬
tions he is for having the volatil
Salt of Urin, or Spirit of Sal Armo-
rtiac. often held to the Nofe.
18.
Cplbtug thinks the Cure of this
° Diftemper confifls in altering
and evacuating the redundanc
Phlegm fas was Aid above when
we fpoke of the CaufeJ and alfo in
correding the Choler that has a
Narcotic Quality. To anfwer this
Intent he commends the Roots of
Flower-de-luce , Acorns, Galangal,
Calamus Aromaticw, Leaves of Mar¬
joram , Sage, Bay-Tree , Hyflop,
Mother of Time, Wormwood, Car¬
dans BenediSlUs , Mint , Flowers of
Ce'nrory the lefs,Chamomil, Seeds
of Eiftard-Lovate, Anifc , Cara¬
way, Nigela , Berries of the Bay-
Tree, of Juniper , Gum Opoponax,
Galbanum, Bdellium, Ammoniacum ;
and he highly values almoftall Aro-
maticks, in that they cut the grofs
Phlegm.
Amongfl Evacuators he makes
choice of Agarick, Turbith, full
of Guih, ColocjnthU, and any Pre¬
parations of Mercury. Further¬
more he alferts, that the Bile,which
is often endued with a Narcotick
Quality and occanons a Fever, is
corre&ed by Things that are aque¬
ous, acid, <&r. And in this Cafe
he prefers Oil of Sulphur per
Campanam before acid Spirits, and
lays, Tiiat next to it is Spirit of
Nitre.
§. 19.
THefeekFollowers of Cartes, who
for the Caufc of this Di-
flcroper either in the Scarcity ef
the Animal Spirits % or the Subfi-
Go gle
denceahd doling of the Pores of
the Brain, occafion’d by a too
great Inuhdation of Pituitous Hu¬
mors, as was faid above, do there¬
fore attempt the Cure with volatil
Aromaticks, which reflore the Spi¬
rits, open the Pores by means of
their Volatility, and do cut and
difiolve the vifeid Matter. They
commend Caftor and other pene¬
trating Tilings of the fame Nature,
that is, fuch as confifl of very vo¬
latil and lubtle Parts, and there¬
fore can more eafily pafs througli
the Pores, irritate the Spirits, and
dilfolve the Phlegm. And becaufe
this Di(temper proceeds from a
vifeid Matter, they argue that fuch
Things are to be ufed as confifl: of
rigidand hard,but,notwirliflanding,
fniall and (lender Particles, that
they may eafily infinuatc them-
fdvesInto the Pores, and may not
be byafled by the (hiking againft
other Particles that they meet ;
fuch as are all fpirituous Things,
and volatil aromatic Salts*, thefe
Woods,Guajacum, Suflaphras, Roots
cfMaflcrwort, Elecampane, Cala¬
mus Aromaticus: Leaves ofBetony,
Bawm, Origanum, Sage, Marjoram,
Time, Rofemary, &c. For all thefe
Tilings confifl of rigid and hard
Parts, but yet thin and (lender,from
whence they have the Power of
penetrating, cutting , altering and
diflolving grofs Humors.
They alfo magnify Sternutatories
or Sneezers , infilling upon the
forefaid. Method,becaufe they have
fuch (tiff Particles and partake of a
certain Acrimony; for no fooner
do they touch the little Membranes,
but they twitch them, and thereby
irritate the Spirits to fuch an Ex¬
cretory and Spafmodick Motion.
W^/ay nothing here of Preparers
‘and Purgcrs, and external Medica¬
ments,
 Of a Lethargy and Carus.
ments,feeing that an undemanding Patient is ronzed by Pricking, be-
and ingenious Reader, may be fur¬ caufe whilfl that you prick and
nished from our own Method of pinch the Extremities of the
Cure, which now follows. Nerves, the Pores in the Braih
and Nerves are opened, and fo
forne become greater fome lefs *
§. 20
by the Variation of which, wdy
] N giving the Caafes of this Ma¬ is made for the Spirits to flow
lady we blam’d a vitious Acid into the Nerves. Lethargicks are
obflructing the Pores of the Brain, fometimes raifed by Pricking, be¬
and therefore £hir principal In¬ cause fome few Spirits ftill re¬
tent in the Cure mud be, That the main in the Nerves, fo that the9
Animal Spirits, flicking in a vifcid can convey the Motion, that ti
and acid Matter, may be fet ac Li¬ made by a ftrong Pinching, to
berty, and the Mafs of Blood be the Brain. Neither are the Nerves
fredd from its Vifcidiry and Clarn- ever wholly without Spirits, fjr
niinefs, which not without Reafon always, fo long as a Man is alive,
we commend as the greateft Secret there are fome flill remaining hi
of Succefsful Praftice in this Di- the Body. We alfo ufe to lay
flemper. Therefore being furnifhed Veficatories to the Nape of the
wirh thefc Indications, we pafs to Neck, and fometimes behind the
the Cure. We commend volatil Ears j and to the Tongue, Noflrils
Salts in General, as well ofVege- and Temples we apply Spirits of
rables, out ofCephalics, and their Caflor, Amber and Urin. Ex.gr.
volatil Spirits, as of Animals, out
of Man’s Blood, Matthiolus's Qiiin- Take of Spirit of Wine campho¬
reflence , volatil Salts of Amber, rated , Sal Armoniac aromati¬
Harts-Horn, Secundines. That no¬ zed of each a Drachm, Vi¬
ble Remedy the Liquor Cornu Cerii negar of Amber and Rue Of
Skcamus , the nervine Liquor of each half an Ounce. Mix them.
Schefer , Caflor and its Tih&ure By the Ufe of this you will find
both outwardly and inwardly are much Benefit.
available. Nor are volatil oily
Salts, prepar’d of the Oils of Aro- Afterward we take Care to give
maticks to be negleftcd, bnt cfoc- fliarp Suppofitories or Clyflers fdf
cially if they be mixt with fpi- which below\ But if the Diftem-
rituous Things, as volatil Salt of per proceed from Gluttony, or the
Saffron, they do admirably draw unfeafonablc Ufe of fome Narcotic
the Animal Spirits out of that Medicament, or if there be any
vifcous arid Matter in which they Fear of the Patient’s having took
are fet fall, and do corrctt and Poifon, then Vomitories are as im¬
amend the acid and vifcous Mafs mediate Help , as Hippocrates and
of Hood. Thus much of the Ge¬ Experience tefline. And here alfo
neral, now we proceed to the I'pirituous and fulphureous Things
more fpecial Remedies. As foon will contribute more to the Cure
as we come at the fick Perfon, than faline, in as much as fpiriruous
without delay we order Fri&ions, Tilings have regard to the nokibus
rinchings or Prickings. For the Impreflicns made by the Narcotic
Spirits,
8o Of a Lethargy and Car us.
Spirits, by putting them into Mo¬ Take of the Liquor Cornu Cervi Suc-
tion, and agitating them anew, as
Acids do hinder their Imprellion,
which Ettmulleriti oblervcs as well
as wc. But if the peccant Martcr
flow in great Quantity to the Breafl
(as is ulualj and caufes a Cough
and Difficulty of Breathing, we
may ule, as a prefent Remedy, four
or five Drops of Balfam of Sulphur
with Turpentine diflblv’d in Syrup
of Jujubes, which the noble Hor-
ftiin gave with extraordinary Suc-
cefs. And we endeavor to awake
the drowzy Spirits with Sternu¬
tatories , and alfo with Wtde-
liui'% Euporijion, or the following
Remedy.
Take of Water of Marjoram, Lily
of the Valleys, Flowers of the
Line-Tree of each half an Ounce,
white Vitriol two Scruples.
Mix them for a Draught.
Internally we mud for fome
Time perfift in the Ufe of Apo-
ple&ic, fpirituous and odoriferous
Waters, as the Spirits of Lily of
the Valleys, black Cherries im¬
pregnated with volatil Salr. Our
own Antilethargic Specific is this
which follows.
lutiferous, which if you joyn with
Take of Powder of Caflor one Purgers, you anfwer feveral Intents.
Drachm, Muflard Seed,Garden- Ex.gr.
Crcfs-Sced of each a Drachm and
a half, Allies of Swallows, pre¬ Take of Rcfin of Jalap twelve
par’d Amber of each a Drachm,
Ambergiife half a Drachm,Leaves
of Gold N°* three. Make a Spe¬
cific Powder. The Dofe is from
a Scruple to a Drachm, to be gi¬
ven in fome fpirituous Apople¬
ctic Water.
Or, Tt may be given in a liqmd
Form, as follows.
Go gle
cinarui one Soruple, Tinfture of
Caflor, of Amber of each half a
Scruple, Water of the Flowers
of the Line-Tree two Ounces and
a half, of Svallows with Caflor
one Ounce, Synip of Peony three
Drachms. Mix them, and give
it by a Spoonful at a Time.
Or, Take of Spirit of Sdl Arma¬
ni ae with Amber, of Sccundines,
of an Elks Hoof of each a Scru¬
ple, Water of Bawm, Lavender
of each an Ounce and an half, of
Swallows with Caflor, Syrup of
Cinnamon of each an Ounce.Mix
them. Or, Take of Oxymel of
Squills two DrachmSjSpirit of Sal
Armoni.ic half a Scruple, Svrup of
Carduus Bcneditlus an Ounce.Mix
them. Or, Take of Species dia-
lune Mynfichti three Drachms ,
Magiftcry of Caflor two Scruples,
Chvmical Oil of Rue fix Drops.
Mix them, and divide it into fix
equal Parts, which may be took
in the following Mixture. Take
of Water of Rue three Ounce*,
Cephalic Water one Ounce, Oxy¬
mel of Squills an Ounce and aa
half. Mix them.
Thefe Medicines will be very fa- x
Grains,Tinaureof Caflor, Amber
of each eight Grains.Which you
may either make into Pills, or
with Conferve of Rofcmary-
Flowers or Marjoram make a Bo¬
lus. Or, Take of Pit. Alcophang.
lulf a Drachm , Refin of Jalap,
Agarick of each three Grains,Ma-
giflery of Amber four Grains,
Salt of Amber tlirec Grains, Oil
of
 Of a Lethargy and Cams. 8r
of Mapjoram two Drops. Mix Purgers being added, or one or
them , and make fifteen Pills. two Drachms of Seeds of Daucw of
Or, Take of Caftor two Scru¬ Creet may be boiled in Whey, and
ples, Scammony fulphurateabne half a Drflchm of the Pulp of Colo-
Scruple. Divide it into two quintida may be tied in a Rag, ad¬
equal Parts, and give it in ding two Drachms of Sal Gem,and
Oxyrael ofSquils. Salt of Carduus Bencditlus'. Or lec
this Clyfter be prepared.
Befides what we have named a-
bovt in the Dietetic Cure , the or¬ Take of Wormwood, Centory the
dinary Drink muft be a Decoftion lefs. Leaves of Rue, Betony of
of Cea, or the common Woods, each a Handful, Root of Pellito-
as Gwajacwm,Saflafras, with aromatic ry of Spain three Drachms, Pulp
Herbs,as Leaves of Marjoram,Beto- of Coloquintida tied in a Rag a
ny, Rofemary, Flowers of the Line- Drachm .and a half. Boil them
Tree, Roots of Peony, foe. For a in a fufficient Quantity of com¬
Specifick we commend a Decoftion mon Water, to eight Ounces of
of Swallows with the Flowers and the Colature add of Eleftuary of
Wood of the Line-Tree. We might Hiera with Agaric an Ounce,
add much more of this Nature, if Oxes Gall thickned a Drachm,
we would humor a wonderfully and the Yelk of one Egg, Make
wanton & carping Age, which how¬ a Clyfter.
ever we deiignedly omit. But as
Virgil gathered Gold out of Erwin's Great-Dock Root, Barks of Ta-
Dung-lull, fo may every Phyfi- maris-Tree , Shavings of Guajatum
cian, that is any thing skilful, make and Bryony-Root, to the Quantity
a more choice Collcftion out of of two Drachms, arc alfo good in
\vhj»c has gone before. Clyfters.
In the laft Place let Cupping- Stinking Things are to be held to
Glades be applied both with and the Nofe, fnch as Spirit of Sal Ar-
without a Flame; alfo Vefcatories, moiiiac,Caftor,or tills which follows.
Ligatures, foe. If all thefe Things
do no good, rccourfc muft be'had Take of Oil of Tartar per Veliquitm
to that often mentioned Infufion of two Drachms, volatil Sal Armo*
divers volatil Liquors into the fick niac half a Drachm. Mix them,
PCrfon’s Veins. Which, notwith¬ and let them forthwith be put
standing; I think muft be omitted, to die Nofe.
as alfo Venefeftion , to avoid the
Calumnies of the Vulgar, becaufe Boil fome of the fturpeft Vine¬
when the Patient dies they lay the gar with Caftor and Rue, and
blame upon them. Nigel/a-Seed , pour ic upon a
Clyfters in this Cafe are many red hot Iron, and let the Va-
Times convenient, which ought to pof pafs into the Noftrils of the
be fo fharp, as by irritating the In- tick Pcrfon.
ceftines to rouze up the diftemper'd Sternutatories in this Cafe ape
Perfon^nd powerfully cut the grofs extremely beneficial, and moft of all
Humors. Therefore they muft be this which follows,
made of Cephalic Herbs, fome fharp
Q Take
 Of a Lethargy and Carui.
Take of die Powder ofrtrgmia Ta-J But Phyficians do very ill to mix
baco, Marjoram, Lily of the Val¬Vinegar with OxjrrhodinM-,bccz\i^ it
does too much bind the Pores.
ley of each a Scruple, Caftor half
a Scruple, Volatil Salt of Urin, Ligatures to the extreme Parts
Powder of white Hellebor of are often to be untied and tied again,
each four Grains. Mix them and beeaufe that changing Very much
make a Powder. affe&s the Soul
A Sponge held to the Nofe with
Let a Cataplafm of Radifh , Vi¬ Juice of Smallage, Vinegar of Rue,
negar, Salt and Leaven be applied and Powder ofCaftor will mightily
t^the Soles of the Feet. avail.
For an Ox rrhodinum we com¬
mend this which follows. Take of Smallage three Handfuls,
Flowers of NigeBa and Rue of
Take of Water of Chamomil an
each a Drachm, Caftor a Drachm
Ounce and an half, Treacle Wa¬
and a half. Make a Bag according
ter in which Caftor is extracted
to Art. 0r> Take of Vinegar of
an Ounce, Alhes of Man’s Hair as
Rue two Ounces, Juice of Rue
much as you wilL Mix them.
newly drawn half an Ounce, Ef-
Thofc Afhes muft be ufed becaufe fence of Caflor two Drachms.
they contain in them a volatil Salt. Mix them.

CHAP. VI.
Of a Waking Coma.
§. i.
K Waking Coma £which fome
call Pervigilium) is a mor-
’ bid Somnolence, and an ex¬
treme property to fleep , which
makes a man fliut his eyes , but
though he fettle himfelf to fleep,
yet he cannot take the leaft nap.
fttienrs in this Difeafe are delirous,
and aft flrange Abfurdities. At fir ft
they find a dulnefs in their Heads,
with a ftupidity pf all their
Senfes.
§. 2.
]T differs from a fleepy Coma, be-
x caufe in that there is actual fleep j
but in a waking one fleep is hun¬
dred, and the Patients dote. But
we fhall fay more of this, when we
come to the Caufes.
3. Part affettcJ.
rJ'Hc 9nciertt0 commqnly take
the Erain for the place affeded,
fome make it tht Cerebellum,others,
as the tjelnumttanfi, make it the
Stomach, fome the globous part of
the Brain, fome the cortical part,
and others die Glandula Pineal*.
Sle reckon the part affeded to be
the Pores of the Brain , and other
Go gle
*1
Bodies containing the animal Spi¬
rits, through which thefe Spirits,
free from any taint othcrwife , be¬
ing put upon their dury, do rove,
and like a daring and difobedienc
Souldicr5run through all things and
influence them.
4. Diagnofiick.
A Waking Coma is fo welt
known , that we need no
Signs, but what were given in the
Definition before. However, if the
Patient fhould diflemble, fome con-
jedures may be made from che
rednefs and heavinefs of the Eyes,
and likewife from want of motion,
fliffnefs and drinefs in the Eye-lids.
They are not themfelves. Helmont,
in the Dedication of his Book,mcn-
tions a couple , who were lick of
this Difeafe, a Spaniard and a Ger¬
man. He obferved that tke German
fate or laid in that very pofture
wherein they placed him, as if he
had been a Statue. He was not able
to give an Anfwer to what was
asked him, nor did he underlhnd
what his Wife or any of his Chil¬
dren faid to him, except it were
in his own German 1 ongue;\vhcre-
as at home he conftantly ufed to
fpeak Italian and French. Nay,
j after he was cured of this waking
Cr a t»ma.
E4 Of a Waking Coma.
c o’n*. He could fcarce be perfwaded
to believe it.
The Patients fometiraes fhut their S. 6.
«yes, but cannot go to deep, they ^Hc |3araceiflfts do in this Di-
dote arid look down, they are feale blame fulphureous fh:rp
perpetually prating abfurd fluff, ExhaIarions,which caufe a Eurning:
toiling their Arms and Legs to and For after their way of arguing,
fro, they look flem on thefe th^t thefe Vapors are of a different na¬
wake them, they are vertiginous in tureand property, as the nature sof
their deknefs, enclining to vomit, the matter whence they arife, do
and mod of them are lean Thisx differ. And thefe Vapors are able
Difeafe rarely comes of it felf, but to caufe Watching , unquiet Sleep
for the mod part accompanies or and Doting.
follows a Phrenzy , Madnefs, or
fome other Cephalic Difeafe. Now
for the Caufe. 7•
T"1 He mod fagacious f^clmont will
have the Stomach to influence
".
5 Caufe. the whole Body by Spirits, and he
HTHe ©alculdg (who are for pfaces the adminiflration of all vi¬
their All-fours in Complexi¬ tal offices in the Hypochondria, i. e.
ons . Hamors , and fird Qualities, in the Spleen and Stomach. Which
which Hippocrates , Helmont, and two- with him make up a Duum¬
others have drongly oppofed, as a virate , and command the other
thing dedruftive to Ph)fick and Parrs, from whofe unquiet and di-
Natural Philofophy ) derive the Aurbed Government he thinks
Caufe ,of this Difeafe from a mix¬ Watching proceeds.
ture of Bile with Phlegm. For if
Bile ("according to their way of §. 8.
fpeaking) do more abound, they
hold that a Waking Coma is bred ;
but if Phlegm exceed, then a flee-
LEt us now fee what CfttlHs
, fays. He makes the Caufe to
py com a. And there are fome of be a two great agitation and ex-
this Scft to be met withal, who en- pantion of the animal Spirits:
devour to evince by Reafon, that Which annual Spirits are in his
this Difeafe arifes from bilious and optnion like Sentinels on their'Du-
phlegmatick Vapors,and they prove ty» free from all impediments, but
it by Ferneliitt lii's authority, who didurbed in their red, and excited
fays, as If lie were the Infallible, by external, mediate Caufes« for
that Waking is caufed, when a hot indance, by fome fharp Humor,
and^ diarp vapor attenuates and by a Medicine, by Worms, pc. So
difperfes the Spirits above meafure: die Spirits are put in aftien and
pat thefe are like Penelope's Suiters upon continual duty by more re¬
in tfimer,who fndead of her courted mote Canfes, by a blow, and Con-
her Maids j wc will therefore fee vulfion or Pain caufed thereby,
what Paraceljiu fays , chough he is whereupon it cannot otherwifebe,
too much of the like damp. but that want of Sleep mud enfue.
Now in preternatural waking the
animal

Go gle
 Of a Waking Coma.
animal Spirits being too .fierce and
claffic, can fcafce contain them-
felves within their place ; where¬
fore being too much expanded,
they Veep the Brain and Nerves
tenfe, and when'at any time they
raife a tumult in the B'ain , they
like wife raife various Delir'ta, and
( which confirms the matter) fome-
rjmes the fierce and eagre Spirits,
when they are recalled , do fall
impetuoufly on the nervous kind,
whereupon enfue palpirarions of
the Heart, twitchings and Convul-
fions. And we may conftajjrly ob-
ferve, That they who are afraid to
deep, as foon as ever they take a
Nio, prefently they dart at a thou-
fand Phantafins, and are forced to
keep waking. For the animal
Spiriti, which ought to be calm,
clear and lucid in their natural
flare, are in this cafe ufually eagre
and fierce,like the fleams that arife
from Aqujt fygU. He holds that
a fowre , corrupt, fait and fharp
Blood dees remotely contribute
much. He alfo maintains, that
there is a fort of Com.1 which con-
fi/b in a continual and exceflive
opening of the Cortical part and
Pores of the Brain, caufed by the
forefaid preternatural humors.
5. 9.
Cplbius alfo is taken up with the
0 fame Sentiments, in a manner ;
and derives the next immediate
Caufe of this Difeafe from a too
grfc»r agiration of the Animal Spi¬
rits. For he does not at all que¬
stion, but that the animal Spirits
are di(lurbed ; and he the rather
thinks he is in the right, becaufe
all things that hinder Sleep, are
ufually of fuch a nature , that they
difturb the Aiirnil Spirits i fuch
85
as are grievous pains, troubles and
perplexity of mind, volatil lharp
Salts, which render the bile or/t-
rum very lharp.
§. IO.
'J^He CarteQans place the next
immediate caufc of Want of
Sleep in an exceffive dilatarion of
the Pores of the Brain , caufcd by
the firing and txceflive morion of
the Animal Spirits. The mediate
Caufes are all fuch things as atte¬
nuate or heat the Blood too much,
and that by moving ir too much
encreafe the Animal Spirits; and
things that open the paflages of the
Plexw Cboroides and caroiid Arte¬
ries , that dilate the Pores of the
Brain, and make way for the in-
grefs and egrefs of the Spirirs ; as
alfo things that alter the Body by
their exceffive agitation and cpn-
cuffion, fuch as all (harp, aculeate,
poifonoasand purgative things,#v.
all which things may here aft their
parts remotely. They maintain
alfo, that this Difeafe is produced
by paucity and acrimony of Ani¬
mal Spirits; For paucity of Spi¬
rits hinders the Brain and Nerves
from being totally puffed up and
elevated; wherefore as it fubfidcs,
and fo hinders the influx of the
Spirits into the Nerves and Mufcles,
it would produce Sleep, but that
tlif fharpnefs of Spirits, arifing
from Bile, or fome humor abound¬
ing with a fharp Salt, does by con¬
tinual VcHjcation open the Pores
of the Nerves; fo that though the
Spirits be bur few, yet they have a
continual influx into the Parts
of the Body, and in this manner
produce a ftatc between Sleep an4
Waking.
G 3 5. li>
86 Of a Waking Coma.
f. ii.
Ur otoit Opinion, Is, That the
Brain,being kept in continual
aftion, fends too many animal Spi-
fits to the organical Parts, which
Spirits tarry longer than they
ought in the external Parts, out
of their proper place, and fo when
they are become too lharp and fub-
fil, do not eafily return to theif
former quiet ftate.
The Antecedent Caufcs arc ei¬
ther a thin and fulphureous Blood,
or too much diluted with fharp
Bile, and exceftirely effervefeent :
all which things may produce fiery
animal Spirits. For we think that
the mofl part of the Bile is by its
yolatil Salt converted into animal
$pirits, and as we hare proved be¬
fore, that Bile is the caufe of Mad-
nefs, fo it may be the preternatural
caufe of want of Sleep ; that is,
where it exceeds, and is carried
beyond its bounds. And that of
the Philofophcr, Democritus, con¬
firms this, who anfwered the Phy-
fician Hippocrates, That Anger pro¬
feeds from the fwiftnefs of Bile;which
according to Horace, Furor brevis
eft j by the acrimony whereof the
Animal Spirits are enflamed. And
as in the former Chapter we ob-
ferved, that fomeMad-men in 4 fit
of Anger, are fo fierce and hot,
that they regard not the greateft
Cold, butareasfirong as Hercules,
and that cholerick Perfons do noc
ffeepfo long as others. So likewife
when abundance of Blood moves
too impetuoufly, too many animal
Spirits are bred : And the Acid
and Saline being too lharp, there
Is obferved a greater eflFeryefceHce
of Blood, and the Spirits arife in
greater quantity, for the motion
Go gle
is here more acute, great and fre¬
quent, by reafon whereof not only
the Spirits already bred are moyed
the quicker, but are fentin greater
plenty from the Brain. And we
fee this in Madncfs, burning Fe¬
vers, and Deliria, where Salt and
bilious humors arc peccant in the
Body by their acrimony , that all
who are fick of thofe Difcafes are
forced to wake conflantly. It is
found alfo by daily experience,
that if at Supper we eat aromatic
or fait things , yea , or fpirituous
and lharp things, we ufualJy lie
that Night without Sleep, and b,y
the fame reafon Bile may do the
fame thing. And they confirm
this thing, who through watching,
fiudy, carefulnefs, and fuch things,
cannot for fome confiderable time
ger any Sleep ; becaufe then the
acrimony of the Bile is encreafed,
whereby the animal Spirits are
made too lharp.
All grievous fenfation , vellica-
tion, erofion, and pain do remote¬
ly hinder Sleep,in as much as they
affeft and vellicate the Organs ef
the Senfes, and the animal Spirits
refidlng in them. Intern Thoughts,
Cares and Grief difquiet th« Ani¬
mal Spirits , keep them too long
on duty , and by agitation con-
fume the kindly Parc, and caufe
an acrimony of Humors. Alfo
cxcelfive Watching is caufed by a
Blood too fpirituous, and too fait,
and by any ejcccfs of Spirit*.
§. ix. Trognoflick.
A ,
S for the Prognoffick Hippo¬
crates fays, Jn want of Sleep
Convulfion and Doting are bad. More¬
over in Want of Sleep a Cough
is of bad Portent: for fometimes
there is a cranflatics of the lharp
{natter. -
 Of a Waking Coma. 87

matter ro the Lungs which breeds a The Meat muft be eafie of

Confumption. Helmont obferved
that want of Sleep with folicitous
Meditation caufcd an Afthma. It
mud of necelfity caufe Weaknefs,
a Confumption and drying of the
Bodv,becaufc rhe oyly and fat Parts
are fretted off by the acrimony
of the Blood. If it continue long,
-it caufes Madnefs, and in a weak
fubjeft Death, by extlnftion of the
animal Spirits in the outer Parts,
and a total one at length in rhe
Brain. Sometimes it is attended
by a Cachexy ; for through defeft
of Spirits, the Blood is made both and flatulent things: but all that
fharper and more tough and clam¬
my, whereby both the fermenta¬
tion in the Guts , and the vital
effervefeeace in the Heart are di-
miaiflKd. It is hard to cure in
Old Men, Mecanas may be an in-
rtance , who , as Pliny /. 7. c. 51. empty Stomach , but ulually wake
writes, had a perpetual Fever, and
fkpt not an hour at a time for
three years , if you will believe
him. However Rcafon is on his
fide : for old Men abound with
Ibirp, ferous, fair, briny humors,
whereby the animal Spirits are
greatly enraged. Want of Sleep
arifmg from Study, foHicitous Me¬
ditations , Pain from any Caufe
whatever. Grief, Farting, rtrong
Purges, &c. is eafily cured, when
thefe tilings are removed.
s. 13* Dietetic Cure.
concoftion, cold and moirt, fuch
as Chervil, Lettuce, and Broths of
divers forts. The Meat muft be
boiled, not fried or roarted , all
corrupt fharp food muft be avoided
as Poifon , which often occafioa
this Difeafe : for we have it from
the Oblervations of famous Men,
thadharpSawces and Dainties have
cauled continual Waking , as has
been intimated before, all which
things ftiarpen the Humors, and
caufe Effcrvefcences.
Exccfs in Food muft be avoided,
are ill of this Difeafe, efpecially
that abound with an acid, are beft
in health, if they take forae Food:
for fuch Patients cannot well en¬
dure farting, as I obferve in my
felf} for I cannot fleep with aa
all night.
Vrinl^ muft be a Dcco&ion of
Barley with Liquorifti, or Beer
well wroughtjwithCowflip-flowers
boiled in it, or an Emulfion of Al¬
monds and the four cold Seeds,
with a little white Poppy Seed,
all whieh things do greatly cor¬
rect the acrimony of Bile and other
Humors, and compofe the Spirits.
Rich Wines and fpirit of Wine,
fpirituous Waters, and fuch things
arc Often the Authors of this Dip
feafe, becaufe they do not only en-
creafc bile and other fharp humors

L through all the Body , but they

Et the way of living , which force its morion, and fpoil its con-
confifts in the Six Non-natu¬ fiftency.and kindle the animal Spi¬
rals, be as follows ; rits. Therefore wc exclude all
Let the Air be cold and moirt, fuch things.
and the contrary be avoided. Motion muft be moderate, and
For who of us all is of fo hard and Reft muft rather be enjoyned.
rtrong a Body, as not to findhimfelf Sleep muft by all means be
much refrelhed or offended by ex- procured , either by pleafant dif-
ternai blarts in an open Air i courfe of Friends, or by bar mo-
G 4 oious

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88 Of a Waking Coma.
l)iousMufick,or by the murmuring
of Waters, or by being carried, or
by rocking in a Cradle, or by Me¬
dicines, of which we fhali fpeak
hereafter. On the contrary , all
things mud be avoided, which may
caufe watching.
The Belly muft be loofe, not
coftive, and all ocher Evacua¬
tions ufually made by Urine,S\vear,
■Menfes, or Haemorrhoids,muft have
their courfc either by Nature or.
Art, which, if they be ftopt, caufe
many Diftempers.
The Paffions of the Mind , be-
caufe by their various alterations
they difturb the Spirits and Blood,
fnuft be kept within due bounds of
Moderation : for all excefs is an
enemy to Nature.
But above all others, Anger
mud be avoided : for it encreales
the acrimor.y of the Bile, which
difturbs and puts the Animal Spi¬
rits id a frer. For you may ob-
ferve that Angry men cannot reft
in one place, they are in a heat and
tors, and if they bite , their Teeth
leave fome venom behind them.
For I once heard a Caufe tried be¬
fore Judges, about a Man, that in
his Anger had given his Neighbour
an incurable Wound with his
Teeth. All care, trouble, and deep
fhoughtfulnefs,becaufe they difturb
the Spirits,mud be reckoned among
things Proliibiced,
§.14. Pharmaceutic Cure.
A S for the Pharmaceutic Cure,
the old ■ dbaUtuft# cure a
waking Coma idiopathick , and a
JPhrenzy with the fame Medicines.
Therefore I (hail refer the Reader
to the third Chapter of the Phren-
fcy. But if it come by Sympathy,
they make ufe of Revellers and
-Go gle
Repellents: for they order Bleed¬
ing in the Arm and Foot, they
apply Oxyrrhodina to the Forehead,*
they give Cly.fters and apply Blifters
and Leeches behind the Ears, to
draw back the Vapors (after their
manner of talking) from the Head.
When (harp Vapors are carried
from the Stomach, by reafon of
bad Digeftion, to the Head , they
ufe Diatrion Pipercon, and hot aro¬
matic Powders , to help the Re¬
lative Faculty and Concoftion of
the Stomach. But if any crude
matter lie in the Stomach , then
they give Oxjmel of Squills and
other things. In confumcd he-
ftick Bodies, they endeavour to
cure watching by Eraulfions of
ftvect Almonds and white Poppy,
feeds, with Broths of fat Fleft*
and Baths, wherein they aft pro¬
perly. They give red Wine for
Drink. They anoint the Temples
and Noftrils with Oyncinent of
Rofes and Populeon. They com¬
mend a Bath of frefti Water and
other moiftning tilings. We faid
before that they ^ccufe t e Sto¬
mach, namely, when divers fharp
biting Vapors afeend from it, as ic
happens in malignant, and other
burning Fevers,' as well as in this
pifeafe. Therefore to evacuate
hde, and other fharp humors and
vapors , they begin with Vomits
and Purges ; then they embrocate
the fdead, that they may alter the
Brain , and reprefs the vapors.
Atlaft they fly to Anodynes and
Narcoticks; and left the vapofs'
fhould afeend to the Head , they
make Ligatures in the lower
Parts.
$• I*
 Of a IVaking Coma. 89

i- IJ- §. l8.
He Cljpmiffs , and among CgUbiua, if a waking Coma have
them the f-taraceiflftG, who u its rife from Pain, does thebufi-
Clink Q as I faid before ) chat ful- nefs by Anodynes, both internal
phureous and (harp Exhalations and cxternaj. If Paftions of the
are the Caufe of this Difeafc, Mind exagirate the Animal Spirits,
commend divers Hypnoticks and and preternatural watching arifes
Anodynes,both Internal and Exrer= from thence, he thinks they muft
nal, for the correcting of thofc be appeafed by the difeourfe of
Exhalations. fomc eloquent Friend. Alfo the
exceftive agitation of the Animal
Spirits muft be laid, and the Mind
§. 16. muft be pacified as much as can be
H Clmonr, after his ufual man-
. ner,having inculcated feveral
by various appealing and mitiga¬
ting Medicines , of which he re¬
things about the tribe of Alkali’s, of
counts a prolix Catalogue. But If
the power of the Duumvirate,o( the the Difeafc proceed from a fiiarp
Ga/I,and innumerable things beside, volatil and fait humor , to correct
fnppofes the Difeafc to lie in the the acrimony, he preferibes divers
Stomach and Spleen,and the Duum- oyly emullions of Seeds,and various
lirate to be affefted, and there¬ Anodynes, above all which he far
fore writes, that it is better cured prefers the anodyne Sulphur of
by Stomachicks than bv Cephalicks. Vitriol.
At firft he orders a Vomit, thet)
divers Stomachicks both internal
f 19.
and external; fuch as Elixir Pro-
prietatis , Oyl of Nutmegs, and T"He Cart:dans in thisDifeale,
fuch like. where kindled & boyling Bile,
which caufes the Blood to ferment,
does predominate, do judge that it
$• 17. muft be evacuated by Cholagogues
x XT 3PHt0, rejecting the unfea- and corrected by acids. But if the
V V fonable ufe of Opiates, over thick Particles of the Blood
which by experience he has often caufe a dilatation of the Pores of the
found hurtful,doesinthe mofl con¬ Brain, and ftimulate the acid juice
tumacious watching advife People, from the places where it is lodged,
when they go to bed , to drink a to motion, and thereby encreafe
fufheient quantity ■, that is, about a the effervefccncc of the Blood, then
quart of Alc j orof Emulfion made they advife things quite contrary,
of the four greater cold Seeds i. e. fuch as correft an acid, and at
and Almonds, or of Juleps, Deco¬ firft Spirit of Wine above all thjngs.
ctions, £rc. The reft of the CejJha- And indeed the cure ofthisDifeafe,
licks,which we have mentioned al¬ according to their Hypothecs does
ready in other Difeafc* of the Head, principally confift in Medicine* that
efpecially in the Chapter of the take off the acrimony, and repair
JPhrenzy muft not be ncgleCted. decayed Strength, and inSudori-
90 0/a Waking Coma.
ficks, which by volatilizing the aforefaid ; which may be made of
fturp Particles force them out the forefaid dcftillcd Waters, or a
of the Body. Dccoftion of Barley, with the four
greater cold Seeds and white Poppy:

H j. 2.0. for they mightily weaken and di-

Itherto we have given you lute the volatil Salt of the Bile. I
ltherto
. _ other mens Cures, now we have alfo given with very good fuc-
will rather propound than obtrude cefs Opiates, Theriaca cjeleftii. Lau¬
our ottm young Experience. If danum opiatum Cydoniatum, or made
therefore the Spirits be difquietcd our own way by a particular Men-
by a too great quantity of Bile,and (IruurnXtnttura AnidynaZwelferi,fkc.
waking be produced thereby, it For thefc things are excellent a-
mufl cither be purged oflf by Cho gainfl the rageoffuch Difeafcs, be*
lagogues, or , if the Bile tend up¬ caufe they amend the faline acri¬
wards, by Vomit •, for what way Na¬ mony , aflwjgc all Pains, canfe a
ture tends, that way we mufl foi- Stupefaftion, hinder the e^ceflfnre
low. Our Cholagoguc is either generation ofAnimal Spirits (which
EleZluariumSjluipurgans, or Pulp is an enemy to Sleep) and check
of Tamarinds, Prunes,^. For their motion, and thereby procure
Vomits we ufe Sapa Antimonii, Tar- kindly Sleep, as I have often found
tarum emeticum, vinum nottrum by Experience, cfpecially when
emeticum. But flr&iger Vomits Waking came from PaiBS. It
mufl be given with great caution. fhould therefore always be our
And if the animal Spirits be put out endeavour to remove all manner of
of order by the acrimony of Bile pain, which we may do by Opiates
and oiher humors, namely of the very eafily , as I have fuccefsfully
Serum, (which is now called Lym¬ obferved j nor could I ever per¬
phs') they mufl be reduced to their ceive the leaft damage thereby,
former ftate , which I have very whatever fome men, blinded with
fucccfsfully done with the following prejudice, may fay to the contra¬
Julep. ry. Yet there mufl be this ProviJo
in the cafe, that there be no mi-
Take of Water of Vervain four flake in the Dofe,but that it be de-
Ounces, Lettuce, Phlegm of Vi- termined exaftly according to the
triol, Syrup of Rofes each one Circumftanccs , efpecially accor-
Ounce and an half. Mix them, ding to the flrength of the Patieur.
Make a Julep to be drunk at feve-, They moft be given moderately, if
ral times. Or, ! proper to be given at all : for if
Take of Water of Plantain five you fhould give too much , you
Ounces,red Poppy three Ounces, might either caufe a worfe Difeafc,
deftilled Vinegar one Ounce, Sy- or Death it fclf, and fo caft out the
rup of Quinces one Ounce and an Devil by Beelzebub. But if they
half. Tart arum Vitriol alum two be given fcafonably, they Ail 1 thfc
Drachms. Mix them. Make impetuous motion of the Spirits,
a Julep. j they affwage Pain,and fo caufe Rcfl,
1 whereupon there is a decreafe of
I am perfwaded Emulfions are the effervefcence, and clearer figns
(every whit as good as the things of Concoftion do prefenrly (hour
cHcrafcivcs,

Go gle
 Of a Wnking Coma.
9*
themfelves, there being a precipi¬ Balfam of Antimony, united with
tation ofthe ufeful from the ufelefs Oyly and fpirituous things, than
Parts, and fo there is a better Crifis which I have not found any thing
made, and a fecretion of the con¬ better for appeafing the Spirits,
ceded or precipicated matter,either and taking off the acrimony from
by Sweat or Urine. And Opiates any humors. All volaril oyly Sales
do good efpeciallv, where there is have the fame effed, efpecially this
no Phlegm, but then they muft be following, Sal volatile oleofum no-
given in a fmall Dofe. Of this na¬ flrum.
ture are Camphore , Sal Saturni,
and all narcoticlc Sulphurs of Metals. Take of Salt Ammoniack, Silt of
Half a fpoonful ofTindure of Opt am Tartar each one Ounce , volaril
prepared with rectified Spirit of Salt of Harts-horn one Ounce
Wine would be of admirable ufe in and an half, volacil Salt of Am¬
this cafe , became by reafon of its ber three Ounces, Spirit of Urine
fubtilty it dicks in no place , nor two Ounces, Rain water four
breeds Obftrudions, but rather by Ounces, Oyl of Cinnamon,Cloves
raifmp a gentle Sweat carries the each half a Scruple. Mix them,
Particles of the Opium out of the and dedil them according to Art.
Body. In cafe of weaknefs, where
Opiates cannot be taken inwardly Volatil Acids do the lame thing
without great hazard, you may ufe in a manner; becaufe by coagulating
them externally withfafety. Among the Elood more, they feparate the
Externals, I greatly value the fom- abounding ferum- from it, and dif-
niferous Mixture, which my good chargeir, when feparated by Urine
Father John DoUus, an Apothecary, and Sweat. And out of volatil Acids
above Threefcore years old, found we make choice of thefe, vi^. Tn-
great benefit by. It follows. ttura Bezoartica Michaeln, Mixtura
(implex, fee. Spiric of Soot, and Li-
Take of Vnguentum Populneum, Ala- qu»r Cornu Cervi fuccinatiu, fee. are
baftrinum each half an Ounce , good in this cafe. When the Blood
Swallotvs Blood one Ounce, Oyl is bilious and abounds with too
of Nutmegs by expreffion one much volaril Sale and fo caufes Wa¬
Ounce , oriental Saffron one king, we mull let Blood, efpecially
Drachm , Opium diflolved one towards the Evening, that it may
Drachm and an half, Oyl of Hen¬ the more eafily caufe reft.
bane feeds by expreffion,of white An Oxyrrhoainwn made of Oyl of
Poppy feeds by expreffion each Rofes, and Vinegar of Rofes,
one Drachm. Make a fomnife- which has extraded a Tindure
rous Mixture to be applied to the from Opium, is proper. Or,
Temples fpread on a Leather.
Take of Rofe-water fix Drichms,
I have found by experience, that Saffron one Drachm. Mix them
all things which corred the acrimo¬ for an Epitheme to the Tem¬
ny of the volatil Salt, are good in ples. Ory
this Difeafc inwardly. Hence it is Talce of the Marrow of a Calfs Bone,
* have found fo greac benefit of a Stag frefh each halfan Ounce,
ia Patients of this nature from our Opium diilolvcd two Grains. Mix
them. Among.

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 92, Cf a Waking Coma.
Among Externals we recommend
Frontals,Oyntments, Lotions of the
Feet,Fomentations^rc.ACJtaplafra
made of Peach-ftone Kernels, white
Poppy Seeds and Womens Milk will
do good. Balfams made of cooling
Anodynes, Hypnocicks, and Nirco¬
ticks are good > and feveral other
things which Books of Pra&ice are
fall of, too tedious here to relate.
The Feet alfo may be held in a
warm Bath, wherein heads of Pop¬
py, Chamornil-flowers, and emol¬
lient Herbs are boiled, to temper
the acrimony of the Blood. Lee
the Soles of the feet be anointed
with Goat’s Suet.
It is our cuftom to put the Pa¬
tient (y et due regard had to cir-
. Go gle
curaftances)into a Shirt wee in cold
Water,and fo leave him for an hour
or two, within which time, Sleep
ufually enfues.
Here alfo we rauft obviate other
Symptomes. For a Fever we may
give a fndoriferous mixture of Mi¬
nerals or other Specificks, before-
mentioned, to which we may add
of Camphore two Grains, Lauda¬
num opLuum half a Grain or a whole
one , Syrup of red Poppy two
Drachms. Mix them.
For Thirft we may give Lapit
Prunella, and Camphore •, or Spirit
of Nitre may be dropt in Drink.
And Sleep mud by all means be
procured, left the Patient fall jnto
aPhrcozy.
CHAP.
i

CHAP. VlL
Of a Catalepfis.
A §. I. Definition.
Catalepfis fby fome called
Catochus, by Sylvius Pre-
henfio, a Prehen Jo j by fome
Congelatio, becaufe they
that are fick of this Difeafe are as
ftiff as if they were frozen j by
others Stupor vigilant, becaufcthey
that arc taken with it, are void of
Senfe, and lofe all Motion of their
Body) is commonly defcribed to
be a hidden fcizure of the Mind and
Body, with a failure ot the Senfos,
in which, he, that is taken with it,
keeps the fame pofture of the Pai rs
of his Body which he, had, when
he was taken; he remains fitting
or (landing , his Eye-lids are ft iff,
his Feet ready for a walk, his Hand
reached out to take fome thing;
and, in a word, he is a Statue alive.
This is a rare Difeafe, yet we have
fome Infiances in Hippocrates, Galen
Comment, in i. P rorrhet. Mar cell us
Donatus, Schencfyus, Sylvius, and
others. As fome were going up a
Ladder, one in the middefi of it
being taken with a fudden fiupidity
(luck fo fafi to the Steps , rh;t he
fould no way be pulled from ir,
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91
but kept others from paffing. Bu¬
chanan brings this inftancc for an
undoubted truth , l. 6. de reb. Set-
tick. I faw one at Hanover taken
wish this Difeafe, and obferved all
things as carefully as I could, of
whom I (hall give you a Hiftory
prefcntly.
i Z.
His Difeafe agrees with an Apo¬
plexy in this, that in the
one as well as in the other, Senfe
and voluntary Motion are loft : But
it differs in this, that the Animal
Spirits are not fo affected in a Cata-
lepjify as they are in an Apoplexy j
for they remain quiet in the exter¬
nal Parts, and being forced out of
their place, they cannot return to
their former work-houfe, but then
exercifing their power upon the
Mufcles, they caufe a violent ex-
tenfion or ftiffhefs.
5- 5. A Cafe.
/""vUr Cataleptick was aboutThir-
V ty fcven years old, of a cho-
Ierick Complexion, he was quatel-
ling
 Of a Catalcpfis.
94
ling in his Drink and mad with he proves that when this is affected,
Anger, he was deprived ot all his the ufual Fun&ions are not fo well
Senfes, as if Gorgon's Head at Per- performed.
feiu his Marriage had been pre- Some of the Moderns as well as
fented to him ; though he kept his the Ancients do make the Brain
Eyes open, yet he did not fee; his to be theSubjeft, as it is a fimilar
Eye-lids were ftift ; he anfwered Part imbued with Spirits. I^eU
nothing to any quefiion ; his Hand mont, that induftrious Philofopher
was ihretched out to reach fome- by Fire, makes the mouth of the
thing. I was amazed when I be¬ Stomach to be the Subjeft of a C&-
held him. In the mean while he ialepfu, as it is of other fleepy Di-
had fo much life left him, that he feafes. die take the Cerebellum with
was able to breathe, his Pulfc con¬ the Appendix of the Nerves for the
tinuing flrongand equal, withfome Part affected.
little motion in his Breafl. This
Patient was well cured by the appli¬
§. 5'. Diagnoftick.
cation of proper Remedies men¬
tioned at the end of this Chapter ; 'THe Signs of this ftupendous Dl-
however there remained fome 1 feafe are very manifeft. The
numbnefs in the Parts, if you call itPatients on a fudden are fpeechlefs,
wearifomnefs, you miftake not. all fliff and immoveable, their Sen¬
fes weak and dull, they remain in
the fame poflure wherein they
§. 4. Part affetteJ,
A were taken; for they fhut not their
uthors do generally agree,that Eyes, if they were open before, but
the Brain , the fountain and look fledfaftly on fomething,to the
original of motion and fenfe, or (if By-ftanders thinking ; their Eyes
you had rather} of animal A&ions, are for the moll part open and fixt;
is the principal Subjeft of this Di- the Eye-lids are found ftiff; if the
feafe. Some accufe the Membra¬ Patient were fitting, he remains fit¬
nous fubftance of the Spinal mar¬ ting ; if lying, he continues in the
row. Some will have the Ventri¬ fame poflure. There is a fuppref-
cles of the Brain to be the Part fion of Stool and Urine, refpiration
affefted, in as much as they being continues entire and unhurt, as ap¬
violently extended by a cold grofs pears by the rifing of the Bread
Matter* do hinder the ordinary and Abdomen: For the Spirits come
motion ©f the animal Spirits. Moft in plenty fufficient into the Organs
take the cerebellum and the origina¬ of Refpiration, and the Circulation
tion of the Nerves for the Part of the Blood is fbll vigorous. And
affected. dUlltB and £>t’lfctUS it appears by the Pulfe being like to
prove that the Brain is not the one natural, that the effervefcer.ee
Part affeaed, fo much as the ani¬ and ferment of the Blood in the
mal Spirits themfelves. ^fonteca Heart, are good, and that the Blood
will have it to be the Heart. Car« circulates freely through the Lungs.
tea de ?afi. Mms. p. 1. Artie. 2 r. By this legitimate effervcfcence of
& de Homine makes the Glandula the Blood, Spirits are bred in greac
Pineal*, the chief feat of the Soul, plenty, which get into the Bread :
to be the primary Subjcft. For no wonder therefore if refpiration

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 Of a Catalepfis.
be free, while the Patient is as im¬
moveable as a Rock.
6 Caufe.
A S many Men, To many Opi¬
nions are there about the
Caufe of this moft intricate Difeafe.
The Ancients will have the Caufe
to be a cold and dry intempera¬
ture of the Brain, whence it hap¬
pens that both the Brain and Ani¬
mal Spirits are congealed and dry.
They prove by reafon that a cold
and dry matter,fuch as Melancholy,
does frequently introduce this Di¬
feafe. Wherefore among the re¬
mote Caufes they place a very cold
and dry Air , alfo a mixture of
Phlegm and Bile, which , if they
abound immoderately, may breed
the fame incemperature. And they
do not only hold that the forefaid
Humors, but that Vapors of the
like nature may cool and dry ,
and as it were congeal the Brain
and Spirits.
4- 7•
T HeCfipuiifts blame a narco¬
tick Sulphur, which fixes the
Animal Spirits. Some of them de¬
rive this congelation of the animal
Spirits from a Mercurial Principle,
and indeed from a Mercury altered
and deflilled by change of degree,
for (they are the words of the fa¬
mous Rolfmcim) Spodium put into
Wine congeals the outer furface of
the Wine; fo here the Mercury
being put into a Rage by its own
innate Power, congeals Bodies and
makes them ftitf, as Sulphur atts
upon the Sword, not the Scabbard ■,
upon Money, not the Bag. There
arefomeof the Chymifls who feign
I know not what Spirir, breaking
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95
out of the Caverns of the Earth,
which turned fome Country People
and the Cows,as they were milking,
into Scone.
8.
H CImont’s Followers blame the
Arcbeiv, as having con traded
a foul Light, kindled by acid corro-
five Salts. For Helmont's Acidity,
and Cacbentus his Acid being
Grangers to the Sphere of their
Goodnefs, and becoming falvage
and hofiile, do make dull and fix
the Powers of the Brain.
4- 9■
CJpibttiD proves, That the animal
Spirits are coagulated, like Spi¬
rit of Wine digefted fix Weeks by
Spirit of humane Urine. Therefore
he thinks, that in a Catalepfis the
Animal Spirits are carried every
way from the Brain by the Nerve*
thofe conveyers of the Spirits; but
in fome fort coagulated and thick-
ned, and fo more dull and ftupid,
and not fo moveable and fluid, a*
they ought.
§• io.,
'J'HeCartcflans do obrtinately
maintain, that this mutation
can happen to fuch Bodies for no
other reafon , than that the Gian-
dnla Pincalit is obfiru&ed on one
or both fides. Therefore the im¬
mediate Caufe confifls in the ob-
flruftion of one or both Tides of the
common Senfory, and that in this
Difeafe the Soul does not want an
endeavour, but power to determine
the Spirits. For they prove that
in the Fit there is a Will to move
the Parts, but that they cannqc
9<S Of a tatalep fii.
move them , no, nor fo much as
fpeak.
i II.
\ ree^on that the proxi-
VV mate formal Cade con-
fids in the Facultc; having no
power over the animal Spirits
when they are impetuoufly let cut
of the Brain , and m the Spirit’s
not being able to get back again,
becaufe the way is by fome means
or other dope, yet frill as new is
bred parting in-o the Heart and
Bread. For from whence can that
unufual ftiffnefs of the extreme
Parts be derived , but from the
Animal Spirits being forced at one
pufh into the Mufcles,and fo puffing
them up, like a Gut or Eladder
blown up, and then tied ? The
Cartepans muff acknowledge as well
as we, that up°n hindring the in¬
flux of the animal Spirits into the
Mufcles, the Limbs mud immedi¬
ately dag, like Sails without wind.
But the contrary happens in our
cafe, as all who have fence mud
acknowledge.
The Limbs therefore are not
here flaccid but diff. For we fee
in our cafe, that the Patient had
riven hi mfelf. over much to Drun-
Jcennefs and Anger, upon which he
fell into this Difeafe, with a great
fliffnefs of his Limbs anddupidity
of his inner Senfcs. Who can think,
but it mud come from the Animal
Spirits being fenc out too plentiful¬
ly from the Brain into the Limbs,
and there being intercepted in their
return ? Some perhaps may objett,
thac the motion of the Animal Spi¬
rits ought ever to be determined
by the Soul redding in and about
the GlanduU Pinealu. But this falls
co the ground , if we' fay that
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the Animal Spirits may flop,
jufl as our breath does in a Bid¬
der, when blown and tied , it re¬
maining tumid after we have taken
away cur Breath, and thiy are fed
and overcome in the Limbs and
other Parts, by the Spirits rhat are
fent to the Bread; for refpiration
continues free. We may prove
this by the Antecedents, for no man
will deny, that after Drunkennefs
and Anger , and other violent PaC-
flons of the Mind, the Animal Spi¬
rits are made unruly. Platerm
prux. lib. i. ob'ferves that a Cata-
lepfis came from generous Wine :
for all thefe things intend the
flight and motion of the Animal
Spirits, and invite them to a de*
fercion of their Place. When the
Patient is fpoken to and lie anfwers
not, it does not therefore follow'
that he hears not, becaufe he en¬
deavours to an fever; but he is not¬
able to force the Spirits into the
Mufcles of his Tongue,fo as to fpeak.
The juvaniia and nocentia confirm
this Opinion of ours •> for all An-
tifpafmodicks do good. And that
there is one Obdruftion in the
Nerves, it follows from thefe Rea-
fons ; for that the Animal Spirits
cannot get back again into their old
place, and becaufe of the )uvantia,
as we faid before : for all things
thac are able to dedroy the ob-
dwifting vifeid , and fo to remove
the impediment, are very good,
fuch as volatil /harp Salts, &c. Of
which more in the Cure*
§. Ii. Prognoflkk.
'TTIe Prognodick certainly de-
1 dares this Difeafe to be acute
and dangerous, while the mod no¬
ble Part of the Brain is hurt, and
the Animal Spirits ale forced from
their
 f Of a CatalepJjs.
their Metropolis and Country : For
as (they are Pliny'% words, /. 4.
td
Epift.J in Empires, fo in Bodies, the
Dtfcaje is moti grievous , which.pro¬
ceeds from the Head. An imperfed
nd C/italepfis, as it is attended by mil¬
ire der Symptoms, is lefs dangerous,
ion and the more eafie to Cure, by how
o*e much more difficult a Cure one
nan moreexquifite does require. For
no.'; an exquifiteone is always Mortals
u it proved in our Patient.
If It is incurable, according to the
m excellent Sylvius, if it feizc Old
ratl¬ Men. On the contrary, Young Men
ine: in their full ftrength may more ea-
the fily be cured, as it happened in
lima! our cafe. In regard of Cure, that is
dc* ' fafer which comes by Sympathy,
i the than an Eflential one. If but few
rets animal Spirits remain in the Head,
tow then the cafe is very dangerous,
en- efpecially if the origination of the
non Nerves be obflru&ed by the vilcid
the humor. If it come from Narco-
>r.V, ticks,in fome mens Opinion it is ex¬
nfirni ceeding dangerous.. There is no
.An¬ great danger in cholerick Perfbns.
ita As to the event, it ends infafety
the prefently, iffirength be correfpon-
Rea- dent; but if that be walled, death
tcrtamly enfues.
£ JEtim l. 6. c. 4. Saw a young
man faved by large Bleeding ac che
alii,
Nofe.
Ballon J. 2.Reportshowa Knight’s
unit Servant, who had been ill a long
Jjoi time ot a double C^ artan, died of
0( a Catdlepfis.
It often turns to an Epilepfit, Apo¬
plexy and other foporous Difeafcs;
and then it is dangerous.
An unaccuflomed Flux of the
Menfes or Hemorrhoids fupervening
Is reckoned fafe. Except a Cata-
Icptick be timely cured , Ire will
continue torpid.
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97
$. I3. Dietetick Cure.
A S to the way of Living,the Air
mud be temperate , ferenc,
pure, not cold, thick, cloudy, or
full of ftiowres. That Congelation,
which iscaufed by external cold is
little of kin to our Difeafe, unlefs a
Man will with Char let on admit a
Gorgonick Wind, by which, when
it blows, all things that are in its
way do congeal and groiv hard.
The Meat mud be of good juice;
all fait, favoury or windy meats, all
dried in the fmoak, and all that are.
offenfive to the Head, mtifl be
avoided. Wine muft be frnall, the
Beer well wrought and clear ^Mede
or Ptifan , or an aromarick De-
cottion are proper. Spirit of Wine
and all rich Wine mud be avoided*
Sleep and Wolfing muft be mode¬
rate ; for wherein they exceed me¬
diocrity, they waft the Body, and
inftead of the animal Spirits,which
they diflipate, they fill the Braid
with foreign vapors.
Reft and Motion muft not exceed
bounds; Study and a Sedentary life
are naught.
In Excretion and Retention there
is a great power to caufe a Cata-
lepfis: for the Excrements of the
P.elly, Urifle, Sweat, MenftruoUs
Blood, Child-bed Purgations, Cho-
Ier, Sntfr, and the Lymph* retained^
do purrefie, taint the Blood, and
fo hurt the Spirits.
As to the Paffionsef the Minch, the
cafe before-mentioned declares
what power they have over the
animal Spirits. Anger and Frighc
mayeafily turn the Animal Spirits
out" of their feat, and fo caufe at
Catdlepftsi Thus too .much joy difli-
>atcs the Spirits. We have a nota-
ile inftance here ac Nnr-J/anour
h a
 Of a CatAlepfis.
in my Wife’s Grandfather D.nwV/
de Latre, Magiflrate of the City,
who when he faw the Sitge raifed
from this Ciry , was ftruck dumb
with joy, and died immediately.
Tulpim and Rondehthu have obser¬
ved a Catalepfis from Love,all things
therefore mud be moderate which
will Jaft long. Alex. Bened. l.\.c.6.
obferved a Catalepfis from Worms.
And Grertibs Arbor, ruinof. pag. 206.
writes how a cat.ilepfts came from
an Erjfpelas ill cured.
$. 14. Pharmaceutic Cure.
'T'Ne 3!ntientfi ufed in the Cure
A of this Difeafe things mode¬
rately hot and moift. But firft of
all they give a Clyfter. Then they
raife the Paricnt wich Shoutings,
and painful frittions of the extreme
Parts, and give freezing Medicines
for the fame end. As there is occa-
fioo, thev order Spirit of Wine.
They anoint the Parts afte&ed with
comforting Unguents of Oyl of
white Lilies,Chamomil, Elder,Dill,
Rue, and Caftor. They fet much
by a Bathe of warm Oyl. When
the Patients are come a little to
themfelves, they prefcribe Purga¬
tives, as Confetho Hamech , Diaca-
thoUcon, Diajena, Sennay Polypody
of the Oak, and they endeavour to
evacuate the peccant matter by Vo¬
mits. Afterwards, Strengthened,
Refolvents, andCorrettersofthe in-
temperature that is left behind, fc.
Theriaca Andromachi, Diamufc. LStfl¬
eam GaleniyZnd Confcrve of Buglofs
roots, compleat the Cure. It is
their advice carefully to abftain
from four things in this Difeafe.
1?.
’T'Hc dTfn’tmft# do in this as in all Spirits. Wherefore they mind the
w foporous Dilcafcs, highly ex¬ | animal Spirits of their outy by u< ng
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toll Tincture of Gold , Liquor of
Amber and Mofch, they alfo com¬
mend the Magi fiery & Oyl of Pearl
diflolvcd of each half a Scruple
with S\rup of Cinnamon, and other
Arcanay as the Spirit and Sweet Oil
of Vitriol.
16.
\\t JUts does in this and in
V\ an Apoplexy commend
all manner of Cephalicks, which,
becaufe we have already mentioned
them in the Chapter of an Apo¬
plexy, we (hall now pafs over.
17-
CJfdbtus fays, a Catalepfis is diflfi-
cult to cure, unlds it go away of
it felf. Yet he thinks that the Cure
of this Difeafe may be obtained by"
Medicines endued with a (harp vola-
til Salt,fuch as are all fharp and aro-
matick Plants. We will add one
CorapoficioD according to his mind,
which is a volatil oyly Salt; and
certainly an excellent Medicine.
Take of the volatil Salt of Rue or
Thyme three Ounces, of the fixe
Salt of the fame two Ounces, the
deflilled Oyl of the fame three
Drachms. Make a Soap of them,
and digeft them in a gentle heat;
afterwards fublime them in a
Glafs Phiol into a voLtil oyly
Sale.
§. 18.
THe Cartcfians endeavour to
remove the Obflruftion of
the Gbndula Pineal* , and to pro¬
mote tie motion of the animal
divers
 Of a Caialepfis.
divers Remedies both inward and
pat ward, and thty ftir itp and pro¬
voke them to reprefint divers
ftrong motions to die Mind, that
in this manner by briskly moving
the Glandula pinealit on the obftru-
fted fide , the remainders that lye
in the obftrufted Pores, may begoc
out; partly alfo that being made
more ready in the obftruded fide
to carry tlie violent motions of the
external Senfes , they may break
their Prifon and remove the Obftru-
dion, if not prefently, yet at leaft
gradually, and may fet the Soul at
its ancient liberty. To this end
they preferibe all manner of volatil
Salts, fudh as vo'atil Salt of Harts¬
horn,of Soot, Spirit of Harts-horn,
Elixir vit£ Matthioli,Aqua Anhalt ina,
and other cephalick Waters, which
ftrengthen the Brain and the Gian- Take of Conferve of Rofes two
dnla Finealu, the Seat of the Mind. Drachms, Refin of Jalap ten
They highly Commend violent mo¬
tions and frictions of the Body with
hot and rough linen Cloths, and
plucking and combing the Hair,and
potential Cauteries; they advife Or, Take of Extract of black Helle¬
the holding of flrong fmelling things bore, Leaves of Senna each half a
to the Nofe, as Caftor,and Spirit of
Sal Ammoniac, &c.
W 4B reckon the Cure of thi'
Difeafe fhould be direded
to check in fome meafure the impe¬
tuous motion of the Spirits into the
Mufcles,and to help the recourfe of
them, which is hindred:for Wtddim
in Phyfiolog. Med. p. m. 57. holds
That there is a circulation of theie
Spirits, and that it may be hindred.
This Recourfe is hindred becaufe
the pillage is ft opt , by which the
Spirits went out: And this way is
obftruded either by a Tartareous,or
by a rilcid tough Matter, as we
99
faid in the Caufe. Therefore all Re*
medies are proper , which are able
to incide or attenuate any vifeid
Matter, and to evacuate it, as there
fhall be occafion. Among which
things fharp volatil Salts,eitheraro-
matick oroleous do excel, which by
penetrating do meft powerfully at¬
tenuate and diflolve all vifeidities
and obftrudions which they meet
with. Wherefore we gave Spirit of
Sal Ammoniac deftilled with Aro-
maticks, as Cloves and Cinnamon,to
our Cataleptick,as a great fee ret,and
with good fuccefs; now and then we
gave Sal volatile oteafum Sylvii, and
Liquor Cornu Cervi Succinatus. Nor
would we negle&Evacuatcrs in fuch
as are ftrong. Among others, take
this following Receipt.
Grains , Elaofaccharum foeniculi
half a Drachm. With Syrup of
Cinnamon make a Bolm accor¬
ding to Art. Take it at one time ;
Scruple,Oylof Amber one Grain.
With Spirit of Lily Conval. make
Pills according to Art.
Here alfo, as in an Apoplexy, the
Cure mull be begun with Clyfters ;
becaufe fometimes the Patient can
take nothing elfe.
Vomits alfo,as there fhall be occa¬
fion, are good to difeharge the Sto¬
mach of the filth lying in it. For the
fake of young Beginners, Take the
Receipt following.
Take of Tart arum emeticum Myn-
fichtt three Grains, Salt of Worm¬
wood,Tamarisk each two Grains,
Syrup of Ratyberries two or three
Drachms. Mix them.
iqo Of a Catalepfis-
I do not at all doubt, but in this three Grains, Conferve of Rofcs,
Difiafe a contumacious Obftrurtion, of Clove-3illy-rtowers each one
and a total interccprion of the ani¬ Drachm. Mix them. Make a
mal Spirits may be oauted divers Point. Or,
ways: For it is well kn^wn to cu¬ Take of Bczpirticum mirerale half a
rious Anatomifts, that there are Scruple, volatil Salt of Vipers two
Valves in the Nerves, which being Grains.Mix thcm.and give them.
Ihur, there is no regrefs for the Take of Aqua hiruncl. cum Caftore
animal Spirits,and this is the real'on, Water of Betony, I.inden-tree
•why I, as well as the great Sylviui, Flowers each one Ounce, Sal vo¬
think that many cacaleptick Perfons latile oleofum Sjlvii one Scruple,
cannot be recovered. And here vo- Syrup of Peony fix Drachms,
Ijtil Alkalies arc far better than fixe Mix them, and give them. This
ones. For the fake of young Be¬ following alfo will do good.
ginners,! fliall communicate a Pro- Take of red Coral prepared half a
cefs or two. Drachm, leaf Silver finely pow-
d red eight leaves. Mix them.
Take of Sal Ammoniack purified, Make a Powder.
Tartar each one Ounce , volatil
Salt of Harts-horn three Ounces, Our Lunar Spiri c alfo is very good.
Spirit of Urine two Ounces and I am perhvaded that Cinnabarines
an half, Rain water deftilled four have altogether as much Virtue in
Ounces, Oyl of Cinnamon,Cloves them. Some cry up new Experi¬
each ten Grains. Mix them and ments , which I dcfignedly pafs
deftil them according to Art. Or, over, left I fhould reveal what was
Take of rectified Spirit of Wine fix committed to me as a Secret. It is
Ounces,Oyl of Cinnamon.Thyme, good to anoint the Spina dorp,
Macc each two Drachms, Pencil and the Neck with thefe things
half an Ounce. Let them ftand following.
rnixt for fome time, till the Spi¬
rits havefo ked up the OyIs,then Take of the fat of Bever, Balfamm
add of the beft Spirit of Sal Am¬ Apoplefiicum each one Scruple,
moniack threeOunces.Mix them, ddlilled Oyl of Rue ten Grains,
Sc deftil them out of a long Phiol Oyl of Dill by Dcco&ion half an
in Sand. Keep it for Ufe. Ounce. Mix them. Or,
Take of Oyl of trif, of Earth-worms
I got great credit by this Area- each two Ounces, Caftor pow¬
turn. If there be malignity befides, dered four Scruples. Mix them.
we add Alexetericks and Alexi- Or, ufe Balfamum fpajmodicum
pharmacks. I queftionnot butthefe Mpnficbti.
iollowir.g will do good.
Particular Evacuaters, winch re-
Take of Diaphoretick An timony half fpeft the Head , and arc therefore
* Drachm, volatil Salt of Amber called Purgers of the Head, are noc
fix Grains. Mix them for a Paper to beneglefted, as Errhines, and
at one time. Or, Sternutatories, among which white
Take of B^oart/cum Lunare fix Vitriol put into the Nofe with Mar¬
Grains, Ciimabar of Antimony joram Water, is belt. But the Phy-
ficiart

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 Cf a Catalepjis.
fician mud have a Care, that he do
not quite ejeft the remainder of the
fpirits from the Brain,and fo hafkn
the Patient’s end. Caps quilted
with aromatick Herbs may be ufed,
and Leeches may be fet to the
crown of the Head warm. I mud
commend Bathes as ficteft to dif-
folvetartarous Mucilages. In defeft
of natural we may make artificial
ones, of which we have treated be¬
fore. Rubbing with warm and rough
Linen,plucking the Hair,and comb«
ing often anfwer expectation. Cau¬
teries both potential and aftual may
be ufed, for they operate powerful¬
ly ; and above all we prefer Moxa,
which applied to the crown of the
Head is a prefenc Remedy in this
Difeafe, as Getljufiw junior in his
Difcourfe of Moxa does prove , not
ioi
only by Experience, but by Reafon.
You may fee the red of the Cepha-
Iicks and Antifpafmodicks in tl>e
Chapter of the Apoplexy: For we
cure this Difeafe as an Apoplexy $
and we may well call it an Apoplexy
inverfe, fince in an Apoplexy the
way is dope from the Spirits wichin
the Brain , to the external Parts,
upon which all the Limbs flag, like
Sails without wind} But in a Catu-
lepfis the animal Spirits are fo de¬
tained in the outer Parts, that the
Br in flags. And any one that will
pexufePractitioners, wheth' r old or
new. will find that this Difeafe is
cured with the fame fort of Medi¬
cines, that they cure an Apoplexy
withal. For when theObflruftionis
removed, the Difeafe is cured, Ve-
lut ruunt fubduHn tell a columnif.
xcx
CHAP.
Of a Vertigo^ or Swimming in the Head.
$. j. Defer ip t ion.
r \ Vertigo is fo ailed from
A* vertendot or from vortex.
. The Greeks, if it be a fim-
plc one, call it 'Zuo-rayut
and £ftv@- San t»If Jtrtu *, but,
when it is accompanied with dim-
nefs of Sight the Ancients called it
5kot&//v©- and ’'Ixo'f©-* It is
defined, or rather described, to be
a hurt imagination of an apparent
turning about of the Head and Objetfs,
fometmes fimple, fometimes with’ <f/w-
7jf/j of Sight, depending upon the dif-
erderly motion of the Animal Spirits in
the Brain. All do unanimously con¬
clude, that here the imagination is
depraved,becaufc the Phantafie and
common Scnfe of thofe that are
taken with this Difcafe, think that
quiet Objects do move; yet, they
fay, the Judgment is found,becaufc
the Patients underftand this their
error: And all aferibe this fallacy
to the diforder of the Animal Spi¬
rits. Therefore the Vertigo is a Di-
feafe wherein both the Head and all
things elfe ftem to turn round •, and
becaule the Spirits do not rightly
influence the external Parts, the
Patient falls down, unkf*he hold
byfomething. But of this, more
B the Caufe.
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VI.
Difference.
A Vertigo is either Eflential, when
the Caufe is in the Brain,which
you may know by the Difeafe’s
continual affefting of the Patient j
or by Confent, when the Caufe,that
difturbs the Brain,lies in fome other
place,may b. ,in the Spleen,Womb,
Stomach, or fome other Part. And
the Confent of thefe Parts is dedu¬
ced from a fubtil cxtenfion of the
Veflels , rather to be conceived in
the Mind than exprefled in words,
by reafon whereof, one Funftion
certainly docs fo exadtly correfpona
with another, that upon the igno¬
ble Part’s being hurt, the mod no¬
ble are hurt and in pain *, juft as irt
a Mufical Inftrument, when a firing
is down or broke, the whole Har¬
mony is fpoiled. And one may
guefs the fame to happen in the
Nerves and nervous Fibres, upon
exceflive loofeuing, ftretching or
braking of which, the whole Sym¬
metry is marred, and abundance of
Difcafes follow.
2, Stil j eft.
*THe general Opinion of Author*
7 is, that both the Ventricles and
Subftance of the Brain are the Sub~
jett of this Difeafe. According to
KIUIS0,
r
Of a Vertigo, or Swimming in the Head.
CttlliG, the animal Spirits, which
are very much difturbcd , arc the
immediate Subjeft of this Difeafe;
and the mediate one is thofe Parts
-of the Brain, wherein imagination
and common fenfe refrde. And thefe
according to him are the corpora
caHifa & Jiriata. The Cartcffa.iS
blame the porous fubftancc of the
Brain as the Part affected. But J,
take the Difeafe to lie about the
Corptra cailofa and Striata.
3. Diagwfiick.
A S for the Diagnoftickj, in a Ver¬
tigo either darknefs, orfome
colours,appear in the Eyes of them
that have it •, fometimes Flies ap¬
pear ; and all things feem to turn
round with them,fo that they muff
fall, unlcfs they take hold offome-
thing near. Several fall to the
ground, and cannot raife them-
felves, till the Fit be a little over.
For it often happens, that they
who are taken with this Difeafe,
fall to the pound, without turning
their Body,juft like them that have
often turned rliemfelves round. I
/aw a vertiginous Perfon full of ge-
ftures in his Fit, he jumped up
with his hands ftretched out, as if
he would catch flies, aud at laft fell
to the ground,and that all the while
his Fit lafted, he could not ftand
upright , but crept along. From
once turning round, fome fuffer as
much as others at feveral times;
yea, they that are troubled with
this Difeafe, are in the fame con¬
dition , if they lee another turn
round, or a Wheel, or any thing
elfe •, or it they look from on high.
And if the Dileafe be Meopathick,
then there has proceeded the Head-
accord ulnefs m it, hurting of the
tfncjl or taftc, tingling of the Ears,
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103
and there is no fign of any other
Part being hurt i But if it be by
Confenr, vi%. from a depraved mafs
of Blood, or hurt of the Stomach,
Spleen, Womb or Hppochondna.then
Squeamilhnefs, Heart-burn, and
lofs of Appetite have proceeded. If
it proceed from any other Part of
the Body, it will appear from the
proper figns, as from the menfts be¬
ing ftopt, and a prudent Phyfician
will find it out. This Difeafe ufes
often to afflift People at certain
times.
$.4. Caufe.
IN tlie Judgment of the An¬
cients, this Difeafe arifes from
abundance of hot and fpiricuous
Blood, and they fupport thcmfelves
with this, that a Vertigo often takes
its rife from acute Difeafes and Bur¬
ning Fevers. And they hold, that
fometimes it is caufed by crude
Humors, which now and then are
malignant, and arc b^d either in
the Head or in fome Part of the Bo¬
dy below, raoft ufually in the Sto¬
mach , Spleen or Womb ,.becaufe
of the communication that thefe
Pores have with the Head. All the
Grecians in a manner aferibe the
Caufe of Vertigoes rather to vapo¬
rous, halituous & fpirituous fumes,
than to thick and grofs Humors,
afferting that accuftomed evacua¬
tions fupprelfed , and all Humors
in general which fend out many
Vapours, windy, dry and hot, tur¬
bulent and malignant Spirits, may
caufe a Vertigo. For thefe Vapors
and Spirits (fay they ) by their
motion move the Ahimal Spirit
(which is thought to be the vehicle
of the SoulJ round, or fome fucli
dit'orderly way j fo that the man
verily thinks that is done without
H 4 him,
}04 Pf a Vertigo, or Swimming in the Head.
him, which is done within hixn,
and the judgment of the Imagina¬ *• 7*
tion is perverted , which makes Wits thinks the conjunct
a Man think he turns round , and V V Caufe of this Difeafe to be
fometimes that he is falling. They a perturbation of the Animal Spi¬
will have the faid Vapors; to roul rits, raifed by heterogeneous Par¬
round, juft as flame or fmoak r6ul ticles and troublefom Spirits, which
round an Oven, while they have n© lye either in the mafs of Blood, or
vent. The Schools fay alfo, That in other Humors. For the verti¬
this Difeafe arifes from the hot in- ginous Particles in* nuating them-
temperatureofthe Brain it ft If,' be¬ felves into the midft of the Brain,
ta ife when it is hot, it may draw darken the Spirits. Things that
many Vapors, and put the Humors remotely do very much contribute
in a heat or ferment. to the breeding of this Difeafe, are
the yJay of Living, all cacoqhymick
Blood, the Scurvy, long and malig¬
nant Fevers, which caufe a dyfcra-
P Hracclfue and his Followers fie of blood, and eafily afflict forae
fay little of the Nature’ and part of the Spirits. ’ >
paufes of this Difeafe. ' Yer many
of them fly'to a Mercurial princi¬ i. 8.
ple, fomc admit alfo of a Salitte one.
aHUCfcttin and others fay , That T Hc SlplMans in diis Difeafe
blame the Animal Spirits, di-
Vapors and Exhalations proceed
from refmOus, tartareous and ful- fturbed more or lefs , which are
phu cons'Humors contained in the confufedly and vecciginoufly forced
StO ach and other Parts, or rather to the Eyes and Organs of Touch,
from die un&uous and fulphureous
fubltance of die Blood.
■ ■? nr vl'.vi> » * . .. . f: 9-
“THe CartcflatiG fey, the Vertigo
S .6.
H **■ is a Difeafe, in which all things
SHI men t in a Vertigo blames a near l'ccm to be carried round, by
turning' or whirling facility the depraved, chat is, circular. Mo¬
proceeding from the Stomach. For tion of the Animal Spirits*, and
according to him , caring of fomc that, becaufe the Humors and
certain Meats has caufed* a Vertigo Blood are fo cxagicated , that the
fas- his Writings-teftifie) and par- roots Of the Nerves are aSe<fted,
ticularly towards Evening,' diat is, and fo one pretling another, all v\-
before they were -yet eoncoftcd. fible Bodies Teem - to turn round.
He lays,' we (nay believe him, that Ami this compreflioh they prove,
every Vefti>o creeps' from bcloiv, comes from the badnefs and abun¬
Svithbut Vapor or Fume i and that dance of Blood*, becaufe Plethorick
the Head is' gbvemed by the Sto- perfons complain moft of this Dt-
....
tuachl * Alfo ■ 9. Tex:
_ _ 86. de feafe bv reaton of the comprefljOn
iiibtafii he fws/a Vertigo is caufed ! of the Pores of the Brain, where¬
by an inebriative Poifohi fuch as is hpori the AriimalSpirirs cannot pafs
fcmoalc of Tabico.' ' * 1 the Brain and its Pores in a right
9. line.

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 Of a Vertigo, or Swimming in the Head.
line, but rebounding one upon ano¬
ther, wheel round,and move circu¬
larly. As Antonim le Grand, p.8. In-
Jlit.Philof.Art.22. §12. Difcourfes
at large of this among ocherMatters
$. IO.
x * 7® think that a Vertigo is a
Vv little Epilepfie : Fora
ealiginous, caducous Vertigo is in
young Men a fore-runner of the Her¬
culean Difeafe, as it is in old Men
of an Apoplexy. It often happens
that a malignant Chara&er is im¬
pelled upon the mafs of Blood and
Animal Spirits, through the fault
of fome private part, whereupon
the Spirits betake themfclves to
.the Corpora cattofa & Striata , and
Being difordcrlv fent out thence, it
cannot otherwife be, but that they
muft whirl round. And having
found that way, the reft of the Paf-
fages and Ways are forfaken, and
fo a Vertigo is caufed *, which is the
more probable, becaufe upon a
man’s turning himfelf often round,
the whirling round of the Spirits
continues a good while after he has
done turning, becaufe the Spirits
continue their former courfe. The
remote Catife of the Circumgyra¬
tion is this, When foreign and hard
Particles being carried to the Brain
do yet flop up the fight paflages
about the optick Nerves in the
Brain , they do ftill keep their
old by-way , and caufe thjs diftur-
bance. And this m?v ferve for a
Reafon, That in Drunk:nnefs a Ver¬
tigo proceeds from too great cfFcr-
vefceRce of Blood, in that by the
defpumation of the fubtil Parcs,and
feparacing of the grofler , fome of
both are carried to the paflages of
the Brain, (for we fee, now in all
fermentation of Wine or Beer,ful-
phureous, foecuknt and tartareous
105*
Parts are caft out with the fubcil)
which terreftrious and crude Parts
obftruft the Pores of the Brain, fo
that the Spirits cannot proceed and
irradiate freely, whereupon they
rebound, and whirl round , juft as
when one Win! meets with ano¬
ther, or is Hope, a Whirlwind is
caufed. Sometimes this Difeafe
arifes from a hot Caufe, but it is
by accident, inafmuch as it gives
brisker motion to the Blood (like
Wine in Drunkennefs) and fo more
Blood is carried to the Head, and
more Spirits bred, than can conve¬
niently be diftributed by the
Nerves, which makes them turn
round and caufe this Difeafe. As I
am writing this, a new Reafon
comes into my Head, which is this,
Becaufe, in Scorbutick Fevers, in
D) ferafies of the Blood and Humors,
when men abound with divers he¬
terogeneous Particles , as well ful-
phureous as falinc , a Vertigo is oc-
cafioned, where any one may plain¬
ly fee that the way is obftrufted
by thefe Particles. But as for that
Vertigo , which is caufed by Con-
fent, efpccially of the Scomach (for
many upon fading are troubled
with this Difeafe) the reafon of that
is, not becaufe (harp Vapors get up
into the Head and darken it,(which
error of the Ancients has long ft nee
been explodcd_) but rather becaufe
fome fharp,pungent,& aculeate mat¬
ter lodging in an empty Stomach,
when ix is idle and has nothing elfe
to do,caufes a Velli cation and drink¬
ing of the nervous fibres of the Sto¬
mach, which vcllication or drink¬
ing, as all other fpafmodick mo¬
tions are, is communicated to the
Brain. Where, Upon the motion
cf thefe Fibres, the Animal Spirits
are difturbed, the morion of the
Blood is quickncd, and (if I may
fo
io6 Of a Vertigo, or Swimming in the Head.
fo fay} a defpumation of the vicious
Particles is made, whence natu¬
rally enfues the Obftruction of the
Optick Nerves *, and when they are
obflrufted, the Spirits move difor-
derly, which is the rife of this Di-
feafe. It arifesalfo from (ailing in
a Ship, riding in a Coach , looking
from on high, and fuch like things.
A caliginous Vertigo feems to have
its original from defeft of Animal
SpiritSytnd their depraved motion;
becaufe enough of Spirits cannot be
found to fill the optick Nerve and
the Eye, which a very little will
ufiially do : Hence it is apparent,
why People commonly have a
Vertigo, before they fall into a
Swoon.
S. II. Vroinoflick.
vrrE will now pafs, from the con-
™ fiderationof the Caufcs, to
the Prognoftick. A Vertigo, if it
lart long, threatens cither an Apo¬
plexy , Falliog-Sicknefs, Madnefs,
orfomefpafmodick Difeafeiwhere-
fore fo pernicious and daring an
Enemy mud not be flighted. The
generality ofPraftitioners^tccording
to their great obfervation, do hold,
Tha t they who in a Vertigo fee green
or purple colours, are moll cncli-
ned to tl»e Falling-Sicknefs * they
who fee red , to Madnefs and
they who fee black, to an Apo¬
plexy.
But every Vertigo, while it is
hew, is ufually without danger, and
eafie to be cured, as well as other
Difeafes in the beginning : And
fo is that which comes from Drun-
kennefs either with Wine or Ta-
baco. B it, not to be too tedious,
let the curious Reader confult Hip-
focrates, in whofe Store-houfe there
lies much in a little room.
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12. Dietetic Cure.
N Ow we will proceed to that
part of the Cure, whicli con-
fifls in the Six Non-naturals , as
the true Sous of AEfculapiut call
them.
Make choice of a ferene tempe¬
rate and clear Alr\ whence we may
cafily conclude , tliat an impure,
cloudy, cold, and corrupted Air
muft be avoided. Who is there,
that finds not the flare of his Body
as wavering as the Wind ? When
the North-eaft Wind blows, as the
Air is cleared of Clouds, are noc
the noxious Humors in the Body
\yafled, and cloudinefs of Spirits
difpelled? But, on the contrary,
if the oppofite South-weft point
blow, how greatly does it often
damnific mens Health i
Eat Me it of a good juice, and
eafie of digeftion, not windy, nor
fharp. Avoid therefore all forts
ofPulfe, Beans, Pcafe, and Lentils.
Eating in the Morning, efpecially a
Toaft dipt in fome rich Wine "or
Sack, (which Helmont himfelf did
when he was vertiginous} is good
to foak up that fharp matter,which
often vellicates the Fibres of the
Stomach, and caufcs this Difeafe.
For here we mud have as great
care of eating too litdfc, as of too
much. Moderation is bell.
Let the Diinli be final! Wine, or
mixt with Water, or Spaw Waters.
You muft noc therefore drink mud¬
dy Beer, chat is not well wrought
and too full of Hops * nor much
.ftrong Wine, becaufe it augments
the fermentation of the Blow!, and
thereby fends many crude Particle?
to the Brain.
A little Exercife is good} but Rejl
is rather proper for the Head.
Mode,
 r
0/ 4 Vertigo, or Swimming in the Plead.
Moderate S7eep is proper ; but
Watching is naught.
The Excrements of the Belly muft
be promoted everv day, either by
k
ICS-
Art or Nature. The cafe is the
5,1
fame in the ufual Fluxes of the
IOL
Iknfes, Haemorrhoids, (fare.
The Patient mud allow of no
Perturbations of Mind , fuch as
Anger, Sorrow, <&c, becaufe they
very much prejudice Mens Health.
£13. Pharmaceutic Cure.
N Ow let us pafs to the Pharma¬
ceutic Cure. The 3nctcnts
encountred this Difeafe with Eva¬
cuates *, and thev ufed thefe that
follow. Syrup of Rofes made with
many Infufions, Diaprunum foluti-
1*», Diacatholicon, Hiera picra ,
Diacolojntbif, P/Me corAw, <j«re<e,
Arabic*, Majlichms, One quibus ejfe
noli, de 5 generibiu myrobalanonon.
If you would have Simples, Take
Tamarinds, Rhubarb, Manna, Senna,
Polypody, Dodder of Thyme and
Agarick, of which you may make
ftveral Medicines. When they think
it proceeds from the Stomach,they
give the common Vomits, which
every one knows. Then they fly
to Revellents and Diverters. If the
Difeafe proceeds from Blood or
hot Humors, they bleed in the ce-
phalick Vein, and repeat bleeding
fometimes. Among Revellents they
reckon Clyfters, Fridions of the
Limbs with a rough linen Cloth
warm, and Cupping glaflcs applied
tc the more remote Parts. They
open the Haemorrhoid Veins, pro¬
voke the tnenfes ; nor do they neg-
Ied Sneezing-Powders, Gargarifms,
Apophlegmatilms and Eliftering
with Yeah and Vinegar.They high¬
ly value an IiTue on the top of the
/fad. They extol Erriunes of
*
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L
107
Juice of Sowbread, or Pimpernel
fnufc out of the Hand. Thefe things
premift d, they ufe things to flop
the turbulent morion of the Spirits,
fuch as Syrup of Quinces, Pomegra¬
nates, Sugar of Rofes, Juice of Bar¬
berries, Diacydomxm, defblled Wa¬
ter of Lettuce,Violets, Plantain,ftr.
Tn a hot Caufe they fay it is good
to fmell to Camphore, Rofes, Vine¬
gar, Oyl of Rofes, &c. They fre¬
quently ufe wafhing the Head with
Oyl of Rpfes and Vinegar, and Em¬
brocations and Bathings. Their
Medicines to ftrengthen and diflolve
the remainders, are Syrup of Ap¬
ples, de Stachade, Conferve of Bo¬
rage, Buglofs, Sugar of Rofes, Dia~
tragacanthum frigidum, Diatrion fan-
talon, DiamoJ'chu dulce , Decodions
of Leaves of Betony, Mint, Rofe-
mary , Sage, Stacbas , Centaury
the lefs, Galangal, Cinnamon, Seeds
of Fennil, Anile, <&c. They com¬
mend Imelling to Nigel!.*,Majorane,
Caftor, and fuch like things. And,
to comprehend all in fhort, Firft
of all they give a Clyfter; then
bleed , if nothing hinder then
perfectly purge off the Humors that
are peccant, and that breed peccant
Vapors} afterwards they divert the
violence of the Vapors, by Fri-
dions, Cupping-glalles, and Scari¬
fications, In the beginning of the
Difcale they order Afrringents, to
hinder the afeent of Vapors to the
Head, which they blame fo much.
Forinftance,
Take of Rofe Water three Ounces,'
Vinegar two Ounces. Mix them
for an Epithem.
Lad of all they ftrengthen the
Stomach and Head , and difperfe
the remainders with Maflicatories,
Purgersof the Nofe, &c. But if the
Difeafe
Io8 Of a Vertigo, or Swimming in the Head.
Difeafc depend upon die Womb,
they ufe Cajior ana other Uterines.
Wlien the fwife turning or motion
of things caufes it, they mud not
look on fuch things. What Reme¬
dy mart be ufed, when it comes
from fading, we have told you be¬
fore. If the Difeafe have its rife
from the fupprelTion of any ufual
Evacuation,it mud be promoted.
i- 14-
■trrE have heard the Judgment of
** an innumerable Company of
the ancient Practitioners, now we
proceed to the |daraccldd0, who
obferve the fame Method of Cure
here tliat they do in the Epilepfy,
of which we fhall Treat in the fol¬
lowing Cliaptcr. Therefore in diis
Place we will only lightly touch
upon fuch Things as are proper to
this Difeafe. One of their chief
Remedies is the Sulphur of Vitriol,
to which fomc of them affirm die
TinCture of Luna to be equivalent
in Virtue, and this they defend
with Might and Main. Crolliin a
Follower of Paracelfm, commends
his Mader’s Elixir Proprietatit, and
gives it in Water of Peony or Eor-
rage. Others give to drink with
good Succefs in Water of the Flow¬
ers Lily of the Vallies, Salt of Am¬
ber and Pearls.
Amongd external Things they
reckon the ApopleCtick Balfam of
Rue , Amber, <{jc. Alfo fome al-
mod ri.liculoufly write, That the
Fat of Deers and Serpents rub’d
on the Temples, has a peculiar
Virtue from the Signature or Cha¬
racter of curing this Didemper;
becatife thofe Creatures climbing
up high Rocks and Precipices
are never afteCted with it. Others
as limply affirm the Quintefience
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of a Stork to be likewife very
good.
iy.
TN the Vertigo , and in all other
A Didempcrs of die Head l')Clmout
highly extols Vomitories , and in
like manner the volatil Salts of all
fweet Scomachicks and Cephalicks,
as of Sage , Marjoram, Rofeniary,
Clove-Gilly-Flowcrs , Cinnamon,
Thus this Atthor cur’d himfelf by
taking a Vomitory, and drinking
little Wine with his Meat,by means
of which his Vertigo immediately
ceafed s and after he had many
Times differed a Relapfe, he was
in the End, by often taking Sul¬
phur of Vitriol, perfectly cured.
§. 16.
YTT^ltic's Therapeutic Method of
v Cure in this Didemper, is
as follows. In the fird place, for
the difperfing all the Clouds of
the Brain, and compofing the Dis¬
orders of the Animal Spirits, he
commends all Cephalicks, as Coral,
Amber, Man’sSculls,Roots of Male-
Peony, Mifletoe.Peacocks Duog,^rct
the divers Prefcriptjons of which
we are not minded to fet down
here, but rather to refer the Rea¬
der to the Author himfelf. There¬
fore that the Brain may be freed
from all the Inundations of the
morbific Matter, Venefeftion is
very good, and often to give a
gentle Purge. He advifes to make
an Ifiiie in the Leg or Arm, as al¬
fo to open the Hemorrhoids with
Leeches. He orders the Temples
and fore-Part of the Head to be well
wafhed every Morning in cold Wa¬
ter, and to berubb’d with a rough
Cloth. To tajee away ajiy D.yf,
 Cf a Vertigo, or Swimming in the Head.
rrafy of the Blood he ufes tempe¬
rate Antifcorbutic Alterers, as Oc-
caiion requires, andChalybeac Me¬
dicines, Iron-Waters and Whey.
That the Animal Spirits may be
made pure and clean, the Tick Per-
fon mull every Day take fuch Me¬
dicines as confift of a volatil Salt,
whofcParticles are very fubtle, fucli
as Spiricof Harts-horn , Soot, Sal
Arminiac, either fimple, or impreg¬
nated with Man’s Scull 3 as alfo
the Tin&ure of Coral, Amber, An¬
timony, Elixir of Peony. Nor does
this Author neglect Vomitories
prepared of Salt of Vitriol, or Sul¬
phur of Antimony, which he very
highly extols, as alfo Clyfiers, and
Yelicatories to the Neck.
17 .
109
18.
-D to the (Tarrcflang,
. Care muft be taken in the
very Fit, how the Animal Spirits
may be reduced into their former
Order, which they affcxt may be
done by fevcral Spirituous Things
which unlock the obftruded Palfage,
and likewife by Cephalic and Aro¬
matic Balfams. Eut if the Diftem-
per arife from a Plethorv, they or¬
der Venefe<ftion,and prefcribe other
aqueous Things. But if the Mfchief
has its Original from a foul Stomach
(whichceafes by eatingjas to Phar¬
macy, they call to their AfTifiance
Vomitories and Medicines of Quin¬
ces, no lefs than they do Meats that
are fomewhat hard, as a Cruft of

T He Method of the famous £>t'U

Wus in curing this Diftempcr
is thus. His firft Endeavour is, to
reduce into a tranquil and quiet
State,the Animal Spirits diforderly
hurried up and down , and rcpre-
fenting to him that is vertiginous,
external Objc&s as turning round.
To which End he orders Anodynes,
and to better Purpofe Narcotieks,
but in alefs (Quantity. Ex. gr.
Take of the Water of the Flowers
of the Linden Tree two Ounces
Bread, or the like 3 for hereby that
ftiarp Humor which lurks in the
Stomach, and feme Way or other
boils and ferments of it fclf,and like
Daggers, Needlcs,Lances,or Razors
cuts and pricks the little Fibres of
the Stomach,is correfted, and thofe
ftiarp Particles are obtunded by be¬
ing rubb’d and beat againft by thofe
Medicaments and Aliments. Out of
the Fit, that the morbific Matter
may be prepared , they ufe divers
Digeftives and Alteratives,after that
either by Vomitories or other Ca-
tharticks they throw forth the pec¬

a
and an half,Antiparalitic or Anri-
tk Water one Ounce, Lau-
cant Particles.

opiarum chreeGrains,Svrup
of French Lavender one Ounce.
5.
19.
Mix them, and let the Sick Per-
fon take a Spoonful or two till
N Ow we have a Mind toinfinu-
ate £>ur olBtt Way of Cure.
die Vertigo be corrected. We are not arguing here either fer
Galen, Paraceljw, Helmont, WiUUy
Nor does our Author defoife vo¬ Sylviut or the Cartefianf, but only
ted] Salts and Medicines of Caftor, for the Truth 3 for according to that
and alfo Veficatories and Vomito¬ trite Saying 3 We Love Plato,tre love
ries , as we have it from his own Socrates, but Truth it dearer to m
Hbudh than

Go gle
?IO Of a Vertigo^ or Swinmiigtn the Head.
than both. Now this is principally of Becony an Ounce. Mix them,
to be endeavoured , That the Ani¬ and take it by Spoonfuls. Or,
mal Spirits whirling round , be re¬ Take of Water of Lily of the Val-
duced again to their priftinc Con¬ lies, drawn off wine one Ounce,
dition. If therefore the Enemy Spirit of the fame a Drachm
make an Invafion armed with and a half, the Spirituous Wa¬
Swords. Spears, Lances, and other ter of Chervil two Ounces, Pea¬
fharp Weapons,and begins to (how cocks Dung one Ounce, Eflence
hirafelf openly in the Stomach, he of Chervil a Drachm , Syrup of
muff be engaged with Vomits and Beiony one Ounce. Mix them,
altering Akali's^ and in this Cafe and give it by Spoonfuls.
volatil Alcah's have much the Pre¬
ference of the fixe, as being able The following Scotomatic Tin-
both toabforb .the Acid , and ol>- fture is excellent.
tund its Points. Hence it is that
Liquor Cornu Cervi Succinatm , and Take of the Flowers of Peony,
that excellent Remedy of Schefer, Lily of the Valley , of each
Balfamm nervinus, arc fo benefi¬ half an Ounce , Rofemary three
cial to thofc that are troubled Drachms, Sage, Eetony, Line-
with a Vertigo. All Spirituous Tree of each two Drachms. Let
Things are good in this Difeafe, them be digefted in twelve Oun¬
becaufe they dull and obtund the ces of Spirit of Man’s Scull im¬
conglomerated Particles by hard pregnated with its Salt.
rubbing againft them. Further¬
more,all Epileptic Waters are avail¬ Amongfl fixt Alcali's we reckoir
able, and other faline volatil Li¬ all earthy Things, as Chalk , red
quors , efpecially if they be fhar- Coral, Amber, Crabs Eyes, Vitriol
pened by Camohore, and tem¬ of Mars, Sulphur of Vitriol, the
per’d with die Eflence of Opium, abforbing Powder of our mod
as Occafion requires : For if experienc’d CoUcgue Wedeliw,
Opium and Camphore be mixt to¬ and alfo this that follows, which,
gether , they have a Angular Vir¬ very welldeferves to be preferred
tue in hindring a future and im¬ before all other Remedies in curing
minent Vertigo. And hence it is this Diftemper.
that the ingenious Craan magni¬
fies his camphorated Laudanum , Take of Crabs Eyes finely pow-
wherewith in Fevers and many dred, Vitriol of Mars, Species
other Difeafcs he does Wonders. Diarrhodon Abbatit, Aromaticum
Let this be a Prefcripc for Begin¬ rofatum of each one Drachm,
ners* L.audanum camphorarum three
Grains. Mix them , and make
Take of Epileptic Water an Ounce a Powder. I he Dofe is from
and an half, Flowers of the Lin¬ half a Scruple to half a Drachm.
den Tree two Ounces, Spirit Or, This following Powder.
of a Woman’s Secundine one Take of the Powder of the Root
Drachm, EUofaccbarum of Am¬ of Doronicum two Drachms, the
ber half a Drachm , Laudanum cephalic Specific a Drachm and
camphorated four Grains, Syrup a half. Mix them* The Dofc

Go gle
 Of a Vertigo, or Swimming in the Head.
is a Scruple at Morning , Noon
and Night. Or, Take efEtlence
of Chervil, Flowers of Role-
mary of each two Drachms.
The Dofe is twenty Drops. Or,
Take of the Powder of the 3
Root of Doronicum two Drachms.
With a fufficient Quantity of
Sugar make round Lozenges. Or,
Take of the Root of Florentine j
Orrice , Doronicum of each one
Drachm, Flowers of Lavender, •
Betony, Cardamoms, Cubebsof
each two Scruples. With a fuf- ]
ficient Quantity of Sugar make 1
Tablets.
1 Apopleftic Balfam mixt with
Ealfatn of Marjoram is a great Pre-
fervative. But I am unwilling to
I fpend any more Time in tranlcri-
bing and raking together thefe Re¬
ceipts. That excellent Remedy,
the volatil Spirit of Vitriol, given
to the Quantity of ten Drops or
II more, every Morning, is good for
& Prevention. Alfo Nitron-: and Iron-
Waters are of great life, becaufe
* they dilute the Blood. We like-
H wife preferibe Clyders and other
gentle Catharticks, as Pit. de Suc-
nno, with fome Grains of Magi-
i fiery of Jalap, or Wine medicated
i with Specifiers.
I know by Experience, that the
Juice of Chervil took in Broth, is
a Specific in this D idem per. Alfo
a its Water thrice rectified may be
R given often. And Iikewife a Wa-
, ter deftilled out of the Brains of
it Sparrows and a Calf, is found to be
it commodious.
* If the Difiemper arife from fe¬
ll. brile Reliques, and a Scorbutic
Dyfcrafy of the Blood , thefe
<* Things arc to be corrected and
amended by divers Anrifcorbuticks,
*1 ot which wc ducQUilc more at
11 x
large elfewhere. But in the firft
Pjace Venefeftion , in this Cafe,
mould |je often repeated. If the
Mifchicf arife ftom Obdru&ion of
the Afcnfej or Hemorrhoids, they
are to be provoked *, If from Poi-
fon, then wc mud encounter it ei¬
ther with Vomitories or Alexi-
pharmacks » If from failing in a
Ship, riding on Horfe-back, looking
down from an high Place, thefe are
all to be removed, and a Vomit to
be given. Thus the honourable
Boyle in his Experiments concern¬
ing Colours, fays, he fuccefcfully
cured a Vertigo got by being tofs’d
on the Sea, by an Emetic Potion ;
as Iikewife did Segern1, in Ephem.
Germ. An. 3. If it proceed from
beiog drunk , it will go off on its
own accord, but for the future let
the Sick Perfon beware of fuch
Excefs. The following little Bag is
to be held to the Nofe.
Take of the Powder of the Rooc
of Doronicum, Florentine Orrice,
of the Flowers of Lavender, Lig¬
num Rhodium of each an equal
Quantity , Spirit of Lily of the
Valhes one Scruple. Mix them,
and make a little Bag.
Veficatories, Fri&ions, Baths,
Arteriotomy, Cupping-GlalTes, Lee¬
ches, Scarification, and other
Things of this Nature are not to be
negleded. When the Fit is violent
and comes often, and docs not
give Way to ufual Remedies, that
the Patient may not be in Danger
of his Life, we principally com¬
mend the Infufion of the Liquors
of volatil Salts, and fuch other
Things as the Cafe requires, accor¬
ding to the Advice of the worthy
Ettmullerui, efpecially if it comes
from a malignant Imprelfion made
lit, Of a Vertigo, of Swimming in the Head.
on the Spirits and Mafs of Blood.
We have often known an aftual
Cautery, tir. burning the Top of
the Head with Moxa, to have had
good Succefs in a defperate Cafe.
To the Noftrils and Top of the
Head you muff apply Epileptic
Waters and Balfams ; as Balfam of
Rue, or the Apoleptic of Amber.
Alfo the Top of the Head is to be
anointed with feveral Oils. And
you may exrernally in the Fit ufc
this Receipt which follows.
Take of Water of Lily of the Vaf-
lies half an Ounce, Spirit of the
fame one Drachm. Mix them,
and give it.
But feeing we are to treat more
largely of thefe in the following
Chapter,we neither have any Mind,
nor is it convenient for us to infift
any longer upon them, left we be
guilty of a tirefome Repetition,
and of forcftalling the curious
Reader.
CHAP.
 Of an Epiiepfy.
*'Ti.rh i
The Mimes and Definition. Way and that, with various di-
T O be brief about the Names
of an Epiiepfy >.sye call ic
in Englifh,ihe Fatting Sick:
tiefi, in Larin, Morbus faducus, Sa-
,
<tr>.Comitialit Lunfr'tf > Sonticm,
Haulm and J/erculanus. And ic
Ucommonly defined to bc> ACon-
udjive Motion of alt the Parts of the
hod/, effect all} ofthe Hands And Feefy
M perpetual, but. coming at certain
intervals of tike , with the hurt of ^
theSenfes both internal and external.
This Difeafe has its name from the
nx>ft urgent Symptom, which trou¬
bles a man mod in this Difeafe. \
for on whomfoever thiy Difeafe ex-
ereifes its cruelty* it tajkps. them on
a Bidden, and carts them down and
toys them Hat > its ft tliey were
Thunder-rtruck, and commonly de-r
privesthem of nil Senfe and Mo-,
non. There ls.alfo i trepidation
of the Nerves, all the Parts quiver
with a. fccret violence, the Limbs
are contraded and drawn a fide,
there is a gnafhing of tlie Teeth,and
froathing at the lyiputh, and thpt
ufually, vthen the Fit is at an end
JChcrc js oftentimes a ftiaking of
Head, and a jjerjible falljngjft
tnc Body to the ground, lometimes I
the Arms and Legs.as alfothe Neck
and Back are ftiff, or turned this
rtortions.
§»• 1. The Difference,
'T'He Differences taken from the
A Caufe6, are hy the common
copfent of Authors reckoned two*
For either , (if) It is taken from
the place, when the Brain is affe&ed
Jdiopathically,or is ill it felf, which
is, wfiep the Fountain of the Difeafe
has frs place there; or, (2.) It is
| caufed by the confent of ocher
Parts both internal and external,
to wjr, flf an ill affeded Stomach,
of which , there are fcveral Cau-
fes infUnced ft the German £/>£?-
tncrides, or of the Womb , Spleen,
Iotcrti/ics, Mefentery, Gcnitals/^c.
Of the external, as of Ulcers,
Wounds-, Contufions,, Inflamma¬
tions;, and Spellings. . A Virtu oft
obl^ryed how this Difeafe did thus,
arife from a hurt ft the great Toe ;
fo rhajt a little (park kindled a great
flame, and earned , a true Earth¬
quake in the, Microcofm. , There-'
fore thqelaHick Particles r»ay; well
be blamed, which are-perceived to
afeend; from thefc; Parts, when
they are ipained, ,lH:e a cool
Air or 1 Vapour , whereupon a
I man
1x4 Of an Epilepfy.
man drops down in a fudden Con-
vulfion.
A Sign of the Head’s being pri¬
marily affected, is, when the Eyes
are blinded and caliginous, the
Head akes, with a heavinefs and
dulnefs of Senfcand Mind, the Pa¬
tients are troubled with tnrbulent
Dreams, are taken fuddtrily, and;
as if they had fcen a Gorgon s Head,
are ftruck dead in the twinkling
of an eye. But when thfc Difeafe
proceeds from the mouth of the
Stomach, it may be known by this,
that the Fit does invade them
moft, who have farted a long time;
and before the Difeafe feizes them,
they findaSqueamiftinefs,Gnawing,
Decay of Appetite, Vomiting) Hic¬
cough, and the Heart-burn. .
But if the Difeafe take i4 rife
from other Parts, fuppofe from the
Spleen or Wortib, you will find the
proper Signs of each Parc as it is
affeded, and fo it will be, if die
Difeafe be lodged about the Blad¬
der or Liver. Thus, if it oome
from the Womb, Pain will W felt1
about that place ♦ alfo Palpicitiori
of die Heart, Difficulty of Brea¬
thing, foe. will (how it. There is
a fort of EpHepfy alfo, that vifcs
fcom a ftrange , exotick fermenr,
lurking in the Thbe of fome Part
or other, and communicated5tBrtffc
Brain, as in Anger* Burning FevCrs,
Phrenzy, Small Pox : For when
ever the lcafteftcrvefcenceisraifed
in fubjefts, difpofed to this Difeafe;
then it may very eafily fo happen,
that a Fit of it may arife from the
tranfmiffion of a depraved ferment
to the Brain , which puts all the
Parts of the Head Qfl may fo fay)
into a panick fear, and gives the
Alarm : for are there not manifeft
conveyances , namely the Nerves,
by which the taint of rite Poiftm
Go gle
creeps into the Erain, and its ru-
lers, the Animal Spirits ? But if the
Spleen be in fault, by reafon of a
vitiated ferment, or its own Cor¬
ruption and Putrefa&ion, there are
pains, heat and fwcllings in the lefc
Hypochondrium; fometimes alfo die
Scurvy* Cachexy, Melancholy, &c.
are obferved to accompany it; as,
to my grief, I found ic in a certain
IUurtrious Prince, whofc untimely
Death was much lamented. Nor
muft we forget Childrens Fits
([concerning the Original and Cure
whereof, I (hall take another time
to difepurfetaythe time of breeding
their Teeth, which arifes from a
vellicarion of the third and fevenffr
Conjugation of Nerves, and fr(*n
Inflammation! of the Gums. Like
as, when they1 have Worms, they
arealfo troubled with this fame Di¬
feafe, thefc being bred by their vo¬
racious caring of crude Meats, and
bad Milk; which may eafily be*
known, becanft when the Fit is
over, they vomit Phlegm or curd¬
led Milk ; a thing to be lamented,
that the poor Infants muft bear the'
iniquity of their Mothers negligence,,
when (he has omitted her duty.
Nor can it be denied,if we go about
to examine that cafe narrowly, That
when Children die of Fits , it pro¬
ceeds from a certain corruption of
the Mother’S'Milk, whereby it is
depraved and grows fowre in the
Child’s Stomach; which appears
plain enough by the vomiting, of
curdled Milk, and the Excrements
of the Eelly grown porraceons and
knotty by an acid, whence pro¬
ceeds the contraction of the Nervcsy
and the elaftick’Particles are ele¬
vated to the origination of the
Nerves, whence come thefe tragiefc
convtttfivc Motions.
 Of an Epilepfy.
II5’
iicians.and fure I mav,(ince, Secondlyt
$. Part affetted. we have mod pregnant Reafons to
fecond it, namely, becaufe in this
COme fay the Part affedod is the Difeafe we find the principal Fun-
. Brain with its whole Subllance, dions to be hurt: for the Cerebel¬
fo they think that the Pitt lum is principally afteded, where
Chiefly afteded is contained within the Spirits chiefly do their offices,
xhe Brain. .Othprs are abfolutely of and to which the Spinal Marrow is
Opinion , That it is only the Ven¬ immediately joyned, then this, as
tricles of the Erain; fome,that it is the moll fenfiblc Part, being irri¬
the paflages thereof. Some Physi¬ tated, the whole Brain is ffiaken,
cians will have it the middle of the together with die Nerves and the
Brain j and fcvcral the outer, corti¬ whole Body, and both the princi¬
cal Part of ir. There are feme that pal and inferior Fundions ceafe, a
take the Fibres and Tendons for preternatural motion only remain¬
the primary Subject 5 others, who ing. To confirm which Opinion,
moot wide of the mark , fly to an I have an inftance of a Soldier,
occult and fpeemek quality, the who, as l was writing this, was
refuge^ of Ignorance •, others to a wounded by his Comrade * for he
rl .5«oV, or fomethihg Divine. Of received a Cut in his Skull, which
which two lafl Opinions, he that hurt the Meninges , and lhaked his
will chufc one, makes only Diomede's Brain, and he was often taken with
and GUucw s exchange ; and one an Epilepfy and a Vomiting till he
may very wellfty ofxhis.Cafe.what died. Nor do we exclude the dura
Plautus lays of Women : Toucan Meninx , or ary other Meninges of
never chafe a good, obe ; ont indeed is the Erain , which line the Tides of
worfe than anbther. So ^uercetan the Ventricles j nay, nor the more
in Tetrad, blames the Heart with¬ remote Membranes, that are with¬
out a fault. Some do hold. That out the Skull, by whofe confcnt the
the porous, bxahdfpongy Medulla Brain may be afteded. Dr. W.ILt
of the Bralri is the .Part principally in his Puthologia cerebri, a Book
afteded. MinyJiold, the GlatduL chat might be a grace, to Apol7j’s Li¬
finealit arid (he Plena Chirdides. brary, accufes the peccant and de¬
Some few cbnjcdure that the Me¬ praved motion of trie Animal Spi¬
dulla oblongata is the fubjedof this rits, as is apparent from what fol¬
Difeafc. .The Hclmontians blame lows , when we Hull difeourfe of
the irradiation oftbb Send , that the Caufe. And whereas he ac¬
proceeds from the Stomach, and knowledges the Animal Spirits for
affeds the Brain. the Subjed, yet he may cafily be
But in my opinjefc they come reconciled to our Opinion ; for the
bereft the truchi, \toho rake the folid membranous Parts are the
Btaih and Nerves for the primary Tongtfes and Interpreters of the
fubjed, which is proved, Fuji, by Humors arid Spirits in our Brain,
Galen's Authority, wlro /. 2. de toe. and itisevidebe to fcnfe, thatcon-
affett. l, 7. (ays, it is confenraiteous vuh've Motions are made by means
to Re afany that tbit Difeafe (hculd be of die felid Parts; wherefore I do
in tbetrain, if I may be allowed to ’not deny that the Animal Spirits'
product his Authority among Phy - offend in morion, as appears from
I 2 his

Go gle
116 Of an Epdcpfy*
his own very words, That an Rpi-
lcpfy can never be,'un!efs the Brain
it fdf, or fomc Membrane of it,
provoked by foine irritarion, per¬
ceive a lpafmodic Corrugation and
Crifpation by me ms of the Mem¬
branes. There happened a ftrange
Cafe to a Councry-fellow in this
Neighbourhood, who had his Skull
lb wounded and broken with a
Huntsman's Knife, that fomc frag¬
ments of the Cranium were ftruck
into the fubftance of the Brain,
which the Surgeon fucccfsfully ex¬
tracted by Trepanning, Eighteen
days after the Wound was given,
and ("which is wonderfulJ though
both the Dwr.t and Via mater were
hurt, yet the PJtient in a manner
found no convulfive motions at all. i
I am here at a ftand, what the
reafon fliould be, why an Epilepfy
took not this man , which is an in-
feparable accident of fu:h Perfons ?
This, if my conjecture fail me not,
was the reafon,bccaufe thefe Mem¬
branes were cut at one blow ; be-
fides, the Animal Spirits were ob-
ferved not to be very exp’ofive in
this fuhjcft •, yet the PJtient was
not without amiftin his Eyes and
a Vertigo, which arc not wrong
called , die Dawnin?s of this Di-
fcafe. • .t:
§.4. Signs.
N Ow we will fearch the Signs,
whereby we may know this
Lion, as by his footfteps. They
that are troubled with this Difcafe,
feel a cold Air creep up along the
hind-part of the Head to the crown,
as a fore-runner of it; the Belly and
Procardia fwell with wind , often
rumble, fome have their Faces pale
firft, others red j a difordcred mo¬
tion of the Tongue, aking and hea-
Go gk .
vinefs of the Head, forgetfulnefs,
fadnefs, and ficklenefs of Mind at¬
tend the Patients. Some have a
darknefs come over their bemifted
Eyes, others on the contrary fee
Flafhes, Sparks, Flies and Clouds.
Then according to that of Vrrpt 5
Fettur e-juU auriga, tec audit currw
habenat.
The principal and leading Sigrt
of a throng Epilepfy, is abun¬
dance of froth about the comers
of ones mouth, juft as if they were
bedaubed with melted WaV, and
lees of Oyl •, l toy of a flrong one, for
in a lefs degree of this Difeafe no
froth appears , as being inefficient
to ftrain out fuch an Excrement.
Then when the Patient is deprived
of his Senfes, a fudden fall follows*
with a violent concorfion or quive¬
ring of the whole Body : fome times
before they fall, they run this way
and the other, as, to my admira¬
tion, I obferved in one that was
Epileptick5 then the poor Wret¬
ches Body is drawn awry, and agi¬
tated with divers motions; they
thump and ftrike the wall and
ground with their Head,Back,Arms
and Legs •, their Eyes alfo are turned
in,fometimes their cheek is drawn
to their Breaft, fotnetiraes to their
Back; there is often alfo an invo¬
luntary effufion of Seed , now and
then of the Oidnre and Urine, that
is, when thefe Mufclcs are con-
vulfe and loofened , being left of
the Animal Sprits, and therefore
nor efficiently intent upon their
Funftions, befides, they rattle in
the Throat, and fometimes ery out
aloud; but a weak and fupprefled
Voice does ofteneft concur, like
People that are ftrangled , and the
Patients are almoft without Voice,
bccaufe
 C/ an Epilepfy.
bfcaufe of the interception of the
Animal Spirits ; they often loll out
their Tongues tyke a thirfly Dog,
and are in danger of biting it with
their Teeth. Others have their
Teethfo dole,fee, that it isrrfore
of God’s mercy, than humane help,
that they are not choaked. The
time when they come to themfelves
is duhious and various, they rife
by their own ftrengch, but as weary
as Souldiers after a Cat tel; a fob¬
bing Breath and Head-at h are fore¬
runners of their coming out of
the fit.
$. 5". Caufe.
'THe manner of our Method td!s
us, we muft inauire diligently
into the Caufes. The Divine I9ip=
yoevates and his difciple d^alcit
will have the Caufe of this Difeafe
s =?-=* c* •
to be Phlcgraatick and Melancho-
lick Humors railing a diflurbance in
the Brain. Tfiercfore according to
their Judgments and f/jpthefu, an
Epilepfy js caufed by abundance of
a Melancholick and Phlegruatick
Humor, nor do they exclude a bi¬
lious , becaufe that fort of Humor
has a Power in it to irritate the
a a a.a
Brain, and confcquently to produce
an Epilepfy. And they believe,
that from all thefe forementioned
Humors, corrupt, poifonous and
513
virulent Vapors do arife, which
caufe Obllrudions in the PalTages of
the Brain, and by thefe means the
paflageof the Spirits is flopped,
wherefore the Brain and Principle
of the Nerves, that it may expel
B a
rhat which ftruggles with it, does
conrraft ic felf, and forces. out
what is hurtful, be it a Vapor or
Humor.
Go gle
117
§. 6.
'Y'He CbPtmffs take another
way, and among them the Pa-
race IJjfls do in this Difeafe blame a
volatil acid Spirit, as their Lord
and Matter dees,and they are tooth
and nail for this Opinion. Some¬
times he calls this Difeafe an acid
Spirit, wherefore, Dictator like, he
ranks it in the Catalogue of Mercu¬
rial Difeafes-, fometimes lie thinks,
that this Difeafe is aflral, fpiritual,
invit ble, from connate Principles,
and efpecially from their tinctures
and impreflions exalted. The fame
Author in another place affirms,
That the matter of an Epilepfy is a
flupefaftive biting Sulphur , re¬
ading in the Microcofm , which
hurts the Brain like fmoak , when
an Ebullition is raifed by the
Stars.
7-
O Ur C£!iU(g diflents from b6th,
and feems to approach nea¬
rer the fhrine of Truth, through
the thickets of jarring Opinions
and Rcafons on either hand ; thac
is, he makes t!ie Caufe of the Mif-
chief to conlifl in heterogeneous
and explofve Nitro-fulphureous
Particles, which being kindled like
Gun-Powder, arc communicated to
the Brain by the Animal Spirits,
whence proceed thefe convulfive
motions; __..._
_, for the Animal Spirits do
flart out too impetuoully.ahd like <*
head-flrong Horfe, when fpurred,
break their Bridle , and draw and
rear the containing Paris, like
Charriot behind them in a pervcrlc
[and outrageous motion.
I 3- $1
118 Of an Epilepjy.
§. 8.
H eimont, who often Paracel-
fizes, afcribes the rife of this
Difeafe to the Stomach, and thinks,
it arifcs from the lower Parts, by
which a rchM of ours he reckons
the Spirits are made wafpifh,
whence proceeds the Epilepfy, in
which often an infenfitiye. and (as
he fays) a mad Poifon, that affli&s
for a rime, rcfides about the Pra-
crrdia.
$• 9.
T ^chcntus , who has gained a
good repute among Phyfi-
ciins, blames the Acid , and he
makes the thing more probable
and likely, becaufc thefc convulfive
Motions are beft cured by volatil
Alcalies: And lie has this further
to fay, That Gripes and acruginous
Excrements are often attended
, with an Epilepfy , efpecially in
Children.
JO.
Sjplbius , who tread? in Hel-
mont'i footfteps, thinks that the
true and adaequate Caufe of all Epi-
Jepfics is an acid volatil Spirit, in
whatever Part it be bred and ga¬
thered, and carried thence to the
Brain, which joyned with the Ani¬
mal Spirits, fevers and moves them
impetuoufly , and further, from q
kindly, continual, and orderly mo¬
tion, fubjeft to the empire of the
Will, puts them into an impetuous
ant) violent one. And he fupports
this Opinion, for that the Animal
Spirits are of oyly, fliarp and watry
Parrs, which camy rake fire , and
being kihdkd all at once, mayrufh
Go gle
upon the nervous Syftejn , and
ftake it.
.'••5
§• n. '
C 1 3rtcs, That fubtjlSilk-wofm,
j who teems to ha ve put out the
Eyes of the old Philofophers,blarries
a depraved Blood , with a certain
obftruCtion in the folid Parts, and
therefore in the fourfquare Parti-.
cles, which, after what manner fo-
eyer they are applied to the ner¬
vous kind, exert their power, and
in the hooked Particles, which be¬
ing once fattened to the nervous
Fibres, cannot fo eafily be remo¬
ved i thence thefc nervous Crifpa-
rions and the Epilepfy have their,
rife, and thus he fcejw the Caufe
only In the figure of the Particles.
The Spirits fas he fays) which
pafs through the GlanduU Pinealit
contribute moft to voluntary mo¬
tion, for becaufc the GlanduU has
very many Arteriea under jc on
every hand , fince at every Pulfc
many Spirits are catt but and bi£
againft the GUndula, and becaufc if
alfo has its Pores, therefore much
of them pafs through thefc Pores,
which properly contribute to the
voluntary determination of the
Spirits, becaufc fince the GlanduU
receives fome determination frpm
the Soul, tlie Pores of the GlanduU
alfo require another ifpeft, where¬
fore the Spirits^ which arc moved
through it? Pores, arc alfo moved
to another Part of the Brain, and
when the Spirits placed in aquili-
brio (or So a Poifc) ift the Ventri¬
cles, are thryttout by thefc Spirirs,
they arc determined to loroe Parr.
But in this Difeafe the voluntary,
; determination of the Spirits is talced
' away, becaufc fuch abundance of
. Spirits fly violently in on every
hand.
 Of an Epilepfy.
hand, and pafs through the Pores Animal Spirits being violently di¬
of the OlanJula, that the Soul can¬ lated , and moved diforderly , ac¬
not at all hinder thefe Motions,but quire fuch a determination, and fo
only plays the Speftator in the open the Pores of chc Brain that
Tragedy, and Hands amazed and they arc dilcharged every way upon
Honied* the Nerves. And that all thefe
things may be done without fcnfe
6r appetite, may eafily be proved
ii-
I by Hydraulick and Pneumatick En¬
, If f might be Palmon, would gines, and thereby the Caufe cf this
either fay. very bad Difeafe may be explained
For the Ciufe of an Epilepfy does
Non noflrum inter vos tantas compo- not ncceflarily lie in rhe Head, but
nere lites: may arife fomewhere clfe from a
folid Parr. Thus I have known it
or (the fort intimation of which arife from a fupprcffion of the Men-
Opinion I owe to WiUk) I ftiould Jirtta j wherefore it is probable
guefs that the Caufe laid in a bad that this Difeafe may be produced
Lympba or fort of Serum, which by in the Womb or Tefticlcs of a
its nitro-fulphureous or bilious Par¬ Woman,by corrupt Blood or Seed j
ticles, joyning themfelves in compa¬ for when the Blood is thicker than
ny with the Animal Spirits,by cor¬ it fhould be, it caufes Obftruftions
roding, irritating, and enraging the ._ _,
about the _ when
Womb, becaufc
Spirits, makes them, whether they ’ the Humors and Blocd flicking
will or bo, pare a funder, & Hke fired j- there do ftagnate, and a great part
Gun-Powder, Aurum Jttlminans, og of them corrupted flicks inr the
Pulvit tonit) u.tlti, or like a glafs Tubes of the Womb , they cannot
drop exerting its elaftick Faculty,! circulate and return to the Heart
rufh violently upon the Nerves,; by the Lymphatick VcfTels j here,
even to the Membranes and Brain J by their long tarrying, they take
itfelf; and hereupon the Animal: new Pores, arc difturoed by their
Spirits, being m?de rebellious, be-' own internal Fermenration , or by
come the Authors of fo many hor-! fome external Caufe, as Anger, <&c.
ribie Symptoms, which tumultuary' and are forced out of their abedes
Motion of the Animal Spirits mUk, through the Lymphitick Veflels to
has rightly called Explofive : For it; the Blood, they caufe greater Fer-
Is nothing elfe that- produces an j mentations than ufual in the Blood,
Epilepfy, but the violent and im- j thence they are forced all over the
petuous Explofion Of fome Parti-' Body with the greatefl violence,and
cles, that refute in the Blood and ! becaufc the Blood is more aftuated
Animal Spirits, whence proceeds by this Fermentation, greater (lore
that great provocation of the Mem- of it is carried to the Brain, where¬
branesof the Brain,and that diftur- upon a moft violent Tcmpefl and
bance or violent commotion of the Commotion arifes in it; fo that
Animal Spirits. For thefe hetero¬ befide the Spirits, fome portion of
geneous or elaftick Particles being the Blood, which beft correfponds
mixt with the Animal Spirits, are to rhe Pores, is difeharged into
moved impetuoufly, whereby the the Tubes of the Bran, which,finec
I 4 it

Go gle
no Of an Epilepfy.
it is not Tory thick cannot caufe a
total ©brtruftion ta the Nerves i
but bccaufe it is alfo thicker than
the Animal Spirits, when it lights
into the Pores of fome Nerves, it
obfti utf s them , hence ir follows,
becaufc the Nerves -are left defti-
tute of Spirits by this Obftru&ion,
and therefore hang flaccid, that
the Patient finks fuddenly to the
ground, and perceives it uot.
. A too great Effervefcence of the
Blood may alfo be the Caufe of this
Difeafc j for by this Effervefcence
die Humors are made frothy,which
froth obflruds the Nerves on every
hand, and hence proceeds the fal¬
ling to the ground, and the aboli¬
tion of fenfc. And becaufe the
£lood is hurried to the head in cx-
ceffiv? violence aod quantity , and
Spirits are bred, which being mo¬
ved^ with great violence in the
Brain, feck every way to get out} fo
that where there Is no great Obflru-
flioq, here and there they ger
through into the Nerves, and fo
mal^c their way to the Limbs}
whereupon,accoiding to thediver-
fity cf the Part, into which the
Spirits rufh, divers convulfive Mo¬
tions and various accidents arife :
For if they repair to the faliyal
G.'ands, they caft out flaver with
fome violence ; fence it is that in
fome^bundance of froth comes out
at the Mouth, inafmuch as the fla-
yef is raifed into bubbles by the
Breath ; but if the Spirits be car¬
ried toother Part, as to the Slones,
L'gs, Bladder, Arms, fac. then other
Symptoms follow. The acrimony
of the Aoimal Spirits, as. we faid
before, contributes much to this
convulfivc Motion, becaufe by tlicir
vellication they very much, open
the Nerves, Bile of it felf will
fcarcc (as many think} produce
Go gle
an Ep lepfy, btfaufe it is an Hu-
mor fubtil enough., and therefore
in patting through all Parts, at the
mod it will caufe no more by its
fb*rpnefs than a pricking Pain all
over the Body } but it can (carce
produce an Epilepfy} becaufe al¬
ways in a manner there mutt be
fome ObflruftiOn In an Epilepfy,
and BUe does fcldom or never
caufe an Obftruftion, tlut i$, if
it be pure, aod not mixt with other
Humors.
§.13. Prognoftick.
N Ow, according to our manner
of proceeding, let us briefly
lay down what hope there may be
of the Patient. Every Epilepfy
indeed is full of Danger, and very
difficult to Cure, becaufe the Pores
are nude very lax by every Fit*, fo
that at length they lie very open
to the incur fioos of any heteroge¬
neous Matter, as if a Path were
made, and the Doors broke open.
Yet one is mo-e dangerous than
another , and more difficult to
Cure, efpecially if the Fits be fre¬
quent, for the rcafon aforefaid }
lomctirnes this Difeafc afflicts a
man fo grievoufly, that the beft
Medicines will fcarcc favc his life,
tho no ftone be left unturned to do
it. Wlierefore it may eafily be in¬
ferred, that an Idiopadiick one is
more hazardous and difficult to
cure than a Symp«hetick; alfo
the longer the Fit lafts, the wurfe
the Difeafc mutt be reckoned to
be, the Pores being violently dila¬
ted, and as it were hollowed by the
frequent incurfioos of this Enemy.
This cruel Difeafc ufes often to
affljft Children, becaufe they have
4 moijff Brain, and therefore wider
Fpies. XbeDifcajc alfo.is ufualiy
 Of an Bptlepfy. Ill
long, which unlefs it leave Boyes chief in any Part of his Body , be¬
■t the time of Pubefcehce , the fo- fore it takes his Head , it is fcarce
lidiry of the Pores of the Brain be¬ curable. Alfo, if the Difeafc be
ing daily tnereafed, and Girls at very acute, have frequent Fits, and
the cormng of their Menftrua,which great Symptoms, it will quickly
ufually carry off the peccant Lym- make an end of the Patient. It is
fha, the penr Wretches turn this ; not fo bad, if the Difeafe be con-
Sifyphean Stone , till the day of, traded from an ill Diet, and if it
their Death; for fince great alte- yield to flight Remedies; to this
rations are made at the time of clals belongs the Epilcpfy of Maids
Pubefccncc, if it is not cured about and young Widows, which may
that time, it will hold them, as cafily be cured by Marriage. There
long, as they live. 1 his Difeafe is is no harm, if a long Fever take an
apt to return, bccaufe the Pores in Epileptick Perfon, cfyccially a
the Brain are fo made, that they ^uartane ; for it is a Sign, that the
will eafily again tranfmit the pec- elaftick and inflammable Particles
cant Humor. An inveterate Epi- are taken away by this change. Nor
lepfy is incurable; for when the need it be much feared , when it
Difeafe is of fome years date, it happens at the coming out of the
is more to be cured. And it Small Pox or Meaflcs ; for when
is not fo much the faying of Seneca, once the Effcrvefcence of the
as of an Oracle, (which is applica¬ Blood, fti mu Jared by the Lymph a,
ble to this cafe) Tloe Phyfician hts and fo enraging the Animal Spi¬
left to do, when he it called to the be¬ rit?, is abated, the Difeafe abates
ginning of a Difeafe : for in this five of it ftlf. Ofrentimes an Epilepfy
of affairs the Brain is corroded, is cured by lofs of Seed , the pec¬
and then the interfaces of the Pores cant Matter being difeharged by
are infenfibly pierced thorough. thofe paflages; fometimes by face¬
Aifo an hereditary Epilcpfy, by ting, fometimes by Excretion of
reafon of a difpoficion of the Peres the Phlegmatick Humor, by the
in the Brain ,-vitiated by Nature, Nofe. by Stool, Urine or Vomic.
will give way rono Medicines, and Sometimes it is cured bv blindncfs
is incurable , as alfo is a connate and fquinting, as the Curious have
one. When it comes in Young obfervedjbecaufe the Lympha,whkh
men after Five and twenty, it lafts is the Caufe of the Calamity, coa¬
as long as they live, as Hippocrates gulates, and gathers to the oprick
Sett. <;. Aph. 7. (hows, in thefc Nerves. Tins Difeafe oft ends in
words,7w> that have the falling Sid a Sweat,fometimes in an Irch.Some
nefs before Pubefcence , have a tranf- have obferved this Difeafe to cotne
mutation, for they that have it after upon nnfeafonable anointing with
Five and twenty they go to their Mercury for rhe Itch, and the rea¬
Graves with it. And as this Diftafe fon is, becaufe this mad anointing
invades ruoftin the Spring time, fo violently drives abundance of the
at that time it is more dangerous peccant Matrer, rhar is in the Se¬
and grievous. Again , when the rum, to the upper Parrs, and fo to
whole Body is affefled , and it rhe Brain, as to a common fliore :
oomes fuddenly, fo that the Patient , TrincaveHa confirms this by a two¬
aa apprehend no fenfe of the Mif- fold inftance,of the Father and the
Son.

Go gte
IXX Of an Epilepfy.
Son. This Calamity alfo rods in a font fait poiffon, i. e. Fi/h breeds
(brink ing of the Hands and Feet, Poifon. All Pulfe is put in the
and alfo io lofs of Speech. fame Predicament, and alfo Garlick
The famous WWSr it Morb. Con- and Beans , pf which the Greeks
%ndfiv. cap. 3. observed an Epilepfy ufed to fay, ha. ^ <piyn sx-bfaJk.
turn by a lad Metamarphofir into Unfi KveLjUf. Shun (harp Mu hard,
an incurable Stupidity and Melan¬ Onions, (food for Smiths) Pork,
choly. Praftitioners write, how it Nuts. Some forts of Meat alfo are
has turned to the Palfy,andto other reckoned to have a peculiar Facul¬
Difeafes, wliom you may confulc. ty in breeding an Epilepfy, fuch as
We muft go about other work. Kid, Goats Liver, Qualls, Goofe,
Duck, Eels, Mufhromes; and thk
very day, while I am writing this,
§. 14. Dietetic Cure.
T I obferved a Child taken away in
Hc Method for removing an a Fit of an Epilepfy, upon his eat¬
Epilepfy is, by tbefe forts of ing ftewed Cabbage. The fame
Remedies. The manner of living Calamity ufes to befal Infants,
muft be fuch. The Air muft be when upon gulling too much Milk,
moderately hot, pure and dry, you and its turning fowre and corrup¬
muft utterly avoid an impure, con- ting on the Stomach, Gripes, Con-
tageous, cloudy, and too cold an vulfien and Death do certainly fol¬
Air, as we have experienced in a low. So alfo all fugared and fweet
certain Prince, who being other- things, contrary to the Opinion of
wife fubjeft to this Difeafe^id nor- die vulgar, arc often the only Bree¬
withftanding commit himfelf to an ders of the Epilepfy, by reafon of
extreme Cold, upon which he was a hidden Acid. Therefore, by
immediately feized with this Di- the way, Phyiicians do ill , who
feafe on his Journey, with fuch advife Sugar to gratific Childrens
violence, that he forthwith died Palates.
of it. The Drinl|» muft be a watry, fmall
The Meat muft be moderately Wine, not old , nor impregnated
hot, eafie <ji
nut, cauc of vAJNiuuiuii
Concoftion,9 and of with oujpnur
ui wiui Sulphur ;, but this uiicaic
duc in inis Difeafe
good Juice, Birds of the Mountain, I efpecially men muft abftain from
Hens, Thrufhes, and Hares arc j Drunkennef*. For at Limburgb,
good ; and that of Martial has j where J firft began to praftife Phy-
place here, 1 fick fome years ago , a Woman,
j who had a double Tertian , drank
Inter aves twrim , ftquis me juiice off a Quart of ftrong Wine, to fa-
certet, | tisfic her extreme thirft , without
3
Inter quairupeies gloria prima the By-ftandcrs knowledge , upon
leput. I which the poor Woman was taken
with a Fit of the Falling Sicknefs ;
Pidgeom, Lamb,Partridge and Ca- yet I perfectly recovered her by
pops arc good, all which Food | Medicines, which I Ihall hereafter
muft be C-afoned with Spice. The j mention.
ufe of Capers is good. fcxercjfe pf the Body will do
Fifh muft be avoided, for accor- ! goad, if it be not prefently after
ding to tl< French P.ovcrb, Poi- 1 Meat, ncr in a bilious cacochymick
Body,

Go gle
 Of an EpilepJj. jij
Eojy, left by theft man! the mats j And it appear!, that the Ancients
Of 8103d be troubled, and themor- ufed one fort of Engines and the
old Ferments, that He under the ! Moderns another. This was the
AjofS, break forth to the Head, ' Ancient’s courfe, they cured the
whereupon the elafiick Particles Difcafe with the following Medi¬
ae excited , from which Convul- cines. If preternatural vikid elu-
fire or Epileptick Motions ufe to tinous and tough Humors, w(ale
anfe. Frlftions of the Head mufi and fharp ones abounded, they
be fcJdom ufed , and the ufe of ufed Preparatives, u e. Oxjmel of
Venm mutt be moderate. Quills, Syrup of Apples, Deco¬
Sleep and Watching mufl be mo¬ ctions of Bctony,H)ttop,Marjoram,
derate. Tlie Patient mutt take Bgwm, Root and Seed of Peony,
heed of Sleep, the Brother of Death, Seed of Fcnnil, Anife, Water of
efpecially on the pay time, and im¬ Betony , Peony , Hyflop, Prirae-
moderate in the Night. And he rofe, Sage, Buglofs.
muft not be fo bold, as to fleep in Their Evacuaters and Lenitives
the Moon-fhine. were thefe following, PiluU eloeti
The Excrements of the Belly <*, Auren, fine quibut ejfenolo, Ma-
mull be difeharged every day ci¬ rocoftinx, Aloephangint, Cochin, Foes
ther by Nature,or Art.Rctention of tiin. Stewed Prunes, Cream of Tar¬
the Seed, Mcnfes, Hemorrhoids,foe. tar, ^rc. Thofe were their Evacua¬
is b»d; becaufe Taints eafily arife ters, thefe their Averters, Clyfters
from thence. of Roots of Peony, Birthwort, Afa-
Perturbations of Mini; for in- rum, Mallow, Leaves of Rue, letter
nancc. Anger, Terror, Fear, Sad- Centaury, Betony, Mercury, Flow¬
nefs, Care, have a great Power to ers of Chamomii, Penniroyal,Poley
eaufe in Epilepfy. Which is con¬ Mountain , Senna of Alexandria,
firmed by Hdmor\t\ Obferyation, to thefe Dccoftions they add leni¬
lib. it Marb. Arch. §. 18. that an tive Electuary, hiera Logadii, half
Epileply laid quiet for fome Months an Ounce, Oyl of Rue, foe.
and Years,
a<-«us, and never rofe,
dim uever roic, unlefs
umeis ; m
In mis
this catalogue tney rank Sup-
Catalogue they
through Anger , Sadncfc, Venus, ■ pofitories and Apophlegmatifms of
Child-bearing ,' foe. can you not Seeds of Peony, and Rooc of Peli-
without conjuring , tdl that thefe, ! tqry of Spain, Mafticatories of
and fuch things as thefe, may well Staves-acre, Raifim, Maftich, Nur-
raifc taints ? Therefore all violent meg , Caftor, foe. and nafalia of
rattions of the Mjnd, unlefs one juice of Peony Root, Rue and Be-
be willing t« provoke an Enemy, tony.
muft be avoided; for thefe Paffions, ! And Gargarifms of Wine and Vi-
. Stars, TV
arc very
’V* J, apt
“I to alter the negar, in which Flowers of French
raicrocofmick
raicrocofmirlr Body.
Rnriv Lavender , Leaves of wild Marjo¬
ram, Hyflop, Betony, foe. may be
boy led,
<>■ IS- Alfo Sternutatories of Pepper,
\^7H’lch things premifed, now Hellebore, Caftor, Peony-Root,
VV we will make our approa¬ Marjoram , Flowers of Lily cor.
ches nearer, and break in upon the
anaPt)rcak,nuP°n
r flf/TlV hv miin C,._f Sd- l’ * the va|J> &c- They are likewife for
fcocray by nqo force of Medicine; applying of Cupping-glaflcs to the
Shoulder

Go gle
i*4 Of an fyikpJy'
Shoulder Blades and the Hjpocfm-
dria, and to the Hams or Ankles ;
if the Difeafe come by cohfenr, to
the hmd Part of the Head, but efpe-
cia Iy to the extreme Parcs : alfo
Plaftcrs of Mithridate or Treacle.
They thought that Ligatures aid
much good, when the Patient feels
a hurtful Air creep up to his Head,
by (topping its paitige , that fo the
imminent Fit may either be quite
prevented , or if that cannot be,
that it ma> at leafl be milder. But
this fort ot Remedy does more good
in a remifs degree of this Difeafe,
than in a ftrong one.
They ordered rubbing of the
whole Body from the upper Parts
downwards. They opened the He¬
morrhoids with Leecnts *, they alfo
fet them to the Forehead or fome
other convenient places , where¬
by the peccant matter was ex-
haufted.
- They aoplied Rubificants ro rhe
Neck and other Parts, to hinder
the poifonous Vapor from getting
up: And they made fuch fort of
Medicines of Muftard, Cantbari-
det, E«pborbium, ftrong Vinegar
and leven
They were lo bold, as to apply
Cauteries to the hind Part of the
Head, which were ctherwife dan¬
gerous.
Medicines to ftrengdien, and to
waHe the remaining Matter, and to
amend the intemperature of the
Brain, are Treacle, Mithridate,
Conferve of Rofemary, Aorto,SJgc,
Water of Linden Flowers, Powdfcr
of Ivory, Hartfhorn, Miflctoeof
the Oak, &c. which mud not be
tued only twice, or thrice, or four
times, but very often. Among
tliefe we may reckon Man’s Bones
burnt, Alfcs Hoof , Ajjd feetida ,
Elecampane , Root and Seed of
Go gle
Peony, Humane Skull, of a Man for
a Man, and of a Woman for a Wo?-
man, by the daily ufeof which this
Difeafe was thought to be cured in.
fome People; the Bladder of a Boar
with the Urine, taken out while it
is hot, and dried in an Oven , till
it may be reduced to Powder, was
counted an excellent Medicine by
the Ancients, Drcodions of Sarfa-
parilia, Guajacura, ijc. are not to
be neglected.
Among Externals they ufed Ole¬
um vhilojuphorum, Oyntment made
of Oyl of Rue, Enphorbiumt and Oyl
of Fox. They alfo highly commen¬
ded Baching.
$. i6-
Itberto we have given a (light
Delineation of theold Method
of Cure. Now follows the Chymi-
cal Method. And whereas the
racclfifts fay, That this Difeafe is
Aftral, Occult, Malignant, Lunar,
Mercurial, and Vitriolate, they fub-
joyn a Cure according to thefe
their Principles. For fmee the Di¬
feafe is Aftral, the Influence of the
Stars muftnot beneglefted y hut it
intimates to us, that we fliould ob-
ferve them , both in the Digging,
Preparation, and Adminiftration of
Remedies. And therefore under a
certain Afpett of the Srars they
make and give the green or blew
Liquor of Luna, For they call the
Moon die external Brain, andlike-
wifc they call die internal Brain
the Moon.
Paracelfiu alfo refers hitherto
Emeraulds, Jacynchs, Granates ,
Jafpers, Rubies, and their true tin-
shires, Coral and Pearl.
He alfo commends his Aquila Coe-
lejhfi and his dulcedo or mahna Mer¬
curic bccaufe it preferves the Mi-
crocof*
 Cf an Ep ilcpfy,
crocofmick Mercury in its natural tation of the Nerve* and Fibres,
livability. So hkewife Spirit of j On the contrary , he commends all
Vitriol, the volatility and fweetnefs ' things that fix the enraged and ro¬
of fweet Wine , are reckoned the latil Animal Spirits', and that fup-
trueAlexipharmacksofthisDifeafe. prefs their explofive Motions, when
Hither alfo belong Tartar, Sulphur, j begun , which effed he promifesto
Antimoniates, Camphore, Oyl of himfelf from Medicines endued
T»r..._■ 1_I_nr fll AMJ__*
Soot, Water of Linden Flowers or with a volatiland ammoniack Salt,
of Lily cbnvall do greatly fubdue the or with a. vicriolick Sulphur, fuch
Falling Sicknefs. as are Salt, and Oyl of Amber,
To fay nothing bow of Paracel- Spirit of Man’s Blood , or of any
fw his Eflence of Man’s Brain and other Animal, Spirit of Hartshorn,
Stull, made with the rectified Spi- Soot, tinflure of Caftor , a few
rit of Wine and Sage, which be* drops either taken inwardly in a
caufc of its cohfiftency he calls propcr Vehicle,or held to die Nofe:
Galredi *, or a Magillery made with for he fays, ihefe things as furely
Spirit of Vitriol. Alfo Eflence of give relief, as the Gofpel is true.
Man’s Blood, and Mummy are rec He alfo makes ufe of Frisians all
koned of great Virtue. over the Body , by means whereof
the Animal Spirits are gently di¬
verted from going into Explo¬
$• 17
H - sions, and are hindred as k were
Clittonf affirms upon his own by f. tters.
Experience, that the injury He thinks alfo that Secrets and
Of the
_ Difeafc
_. has been often remo- Arcana, which they callSpeci/icks,
vedhythe volatil Salt of the Mi- i fhould not be omitted in this calc,
crocofm. And he aferibes thfc fame and for a very good reafon, bccaufe
fuccefs to the ufc of Cephalick Ve¬ it is the Nature of them by ftrength-
getables and other Specificks: He ning the Erain, and contracting its.
fays alfo that an Elk’s hoof rubbed Pores, to hinder the concowfe of
on the Head, and hung abobt the the thronging Spines, and fo they
Neck keeps it away j yet it lofes fix die. Spirits that are in the
its virtue by ufing, fo that it cannot mid'ft of the Brain. For all Ante-
he applied afterwards with any pilcpticks,asPeony,Mifletoe,Linden
fuccefs. Flowers, Lily Coavall, &c. have an
aflringent Faculty , whereby they,
S ,18.
-
rtraicen and clofc up the ovtr-Lix

N ar.d Open Pores of the Brain j and

Ow we will fee what Oltllls fo flop the paflage of the mor-
his Cure is, and we (half find, bifick Matter that caufes die di-
that he differs from the common flurbance.
Method of Cure : for he wi 1 fcarce The Medicines char he tahfs,
admit of general Evacuation, that from Minerals and Aninids ar?
is, of ftrong Purges add Bleeding, M aids Skullum >JBIood,Amber,C oral,
nor of Sneezers,high CordiakjCup- ahd Volatil Sales.
,ping„ nor- --v,
Scarifying, --becaufe w.of . Andwlicther it be a Child ora[v
their notorious kindling and explo- ’ grown Perfon, that is taken, if he
non of the Animal Spirits, and irri- fufpeft ftore of acid Phlegm in die
Stomach,

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lli Of an Ep ilcpjy.
Stomach, he gives a Vomit for* ft- fent Remedies Diaphoreticks, Sali-
*eral Months, four days before the vatCrs, Baths and Spaws, to which
Full Moon,nambly, Wme of Squills, he advifbs his Patients to fly, as to
mixe with Oyl of Sweet Almonds, their lafl refuge.
or Sal vitrioli album , or tartarum
tmeticum. Then in an excefhve ful-
nefs of Blood he orders a little §. 19.
Blood to be taken from the Arm. CgHtrtdfl his Opinion is, That fuch
and, when there is abfolute Necef- things are very good, as fix the
ficy, he gives this or fome fuch like acid volatil Spirit, which difperfes
Purge. and diflurbs the Animal Spirits ,
that is, lixivial Salts, either fixtor
Take of Refine of Jalap half a Scru- volatil, but then tliey mufl be fix¬
pleJHcrcuriw dulcit fifteenGrains, ing : for, he thinks, that; Medi¬
Caftor thrte Grains, Conferve of cines confiding of a fixing and vo¬
Peony Flowers one Drachm. Make latil Salt are good in an Epilepfy }
a Rnhtt j or give them in form therefore he preferibes Rue, Poley
of Pills. Mountain, Roots and Seeds of Peo¬
ny, Valerian,' Toothworfi Flowers
Thefe are the flout cried Medi¬ of Lily convall, Linden Tree, and
cines : the following ,• which they all things that abound with a vola¬
Cal! Empirical, are like frefh-water til Salt,, SqkttL which manifefls its
Soldiers, who fometimes' (how no j volatil Salt by _ its _ ___
Acrimony,Mifleto
great Valor in die Victory,bur over- of the Oak, Haile wood" BoxTSpif
take the Enemy in a panick fear ric of Tartar , Spirit and volatil
when others have routed him, thac Salt of Manvs Skull > Hartshorn, Hartshorn,
mj -oic i-irci
Li vers> of
ui Fro^s,
nugs, Etyony
oryony 1' Amcfeg
Among nxing Salts
salts he
ne reckons Elk’s
Root, Powder ofaCuckow. Hare’s Hoof, Harems Rennet, Peacock’s
Rennet, and Lungs, a Wolf stiver. Dung, a Boar’s Bladder and Urine
Stones taken out of Swallows,Kite’s dried in the Oven. He cakes pajj
Liver,- Crow’s. , Eggs, &c. . . riculaf notice of Caftor, which cotv*
Take thefe upon the Author’s j fifls of a volatil Salt, as an excel-;
credit^ namely^Amulec^ of Peony lenc AnccpTleptick, alfo of Coral j
Root, Elk’s Hoof,Man’s
~ * Skull,Mifie-
- ' Amber', Precious Stones, MatJvij
toe of the Oak, Peony Seeds hung Cinnabar, which Crato calls the
about one; but their vercuc is 1 Load-Srone ; all which things have
more
i operative
-r--- in'-r-
tHe a-rjr-an
Stomach, admirable Faculcy of fixing the
than hung about the Ntck. He acid, Spirit,
thinks an Amulet of an Elder I He denies,.that Bleeding, Vomi-
branch found growing on a Willow | ting; Purging, Diureticks andSudo-
is of great virtue , and he glories, ’ rificks are good of themfelves; but
that he has often cured with that.! he highly commends upon Expe-
Rcmedy. ! rience Frictions , Ifliies add Saliva-
Extemally alfo he ufes Oyl of ; tiou; Among Externals he orders
Amber, to anoint the Noflrils, &c. | fpirltuous and fharp things, that is,
Which you may fee irrhimfelf. But{ things endued with a Iixivious
l cannot omic that the aforefaid 1 volatil Silt, and that fix the a-
Wittk has put into the* dag of pre-1 cid Spirit, to be held to the
Nofej

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 Of an Epilepjy.
Nefc j fteh as Spirit of Sal Ammo-
niick, Soot, fyc.
§. zo.
'Tffc Cartc(!an0 think they
* have done the work, if they
can But fraooth the acute and angu¬
lar Particles * and this they endea¬
vour to do by Pulvif Marcbimis de
Gemmk, Decoctions of Woods, and
other fpecifick Ceplwlicks , which
wc mentioned before. Alfo Toe-
riau Cvleftis is good for the fame
purpofe, which is made at AUnouer,
iw?l »an experienced Medicine; a
fcw Grains of it may be given.
§. 21.
we have feen ocher
men’s Opinions abouc curing
tlus Difeafe, now we will try what
Kit ouf felves can do. It is evi¬
dent, from the Prcmilfes, that above
all things the (harp ferum muft be
eorre&ed;fmce jB jt ijes die fource
ofa}l the Mifchief, and from it ari-
fes die Explofion of the Animal
sP«its » and their diforderly and
S rverfe violence upon the Nerves
‘ whereas according to Nature
they ought to flow in with a gen¬
tle and flow pace, they rufh vio-
Jentlv upon a Machin made up of
mull Bcrvous Fibres, and caufc a
Cwtra&ion and Concuflaon. We
ought therefore to drive out this
Enemy by whatever Remedies we
can find agrinft its coming, or when
it is come, by observing a due Me¬
thod of Cure ; which is performed
ordinarily by three Indications ,
** ,,.ur*°ry» 9* Prefervatory, and
fr ;*• The Curatory refpefts
the Difeafe it and the Fit, and
. ..^ther guhe hinders it from
coming, or at ieafl alleviates it.
. Go gle
iz 7
2. The Prefervatory refpeftj the
very feminal cinftures of the Di¬
feafe , and the evacuating and al¬
tering the morbifick Caufes and Im¬
purities, or the morbid Ferments,
by utterly extirpating the Difeafc
with Univerfals and Particulars, and
by preventing return of the Fit.
* Tht Vital gives truce to the
fortified Enemy, and does not ex¬
pel it, till flrength be recovered,
and tries ail means to recover the
Patient’s ftrengch. The matter of.
*c Remedies is taken from the
threefold Fountain of Chirurgery
Pharmacy, and Diet.
When this fad eclipfe of the
Animal Faculty is coming,pr come,
the whole intention muft be dire¬
cted to the Caufc and the Symptom.
There is a twofold Sympcom in
this Difeafe, namely , a Ceflatioir *
of the Animal Faculties, principal
and fenfitive, and a violent contra¬
ction. Tliercforc the Patient muft
be railed out of the Fit S;- loud
Ihouting, puljing of his Limbs and
Privities, and by rubbing the Neck
and Back efpecially , with apople-
aick Spirits or coarfo Cioaths, or
by any proper means that opportu¬
nity may afford. Ligacures are
good, and Clyftas nude with vo-
latil Salts. Let the Mouth be
wrenched open either by the Hand-
or by an Inftrumenc, borfi that the
Patient may breath more eafilv, and
that the froth may run out of ic,
and alfo that he may not bice his
Tongue. A nd the Mouth may be
kept open cither with Miiletoe, or
Peony Root, or Elk’s Hoof, or a
little Bag filled with Mafticatorv
and Epilcptick Medicines. Ic< jc
cuftomary alio to unbend the
Thumb and Fingers for to break
the violence of the D/feafc, and to
put an Elk’s Hoof mto the IwkL
*x8 OfanEk lilcffy.
The Head and Bread fliould be fent of the Stomach, and if fquca-
kept upright, that they beat not raifhnefs, and other figns c£ an af¬
againft the ground. Some advife flicted Stomach have gon'evbefore,
the anointing of the con traded a Vo nit may be given cidier the
Parts with warm Oyl j but l fbouldold way, of Elctluarium Diafari, Stc.
rather ufe fpirituous Aromaticks, or, which is better, the new way,
of Tartarum emetiatm from two
cfpecially Spirit of Scurvy-grafs, by
which I can affirm, I have often Grains to fbur,mixt with fome pro¬
given chacc to the Enemy. Bruife per Liquor ; for when the vifcoiis
a little Rue alfo between your Fin¬acid refiding in the Stomach is eva¬
gers, and put it into the Noftrils,cuated, the Difeafe is gone imme¬ «c
foyou may apply Poley Mountain $ diately, which I have experienced
and other volatil Silts may be ap¬ in Children with good Succeft, ■
when the Milk has upon fome ac¬
plied to rite Nofe, Which will ferve v.
to (horten the Fit. As for the no¬ count or other been turned into an
*
eruginoiis or green colour. Theft
ble virtues of Rtfe, Sjlviuc tells us
that both the Garden and wild Rue things muff be done tut in the ft
abound with a (harp, biting, vo¬ Fit one thing muff be omitted,that -
latil Salt, which is a proper cor- is, Bleeding, ocherwife the enraged k
redor of an acid Spirit. Soul would fly out at the paflage,
■■ ~
You mav pour in Epileptic'* unlefs orfe would draw a little aad
Waters, that is, HhUndinttm cum give the Patient a drop or tWo
callow, ficarum, of Lily con vail, of his own Blood in fome proper
tindure ofCaftor, volatil Spirit ofWater yet if there were a Ple¬
Sal AmmOniack,Soor, Urine, Harts¬ thora, I ftiould not fcruple to bleed
in the Fprehead dr under the
horn, Qfnvulftvuf Waldjcbmidi 'l, bal-
famut nervinut Schcferr. Tongue. If the Fit laft long,’ or
The Patient may be raifed.by come at ftiorrintervals, fharp, fti-
mulating and ftrong Clyfrers may
Wedelim his Euporiflon,that is white
Vitriol in Water of Lily Convallorbe given at the time of remiflion.
Marjoram, with a little Caflor and If this Difeafe come m Women
Amber, or by fo-ezing Powder, from conferyt With the Womb, burn
which every one knows. Ceph.a- (linking things, that is Feathers of
lick Balfams mav be applied to the Peacocks, and Partridge, Leather, ,
Nofe, namely Balfam of Marjoram, and other trafh, |h inventing of
Amber, Rue; among thefe we may which, it would maxe a Phflofo-
reckon Spirit of Sal Atnmomack and pher fmile to hear, what the Mad-
an urinous one; for inftance, nefs of good Women and old Wo¬
men does contrive. That which M
Take of Spirit of Sal Ammoniack, fometKing to the purpofe, is, Afi
Hartfhom each half a Drachm. faeriJa and Caftor tied up in i Rag:
and held to the Nofe •, and vblatil
Mix them. Or,
Take of Oyl of Caftor two Drops, Spirit of Sal Ammohiack is altoge¬
Balfamw vita, of Rue, Oyl of ther as effectual. When the Fit'
Amber each wliat is fufficicnt. comes from the ObftruCtion of the
Afenjet or Child-bed Purgations, we
Mix them.
give a Clvfter of hyflerical things,
Bur if the Difeafe come by con- and bleed in the Foot , and then

Go gle
 of an Epilepfy.
for precipitating and throwing off
the Epilepcick ferment, wc advife
aPffyfick Wine made of Anti-epi-
Iepticks, Purgatives, and Hyfte-
rick«, to be uftfd out of the Fir.
In the Fit we rife (linking things,
which quiet the enraged Animal
Spirits. If fweet feented things be
ufed either inwardly or outwardly,
the Fit is not only encreafed, but
flattened. In this cafe thefe Speci-
ficks arc proper, Amber , Mother
of Pearl, and all things that contain
much Alcali in them , which arc
good to foak up that exctick add i
it is alfo proper to give Elixir Pro-
prietatu; with Eflence ofCaftor and
Myrrh about the Quarters of the
Moon, becaufe at that time die
firange Particles in the Blood and
Serum are apt to ferment. And
now we have done with the Cura¬
tory Indication,we will proceed to
the Prefervatory, where we mutt
take efpccial notice , that if the
taufe of the Difeafe lie in any one
certain Parc, befide other things,
Cuppings, Ligatures, Cauteries,both
aftual and potential, Scrons, Wiles,
Blitters and Leeches are proper.
Some commend Cauteries, others
condemn them ! I dart conclude
nothing, becaufc I have not expe-
rkneed them j only by burning the
Crown of the Head With Indian
Moxa, I happily cured one of Six¬
teen years of Age. I cannot tell
what to fay of the Cuflom in Lybia,
where the People hum the Crowns
of their Childrens Heads with ftp-
py Wood, when they are four years
old to preferve them from the Epi¬
lepfy. The fame thing is at this
very day in ufe at Florenee , and
they defend their Practice by this
reafon, becaufe of two Evils, in all
Wife mens Opinions, the lefs iSto
be chofien, fo thac it u better to
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129
try any means, than to leave a pooh
Creature to fuch a torture; and
here the Aphorifm holds good,
What Medicines can hot tare , Firh
Cures.
Inftedd of an aftual Cautery, a
potential one made of Caniharietesy
Ltven arid Vinegar may be Applied
rO the coronal Suture 5 for it i$
moft certain , that when a paHage
is thus iriade, the claftiek Particles
get out. In Children Blifters may
be raifed in their Necks,and pricked
with a Needle, and fufferea to rutl
a Month or longer.
Some alfo ufe the Trepan for the*
farrie purpofe, without driy hazard^
concerning which fee Severinus.
Arreriotomy has likewife often beett
performed with good fucccfs. , ...
We hake feen the Chirurgick
Remedies, now we will proceed to
the Pharmaceudck. Arid in the
firtt rarik we meet with vclaril Al¬
kalies , alfo earthy things, which
foak up thfc vitbus acid: Next
comes a twofold Sulphur of Anti¬
mony,gobd to flop Epileptick Firsi
made either without Or mixt and
fUblimed \Virh Mercury $ but thac
is bed which is precipitated dfcer-
tain way froin the Scori* the11 lift:
time: theDofe may be, if there
be occafioft , one Grain,- and for
ftrong Conttitutions, twoit pre¬
vents a$ Well as flops Fits', arid
carries oft' the Caufe of the Difeafe
by Vomit, if it be found-in thedirffc
ways; you may give it to little
Children , and repeat it wicbour
danger. Ir mull always be given
with Mercurius dulcit befbfetheiiew
Moon for prevention ; and fevefal
times related out of the Jf it it is
good tO extirpate the tnaligiunc
Ferment. And by a getfcle Brea¬
thing it quiets this Dlfekfe, as
the Learned Etmullet expertrn-
K bed
130 Of art Epilepfy.
xcd. iq.his VAetudiiuuiuin infan-
tile. . gainfl this Difeafe is praife worthy,
Among thefe wc reckon earthy
thingsr fuch ns the,Skull of a Man,
\vho dice) a violent Dc*th, red Co¬
ral, -Eezoar, oriental and occiden¬
tal, Sea .Unicorn, and the Fofld:
for all tlicfc things foak up the acid
that trouble the Nerves , and fo
makctie Diieafe either more tolc-
likle, or elk fometiraes quite re¬
move it. In this clafs we rank Mi¬
nerals, and in tlie firfl place native
Hungarian Cinnabar, (hining like
Cryfia',and Atitimoniates, (as good
as that) the ufc of which I would
earnertly recommend to all young
Practitioners. Here is uPrcfcrip-
tion
Take of choice native Cinnabar two mous Ceplialick ■,
Scruples, f'nlvis btrpartictu &?«-
nerti one Scruple, Berparticum fo- Take of native Armenian Cinnabar
lare, Magijlcrium cornu Alcis each
half a Scruple. Mix them. Make
a Powder for feveral times
taking. Or,
Take of native Cinnabar half a
Drachm, or Cinnabar of Apti-
rryoay otic Scruple , volatil Salt
of Hartfhorn , of Man’s. Blood
each lialf a Scruple, Laudanum,
cpiativn one Grain. Mix them
tor feveral times taking.
. ’Qk the Epjlcptiek, Ccphalick.
iWdcr following, which isattri-
b^edjto the, Emperor Rudolf but.
Take of, Cinnabar of Antimony half
an Ounce, Unicorn two Ounces,
Hartfhorn, Mifletoe of the Oak
each one Dtachm, terra figidata,
Man’* SkuH prepared} Pearl pre¬
pared, each fifteen Grains, Erne-
rattldj Cinn^mop, Saffron, each
half a Scruple. Mix them, and
nuke a fine Powder.
Go gle
The virtue of this Powder a-
as is plain from its hafts. Cinnabar
of Antimony , which Crato com¬
mends for ftrengthning the Nerves,
and compofing the Animal Spirits.
And almoft all the Ccphalick and
Epilcptick Powders of the moft fa¬
mous Phyficiansconfift of this bafts.
Take of Sfecif cum cephalicum Hartm,
Quqrcet. Michael. or Waldfchmtd..
one Drachm, Magi fiery of Man’s
Skull, ficula of Peony each one
Drachjn, Tbiriaca cxlejhs Haw
xienfis five Grdmi,s2Lleofaccharum
fuccini fix Grains. Mix them.
Make a Powder for ufe.
This following is Michaels fa¬
rectified by fix Sublimations or
more, or of Cinnabar of Anti¬
mony , as often re&ified three
Ounces , fscula of Peony Root
one Ounce and an half, Magifte-
rium ifileffmm half an Ounce,
Cordialc two Ounces, one leaf of
Gold. Mjx them. Makeafpc-
cifick Ceplialick*
The Magificrirun Efilepticum ;
Take of Elk’s hoof,Man’s Skull who
died of a violent Deach , Elk’s
horn,Hartfhorn each one Ounce,
true oriental Emerauld half an
Ounce , true Unicorn two
Drachms. Powder them , and
pour to them a Mcnftruum pre¬
pared of Salt and Alum, wliac
is fufficient, dilTolvc them, and
precipitate the Solution with
Spirit of Vitriol, fwceten the
Precipitate , and add of Magi-
fiery of Amber one Drachm.
The
 OfanE mepjy.
The Magifterhm Cordialc, Take of Man’s Skull prepared one
Drachm, Cinnabar or Anrimony
Take of Oriental Pearl prepared half a Drachm , Cafior fifteen
half an Ounce, red Coral, Stone Grains, ▼ol.inl Salt of Harrfliom,
of Perch each one Ounce, Sha- Amber each half a Scruple.
vin£s of Ivory , Hart (horn each Make a Powder for feveral Doles*
fix Drachms. When they are as there flull be oecafion.
Powdered diflblve them in the
forefaid AUnfirum, and precipi¬ So alfo Opiates may be joyhed
tate them with Spirit of Vitriol, with thefe things , becaufe they
than fweeten them. Of tliefe meekly pacifiethc fierce and difor-
two Specijicum Cepbaltcmn . is dered Animal Spirits , and keep
nude.
them within their Station , which
would undoubtedly,to ule Helmont's
Tbcriaca cceleflis Hariovienfts is
word,make our Archtw mad.When
highly commended and approved it is accompanied with the Gripes,
by Experience. So is fulvis epi- and Loofnefs with a hooping
lepticus infantilu Ludovicianus with
Cough, efpeciafly in Children, as
Opium, as alfo Panacsa Vitrwli. i
irulesto do, the faid Opiates are
murt alfo commend that Anti-epi- very convenient. In the Cure of
leptick Arcanum, which Barrhot/nw an Hypochondriack Epilepfy , the
mentions in the alia Hajfmenfia Body murt firft be purged with the
Vol. 5. Pag. 75. and which I have following Purge*
experienced feveral times.
Take of Mercmus dulcis twelve
Take of Man’s Skull, Peony feeds Grains, Refin of Jalap fix Grains,
each ten Grains , white Amber Man s Skull Philofophically pre¬
feven Grains,Gold prepared two pared one Scruple , 1 iodure of
Grains, Pearl prepared, Coral Amber, Cafior each five Grains,
each five Grams, Barit of Elder Conferve of Peony blowers two
growing on a Willow ten Grains, Drachms. Mix them , make a
G*ftor three Grains, Powder of Bolus. Cr,
Marygolds nine Grains. Mix Take of Refin of Turbith , Agariclc
them, make a fine Powder to be each fix Grains, Flores folk Am¬
given in Lavender water. Or, moniaci Martialis five Grains, vo-
Take ofvolatil Salt of Amber, Man’s laril Salt of Amber two Grains,
Skull each one Scruple , Cafior dehilled Oyl ofMajoram, two
two Drachms, infufe them in a Drops. Mix them, make Pills.
futficienc quantity of Spirit of
Wine, let them digert and circu¬ Then thfc redounding Acid muff
late. Make an epileprick Tin¬ lie reduced to its natural Hate by
cture. The Dofe is twenty Drops. Vitriolum Afartis,our abforbing Sale,
and Zax-lfer's eilential Salt mixe
Take of Spirit of Sal Ammoniack, with Sugar-Candy y after Dinner
made with Quick-lime and Spi¬ and Supper alfo they mufl take
rit of Wine half an Ounce, pour lome Powder of Carminative Seeds,
jr upon Cafior, and draw a Tin- with a little of Man’s Skull leraped.
” ure, as before* Or in form of a But this we muft take notice of*
Powder, ....
K a Th#

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lyi Of an Efilepfy.
That if the Difeafc arifc from any Give twenty Drops in fome proper
other Part& Caufe, Anti-epilcptitk Water. In Hyftcrick convulsive
Specificks are not always proper, Motions, whatever Medicines are
but things appropriate to the Part given, they mud have Gaftor in
affcfted. Nor muff we here for¬ them.
get Abforbcnts. I will impart a Pbwdcr, which
I have had Experience of a thou-
In a Scorbutick Epilepfy Spirit fand times, to the great comfort
of Sal Ammoniack inixt with our of Epileptick Perfons. I call it ti c
Antifcorbutick Elixir exceeds all; fixing Dragon,
and the following Powder is good.
Take of Nutmeg one Drachm and
Take of the Back-bone of a Viper an half, Afhes of a Mole two
prepared twenty five Grains, Drachms , the Heel Bones of a
Afhcs of a Mole calcined white Hare N°. 3. Powder of Carduiu
half a Drachm, Man’sSkuIl, Be- Benedict™ four feru pies, Elk s-hobf,
zoar ftone each twenty four white Amber, Miflctoe of the
Grains, Sugar of Pearl two Oak each two Scruples, and an
Drachms. Mix them. Make a half, prepared Pearl one Drachm,
Powder. The Dofe is as much burnt Harrs-horn half a Drachm,
as one can take up on the Point true Unicorn one Scruple, Man's
of a Knife in the following Ve¬ skull three Drachms, Peony feeds
hicle. one Drachm and an half, Sugar-
candy two ounces and two
Take of Water drawn oflf Brook- Drachms, Leaf Gold what you
lime Juice, herb Mercury three plcafe.Mix them.Make a Powder.
Ounce*. Mix them. Or, The Dofe from half a Drachm to
Take of Diafcordwm, half an Ounce, four or five Scruples.
Conferve of Ground pine two
Ounces, Flowers of Lipden-trec, Man’s Blood rightly taken , fer¬
M«adow Rue each one Handful, mented with as much rectified Spi¬
Shavings of Elk’s Horn half an rit of Wine,yields a Spirit of a mod
Ounce, Dccotf ion of Sarja Fa¬ grateful fmcll, which pierces and
rida, Juice of Brook-lime each pricks the Tongue, and is an excel¬
two Pounds, Pulus Spaj'modicw lent Antifpafmodick. The Dole is
fix Drachms. Dcflil them in glafs from fifteen to twenty drops in
Inflruments, and add of the fome proper Vehicle.
Tin&ure of Peony-root Bark two And now-we mud recount other
Drachms. things in general, which bring the
Animal Spirits into order, comfort
The Dofe of this Water is a the Nerves, and often either miti¬
Spoonful at a time, whofc virtue gate or quite remove tli« convuHi ve
is to difcufs the fharp Serum either Morion.
by Sweat or Urine. On
Take of WWit his cephalick Elixir,
Take of my Antifcorbucick Elixir Spirit of Sal Ammoniack,Epilep-
two Drachms, my Epilcptick tiek Spirit of Vitriol each half a
Elixir one Drachm and an half, Drachm. Mix. them. The Dofe
Mix them. Put it in a glafs. twenty Drops. Tm-

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 Of anEpilepfy.
Tinfture of Coral, made with a
little of ourfwect calcined Nitre,
and Spirit of Anifeeds, or only with
the Oyl (whidi is better^ will do
good, becaufewhen it is made the
latter way , it wants an acid Men-
ftrunm. Some make a great ftir with
the tinfture of Luna, but I am not
of their mind *, for fince it has no¬
thing in it bat Vitriol, as appears
by the blew colour, one may eafily
guefs, it can be of no great virtue in
this Difeife. The rrimwn enter Sap
of the Linden-tree,drawn out of the
Tree in February , if three Ounces
of it be taken thrice a day,does won¬
ders. I reveal this as a great Secret
in this Difeafe, the Livers of Frogs
taken in the Wain of the Moon, and
dried in die San, which mull be ta¬
ken i Drachm at a time for feveral
times in Powder.- And I give
you another, namely Earth-worms
drowned in Rhenilh wine and dried,
and a Drachm of the Powder given
about the New Moon for three
Months*, by which means, I fuccefs-
fully cured two Youths, fourteen
years of Age. The Powder and
Alhes of a burnt Mole is of the like
Nature.
There lies likewifea lingular anti-
epileptick virtue in the dung of a
Peacock, a Stork, a Lion and a Man,
upon certain Expcrience.Some have
a way of fermenting & volatilizing
them, and fo getting a Spirit which
fmdls as well as Musk or Amber.
Cnxfeliin,fir(\. Phyfician to the King
of Poland, writes , how that King,
when he had been miferably afflifted
with anEpilepfy, was cured byliis
Wile’s Sccundinc, after fbe had
brought forth a Son, and valved it
more than lie did his Scepter. Some
Quackilh People cry up Box leaves
to the Sky. But they do better,
who in die beginning of the Fit give
Go gle
thefharp, fafine, volatil Liquor of
Camphore, mix: with the Ellence
of Opium: for Opium combined
with Camphore, and fo ftrengthen-
ed by united forces, compofes the
raging Animal Spirits, and having
pacified the Fit,caufesa fweetfeep
and a wholfomfweat. Among thefe
faline Volatils, Amber or its volatil
Salt, or Liquor, or Oyl Ihines in my
Eyes, as the Moon among the Idler
Stars. The Blood of an Afs, and of
feveral other Creatures, as of a
Cat-.&'c.taken from behind die Ear,
and a fe« drops of itgiven.has hel¬
ped many. Some cry up the Skull
of a black Hen, others give the
Bones of a Swines Head.
In Obftruftions of the Mcnfes all
fuch things are good as put theBlood
in motion wet they mull not be ever
fubrH, left by their levity they ra¬
ther get into the Head than die
Womb , but heavy things, which
follow the motion of the Bbod
downwards, and yet open Obftru-
ftions.
And for a Condufion, to thefe
general Internals we will add gene¬
ral Externals. And the principal arc
Spirit of Sal Ammoniack held to the
Nofe, Balfam of Rue, Amber,
Ealfam of Amber is of excellent ufe,
if the Pit of the Stomach or Navel
be anointed with it. And the Crown
of the Head may b.e anointed with
Oyl of Amber,but with caution and
fparingiy,left itbefal you asitbefel
a Phyfician, who had anointed his
Patient \yich it and he complaining
of a grievous Head-ach, ordered his
Phyfician that when he was dead,
he fhould open his Head, and upon
opening it, the Phyfician found the
Dura and Via mater, and the fubr
ftance of the Brain under them mar¬
ked with a yellow fpoc the breadth
of a Crown Piece , and as it were
K 3 fphacc’
 Of an Epilepfy.
fphacelated. It isfafer therefore to
ufc quilted Caps of ccphalick Spi¬
tes. And bcfidcs the aforefaid Bal-
fqm the following Liniment may be
applied to the Navil.
fake of Beyer’s grcafe 2 Drachms,
Sal fiturni one prachm , 0)1 cf
Amber three Grains. Mix them.
And it will do well to chafe the
Dick Bone withfweetfcenredOyls,
Apoplertick Waters, Spirit of Lily
Con vail, Ants, Hartfhorn, foe. and
fometimes to givp four or five drops
pf the Gall of a young Whelp, and
the Heart of a Mole dried.
Divers Platters allb may be made
pfe of, namely Ernplallium de beto-
rephalirum, epilet>ticnmyScc. and
oyly or fulplmreous fumes which
are fwcer may be ufed. Alfo a Pla¬
iner of Wax and Oyl of Sr. John's-
wort may be applied to the Pulfcs.
Go gle
Amulets of anelder Sprig found
on a Willow fhould noc be neg-
lefted : nor Roots and Seeds of Pe¬
ony, which Seeds of Peony extra¬
cted in fomc Liquor in Horfe dung
one kept as a Sec ret, wherewith he
did Miracles. Elk’s Hoof, and fucli
things arc now known to every one,
and we have given you the Judg¬
ment of the Ancients concerning
them- The hanging of tl.e Rooc of
Maflerwort about the Neck is a new
Invention. A live Lizard hung about
the Neck does miraculoully Hop
epilepcick Pits, this I write upon
my own Experience, and alfo Swal¬
lows cut open al|ve, and applied rq
the Crown of the Head. And the
rccr of thefe Remedies fhall be
brought up by Tranfplantation into
Ecafts, and indeed into a Eitch, as
the German Eplxmerrdes, Ann. 6.
and 7. Obf. 11. do relate. And herg
we conclude tlus pilcafe.
CHAP,
 CHAP. X
Of an Apoplexy.

it in many things, only they differ

$. i. Names.
in tljisj that an Apoplexy is more
7 Ith my Reader’s good leave, dangerous. There is the fame affi¬
' I will premife in brief the nity between an Apoplexy and Fits
Synonym* oC sn Apoplexy. Jc is of the Mother,a Suffocative Catarrh,
called Sideratio or Matting, Mot bus and a Lethargy.
attonitm or the flaying Difeafe,. Re-
foluth nervorum , anil Paralyfis mi- Difference.
xerfalUy an univerfal Palfie. Para¬
cel] m calls it Outta. Yet it differs from thefe, becaufe
in an Apoplexy the Motion is quite
abolifhed, and the Parts remain im¬
Defcription.
moveable , which is not found in
Tt is deferibed to be ("by univer¬ the other to fuch a degree,for they
fal confenrj a fudden ab ilition of all fooner ceafe and leave lefs harm be¬
the animal Alims, that is, of Scnfc hind them. An Apoplexy is judged
and Motion , with the hurt of the to be twofold , Phlegmatick and
principal Faculties, depending upon Sanguine, as it arifes from Phlegm
the hindrance of the Influence of the or from extravafated or ftagnating
Animal Spirits ; for the Patients arc Blood.
«s it were ftruck with Thunder,
without any fign of Reafon remain-' §. z. Part affected.
ing. althougli ufuaKy a dulnefs of
Scnfes preceeds, and oftentimes
their Brain is fo weakened , that
T He IPnriems held the Parc
affefted to be the Brains, that
they become flu pi d in their Judg¬ Tower of Pallas, wherein, befides
ment. It is called Attonitus, be- the fcnfible and motive Functions
caule the Mind is fiupid as well as of the Soul, the principal a!fo are
the Eody ; therefore it may be con¬ performed, and they thought that
cluded to be a very dangerous Di¬ it was more efpccially in the Ven¬
feafe, of which few recover, or if tricles of the Brain, and they con¬
they do furvive , yet they ufually tend, That it is an impediment ra¬
turn Paralytick. None will deny ther in the rete mirabile , than in
that an Apoplexy has great affinity the fubfiance of the Brain for this
with an Epikpfy, and agrees witn reafon, bectife of the fudden afid
K 4 ane*.

Go gle
 Of an Apoplexy.
?«*
pnexpefted coming of an Apo- 'gracing of the Teeth in ones Sleep,
plexy.
r''— Someoftlic
c-f-~*u* Moderns uke abundance of Snivel and Spittle,&C.
«Jl.e Nerycs and Animal Spirits for often go before an Apoplexv. Yec
the Parts affected ; others die' there is an Apoplexy ([but ids rnoft
whole brain. violent/ which takes one fyddenly,
Htlmtni, that fevere Cenfor of without any of thefe S gns fore¬
the Phyfick Schools, in his Track running. But the Signs of the Di-
De fede Ammt i. 10. 12. makes it feafe being prefent do immediately
to be the Pncordia, ^id the lefc fliow themfclves , for when Men
Ventricle of the Heart. P.ir.ice’ljuf are taken with it, they are deprived
owns the Brain, Lungs and Wind- of Senfc and Motion , and lie as if
Pipes for the fubjeft of this Difeafcj they were dead, they rattle in die
from whom, his Difciple, Quercetan Throat and breathe difficultly, they
fomct mes differs , and blames the fall fuddenly to the Ground , and
Pfcart Willu thinks the Corpiu cal- often with a fhrick , prefently the
lofkm in rile Cerebellum is the feat of difficulty of Breathing is fo gj-ea^,
an Apoplexy, and that the Animal that one can fcarcc perceive Breath,
Spirits in the Corpus caUofum are the the Patient lies as if he were firang¬
Mje&'ofic. The Cartefians proye led, and his Ercafl feels, as if ic
Jay reafen, that here the Pores of were tied down with a Cord, and
the Brain are ill formed, and ob- hindred frpm heaving. All thd
KruScd either by Phlegm or Blood animal Aflionsare taken away on a
iiiflepding or ccmprellmg the Ar¬ fudden.Refpiration indeed remains,
te ries fob much.’ /he mofl expe¬ and is not quite abolifhed , becauffc
rienced Utyfer does not blame the the Nerves, through which the Spi¬
great yentricles, but the medullary rits often flow, are more open, and
fubflahce of the Brain and cerebellum. therefore not fo apt to be obftru-
Ochers take thp mafs of Elood for £ted. And the refpiratory Nerves
the Tubje£U but it were tedious to are very open, and canfcarce'be fd
give ^11 tyens Opinions and Reafons. obftru&ed, but fomc Pores will flirt
Therefore, to pafs by them, we ac¬ remain open." Some froath at the
knowledge rlic whole Brain, as to Mouth, others bring upi at their
it£ pofous fubflance, for theSubjeft, Nofe whatever is taken in at the
but we do not queflion but the Di- Mouth. The Urine is ufually thick,
fcafe refines jn the medulla oblongata moderate in quantity, of a chaff
of the Braiiv as in’the principal fub- colour or seruginous, with a fettling
je$, pf which I Ihall lay more in like meal. The Pulfe is fometimes
thcCaufc. ' unequal, intermitting, great and
languid, though fometimes it is
fwift. ' Their Eyes are (hut, as if
Diagnoftick.
N they flept, yet indeed they do not
Ow wc mufl proceed to the fleep, but lie’ dull and ftupid ai
' Signs, by which this Difbale flocks. ‘ And though :they feem td
JJicw^ jt fc]f. Hcad-ach coming futj- look full on the' By-ffanders, yet
deiilyduJnefS pTf ^ppfehcnfion , they neither fee nor hear, nor do
V’ertrgp, tbrpidhefs,<Jrb\yzinefs, chil- they feel, though they be burnt or
ptfs in die f^treme Parts, and die , prick’d,fo that not any fign ofKnow-
V.jioJe Body, n.ilt before the Eyes,!: ledge or llnderfhnding appears,the
1 • *’• ** c,:i a Limbf

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 Of an Apoplexy.
Limbs hang lank , and if they be and cold Phlegm , becaufe it ob-
lifced or fet up, they fill down like ftruds the Ventricles of the Brain,
a dead thing ; they breathe with the Original of the Nerves , and
their Mouth open, and rattle in the the Arteries and the rete mirabile.
Throat. And to be fhort, the Pa- becaufe, as they fay , Spirits do in
tient is like a dead man, only he is order of Nature flow through tlicfe
known to be juft alive by his breath, into the Ventricles of the Brain,and
which may be known by fetting a therefore if thefe forementioned
Bafon of Water upon his Breaft,. Veflcjs be filled and obftruded,then
whereby the Ancients found the of neceflity the Spirits and Animal
morion of the Breaft , and by con-; Faculties are hindred from being
fequcnce fome life remaining. But' diffufed into the Organs of Senfe
now Men go a nearer way to work; an£l Motion, and fo they mark out
for the Breath may be found by : the Caufe, why a Man is deprived of
holding fine carded Wool, a Fea- Senfe and Motion. Among the
ther or a Wax-candle lighted, to I more remote Caufes , they reckon
the Mouth, all which will move at Crudities, drunken Debauches, long
the Lft Breath ; or a pure Looking- Watching , a cold Air, over-cold
glafs, which will lofc its glofs by it. Food, nor do they except Verna;
Bcfides, fome motion remains in all which, as they fay, are able to
the Stomach and Guts, though im- caufe an Obftrudion of the faid
perfeft. And when men can fcarce Pallages, and a diflipation of the
be perceived to breathe at all, we Animal Spirits. So they are ftrong-
fay they have a ftrong Apoplexy ; Iy of Opinion, that a fall or blow
but when they take fome breath, on the Head, do caufe a Flux of
though unequally and difordcrly, Humors to the Brain, which if they
yet the Patient is in more hopes : fill the principal Ventricles of the
for when the Difcafeis milderjbme Brain, caufe an Apoplexy. In their
fenfe is left, and now and then mo¬ Opinion fome fall into an Apoplexy
tion, but fo ftupid, that there is a upon a flight Obftrudion, which is
kind of Palfyor Numbncfs remain¬ c ufed now and then by thick
ing. They often faulrer in Speech, Vapors, or by a few Humors goc
and the Tongue feels ft iff: for mo¬ into the Ventricles of the Brain.
tion and fenfe muft need ccafe,when
the Animal Spirits come not to
fliofe Parts,
A Nd upon this occafion I can-
$.4. Caufe. AV not forbear reprehending pf
N Galen, a falfe Difciple of Hippocra¬
Ow having already examined tes, who often wrefts his Mafter’s
the Signs, we will proceed words to his own fenfe, and fome-
ro the Caufes ; and firft give you times to one quite contrary, as ap¬
other Mens ftatc of the Cafe. The pears in this cafe, ?nd in feveral
t&alcntfts think,That the immedi¬ other, where he aferibes this im-
ate Caufe is the hindrance of tile potency of Motion to the Obftru¬
influx of AnimafSpirits into the dion of the Ventricles in the Brain,
Nerves, by Humors and condenfa- which Hippocrates will rather have
ted Vapors, efpecially tough, thick attributed to the ftanding of the
Blood.

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13 8 Of an Apoplexy.
Blood. For , fays He, From its
Jlandmg are extreme chilncfs. Verti¬
go’s, interception of the I'oice, and in *• 7-
this Difeafe People are Epilepticfand 'T'Hac fevere Critick of the medi¬
half Paralytid\ And in another cal Schools, <33an C?clmont,
place, And while the Blood is not frames to himfelf ftrange Enemies,
moved it cannot otberwife be, but namely an Anodyne Poifon, and an
that tloe Body muft be quiet and ftupid. Ent Poteftattva, for fo he calls
We (hall fay more , when we de¬ them, Troll. de Morb. §. 9.. where
liver our own Judgmenc of the he explains how an Apoplexy is
Caufc. bred. Therefore he means a cer¬
tain Power which rakes away Scnfe
§. 6. and Motion. Tachentut, Hel/nonr's
Scholar derives the remote Caufe of
Ow we muft walk in the Her- this Difeafe from a coagulating Acid,
metick Field, in which great or wild Gas drawn in exrrinfecally
variety offers it felf. The jSUtaccF with the Air, which fixes the Spi¬
Can Pathologifts fometimes make rits, and checks the Motion and
the Caufe to be a Cacochymical Fermentation of the Blood,
Mercur) fublimate , fometimes a
coagulation of the Mercury ; and i. 8.
fometimes they fay, that a Gurta,
according to their Matter's Do- CWWtis thinks, that the Proxi-
ftrine, is bred of a Martial Poifon ; 0 mate Caufe, that is, the taking
fometimes for want of the Synovia, away of all the Animal Functions,
becaufe this Difeafe is nothing but depends upon the defeft or diflur-
a feparation ami defeft of the Syno¬ bancc of the Animal Spirits ; and
via in the Part *, for, lay they, a he holds. That the Animal Spirits
defeft of the Synovia caufes infen- may be made immoveable and tor¬
fibility and a privarion of Motion. pid, and that they arc deficient ci¬
But Paracelfui explains this Synovia ther by rcafon of the ftraitnefs or
Of his fo varioufly and intricately, obftru&ion of fome Nerves, or by
that without an Oedipus , no one rcafon of comprcllion, arifing ei¬
can apprehend , what he drives at, ther from Phlegm or an Acid, or
Trail, de Gutta Conf <fyrl. 7. Param. becaufc they ire cut afunder. And
c. 1. §. 4. where he explains one he fayes, That the Cauft of this Dl»
diffirultybv another that is greater. feafeis, for that the Animal Spirits
SAne cf the Herraetick Tribe ac- arc not duly f parated, through
cdfe a Narcotick Salt and Sulphur, fome fault in the Blood, tliac is, if
which fix the Animal Spirits, the Blood be inept, coagulated or
but who can recount all their replete with a Narcotick Spirit. He
Opinions? Yet all of them in a alfo makes no queftion but the paf-
tnanner aim at ill s. That an Acid fage of the Spirits is quite inter-

fturbanec. I
by coagulation caufes all this Di- ceptcd.when the Arteries are broke
by any Caufe , or when the Spinal
Marrow is any way prctcrnaturally
ftraimed. And there is more to this
purpofe,which Khali not now relate.

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 Of an Apoplexy.
*19
$. 9. j §. 10.
A Nd now we will go to our i XTOw Cite will give you our
mechanic!: Conceptions; for | L\ Opinion. And, to be
in natural Knowledge, as nothing j plain, we take it to be an Acid,
fpoils humane underllanding more, that kills the Spirits: for while ic
than the abyls of abftracled No- flops and coagulates the Blood the
tions; fo nothing helps it more j Motion of the Blood to the Brain is
than to fee things mechanically j intercepted , and fo confequently
before Mens Eyes. And this Cat-; the Motion of the Animal Spirits is
tes endeavours to do. He, there- j hindred , which is the original of
fore, and his followers think. That the Difeafe. And we are coufir-
in this Difeafe there is a too great med in this Opinion , becaufe we
opening and dilatation of the Pores haye opened fome, who died of an
of the Brain, and the Plexus cbo- Apoplexy , and we found Blood
roidts% whereby a total Obftruftion perfeftly coagulated in the Vellels;
may e-flly arife in the Brain and yea , we obferved polypi in the
Origination of the Nerves, by a fo¬ Heart, and Concretions and Eva ra¬
reign Humor flowing thither,which tions of Blood , but chiefly in the
being made, the influx of the Ani¬ Brain. Wherefore moft , not to
mal Spirits, is rtopt, and when that fay all, of us hold , That fuch as
is hindred, all die Limbs grow flac¬ die of Apoplexies, have Blood coa¬
cid , like dead mens, juft as Sails, gulated in the Vellels, or extrava-
when they are not extended with laredinthe Brain , which a couple
wind, hang flapping. And the rea- of famous Anatomifts, Wcpferm and
fon why refpiranon remains in Fracajfiitus , do confirm, who ob-
fome meafure, they fay, is, becaufe ferve,That the Vellels of the Lungs
the Tubes that reach to the Septum were burft by tjie ftoppage of the
tranfverfwn, are larger than ordina¬ Motion of the Blood , and an Eva-
ry, wherefore while there isbut lit¬ fation enfuing upon the Acrimony
tle Spirits remaining, the pallage ro of the Acid. Which very thing [
the Heart, the chief Mufcles, is obferved in a Citizen of ours, who,
the eaf er. Remotely they blame becaufe he was fo Corpulent, and
the Blood or thick Lympha, in as the Parts fo fat, that they could not
much as thefc being extravafated receive the Blood , fell firft into 2
in great quantity in the Brain, may Palfy , and then died of an Apo¬
ealily obftrutt the Pores and Su¬ plexy. Wherefore, as Hippocrates
perficies, but efpecially die origina¬ fays, Eat men rarely arrive at many
tion of the Nerves, by which Ob- years : for it is certain that fuel*
ftru&ion the influx of the Animal die fooncr than lean People; be¬
Spirits is quite taken away, and an caufe they are often expoled ( not
abolition of Motion and Senfe muft to mention other MifchicfsJ to the
nccertarily follow. So they fay,that Palfy, or to be ftrangled on a Hid¬
an Apoplexy may alfo come from den. or to a mortal Apoplexy ; as
an external Caufe, a Wound, Blow, thofe two inftances in Tim sue l. 6.
a box on the Ear, or Contufon3for c. 2. fufliciently confirm. There¬
the forefaid Reafons. fore (to return to our bufinefs 3
Breeding

Go gle
 140 Of an Apoplexy.
Bleeding in all Ages is our chief j Sleep, whohifvc a heavinefs in their
and laft refuge, which the great Head , an unufual lazinefs , and
Celfm confirms, when he (ays, Bleed¬ fwollen Eyes, fuch as have often
ing in an Apoplexy either Cures or a darknefs come over their Eyes,
Kills. Secondly, Tlic Brain is fome- and fuch as have a (lender Neck.
times over-flowed and drowned by Now we may beft meafure the
a vifcid and crude Chyle, not rightly greatnefsof the Difeafe and its dan¬
aflimilated to the Blood , or by fe~ ger, by the greatnels of the Breath,
nm or Phlegm , that is, coagula¬ for in a violent Apoplexy the
ted feritm, if they ftagnate. Plateau Breath is fo far gone , that it can
(aw fuch an Apopledick Woman, fcarce be perceived; or it is with
die fubfiance of whofe Brain, when rattling in the Throat, like dying
opened, was dillolved like Cream, People * and breathing is reckoned
and ran down her Face. And from the moft neccllary of all the Animal
this Principle an Apoplexy muft be Fundions for when it is quite
either fanguine or picuitous, which gone, Life is gone. Therefore let
diftinftion if negleded, the Phyfi¬ no Phyfician be fo fool-hardy as to
cian muft needs miftake. Thirdly, boaft chat he can Cure an Apo¬
There is nothing more dangerous, plexy, cfpccially a ftrong one, nor
than a foetid Narcotick Sulphur, let him delpair prefently, but try
which the Chymifts call a wild Gas •, all things, which may clear a paf.
this is drawn in with the Breath fage for the Animal Spirits, and lee
out of the Air, and fixes the Ani¬ him not negled his Pacicnt. A
mal Spirits, and checks the Motion milder and lefs degree of an Apo¬
and Fermentation of the Blood. I plexy may bt cured, for I, and fe¬
could produce feveral things more; veral ochers have cured fuch. Be-
but let itfuffice to tell you. That an fides what I have (aid , we have
Apoplexy may arife from a Blow, thefe golden Sayings of the divine
Compretlion of the origination of Hippocrates , to this purpofe. To
the Nerves, whatfoever caufes it, cure a violent Apoptexj i< indeed im-
from cutting die large Nerves afun- pojible, and to acre a flight one it it
dcr , from Fear, and fuch-like not eafie. They that h.tie their train
Caufes. gangrened, perijJo within three days (
but if they outlive them, they recover.

S. ii. Pro noflick. And in another place , A curable

N Ow we have explained die

Caufes of the Difeafe, it re¬
mains therefore that we fpend fome
rime in explaining the Prognofttck
• Signs. For by means of the Pro-
gnoftick a Phyfician is enabled to
vindicate himfelf and his Art from
the petulant Calumnies of the vul¬
gar. Firft of all , it muft be obfer-
ved that Old Men are mod fubjed
to this Difeafe , as alfo they are,
who are oftec overcome witji deep
Apoplexy arifing on a fudden, a (low
Fever coming upon it, it mortal. In a
ftrong Apoplexy, when all the Ani¬
mal Faculties are funk , if the Pa¬
tient rattle in the Throat continu¬
ally, there can be no hope of a
recovery. Araongft the Signs this
is one , If in Apopledick People
Sweat break out upon ftraitnefs of
Breath, it betokens Death at hand ;
on the contrary, If in fuch the Fe¬
ver bp violent, and not flow (of
which before) ii makes fome Umb
P^ralycick. ff

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 of an Apoplexy. 14?

If the Hemorrhoids happen to j Teeth, which when it ceafed, fhe

Apopleftic People it is a good Sign, J dy’d immediately,
but ifColdnefsandNumbncfsit is a j in Winter when cold Winds
bad one. According to Aiicen, all j blow, and the Skies are very clou¬
bleeding at the Nofe and Ears in j dy, this Diflemper is wont to be
Difeafes of the Head , is curative j moft violent, dividing and tearing
and profitable. That difficulty of j afunder the Carotid and Cervical
Breathing in a violent Apolexy, Arteries, from whence an incurable
with an unequal and intermitting j Apoplexy arifes. The Cafe is the
Pulfe, docs prefage prefent Death, j fame if the Spinal Marrow be cat
Jfippxrates teaches , Experience j in two. It is commonly a Sign of
confirms, and Reafon dictates: Be-j Death, if by firong Sternutatories
caufe in fuch a Cafe the Enemy has the Patient does neither fheeze, nor
got deeper rooting, and is therefore is fenfible.
more hard to be expell’d.
Sometimes a Man relapfes into an ii. Dietetic Cure.
Apoplexy, or it feizes him after
fuch a certain Time. The Reafon 'T’Hus much of the Prognoftic, now
of which is, becaufe when the Vef- we pafs to the Dietetic Cure,
fels are once open, they cannot ca- which confifls in the fix Non-
fily be re-clofed, which fometimes Naturals.
occasions the Humor to be extrava- Choofe a hot and clear Air ; on
fated again. the contrary , avoid that which is
A ratling and loud Refpiration is rainy, cloudy, cold, foe.
often Mortal, but not always j for The Meat muft be hot, fparing,
we found the contrary in one who cafie of Concotfion, and which wUl
was taken with a ratling and diffi¬ be foon diftributed, fuch as Chic¬
culty of Breathing a whole day to¬ kens, Hens, Capons, and the like,
gether , and altho the Diftemper efpecially Broths. With all their
turned intoaPalfy of one Side, yet Meats let them ufe Aromaticks,
the Patient recovered *, but fo, as as Time, Rofemary , Marjoram,
that he was fuddenly taken off by Sage , Hyflop, 6rams of Paradife,
the fame Apoplexy m the Night- Mace, &c.
Time fix Months after. Tho few The Drink, according to the
recover in this Difeafe , yet thofc Ancients, muft be Mead, or rather,
who do, commonly fall into a Di¬ according to the Moderns, Mofel
feafe of long Continuance, as a Pal¬ Wine, and in Germany Michelbacl^
ly of one Side , and now and then Wine', in which may' be infufed
of the whole Body. They often China-Root, and it may be diluted
lofe their Memory to that degree, wich Spaw-Wateror with any
that they cannot remember the otherCephalic Decoftion. But let
lead Thing , and grow mere Chil¬ the Sick Perfon abflain from pure
dren again. Salivation often cures Wine, and that which is ftrong,
an Apoplexy , as we have feen an efpecially Spirit of Wine, arid other
Apopleftic Woman, who for a Year Opiaces impregnated with a Narco¬
and more, did every day fpit tic Sulphur. For they that Drink
more than half a Pound of Moi¬ too heartily of fuch Liquors, fufftf
sture, juft like Infants breeding for it by an Apoplexy.
Infteai

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 Of an Apoplexy.
Inflead of Exerdfe let the ex¬ But they fcarce ever pfeferibe
treme Pans be violently rub’d. preparing Medicaments , becanfe
Let Cupping-Glafles be applied to , this violent Dileafe has no Int-.r-
thc Shoulders, and Urtications, or ; million,bur they give them towards
flinging with Nettles ordered. And , the Declenfion. In a Plethoric Eo-
Iet the Sick Perfons be carried in a | dy they order Venefedion, but fo
convenient hanging Bed, or in a as not totakc away too much Blood
Chariot. j at once, but by Degrees, repeating
Sleep and Watching mud not ex- it fo often as Occafon requires.
cced their due Bounds. Their Avertcrs are, Clyfters prepa-
Let the bell) be kept Laxative, j rcdofBetony; Sage, Hyilop, Mar-
that the Enemy may be turned joram, Rue, Ccntory the lets.
.out. Penny royal, Leaves of Bay-Tree,
As to the Pajjiont of the Mind, Seeds of Fcnel, Anifc, Cohquinti-
let the Sick Perlon behave himfeif da, Hiera pier a. Polypody, Senna t
like a Man, and be free from the adding a’httle Salt of Rue, Bay/<rr*
more grievous ones •, as Anger, Sor- They alfo refer hitlicr Suppofito-
,rovv or »*car, Fright, and the refh : ries of Honey with or without Hit.
And therefore let them that are j rapier a, and likewife hard Fndicns
J
prone to this Difeafe, molt of all with a rough Cloth , flrong fha-
avoid any BTow upon the Head, or kings about the Neck where there
even any.flighc ftumble. are abundance of Veins and Arte¬
ries, Vellications of the Hairs both
y. 13. Pharmaceutic Cure. of the Beard and Pubes, Cupping-
H GlafTcs to the Loins, Shoulders, Ju¬
Aving took a fuperficial View gular Veins and inferior Parts, and
of the Dietetic, we now pro¬ with Scarification , Leech? s fet to
ceed to the Pharmaceutic Cure; and .the forei'aid PJaces and alfo to the
f\rfl according to the old i£ale- Hemorrhoid. -Veins* Divers Er-
lltffs Way, who lay the Blame ei¬ •rhlns and Gargarifms, the Receipts
ther upon the Humors or too many of which may bo fecn amongfl ma¬
Vapors,which they; therefore endea¬ ny Pradirioners, for it is tirefom to
vor to carry ctr with the following recite Things that are fo well
Evacuatorsi Such as are Elcfiua-1 known. Hither alfo do belorig
riurn Indum mujw, Trocliifccs ot A- Sternutatories of Caflor, Pepper,
garic, FiluU Jcetida,Coc]\\£, defumo '• Pellitory of Spain, Eupborbium
terra, Arabica, de lapide Lazuli, (which is laid to caufe Sneezing
Hiera picra Logadii. They alfo pre- moll powerfully, and Purges the
pofteroufly advife Vomitories ra¬ Brain by the Noftrils. ) Alfo an
ther
_ in the Progrefs of the Difeale Apophlegmaiifin of the fame, 2
fhania the Beginning , and as it Sinapilmof Mullard-Sced with Figs,
were, ride backward. Sharp Cly- ; boiled in Water to the P'orm of 2
flcrs they ufe upon every Occafioiv. Plafter.
When die Sick Perfon is a little j Their Exciters and Stirrers up
come to hiniCclf, and begins ro \ of the Faculty of the Brain, whicnt
fpeak and gets Strength, they ufe ; they fay is laid afleep,are Perfumes
tne forefaid Purgatives, beginning ! of Oalbanum, Caflor , Opoponax,
with the niore gentle ones, as, lup- i Unguents prepared of the lame, 2
pole, Cl) flcrs. red

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 Of an Apoplexy.
red hot warming-Pan held fome di-
fl'anrc from the Head, hut the Hair
mult he firft fliav’d off, for they
think the grofs and puuitous Hu¬
mors will by this Means be cafily
attenuated, like as tlie Sun melted
the waxen Wings of Dtdahu (if
\vc may be allowed toihuftrateonc
fable' by another.} They put into
the Mouth and befmear the No-
ftrils with Muftard-Seed beat finall,
mixe with Salt, and macerated in
Aqua Vus.
Corroborators bring up the File,
which hy them arc accounted as
Specifiers; fuch as, Awrea Alexan¬
drine, Anacardina, Michridate, Dia-
mufeum dulce, Diacorum, Dium¬
bra , Acorns preferv’d, Conferve
of Be tony, Marjoram , Acorw,
Sage, <fyc.
They affirm that AquaVits in
which fomc of the forefatd Things
have been macerated, and Nutmeg,
and Caftor (which they fay is very
efficacious in this Cafe } alfo the
RootofAo w, Sage are of great
life. Sprinkling and Wafhing the
Head fhaven with Oil or Water, in
which have been boiled Flowers of
Stcechw, Leaves of Origanum, Bay-
Tree, Roftmary, Sage, Chamomil,
Melilot, Penny.royal. Savory, Nut¬
meg and Rue, fyc. are conve¬
nient.
They commend a rubifying Ve-
ficacory Plafler of Oyl of Euphor-
bium, Caftor, Muftard-Seed and
Sagapenum, as alfo they highly ex¬
tol die Unguent of CafLr and its
Oil, AquaVits, and Oil of Lilies,
Flowcr-de-Luce, Nard, Rue, Spike,
Nutmeg. They fay that Bathing
is not convenient till the Patient
lias got three Weeks over, after
time they advife it,
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Hi
*
9- ief. oh
P 3drafelfti0 makes a two-fold
Cure , internal and Extern
The Internal he :ays is performed
by Corroboration, by tlie Elfenet
of rtrengrhning Minerals, that is*
by the highcil and greateft Cons
fortatives, which difpel the MiO*
and Clouds out of the Heaven of
the Microcofm, and bring back the
Sun which enlightens the Spirits
and all the Elements, and makes
them purer and clearer. For this
purpofe he extols Pearls, Stones,
Gold, Gems, Coral, Emerald, fa-
cynth, &c. Eut he prefers his Mer-
curt us folk before all other Things
againft the Gutta, and its Species
But the External Cure he performs
by Balfoms, which do their work
by chenfhing and repairing whac
the Gun a lias taken away.
§. ij.
B Uc omitting thefe Things lac
us pafson to laclmout, who
,
prefers Vomitories before any thing
elfe, efpecially if his Ens pot eft at i-
vum, which refides in the Stomach,
fliock the Soul. Therefore, lavs he,
a Vomit of white Vitriol given
about the Beginning, cures a new
Apoplexy. After that volatil Salts
of Stomachic and Cephalic Aro-
marieks do the whole Eufinefs,
as of Cinnamon , Lavender, Mar¬
joram, (ire.
9. 16.
\ A Twilit’s Therapeutic Me-
V V tliod is either Curative or
Prefervatirc. Now Ik* that is at
other times flrong, is, in the Fit,
to be kept out of Bed, but he that
 144 Of an Apoplexy.
is weakly, in his Bed , with his mented with Acetwn Be^oartfam ,
Head pretty high , and forthwith and Leeches muft be fet to the
he mull be let Blood, after that Temples and behind the Ears.
there muft be injetted a (harp Cly- This Author’s Prejervatory Me¬
fter, in which may be dillblved thod is as follows. At the Spring
Species Hien Diacolocyntb. and an and Fall, and each Solftice, he ad-
Infufion of Crocus Met Allarum. Let vifes Purging and Bleeding •, but
a large Veficatory be laid to the that altering Cephalicks muft be
Nape of the Neck , and others to now and then taken as occafion re¬
the Thighs, and drawing Cata- quires, amongft which he reckons
plafms to the Feet. Let the Tem¬ Spiritus Salts Armoniaci fuccinatus or
ples and Noftrils be anointed ei¬ Coralliatus, or impregnated with
ther with Oils, or Apoplettic and Caftoror Man’s Scull, or Elixir of
Aromatic Balfoms, ana all the Mem¬ Peony and Tintture of Amber gi¬
bers rub’d fo hard as to caufePain. ven to drink in Water either of
Alfo all fuch Things muft be ufed Lavender, or Rofemary , or black
inwardly as are powerful in rouzing Cherries. He alfo bids his Patient
up the fleepy. Animal Spirits, fuch drink the Decottion of Cea or
as are all volatil Salts, as Salt of Coffee every Morning , and fuch
Harts-horn , Amber, Mans-Blood ; Drinks as thefe he frequently ad-
Spirit of Harts-horn, Soot, and the vifes. I am not willing to enlarge'
like, which may be now and then any further, feeing that the chie-
given in a Cephalic Julap. After feft Things are mentioned already,
thefe Things let the Patient take a and fuch as I my felf have found
Vomit of Salt of Vitriol, or an In¬ fucceftful by Experience.
fufion of Crocus Metollorum. Vo¬
miting being over, the forefaid
Excellent Author flies to Strength- I?.
ners, fuch as are Elixir vit£ Quer- CtJHbfusdillenringfrom the reft irt
cetani, Spirit of Lavender, Treacle, ° the bufinefs of Vomits, will not
Camphore, Tintture of Amber, allow any to be given ; faying,That
Coral, which may be adminiftred fince a Vomiting cannot be raifed
in a convenient Dofe in Apoplectic unlefs the animal Motion of the
Water. He fays that Cupping- Diaphragrha, efpccially of the Muf-
Glalles muft be applied to the cles of the Abdomen,do aftift, which
Shoulder-blades and Neck,and that is quite abolifticd in an Apoplexy,
the Spirit of Sal Armoniac , or a therefore nothing can be ex petted
Suffumigation of Galbanum boiled from Vomits, but a vain Endeavor,
in the fharpeft Vinegar muft be and, it nuy be, fome ill Effeft up¬
held to the Noflrils, and that Er- on that: Eut if the Difeafe proceed
rhins, Apophlegmatifms , and a from a Narcofis, or drinking too
Purge of PiluU Rhodii are not to much Wine, in that Cafe alone he
be negletted If thefe Endeavours will admit it. To draw the Blood
be hot available , he orders a red to another place, he thinks it moft
hot Iron to be ndlden, at fome of all convenient to bteath a Vein,
Diftance, to the top of the Head eitherin the Fodto'r Arm, and c6
when (haven. The Fore-head and bleed very plentifully. But if the
fore-Part of the Head muft be fo¬ Blood flick in the Brain, and is al¬
ready

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wady extravafated there, he per-
1 wades the life of Apophlegm*-
tifms to draw it gently to the Palate
and Noftrils. But he thinks that
theopprdfed Animal Spirits fliould
be refrelhed withSpirituuns Tilings,
cfpecially if the Apoplexy be cau-
fed by a Pituitous Humor, in which
Cafe alfo he advifes Errhines,Ster¬
nutatories, which, he faith^nay ve¬
ry well be prepared of Marjoram,
Rue, Flowers of Lily of the Valley,
Xigella$o w-bread, w i Id Cucumbers,
Gencian, Tabaco, Gubebs, Muflard-
feed, ijc.
This Author commends fliarp
Purgers, fuch as Eupborbium and
Saunmonj, but with great Caution,
highly extolling Setons, Cupping-
glaires with Scarification , Vefxa-
tories behind the Ears,Venefedioni
lert that the vital Flame Ihould be
fulfocaced in the Heart,from whence
Death in ApopleAicks does ncccf-
farily enfuc. But ip old Men he or¬
ders bloody Scarifying in (lead of
Blood-letting.
• The forofaid ingenious Author
makes no Account of Plucking the
Hairs, Pinching the Fingers,(baking
the Body, Fridions and Ligatures.
On the contrary, he faith, that all
Aroma ricks are convenient. But
not to be tedious :
$. 18.
*7Epafs on to the Carter
V V Can Puthologifis , who
relying Upon their mechanic Prin¬
ciples , endeavour with all their
Might to remove the Obftrnftions
in the fmall capillary Veflclsand the
whole Brain , and that thofe little
Pi pcs may be cleanfed from the pec-
carit Matter. To this End,if tl.e A-
poplexy proceeds from Blood,thty,
advjfe to let Blood ftceiy, but if
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_
from Phlegm more fparingly. They
allow of FriAions with hot Cloths,
and Spirituous Things, for by this
means they do not doubt, but rhac
the Animal Spirits may be rouztd
up, and alio that thereby the Mat¬
ter (licking in thofe fmall Veftels
may be more eafily difeharged.
They wouki have (linking Things to
PC Held and put, into the Nofe,
bright Things to-the Eye*, and vo-
latil Salts to the Mouth. They
prove by Reafon , that gentle Cly-
(ters fhould' be .given in the be¬
ginning , and iharper prefcntly
after.
About the beginning of the Di¬
late they order an'Emetic or
(trong Cathartic, but do not ad¬
mit of Salivation by Mercury , be-
caufe it may caufe the peccant
Matter to flow morecopioufly into
the Brain.
If the Sick Perfon be raifed with
the life of tliefe, we mud proceed
further to fuch Things as open Oh-
(IruAions and Strengthen , as the
Cephalic,Spcific, Salts and Spirits
of Amber and Ifrin, not ncgledicg
in the mean Time to ufc Spirituous
Things, externally becaufe they
convey much Coelcftial Matter in¬
to the Head.
§. T9*
'P'Hus far of the Opinion of others
in fubduing this Difeafe , now
we will give oup ©ton Advice,' as
we have found by our own Expe¬
rience. Wherever therefore ,th<f
Enemy be lodged , fie is to be ex¬
pelled by a Vomit- For let Sjlvim
fay what he will, Vomits have been
found by Experience to do a great
deal, of good. To this purpole
fhefe following need no Commen-
dacioip, Tirurnt Emcttius i Vxjfac-
L ihirntil
14 6 Of an 4p°plexy-
ebrrumjmeticum kV.Ludovic. cor- To this End alfo we may prepare
rtSml AquaRuUndiiVitriolmal- Suppofuoncs. Ex.gr.
bum, 8cc. Or, | . . .. f _ .j .ujcijneti

Take Syr. Emet. fix Drachms, Cin¬ Juice of Rue each one Scruple,
namon-Water an Ounce. Mix Centory the lefe half a Scruple,
them for one Dofe. Salt of Rue one Scruple. With
a fufficient quantity of Mel antbo-
With thefe Things very often the fat. Make a Suppoficory accor¬
Enemy is overcome, for as the old ding to Art.
Proverb fays, A defperate Difeaje re¬
quires a defperate Cure. But refpett Afterward, that the Enemy may
muft always be had to the Patients be quite routed, and the Edges of
Strength, as well in this, as m his Weapons turned, we advife the
all other Cafes, which Platerus ufe of lpirituous Things, fuch as
and Hoferus caution as well as are all Apopleftic Waters, Spiritu¬
ous and Odoriferous. Alfo volatil
If this defperate Enemy hath in¬ Salts, as well of Vegetables, as of
vaded the Mafs of Blood , he is to Animals and Minerals. Amongfl
be ejefted by Venefeftion, which Vegetables are Cephalic Herbs, and
we admit of in every Apoplexy, divers Aromattcki, and their vola¬
and in all Ages, yea in extreme old til Spirits. From die Rank of Ani¬
Age. To the timorous we grant, mals fuch Things may be taken as
inllead of Blood-letting, Letches, are volatil, as Harts-hom, the Scull
or Cupping-Glaflcs with Scarifi¬ and Bone of a Man,Man’s and HJrt’s
Blood, the volatil Spirit of Ants,
cation.
and their Sale Of the Clafs of Mi¬
Sharp Clyfters may alfo be ufed. nerals thefe Things are profitable;
Liquor Cornu Cervi Succinatus, Tin-
Ex. gr.
llura Auri Clauderi. But we mod
Take of Rue, Rofemary, Origanum, of all commend faline volatil Spi¬
Leaves of Afarum of each one rits ; as the Spirit of Soot, for if
handful, Flowers of Arabian Stce- the Virtues of it were better known,
chas, Centory the lefs, Lily of we fhould not need to fetch Drugs
the Valley of each one handful, from the Indies. For the fake of
Root of Arifiolochia rot. one young Praftitioners, I will fet down
Ounce, Mader-wort. Pellitory of a Prefcription or two.
Spain of each half an Ounce,
Carthamum-Seed ty’d in a Rag Take Spec, contra Apoplex. one
two Drachms. Boil them in Drachm, Sal volar. Succini fix
common Water. In one Pound Grains, Amber-grifc five Grains.
of the Colature, diflolve of the Mix them, and make a Powder
RIeftuary of Hicra. picra with for three Dofes to be given with
Agarick one Ounce,Gall of a Bull an Apopleftic Water, or this
one Drachm , EfTence of Sage, which follows.
Rofemary of each two Scruples, Take of Water of Lily of the Val¬
Mel anthofat. one Ounce. Mix leys, Mint of each an Ounce and
them, and make a Clyflcr. an half. Spirit of black Cherries
half

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half an Ounce, Liquor Cornu Cer-
tti Succinar. three Drachms, dC-
ftilled Oil of Amber four Drops,
Syrup of Buck-Thorn one Ounce.
Mix them to give by Spoonfuls.
Or, Take of Salt of Harts-hom,
Amber of each one Drachm, Ma-
giftery of Amber half a Drachm,
OLftiH. anthof. fix Grains, of La¬
vender fire Grains, of Amber
ten Grains , white Sugar three
Ounces. Mix them. Of this
our Apopleftic Powder half a
Drachm may be took twice a
Day.
Fixt Alcali's do alfo far excel
Volatils, being both convenient for Take of Aq. apopleHica, cepbal. noftr.
imbibing the Acid, and dulling its
Points. We alfo highly value a
Specific againft Apoplexies , pre¬
pared of the Seeds of Muftard,
Rocker and Garden-Crefs which
abound with a volatil Salt. And
Spirits of Lily of the Valley, black
Cherries impregnated with the vo¬
latil Salt of Harts-horn and a little
Camphore by reiterated Cohoba-
tions. We alfo upon our own
Experience commend volatil oily
Salts , as that great Medicine of
Sylvius, to wic, his Sal volatile
oleofum.
The Apople&ic Spirit of Mxbius
is of great Virtue:
Take of the Flowers of the Lily of
the Valley fix Pounds, Cinnamon
one Pound, Zedoary half a Pound,
Saf&onone Ounce, Mace, Cloves
of each half an Ounce. Digeft
them t Month in a fufficient
. Quantity of Spanilh Wine, after¬
ward cteftil them per Vejicam.
Afterwards,
Take of the Root of VaIerian,Swal¬
low-wort, Peony of each one
Dunce, Leaves of Baum, Oak of
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\aj
Jerufalem, Rofemary of each
three Handfuls, Flowers of the
Line-Tree fix Handfuls, Laven¬
der, Spike, Sage, Time of each
one Handful. Let them ftcep in
the Spirit above-preferibed for a
Month in a Veflel well clofed.
Deftil them pet Veftcam. Add of
Spanilh Wine as much as needs.
Laft of all rettifie it in a Bath,
with Amber , Mofch and Cam¬
phore.
Thofe Things which young Pra¬
ctitioners ought always to have
in readinefs, arc the following *
ot each an Ounce and a half. Hi-
rund. cum CaSfor. half an Ounce.
Sal. volat. oleof. half a Drachm,
Spirit of Lily of the Valleys a
Scruple , Syrup of Buck-Thorn
fix Drachms. Mix them and
give it by a Spoonful at a Time.
Or, Take Aqi Epilept. Lang, one
Ounce, black Cherries, Flowers
of the Line Tree of each two
Ounces, Spirit of Lily of the Val¬
ley one Drachm, Syrup of Clove-
gill y-Flowers half an Ounce.
Mix them. Or, Take of Water
of Baum wkh Wine, black Cher¬
ries, Lavender, Lily of the Val¬
ley of each one Ounce, apople-
ftic Water fix Drachms , Spirit
of Lily of the Valley, Cherries,
Mother of Time of each one
Drachm , Syrup of Primrofcs
or CIove-gilly-Mowcrs half an
Ounce. Mix them. Or, Take
the Epileptic Spirit of an Elk’s
Hoof half a Drachm, the vola¬
til Salt of Man's Scull, Amber
of each five Grains, Tinfture of
Caftor half a Scruple. Eflence
of Amber fix Drops, Water of
Rofemary three Ounces, Syrup
 148 Of an Apoplexy.
of Sut has two Drachms. Mix Take of the Spirit of Wine cam¬
them for twice taking. This phorated, Volatii Sal Ammoniac.
may be available both to pre¬ of each two Drachms, Harts¬
fer vc, and cure in the frit and horn, Soot of each one Drachm,
out of k. Or, Tinffureof Caftor half an Ounce
Take Spiritm Vin. diaphorct. Hcl- Mix them.
woiuii half a Drachm, Aq. apo-
plellica an Ounce. Mix them Or, let this which follows be put
fortwoDofes. Or, Take of the into the Nofe.
Spirit of Man’s Blood, Spirits
apoplcilic. Mynf Aq. magnanimu.it. Take of the Oil of Flower-de-
of each one Drachm. Mix them. Luce, Tabaco of each one
The Dofc is fifteen Drops. Drachm, dcftilled Oil of Mar¬
joram fix Drops. Mix them.
Univerfals being premis’d, the Or, Take of the Powder of the
the Effence of the Woods is F lowers of the Lily of the Val-
mightily commended , a Drachm lics one Drachm and an half.
of wliich may be given twice a- With a fufficient Quantity of
day , alfo Mjnficht's Infufion of Oil of Tabaco and Mofch, make
Satlafras. a Liniment. Or, Take of the
Alfo if you cohobate the Spirit Juice of Bctes, Pimpernel, Mar-
of Cherries upon Vitriol, you will pram of each one Ounce and an
have a potent Remedy againft this half. Mix them.
Difkmpcr.
Cinnabar of Antimony and Mi¬ Or, Let the Noftrils, Temples
neral Cinnabar is alfo a great Re-' and cop of the Head be bathed with
medy in this Difcafe, But if thefe riclMpirituous and odoriferous Bal-
Jail Medicaments produce a Fever, fams. Ex. Gr.
you need not be afraid, for it is a
certain Sign of Recovery, if they Take of Balfam. ApopleSic. Rofes,
caufe a warm and modcrare Sweat. Lignum rhodium of each a Drachm
. For then you may give the Patient and an half. Mix them, andpuc
joy of Iris Health. it in a Box. Or, Take of the
If Serum abound in too great Ealfamof Marjoram, Rue, Am¬
Quantity* then purging is neceffa- ber of each half a Drachm, Bal-
ry to carry it off. Alfo Vdicaro- famum ApoplellicCrollii one Scru¬
ries muff be applied to the Nape of ple. Mix them.
the Neck and the Wriff. Like-
wife let the following Sternuta¬ Let the Tick perfons chaw Grains
tories be fouffed up the Nofe. of Maftich , Root of Florentine
Orrice, or Nutmeg.
Take of Sal Vitriol\ one Drachm, We faw an Apoplectick Perfon
Water of Marjoram one Ounce, brought to fpeak again by Spirit
Spirit of Lily of the Valley one of Caftor and Mother of Time.
Drachm. Mix it. That wliich follows is alfo very
good.
Alfo, the following Mixture- may
.lie put in a Glafs with a ftrait Take Extra?}. Theriacal. of Sage of
#cck. „ j each ©ne Scruple, Spirit of tily

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 Cf an A poptexy.
of the Valleys, blackTherries of
each half a Scruple. Mix them
and let the Tongue be anointed
therewith. Or, Take of Trea¬
cle one Drachm,’ Confeff. ana-
cardin. two Scruples, Eflence of
Sage one Scruple. Mix them
for the Tofigue.
If this Dirtemper proceed from
an unfeafonable life of nafcorick
Opiates, you may give a Vomit,
after that put Caftor in all your
Medicaments , and rather, cKufe
fuch 1 hings as are fpirituous and ,
fulphureous than faline * For fpi¬
rituous Things do take away the
noxious Impreflions that are alrea¬
dy made by narcotick Spirits, as
Acids do preferve from their Im-
preflion.
So long as the Fit lafts, let the
Caufe be what it will, you muft in-
jed (harp Clyfters of Elell. hi era
picra, Oil of Rue, adding Alumen
plmofum and Sal gem.t, You may
alfo add, to make it pierce thea¬
ter, Eflence of Sage, Rofemary,
Lily of the Valleys,
You may alfo rub the Soles of
the Feet with Vinegar and Sale\ and
and if all thefe Medicaments do no
good, but a fatal rattling fezes the
Patient, in ttys Extremity wedy to
the laft Rcmc'dy, according to thefe
Verfcs.
Si non morbofos fanant medicamina,
ftrrum
Arripe, fin frutlra, pbarmaca ig-
nif erit.
H* ttia ni pojfunt agrit adferre fa-
Intern,
AmphitTjonid'n robur inane cadet.
I am for aftual Cauteries which
operate very potency > amongfl
Wnjsh Moxa excels all other, for
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t4?
if it be applied to th^top, of the
Head, it is often a prefent Reme¬
dy ■, as alfo an Lnfufion of faline
volatil Liquors into the Veins ot
fick Perfons, for thereby the con¬
geal’d and ftagnating.Blood is more
eaiily difclved. This is very much
commended by EttmtriktOff my very
good Friend, and Claudw de la
Courvee.
.! The back Bone is to be anointed
with divers fpirituous Thiogs, and
other aromatick liniments. For
the Take of young Pra&itioners we
fee down the following Liniments,
which may be ufed to the Eack,
Neck, and other Parts of the Body.
Take of the Oil of Bay-Tree an
Ounce and an half, Amber two
Drachms,Harts-hom one Drachm,
Lavender half a Drachm, Axun-
gia Caftorit one Scruple. Mix
tliem and make a Liniment.
But if the fick Pcrfon liavc an
Averfon to fat things, yomnay
ufe this which follows.
Take of Spirit, convulfiv n. d. one
Ounce, of Ancs one Drachm,
Harts-horn, Tm&urecf Caflor
of each half a Drachm, Mix
them. Or, Take of Water of
Baum with Wine, Lily of the
Valley with Wine, Aq. apopletti-
ca of each an Ounce and an
half, Spirit of Lily cf the Val¬
ley one Drachm, Vinegar of
Rue as much as is fufficicr.t.
Mix them. Or, Take of Spirit,
convnlfivm no/lr. one Ounce,
Ejjent. ad membra one Drachm,
Water of Sage, Bctony. Sc.
John’s-wort of each half* an
Ounce. Mix them. Or, Take
of Spirit of black Cherries, aq.
apopleSlic. cf each ?n Ounce,
l J op
Ifo Of an apoplexy.
wf/Lexy.

Oyl of Amber half a Drachm. Nefther are quilted Caps made of

Mix them, and anoint the BacK Aromaticks to be negle&cd.
bone therewith. Ex, if.

For prevention fake Spirit of Take of the Leaves of Rofrmary,

black Cherries, and Vitriol poured
upon calcin’d Gold, and feveral
Tunes cohobated> is g00^ “ .thrcc
Ounces be took by a Spoonful at a
Tl\ve add tills as a Conclufion,
That the fick perfon mavwnr a
Cap lined with a Wolfs Skin,
which we have known many Prin¬
ces to have ufed for Prefervation,
but with w|uc Succefe we know not. i Mix them.
Penny-royal, Baum of each three
handfuls. Amber three Drachms,
Juniper-berries two Drachms and
an half, Flowers of Roman Cha-
motnil three handfuls. Lavender,
Baum, Primrofe, Arabian Stae-
that of .each two handfuls. Sha¬
vings of Rh*dinm three Drachms,
Benzoin, Storax calamir. of each
one Drachm, Mofch three Grains,

CHAP.

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 Cm)
CHAP. XI.
Of a Palfy.
§. I.
T is not for nothing, that we
fiibjoyn a Pally to an Apoplexy,
becaufe a Palfy for the molt part
follows an Apoplexy, wh«en Scnfe
and Motion return. If you would
have its Etymology, it comes of
the Greek Prepofition -ra.p& iff
to lopfe. It is called
Nervorum refolutio, a refolution of the
Nerves i by Paracelfw, contraliura,
by Platerm.particularit Apoplexia, a
particular Apoplexy. It is dcfcribed
CO be a privation or abolition of Sen/i
and. Motion, either in the Body
Cwhich is rare') or in fome parts,
depending upon the relaxation of the
nervous Parts , and the animal
Spirits, by reafon of the obftruliion of
the one or other Trunk of the fpinal
Marrow : For the fpinal Marrow
(that this description may the bet¬
ter be explained) is diflnbuted in¬
to two Branches ■, if therefore, the
morbifick Matter infinuate it felf
jrito the fpinal Marrow, fo as to
gbftrpft both Branches, then they
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think a total Palfy does arife *, but
if one Branch only be obftru&cd,
then a Palfy arifes either in the
right or left Side. And we make
no Queftion, but a Palfy may come
in the Jaw, Tongue, Eyes, Feet,
Hands, Arms, Fingers, Lips, Eye¬
lids, Sphinller ani, Bladder and
Neck, (which is confirmed by the
German Ephemerides Ann. 3. tbf.
I54.) fince we daily fee that this
or that part is deprived of Senfc
and Motion, and no Man will deny,
that it may fo happen, that any
part may be deprived of Senfc, the
Motion unhurt; and on the con¬
trary, it may be deprived only of
Motion, the Senfe remaining en¬
tire. Now and then alfo it hap¬
pens, that neither Senfc nor Mo¬
tion are wholly taken away, but
they only are dull and ftupid .* and
then we fay, this part labours only
of an imperfeft Palfy j yet, fo as
that it is fometiraes a fore-runner
of a true palfy. Wherefore, a Pal¬
ly is reckoned to be twofold, a ba-
ftard and prue. Jt is called a true
L 4 qne.
*5% Of a
one. when the part neither moves
nor feels; a baftard Polfy, when it
only feels and does not move, or
when it only moves and does not
foci; And this is becaufe of the.
(more or lefs Influx of animal Spi-
fTf?itrto the Nerves, and into their
Tubes or Pores.
' Mod >n remains and Scnfeis dull
jn that fort, which we call the
Sleep of the Limbs, vyherc the
Motion remains, but the j&nle js.
in fome meafure diminifhed, and
fonietimes depraved; for they feel,
as it were pricking of Needles
and this arifes, becaufe by the in-
convenient pofturc of the 'Limb,
the Nerves and Arteries arc com-
prefled, fo that the Humors move
noj of die parts,
which' therefore,‘ fernain empty;
.... Spirits How through' rhe
Nerves and empty Tube?, WiPU
feccufe "they" are (harp, theOVj
run: in| ub and cfotyi, and ’prick¬
ing the Fibres'of the Nerves give
thic Sdi(e ot pricking, as it'were
with 'Needles ; “but it ‘ is quickly
mended’-, becaufe'the Humor* pre-
f^ntly run into the Tubes arid fill
them, ’jsy the Dcfjnitibh here jajfl
clown it appears how, and by w|iat
bounds, this Difcafe is parted from
jbeh aj border upon if.
%. Dijfer.'Hce.
APalfy according fbrr^icjonm,
. differs' from an Appoplexyihd
Kmbnifs' ip degree^ : therefore it
n billed by fome a particular Apcf-
jJlc^Y. for an Jfoflexy affliftsthe
wiwjfr, apd“often 'kills. ' A Fatty
takes fome one pare- But 'a Numb-
ffi is a 'Senfe of Tjjdcjhg, -and is
in Abolition,ho'c Jo piubh Of Moti¬
Go gle
on, as of Senfe, or rather a Dimi¬
nution of them; and this is often a
fore-runner of a Palfy. Yet fome
contend. That Abolition of Senfe
and Motion is required to the Form
and Njture of a perfect Palfy. For
rhis Caufc therefore, Impotency of
Motion differs from a true Palfv, as
a'thing taken in a large Senfe, from
one in a drift. I (hall add fome-
thing, but it is only the vulgar O-
pjnion, In regard -ef the Subjeft,
tliir isfaid to be univerfal, in which
the whole Body, except the Head,
is fiezed, and then the beginning
of the fpinal Marrow is thought tej
be affected : But if one fide of the
fpinal Marrow be affefted, then it is
called an Hemiplegia.
An univerfal Palfy is a greai rari¬
ty ; yet fix Years fmcc 1 met with
one in a Woman at Limburgb. Rue
ft is dMedParailegi.t, if fome limbs
hn both (ides be hurt. A Palfy is
citTed old and confirmed, which
fbarbb admits of Cure; or new and
nrtt confirmed, * which, though ic
do not eafiiy admit of a Cure, yet;
oftentimes, t5V applying proper.
Remedies, Health is redlored. It
would be tedious to recount the
differences in regard of theCuufcs,
wHicfi the curious Reader may of
himfclf find out'by the deduftiot)
of Caufcs. '
V Part affe&d.
A CCPrding to the Opinion of the
^ifttricuts, in ait uhtverfa} Pal-
pginhing of tHe, fpinal Mar1-
vic, the primary original
of all the Nerves, is moft grievouf-
ly affected," in which the i^oherns
ab 'drffef little from them. " Bi(c
(thee feveraf brgjnj arc required ro
hnirtu! Motion, it is worth the en-
•qurrvf Which of them 'ought to Be
crt.em-
 Of a Palfy.
eflcemed the principal Part. All
arc Might ancf Main for the Nerves:
for when a Pally of the one fide or
the other happens, then the Nerves
of that fide (which are feparated,
the right from the left by a Mem¬
brane} are hurt. And fo accord¬
ing as there is an Obftruftion of
the Nerves on the right or left fide,
or on both, forheHurt of that fide
does necefiarily follow. GZI1U10
takes the Corpora firiata, the Medul¬
la oblongata, and the Nerves for the
parcaftefted : For according to him
thefe Bodies perform the Functions
belonging co Senfe and Motion i and
fometimes fome determinate part of
the Body wants Senfe or Motion,
becaufe according to the Author’s
Opinion a Nerve is diflolved, from
whence the decayed part otherwise
received Senfe and Motion. Where¬
fore, we ought with all Diligence
to endeavour to know the Difiri-
bution of all the Nerves, and from
what part of the fpinal Marrow each
part lias its Nerves, about which
he difeourfes exadly and ittgeni-
oufly. ^plbtus blames the Muf¬
fles, or Animal Spirits for the Sub¬
vert.
Cartes, Famous for the Acute-
nefs of his Invention , takes the
Nerves, the Conduits of the Ani¬
mal Spirits, for the Subjeft ; for
fays he, P. P. Artie. 7. Now it is
known, That all thefe Motions of the
Mufcles, and that all Senfe depends
on the Nerves, that are like final/
Threads or little Tubes, which arife
from the Brain, and contain, at the
Brain does, a certain fubtil Air or
Wind, which it exprejl by the name
of Animal Spirits. But how thefe
Nerves and Animal Spirits ferve for
Motion and Senfe, he adds in ano¬
ther Section, namely, That it is a
continual floaty implanted in pu;
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isi
Heart, which is a kind of Fife, and
is the Author of all the Motion of
our Limbs. -Here might be an op¬
portunity of adding feveral things
more about Motion and Senfe, ac¬
cording to the ingenious Author’*
Mind, how, while the Soul governs,
the Mnfcles filled with the influent
Spirits,arecontracted, and draw the
annext Mufcle with them. But our
Bufincfs will not allow ir, you may
therefore confult the Author him-
felf, lib.de Paffionibm animst.
GUc take the Medulla oblongata fo
fpinalis, and the Nerves, and all thefe
Tubes, that is, the Rulers of the
Animal Spirits, for the principal
Subjedt for no other Vdlels appear
in Man’s Body, which primarily
convey tilde vivifick guefls, be-
fide that third fort of VefTels, the
Nerves. Therefore we reckon the
E roximate Seat of this Difeafe, to
e in the Nerves, they.being pri¬
marily affeded ; and we, as all A-
natomifls do, diftribute the fpinal
Mavow into two Branches, tlie
right and the left j when the right
is hurt, the Palfy is on the right
fide ; and when the left is hurt, oak
the left. But for the adequate
Subjed, we take the Mufcles, fup-
ported on every hand by Motive
Fibres, which are deprived of Mo¬
tion and Senfe, not fo much through
their own fault, as of the Nerves
inferred in them, that have fullere4
the like prejudice.
% 4- Sig*s-
T His Difeafe has no need of rec¬
koning up many Signs. Dif¬
ficulty of Senfe and Motion, becaufe
of the fiopc influence of the Arfi-
mal Spirits, frequent Nurabnefs,
with a Senfe of pricking in the
Limbs, Vtrti&o JUid A nufc before
If4 Of < Palfy.
the Eyes, (how ic is imminent; coldnefs to congeal the Blood, and
fometimes thicknefs of Hearing to nuke it unlit for Motion. If th«
S ecedes it, but generally a Palfy Sphin&cr of the Amu and the Blad¬
Hows an Apoplexy, as the Sha¬ der be paralytick, then the Excre¬
dow docs the Body : Oftentimes al- ments and Urine come away invo¬
fo it takes one unawares. luntarily. The other particular
Now the pathognomonick Signs Palfies of the Tongue, Ups, Eye¬
are plain enough, fince no one can lids, Eyes and Neck, are manifeft-
be ignorant That that part has a ed by the hurt ACIion, on re¬
Pally, vvhjch is deprived of Senfe counting of which wc will infift no
and Motion: Bucbcfides, the part, longer.
when it is ill nourilhed, grows lean
for want of Blood, lofes its natural $. 5’. Caufi.
Heat and Colour, and becomes cold
and Dabby to the Touch. In a Pal¬ Ow I will give you the Caufes
fy a fudden loofning of fome part of thefe Difeafcs out of Prin¬
if caufed, fo that the Patient can cipal Authors. In the Front comes
move neither Hand nor Foot on that 3nttquttp, which derive this Dif¬
fide. Sometimes a Swelling may cafe from a cold and moift Intem¬
be obferved in Paralyticks, and a perature, to wit, from Phlegm or
Contraction of the Fingers, that is, a watery ferous Excrement, which
while fomc Senfe is yet remaining. by long carrying grows thicker, and
If the paralytick Part be lifted up, ooftrufts the Nerves. They fay.
it falls back again by its weight, and That a Nerve of the fpinal Marrow
eafily grows cold. Hereupon, the is fometimes obftrufted, or rather
Mulcles being loofned, and unable compreffed by an Apoftcm or fome
to agitate the Blood that is bright Humor, but chat ic is moft frequent¬
to them, the Blood Magnates, and ly caufed by thin watry Humors,de-
being defticute of light, ceafes to be rived from the Brain, which eafily
fpirituou6, and grows rapid. The infinuatc chemfclves into the Sub-
Urine is generally white and thin. ftanceand Porofity of the Nerves,
The Side that is taken with the Pal¬ whence the Nerves being made over
fy is often cold, and the other hot j foft, are loofened and relaxed, and
alfo die Eye, Month and Lip of the imbibe fo much Moifture, that the
Side affefted, are contraded, and Origination of the Nerves is llopt;
drawn on one fide. If the law or fo that the Paflage of the Animal
any part of the Face be Paralytick, Faculty is hindred, which has its
it is drawn to the found fide. In Original from the Brain, as from
this Difcafe, as we faid before, the its firft Principle. They alfo think
Senfe is perifhed, the Motion en¬ that this Difeafe is often caufed by
tire i fometime Motion is abolifh- grofs Vapors got into the Nerves,
ed, Senfe furviving. and often both which often make fo great an Ob-
are loft j that is, when the Difeafe ftrudion, that the Paflage of the
is confirmed; then the Pulfe is lan¬ Animal Spirits is hindred, where¬
guid, (low, little, fometimes none. upon the Nenres grpw flaccid, and
In afcorbntick Pally efpecially thefe as it were fall .flat. This they en¬
falvage, acid Particles are able to deavour to make out by feveral
flop the Circulation, and by their ffcafons, which we lhall forbear

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 Of A PdJy-
to mention, fince the Books of rit. L. fphr. vit. §. 9. But becaufc
£ulenijls are fuH of them. thefe things are obfeure, I have no
mind to wreft them to my Senfc.
S. 6.
P 2*racclfus owns the Caufe and
Generation of an Apoplexy
and a Palfy to be in a manner the
lame: for he often confounds them,
pr makes them only to differ in their
Subjeft. And, fo far as we areable
to guefs, he blames Mercurial Va¬
pors, carried into the Principle of
the Nerves, and into the Nerves
themfclves, and talks of I know not
what gurta, that runs down the Bo¬
dy. That Vapors are a Caufe, he
proves by the weakly Limbs, flu¬
king, and oftentimes the Palfy of
Goldfiniths, and fuch as make Look-
ing-Glafles; and likewife by other
Inftances of fuch, as having filled
their Heads with the narcotick
Steams of Wine, have fallen into
a P.dfy for fome days. Some of his
Tribe accufe the Tartar lying in the
mafe of Blood.
(• 7.
H draont Tr.de Lithiaft e. 9. p.
60. §. 82.6* 6*. concludes,
That a Palfy is a Conrra&ure of the
fcnfitive Parts, caufed by Fear a-
lope (fo he fays) which has a pro¬
perty to (hut the Pores immediate*
Jy, efpecially if it be fudden:
Therefore, be lays. Women, who
are generally fearful, do often up¬
on a fright fall into a Palfv without
an Apoplexy. He therefore takes
the falling Flegm for a Gaufe, and
then Fear, which ftirs up the Apo-
ple&ick Poyfon, and io caufes a
Contra&ure of the fepfitive Parts.
In another place, he fays, this Dif-
eafe is caufed, if the Parts be wa¬
rred with a foreign and devious Spi-
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15s
*. 8.
T \ ?3ll(0, that Famous Patho-
V V logift, blames the Obftru-
&ion of the Paflages, and the im-
potenpy of the Animal Spirits for
the conjun& Caufe of this Difeafe,
as they are either narcorically affeft-
ed, or being (mail in quantity, do
not exert themfelves briskly e-
nough . therefore in a general Pal¬
fy (which often follows an Apo¬
plexy or Lethargy, and other Dif-
eafes, becaufe of a Tranflation of
the raorbifick Matter) the Animal
Spirits are hindred from their ufu-
al Irradiation or Influx into the
nervous Kind, and fo the Limbs
mud of neceflity flag. But accor¬
ding to him, not only the Obftru-
&ion of the Nerves,thePortcrs of the
Animal Spirits, do offend in this
Difeafe, but the Obftru&ion alfo of
the corpus Ihiarum, and fometimes
of die Mcdull* oblongata^ and fpinalit,
which if they be loofned,and the A-
nimal Spirits do not fufficiently irra¬
diate, puff up, and by their vigor
a&uace them and it cannot other-
wife be, but the Parts muff grow
flaccid, and a Palfy follow.
He makes the mediate morbificlc
Caufes to be not only oppilative,
butfometimes narcotick, which cx-
tinguifh the Spirits. For he main¬
tains, That fome extraneous;and,as
it were, vitriolick Particles, admit¬
ted within the Organs of Senle
and Motion, do dole the Pores,
and dejeft the Animal Spirits, yea,
keep them from Motion, and caufe
a Blafting as it were in Trees. He
proves, that this Difeafe is feldom
caufed by mere Phlegm or Serous
Filth,
 1$6 Of a Palfy.
Filth, becaufe they that are of a crements of the nervous Juice,-
moift Brain and Hydrocephalick, obftrufting the urffecn paflages of
rarely fall into a Palfy.
f. 9.
Cpltotus fufpefts, that tliis Difeafc which in another place I (hall pro-
** arifes either from want of Ani¬ fcflcdly treat.
mal Spirits in the Mufcles, or from
flraimefsin the Paflages, that Is, of
the Nerves, or from immobility of
the Animal Spirits, caufed by a
Drowfinefs and Stupidity. Among
the more remote Caufes he reckons
a watry Moifturc, which is able to
make the Fibres qf the Mufcles foft
and flaccid. And he adds, That all
thofc things which can ObftruA or
Araiten the Nerves, are apt to pro¬
duce this Difeafe, among which he
reckons Phlegm falling on the root
of the fpinal Marrow and caufingei-i
ther a Paraplegia or Hemiplegia. He
holds, that Wounds and all other
things that cut the Nerves, and all
Narcoticks, which render the A-
nimal Spirits torpid apd immovea¬
ble, do contribute tO it.
§- 10.
C l 3ttcs acknowledges die* want
i or wcaknefs of the Animal
* Spirits to be the immediate Caufe
of a Palfy, and after his way illu-
Arates it by a mechanical Concep¬
tion. He fays,that the Animal Spi¬
rits puff up the Mufcles, as Wind
does Sails, which ceafmg, the Sails
Aacken and flap. Therefore when
the Animal Spirits are Aopt, or
flow not in plentifully enough, a
flagging and relaxation of the
Nerves and Mufcles muA needs en-
fue, upon which Senfc and Motion
ceafe.
And fo the patrons of the ner¬
vous Juice, think, that a Palfy ari-
fps from noting, but thp thick re¬
Go'gle
the Nerves. But they that will have
a nervous Juice, build upon a tot¬
tering Foundation; concerning
i. II.
IT remains, now wehavt feeno-
thcr Mens, to produce £)uc
own Opinion. And we reckon the
Caufc to be the ftapt Influx of the
Anrnjal Spirits into their Conduits.
Thefe Spirits are the internal Mo¬
vers, and are very fubtih fo that
you may dcfcrvedly with Horace
calls them
--Diviiut particulam aura.
For they arc the moft fubdl,fa-
ine and fulphureous Particlesof the
uvjng mixt Body, tuidcra dueand
Uninterrupted Contiguity and Quan¬
tity, endued by GOD with a mo¬
tive and operative Power, accord¬
ing to the Properties and Organi¬
zation of the Body, which they in4
habir. For ALMIGHTY GOD is
the firA Mover. For at (they ^re
Helmont'% Words) the motive Spi¬
rits dart the vital Light, cHfpenftd by
the Nerves-, they carry the pleasure of
the Will, or Motion to the Mufcles, the
executive Organ of the Motion, which
the Soul arbitrarily proposed to itsfelf:
For the trradiative Light fent by the
Spirits being intercept6i, no doubt,
but a Palfy it caufed. Bartholin con-
firms this in An at. Reformat, c. de
Nervk p. 4<54. And like as die
Sun by the interpofirion of a Cloud,
and the light of a Candle is taken
from us by the hand ; fo the part#
deprived of the light of the Ani¬
mal Spirits, are deprived both of
Senfe and Motion. For the Nerves
VC Qnly porous, thorough which
 Of a Valfy.
nothing but this light and moft fub-
til parts can pafs. As the Rays of
the Sun can pafs thorough Air and
Water fo Dirt and Mud in water
can hinder its fhining clearly, as
Pergamenm l. i. de Sympt. c. 5. e-
legantly delivers himfelf, herein
concurring with the Moderns. For
wc make no queftion, but this
Light isafubtil, moveable, volatil
and active thing, whence it has the
name of Spirit: Yer,that they are
fubtilly material, we gather from
hence,Becaufe theyconfiftoffaline
andoyly, or fulphureous Pjrticlcs,
and therefore of the moft fubtll and
aftive ones: And then thefe Parti¬
cles both in the Bodies, wherein
they arecontained, and drawn out
of them by Art, and united with
the Phlegm of the Air, or of their
own Body alfo, are called Spirits.
And this will appear more clearly,
if one do but confidcr,
-Jf.ilantnm germina forum,
Uorttnfes pi (turn thoroty paftura ve-
nuftit
Deliciu oculos, (j odorum famine
nares.
For who dare deny, that thefe
Scents > which exhale from the
Flowers of Plants, are the aftive
parts thereof, finceevenoutof their
Body, which before they inhabi¬
ted , they (how fo great Subtilty
and Aftiviry, that onecannot ima¬
gine any thing to fhow more *
Certainly they are nothing elfe,
but the moft fubtil, faline-volatil
oyly Particles, flowing from the
feminal Oyl of Plants, diftolved by
Fermentation, which being fome
way moved, affeft our Nofe in that
manner, which we call Smell. For
when this Oyl is taken away, Flow¬
ers breath Fragrancy no more.
Go gle
And Oyls are nothing elfe, but vo¬
latil Salts, concentred with the ful¬
phureous and feminal Fatnefs by
Circulation. But to our proper
Buftnefs ; juft therefore, as the day
is without Light, or the Air with¬
out Commotion j fo is the Body
without Spirits. All things grow
lax, flaccid, and run to their own
Deftruftion. Now this Flaccid-
nefs Is from the Obftruftion of the
Nerves, becaufe when the Nerves
are obftrufted, the Spirits do not
freely flow into them, fo asfuffici-
ently to diftend them j and there¬
fore , the Tubes fubfiding, the
Nerves muft needs grow flaccid.
Let us a little examine the more
proximate,mediate Caufes, and we
fhall find either an Obftruftion or
Inundation, which either flops the
Animal Spirits quite, or makes the
nervous and mufcular Fibres foft
and flaccid. And this Obftruftion
and Inundation are made by a vi¬
cious Blood, or by a diluting Se¬
rum ; for thefe, according as they
offend in Quantity or Quality, or
Morion,may raifea Palfy,and exrra-
vafatedBiood efpecially falling upon
rhe Pores of the Brain or Nerves is
the Caufe of this Difcafe, as we fee
daily in thofe, who become Para-
lytick after a Fall, where always
in a manner Blood is found evafa-
ted; concerning which you may fee
ebfer. 66. Epbemerid. German. Ann.
3. Oftentimes a ferous Matter in¬
vades the Brain, and befets the
Pores of the fpinal Marrow, efpe¬
cially if the Serum (which is alfo
called Lympha) be coagulated, and
it is eafily coagulated by an Acid ;
which coagulated Lymph,s is alfo
called Ph|pgm, and Is that ufelcfs
rifeid fluff in Man’s Body, which
is able to flop the Pores of the
Nerves. Bit bcrc.wQ exclude no
Acid,
 Talfy.
158 Gf 1
Acid, coagulating Mercurial Hu¬ Limbs prove, That this Difeafe may
mor*, efpecially auficrc and hitter be caufcd by compreffion of the
ones. And, if we give our Con¬ Nerves, when, upon the influx of
ception of thefe laft, by aufore Hu* Animal Spirits being ftopt, the
mors wc mean obtufangular Parti¬ parrs alfo labor of an Atrophy ;
cles? by bitter ones Particles more which fort of Palfy Wedelrn obfer-
rectangular; and we may liken the ved in Ann. 2. Ephem. Germ. obf. 250.
bitter to askreeking (harp Saw,and to be caufed by crookcdnefs. When
the aufterc to a blunt one. Such fi¬ a Nerve is cut in funder, a Palfy of
gured Particles may eafily obftruft that part mud neccffarily follow, to
the pjflagcs of the Animal Spirits. which the Nerve fhould dired the
Nor do we exclude tarrarcous and Animal Spirits? for fo their pafiage
other fulphureous Impurities, dif- is ftopr. Thus, a Nerve in the
charged upon the Spina dorfi and Arm being cur, that Finger which
the origination of the Nerves,from was direded by it, will be ftiff. X
obftruding the blind paffages,which have obferved an Immobility and
are the way of the Animal Spirits.» Numbncfs both of the Arm and
For we all grant,if Serum fall within Hand, fuccecd upon venefedion ill
the foinal Marrow or VertebraXthat J adminiftred, which the German £-
by its weight the Nerves arc com- j phemerides alfo confirm. Thefe E-
prefled, and frOm thence an cxdufi-: phemerides alfo in Ann. 2. obf. 63.
on of the Animal Spirit*, and an A- j teftifie. That a Palfy has been pro-
bolition of Senfe and Motion muft of duced by Worms in the Arms and
necefliiy followrfromwhence we may j Legs; fo no Man, who is notaftran-
fee that cold does remotely contribute; gcr in Phyfick, can be ignoranr,
fomething, bccaufe it coagulates the ' that this Difeafe may be caufed by
Serum. So Cummins in Ephem.Germ, i a fcorbutlck Taint, that is, by a-
Ann 1.obf.8^\m obferved,how two ! bundance of ferous Humor, anda-
perfons,who tarried too long in the cid, bitter, pontick, faline and tar-
Cold emptying a Well, were taken tareous Dregs abounding over much
witha Palfy in all their lower Parts, in the Blood, carried to the original
For without all doubt the Lympka rion of the Nerves,or to the Nerves
is encreafed and coagulated by cold: themfclvcs. And there is nothing
and therefore we makenoqueflion, more pcrnicious/or fpoiling our A-
but it may make Men Paralytick. nimal Spirits,and making the parts
Wc read a Hiftory of this nature in flaccid, than Narcoticks,which dull
Galen, of one that went too long the lucid Spirits, thofe brisk and
wrapt up in a wet Cloak, who fell nimble Guides of Motion.
into a Palfy in his Arms, and of a- And this Difeafe often arlfcs from
nother that fate naked upon a cold the Colick, to wit, by a tranflationf
Stone, who fell into a Palfy in his of the morbifick Matter to the
Legs. Befides, no one will deny, Nerves : Which Colick Authors
that Serum being heavy in Bulk,and derive from a bilious Interapera-
preternatural in Quantity, mayin- ture; but how truly, I quefnon *
finuare it felf Into the fubtil Pafla- for ir fee ms to me. That bile with-
ges, and bv ftaenating there may out Flegm joyned with it, cannot
grow tough, and fo caufe an Ob- hurt the Guts, becaufe by its Flui-
lirudion. And luxations of the . dity and Acrimony k only gently

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 Of a Palfy. • 15-9
vellicates the Gatsj and rather 0- j And thus we hare endeavoured
pens than flops the Pores: But if' briefly to give you our guefs with-
there be Phlegm alfo, then by cling-! out pomp of words or ferupulou*
ing clofe to the Guts, and infmua- doubrs : yet take notice of this
ting it felf into their Pores, it will that fometimes truth lies in a thine
produce a greater Mifchief, by its incredible, and falficy in a thine
continuance there, fo that then the likely to be true * And it is better
colick Pains may arife, which will ro fuppofe thefe things from certain
fcarcc be removed by emollient Tokens and Beafons, than to liy to
Clyfters. And we have no great the refuge of Occult Qualities,as fe-
reafon to be troubled concerning - veral Phyficians and Philofouhen
the paflage of that Matter, which , raftily do, who, when they are mi-
breeds the Palfy and obftrufts the { ftakeo, turn the fault of their
original of fome Nerve or other, ‘Judgment into a Complaint of the
that tends to the Limbs. For a t incertitude and difficulty of the
blind Man may fee. That the Caufe j thing. Therefore fometimes I had
of this Evil lies about the membra- rather give a dubious Coniefture.
nous Parts of the Mefentery, which whereby doubts may the more ea’
have commerce with the fpmal Mar- j fily be cleared, than by rafh afTent
row, and therefore mayeafily ob- j adore another Man’s un found Oni
ftrua the Nerves, that come out j nion : forCarneades doubts,Pmhui
of the fpinal Marrow. For thofc deliberates, Simonides bees time
Nerves, which
wh.rh are A,a*m,n->,-A
difleminared But now tothe Prognoftick.
from the Plexus of the Abdomen in¬
to the Mefentcry and Guts, have
almoft every where commerce wirh $. 12.
the lumbar Nerves, as it were by
T'He Phyfician, who here makes
mutual inofculation : And this we his Prognoftick notrafhly, but
obferve, That oftentimes a fcorbu¬ according to Hipocrates his Mind
tick matter lodged in thefe parrs, Frtnh. 5. 3. /. 5. with great pro¬
feizes the greater N-Tves , and vidence, ads moft prudently ; and
caufes a Palfy on one fide or therefore until he have duly weigh¬
both. In every Palfy therefore the ed the ftreugch of the Patient and
original of the Nerves fhould cfpe- of the Difcafe, he will fay nothing
cially beobfervedi and for this rea- pofitively abouteitherLifeorDeath.
fon we fhould be diligent in Ana¬ In the Interim, we mufl take notice,
tomy,that we may know the diftri- it is a Difcafe very hard'to cure,
bution of all the Nerves, and from upon account of the peccant Mat¬
what place of the fpinal Marrow eve¬ ter, and alfo of the part affcdecL
ry part has its Nerve, left it befal us, to wit, the fpinal Marrow.
as it befel fome in Galen's time, A perfeft and confirmed Palfy is
who applyed nervine Topicks to a Chronical Difcafe, and is not over
the Paralytick Hand it felf, which in two or three days, but lafts more
were proper for the Spine : for Months and Year,cfpecially ifit fol¬
whatever Nerve imparts Senfe or low an Apoplexy. But that which
Motion by means of the Animal comes from a fcorbutick Tainr, or
Spirits to any part, that Nerve muft from colick Pain, is more cafily and
of neceffity be affefled in the lofs foonercured (cater*paribus) than
of Senfe or Motion,
others

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160 Of a Paljy.
others. APalfy frbm the cutting of
a Nerve in funder is incurable, and
alfo that which proceeds froma Fall,
Contufton, Luxation and die like,is
very dangerous, of which we had a
Cafe in a Noble Maid, who lived in
the Princefs of Ntffiw, my mod Se¬
rene Lady, her Court: She fell in-
to a Palfy five years after a Luxati¬
on, which holds her to this day.
But that which comes from an inun¬
dation of Lymph.i, may be cured by
proper Remedies. A perfect and
univerfal one is more difficult to
cure than an impeded and a parti¬
cular one j for inftancc,of a Tongue,
Finger, Leg, <&c. A Palfy coming
in Wintered in Old Age,is fcarte e-
ver cured. It comes fometimes from
a weak Apoplexy, and is in dan-
? er of turning to an Apoplexy again,
f a Fever or Trembling fupervene,
it is commonly held to be a good
fign : yet that Rule fometimes fails;
for in a young Man, twenty fix
years of Age, at Camberg I obferved
a Trembling and Fever did concur
in a Palfy, that followed an Apo¬
plexy, and for all that he died.
There is more hope if there be no
Atrophy in the paralytick Parc ;
which if there be. it is a very bad
fign, fork fhows, That the Humors
are either not carried to the pare,
or that they have obftruded the
part, which obftrudion it will be
very difficult for the Phyfician to
remove.
If fome little Senfe come again,
if the Difeafe be agreeable to the
Age, as the Divine Hippocrates rec¬
kons, if both the internal and ex¬
ternal Senfes be fafe and found,
though Motion is loft, if trembling
or pain .follow, it is accounted a
good fign. If the Eye on the para-
lytick fide be not lellened, if thePa-
tienc keep his Strength wichQut
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Hcad-ach or Vertigo; if alfo (as w£ |
faid before) there be a Fever, therd
is hope. But the Cafe is bad, when
the paralyrick part feels col5 to the
touch, becaufe it fhows that very
few Spirits are carried by theNerves,
and therefore we judge, the Nerves
are ftrangely obflruded. It is bad al¬
fo,if the Excrements and Urine pafs
involuntarily. Hippocrates l.i.Trtrrhi,
gives this Cafe a black Charader.
If any one be ill in the fpinal Marrow,
and if after a Fall,or any other Caufe,
a man be deaf and when he if touch¬
ed, if he feel not, and if at fir ft he
neither goes to Stool nor md\es Water, 1
unleft forced -, but when the Difeafi
if inveterate, if the Excrementt and V-
rine come away, without the Man'i
Wilt, then he dies within a little
time. In Old Men a Palfy is incura¬
ble , becaufe the Nerves of thd
Parts arc bard, and die Fibres thick
and not pliable-, wherefore Obftru-
dions bred in diem are not esrfily
removed.
If a Man’s mind be prcfently ftu-
pid, it is bad i but it is otherwife,
if a critical Diarrhxa fupervene. A
Palfy ends in Death when an Apo¬
plexy and Confumption, and colli¬
quative Sweat follow it. If Con-
vulfions follow a Palfy, Authors call
it a fcorbutick Palfy, becaufe then
there is a faline or acid Acrimony,
vellicating the Nerves, which is al- j
fo bad, becaufe there is a Complica¬
tion of Difeafes.
There are many Difeafes, upori
which a Palfy comes, namely, an E-
pilepfy. Apoplexy Qhe matter be^
ing difeharged into a more ignoble L
part) Colick, Tertian Agues, thd j
Scurvy, Braffavolm mentions,how I
a Pally followed bleeding at did 1*
Nofe, the Animal Spirits, that is, *
being exhaufted. If a Palfy come
upon an Apoplexy, it h dangerous**
 Of a
becaufe it is ape to turn again co an
Apoplexy.
§. .13 Dietetic Cure.
H itherto wc have been viewing
one Hemifphe.e of this Dif-
cafe, now we will take a view of
the other, that is, the Cure, where
tlie Diet firft prefents it felf, which
confifts in thofe fix nonnatural
things, which arc well known to
have dominion over our Bodies. A-
mong thefe Air takes the firfi place,
according to Hippocrates f. 3. aphor.
I. Alterations of the Seafms efpeciaUy
breed Difeafet, and in the Seafons
great alterations of Heat and Cold are
made. Therefore a hot, dry and
ferene Air is to be chofen, which
muft be procured by a good Fire,
if the time of the year require it,
or by aromatic Fumes. On the
contrary, a rainy, moifi, cloudy,
and efpecially a cold Air muft bea-
voided. For Helmont l. 1. §. 61.
does upon good ground call the
Cold of the ambient Air Narco-
tick* It is univerfally held, That
cold* things are Enemies to the
Nerves. J can fay little here,
as to the influence of the Stars,
yet l am uncertain , whether
a famous Man be not in an Error,
when he attributes a peculiar vir-
rue to the influence of the Stars.
In my Pra&ice I have obferved
that Palftes aDd Apoplexies come
moil in the Full Moon. Here I
could produce Cartes his Reafon,
of the Sea’s Ebbing and Flowing,
aferibed to • the Increafe and De-
creafe of the Moon, fince the fame
inundation may happen in the Mi-
crocofm, as it does in tUeMacro-
cofm. But fince uncertain Con-
jefture dares not pick out pirricu-
itrs, nor proye uni\«rf*Is, we fuf*
Go.gle
Palfy- 161
pend our Judgment, till we can en¬
quire and prove by experience,
what we ought to think of the in¬
fluence of the Stars.
The Meat mull be heating and
drying,therefore let th« Patient eac
f lelh roafted,& other Meats of good
Juice ,feafon’d with aromatic Herbs,
Rofemary,mother of Thyme, Sage,
Majoran, fac. Nor muft a man cat
exceflively or diforderly. On the
contrary,he muft avoid all meats of
a bad juice.as Salt, ftnojk-dricd,and
fowreMeats,milkMcats,andrhe like,'
which were endlefs to mention.
The Drinl^mufi belittle, let the
Patient drink Sage or Rofemary
Wine, or Mede, or Water where¬
in Sage has been boyled. Beer aro-
matifed, and well fermented and
clear, may be allowed *, and alfo
drinking of Tea. ALL feculenr,gene-
rous Wines muft be utterly avoided,
as Hungarian, ftrong Frenb, Italian
and Spanifh Wines, becaufe they
have a fubtll tartar in them, that
is fharp and hurtful to the Nerves,
as Faracelfus trail. 2. de contrall.c. 5.
reftifies. And the trembling joyncs
of Baccbus\ Heroes, and fuch as
offer facrifice to him whole nights,
confirm the fame, who thereby do
not only difturb Chylific3tion, but!
ftupifie the animal Spirits, and
fo turn Executioners to themfelves.
But drinking of Brandy or Aqua
lira (rather mortis') muft above all
be forborn,bccaufe thefe, as all nar¬
cotic and foporiferous things, inor-
tifie and banifh the animal Spirits,
Let him Exercift the paralytic
Part moderactly, but forbear all
violent motion,for fuch wearies the
Limbs and wafts the Spirits. And
too much Reft alfo renders the Bo¬
dy flaccid,by filling the Head with
ferous matter: for Waters, except
they move, muft seeds corrupt and
M p*
mr
l6x Of a
Putrefy •, and juft fo the Blood and
Serum grow ropy, and thereby
§. 14. Pharmaceutic Cure.
become fit to caufe Obftruftions.
Sleep muff bcmoderace,day deep
and long deep are naught. And
N Ow that we are come to the
Pharmaceutic Cure, we muft
they take no good courfc with them- know that the Old Galenifts com¬
felvci, who arc too much delighted mend Preparers in a Palfy, furh
with Morpbeui his pleafing Phan- as Hjdromel, Oxjmel, decoctions of
tafms: for fo, upon the approach Florentine IrU Root, Flowers of
of au Enemy from abroad the Sage, French Lavender, Nutmeg,
Brain may be drowned, which in¬ Cinnamon, Mel r afar urn, Sgllrtickm,
undation threatens an unhappy If- Water of Sage, Betony, Majoran ,
fue, either in a palfy, or in an A- fyc. They extol the drinking of
poplexy. Too much Watching alfo a Decotfion of Sage and orher a-
is naughr.’ For it exhaufts the ani¬ romatlck Herbs for four or five
mal Spirits,and weakens the Brain, days. After thefe things they pre-
and whole nervous kind. feribe various Evacuaters, fuch as
As to the Excreta and Retenta, pilult cochi a, de agarico, foetida, ma-
Stool and Urine ought to pafs ac¬ ftichina, <&c. hiera dia colocyntbidof,
cording to Nature, every day, if dia catholicum. But in this Difeafc
poffihlc. Other ufual Evacuations, they ufe Pills more than Eleftuaries,
fuch as the Menfes , Hainorrhoids, becaufe they think, Pills draw the
Sweat, <£rc. fhould be made in due matter better from remote Parts.
time, or procured. They hold that a Vomit fhould be
As to the Vajjiont of the Mind, iven once a week, of fome of their
the Patient fhould liudy to be ckcar- nown Vomits. If a Pa'fy coroe
ful, whereby brisk, fubtiL faline, from abundance of Blood, £ which
volatil and oyly Particles arc bred it feldom does) and the Body be
in his Blood, of which afterwards plethorick, they allow and advife
animal Spirits arc made, which are bleeding on the found fide.And when
the mod fubril Part, yea, the flow¬ the Patient has ufed thefe things
er of the Blood. Far off there, three or four times, then they be¬
fore be his Enemies, Grief, Sad- take themfelves to Rcvellents, a-
nefc, Care ; for fuen as emaciate mong which Clyfters made with
thernfclves with the Paffions ot the Sage, Chamomil, Majoran, Marfh-
Mind, pur a Sword to their own mallowv Rue, adding a little bier*
Throats. I have known feveral, picra, Sal gemma, and fome boylcd
who through Grief and Care have Oyls, are good. Here alfo Maftica-
fillen into a Palfy. Anger muft torics prefent themfelves, of Nut*
be wholly avoided : for the trem¬ njeg, Pcllitory of Spain, &c. alfo
bling of the Joynts and Tongue Gargarifms, Cuppings, Natalia,(nee-
teftify, what an Enemy it is to the zing Powders, Fridtions with a
Nerves, hright alfo and fudde-n coarfe hot Cloth, and they apply
Fear ftiould Ik- avoided in this Dif- Bfiftcrs to the Neck. When all
eafe : rhongh there be a rare In- thefe things are done, they fly to
ftance in Valerida , how violent Corroborate, which ftrengthea
Commotions of the Mind have done the Brain and Nerves, and are faid
good in this Cafe j for Fear fixes co amend aU manner of Intemj*-
ifee Spirits, r*-

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 Of a Palfy. 16\
rarure, fuchasTreade,Mlthridate,' . c __a tn~ ,
Di umbra, Diamofchk Juice, Prefer- Take of Extraft of Pepper, Carda-
mom, Caftor, Anacardium, Oyl of
Ved Ginger, Conferveof
veaumger, Sage, t>c-
ca>uici »c ui o«tgc, Be- (
tony, Rofemary Flowers, Galan- Bays, Dill each one Ounce and
gale^rc. a Decoftion of the Woods I an half, Nutmeg half an Ounce.
and acarHi Root, Ginger, French Mix them.
Lavender, Ground-Pine, foe. They j Lib. 7. de gradib. c. 2. He lays,
foment the paralytic Part with a Lavender is a great Medicine in this
Decofiion of Aromatics. They j Difeafe, and alfo Baum, fometimes
make a Bath for the pan affected of Betony, Caftor, Pepper , fat Oyl
a Decoction ef a Fox. They fir ft of Sulphur ', yet he adds, thac all
anoynt the part with Oyl of a Fox, things arc not good for all People.
and then wrap it in his Skin. They In lib. 5. de vensfeit. he condemns
make Baths their Refuge, as well bleeding in the Toes, but he is for
fulphureous as nitrous, eicher Na¬ opening a Vein before the Fit comes,
tural or Artificial. They put the Pa¬ where he fhews the manner and
tient in a fweating-Tub twice a day, time of doing it. In die Palfy he
and they apply heated Stones be- fays, comfortable and ftrengthning
fprinkled with hot Wine*, and when things muft be given by themfelves*
tney come out they are put to bed, fuch as Aqua vita, Eflcnce of La¬
and take a Drachm of Venice Trea¬ vender, Aurum Potabtle, Liquor of
cle, and they order the Nerves to Pearl, dye. He has this procefs.
be anoynted with fome proper aro¬
matic Oyl. Among things that Take of pure Sol purged by Anti¬
ftrengthen the extreme Parts, they mony two Efachms, Water of
extol Vnguentum A grippe de C.a- Sal gemm fix Ounces, reduce
ftorcoJJardo, ex Pipere, Oyl of Cha- them into one with a Separation
momil, Worms, Rue, Philtfopho- of the Spirit of Wine; tnen take
raw. Bays, Turpentine, Coftinum, of Saffron two Drachms, Alcohol
Sulphur, (ye. But I will not write torrefied fix Drachms: the Dbfe
Iliads after Homer. from three Grains to four o*
fix. Or.
I*- Take of Sol prepared one Scrupltj
rT*Hc J&itacrl lifts ufe the fame Lavender Water corrected vvittt
x Cure both in an Apoplexy and Alcohol of Wine and Spike each
a Palfy, whofe Mailer lays down a one Ounce; the Dofe one Scruple •
twofold Cure, depending on a two¬
fold Caufe, to wit, a Refolutum ftc- He highly commends arcanum
cum, and a Refolutum coagulatum. Sulphur it in Palfies and withering*
The firft Gutta he endeavors to cure of the Limbs tr. 2. de memb. contrail^
with this following. The Defcription of it follows.
Take of Extrafi of Spike, Laven¬ Take of Flowers of Sulphur half *
der, Cbeiri Flowers} each three pound, white Antimony two
Ounces , Axuhgia de Mumia, Ounces, Juice of Gold one Ounce,
Man’s Marrow each one Ounce Aqua Vita circulated ten Ounces.
and an half. Mix them. Digeft them a Month. The
But he cures a Gutta from a Dofe is half 4 Drachm.
Refolutm coagulatum in this manner. M 2 ‘ ~ 0*

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164 Of a Palfy.
He alfo commends Pearl, Eallam
of Antimony, arcanum quintcjfentia,
Ovl of Vitriol, foe. For to purge,
he mixes powder of Man s Bones
with purgatives. After Internals he
a’fo delivers feveral Externals, he
makes Fomentations with Lccufis
of the firrTree and tops of Juniper.
He orders the Part to be anoynted
with Fox Oyl and Galbanerum Para-
teljt.He commends natural,ftrength-
ening and hot Baths. If you would
h .Ve more, confult him.
§. 16.
F Or now we will go to the Hel-
montians, who highly value vo-
la til Salts, efpecially fuch as are
made of cephalic Aromatics: and
they highly extol Vomits in this
Difeafc,fuch as emetickTartar,white
Vitriol, afarum Root, foe. and other
Experiments, which the firft Au¬
thor of this Sed, that accurate Ob-
ferverof dcftillacions, knew, which
we mud conceal, becaui’e they Bill
lie buried in Obfcurity.
• dc fuccino or a loeph angina ; he advi¬
17.
-c \ T3HUfi,whei) the Palfy comes
VV from an external Acci¬
dent, to" wit, a blow, falling from
on high, a wound, excels of cold,
or the like, becaufe in thefe Cafes
there is an Efflux of Blood.and Hu-
mors, he advifes bleeding, and to
keep the Belly always open with a
Clyfter, then to put the Patient to
bed and give him a gentle Sweat,
chat the ferous fuperfluicies may gra¬
dually exhale, and the animal Spi¬
rits being gently agitated may do as
they were ufed; for which end he
commends Pulvii ad caftan, deferi-
hed in the ^if/f.irDifpenfatory,and
theTraumatick Decoftion with root
of Madder or buscer-Bur, or flow¬
Go gle
ers of St. Johns Wort. If there
be a Tumor, Contufion or Wound,
he applies di vers Balfams,Liniments,
Fomentations or Cataplafms to the
part affe&ed ■, and if the part be
diflocated,it muft prefently bercpla-
ced: If no fwelhng appear, then
he commends empUjirum oxycroce-
um, de mnio, fore. Sometimes he
will have the paralytic Limb put
into horfe Dung or hot Grains and
held there a good while. In gene¬
ral, he is not for bleeding in this
Difeafe, becaufe the animal Spirits
are both bred of the Flower of the
Blood, and become elaftic within
the motive Fibres, by rcafon of the
copula of the Elood; therefore if the
Elood be diminifhed, the Spirits
will fail, and the Limbs of neceflity
will flag.
He commends Evacuations about
the Equino&ials, and efpecially a
Vomit of tartarum emeticurti about
three or four Grains, Sulphur of
Antimony, foe. Among Purgatives
he chufes Refin of JaUp, PiluU
fes the giving of cephalick Medi¬
cines after them,and between whiles,
fuch as Eleduaries,Powders, Spirics
and volatil Saits, Tindures and E-
lixirs, with deflillcd Waters. For
the ordinary Drink he.commends
Beer medicated with Sage, Eetony,
French Lavender, Sallaphras wood,
Winter Bark, the whole year long.
IAues may be made in the found
Arm or other Parts,'efpecially in
fee and cachetic Perfons. In a bili¬
ous or hoc Palfy, he advifes the
forbearance of Medicines that are
hot and endued with adive Parti¬
cles ; and in this Cafe he only ad¬
mits of gentle things. Inafcorbu-
tic Palfy, juices and dcflillcd wa¬
ters of antifitorbttcic Herbs, mixe
wish Cephalics, do the work.
 of 4?
,He commends topical Remedies,
Specially about the Part affe&ed.
He. advifes to put the paralytick
Limbs into the Belly or Bread of a
Bead new killed, or in a Bath, for
a good wljile.. piaphoreticks Jjre
good in fome Conditutions, but not
in cholerick ones. He fays, like-
wife, That Salivation has cured fe-
veral.
£jV$lbius in a pituitous my,
^ i. Purges, t. He gives Errlunes,
Sternutatories and Apophfegma-
t'lifms.Hls Purges arePhlegmagogues,
but dpecially itercurius duliis. For
he obferves. That Mercurials are
good to purge Phlegm, and Anti-
monials for Choler. Iflijcs, Sctons
in the Neck, and Cuppings are
good j and bleeding, if there be a
Plechorv or Ihortnefs of Breath.
Sudorincks are good to correct the
Humors. And outward applicati¬
ons arc very proper. If it pro¬
ceed from a narcofts, diarp things
endued witfi a fixivious volatil Salt,
will cure it.
t i9-
T He Catte'Iar.fl . fird give a
gentle Purge. Then they cor-
reft the vifeid Blood, they open
the Pores of the Brain and the
Nerves by Sudorificks, and they
ufc Tartar, to extra# the virtues
<jf the Sim pits the better. And
Fad of all they give ftrengtbning
end adringent things.
Go gle
Mf
§. 20.
otoit Method is this;
tirffc we purge the coa¬
gulated Strum. If an Acid a-
bound, we give Antacids;
But always in Purging we
mud confider the Patient’s
ftrength. And in this cafe
gentle Pursers are belt. Aloe-
ticks are good. And divers In-
fufions and medicated Wines;
But Preparers muft be giveri
firlt, made of Inciders and
Ablorbents. Vomits are pro¬
per, Specially tartarum emeticum
diadc after J-udovicu t his Way,'
from one Grain to five. Dia-
phoreticks aifo ate . good.
Where an Acid offends, vola¬
til Alkali’s arc proper j and
volatil urinous Salts, and lo-
lid fixt ones do good, they
ferment the B!6od, and rare¬
fy the Animal Spirits ,• and
they being rarefied free them-
felves of me narcotick Recre¬
ments, and expel them out oT
the Body.’
We are furniflied with Mat¬
ter for them out of tt;e three¬
fold Kingdom , as Sal cornu
Cent fuccinai. tolat. and ( not
to feek abroad what we have
at home ) Salt and Spirit of
Soot : If you had rather have
that which is dearer, you'lmay
make ufe of Effence of Caff or.
Spirit of Sc l Armoriac. Uquor
c. r. facet not. and other Volatil
things.
m ? we
166 Of a fdlfy.
We alfo reckon oyly Volatils Take Off. mierttofar. pr*p. three
to be of fingular ufe in this Cafe, Drachms, of the back Bone of
by which we have recover’d ma¬ Vipers one Drachm, cmab. An-
ny among! I which Scbtfer's Bal- timon. four Seraphs. Mix them,
famus nervinus far excels all the and make a Powder, of which
reft which is ufuaily prepar’d of give a Scruple at a time. Or,
Sale of Harrs-horn, volatil Oyl of
Mace, and Spirit of Wine \ Pre¬ Take Tmtl. Beyart. Efftnt. lign. ,
parations of Vipers are likewife ve¬ ctmpaf. of each a Drachm, Sptr. ’
ry good ; with the volatil Salt of nijir. Cfphil. a Scruple. Mix
which the Excellent tirelius them. Of which let the Patient
cur’d the Prince of who take every Morning for fcveral
was Tick of this Difofe. Some¬ days in what quantity he plea*
times precipitating, fix’d or dulci¬ fes.
fying and Abforbent Ale ah' s do
the work \ efpeciaily when roixt Eut volatil Salts are tire beft iq
with other Specifics, mdeliusi Ab¬ this Cafe, as alfo in all cold Di-
forbent, deferib’d in his Opiolth ftempers commonly fo call'd •, be*
gift, is very efficacious *, to which, caufc they compofe the enraged

ded pulvit iHmbricorvn ,

if there be cccafion, may be ad¬ Spirits, and by their Particles
terra which are Volatil, piercing and
(Meet*, prop nr. or their volatil grateful to the Nerves, infinuare
Sikh themfelvcs into their Pores, and
run quite through them ; and by
Take Bernard. Mart, tw elve Grains, that means give a free Palfage and
Pul vis abforbens Wtdel. one Scru¬ Vigor to tne Animal Spirits, cn-
ple , Afarchion. half a Drachm. creafing them as cnefire dees ano¬
Mix them, and divide it into ther. For the fake of Beginners
three equal Parts for three we will add a Receipt or two.
Doles. Or,
Take Pulv. Oephal. D. Aiichacl/s half
Take Water of Ctrduus Btntdi- a Drachm, Magijl. Cron, human.
i Hus, Germander of each one Caflor of each ten Grain;. Mix
Ounce, Sfir. C. C. fuccinat, them for two Dofes.
twelve Grains, Efftnt, Antimon.
tar tar if it. fifteen Grains, Sy¬ Take Water of Lily of the Valley
rup of Siordtum as much as will half an Ounce, Volatil Spirit of
feive to fweeten it. Mix it for Sal Amoniac, two Drachms*
a Draught, and let the fick Mix them. Or,'
Perfirn difpofe his Body to
lwcar. Take Elixir. Ciphal. ‘fartarifat. twq
Drachms, Spirit of Sal Armnni-
Eefides all Preparations of Vi¬ ac. half a Drachm, Oyl of Mar*
pers. arc very (bvereign in this Di* yoram five Grains. Mix them. Or,
ilemper both raken internally, and
appl'ed outwardly. Ex.gr. Take Sfir. Secundinar. Liq. C. C.
fuccinatus of each one Drachm,
Eflcncc of Cuftor half a Drachm,
cf

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 Of a Palfy. 167
of the Woods one Drachm. Scurvy, (reports; the fame of the
Mix them. The Dofe is twenty Bjth in Somerfet-ihire.
Drops. If the Palfy come by taking Nar¬
cotics immoderately, as we have
In a fcorburic Pally, and that fometimes obferved, then the Phy-
which comes from the Colick, let f cian muft ply the Patient with Me¬
fuch Remedies beapply’dasferve to dicaments that abound with a vo-
invigorateand flrengthen the Brain latil lixivious Salt and other faline
nd Nerves, rnixt with ftrong An- Volatils, as the Etlencc of Caftor,
rucorbudcs j which cannot be bet¬ &c.
ter done titan by putting abforbent Befides thefe Pharmaceutics, we
and precipitating Medicines to an- advife Chirurgic Operations, but
tifcorbutic Remedies, which be¬ bleeding is not to beadvifed in this
ing thus mixe, are of wonderful Cafe ; for feeing we find all the
Ule. Ex.gr. Parts feeble in Paralytics, what elfe
can lethe effe&s of bleeding, but
Take Spirit of Scurvy Grafs,Brook- to pour forth the precious Balfam
lime, Elix. Vropr. prepared with of Life already brought fo low,
the Spirit of Scurvy Grafs,Spirit, which done , the Soul departs ?
lumbricer. terr. of each a Drachm. Yet we do not intend to’ rejett
Mix them. Spirit of Tartar Phlebotomy ; for in a particular
dulcifi’d, Tintture of Mars, Vi¬ Palfy that comes by a Fall, or
triol of Mars, Puli if D.Mkhae- Stroke, or from the Elood, fyc.
lu, are very good ; and Diure¬ we allow it. And alfo if the Hae¬
tics are alio very proper to re¬ morrhoids or other cuflomary E-
move the tartarous Recrements, vacuations have been flopt for fome
as the fowre and feculent Scum, time, we then approve it, asalfo
or the impure and wild Saks. if it happen in the beginning of a
Ex. gr. refolving Apoplexy that turns into
a palfy. So likewife we forbid
Take of the Salt of Germander, Cupping with Scarification, which
Ground-pine, Seordium of each do only torture the Patient, and
a Scruple , Tartar vitriolated attract foggy Mills and wild Particles
half a Drachm , Lap. Cancror. that obflruiA the Pallages.
two Scruples, Oil of Cloves one Now, that the Spirit and Heat
Grain. Mix them, and make with the Blood may be deriv’d to
a Powder to be divided into the Parts, and that a lively Tone
eight parts for fo many times may be brought to the loofened
taxing. Part, we advife rubbing, efpecially
when the Scnfe once fails ; nor do
Butin this Cafe fulphurous Baths we think that flinging with frelh
arc proper \ for citcfnti fays, He Nettles is to be neglcftcd. j which
has known divers thrown into a is to be us’d once or twice a day,
Palfy out of a Colick, which was till the Part grow red.
formerly Epidemical amongft them, • We like Secons and Cauteries ve¬
and perfc&ly cured in a fliort time ry well, as Sjhius alfo does, for
by tnefc Baths. The mod famous they evacuate the ferous Matter.
Dr. chaileton in his Treatifc of the If the biftemper come from Com-
M ^ pref-

Go gle
i«8 Of a Ttilfy.
predion, a Wound, Contortion or We approve of Fomentations,
rrafture, thofc parts mud be put Walhings, Perfumes of proper
in their proper places with all Herbs and Aromatics, which may
fpeed imaginable. be infus’d in the Spirit of Wine,
Amongfl outward Topics we and afterwards defhH’d ; for thefc
commend above all other, the won¬ fpiritous things penetrate, fweeten,
derful artificial Balfam laid to the irradiate and ftrengthen the Parts.
N pe of the Neck: But to the back For this end we commend the fol¬
Bone thefc that follow. lowing antiparalytic Effence often
found by us to be very good for the
Take Vngurntum Afatiiatum, Ner¬ Members.
vi num of each half an Ounce,
Oil of Bricks, of Amber of each Take of the volatil Salt of Harts¬
half a Drachm, 01. Petrol, one horn one Ounce, difloJve it in
Drachm. Mix than. Or, an aromatic Liquor, and add of
the two precious Refins which
Take Vnguentum Nervi turn one the Sea throws forth of each
Ounce, 01. Anthos, Amber of four Ounces, of the Eflcnce of
each one Scruple, boiled Rue fweet finclling Mummy two Oun¬
three Drachms, Spike, Sage, Ju¬ ces. Mix them, and keep it as
niper of each half a Drachm, a Treafure againft the Pally. Or,
halftm. it Peru.nigr.onc Drachm.
Mix them. Or, Take of the Spirit of Lily ot the
Valiev, Aqua ApofleUica Langit
Take of Vnguentum Nervin. two of each one Ounce, Elfcnce of
' Ounces, Oil of Earth-Worms tailor a Drachm. Mix them,
one Ounce. Mix them. and with this let the Back Bone
be anointed from the Nape of
Oil of Canthariies mixt with o- the Neck to the Hip-Bone.
ther aromatic Oils, and the out-
‘ward Parrs anointed therewith, is Sternutatories, Perfumes, Baths
an excellent Remedy. both Natural and Artificial have a
Let the Belly of a Stork or Cock lhare here;where fulphurous, bitu¬
be fill’d with appropriate Medicines, minous things are much better than
then let it be roafted. The Fat nitrous.The frequent life of Artifici¬
that drops from it, is very good in al Baths,wherein are put Pine leaves
paralytical Diftempers. and Ants, with nervine and pare¬
1 Spirit of Earth-Worms, Ants goric Herbs, and likewife made of
and Wbod-Lice, fyc. will not prove Minerals, are very Excellent in
incffcftual. But let this be cau¬ this Cafe •, for they Arengthen the
tion’d in the mean time, that Oils loofe Parts, reftore the Tone, and
fry’d by themfelves or Fats be not digeft and diflipate the Humors thac
too‘frequently ufed; for by their are got into the parts, that the Spi¬
Vifcidity they flop up the Pores, rits may the more freely rove, and
fo that they mud be diluted with difeharge their Offices.
liotter things, as Tinftures, Spirits And this was the Method of the
tof Wine, and other fpiritous things, famous Borrhm an Italian Phyfician,
al Jidftr oblcrves with us. who put feveral ^nimalsi as, Foxes,
id # .. . Pogs,

Go gle
 Of a Paljy.
Dogs, Ants, Swallom, e$rc in a
Kettle together, and fo made a Bath
of ’em. Whom a great and moft
famous Chirurgcon did fuccasfully
imitate * who made Unguents and
and Oyls of the fame Creatures,
very proper for this and fuch like
Difeaies.
To conclude, by that Excellent
Invention of Transfusion we have
foraetimes cured the Palfy. We
Go gle
t«9
•have likewife many times, with
good Succefs order’d the paralytic
Parts to be put upon hot Things
made of Barley, and the Entrails
of feveral Animals. Nor mull the
Phyfician give out, for tho by thefe
means the Patient be not prefently
cur’d : yet he muft not defpair;
for it is a Chronical Diftcmper, and
fo he mud often revolve in his Mind
what Mpt'crtt. fays, §. 2. Aph. 52.
CHAP.
 (l7o)
CHAP. xn.
Of a Convulfion.
§. i. Etymology.
A Convulfion is deriv’d from
ConveUn, to pull together;
and Spafmus, from enria,
to contra&j becaufe that in this
Difcafc one may obferve both the
beginning and end of the Muf-
cles to be pull’d and contradcd to¬
gether into one. It is alfo abufive-
ly call’d a Cramp. A Spafmus or
Spafm differs from a Convulfion ,
in that the Spafmui is always dolo-
rifickj but a Convulfion is not
fo.
Definition.
TT is ufually defin’d, An involunta-
J ry, anil ant and painful contraZlion
of the fcufdes, proceeding from a more
inward irritation ofthe nervous Parts,
or a loo ftrong Inflation of the A-
nimal Spirits. I faid Imoluntary $
becaufe this Difeafeforcibly moves
the Nerves, or their Fibres and
Mufcles without the confent of the
Will, and fo there is an involuntary
Motion in a part, which before had
a voluntary one ; and it is painful,
becaufe it feizes thofe parts which
have the moft exqnifite Senfation,
Go gle
Difference.
A S to its feveral Species or ra¬
ther Degrees •, fometimes the
whole Body is taken with a hidden
Convulfion, as in a Tetanus, where
the whole Body is upright and
ftretched out, in which Cafe the
Beginning of the Nerves is thought
to be tmre. Injun Emprofotonus and
an Opiftotonus all the parts of the
Body are bended; in the firft, for¬
wards ; in the latter, backwards.
Sometimes all the parts of the Bo¬
dy, except the Head, are twitcht
together; fometimes the Head
only is drawn backward towards
the Back. But it moft frequently hap¬
pens that fome one particular part
is con traded, as the Eye, the Gul¬
let ; ( fo that the Patient cannot
fwallow^ the Tongue, the Skin of
the Forehead, the Neck, the Leg,
Arm, Toe, lire. There is likewife
a gentler fort of Spafmus, tor it
often in a very fhort time goes a-
wav of it felf, fometimes it abates
merely by rubbing, which fort of
Spafnus does fddom continue above
an hour, and this is it we often
perceive in our Legs, Ankles, Fin¬
gers and Tots, Some liaye their
 Of a Convulficn.
Legs and Arms.fo clofely contracted
by it, and fometimes their Hands,
that all the flrength ©f the
by-flanders is fcarce enough to
bring them to their right pofture a-
gain, before the Fit be over. Ci¬
thers have their Mouths fpafmodi-
cally contracted, which they call
Spafmus cynicm and this is when
the broad Mufcle of the Moutli be¬
ing contracted only in one part,
makes the Figure of a grinning
Dog: but if both parts be contract¬
ed, it looks like one hugjiing, and
is call’d Rifus Sardinian. If, be-
fides this, the Mufcles of the Tem¬
ples and jaw-bones be irritated
and contracted, together with a
gnafhing of the Teeth, it is call’d
trifmos. Sometimes the Mandibles
are fo clos’d, that they can never
be open’d.
§. z. Part ajfetted.
A uthors differ greatly about the
Subjetl of the Convulfion.
The Ancients thought the Brain to
be primarily affected, but the grea-
teft part conclude the Mufcles,fome
the Nerves, and fome the Animal
Spirits, as being the Inflrument of
Motion.
Some few, who follow Willis, fay,
It is the Tendons i many, the Ca¬
rt fibrofa, becaufefibrousand mem¬
branous. Sylvius and others the Ce
rebrum zad Cerebellum,together with
the beginning of the Roots of the
fpinalis Medulla. Thus others. Our
own Opinion now follows: Laying it
down firfl as a certain Truth, That
there is the fame Subject of vo¬
luntary or natural, and involunta¬
ry or preternatural Motion, and
that, according to the Opinion and
joynt Confent of Anatomifts, the
Mufcles full of nervous Fibres, are
171
reckon’d the Inflrument of'’vo¬
luntary Motion. We do conclude
that thofe Mufcles are alfo the Or¬
gan and adequate Subjed of that
involuntary fpafraodic Motion,
which Helmont alfo proves, faying,
that the Mufcles have two Motions,
one in which they obferve the Will:
and the other when they are car¬
ried on by their own Motion,with¬
out the Will. And this laft is alfo
twofold j the firfl, when contract¬
ed by one continu’d Violence, as
in the Cramp. We obllrv’d like-
wife in the foregoing Difcourfe,
that a Convulfion is immediately
caus’d bv an Irritation ; for we fre¬
quently fee that the mufcular Flefh
one while feems to be cue, at other
times prickt, without any Convul-
fiun, and on the contrary, thac
Gonvulfions frequently come from
the pricking of the Nerves and
Wounds in the nervous Parts, as
may be feen by the bite of Serpents,
Vipers and other poifonous Crea¬
tures. So that we have reafon to
conclude that the Nerves and their
Fibres are the Subject of afpafmo-
dic Contraction.
For feeing the Nerves have the
quickeft Senfe, they firfl feel the
Irritation before the other parts,
and at the fame time put the Ani¬
mal Spirits they contain, into a
violent Motion, by which means
there muft needs be a deprav’d
Motion and Senfe. We take the
Nerves here inclufively, with their
fibrous,tendinous,membranous Pro¬
ductions, and full of Animal Spi¬
rits ; all which,after there is an Ir¬
ritation, are by a continued Me*
tionfpafmodically contracted, and
fo draw together the whole Muf¬
cle , which is the proper Inftru-
ment of Motion *, and if it be
contrary to its Inclination, con¬
tracted
 17* Of a Convulfion.
traced towards irs Original ic is rturc, and whilft all the parts fub-
properly faid to be hurt ; as in jcA to the Head, are convuls’d, ic
the Spafm of the Eye, which is happens,beftdc this Attrattion,that
call’d Strabifmui ; the Mufcles the Body either cannot be turn’d
that move ic are drawn together. at all, or elfe that it is either fo
In a Spafmus Cynicns the mufcles of drawn forwards, that the Chin is
half the Face only are contraAed , joyn’d to the Ereaft, or fo diftort-
but if of both parts, it makes one ed backwards that the Head, is for¬
fc»k as if he were laughing, and cibly drawn down upon the Shoul¬
is call’d Rifus Sardinian. if the der-blades. Sometimes the Head
Lips are diftorted, the Mafculas la- is violently fhiken to and fro, the
tiu is affefted, from which proceed Face growing very red, and full of
the mufcles of the Lips; and the pain. Somerimcs the Eyes, when
fame may be faid of tlve other parts diftorted, fticd Tears, and the Pa¬
of the Bodv. But we may with tient can fcarcc open his Mouth.
a pleafanc Sacisfa&ion obferve this The Back, C ’eek-bones, Hands and
preternatural Motion, if we take I egs are ftitf,and cannot be ftrerch’d.
notice how the Mufcles of Cattle So that when tlit Difeafe is rooted,
juft kill’d, and yet reeking hot, do the Patienc is fo fadiy tortur’d with
tremble throughout the Body ("like the Extremity of the pain, that
the Hearts of Serpents, Fifties,Eels, lie leaps out of Bed, cries out,and,
dye. when they are pull’d out. ) like a mad man, behaves himfclf
For we fee that they are mov’d va- apifhly, and dotes, the Spirits ro¬
rioufly up and down, tho without ving after this manner out of their
Blood, by the Spirits yet remain¬ Sphere. In the end he difeharge*
ing, which the Excellent EttmnUe- what he drinks through his No-
rw confirms in his Elegant Depu¬ Arils, and fancies feveral forts of
tation, call’d, the Small Beginning idea's.
9f Great Difeafes, §. i There
may be a Convulfion in every pare,
$.4. Caufe.
where there are Fibres; and all
Pains may be derived from hence. T He Slttaent0 declar’d the im¬
mediate Caufe of this Diftem-
per to be either a Repletion or
3. Signs. Emptinefs, contrary to Helmont't
7E now pafs to the Sign?, Opinion,who look’d upon’em boch
w J hv
by u/hirli
which vuf* onpftar
we guefs this as'old Women’s Stories.
ac this The Re-
Difejfe. In every Diftention of i pletion they deriv’d eitherfrora the
the Nerves there is commonly a | Blood, whence they fay a Convul-
great Pain, which does ftrangely tion comes even in a healthful Bo¬
decay the Strength, efpecially if it dy, in cafe of too much Eafe, or
continue long beiides, the part exceflive Eating and Drinking : or
aft'efted does (o ftrongly incline to elfe from the pituicous Humor
its Original, through the mediati¬ which, like the Blood, runs into
on of the Nerve?, Mufcles and A- the fubftance of the Nerves and
mmal Spirits, and all this without Mufcles, provided the Mufcles fweU
the content of the Will \ that ic and are dilated, according to cheir
xs hardly reduc’d to its former Po¬ Profundity, Latitude, and Longi¬
tude,

Go gle
 Cf a Convulfion.
tude, and after they are con trad¬
ed j for then they think a Convul¬
fion or Spafra arifes.
Buc they deduce the immediate
Caufes from fcveral Things: either
from an Apofthume, or the rtop-
page of fome natural Evacuation,
and fometimes alfo from grofs Va
pors, when the Spafnm comes on
a fudden, and goes otf gently.
Thus far for Repletion, now for
Inanition.
That the Emptinefs or Drinefs
of the Nerve is often a Caufe, they
endeavour to prove by thefe Rea¬
sons : Becaufe a Spafmm is a longer
time in contracting, and too much
Labor, immoderate Watchings, a
Burning Fever, Care, immoderate
Sweating, Vomiting, Purging, Lofs
of too much Blood , immoderate
ufe of Women, Inflammation, Vo¬
miting by Hellebore or other poy-
fonous Things, Torture, a Hcdic
Fever, Cauteries, or Veficatories
indifcrcetly apply’d to fome ner¬
vous Part, a great Heat in the ner¬
vous Parts, or other fucli like
things have preceded. For from
thefe remote or procatardic Cau¬
fes they fay it happens that the
Body, and fometimes the Nerves
themfdves, aredry’d up to that de¬
gree, tliac their proper radical Moi¬
sture being fpent they are parch’d
like Leather before the Fire, and I
are
a"* fhrunk together.
§. y.
P 3Irareiftis refers a Spafmtu
£ which he calls ContraHwra)
and its Rife, to an Epilepfy , he
holds its principal Caufe to be rhe
Spirit of Mercury, impregnated
with an acetous Salt, making five
forts according to die diverficy of
its CauCes. i. He fays ic comes
Go gle
, *7J
from fome Hurt, Wound, Blow,
Bruife,Fall,Nerves fhrunk,a Wound
not well cured. 2. From the Stone
and Gravel in the Reins, and Blad¬
der. 3. From the Colick, the
fharpnefs of the yellow and black
Choler putting the Members into a
Convulfion. 4. From Anger. 5.
From Wine. In another place he
proves this Diftemper comes from
a kind of Microcofmical Mercury,
by thofe who meddle much with
it. In another he holds that ic
proceeds from Wind or a Fltaut,
as alfo from too much Eating and
Drinking.
§. 6.
T T ©Intont calling this Diflempcr
I-! a fmaller Epilepfy, thinks e-
very Convulfion to come from the
vital Blat o{ the Mufcles, fiirr’d up
by the innate Arcb.nu, which is
occasion'd by fome malignant thing,
running into the Arcbsus of the
Mufcles, and there privately de¬
igning againft Life; and in cap. 11_
de Lvhiaji n. 131, 132. he fays
there are feveral forts of Spafms;
as in an Aflhma he thinks the Mem¬
brane thac incorapafles the Lungs
to be affeded ; in a Pleurify , the
Pleura; in the Palpitation and
A nxiety of the Heart, ,the Media-
(Unitm or Diaphragma; in Vomiting,
Hiccoughing, cardialgia, or Heart-
bum, the Stomach ; in the Drop-
fy., &c. the Abdomen, in inter¬
mitting Gripes or Colicks, the
Intcflincs ; and alfo that in a
Gonorrhea, the vafa par aflat a ace
contr3ded by the fliarpnefs of the
Seed, and thac thereby a Spafmus
is caus’d. He believes all the con-
tradions of thefe Parts to be pain¬
ful, becaufe they affed the Arch*-
us and Spirir, with their Sharpnefs,
Crab-
 Of a Convulfion.
Crabbednefs, or degrees of Hear
and Cold ; for he will have the
greateft Heat to proceed from Fire ;
the next from Alcali% or Corro¬
sives, Sowre , Crabbed, Pontick j
and alfo from fait, fharp, bitter
Things and Poyfons.
7-
\ A 7311*8, that Englifh Galen,
VV fuppofes certain hetero¬
geneous and very explofiveParticles,
to encreafe with the Animal Spi¬
rits that are in this or that Region
of the Body ; and fhews that the
violent and frequent Explofions,
caus’d through the milchievous
Combination and redlefs Collifion
of this Matter and the Spirits, do
bring fpafmodic Fits. For as often
as the nitrofulphureous Particles en-
creafie with the fpirituous faline
Particles of the Animal Spirits,
fo often are impetuous Explofions
caus’d ; which fpafmodic Explofi-
ons,according to our Author,are not
only rais’d in the Mufcles; but alfo
in the Membranes, Scomach, In-
tedines, Mefentery, and other parts
void of Blood. The Cramp or
Tetanus commonly tomes, when the
Animal Spirits violently jump from
one or both Tendons into the Ven¬
ter of the Mufcle, from whence
not returning as ufually, but flay¬
ing too long between the Flefh ,
fwell it up mightily and contract it;
and then if other Spirits neither
yield tothefe Mufcles, nor are con-
traded with them , the fliff part
is ftretched with intolerable Pain.
The Caufe of this is faid to be, an
heterogeneous Matter, which paf-
fing into the Mufcles through the
nervous DuRut's, with their juice,
and cohering with the Spirits,
makes them elaflic and fliff, fo
Go gle
that they cannot be kept within
the tedinous Fibres, but deliring
more room to play in, run out in¬
to the Fle/h, and there flay till
their Tumor abate.
f. 8.
Flfomctfcus dc le ®oe
htus imputes the Caufe fome-
times to an Acrimony, and fome-
times to an Acidity in the Humors;
and fo argues that one while Cho-
ler, efpecially black, as being the
fharpen and mod acid of all, ano¬
ther while putrefy’d Phlegm, be¬
came in tins,-either the acid,or lixi-
vious Salt lies, is the Caufe of this
Difeafe; for through the Acidity
and Acrimony of thefe Humors,
the membranous parts of the Brain,
Cerebellum, the fpinalk Medulla, rhe
Nerves, and indeed of every Thing
elfe,are fo vellicated, and aftefted,
that a violent, copious and lading
Motion of the Animal Spirits to
the Fibres of the Mufcles, follows
upon it; which is what we call 2
Spafmus.
9■
''T'He Cartcfiane do lovingly a-
x gree in the Caufe of this Di-
demper, with the Ancients, (which
happens but feldom) for they de¬
rive the Caufe from the Fulnefs or
Emptinefs of the Nerves or Marrow;
and prove it by the fame Indance
that the Ancients do: That is, as
the firings in an Indrument are
contra&ed by too great drynefs or
heat, even fo are the Nerves con¬
vuls’d and drawn clofer together ;
and they will have the Cramp to
come by a clammy, cold and thick
Flatus, that fwells and didends the
parts; and tliey prove it by this a-
k mongil
 Of a Convulfion.
mongfl other Arguments -, becaufe as the famous Et mutter us ingenious¬
it may be remov’d by moderate ly argues. And fo a Spafmus pro¬
Heat, and only by rubbing the ceeds from the Pipes of the Muf-
Part. cles being obftrufted, which makes
the Humors to flick there j and
IO. the Spirits being hinder’d from en-
tring in, rufh into tliofe Fibres a-
\ K leaving others to their bout the Obfiru&ion, and by that
V \ Opinions, may be allow¬ Irruption, irregularly twitch the
ed to give our own •, which is, Nerves; and this Reafon they
That a Convulfion,both General and give,why the Spirits in great quan¬
Particular, comes immediately from tity run into the Mufcles, through
the fury and diforder of the Ani¬ the open Pores of the Nerves, and
mal Spirits, which is yet fomewhat difiend them fo much. The firfl
lefs than in an Epilcpfy. Now all and principal Caufe of a Spafm very
Motion comes principally from the often lies in the Member it felf,and
Spirits, for Vis they that are the not in che Brain. Let us now a while
promoters of local Motion in the confider the Mediate Caufcs. The
Oeconomy of the Body, by the Enemy coming arm’d with fo ma¬
help of the moving f ibres; fo ny feveral Weapons,fome fharp and
that as often as any part is affeded fome blunt, attacks all the nervous
with pain, through the inordinate Fibres,being the Outworks In which
and violent Vibration of the fenfi- the Animal Spirits refide, which
ble Fibres, the Spirits are forc’d Spirits running out impetuoufiy, an
to that part, by which is caus’d a Irritation of thofe nervous parts
full and little lefs than fpafmodic is caus’d ; by which more inward
Tention of them: for fo long as and conflant Irritation, the nervous
the Spirits have their elaftic Mo- Fibres are twitched ___ and con trad-
tion, fo long will remain in Vigor ' ed •, the Mufcles are fhorten’d and
-/-
the Tone l moving Fibres,
of the -' and fwell, together with a Pain and
from thence an Aptitude as well of Hardnefs caus’d only by this vio¬
prefently receiving a fenfible Im- lent Influx of the Animal Spirits.
preflion cf outward Objeds, as a For it is the fiirinking up of the
continual endeavor to move. So nervous Fibres, moved with pain,
that the local Mocion of the con¬ andnot Fumes and Vapors that caufe
taining parts will continue together convulfive Motions. Now thofe
with a quick diflriburion of the things that twirch the nervous Parts,
parts contain’d, and, according as and caufe Crifpations, are all Harp,
the occafion may be, with an in¬ bilious, fometimes acid, pontic
ordinate Commotion, and, fome- Humors, communicated to the Ge¬
times Exclufon of thofe Parts. ms nervofum together with the
For the motive force of thofe Spi¬ Blood and Lymph*, by Circulation.
rits being flopt, and their darting Alfo feveral firong Purgers taken in¬
influence in a manner hindred , wardly , Annmonial Medicines
the Tone of the Fibres will ccafe which are as bad as Poyfon j for by
too propcrcionably, the cafie re¬ means of the pricking of Antimo-
ception of-Senfibles will abate, and nial Particles, drank In the Inftfi-
sheir motive Endeavor will decay y on of Cncus Met a forum, or x it rum
An*

Go gle
 176 Of a Cenvuljion.
Antimoni't, the Fibres both of the confequently more hurtful to the
Stomach and alfo other Vifcera and Nerves. We have fean this Spafm
Parts, may be drawn together and commonly happen t« fcorbutic
twitched, which is the Reafon thac Perfons, by reafon of the Fluidity
irregular Vomits often forerun Con- of the Salt; as we fadly obferv’d
• vulnons. For if an Acrimony hap¬ in a Councellor’s Lady of good
pen to affcft the nervous Part, the Quality, who firft vomited a great
Crifpation fpoken of before begins quantity of acid Phlegm, which
by degrees, till it arrives at the was follow’d by a*Convulfion of
Brain , and difturbs the Animal the Hands and Arms, together with
Spirits *, fo that it is plain by what very great pain* of the Hearc. Af¬
has been Cud, That a Spafm does ter the Acid was mitigated, all the
not fo much, as the Ancients Symptoms abated by Remedies we
would have it, come from Empti-} fhall fpcak of hereafter, and fo the
nefs, as an Acrimony which follows ■ Difeafc was cur’d,
it j as we may fee in an Hyperca- AllfharpPoyfons,Wounds,Blows,
J
tbarju *, as the Excellent Wedelim Bites of venemous or mad Crea-
obferves in Ephemer. German. An. tures, and prickings of the Nerves,
io. obf. 7$. nor do we excufe here may caufe this Difeafe. A fed In-
any feculent, poyfonous, tartarous, fiance of this we knew in a skilful
acid Humor, whether it be Phlegm,; Apothecary, who had a little Splin-
or Serum, or the Succus pancreati- } ter of Wood ftruck into his little
cus, according to thac old Obferva- ( Finger, which without doubt was
tion : Acids are hurtful to the Nerves, poyfon’d Q for it was on a Table
For this Reafou thofe that have the j where he was handling Poyfon )
Gout are fo often vex’d with Spafms, which betaking no notice of; the
as alio Children, who, through eat-j next day it fwdl’d and grew very
ing too much, have either too vif- j painful * upon which Convulfions
cous an Acid or Worms in their . following, he dy’d: fo that if the
Stomach i as alfo thofe of riper j hoflile Particles,or thofe Spikes flick
Years, who drinking too much very clofe in that tenacious, clam¬
Rhenifh Wine, for the fake of the my Texture, as they do eafily to
grateful Gufl of its Acidity , are the inward nervous and very fenfi-
punilh’d with a Trembling •, fo that ble Coat of the Stomach •, by means
the Acid, to caufe a Convuluon, of that painful continu’d Imprefli-
mud be fomewhat more fix’d, grof- on, the Spirits may be violently
fer, and mixtwith fomethingTno- forc’d ; and a Spafm of the Sto¬
derately vifeid •, but it mu ft not be mach under the Pylorus, and fo a
a volitil Acid, for by running into fpafmodic vomiting may be caus’d.
the Pores of the Brain, it will ra¬ Nor do we doubt that all the other
ther andlooner produce an Epilcp- parts of the Body, and the Vifcera.
fy, than a Convulfion: Amongft themfelves, as the Vencricle,Reins,
remoter Caufes'we reckon all things Follkulus Fellit, Heart, Inteftines,
which adminifter Acrimony enough Mefentery, Bladder, Womb, <fyc.
to irritate the nervous Fibres, ei¬ thofe which have Nerves, the Or¬
ther by communicating it to them, gans of Senfation , may be irritated
or fpending the gentle Humors, fo and drawn together, and fo be ta¬
as that the reft become fharper and ken with a SpaQn or convulfive
Crifpa-

Go gle
r Of a Cohvulfion.
Crifparion ; for where ever there
are nervous Fibres, there may
be a Spafm. The Skin like-
wife full olf thefe, is a fort of won¬
derful Net, knit of the Fibres of
the Arteries,Veins Nerves,and Ten¬
dons , varioufly complicated into
one another •, yet fo as that it is
more nervous than veinous ; fur*
nifhed with fuch aftockof nervous
and tendinous little Fibres, toge¬
ther with a great number of very
imali capillar Arteries and Veins in¬
terwoven ; fo that we make no
doubt of the Contraction of the
"Fibres in the Skin, in fhiverings
and burning Fits, which is noto¬
rious even to every ordinary Phyfi-
cian. We might fpeak more of
the trembling of the Heart, of the
Palpitation, and other convulfiVe
Motions, hyfterick, hypOchondri-
ack, of the trembling of the Limbs,
tfje. but we forbear ; iecaufe the
Famous Witts has ingenioufly and
exactly handled them all. Efpc-
eially feeing the quick Reader may,
by making a dedu&ion from what
has been already faid,eafily find out
the Caufe of other like convulfive
Motions, finre they only differ in
place. I will only add one word
concerning Trembling-, that it
comes mollly from the Animal Spi¬
rits running into the oppofite Muf-
cles through the open Valves; which
Spirits either do not flow in with
any force, or elfe violently and in
great quantities, and (b leave thole
Valves open, juft as thfc Wind does
a Door half open, when it blows
gently againft it; or if thofe V.tL
y»lx be hurt.fo as that there be holes
in them, through which the Spirits
have a free pailage. Art idle Life
brings a Spaffn, as breeding Ob-
ftruction, which is rite Occafion of
jr. ' Vtnes, and if the Strength be
Go gkr
§. It. Pro'-firficki
W E now proceed to the Prog-
noftick of this Diftemper.
A Spafm which comes by d Wound
is very often mortal, as we have
known in a Souldicr about three
years fince; as aifo not long ago
in a Country fellow, who was to
be cur’d of a Rupture The Cafe
is alfo bad, if the Convulfion bp
caus’d by Hellebore or other ftrong
Purges, as the great Hippocrates alfo
teftifics. That Spafra is alfo the
more dangerous that comes from
an JfjrpercatharJis and Profufion of
Elood, together with a Weaknefs.
And it will be hard to cure if It pro¬
ceed from a burning and malignant
Fever, fo that it is better a Fever
fhould come after a Convulfion,
than a Convulfion after a Fever;
becaufe a Fever Cures a Spafm, bv
• removing the peccant macter; for
he that is troubled with a Conv*!-
fion, or Diftenfion of the Nerves,
is cur’d if a Fever fupervenc.
Whoever are took with a Tetar
nus die in four days, but if t!:ey
pafs thofe well they arc out of dan¬
ger, as may be feen in Hippier at es
his Aphorifms. If the Patient by
being tir’d out with too frequenc
Tortures, and Convulfions,Jbecome
like one diftrafted, fo that he be
fpeechlefs, want Strength, be fpent
with Sweats, and throw up what
he drinks through his Noftrils,
it is mortal. We have obferv’d
the Diftortions of the Lips, Eye¬
brows, Eyes or Nofe, in a continu’d
Fever to be often figtis of Death*
The fame Diftemper ends in Death
when the Macter is carried to the
Erain; and a worfe Dificmpcr,
as an Epilepfv of Apoplexy fuper-
N fperte
178 Of a Convulfm.
fpcnt. But Hippocrates will better rately ; for elfe feveral Alterations
unfold thcfe Myrteries to you , to in the Humors and Spirits happen.
v hom wc refer you in his Apho- $. Let their Excrements by ftool
riims. be as Narurc requires, as alfo all
other cuftomary Evacuations; for
n. Dietetick Cure. all Obftrutfions of the Vifcera ,
Mefentery, Womb , Haemorrhoids
I Et us now expofe our own are hurtful ; and on the other
, Commodities, and give £Hir hand, all immoderate Evacua¬
Opinion, as to the Dietetid^ Cure. tions an; to be avoided ;
I. Let the Air be temperate and fuch as bleeding at the Nofe ,
clear, avoiding a North, Cold and Womb , Hatmorrhoids , Hjperca-
Winter one. For Hippocrates hai tharfts, cxceflive Sweating , too
long fince obferv’d, That Cold cau- much ufe of Venery, (which di-
fes Convulfions, Diftenftons of the fturbs the Spirits and puts them
Nerves, Elacknefs and Blewncfs upon irregular Motions) Hunger,
and feverifh Shivering*; and we Poifons, ftrong Purges, Medicines
alfo have caution’d it above. 2. of Hellebore, Antimony, foe. con¬
Let their Meat be of good juice, tribute much, and after exceflive
for which purpofe Cream of Pti- Evacuation, caufeafturpnefs both
fan, pocch’d-Eggs, Capons, Hens, in the Blood and Serum ; and fpoil
Chickens,are good. Letthemchoofe the genus nervofum with fpalmodic
rather roaft meat than boyl’d, Contrattions. 6• Let the Mind
and let Cephalicks be added to their be always chcarful; for Pertur¬
meat, fuch as Marjoram , Sage, bations are very dangerous, a-
Time ; alfo Baifms and Almonds mongft which Anger is principally
are convenient. Let them avoid the Caufe of this Diftemper, for
fait, acid, (harp, briny Meats; nor Anger fharpens the Bile, and Bile
let them eat too much, fo as that fharpens the Animal Spirits, by
it cannot be digefled, but turn to which they become irregular, and
an acid, vifeid Parte, whence muft occafion this Difcafe, for which
arife various Inconvenience*, l.ct reafon Helmort attributes the dead¬
them alfo efpccially avoid all fow re ly effects of Vipers and other ve-
Fruit. Let their Drink be Ale neruous Creatures, to the impref-
well wrought, brew’d with ner¬ fion that Anger makes in them ;
vine Simples, fuch as Roots of Pe¬ yet we do not here undertake to
ony, Clove-gillyflowers, Leaves (et down our own Sentiments, but
of Sage, Rofcmary, Germander, rather admire the induftry of o-
or a Dccoftion of Barly, or Mead. thers in this work : For ’tis no
Let the Patioac ferbear hard drink¬ great matter to us, whether the
ing : for all excelfive eating and Choler, through Aduftion, or the
c rinking is principally to be avoi¬ oyly Part of the Blood in the
ded as dangcrciTs. 3, Reft muft Heart, in fomc meafure turn to a
l>e enjoyn’d, ancj immoderate Mo¬ Salt which difioJves in the Serum..
tion muft be forborn; but F/iftir Fright, Fear , Melancholy, foe.
ons of the Vertebras of the Neck, may cafily caufc this Difeafe, as
and other parrs are allowed'. 4. diflurbing the Animal Spirit* ;
Ler them fleep and watch mode¬ which l lately obferv’d in a Perfon
oi

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 Of a CoHVulfon. 179
of Quality,who with the Grief fhe whether they be lulpbureous, bitu¬
was feiz’dwith, for the Death of a minous, fait or Aluminous ; in de¬
near Relation, had many violent feat of Which they ufe to make one
fpafmodick Fits. of Sage, Berony, Mallows, Worm¬
wood, Rue,Marjoram, Penny-royal,
Chamomil, Roots of white Lily,
§• I3- Seed of Fcenu-greek, Line, and Mi¬
T He 3Hnctcnts thinking, that a nerals, Sulphur and Alum. Thet^
Spafm coines chiefly through they cup and fcarify the hmd part
a Fulnefs of cold Humors, firft of the Head And Neck.
loofen the Eelly with a Clyfter,
and then prepare the Humors by
gentle Medicines ; after that car¬ % *4-
ry them off by Purgers ; fuch as
are Diaturbith with Rhubarb, Aga-
T He ^aracclflans give Medi¬
cines to open the Pores, Hea¬
rick and its Infufion, PiluU cockis, ters, Moiflfiers of the Arteries and
fxtidaje Sigapeno,de Opopan*ce,fyc. Nerves, not by any external qua¬
and of thefe they ufually make di¬ lity, but by their fpecifick Form.
vers Compofiticns and Forms, And fo Paracclfus himfclf, bccaufe
which would both be tedious and with him a Contrafture fs a Dil-,
necdlefs to fet down here. After eafe in the higheft degree ? wilf
this they preferibe things to divert have the Medicines to be exalted
the Humors from the part affected; and made fpiritual in the fame de¬
as Friflions,Ligatures, Blifters, Ster¬ gree. Upon v^hich he gives two
nutatories , Gargarifms, Clyflers, Cures} one internal, another
Apophlegmatifms. Laftof all they External. The Internal is per¬
preferibe things to carry off the formed by Purgers and Strength -
Dregs, and ftrengthen the nervous ners, to caufe the Humor of Life
Parts. Their Corroboratives arc, to encreafe and abound, fo as that
Treacle, Confcflio anttcardina, Mi- it may be able to expel the Difcafc;
thridatc, Diamufcum dulcc, Acorns, filch as Auruttt potabilt, Eflence Of
Cajior, Opoponnx, (<JC. Gold , Pearl, Antimony, Arcanum
Among Externals they reckon Sulphuric Aqua uitjt, Oyl of Vi¬
divers aromarick Oyls both boyled triol , Water of Tartar, Quintef-
and deftilled ; for ioftahee, Oyl of fence of Coral; Eflence of Caftor^
Foxes,of Lilies,of the Philofophers, drawn with Spirit of Wines gi¬
dt Piperibns, Far of Hens, Man’s ven with good Succefs in a Decofti-
Greafe, tyc. Whelps cue open a- on of aromatick Herbs.
live, and Lungs ratten out Of Crea¬ The External Cute is performed
tures alive,arc applycd to the diften- with the things following. Fumes
ded Parr, while they arc hot : Aftd of Maflich ami Juniper, Oyl of
they put the convulft parts into Turpenrine, Bays, Frogs,Gufrt
warm Oyl; that they may recover Galbamtto, Ivy, Ammoniack, Ope-
hear; They ufe Skins of Foxes, pattax, Fat of Foxtfs, Deer, Badg¬
Cats, Sheep and Wolves, to cover ers, Moufc of the Alpes, Goats,Cats<
and keep warm the conVulft Parts. Bears, fyc. Are good. They cdhl-
They commend Baths,whether they mend Oyl of Sctpcfirs, and o^ the
be Artificial or Natufal, to wii Phllolopncfs; bccaufc they make
ft x
i8o Cf a Convulfton.
the Body nimble and healthy. L. 3.
de morbjnetaU. lie commends curing
§.- 16-
by Mercury,and 4 Bath of Agrimony,
Flowers and Roots of Lily Con- 'll/'3litc, as was faid before, calk
valL Swallows, with a littfe burnt an Epilepfy a little Convulfi-
Egg-fhells. After bathing they a- on, and obferves the lame Cure in
noint the Limbs with chis Or the a manner, which he does in an E-
like Liniment. pilepfy, that is, he gives Purges,
Vomits, divers altering Specificks,
Take of Fat of Foxes boyled out Empirical, and Chirurgi'cal, Spirit
one Pound, add of Caflor de¬ of Harts-horn, Man’s Scull, Soot,
villed five Ounces, Turpentine Blood, Sal Ammoniack, Millipedes,
defiilled with Pepper, Cant ha- aromatick Herbs deftilled, and a
rides and Bay-berries, ftven thoufand fuchlike things; which he
Ounces and an half. Mix them has in an excellent piece de tmrbis
on a fire. CoHvulfivis, out of which an inge¬
nious Phyfician may pick choice
It is good to' anoint with Oyl Remedies.
of Euphorbiim. Paracclfus high¬ He fays likewife, that fometimes
ly commends the little triangu¬ BfifTers applied to the Neck and
lar Bone, which femetimes, though behind the Ears arc proper ; forfo
feldom, ufes to form the double abundance of ferous and fiiarp Hu¬
Lamdoeidal Suture. Somewhere mors are drawn from the Head.
he commends dcftilled Oyl of Ma- Moreover, Sneezers and Apo-
fierwort Root, and in another place phlegmatifms do often in this Cafe
he advifes the Flowers of Anti¬ afford great Relief. He is for a re¬
mony correfted. But who can re¬ petition of bleeding in the Haemor¬
count theni all i rhoids or Foot. When the Cafe
is violent he loves to apply Pla¬
nters and Caraplafms^o the Soles of
f if-
H Clinont and fiisFoIIowers cure
either by aflivaging the furious
the Feet. He claps Epifpaflicks to
the Calves ®f die Legs, and to the
Thighs.
,4rchins (who they fay is peccant
ill this Difeafe^j with Man’sGreafe,
17-
or by mortifying him with ftrong
Ligatures, or by removing Malig¬
nity from the Spirits'? all which
S lpibiHg in the Cure of this de¬
plorable Difeafe, as do Exter¬
things Opiates do perform, botli nals, follows Partus, and immedi¬
taken inwardly and applied out¬ ately applies Emplattrum diacha/ci-
wardly. Here is a Receipt/ )teas, melted with Oyl and Vinegar;
and he gives better reafon for what
Take of the beft Spirit of Wine he does, than Par ms; for our
one Ounce, Opium Thebaicum one Author judges, That the Fibresof
Drachm and an half, f amphore the Mufcles, whith are much upon
twelve Grains, Caftor one the ftrctch, are darkened and foft-
Drachm. Mix them fpr Exter¬ tted. He alfo approves of what
nal Appliraffofl. Parxns commend?-, namely, row-

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 Cf a Convulfion. 181
ling: becaufe it preflcs the oVer reckons fulphureousXaths, becaufe
dirtcaded Mufclcs, and gently len¬ they arc able to penetrate the deep-
ders them from a hurtful diftenfi- eft to the parts affefted ; in defeft
on of the Fibres, and it may be of which he would have a Bath
from an incurable Rupture of them. made of Salt of Tartar well calci¬
And he docs not contemn the fol¬ ned with Sulphur, boyled in Spring
lowing Cataplafm, which Partus Water. After bathing he is for ha¬
applied to Charles the Ninth King ving Man’s Greafe, Fat of Eels,
of France. and Oyls applied, becaufe by their
means he thinks the Acrimony cf
Take of Flower of Barley, bitter the lixivious Salt and acid Spirit, or
Vetch each two Ounces, Flowers the Caufes of Pain and Convulfions
of Chamomil, Melilot each two is corre&ed. He commends Fomen¬
Pugils, frtfh Butter an Ounce tations of heating aromatick Plants,
and an half, a Barber’s Lather hot Plaftersand Cataplafms, which
what is fufficient. Mix them. as briefly as may be we have reck¬
oned up.
And if the Pain will not abate
with the ufe of thefe things, he
with Partus flies to Oyl of Tur¬
§. . 18
pentine, and Spirit of Wine mixt T He CarteGans, becaufe they
and warm, or to cutting off a Nerve, 1 fay, a Cramp arifes from a
Tendon or Membrane. Thus much cold Humor or Wind caufing Ob-
for Externals, when a Convulfion ftruttions in the Vefltls, are of opi¬
arifes from the pricking of a Nerve, nion,That all De-obftruents and Dif-
from an Ulcer or Fiftula, or fuch cuflersof Wind are good, whether
like Caufe. The Internals in this Internal or External, volatil Salts,
Cafe or Sudorificks confifting of a and other Cephalicks, of which
volatil Salt, fuch as Spirit of Tar¬ we have abundantly treated in the
tar , Treacle-Water without the Chapter of the Epilepfy, and there¬
Acids, and other things, which I fore are loth to repeat them.
fhall not here mention. If this
Dtfeafe arifefrom Wounds or Blows §. 19.
of c ie Head, the fragments of the
S! uil, fuppofing there he any,
mud be taken out; for which pur-
S O others jpdgc of the Cure.
This Method pleafes ©0,name¬
pofe, if there be no other way to ly , we think that Purgers are
take them out, a Trepan niuft be good, if fo be a preparation of the
ufed : for when the Skull is open¬ Humors have precceded, which is
ed by it, they may be taken our, the only thing, and can only be
and when this is done, pylof Tur¬ expefted from fpirituous Medicines,
pentine mixt with Spirit of Wine, becaufe this Diieafe proceeds from
mull be poured into the Wound. a Perturbation and Explofon of the
But if the Convulfion come from animal Spirits in the Humors, and
a Burn, then he advites Oyl of all other ill Qualities in the Hu¬
Nuts or Rape feed by expreiiion. mors fhould be corrected by fweet-
Among general Remedies ( for we ning,fpirituous things i after which
l?ave had the fpecial before} lie all funftions proceed the better.
Nj If

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l%z Of a Convulfin.
If therefore the Patient lave op¬
portunity , and his Strength and
$ifcafe will admit of purging, to
carry oft' the fh :rp,bilous, pontick,
and tartarous Matter, we may take
any of thefe tilings following. Rhu¬
barb, Senna, Tamarinds, and other
gentle tilings \ but. if the fixtnefs
of the Matter require Wronger Me¬
dicines , we fhould chiefly advife
Mrcurius dulcis from a Scruple to
half a Drachm given in Conferve
of Rofes, or the following Phyfick
\vine.
^Takc of Leaves of Betony, Ger-
1 mander, Ground-pine, Rofema-
xy each half an handful, Flow¬
ers of Lily Convall. Cowflips,
each two Pugils, Roots of
Peony ," Liquorice each three
Drachms, Leaves of Senna two
Ounces, yellow Rhubarb three
Drachms, Seeds of Fasnil, Co¬
riander, Anife each one Drachm
and an half, Cream of crude
Tartar two Drachms. Cut
them and put them in a Bag fora
hieafure of Wine.
Sometimes to root out the Dif-
eafe, I have given a Vomit of emc-
ricli Tartar of Mynficht,or of Ltido*
‘liens from two to three Grains;
especially if a vifeid Acid b.-lodg¬
ed in the inner Coat of the Sco-
imach, and if the Difeafe have been
of long' continuance, and become
in a manner habitual: But if the
Strength will not bear ir, or any
other circumfhnces dilfwade it,
t think ftrong Purgers fhould be o-
mitted, and that a Clyfler may be
given inftead thereof.' Thefe things i
premifed, ac the Coming and in the ; Take of native Cinnabar one
Progrefs of every fpafmodick Con- j
tra&ion, ir fhould be our care, That
rhe irritation of the nervous Fi¬
bres , and the two impetuous Af¬
flux of animal Spirits may be laid,
which we may obtain by fpirituous
dulcifiers , fuch as Spirit of live
Ants, with their Eggs hanging to
them, Spirit of Harts-horn, Secun-
dine, Man’s Blood, Swallows, mi-
iiara cepbalica Cnafelii, aqua mag-
nanimitatis, arcanum cepbalicm nt-
flrum, cjfentia cephalica comptfua,
and feveral other things, which
have almoft the fame efted. But
Medicines, that do the moft good,
are made of fixr, cephalick Alte¬
ratives, and fometimes of volatil
ones, which are ufually given before
and after vomiting, and may with
good fuccefs be ufed to correct an
add ora fharpj and this is one cf-
feftof theirs, that they incide and
foak up what is morbous; fuch for
weaker Perfons are Crabs Eyes, Co¬
ral, Saws, Worms, Afhes of Moles,
fixtand lixivious Saltsand Alkali’s,
Tartarus vitriolatus; for ftronger
filings of Steel; for rich and ten¬
der People, Eflcnce of Mars made
with juice of fweet Apples. Vi-
, triol of Mars, fpiritus Vitrioli Jlria-
' tus cum wina humana volatili^atus,
&c. arc every whit as good as
thefe. In a word, all manner of
antifpafmodicks do the bufinefs;
under which we comprehend Sul¬
phur antimnnii auratum, that is, pre¬
cipitated from the drofs of the re¬
gains of Antimony with Spirit of
Sal Ammoniacfc, Glauber's Cinnabar
of Antimony, called his Panacea,
fpecificum cephalicum Job. Michaelk,
ctnnabaris folarit Sebajhani Scbeferi,
our Antifpafmodick Powder, which
follows.
Drachm, Magi fiery of Luna half a
Drachm, Man’s Skull, Powder
of Amber each one Drachm and
 Of a Convulfion. 185

an half, Allies of Swallows and Oyl and Spirit of Saffron and Saf¬
Moles, red Coral, Pearl each fron in Subftancc, Oyl of Lavender,
two Scruples, Sugar of Pearl Juniper and Amber, and all things
three Drachms. Mix them. that are good in foporous Difeafes,
Make an anufpafmodick Pow- cfpccially in a Palfy, except (harp
cler. things, arc good here. In a trem¬
bling this following will be Excel¬
I have done wonders with this, lent.
and found it twice as ftrong as the
Auguftan antifpafmodick Powder. Take of Spirit of Sage two Drachms,
Among Liquidsthefe excels Liquor Eflence of Caftor one Drachm.
cornu cervi fuednattts, Balfamns ner- Mix them. The Dofe thirty
vinus Schefferi, Spiritus antiepilepti- Drops.
cut nofor, fyc. A Spafm cannot o-
therwife be cured than by difeuf- But if this Difeafe proceed from
fmg the Humors and Spirits by in- the Womb, or if the Stomach bp
fenflble Tranfpiration, or unlefs convulfe after eating poifonous
fuch plenty of Spirits be fent to the Meats, that is, Mafhrooms and
Mufcle, that at length the Valves, fuch things, Vomits are proper.
being violently pulled back may If the vomiting come of it fclf.
recover their natural State. But if Medicines made of Call or and Cin¬
the Spafm arife from a fcorbutick nabar muft be preferibed, and at
Taint; we ufe to mix Antifcorbu- length fafety muff be fought from
ticks with Anrifpafmodicks} for Op.aces. In all Contractions of
inftance, our Antifpafmodick Ef- the Nerves we ufe laudanum cydonia-
fence, or let it be this or the like tuifi in Hoffmannul his Clavh pbar-
dcftilled Water which follows, muceutica Sender ion a, fothat after
a moderate Dofe of Anodyne
Take of Diafcordiwn one Ounce has given reft, Strength recurns to
and an half,Flowers of Line tree, Body and Mind i all fharp things
Leaves of Germander each three arefweetned, <&c. Yetfomequar-
handfuls, wild Rue one handful, relfome, ignorant Phyficians blame
fhavings of Elks-horn half an thefe Medicines, and had rather let
Ounce, decoCtion of Sarfa Root, their Patient die than yield t^
juice of Brook-lime each two found Reafon and Experience, and
Pounds. Add of our fpafmo- fo fave his Life; but Ignoti nulla
dick Powder fix Drachms. Mix cupido. For Opium checks the im-
and deftil them in glafs Veficls. petuofity of the Spirits, as its
Add of the Tinfturc of Peony, Known effeCb in our Bodies,Somno-
half an Ounce. Mix them. Icnce and Indolence do teftify; and
when the Tone of the fenfible Fi¬
If the Patient’s Complexion be bres grows flaccid, they are not fo
not too bilious, a mod Excellent eafly moved, though the Object
Water may be dertilled of Tanfy, be ftronger, nor is the Impreflion
if a great deal of that Herb be put on the firft Senfory fufficient to
to a little Water, and dcftilled ac¬ caufe Pain or convulfive Tenfion.
cording to Art; this Water foeci- Where ever therefore Crifpations
ncaUy curc6 the Convulfion, fo do and fpafmodick Contractions are,
N 4 the
X
j84 Of a Convulfion.
the forefaid OpUtes are proper,fuch
as laudanum opdarum, rberiaca exte-
Jlis, tintlura anodyna lVedelii>
becaufc they more or lefs ftay die
Motion of the Animal Spirits, and
correct an Acid : for we confider
the Acid, thoughbut little in quan¬
tity,which pricfe,Bnaws,and painful¬
ly irritates the nervous and fibrous
Pjrts, whence fometimes feveral
Symptoms follow,all which Opiates
appeafe. I have fometimes feen a
Convulfion come from a prepofte-
rous cutting for a Rupture, or from
other Wounds, fo that often Pa¬
tients 4ie like People ftranglcd ;
For the Mufcles of the Jaws are
convulfe on both fides, and the
Teqch fet, fo that though they be
tpiierably hungry and thirfty, they
can fwallow nothing, while the
Neck continues ftif, and their
Pulfe equal and ftrong, till the Pulfe
intermits and grows fwifeer, and
Death puts an end to the ftory. I
obferved fuch a cafe only through
Grief, and taking of a ftrong Purge
in a fubjeift predifpofed. Yet I
have known cafes wherein I have
given Medicines with fucccfs, one
of which is this following-, namely,
Liquor cornu ccrvi fuccinatus, tere-
bintbinatus, Oyl of Lavender,Spike,
&c. Externally I have ufed divers
hot CataplaGns, vulnerary Balfams,
and that of Sylvius, Oyl of Turpen-
tine mixt with Wine* by which
Remedies the Spirits were appea-
fed , and the Patient Aved. In a
Spafmus cynicus, Oyl of Turpentine
diluted with Aqua Vita is effe&ual
Inwardly and Outwardly. A Cramp
in the Calves of the Legs may ea¬
sily be cured by ()yl of Bays, Laven¬
der, or Turpentine heated at the
fire, tying them with hot fwaching
bands afterwards. If a Convulfion
topic from the bite of any veric-
Go gle
mous Creature, the Wound ijiuft
be dilated, and a Bliftermuft be ap¬
plied to the grieved Part; then for
fame days Treacle or Michridatedif-
folved in Aqua Vitst muft be applied
to the Wound. If it proceed from
pricking a Nerve, then the Wound
muft be enlarged and Oyl of Turpen¬
tine dropt into it. But in a defpe-
race cafe the Nerve muft be quite
cut off. The famous Othtachcnius
faw a Witch cure a continual Con¬
vulfion by tying a flaxen thread a-
bout the Part: but I believe this
came from a fupernatural Caufe; as
you may fee in Trail, dc morb.prin-
cip. p. m. 167. But upon better
grounds I advife, as Sylvius does,
fulphureous Baths,either Natural or
Artificial,which very much dull any
fpafinodick Acid or Sharp by their
oyly Particles. I have experienced
them in Princes, who were troubled
with this Difeafe. You have had
the Materials of Artificial Baths bi-
fore. I cin upon my own Experi¬
ence teftify, That Oyl of Beetles,
found in Horfe-dung, is excellent
to anoint .withal. I think we fhould
not neglect any aromatick OyIs‘,
fuch as Oyl of Turpentine, Spike
and Amber, all which aflwageCon-
vulfions, especially if theybejoyn-
ed with volatil Salts. As for Fats
of Eels, Man, Duck and Goofe, in
as muckas they rather obftruft than
open' the Pores of the Skin, I think
they fhould be omitted, and I far
prefer before them fpirituous things
mixt with oyly ones, to wit, our
topical,convulfive Spirit, which fol¬
lows, and may be added to the In¬
ternal Cure.
Take of Spirit of Ants, Worms,
Beetles, Sows, fcc. which arc
like wife good externally.
As
 ‘ Of a Convuljion.
As for chirurgical Means, we
mud ufe Venefcftion with Caution,
and unlefs there be a Plethora, I
think it were beft to omit it. But
left any thing neceflary ftiould be
omitted,Cupping may fupply it, ei¬
ther dry or fcarified and the Glafles
mull be ftrt near to the convulfe Part.
I rejeftBlifters, Iffues, Dr of aces and
Sinapifms, and inftead thereof ufe
paregorick and nervine Medecines ;
of which we have faid enough.
Frications are very good in this
Cafe, bccaufe they pull back the
Valves, efpecially if they be per¬
formed with the following, or fonie
fuch Liniment.
Take of Oyl of Earthworms one
Ounce, Nutmegs by expreflion,
Majoran, Cloves each half a Scru¬
ple, Venice Treacle two Drachms,
Saffron one Scruple. Jflix them
i85T
on a good fire. Anoint the Spine
and Neck. r
In a windy Spafm this following
is beft of all.
Take of Treacle one Drachm, Spi¬
rit of Juniper two Drachms.
Mix them. Or,
Take of Goofe greafe frefii two
Ounces, Oyl of Cloves fix Drops,
Cinnamon three Drops.Mixthem.
In a trembling, for Outward Ap¬
plication ;
Take of Aqua ad arriculos two
Ounces and an half, Spirit of
Worms one Ounce and an hal£
Ants fix Drachms, Ellencc of
Caftor three Drachms. Mix
them.
chap;
 CiM)
CHAP.
Of the Incubus, or Night-Mare.
§. i.
N Incubus (ab itcumbendo
from lying upon, ipiJikTUt
Aicb t« i$/o£*As<a-<*/, from
leaping upon $ fome cal! it a No&ur-
nal AJlhrna, ittflokh, or Invafion *,
Tifo calls it a Nocturnal Suffocation
or Suppreffion -, the Englifh term it
the Night Mare) is a Difeafe,where¬
in a man thinks himfelf fmothcred
by a great weight lying upon him
in his Sleep ^therefore Sylvius lib.
2. Prax. cap. 25. §. 27. calls it a
kind of Dream) with a great diffi¬
culty of fpeaking and breathing.
The common people think this
Difeafe is caufecl by fome Devil or
Spirit leaping upon a man, and fo
they have made the Fauni and Sa-
tyri Authors of this Difeafe •, con¬
cerning which Cafpar Scottuslib. 1,
Phyf cutiof. c. 21 is worth ones rea¬
ding. St. Augulline lib. 15. de civi-
tate Dei makes mention of them.
And fo Pliny lib. 2^. c. 4. call: this
Difeafe ludibria Faunorum : But
this opinion is refuted by Willis c.6.
1 Rea.
XIII.
de Incufo, as falfe and ridiculous.
So likewife Aitius from Poffidonius
/. 6. 12. writes, That an Incubus is
not a Devil, but rather a forerun¬
ner of the fallingSicknefs, Fhren-
fy or Apoplexy. We (hall there¬
fore pafs by thefc Fi&ions- of the
Devil, and difeourfe of that Incu¬
bus which proceeds from natural
Caufes preternaturally difpofed.
As I am writing thefe things, there
comes into my Mind, a rare Cafe
very proper to illufirate the Defi¬
nition 1 have given, of a certain
Man, who every night while he is
afleep, finds a fenfible fucking of
his Paps, juft as if a Child were
fucking a Woman’s Breaft, and
which was moft admirable to me,
his Nipples fwelled upon it, which
one fhall not ordinarily meet with
in the mafeuline Sex; and whenever
he feels this fucking he cannot wake.
Now it is as clear as the Sun, from
the definition laid down, that it is a
fort of incubus, fince breathing is
hindred and a weight felt lying upon
him*, of which we fhall give a
 Of the Incubus, or Night-Mare. 187
Reafon when we come to the the firft Spring of Animal Spirits
Caufes. is, efpecially becaufe by the Ani¬
mal Spirits being tied or fuppref-
Definition. fed in the Cerebellum , a failure of
them iscaufed as to the exercife of
A N Incubus therefore, if a man the vital Function. $clntont in
would be exaft, is an extreme this, as in all other foporous Difc
diminution of Animal Motion in parts eafe, blames the Pr&cordia. Some
ferving for Speech and Refpiration, fJrartttioncr* make the Brain and
efpecially of thofeNerves they call Phre¬ its hind paflages, which tend to
nic^ and Recurrent, depending upon the fpinal Marrow, the primary
the ftoppage of the Spirits influx fubjeft of this Difeafe. But GHe
through them, with a falfe imagina- blame the Cerebellum with its pafla¬
tim of a heavy weight lying lil^e a ges, in which the Animal Spirits
G hoji upon a Man's Brcajt. 11 comes run up and down, and here efpe¬
mod ufually in ones deep;yet there cially theNervesarifing from thence,
is a rare mdance of one that came called Phrenick and Recurrent,which
upon a Profdfor of Divinity, while govern the Animal Spirits in the
he was awake, in Smetius Mifcel- Bread, and ferve for Refpiration.
lan. lib. io. and another of Maf For in an Incubus the Brain is not
f arias in Rhodius, cent. i. obf. <54. afteded alone, but the mifehief
It comes generally when the Sto¬ lies rather in the Mafcles and
mach is full of hard Meats, and Nerves, that ferve for Refpiration.
when one lies on his back. In 2)plbius therefore makes no feru-
perfons predifpofed to it, when p!e to rank this Difeafe among
Aflhma's, and ^Uterus prax. 1. u
they awake their motive Faculty
c. 4. and &Ulli0 in the place fore-
returns, a Pain, Anxiety and Palpi-
of the Heart remaining, quoted acknowledge » as much,
much.
tentimes alfo
and oftentimes alfo aa Quick and 7*1
quick and / Pcr.fwade
PZ 'j}«nfelvcs
„ . ~
violent Vibration of the Dia- *Pl"f a®^ed» “
Dhraem as muc" as whcn the Patient is
" 6 ' newly awaked, he finds a heavinefs
in his Bread, and when that is gone,
z. Part affected. a palpitation and quivering of the
Diaphragm , ana diforderly Mo¬
T-He ^ncicitfsi think. That here tions fucceed. But without all
foroetimes the parts of the doubt, the Heart, the Lungs, and
Brain, fometimes of the Bread, their __ Veflels,
_ the Mufcles of the
are affeded , becaufc they hold. Bread, the Diaphragm, the pneu-
That all Senfe and Motion proceed monick Veflels with the nervous
from the Brain, as from the Seat of, Fibres and Glands, and the Or-
thc Animal Spirits, and the Be- j gans pertaining to Speech, are af-
gmning of the Nerves. And iUtiL feded in this Difeafe. But if one
liss obferving this, although he will would but rightly didinguidi be¬
have the Pracordia truly to be af- tween the Subjed of the Difeafe
feded; yet he proves by many and of the Caufe, mod of the dif¬
Arguments, That the Seat of an ficulty about this matter might be re¬
Incubus is in the Cerebellum, where moved : about which we fhall fpeak

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188 Of the Incubus, or Might-Mare.
more fully and accurately, when Spirits to the Heart are ftopt, they
we come to the Caufcs. are inraged, return to the Brain,
and there form ill Id&tCs, fuch as
they had formerly conceived of the
3. Diagmflick. Devil, Witches, Giants or Venus,
npHough the forefaid Definition And this difturbance of Imagina¬
1 contain the greateft fharc of tion often befals Witches and Wi-
the pathognomonick Signs, yet the zards, who are often affefted with
Diagnoftick daferves a more Parti¬ Illufions of Phancy, like thefe
cular Confideration. For accord¬ Dreams, and imagine feveral things,
ing to that of Cicero's. The founda¬ which they verily think bended
tion of good Counfel it to fnow the them i for indance, that they were
Commonwealth , fo the beginning of in a field, and danced with their
Cure it the knowledge of the Difeafe. King, the Devil, and all his Train,
In this Difeafe therefore we feel a which are nothing more than mere
weight about the Heart, and ima¬ Whimfies, as may appear from
gine it lies upon us. Now this hence. That Witches clofe fliurup
weight and immobility of the and afleep in their Chamber, ana
Bread and the whole Body pro¬ oftentimes lying by their Husbands,
ceeds only from flopping of the have told in the morning how they
Influx of the Animal Spirits into were dancing in the fields, when
the Mufclcs of the Bread and they were never out of tlieir Cham¬
Heart. For the Elood in the ber. Bur fince thii is out of our
Heart, by reafon of the influx of province, we will return to our pro¬
the Animal Spirits being denied , per Bufin fs. Patients, when they
and thereupon the aft of Refpira- are awake,complain much of a great
tjon being hindred, and the Motion and heavy weight, and tell of feve¬
of the Diaphragm, being,as it were, ral other things, yet fo as that they
fufpended, cannot move nor be know their Breath and Speech were
ventilated, but mud of ntceffity dopt, and the Motion of their
Magnate : Then it coagulates, and Body fome way or other hin-
when it is coagulated, anxieties of dred. Alfo when they have done
Heart, tremblings and other Grie-! fleeping, they yet feel a pilpita-
vances mud needs arife, and though tion and trembling of the Heart,
the Patients would call aloud for becaufe whep the Heart and Dia-
hclp, they cannot do it* for fome- phragm have been hindred from
times their Speech is abated, fome- their Motion, and fleep is over- af-
fimes quite lod, bccaufe the re¬ tervvards the Spirits coming in grea¬
current Nerv es are hurt. A tor. ter plenty, and being rendred over
pid Senfe in fleep alfo attends it. aftive, exceed in the performance
and an imagination of fmothering, of their Office i which Motion of
and as it were of a Catalepfis com¬ Trepidation and Vibration the In¬
ing upon one. Their Phancy alfo genious UUilUo well exprefles by
is diflurbed, fo that they have an a bended Rod’s returning to its felf
Opinion fome times that the Devil, by its elaflick Motion. In fome ephi-
lbinc Witch or Giant has or would altick perfons, where there is alfo
have carnal y to do with them, a fcorbufick diferafy of Blood,and
B< aufe yvhen the paflages of the prone co Coagulation, there atife
livid

Go gle
 Of the Incubus, or tfigh*-Mate.
livid and violet coloured Spots.
When Men have had feveral Fits,
they complain of a heavinefs and
fevimmingin their Head,and of feve¬
ral other little things,which I have
not leifure now to enumerate.
$. 4 Caufe.
N Ow we have done with the
Diagnoftick,the next thing is
the confiderariori of the Caufes,
by benefit whereof we may fuccefs-
fully undertake the Cure of fick
perfons. The Ancients think, Thar
the Caufe of this Difcafe is cither
cold Phlegm, or melancholick Blood
about the Vr&cnrdia and Veins of
the Breaft; and they earneftly con¬
tend, That grofs vapors are eleva¬
ted to the Brain from the forefaid
Humors, and that the Paflages of
the Breath are ftopt by them.
For, fay they, whenever many
crude vapors arife from furfeiting
or bad Meat, not well digefted in
the Stomach, or from any of the
firft Ways, and the Hypochondria ,
then the Breaft and Diaphragm are
oppreft, upon which a Man can
fcarce breath, but fears he fhall be
fmothered \ which vapors (To they
love to talk} arc fent to the Brain*
and then they perfwade themfelns
die Mind it felf is difturbed, and
clouded with fad Speflrj.
?• 5-
T He $aracclQ(ts and others of
their gang do here, as in o-
thcr foporous Difeafes, bhme a
narcotick Sulphur, and narcotick
Vapors, that obftruft the Phrenick
and Recurrent Nerves, and fix the
Animal Spirits.
Go gle
1^9
§. 6.
H dPImont rejects all grofs Va¬
pors of the ignorant Acade-
micks, and proves, That rather the
Aftion of the regiment of the du¬
umvirate , namely fome impedi¬
ment in the Scomach, by its vital
regiment alone, without Vapors
and Fumes, to difturb the Brain
and Nerves, vitiates the firft Con¬
ceptions, as it interrupts the com¬
forts of theSplecn.
*■ 7■
T He Famous GKHUs makes tlje
immediate, proximate Caufe
of this Difeafc to be the hindrance
of the influx of the Animal Spirits
into the Prstcordia * and the medi¬
ate Caufe to be fome incongruous *
Matter, inftilled with the nervous *
Juice into the Cerebellum, which
creates a ftupefadion of the Spirits
in their firft Source, and immedi¬
ately conpels them to ceafe a lit¬
tle from the performance of their
Functions. And he derives that
weight on the Ercaft from the
Blood’s ftagnating a while in the
Heart, and he folves the inability
of Motion, by the irradiation of
the Animal Spirits being bindred.
'T'He diligent Spt’lbius makes the
1 primary Caufe to be Vapors,
caufmg a (light ftupefaftion, and
occafioning a fmall Delirium. And
thus he will have the Caufe of an
Incubus wholly to proceed trom a
corporeal Fault, and by no means
frtrrr the Soul.
 Of the Incubus, or Ni&ht-Mare.
\9°
i- 9-
C 3rtc« agrees with the reft of
the reformed Philofophers, j
and owns, That the influx of the
Animal Spirits into the Nerves and
Mufclcs allotted to the Organs of
Refpiration, is the immediate
Caufe of this Difeafe. For inlleep,
if the Animal Spirits flow not into
the Mufcles, the Soul judges in
fuch a Cafe according to Cuftom,
as if a weight lay upon one, and
hindred the free Motion of the
Diaphragm. Choaking comes,
when the Spirits flow not freely in¬
to the Mufcles of the Jaws; for
then they fall together, and fo
caufe ftrangling. Spirits alfo fail
when the Circulation of the Blood
is hindred j and when the Spirits
do not flow into the Mufclcs of the
breaft, its Motion muft necel&rily
ceafe, as Sails flag for want of
Wind. And they think, that this
Difeafe comes, when fome grofs
Vapor has filled the Abdomen, which
cannot get out for its thicknefs,
but when it is heated diftends the
whole Abdomen, which prclfcs fo
upon the Diaphragm, that it can¬
not play downwards, efpecially in
fleep, where the influx of Ani¬
mal Spirits is fmall. And alfo
when the Abdtmcn does not play,
little Air gets into the Lungs, fo
the Blood is not cooled as it ufed
to be, but is carried hot to the
left Ventricle of the Heart i here¬
upon the Ebullition is greater, and
more gufhes into the Arteries, and
fo more than ufual is carried to the
Head, whereby the Spirits are mo¬
ved diforderly in the Brain, and re-
prefent confufed Imaginations to
the Soul.
N Ow you (hall have p ctott
Opinion. And I think, the
immediate Caufe of this Difeafe is,
A ftoppage of the Influx of the A-
nimal Spirits; not total, for then
it would be an Apoplexy; bur an
impediment of the Influx, lying
not fo much in the original as in
the infertion of the Phrenick and
Recurrent Nerves, that tend to the
Diapliragm , whence a dangerous
Stagnation of the Blood in the
Vrsccrdia proceeds. For unlefs it
moves it grows acid. This is the
Caufe of an cxceflive Acid, that
known Coa^ulnm of the Blood,
which is often the foie Author of
this Difeafe. There is an ataxy in
the Spirits j whofe aftivity is
checkt by crude, add, chill, chy¬
lous parts, communicated by a-
bundance of Crude, fowre Chyle
to the Blood and fpirituous Li¬
quor. Wherefore this Difeafe
happens ufually after eating Meats
that are improper, difficult of fer¬
mentation, fowre, fait, and full of
fixt Particles i efpecially if the
Blood be as full of heterogeneous
faline fixt Particles that obftruft
the forefaid Nerves. Hence Chil¬
dren are oftner troubled with this
Difeafe than grown Pcrfons-, becaufe
they fuck greedily, and are more
voracious j in as much as any Ali¬
ment, by reafon of a vitious' Acid
refiding in the Stomach,is eafily cor-
rupted^nd crude Matter is offered
• to the Blood. Ahd this Difeafe
in grown pcrfons alfo arifes gene¬
rally from Error in Diet; thus, if
through bad and hard Food the
body abound with grofs Humors*
horrid Dreams, Goblins, Witches,
Harpy’s, gaftly Faces and Monfters
prcfenc
 Of //^Incubus, or Night-Mare, 191
prefcntthemfclvcs; fometimes one
is at Law with his Adverfary,
$• 12. Dietetick Cure,
fometimes in Combat,Houfcs are on
fire, a Man thinks he is tumbling
in the Dirt, and that 1 e has a
I N the dietetick Cure the Air
has the firft place. And in
weight upon him, or that he is this Difeafe a hot and clear nn/*
hanging in fome high and dange¬
rous place. Perfons predifpofed
to this Difeafe are fubjeft to it in
fome cerrain pofture of lying, that The Meat muft be of laudable
is, on their Back: the reafon is Nourifhmenr. For if fuch be eaten,
this, becaufe in fuch a pofture the if the Stomach do its office aright,
pncumatick Nerves and Mufcles and if it fend the Juice of the pure
are fometimes ftraitned and com- Aliment to make Blood, pure Spi¬
prefled, and then the Animal Spi¬ rits of life arc bred, which then
rits cannot flow into the Brcaft and being carried to the Brain by the
Diaphragm, upon which this Dif¬ Conduits of the Carotid Arteries,
eafe muft of neceflity enfue . Re¬ yitld matter for the Animal Spi¬
motely alfo a vifeid and coagulated rits, which going thence by the
Bl«od, which clogs and obftrufts Nerves into the whole Body; go¬
the Lungs and Nerves, and creates vern Senfe and Motion, Imagina¬
trouble to the Spirits, m3y con¬ tion and Undetftanding. If there¬
tribute to ir. fore! grolsand feculent Blood come
from bad Food j if fermentation
£.11. Caufe. be fruftrated in hard Meat, im¬
pure Spirits arife from the Heart
T^He nature of the Incubus and into the Brain, which overthrow
of the Patient determine the ftate both of the Mind and
the Prognoftick. An Incubus is fcl- Body. In this Difeafe cfpecially
dom mortal. Children and fuch forbear iramoderare eating.
as ufe a grofs Diet, arc more fub- Let the Drinl^ be fmall Necca-
jeft to it than grown perfons and rine or Mofetle Wine, or Htrttein or
fuch as ufe a thin one. If other Micbetbach Wine j or Beer well
Difeales of die Head have procee¬ boyled, wrought and fettled.
ded, and if the Fit return often,
thenitthreatenseitheranApoplexy, Non acidum fapiat cerev'tfia , fit
Convulfion or Epilepfy, and fome¬ bene clara,
times Madnefs, hypochondriack Ex granit fit cotta bonify Jatit ac
Melancholy, or fudden Death. xeterata.
For feveral have been carried off
by this Difeafe, while they were Forbear drinking of Water} for
afleep in manner of a fuffocativc a thick and troubled Water is very
Catarrh. If it grow worfe, and if prejudicial to Health, it breeds
it take a Man in the night, either Phlegm, and fometimes caufes an
waking or afleep, if after heisa- Incubus. Therefore the Fens and
w»kc a ConvuKionor Swoonning Marfties of Holland muft needs be
follow, or if cold fweats and trem¬ guilty of a great deal of Sicknefs,
bling of the Heart come, it is a bad where the Watt a lock troubled.
figB.

Go gle
191 Of the Incubus, or Might-Mare.
and arc of an ingrateful Tade and ded, out of the Stomach into the
Smell, or frozen ail Winter, and Guts, and out of them into the
boyling hot all Summer, and al- I laftcal Veins and Glands of the
ways (landing ftill Nor is Rain- Mefentery, and in this manner it
Water , kept in Cidcrns, much breeds Crudities, from which in¬
wholfomer, it being infamous for numerable Difeafes, cfpeclally this
breeding of Worms. And I make of ours, proceeds
no quedion, but abundance cf In¬ Moderate Sleeping and Watchin*
conveniences arife from drinking are commendable. Sleeping in
of Water. For I have often met the day, efpecially after Meat, and
with this Difeafe among Country lying on ones back is hurtful.
People, and I aferibe It much to Watching if it exceed bounds,
drinking of Water. For according diflipates the Spirits and breeds
to this Verfe; Crudities.
The Excrements of the Belly,
Pot us apu funtptus comUenti in- the Menttrui, and other ordinary
ctmmoda prxfiat, Evacuations, mud correfpond to
Hittc friget ftomachns, crudut Art or Nature, otherwife they
inde cibus. might greatly incommode our
Health.
The mod fpirituous things do The Mind mud be kept quiet;
mod rcfrclh the Body •, and fo on the contrary Cares mud be a-
drinking of Win; is mod whol- voided, and Grief and Fear, by
fom, according to the following which the Animal Spirits are di¬
Verfe. verted from performing their Fun¬
ctions, and the Motion, efpecially
Vina bib^>it homines, animantr.t exte^ of the Prxcordia and Heart fails;
rxfantes, as any one, who has fcen ought io
Abfit ab human!) peflore poms *• Phyfick, may obferve.
qux.
13. Tharmaceutick Curej
For Wine , becaufe it eafily
turns to the nature of Blood, the
Aliment being carried into every
L Et us now fee, what the o(d
Practitioners will fay, who
part of the Body, breeds Spirits perform the Cure of this Difeafe,
that are clear, and not thick, re- after their ufual mariner, with Pre¬
dores them, when dull and lan¬ parers-, fuch as Syrup, French Laven¬
guid, drengthens the Heart, chears der, Minr,0*yme/ limple, Water of
the Mind, and quickens the Under- Wormwood,Marjoram,Buglofs,Fu¬
derdanding and Sends. mitory,a Deco&ion of Roots of Fc-
" Let Motion and Reft be mode¬ nil, Partly, Roferaary, Spleenwort,
rate, orherwife they may occafion Maiden-hair,Flowers of Violet,Birk
this Difeafe, fince by too much of Caper Root, Liquorice, tfy'c.
Motion the Spirits arc di{boated, They ufe thefe lad, when they
the foiid parts are confumed, and find the Patient abounds with
prepoderous, crude Chyle diftri- Phlegm ; and Syrups of Fumitory,
buted to the Blood. For it forces Apples, dpc. when Melancholy a-
the Chyle, beforefit .be Well dige- bounds, Their they vrfc Evacua-

Go ,gle
 Of the Ihcutus, or Night-Mate. tj'j
tors, which arc FituU cochis, de a-
g«rko, maflichins, de laprde Laxu-
//, hi era picra Galen, caffia fij]ulay f- U.
diacathaUcon, diafetia*. They ad- f 4a$rarclft.'6 and his Followers,
mit of bleeding, if the Eody be. ufe to cure ah Apdpkxy, &
plethonck, or if the Menfcs or J Pally and this Difcafe all in a nian-
Haemorrhoids be retained contrary ] ncr the fairi way * and to that
to Cuflom; and the thicker they ’ purpofe they give ftveral Purges,
find the Blood, the more thCy take 1\ to wit, Extra§ of black’ *• •• ■
Hellebore,
away : They ufe to bleed a‘ Vein > Famhjhugogum Crollii,<fyc.Ax. length,
under the Tongue or in the Fore¬ ; when the peccant Matter of the
head. Afterw ards they fly to Re- ... „ .....
Incubus is cart |RJ lJRS(R
out, they fly URm
to fpi-
VclJents, fuch as fliarp Clyflers,; rituous, fltengthning thinjs* they
Cupping-Glades fer to the Thighs, 1 especially extol Aurum potabile, Oyl
opening the Hemorrhoids , rub- Of Amber , Pepper and Juniper,
bing and combing theHead, gentle inwardly and outwardly* and there
Errhines, Cargarilms, Apophleg- are fcveral other things which arO
matifms,Sternutatories, foe. Things fufficientlv recounted before id fo-
that hinder Vapors from afcendir.g, ' porous Difeafcs.
are, according to them, Viarrhodon 1
Abbatis, diamargaritonjrrgidum. Su¬
,
gar of Rofes Coral, fyc. Then is-
they conclude the Cure with S^Clmrnt, becaufe he thinks
Strengthners,
...- to wit,, Treacle,
, Mi- * the Caufe of this Difeaft lies
thridate, Vtamfchu duke, Dianthos, \ in the Stomach, advifes to vo-
Conferve of Rofemary-Flowers, J miting, that the Crudities of the
Buglofs, Seeds and Roots of Peo- j Stomach, arifing from Surfeiting or
ny. Nutmeg. They magnify a- any other Caufe, may be cart off.
nomnng of the Head, Breaft and 1 The Patient fhould be prefer.rly a-
Stomach with Oyl of Chimotnrl, 1 wakened in the Paroxyfm, then the
Dill, and Wine hot. They advife Incubus ceafes, and che A)chum h a
alfo the applying, of a Dropax,inade ': 1 i"
of five parts Pitch, and one Oyl of
Spike or Maflich. They commend
Bags made of Flowers of Bugldfs,
K i 6.
Violets, Rofes. Leaves of Baum,j^rc. ffllTliyilts commends Cep/ia*-
which may be befprinkled with licks, Nervines, and other
white Wine and Baum-Water, mo¬ Medicines, fuch as Amber, Coral,
derately warm. A Cap may be Pearl, Peony Root * alfo Electua¬
made of leaves of Beconv, Marjo¬ ries, deftilled Waters, Tintftires,
ram, Flowers of Rofemary, Red Elixirs, lire, fufticiently enumera¬
Rofes, Cloves, Nutmeg, Cyprefs- ted in the former Chapters. He
Rocr, fac. would have Children, that are at
any tithe troubled with this Difcafe,
wear Coral and Peony Roots and
Seeds about their Neele, or upon ih£
pit of their Stomach.
o- ■ i ij:

Go gle
*94 Of the Incubus, or Night-Mare*
the Fit kafts therefore, we order
the Patient to be awaked 5 then we
$. 17- give him things, to remove Ob-
*11)1110,that Succcfsful Praftiti-
Uru&ons in the paflages, thac is, in
^ oner,cakes the Curccf the In- the phrenick Nerves; things to ex¬
cubm to confift, i. In the Cor- cite and recreate the Animal Spi¬
reftion of the Bile, that has a nar¬ rits, which burning volacil Spirits
cotick Faculty in it. 2. In the do above all other things, and vo-
Correction of duck Phlegm, and latil faline Spirits joyned with vola-
the auftere Humor, whether it be til oyly Salts, which fometimes do
the pancreatick Juice, or any ocher wonders, while they rouze our
that produces noxious Exhalations. drowfy Spirits, and recal them from
3. In the Difcuflion of auftere bi¬ going fome whither elfe; which
lious Humors, that arife in the time volacil things maintain all moderate
of the Fit. 4. In the Interruption Fermentation of the Blood, and
of fleep. Things that correct the create frefti Spirits. Here is a
narcotick Virtue of the Bile, are procefs:
acid, but fpirituous, fuch as Spirit
of Nitre, as well pure as fweet, Take of re&ified Spirit of Wine
Medicines of Caftor, Vinegar, foe. two Pounds, the pureft Salt of
For inciding thick Phlegm, cor¬ Tartar four Ounces. Draw otf
recting any auftere Humors, and a Spirit by Dcftillationi to
difcuflmg auftere bilious Humors,- which, when it is duly exalted,
he commends all volacil Salts. For- add as much aromatick Oy l,to wit,
the Interruption of Sleep, he ad- of Cinnamon,Mace,Fcnil, Amber,
vifes talking of the by-ftanders foe. as ic will foak up. Then
with the Patient, if at any time add a little Sal Ammoniack.
one find by Signs and Commotions, Or,
that a Fit is coming.
Take of rectified Spiric of Wine
18. tartarilate fix Ounces, Oyl of
Mace, Amber each threeDraclims.
t-Hc Cartcftan Indications are Let them ftand mixt for a while,
1 fatisfied by Tolatil things, joyn- till the Spirits have foaked up
cd with other fpirituous things, a- the Oy Is. Then add of Spirit of
romaticks, and fcvcral hard things, Sal Ammoniack two Ounces,
which may inride and extenuate, Deftil them in a long Bolt head
and fo remove the Obftrudion of in Sand and keep them for
the Pores of the Diaphragm, which ufe. This may ferve fora Re¬
we Dull not here inlift upon. ceipt j

Take of Cinnamon Water one

«. 19.
Ounce and an half, /qua apo-
fwinow g",vc y°u pteflica one Ounce, Spnitw no-
cinctly our own Method fier olesfut half a Drachm, Sy¬
of Cure. In the time of onr Pra¬ rup of Cinnamon half an Ounce.
ctice wt have had only chr>» ephi- Mix them. Take a fpoonful at
atiuclc Pertoos v> cove. kile ' a time. Or,
 Of the Incubus, or fright*Mare.
*9*
Take of Confervc of Peony Flow¬ fanirot give thofe things; then we
ers, Rofcmary Flowers each one may give the following Purge.
Drachm, Voacil Sale of Harts¬
horn fix Grains,Magiftery of Am¬ Take of MaC pil. afoephafig half a
ber three Grains. Mix theta. Drachm, Magiftery of Amber
Make a Bolus. Take it Morning three Grains, Oyl of Rofcmary
and Evening.
Flowers two Grams.' Mix them.
Make them into fifteen Pills,
A Deco&ion of the Woods,with
feme Spiriccf SLi/Anmioniack dropc After rhefe let the Patient dike
into it, is excellent good. Cinna¬ the following mkeedre..
mon Water, adding a little Amber
does the bufmefs in this Difeafc. TAccf fpiritus falit Jhfnmaci fie-
For removing the ftagnation of cthdiut) Spirit.of HartS-horn each
tlie Blood, arifing from an acid co- half a Drachm, jfiritus oicojus «o-
agnlum in it, thefe forefaid Medi¬ Jfr one Scruple, Witer of Sage,
cines are excellent, in: as much as Rofcmary each ohc Olince. Mix
they eorred an Acid, and quickly them for three Dofc.
diflolve the Elood. And this in¬
tention is beft fatisfied by Spirit of An Emulfion may &Vrrt-;M'£ 6f
Sal Ammoniack, that pure Volatil Seeds of Peony and Kigelta for the
aHiali, if about one Scruple of it be timeoffieep;to which prepared Eiu-
given in fome proper Vehicle: Spi¬ erauld one Drachm may be added.
rit of Harts-horn, Soot.fpiritus oleofm If the Dileafe come through fome
tiofier, (j fpiritus fatis Ammoniaci fault in the Stomach, or error in
Juccmatus are good. Sperma ceti Diet, I preferibe this following Sto¬
like wife is an excellent Remedy in mach Powder of Gulder.cL-e.
rhis cafe. And there are feveral o-
ther things that are good to diflolve Take of Seeds of Coriander prepa¬
the coaghlnm of the Blood, which red fix Drachms, Peony one
we mentioned in the Chapter of the Drachm and an half, Cinnamon,
• Apoplexy. Mace, Cloves each one Scruple,
I never ufed Elcod-lctting, unlefs red Coral prepared one Drachm,
a great Opprtflicn of the IJeart. defiilledO}! of Caraway eleven
Blit if I feared Choaking or an Apo¬ Grains, of Nutmeg feven Grains,
plexy, I ufed it, and only then. If retuU manus chrijh perlata two
an incubus come from Obftrudion of Ouncds and an half. Mix them.
the Menfcs, then I advife breathing Make a Powder. Ory
of a Vein jCupping-Glaflcs, or Lee-
ches may ferve inftead thereof.
Out of the F it I recommend Vo¬ Take of pul vis fiomachalis beywdi-
mits of an Infufion of Antimogy, cui three Drachms, Coriander
or Tartar urn emtttcum M)tifichti, or prepared one Drachm, fscvla pxo*
Ludoyicianum^orour emetick Wine, nti hall a drachm, F.merauld pre¬
as things whole eifedts amWcredmy pared one Scruple. Mix them.
end, and that evacuate vitious,crude
Humors lodged in the Stomach. Towards Evening let the Patient
Eut if for feme reafon or other wc take a little Wine, or aqua vita Mat-
O a thi«li%

Go gle
t96 Of the Incubus, or Night-Mare.
thioli, or Spirit of Wine. Mineral ! applied to the Navil will be very
and Bath Waters, drunk according ' proper in this cafe, as alfo deftillcd
to rhe Rules of Phyfick, have often Oyls of Lavander,Caraway,&c. are;
cured People. Nor (hould we neg- or a bag of common Salt, fteeped
led Errhines, ApophlegmtiGni, Wheat and Chamomil Flowers may
Fridions,Scarifications, Leeches, fyc. be applied. The Belly may be a-
I ufe. Morning and Evening going nointed with Oyl of Nutmeg by
to bed, to give, and that with good exprefiion, or with the following li¬
fuccefs, Sennertus his Eleduary cal¬ niment.
led pleres anhonticum, with tonfeftio Takccf unguentum ulabajlrinum tw#
aHiermes and Amber. Ounces,Treade five Scruples,fixe
Outward Applications, fuch as Salt fixteen Grains, the beft Saf¬
the fat of a Wolf or Frogs anoint¬ fron half a Scruple, Oyl of Cara¬
ed on the Breafl, are of no final! way, Bdfam of Peru each eighc
ufc ; alfo other Oyly, Aromatick and Grains. Mix them-
Spirituous things are effcdual, out¬
wardly applied. Tt was revealed to For the rich you may add Musk
us as a Secret, That a Swallow’s head and Amber. For Women, inftead
worn about ones Neck, keeps off of fweet feented things, you may
this Difeafc, A fpirituous Platter take lialf a Scruple of Oyl of Ca-
ftor.

CHAP.
 r
O97)
CHAP.
Of Catarrhs.
e i.
A T length we are happily arri-
> r\ ved ac our Port, that is, the
laft Difeafe of the Head, namely a
Catarrh. By a Catarrh the Anci-
' ents underftood a Defoliation and
Detluxion of Humors from the
Head and Brain into the lower
Parrs of the Body. For Galen's ri¬
diculous Opinion is, That the Head
is as it were a roof placed over a
hoc Houfe, thac receives the Va¬
pors, and all the fuliginous Excre¬
ments, which are gradually carried
from the Parts below, where they
are, Hke Clouds in the Air, con-
denfed by the coldnefsof the Brain,
j) and at length being dillolved by
I the heat of the Spirits, fhowre down
like rain on the Parts below. Where¬
fore the Greeks call this Difeafe
Hctrappo!^, that is, a Deflaxion or
Defoliation. It is defined to be,
an Evafation of the Lympha or vithus
Serum, in any Parr of the Body, but
efpecialli in the Head, which by re¬
maining there grows frme. coagulates
, and caufes Pain, either with or with¬
out Swelling.
Go gle
XIV.
Divifion.
TT is commonly held, That there
Aarefour forts of Catarrhs.!. When
the Excrements of the Brain run
into the Mouth and other Parts, it
is called by the general name, and
by way of excellence, a Catarrh,
2! When fharp, ferous Matter runs
to the Nofe, it is called KSfvf*,
gravedo, or running at the Nofe. 3. If
it fall upon the Throat and afpera
arteriaj tis called Ggdyyot, raucedo,
or hoarfenefs. 4. But if the evafated
lympha fall on the Bread, then it is
called rheuma,or a rheum, according
to thefe Vcrfes:
Si fluat ad petlus, dkatur rheuma
catarrbut,
Ad fauces, branchos, ad nares efto cj-
ry\a.
If a vicious, polluted Serum fall
into the Eyes, it caufes an Ophthal¬
mia ; if into the Ears, tingling and
thicknefs of hearing -, if into the
Jaws, the Tooth-ach ; if it fall in¬
to the Neck Shoulders, Arms, or
other Parts, it caufes Pains, and
fometimes Swelling in them; if up¬
on the Origination of the Nerves,
O 3 Trembling
1 V8 Cf Catarrhs.
Trembling and the Apoplexy; if up¬
on the Lungs, a\nafthma, Pcripneu-
mony, Couch and Confumption; if
up.;r. the Stomach, a Corruption of
the Ferment, Crudity, Naufeouf-
pefs, and Lofs of Appetite- And it,
is able to, raife a thoufand cther
Diic-ifes. We fpeak all thefe things
according to vulgar Acceptation;but
if we would be elaft, in propriety,
of fpeaking, the evafared Serum
cc-nes not always from the Head;
but as it is diffafed through all Parts
of the Body, it may break out of a-
ny Part, as out of its place of refi-
dence.
(). z. Part ajfefted.
B Y the unanjmous confent of all
Phyficlans, the Part affefted is
the Brjjn, called the fountain of
Phlegm by venerable Antiquity,and
cqnfcquentfy of Catarrhs. They
prove. That the Brain is the Seat of
this Difeafe, from hence, for that
there is an Hcad-ach and Vertigo,
the os cribriform is ftopt, and IVp.ns
fleep is difturbed with troublefoipc
Dreams. And more particularly
they blame the Ventricles of the
Brain, as Lome of the Moderns ac-
csfe the gfanMa prncalis, other the
piruitaria. Some of thefe take the
Glands difeovered by Malpighius,
Wharton^ and others, for the Part af¬
fected ; a few of them take the
Glands of the plexus chor aides, which
prepare the vitious, acido-Ialine
Humor, fqr the Part affected, We
in thjs cafe believe, that not only
the Brain, but chiefly all Parts that
abound wiihGkmds ancilymphatick
Veflcls, both in the Brain and all o-
ver the Body.are over-flowed ; and
irufrru ch as they are too full of fe-
rum, we take them for the Part af¬
fected, which when through any
Go gle
Caufe they are burft or diftended,
the Brain and all other Parts are on
float, and the Pores are obftrufted.
Concerning this fee Helmont de De-
Hr. Crtarrb. and the noble Watdi
febmidiks, our fwom friend, in liis
Difputatio Alirohg. Med. who there
difeourfes rationallyand ingeniously.
For we fee all day long, how in a
cnji^a the lymph* is voided out of
the tubulated infertions of the mam¬
millary Procefles by the os cribrafm,
through a pretty broad paflage on
either fide, beginning a little above
the infundibulum, ending in the tu¬
bulated Corpufcles of the faid Pro-
’ cefles, and rending to the ipongy
Bodies of the Nofe.
$. 5. Diagnoflick.
A Catarrh ([ time we may come
to the Diagnoftick ) betrayes
it felfby abundant Sneezing, Heavi-
nefs of the Head,Deadnefs and Dul-
nefs of the Senfcs, and fometimes
by the Hcad-ach and Spitting more
than ufual. In a cpr\?a either the
holes in the os ethmdides are ftopt;
or a thin, fometimes a thick lym¬
ph* runs at the Nofe like Water. In
a bronchus there is hoarfenefs of
Voice, roughnefs in the Throat, and
oftentimes a Cough. When the
lympha therefore is fuperabundant
in its Vcllcls, then it is voided
partly by the Nofe, as was faid,
partly bv the Palate, fometimes (but
feldom j by the Ears, fometimes
alfo by the Eyes. Oftentimes like-
wife a domeftick ferum overflows
f not coming from the Head } in
the Lungs,in which there is a Cough
or an Attbma. And fince no Part
in the whole Body of Man is with¬
out lymphatick Veflcls, fo Iikewife
no Part can be free from the recep¬
tion of this limpid Water. For
while
 Of Ca/arr/jf.
199
while thefe Iymphatick Veflels are is C if it be applied to the Particles
overmuch diftended, the Water of Bodiesjthel'e vitious Particles do
cither grows thick or fhjrp,and dis¬ not aft, bccaufe they are fait, a-
charges it fclf on this or the other cid, fyc. much lefs becaufe they
Part ; or by little and little it makes are hot or cold; but becaufe they
its way by its Acrimony and Salt- arc this or that way figured, in
nefs to the external Parts of the fuch or fuch order, of fuch a
Body under it. Then this aculea- Quantity, &c. For the flrcfs of
red lympha makes breaches, hence the butiriefs lies in this. We may
a Pain and Swelling arife either in therefore in a fafe fenfe call a Ca¬
the Side, Loins, Arms, Shoulders, tarrh hot, inafmuch as the Blood
Eyes, Teeth, Kidneys, Hips, Legs or ferum are (harp, or are made fo
or fcveral Joints, that is, by reafon by the Air, or inafmuch as the reft
of Solution of Continuity in thofe of the balfamick Particles are fharp,
Parts. From the concomitant Hu¬ acuminated rigid & like to pointed
mor alfo a Catarrh is called, either Pyramids. Whence it cannot o-
hot or cold : for when a thick, or therwife be but thefe Particles, be¬
vifeid Humor, having little or no ing fo figured, muft caufe a Soluti¬
fixt Salt, is precipitated, we fay it on of Continuity and Pain. One
is a cold Cararrh, in which only a may therefore know a hot, (_ that is,
dull Pain is felt ; but if a Salt be a fharp) Catarrh by a fenfe of heat,
mixe with it. which by its rigidnefs itching of the Parts , frequent
and (harpnefs, as it clings to the fneezing, fharp, bitter or fait rafie.
nervous m&anders of rhe Tubes, pro- rednefs of Eyes and Face, foe. And
duces a rending or pricking Pain, ! one may know a cold (that is,
we call it a hot Catarrh. For un- a flyptick ) by the thickncfs and
lefs the pointed Particles of one Bo- clammtncfs or heavinefs of the lym-
dy did not agree with the Pores of pba, and by a fenfe of coldnefs.
another, but aimed always at the , Thefe are the chief Signs of the r i-
fame end,*no fuch Pain could arife. tious predominant Humor, which
For the Figurifls ( or mechanical are comprehended in thefe follovv-
Philofophers) do well explain the ing Verfes of Franc, in porta lib. 2,
uniformity of Motion by thefimile de fig. morborm.
of Teeth and ferrated Points in
clocks; forinftance, as the Teeth -Quum pituita motet malefana ca-
of one wheel do exaftly fill the in- tarrhum,
terftice of the Teeth in another Frigus ineft capiti, facies fit pallida,
Wheel, that is, as the Points of one murmur
Body correfpond to the Pores of Vox ciet, fo fapor eft, urinaque crudior
another; fo thefe things ferioufly txit,
confidered, as certain a knowledge Mens liupet fo fenfus, motus torperc
about natural Aftions is derived teuetur.
from thefe fchematifms, the true
Symboles of A&ions, as we can cer¬ The evafation of a vitious ferum
tainly know by the hand of a Dial, upon a Part may prefently be known
annext to the Wheels, what hour by a prudent Fhyfician; becaufe
of the day it is; not becaufe the the Part immediately (hows it by
Wheels are -of Gold or Steel, that Pain and Inflammation, fbmetimes
O 4 by

Go gle
.^OQ Of Cat arris.
hy failing, agd there is a Fever. ] immoderate flee a fudden coohne
T*
For a Catarrh CLAtftldom afflicts ia M in 1 nf*
Man, of the HeadA after fweacing
^ ^i *-» i
in a Bath
vvh n there is no Fever with it, or Hot-houfc, heat of the Sun,
which confifts in a diflurbed mix¬ Moon-beams falling upon the Head,
ture of the Blood, or in its cxccf- South and North Winds, an unufuai
llve thicknefs, cairfed by an over Stink, unfcafonablc Watching, and
fait ferum: for a foreign Sale commu- night Studies, are remote Caufes.
r.jcaced to the Blood, makes a dif¬
ferent Motion, and thereby eaflly
diftarbs tlje mixture, apd cauics a
§. y.
Fcycp ~T"HcOaraccltfts prove ,T!;ac this
I Difeafe is faline and tartare-
$. 4. Ciufe. ous. A tarcarcous Spirit, accord¬
ing to diem, afeends in a dry or
npHis was the Diagnoflick, now liquid fleam, which at length is a
•* we will walk out into the plea- little coagulated in the Brain : for
fant field of Causes. The 2Hnctcntsj there arc coagulating, mineral Fu¬
‘explain the proximate caufcofthis mes in the Brain, whjch paracc'fni
Difeafe, by a deflillarion ordetiuxi- trail. 2. lib. a. Ac tnorb. met all. cup.
irnof Humors from the Head to the i. Ae jum. met all. fays are drawn
Par.'s 1* lo-.v, by way of fimil', that out of the Ajr by the Noftrils, ad-'
is. of Vapors elevated from the low¬ ding. That as by the heat of the
er Parts to the Head, and there Sun and Stars, and fubterranean
condenfed into Water and dilfolv- fires, many Vapnrs arc raifed to the
rdi for inftancc, If you emfider middle region of the Air, where bv
flic deflillation of Water, or boyl- virtue of cold, or ( as others will
ing of it in a Pot, Vapors are ele¬ have it ) by a faline virtue , they
vated to the Cover, and there con- are condenfed into clouds, which
denfed into drops •, even fo in Man being dillblved into Water and Rain,
they call the Stomach the Por, and fall down both by tfieir v\cight and
the Head its Cover. If therefore natural inclination to Water the
the Stomach be heated by the Li¬ earth: So in the microcoGn therp
ver, after their wa^ of arguing, Va¬ is the fame rife of Meteors, Rain,
pors muft! e feat to the Head. They Snow, Haihand a perpetual Circula¬
fay aifo, Th.t a cold and rooift in- tion pf the lower and upper Hea¬
temperature of Brain promotes it ven, and a mutual communication
much: for the Brain, fo difpofed of fruits. And here they feem ro
i? not abV-rightly to digeft the ali¬ agree with the Ancients, in that
ment, which is fent to it, and (b they believe Vapors arise from the
many fuperfluicies, and a great lower Parts to the Brain; and are
do'k of excrements are gathered ; there condenfed, as in the head of
thtfe Humors and Vapors being an alembick; by which fublimation
condenfed, at length are thrufl to either a fait or (harp Humor falls
the Parts bclovv, where they caufe upon the Parts below.
fo netimes a Swelling, fometimes And fince ill forts of Salts are con¬
tain. Wherefore the Seafon of tained in Tartar, that is. Common,
the year, an improper way of liv¬ Alum, Vitriol, Gemm, Ammoniac,
ing, furfeiting, cxceflive repletion. Pure, Alkali, of Vinegar, cf Net¬
tle,

Go gle
 dfjtatarrhs.
He i<T'. various differences of tar- ! from the famed Orifice of theSto-
tareous Difeafes, and therefore of mach, but that it is an ufelef* ex-
dcftillatiofts arife from thence. A!- crement bred by an erring guardi-
fo according to them Tinftures of an- Heconfeffes, That in the Gout
Arfenical Spirits are mixt with ; there is a fait excrementitious Li¬
the fe Salts, from whence come de- • ^uorJ yec fo, as that Vulcan is the
iiruftivc defluxions with exceflive fource,cement and fewelof jtj and
pain and redoefs. In another place ! not an afeent of Vapors from the
Faracelfus de mo Jo pbarmac. lib. 2. Stomach to the Brain, not feveral
tr. i. fays. That a Catarrh, Rheum,1 Humors,nor a fittnious Deftillation
■ —. * i i r i_ of I'lilpOm mivf tutrV*
and Branchus are cxcremental Tick- of Phlegm mixt with bile. What¬
oefles of raucous dung. ever therefore the Schools talk of
Vapors arifing from the Stomach
for the matter of the Catarrh, he
thinks it is bur old Wives Tales.-
•T'He induftrious Oyelittont holds, All that comes from the head is mu¬
1 That Catarrhs come, when * cus and mere excremenr, bur not
ftrange Air, Scent, Ferment, or an carried out of rhe Stomach thither,
exotick Seed is received into rhe This mucus when the guardian of
Spirit upon Motion ■, then the tain- the Brain is in £ood order, is white,
ted influent Spirit is excluded by ■ thick, and viu id ; but when its
the Arcbaus from the communion Powers 3tedifaffetfed,thc mucus is
of Life, and is fent to Parrs fur- : warry, fharp, fait, Wfb, yellow,
theft off. The Bias alfo of the clammy, &i . and runs the nenreft
Moon infpircs the Operations of way out ot his Bafon or Tunnel. For
her V.icilTitudes upon us, fliowing in a coryza the Water that runs out
themfclvet moft upon a weak Brain • at firft, is noc mere mucus, but a
and the Membranes. Hence come 1 fait Water, whereby nature endea-
tedious prefages of alterations of vours to wafh away, whatever refts
Wear her aforehand. This iscalled upon the fpongy bone of rhe Brain,
the night torrnre, under which is as a foreign Fnemy. As J faid,
comprehended whatever goes by whatever it is that falls dpwn upon
the name of Dtfluxions and Ca¬ the Throat from the Brain, not
tarrhs. He will therefore have Ca¬ one drop of it enters the Lungs, but
tarrhs to arife, not frora one foun¬ if it fhould, would endanger ftrang-
tain alone; to wit, Man’s head ling. Fo/- if but one drop of Wa¬
( whence the Schools imagine all ter, as one is fwallowing fall upon
Camrfis do fall) but from the IJio- the larynx unawares, and fo almoft
pathy, or proper Indifpofition of choak the drinker, what would not
every Parr, caufed by topical Fer¬ fuch a quantity of mucus do, whiclr
ments. He rejcdUIikcwifcchc ar¬ in a fhort fpace of time now and
guments of the Vaporifts, and de- then would fill Bafons? This no¬
monftrates to the Eye in trail, de ble Author admits indeed of ca¬
Catarrhs deliram. that" it is impoffi- tarrhal Difeafes; but he denies the
ble, that thefe Vapors fhould rife caufes, means. Ways and end of a
from the Stomach to the Head. See Catarrh, as the Schools have ex¬
page 268 of the forefaid Treatifc. plained them. So he will have a
will he havf the mucus arife Confumption not to be a Defluxi-

Go gle
 Of Catarrhs.
on upon the Lungs, but to arife from
fomc inward fault of the Lungs
thcmfelves.
i. 7.
t^,'n'<s> That *n t*,‘s
Difeafe the ferum feparates
from the Blood, and an inundati¬
on comes upon the Parts, bccaufc a
fhirp and thin ferum opens the
mouths of the lymphatick Vcficls
and Glands, upon the tracb*a,m o-
«bcr Mufclcs or Parrs * fo thac too
many ferofities are dilcharged on
thofe Parts, whence he ho'ds, That
divers troublcfome pains, inflam¬
mations, and fliarpnefs of Humors
may arife ; adding,That afterwards,
the ferum thickning by Coftion,
flicks to the fides of the trachea,
and ftrairens the pafTages of infpi-
ration. He thinks alfo, Thar this
ichorous Matter runs out of rhe
lymphsrdu^ts or blood Vcflels into
the Veficles of the Lungs, and cau-
fcs fhortnefs of breath, and fome-
times a Confumption.
f 8.
VUhuS thinks the proximate
caufe of this Dife»fe, to be an
exceffivc abundance of watry, fc-
rous Humor, ofFendina in acrirno-
ny,faltnefs and acidity, falling often
from rhe Head upon the Brcafl,
caufrng divers Catarrhs, and fomc-
rimes a Confumption.
S. 9-
npHe Carteflanc fuppofing that a
A fubtil or atthereal matter, ac¬
cording to the different accefs and T^Hus fir, what others think of
recefs of rhe Sun to and from ns, A the caufe: this is our oton O-
caufes variousAlterations and Symp¬ pinion. That abundance of vkious
toms, do admit of Dcftillations, ei¬ ferum abounding in the Body, is e«
Go gle
ther upon the Throat,the afperaar-
teria, Paiar or Brcafi, but they ex-
lain the manner and ways of De¬
illation differently from the An¬
cients They therefore blame chief¬
ly the fait and fharp Particles of
the Blood falling upon any Parts
of the Body, holding. That the mat¬
ter of the Catarrh is not fupplied
from the Brain, hut is immediate¬
ly carried out of the Blood by the
Arteries to thofe Parts: for they
fay. That by a catarrhal, that is, a
ferous and pituitous Matter, la¬
tent In the blood, the Pores of the
Arteries are day by day enlarged
and dilated, out of which then the
Blood is poured into the tubes: for
our Blood confifh of Parts of innu¬
merable Figures and Magnitudes,
which according to their Magni¬
tude,Figures and Situation are mo¬
ved one among another, and vari-
oufly joynedi whereupon they form
divers Pores, and admit of the fub¬
til matter in grearer or lefs quan¬
tity, according to the diverfuy of
the Pores. And they endeavour
to prove, That the Blood is affefted
in Catarrhs, by the continual and
flow Fever, which ufually accom¬
panies them. For they fay, when
the mixture of the Blood is dl-
fturbed,That fcreral fharp Parriclcs
are poured into the glandulous
Parts, and there offend either in
thicknefc, or acrimony, or a rhou-
faud other ways, and irrirare rhe
Membranes. And they confirm
this by frequent freezing, a trou¬
blcfome Cough and Hoarfcnefi.
10 §. .
vafated,
 Of Catarrhs.
vafated, from which evafation of a a Dropfie comes from the Head ?.
/harp, fair or acid ferum upon mem¬ We doubt not therefore any lon¬
branous Parts, we derive Pains and ger, but that catarrhal Difeafes do
Inflammations. For I put it be¬ arife primarily, from fome fault in
yond all doubt. That catarrhal Di- the lympha through all Parts. For
feafes primarily proceed from fome if the lympha be evafated out of its
fault in the Lympha. Glands and Dufts,it over-fpreads the
We every day fee how in cold Throat and afpera artcria,*nd by its
Weather the lympha is encreafed, exceffive Acrimony and Acidity ex¬
inafmuch, that is, as the Pores of coriates the forefaid Parts, whence
the Skin are ftopt, and fo tranfpi- Pains, Inflammations and Hoarfe-
ration is hindred, which muft of nefs arife, with which they that are
nece/fity encreafe the ferum. And taken, complain cf a fiery, burning
all confefs,That Catarrhs and Rheu- Pain in their Throat. And whereas
matifms are produced by a fudden we faid before, that the lympha is
ftoppage of tranfpiration, as expe¬ cncreaf d by a cold Air, we fee it
rience docs evince. But if the fe¬ plainly in a coryza, which is com¬
rum have any fixe Salt, either com¬ mon almoft to all Men ; for a cold
municated by the Air, or bred in Air always precedes, which as it
the blood ana /* m, a pricking Pain pafles, hinders infenfible tranfpira-
arifes, and tlje obftruftion isencrea- ; tion, whereupon the ferum is made
fed, becaufc tbit ftubborn Salt con- ‘ more /harp and acid, and is bred
rrads all membranous Parts. And if! more plentifully in the forefaid
there be an eva/ation of ferum and places. This lympha, where it finds
a fubfequent ft agnation about the paflage endeavours to get out all
pricnrdia, then there arifes Difficul- at once, efpecially if thefe Veflels
ty of breathing, a Fever, Heavinefs I be over-filled and diftended with
of Heart, and prefent Suffocation, ! drink, as they are ufually in great
frequent companions of this Difcalc. ' drinkers. If this lvmphatick eva-
J am verily perfwaded, that Ca- fation come in the Throat, hoarfe-
tarrhs never come from the Head | nefs arifes, which I have obferved
a’one,but that there may be a ferous I to laft a year and longer, and fome-
evafation in all Parts: For there ■ times to go away without a Con-
are manifeft wavs, that is, lympha- fumption. If an evafation of fe-
tick Veflels, which arc diffufed all j rum be made in the Stomach, then
over the Body, and why are thefe i the Ferment of the Stomach is
Veflels torn only in the Head, and j fpoiled, all the food a Man rakes
not in the Lungs, Neck, Liver,Muf- :;corrupts, then a tough and thick
c\es,larynx? &c. For what ufe are [-lympha, unfit to digert meat, hio-
rhefe Glands, that ufually prepare ders and fpoils fermentation. And
ferum in fevcral other Parts ? Yea, frequently, while thefe Iyraphatick
I have difeovered by a microfcope, Veflels are loaden with too much
That the whole Skin is glandulous, ferum, it disburdens it felf into o-
and whyfhould we, who have ai¬ ther places, turns fowre for fevcral
ways our Heads moift with Phlegm, days, and by little and little makes
that is, full of coagulated ferum, yet j its way bv its thinnefs and acrime-
be very feldom troubled with Ca- ny into the external Parts of the
tarrhs? Why d® we not lay. That j Body under it, whence divers A-
chc

Go gle
%q4 0/ Catarrhs.
dies and Pains flow. For there is
no part of the Body, but has its
tymphxdufts, fo that the Lungs are
not without them ; and therefore
no Part is free from evafation of
Jenan. The ways, by which the
catarrhal Humor flows, are princi¬
pally the lymphatick Veffels, and
fefs principally the fanguiferous
Veflels. Here, by the way, we
would have it obferved,That we do
not derive a fuffocative Catarrh
from forum, only tvafated in the
Lungs, much Iefs, as the Schools
would have it, from the Brains
fhowring dow n upon the Thr9ar,as
Helmut, tiWf. tie Caranh delir ament.
but we rather think it comes from
the blood’s gufhing out,of the afccn-
ding and defeending Branch of the
vena cava into the heart, and thence
into the Lungs,and its being hindred
a little in its Motion; then it be¬
gins to ft agnate, through anexcef-
five Acid, either bred in the Hu¬
mors. or brought thither from the
lower Parts, cfpecially From an A-
rid and Auftere pancreatick Juice,
mixt both with the Elcod and /?-
rwn \ whence proceels danger of
choaking and difficulty of breath¬
ing which is of neceffity attended
with froth, after a frequent bur
vain reciprocation of the Air; as I
learned by experience in a Dog in¬
to which, after a drachm of Spirit
of Sulphur per campanam, diluted
with a fufficient quan itv of Water,
had been infilled at the crural Vein,
froth appeared afccr the coagula¬
tion of die Blood. From whence
it follows, Thar, if an Acid coagu¬
late the Blood, a fuffocative Ca¬
tarrh mud arife in the Lungs, and
if is a pulmonary Apoplexy. For
we judge. That as an Apoplexy is
caufed by the hindrance and abo-
lition of the Blood’s Motion in the
Go gle
Brain, fo a fuffocative Catarrh pro- *
ceeds from the fame Motion being
ftopt a little in the Lungs and pra*
cvrdiay which Motion of the Blood
is hindred by the abundance of
Blood, or by its thicknefs and vif-
cidity, or by obftruftion of the
Vdlels, or by a coagulating Acid;
and thence flow Anxieties and Op-
prdTmn of Heart, Shorrnefs of
Breath, and fometimes Abolition,
and at length fudden Death. All
which things appeared in the o-
pening of one that died of this Di¬
feafe, who for a year and more was
troubled fometimes with a fuffoca¬
tive Catarrh, (ometimcs with an
Apoplexy; but at Iaft he died of a
fuffocative Catarrh. When we o-
pened his Corps, we found the ab-
d'.men and the Brea ft above rhe os
Jlernam fo befec with fat, that ic
was four inches thick. There was no
Blood to be found any where but
about the Heart and Lungs, and ic
ftagnared there ; becaufe the Pafla-
ges of the Blood were ftopt by the
Veflels being obftrufted with fat.
In rhis pious Man, who died, I
would have you cbferve this by the '
way. That when he could not
breath he found r, lief by beating
and thumping his Breaft; the rca-
fon whereof is this, That the Moti¬
on of the Blood was reftored by
rhis Commotion. And I. G. Grei-
' /, hi Mfcell. curhf. an. \. obf. 74.
(hews. That there are vifeid and
glutinous, callous Bodies in all that
dye of a fuffocative Catarrh, either
in the Brain or Hearr, and not fe!-
do<n in both. Undoubtedly in
this Difeafe both the Nerves that
pafs to the Lungs, and the Pores
of the Lungs are obftrufted, and
hence fuch a Difeafe < nfues. and a
ftagnation of Blood ; in other forts
j of Catarrhs it is certain, diac gene-
J rally
 Of Ca‘ arrhf. 10?

rally the ferum is evafaced, and fuch
effeds follow. Thefe things pre-
mifed, one may eafily give a reafon
of Quinfies, Hoarfencfs, Running at
the Nofe, Tooth-ach, and other ca¬
tarrhal Difeafes.
led great, which fiezes a nobl®
Place, old Men 3re eafily trou¬
bled with DefiilIations,as/ffy/wr4fe.r
tph. 51. f 3. certifies, therefore
they arc more difficultly cured iu
fuch.

$.n. Prcgwjlick. $. 12. Diret etick cure.

T"His was the explication of the
caufe, now we will fubjoin the
W E have done one task, now
we muft go to another,
Prognoftick, in which a Phyficinn namely the dieretick cure, which
had need to be curious. If the confifts, as I have often faid, in the
Humor which we now cal! ferum or fix Non-natural things, as Phyficians
lymph a, dcftil from the Head upon call them. Air comes in the fore¬
the Noftrils, the fink of the Brain, front, inafmuch as it contains in it
the Difeafe is flight, and over in a felf fubtil and faline Parridcs: for
few days. If it be evafated in the the wifeft Phyficians, and the illu-
throat, it is worfe •, and if upon the ftrious Boyle tell us, There is a Sale
Lungs, it is worft of all; for from in Air; thefe falirn Particles there¬
thence oftentimes an exulcerarion fore being peccant in their Motion
arifes,, whence comts a Confumpci- and Figure, and infinuating them-
on of the Body. All mild and fclves into the Mafs of Blood and
ftiort Catarrhs, if they be negli¬ lympha, caufe our Difeafe. The Air
gently treated, fo as to take root, th?n muft be hot and dry, on the
are dangerous. Thofe that are fub- contrary a windy, rainy, northern
jett to a Catarrh, arc not altoge¬ and fouthern Air muft by all means
ther fafe from danger ; becaufe be avoided. For every one knows
they are obnoxious to feveral other what mifehief exceflive cold docs,
Difeafes: for abundance of ferum fince thereby tranfpiration, which is
threatens an Apoplexy, Palfie. Pleu- fo neceflary, is hindered, the ferum
rii e,BIindnefs,Confumption,Tooth- coagulated and ftopt in its Motion,
ach, Quinfie, Ueafnefs, Stoppage in and the Glands of the Skin bound
the Bladder or Kidneys, Pain and up. And this cold does moft harm,
Wcaknefs of Stomach, Sciatica, when it comes fuddcnly after great
Gout, fac. Loofenefs and the Co¬ heat, and when it is moift withal.
lick. A Catarrh with a continual They experience all thefe things,
Hoad-ach is more difficult to cure, who live near the Sea or Fens. Let
than one without if, for in the him that is fubjeft to Catarrhs,avoid
former cafe more abundance of fe¬ the Rays of the Sun and Moon.
rum is denoted. A fuffi cative Ca¬ Meat is next, whofe efficacy is
tarrh always threatens imminent great in breeding Humors, and in¬
danger of death, and kills a Man fluencing Mens health. Some
quickly, juft as if he were taken Meats elpcci-lly are apt to Iread
with an Apoplexy. The Autum¬ Phlegm, according ro Horace lib.
nal S afon is moft obnoxious to Ca¬ fetm. 2. fat. 3.
tarrhs, becaufe of frequent alterati¬
ons in Weather. A Catarrh is oal-
Dhlia

Go gle
 2.0(5 Of Catarrhs.
| Sleep muft in this cafe be mode-
Dulcufe in bilem vertent, Stoma- j rate, not on the day, nor long. The
cheque tumulium Head mud be covered, left it be
Lenta feret pinara \ vides,ut palli-, hurt by external cold, which is an
ins orrmis * : Enemy to the head, and to other
Cxnx defier gat dubia. nervous Parts.
Motion mud neither offend in ex-
If the Meat be good and laudable, cefs nor in defied, in tliis cafe efpe-
good Blood is bred thereof, which I dally flothful idlenefs muft be a-
illuftratcs the Mind and Senfes>; voided, which fills the Jymphatick
renders
J the
*“ Aft'eftions fedate
r“A ‘ *“*and Velfcls with abundance of crude
v quiet, and compotes all the Moti¬ Humors.
ons of the Mind according to the The Belly and Bladder muft be
didates of reafon. But when from free.
bad Food vitious Humors and tur¬ As to the Paffions of the Mind,
bid Spirits, there proceeds a fuligi- .
Men muft. o... .
give rhemfclves to Mirth
nous Vapor ( according to the An-: ancj pleafant Speculations and Me-
ciencs ) fuming up into the Brain, i dicanoiis. Fear, fadnefs and de-
the Mind comrads much harm, the ’ fpajrj inqfmuch as they retard the
Senfes grow ftupid, and many fero- Motion of the Blood and Spirits,
fities arc gathered. The Meat there- - ancj f0 gather ferofities, muft bea-
fore in this Difeafe muft be eafy voided. Cold Baths muft be avoid-
of Concodion, dry, and fuch as ^ for they hinder tranfpirarion,
breeds good juice; for inftance, 1 an<j fj|| che Body with too much/e-
potched Egts, Hen, Capon, Cluck- rum% iet us leave fwimming to
cn, Partridge, Veal, roaued rather for it is known from Steno's
thanboylcd. ft muft alio be mo- moft accurateobfervarion,that thofe
derate in quantity, the Supper muft Duds, bj which tranfudation is
be more fparing than Dinner * and ma<jc, are far larger in fifties than
aft«r Supper feme fweet Meats of jn ns Mcn • fo that what Water will
(Quinces will be proper. On the not hinder in them, it ^dfoes much
contrary, forbear all Meats that hinder in us. Curtins tell us, how
are grofs, vjfcid, difficult of Corco- 1 much unfeafonable fwimming en-
dion, cold and moift, fuch as Oni- Cjangercd Alexander of Macedon:
ons, Garlick and Checfe, inafinuch por wj^n he had committed his
as thefe, and fuch as thefe, encrcafc recking hot Body to the chill Wa-
the ftock of Humors. As for dnnl^ j ttTS cf crdnus, his Limbs grew ftifF,
it muft be moderate, for ir is of i jie p^ and the vital Flame had
great Moment in making Blood and almoft forfook him.
Spirits, which, if it be thin, pure
and defecate, breeds Blood and
Spirits like itfclf -, but if it be thick
§. 13. Pbarmaceutick
and crude, it leaves Tokens of its Cure.
nature in the Body, as drunkards
daily teftify. Drinking of Well-
Water is dcftrudive to Man and
H itherto we have been but skir-
mifhing, now we arc come to
Beaft,and muft be avoided, bccaufe clofe fight, that is, to noble Medi¬
it breeds abundance of bad Jaun;, cines. And firft,of fuch as were

Ge gle
 Of Catarrhs.
in ufc with the Ancients. And they
give a Clyfter to fuch as are trou¬
bled with a Catarrh, then they
make the Humors obedient to Na¬
ture. When they have done this,
they endeavour to force the pec¬
cant Humors out of the Body, by
Purgatives and Evacuators.And they
are, Elefruary or Juice of Rofes,
diaprunum, diapbeemeum, piluU awex,
maflichinA, cochtx, de agarics, &c.
agar has rrochrfcatus, cafjia, rhubarb,
polypody, elelhtarium Indum <fy dia-
cathol/con. If ftrcngch permit, or if
there be any impending danger of a
Quinfie, violent Fever or Suffocati¬
on,and the Patient plethorick, they
immediately order Elceding in the
Arm. They will have violent Pur-
gers forbom. left they might irri¬
tate the burthenfom Matter to flux¬
ion. At length they try to derive
the Catarrh with head-Purgers, Er-
rhines. Apophlegmatifms, Sternuta¬
tories, aftual and potential Caute¬
ries, applied to the fore-part of
the Head, and for the fame end
they raife Blifters. Then they or¬
der things to ftop the Hux of Hu¬
mors •, efpecially if at the firft there
be danger of Suffocation from the
vehemence of the Catarrh. Things
that ftop a Catarrh, are thefe fol¬
lowing, d/acodium fimplex & ctmpo-
ft nun, fpec. diapapaverir, diatraga-
fant bum jrigidum & caiidum to
wit, if the Catarrh be cold or hot,
for they earneftly contend. That
contraries mult be cured with con¬
traries ) pilult de cynoglqffa, lohoch de
aiulibui, de papavere, Bole Arme-
nick. Juice of Liquorifh, Violets,
Pills of dried Rofes, Seed of white
Poppy, and Gum Juniper. They
will have Spike kept in the Mouth
in the Night-time j they make a
fumigation of nigella, and other aro-
nwtick tlungs. They fluve the
Go gle
- jjo;7
Head, and apply Oyntment of Ro¬
fes, and a Plafter of terra Lemur*,.
Rofes, Plantain and Bole Armenick.
They add fuch Medicines as may
ftrengchen the Brain, and confume
the remainders; thefe are, dramof-
chu dulce, diambra, fpecies aromatica
rofatx, Mithridate, Confer ve of Sage,
ftofemary, Betony, Cyprefs roots,
Jtxcbas, gallia mofebata, lignaloet, la-
danum &c. For this end they ufc
to make a Pomander of Cloves, gal-
lia m'tfbata, Nutmeg, (lyrax, Cala-
mint, Cubebs, Cinnamon, ^rc. They
make a Cap of leaves of Bay, wild
Marjoram,Seeds of nigeIla,ftxcbatA-
rubica, Frankincenfe, Mafticb, Cin¬
namon, Mace, Nutmeg, Cloves and
red Rofes. They order bags alfo
of Salt, Millet feed, Bran, and o-
thcr things, to be applied to the
Head. They rub the Head with a
rough hoc Cloth. Then they ex¬
tol this following Plafter, applied to
the coronal Suture 5
Take of Seed of nigella roafted one
Ounce, Muftard roafted, Frank¬
incenfe each five Drachms, Ma.
ftich three Drachms, Pigeons
dung. Barley Flower each one
Ounce. With Oxymel of Squills
make a Plafter according to
Art.
I pafs by the reft on purpofe.
§. 14.
N Ow we will hear what the
$5aracclftfta fay. And they,
to dillblve coagulated Tartar,to coa¬
gulate the diflolved, and to reduce
them both,ufe the things following,
efpecially to purge fluxions of the
Head, fuch as Glew, Elder, Scaves-
aare, Saffron, Hermadatfils, Pellico-
ry of Spain, Eupborbium and fal
Gemm.
238 Cf Catarrhs.
Gemm. Paracelfus alfo, for Me¬
lancholy Defluxioos, and a hard-
ned Blood, commends Pdypody,
Hellebore, Spurge, Agarick. which
he advifes mud be carefully pre-
f »ared and corrected. Moreover,
n their Opinion, things that dry
up Catarrhs, are Eflencc of Baum,
Moon wort, Clary , JeiTer Buglofs
with the red Flower, which even
worn in ones Harris (aid to be moift-
ned with the Humors, that it at¬
tracts out of the Head. Some for
purging, highly extol tartarum vi-
triolatum and elixir proprietatisy and
for flrengthning, Oyl of Amber,
which for Hopping a Catarrh is
reckoned by them very efficacious;
alfo if Powder of Amber be put in
a Bag, and heated in Spirit of
Malrafey Wine, and befprinkled
with a few drops of Oyl of Amber,
and applied to the Crown of the
Head, it is a thing of great effica¬
cy ; or if the Nofc and Temples
be anointed with Oyl or Balfam of
Amber. Some, to Hop a Catarrh,
fly to Narcoricks and Laudanum.
They fay, that three drops of Oyl
of Vitriol given in Mint Water,and
repeated fcvcral times, do by a fpe-
cifick and Angular Virtue wafle and
diilipate Catarrhs. Spirit of Vi-
triol, of Tartar, Oyl of Sulphur,
Turpentine and terra ficidata arc
faid to perform the faid effeft ;
Water of Mother of Thyme drawn
chvmically with Spirit of Wine, is
with them a principal Remedy ;
OylofMarjoram,Rofemary, Anife,
Fenil, oleum Luna, Liquors of Sap¬
phire, Emerauld, Mofs, are cried
up by them for their fccret Virtue
in this Difeafe.
Go gle
§• 15-
JJy^lmont cures Catarrhs with
** divers foporiferous things, as
rbere fhall be occafion ; and if a
foreign acidiry with fome vifeidity
come into the Stomach, he doubts
not, but Vomits will carry it off.
He contemns not rernutatories in
this Difeafe, but orders the Roots
of Sow-bread be cut into long flips,
and anointed wirh Oyl of fweet
Almonds,and put into ti e NoHrils.
Orembs alfo, Helmont's own difei-
plc, makes an effectual Sternutato¬
ry of marum in this cafe. The herb'
mufl be dried, fo as it may retain
its greennefs,under a leaden Platter,
and a green amicable Powder may
be made of it.
§. 16 .
r^at thc and
other recrements of the
Blood, which often caufe this Di¬
feafe, may fome way be evacuared,
advifes tne ufe of Diaphorcticks,
Diureticksand gentle Purgers,with
this admonition, That uhen other
Remedies arc interpofed, Blood¬
letting be not negleftcd, efpecid-
ly in a fuffocative Catarrh; and af¬
ter it, he ufes often to give fome
gentle Purge, that is. Syrup of
Peach-flowers, or'of Rofcs lolutive,
or piluU fuccini, cochi a, 8cc. Among
Diureticks and Sudorificks, he com¬
mends Wood-lice, VoJatil Salt of
Amber, Soot, foe. and other Salts
and teflaceous Powders, made into
Pills with Turpentine. Then he
will have the Mouths of the Veflels
and Glands, which gape too wide,
moderately bound, that they may
not void their ScroAties over freely
on the external Parcs: and then he
would
 Of Catarrhs.
, 2s?
would hare thofc Parts fmoothed,
<hat they may not be hurt by the
ft 18.
effufion of a (harp ferum, or by
meeting with the external Cold. A Ccording to the ^OTattcGatt
In the firft cafe Conferve of red f\ hyputhefis the indications are
Rofes, olibanum, Mdftich, lohoch de taken from the Blood or ferumjhac
pints* Syrup of Jujubes and of dried is fometimes too th.ick and vifeid,
Rofes are good : in the latter, he fometirres too thin and fhkrp. In
fays, that Syrup of Liquorice, Mai- the beginning therefore gentle Bur¬
dec-hair, Marfh-mallotos,aftd other gers are proper, namely, piluU de
fweet peftoral things is good. He fuccirio, and other Aloeticks. Vefi-
commends chirurgical Remedies, catorrcsalfo, IiTues and Scarificati¬
namely Bliflers, Cauteries, Fricti¬ ons to difeharge the Seroftties, fa-
ons, Iffues.Leeche* and other things, tisfy thefe Indications.- If a too
as there (hall be otcafion. fharp Matter irritate the membra¬
naceous Fibres too much, Oplares
$. I7. may Very well bfc ufed, fuch as piluU
de cynogUff(t,iQ& other things already
tN Siplbtus his Opinion, if aCa mentioned, which i\t fhall here
rarrh fall upon a noble Part, it -forbear to repeat; Befides, oyly
muft be averted and allayed by all and fat things are proper, inafmuch
means; therefore fait and fubacid as by their foftnefs they fnvolve
Humors mud firft becorreftcd,and the Points of a heterogeneoui Sale
then carried off with Hydragogues. in the Blood ; and earthy and gr6Is
For correcting the Acrimony of the things, fuch as Crabs-eyes, terra ft-
firmaod Humors,he magnifies diu- gillata. Bole, inafraUth as thefe,
retick and fudorifiek Medicines, and fuch things as thefe, do file
fuch as DeeoCtioni of Roots of Chi- and turn the pointed Angles of
ha, farfapar'tHa, Burdock, cantrayer- Salts. Gums and glutinous things;
ia.Wood of Guajacum, fajfafras, Box, are proper, which by their grofs
Oak, Juniper, &t. For amending Particles guard the -Habit 6f the
fait Humors he commends piluU Body again!! the Acrimony of the
de cynoglnjfa fy de ftjrace, about five Salt. They fay, that a Decoftion
Grains, Gum tragacanth, Maftich, of the Woods is good, inafmuch is
olibanum,J}yrax, roots of Liquorice, it corrects and mends the vifq*
four greater cold Seeds, Quince, and lharp Particles of the Blood*
fweet Almonds, Early, Opium, Li¬
quorice Juice infpinared, all fat
Earths, Bole Arinenick, terra Lem- §• 19-
nia, f’giUata, Coral, Pearl, Afhes of
Crabs, fyc. He will have it, that,
W E proceed thus; Cite im¬
mediately incide the vlf-
to diminifh the Humors, Ifluesmay cld Phlegm, which abounds, and
be made with good fucceft. Er- evacuate *ir. But here obferve,
rhines alio evacuate the peccant Hu¬ that you firft of all correft the A-
mor by the Nofe, and HkcVvife a- crimony or Acidity of the BloOcf
vert it from the Throat. and lymfba. To evacuate It, Ffy-
dragogues afld Aloeticks are pro
pery Rich as piluU trmcofuftenfes,-

* Go gle
L -
 Of Catarrhs.
which many call catarrhal Pills. not difeommend the ufe of them.
Alfo a cephalick exuaft prepared To correct the Acrimony, or A-
in the manner following. cidity, or Salmcfs of the Blood and
ferum,ind to caft every foreign Salt
Take of Coloquintida fix Drachms, out of the Blood, and to reftore its
Trochifces of Agarick, diagrydi- due crafts, thefe things arc proper,
um rofatum, black Hellebore pre- liquor cornu cervi fuccinatus, about
pa red,Turbith each half an Ounce, feven drops of it in fome conveni¬
Aloes one Ounce, fpecies diar- ent Liquor, fpiritus falis Ammoniaci
rbodon Abbatis half an Ounce. Put anifatus, that is, if there be a
them in a glafs Veflel with Spi¬ Cough, alfo fal volatile fuccini, and
rit of Wine, that it may be eight that excellent Remedy, Ejfentia no-
inches above. Digeft them for ttra catarrbalis. Here arc fome
ten days in a hot place, after¬ Receipts for younger Phyfici-
wards add fpecies diarrbodtn, and ans.
Snfufe them yet four days longer.
Strain them out well, andlet Take of Water of Mother of Thy me
the (trained Liquor be deftilled three Ounces, Syrup of Betony
in balnea Mari*, till it exhale to one Ounce and an half, Eflence
a juft conGftency. The Dofe of of SalMras-Wood two Drachms.
this Extras is half a Scruple. Mix, and give ir. Or,

Here is a Form for young Be¬ Take of Eflence of Saflafras-Wood

ginners.
Take of extraSum cepbalicum eight
Grains, Refinof Jalap fix Grains,
volatil Salt of Amber, Gum gal-
banum, Amrooniack each three Take of ejfentia noflra catarrbalis,
Grains, Oyl of Myrrh one drop.
Mix them. Make Pills.
Or according to die Galenical
way;
In a Deco&ion of the Woods mfufe
of Leaves of Senna three Drachms,
Anifeed half a Drachm, to the
Colature add of Syrup of Rofes
foiutive one Ounce. Mix them.
half an Ounce, of Rofemary
Flowers two Drachms. Mix
them. The Dofe is forty drops.
Or,
Spirit of Vitriol, fpiritus cephali-
att, each two Drachms. Mix
them. Or,
Take of gudjacum Wood one
Drachm, Tinflure of Antimony
half a Drachm, antimonium dia-
pboreticum one Drachm ,Decofti-
on of guajacum Wood three Oun¬
ces. Mix them. Make a Sudo-
rifick for three firaes. Or,

For an utter confuining of the Take of Eflence of Amber two

catarrhous matter, Hartman per- Drachms, Spirit of Sal Ammonl-
fwades the ufe of pilul* de fuedno ack half a Drachm, Oyl of Marjo¬
Cratonis every Week in Syrup of ram, Amber, Anife each two
Betony, to abouc half a Drachm, drops. Mix them. Give thirty
and to take it three hours after drops for a Dofe.
Supper for three Months, and 1 do
D»

Go' gle.
 Of Cat I 'rr*>S. ill
D. Tacheniut commends Cam- If by a too fharp Lympha, made
phore diflblved in fomc proper fo by an excelfive cold Air, the Li-
Oyl,4for a fpccifick: Or, rynx be affefted, and a dry Cough
be raifed thereby, and Ihortnels of
Take of Spirit of Tartar, Sajfafras, Breath, with Oppreffion, becaule
Guajacum each one Drachm, liquor of the Coagulation of the Blood,
earn* cervi Jkccinatuj half a arife j (bme Sperma ceti mud by all
Drachm, Dccoftion of Saflafras means be given in fome Broth or
Wood two Ounces. Mix them. Beer. Here follows a Receipt.

A catarrhal Water of the Woods, Take1 of Sperma ceti one Drachm,

is of no mean ufe. For Brunnerus prepared Amber, Flowers of
in his Counfels, calls Saflrfras- Benzoin each half a Drachm. Mi*
Wood a moft noble Medicine in them for two Doles, when one
all Catarrhs. Here is a Form} goes to Bed. Or>

Take of Wood of Guajacm three Take of prepared Amber one

Ounces, SaJJafraj two Ounces,
Oak half an Ourcc, yellow Saun¬
ders five Drachms, Brazile half
an Ounce, Root of SarfapariUa
one Ounce and an half, Elecam¬
pane five Drachms, Liquorice
three Drachms, Bark of Guaja-
cum fix Drachms. When they
are cut, infufc them in Water of
Fumitory, Crefies, Scurvy-Grafs,
Columbine each two Quarts, di-
geft them fourteen hours, and
then deftil them. The Dofe is
one Ounce and an half every
Morning and Evening.
Next to this is the drinking of
7lea, and Spirit of wild Thyme,
gathered beforeSun-rifing,deluded
off good Wine, feveral times coho-
bated, and frefh added. In this Spi¬
rit SaJJafraj-Wood ought to be in¬
filled, and a catarrhal Eflcnce is
made.
Alfo to correft Catarrhs, and a*
mend the Serum and Blood, fal vo¬
latile oleofum Sylvii and noftrum,:$c
aqua bene did a frpiUi'Mynjichti, arc
good. And Spirit of Vitriol is laid
t0 k;,3 fingolar Medicine in drying
up all Catarrhs,
Drachm and an half, [pedes dia-
tragacanthi frigidi one Drachm,
Sugar diffolved in Bctony-Wa-
ter what is fufficient. Make
Tablets according to Art.
Opiates alfo will be very proper,
fuch as new Treacle, majfa pi [ala¬
rum de cynoglojfa, de Jiyrace, theriaca
coelcJlis,8cc.
If a Catarrh have fieZed any
Place, and caufe much Pain j then
the thingS aforefaid may be joined
with Opiates, and a Bag filled
with the things following, of with
forae fuch like may be applied td
th« pained Part. Take of the E-
moliienr and Difcutient Herbs as
much as you will; boyl them in
Milk, and apply them. Then tve
ufe to conclude the Cure with purg¬
ing. Diureticks alfo may be given
fometimes, fuch as Wood-Lice,
Crabs-Eycs, Salts, fac. imfmuch as
they difeharge the abounding Je»
rum by Urine: Hence we read id
Rlyerius, how Oyl of Scorpions a*
noinred on the Back- bone outward¬
ly did good. Among Externals
there are divers Phifers, and a*
mong theft Emplajbrum cephalicnm
Pa Schroder it

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 Of Catarrhs.
Schroder‘s{y eptlepticum Cratonis cx^ well. They might do their Bufi-
Maf|ich with carded Wool nefs the better by the following
may be applied to the Crovvn of Experiment Take a red hot Plate
the Head* this may be anointed of Iron, fccfpriukle it with Vinegar
aflfo with Oyl of Amber, Rofem-rY of Rofcs, and fo take the Fume at
and other things. Nor mult thefe the Noftrils; repeat this often. The
and other things be negleftcd, for following external catarrhal Powder
the Nofirils and Temples ', for in- will be proper for this end.
fiance, Take Leaves of Mother of
Thyme,Mar joram.Seed of Take of Leaves ofSage, Marjoram,
little bruifed two Drachms, defhl Rofemary <ach one Drachm,
led Oyl of Marjoram three drops. Cloves, Cinnamon each two
Make a NsduUs with a Thread J it Drachms, Lignaloes one Drachm,
may alfo be wet in Marjoram Water. Frankincenfe one Drachm and
Wafhes for the Feet, inafmuch as an half. Mix them Receive the
they temper the Acrimony of the Smoak with your Head covered
Blood and ferum , and clear the with a Sheet.
Pores of the Skin or Tubes, of their
Obrtrufkion by grofs and vifeid Hartman % Amulet of Mullein-
Matter, and thereby promote Tcan- Root will be very proper.
fpiration, are proper. We allow I thought fic to add a few things
of Sternutatories and Mafticatories, abouc a Suffocative Catarrh, which
when the .Eyes and Throat, are is certainly a very dangerous Di-
wellwe approve alfo of Bags and fcafe. For the Motion of the Lungs
Caps made of Spices and other and Heart keeps pace with Life,
things. Befides, we are confirmed when that is ftopt, a Man, or any
by -Experience, That the Knots, Creature, that nas Lungs, mu ft of
that grow on a WolFs Skin on the neceifity be choaked. We faid be¬
end of their Toes, worn, on the fore, That in this Difeafe the Blood
Head is excellent for People in Ca¬ Magnates in the prscordia, becaufe
tarrhs. A Cataplafm of very fowre of an acid Coagulator generally j
Xevcn and Amber applied to the wherefore1 it is nothing but thetyn-
Head, gives help. Emplajhum cte xope cardijc.t of the Ancients; and
Betonica ScTachmabaca ofeach what if Froth rife out of the Lungs in¬
is fufficienc, m*y be arnafled toge¬ to the Throat, the cafe is extreme
ther with Oyl of Maftich, fpread dangerous. Therefore to remove
upon Leather , and coyered «vnh this Stagnation and Coagulation of
red Silk. Extratt of Gum Juniper i* the ferum and Blood, in the Fit we
a Specifick inXatarrhs. [flues be- immediately order letting cf Blood
eaule they, evacuate,an ichorotts, either in the Arm or Foot, or in-
peccant,Matter.0 by the Paflagc ftead of that, Cupping-glafles, with
made in the Skin* are of no con¬ or without Scarification, for timo¬
temptible ufe. As for 5moaking of rous People, to the end, that coa¬
Tabaco, we allow much to Cu- gulated Blood may be diflolved in
ilora; but ever remember golden Circulation: For we find by expe¬
jvlediocricy: If Smoakers Would rience, That prefenriy as a Vein is
mix Tabaco with other Aroma- opened, the
Aroma opened, tnc Patient
muuh begins to ^
tick Herbs, cfpccially Tfofj it were Breath. And if tlirre be^ jn-ac

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 Of Catarrhs.
clanger, we .fly to Cupping and
Blitters, as to our laft refuge. Then
we procure a Stool with fharp Cly-
fters made of aromaticks and colo-‘
cynthiate Medicines tied in a Rag.
Forinflancej
Take of peftoral Decoction half a
Pint, diflolve of cleft, bier* cum
agarici half an Ounce, m:l antho-
fatum one Ounce, Oxes Gall one
v Drachm, Nitre fixe with Anti¬
mony two Scruples, one Yolk of
an Egg. Make a Clyfler.
At length we turn us to Diflol-
vents, or Hinderers of the Coagu¬
lation of the Blood. And many e-
fteero the Potion following;
Take of Sperma ceti, from half a
Drachm ro two Drachms, diflolve
it in a fuffitienc quantity of Hyf¬
lop Water, Syrup of Hyflop two
Drachms. Mix them. "
In this cafe alfo all Volatil Salts
whatever are good, fuch as Volatil
Salt'of Amber, Harts horn, Soot j
and Volatil Spirits, fuch as fpiritw
fuligrnti fuccinatut nofler, which is
made in manner following*,
T*ke of Soot out of the Chimney, lue the following Plaftcr.
" and Amber each alike, as much as
you pleafe. Deflil it according to Take of Tacamabaca, Frankincenfe,
Art. Firft wafh the Receiver
with Spirit of Wine, and rectify
it theufual way.
Pope Adrian's Wine mu ft be re¬
puted as a Secret. Spirit of Sul¬
phur mixt with Spring Water is
commended by fcveral: For Acids
do not only coagulate diflolved-
Blood, but alfo diflolve coagulated
Blood. I have often known Gum
Ammoniack, diffolved in Hyflop
Go. gle
%I 3
Water, and given in Wine, do
goqit. Crabs-Eyes egregioufly dif¬
lolve grumefeent and coagulated
Blood. Here are Receipts;
Take of Ellence of Mvrrh one
Drachm J'piritui fuliginufuccinatus
half a Drachm, Elixir peftorale
one Drachm and an half. Mix. •
them. Give twenty drops in the
following or fome fuch like mix¬
ture.
Take of Water of Hyflop, Fenil,
each rwo Ounces, aqua afihma-
tica Rudolphi half an Ounce, Oxy-
mel of Squills fix Drachms. Mix
them. Dr,
Take of compound Spirit of Gum
Ammoniack, fpiritus aftbmariem
e'ch half an Ounce. Mix them.
The Dofe forty drops. Dr,
Take of lac Sulphuric half a Drachm*
Jhs fulphuris rmrrhatm one
Drachm, Plower of Benzoin eight
Giains, prepared Wood-Lice
half a Drachm. Mix them.
Juice of Radifh mixt with Sugar
is an experienced Remedy.
Among Externals we highly va¬
Maftich each what is fuflicient.
Make a Plafter according to Art,
and fpread it upon Leather.
For the Motion of the Blood and
ferum (fometimes this catarrhal
Matter runs fo, and is evafated out
of the falival Glands by the lym-
phatick Veifels, upon the Throat
and the a/per a ar terra, that it often
endangers Strangling ) Sudorificks
promote it, that is, tinftura be^tar.
P 3 dica
2,14 Of Catarrhs.
dies Micbacl'M, ammonium diapbort- thefe Pills following, and the like ;
ticum, Spine of'Sale, urinous, vola-
til Spirit of Ivory, Soot, Caftor. Take of MaJJa pilularum de fuccino
Out of the Fit I doubt not but di¬ Cratonis one Drachm, Syrup of
vers Liniments and feveral other Rofes made by feveral Infutions
things before mentioned are proper two Scruples, fcammonium rofatum
here: for Inftancc} one Scruple. With Eflence of
Rofemary-Flowers, make them
Take of fowre Lcven three Oun¬ like Aloephanyn*, for feveral
ces, prepared Amber three times.
Drachms, Vine Vinegar what is
fufficient. Apply it to the But not to be tedious, we fhall
Head. forbear any thing more in this
place, and betake our felvcs to o-
For prevention we recommend ther things.

BOOK
 BOOK
Of Vifeafes of the BREAST.
CHAP.
; ;
Of a Cough.
§. r.
"V N the former Book we treated
I of Oifeafcs of die Head; now
I we will proceed to thofe of the
Ereaft, which contains all between
the afpera arteria and the Dia¬
phragm. And we fhall begin with
a Cough, which is commonly de-
fcribed, to be a violent, frequent, un¬
equal and fonowti Ejflation or Expi¬
ration, wherein a great part of the
Breath bxrtfing out with violence Joes
by main Strength endeavour to dif-
charge the (harp Excrements, arifing
from a peccant Lympha, provol(ing
and vellicating the Trachea, and the
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II.
I.
' -.Vr-j-AO
Fibres <f the Lungt. Every Cough
is of one of thefe three Sorts; ei¬
ther Moift; or Dry, which is called
Convulfive; or Scoraachick. In a
moifi Cough, Tome Humor got into
the Paflages of the Trachea, is by
Coughing voided at the Mouth;
and as to conliftency, diis Humor
is either duck or thin, crude or
coocoded. In a dry Cough no¬
thing is brought up: and this is on¬
ly caufcd by a fubtil, heterogene¬
ous Matter, perpetually irritating
the nervous Fibres of the Trachea
and Lungs which we may call a
Spafin or Convulfion of the Lungs.
So likcwife we qucrtion not, but a
P 4 Cough
 u6 OftCovgb.
Cough comes by confent: For we
lee, if the Stomach is loaded with
tough Phlegm, that a Cough arifes
from thence, which-we may-call
Stomachick : I verily believe alfo,
That a Cough'may proceed from
tonfent with ether Parts.
2. Fart
T He Part affe&ed-in a'Gough/*
commonly reckoned to be the
Lungs, which are affected fome-
times'by thcmfdvcs, fometimes by
confent twtlvpcher ^aren tq*vit,
the Breaft or diaphragm. 'Forthe
Mufcles that contract the Breaft,
the motive Fibres of the bronchia,
• and the Nerves of the Lungs fim
Pirhi7e, ynd other Nerves in Parts
remote from the Breaft being irri¬
tated, by means of the Spirits raife
a Cough ; nor will we cxcufe the
Trachea, being a cartilaginous rifle
furnifhed with its Fibres/'
§. 3. Diagnojlick.
T He Signs of this Difeafe are ma-
nifeft of themfelvesi for the
Co^gh is fo ftrong and frequent,
that though the Patient would vvil
lirtgly hold 1?,he is riot able,whence
came the Proverb, A Cough and
i.ove cannot be hid. The reafori is,
Bcraufe in a Cfough the Breaft jnufi:
he very much comprefled, ffrice 6-
therwile, that \vhich ismxious can
never be'pnrape& 'up from thofe
Parts by a Cough, and this preter¬
natural Commotion, by reafon of
the ftte arid conformation of thofe
Parts, whibh fcrVefbr relpiLkionJ
Oftentimes alfoin this cafe one
feels a tickling i«r the infide bf the1
Month, and a Pain in die Brea ft <
The Hum6r >alf0 or fcrum oir pn*<
asliicH is voided bvCoughing is vari
Go gif
ous, fometimes white, fometimes
yellow or red, fometimes blew, as L).
Keifelimfihief Phyfician ofStutgard,
in.tlie German Epbemeridcsjite oh;
ferved ;and fometimes the Spittle is
black,as I hare often feen with my
own Eyes. Sometimes this peccant
Humor proceeds from the Sides of
the Larynx, fometimes it lies deep¬
er in tliC^Pipes. of the bronchia,
fometimes in tl* Veficlcs of the
very Lungs, and thefe bafe Excre¬
ments are fometimes left in the ut-
moft Veficlcs of the Trachea, from
whence they are caft out by fre-
qi*enr, violent ami laborious Cough¬
ing. Sometimes Men (pit Blood,
the Voice is hoarfc, fometimes (o
far loft, that it can fcarce be heard.
People, who have long Necks, arc,
often lean and troubled with a Ca¬
tarrh. Now we will proceed to
the Caufe.
£. 4. Caufe.
A Ccord:ng to the Opinion of
the Ailments,a moift Cough
arifes from an Humor,that faljs from
the Head upon the afpera arteria
and Lungs, which if it come in great
plenty and violence, there is alfo
an exceftive difficult^ m breathing,
agre^t Oppreliipn is felt in the
Breaft, ana fometimes in the Back,
where the Lungs, fometimes the
Membranes are affiifted : Accord¬
ing to them therefore, a thick
Phlegm flops the Organs and Pur¬
ges of refpiration, and exafperates
and tickles thtfe Parts. And they
derive a dry Cough, either from
Vapors or from Matter, but fo fuh-
til, of fo'rifoid and glutinous, thar
it cannot lie fpit up. Thfcy hold
that all the Humor falls from the
Head upon the Breaft $ they are al¬
fo of fuch another felfc Opinion,
Thjr
 Oft Cou&
That Vapors can afcend from the
lower Parcs, to wit, the Spleen, Li¬
ver, Stomach,Womb, to there Parts,,
whence proceed Heat, Draught,
Obftruftion, and fometimes Exul¬
ceration. They alfo firmly believe,
That a dry Tough may arife from
thefe fame Vapors in an Inflamma¬
tion of the Liver and in Fevers:
in a mold Cough, alio they hold,
Thac fometimes' a rifcid Matter is
detained in the Lungs; and they
prove it by this ; Becaufe a Cough
comes in a Pleurify, Confumption
and' Inflammation of the Lungs.
They, as well the Moderns, do noc
qaeflion, but a Cough*, may come
from com predion of cne Diaphragm,
from Worms, and from other fharp
Poyfons. The Caufe of Hoarfenefs
is a too great moiflning of the Mem¬
branes which-mak'e up the Larynx,
by a Catarrh or deftiilation of an
excrcmenntious Moifture, falling
upon the afyera arteria, of which
we treated furticientJy in a
rarrh. , ' ft:)
'is-
35racclfuo,thnt Maflerofgreat
Secrets, declares tliis Difcafe
tobeixaementitioui^nd maintains
that.it has its rife from Tartar, or
a filthyMucihge,whether it proceed
tirom - a frurtrated feparation and
dxpulfion in the Lungs and Pallages
qf the Breath, olr be tranflaced in
a liquid or vaporous fprm from o-
ther Parts. Now by Tartar ( which
hp calls the Dung of every Part )
he means any excremejititious, fo¬
reign Humor, whether it be thin or
thick, which of its own Nature
tends to Coagulation, and has no
Tower in it for expulfiori, but an a-
flringenc and acid or aluminous Vir¬
tue. For a Mu tut flicking tQ the
Go gle
*xi7,
Parts does by degrees, and infenfi-
blydry and thicken by virtue of
rhe Heat, and by fuperventi#n of a
faline Spirit is turned linto Slime,
Gravel, Earth or Scone, which heJ
reckons to be Sorts of Tartar : Or,
to fpeak as other Men do. It is coa¬
gulated and congealed into a fait,
vitreous, clayifh Phlegm, or into
a gritty and chalky Matter. This
Tartar" flicking to the Sides, flops
the Pallages of tljO B.tfath, by its
acquired Acrimony, irritates" the
Membranes, and by open force in¬
fers the Lungs, becaufc it is of a
faline Nature * whofe property it is^
robe bred and coagulated of Water)’
fp that the Tartar being diflolved'
by a, diflolving, inciding and abfter- *
five, faline Faculty, is.by die Spi¬
rits, the mechanick Separatory and
Expulfory of the Lungs, rcjeSed
through its proper F.mun&ory, the
Lungs', as Petr am in Nofolog, Har-
mtnic. exprefles it.
§.6.
(flimmt holds. That a Cough
and Hoarfends arife from a
fenfe of fome things noxious, that
troubles the Larynx from the end
of it to rhe botcom of the Lungs;
whence the filthy Atoms of the Air,
or fharp Fumes, or fiertc Cold, jn-
finuare thcrafelves intbrhe Larynx,
or into rhe fubflance of the Lungs.
So external Injuries get into them,
and by their abortive Virtue make
Excrements} thus he difeourfes of
a raojft Cough. And he thinks,
that a dry Cough proceeds from
fcaricity ot a fait Mum; and the
rcalbn he gives, why a Cough is fa¬
miliar to old Men, is, becaufe a lit¬
tle Excrement relides in the ex¬
treme Branches of the Larynx ,
which docs not yet flop the Pipes,
u8 Of a Cough.
but does by ics prefence dirturb arid
dimmifh the local Ferment,whence
continually Excrements are raif-
cd.
§. 7-
A ccording to GEftlliS his hypi-
thejify the. Primary Caufc of e-
▼<try Cotigh is an Irritation of the
Nerves and Fibres belonging to the
Lungs. Oftentimes alfo a ftiarp Hu¬
mor gathered in the Brain, and tai¬
ling upon the Head of the pcttoral
Nerves, caufes a mod troublefom
Cough; fo a ferum flowing out of
the Arteries into the upper parts
of tlip Threat or Larynx, may, in his
Opinion, c-t'ufc a frequent and trou¬
blefom Cough, without any notable
hurt to the Lungs. This noble
Author (ays i dry Cough is Idtopa-
thick, and is caufed divers ways.
An obftruftion of any one of the
Pipes of theLungs, whether ir be by
Compreflion, Oppletion or Contra-
ftion, of nereflity caufes a Cough.
Such things alfo, as are able perpe¬
tually to irritate the nervous Fibres,
caufc a dry Cough, among which
he reckons Inflammations, Tumors,
Stagnation pf the Blood, cither
through Pl;nicude or Depauperati¬
on, chalky or ftony Concretions,
Polypi, Worms, <fac. But a dry
Cough is fometimes rajfed by the
inflinft of Nature, inflead of a Pump,
as he fgys,, namely, that the Blood,
which can fcarce pafs the Lungs,
either thrqugh its proper Dycrafic,
or became the pneamonick Vcflcls
arc not wide enough, may by the
(baking of thpfe Parts be put for¬
ward, and put into fwifeer Motion.
As for a convulfive Cough, irs con¬
junct Caufe qontlfls in the irritation
of the Lungs: for the Motive Parcs,
to wit the Nerves and nervous Fi¬
Go gle
bres, as ofren as they are irritated’
caufe a convulfive Cough. The ir¬
ritating Matter, according to him,
is ferum continually flowing our of
the Mafsof Blood, becaufe of its
too loofc Frame, and molefling the
Peftorals, inafmuch as then it de-
ftills into the Cavity of the Larynx by
the tracheal Arteries, and Hoarfe-
nefs may be deduced from thence.
This fpafmodiclc Dilpofition there¬
fore is from a heterogeneous and ela-
ftick Matter, falling out of the Brain
by the Dufts of the Nerves, with
the nervous Liquor, upon the n
tive Fibres of the Breafl. Whe
fore when the Spirits refiding in
the Fibres, arc incited to violent
Motions of Expiration, they go in¬
to convulfive Morions. See the
Author’s difeourfe of the Chin-
Cough.
§.8.
A tHbiua thinks that every thing,
which is able to vellicate or
any way to irritate the afpera arte-
ri t of the Lungs, may be the caufe
of a Cough, and what quite be-
fmears the afpera arteria,is the caufe
of Hoarlenefs. Sometimes fome
thing coming from without, or ta¬
ken by the Mouth, is carried the
wrong way into the Larynx, and
therefore caufes a Cough ; which
alfo the Humors, that fall from the
Head C die caufe of a moifl Cough}
may ao * and they are either pitui*
tons, fometimes Sharp, Sale or A-
cid, fometimes Mila and Infipid,
fometimes Thick and Clammy. He
proves this by confumptive People,
when the Pw or Sanies penetrates
into the afpera arteria, then a mod
troublefom Cough is raifed,of which
alone the Patient complains. And
he does not doubt but Blood and
Phlegm,
 Of a Cough. 2,19
Phlegm, namely a coagulated ferum nate about the Jaws and Lungs, it
tran Hated out of the Subrtance or cannot otherwise be, but fuch a pre¬
Vcflels of the Lungs into the afpe¬ ternatural Motion, namely a Cough,
ra arteria, may caufe a Cough. He muft be raifed.
acknowledges cicher the Air or cold
Drink, troubling the afpera arteria,
for external caufes ot a dry Cough.
$. 10 .
Some of the Internal caufes, with
him, are a Catarrh either very Vif-
W E fhall give cur Ottin Opi¬
nion without any ambigui¬
cid, or too thin and fharp, fome- ty. Generally therefore we think,
timcs Exhalations and Wind, ari- 1 hat this Difeafe comes from fome
fmg out of the inteflinum tenue and Fault in the Lymph a, and not from
Stomach, and drawn wjth the Air a Catarrh, after the vulgar accepta¬
into the Lungs, or elevated from an tion. But if any one by a Catarrh
cffervefcence between the Bile and mean an evafation of Serum, and
pancreatick Juice* namely by the not a defluxion from the Head, we
Iaftcal Veins inrtnuating tnemfelves fhall not contend with him; bccaufe
into the Heart,and then into theVef- he is of our Mind. Lympha there¬
fels of the Lungs, and from thence fore is the Caufe, inafmuch as be¬
into the trachea, and forcing the ing too Jargely poured out of the
Larynx to a Cough. He aferibes neighbouring Glands, it feizes upon
Hoarfenefs to a Cut, briny Spirit, the Jaws, and cfpecially the ajpe-
which does not fo much corrode ra arteria; by its too much Acidi¬
the Parts, defignedfor Voice, as ty alfo, which it acquires by con¬
they affeft them in fome unexpref- tinuance, it irritates and vellicates
fible manner. thefe nervous Parts, whereby fuch
painful Motions of the faid Pans,
and repeated fpafmodick Crifpati-
%■ 9- ons are caufed, for which very rea-
C Urtcfl and his followers accufc fon a troublefom convulfive Cough
the pointed, fharp Particles of arifes. But if the ferous Filth be fo
the Blood, which by the circulati¬ Vifcid, that it quite fills up the
on of Humors are carried Into die Chinks and Holes of the afpera ar¬
Mufcles, which ferve for Infpirati- teria, then a Hoarfenefs arifes. Moll
on or Expiration, and refiditjg times fome fault in the infpired Air
there in too great quantity,do vclfi- precedes, which penetrates and
catethe Parts with an unufual trou¬ hurts the faid Parts, and hinders
ble, and fo caufe this convulfive infenfible tranfpiration a little,
Motion. Sharp Catarrhs, and fait whereupon the Lympha grows fharp
Peflillations, falling upon the Jaws and fowre, and fprings farter out
or the afpera arteria, have the fame of the Gland*, and fo caufts 3
effcft. In like manner the Parti, troublefom Cough and Sniveling.
cles ofextravafated Blood being by For when a Man’s Body is very
continuance changed and made hot, the Pores of the Skin are ve¬
fharp, fince they irritate the bron¬ ry open, through which abundance
chia of the Lungs, caufe a Cough, of Matter flies away by infenfible
as one may fee in fpitting of Blood. tranfpiration * when therefore fuch
If therefore thefe Particles predomi- a Body is expofed to the cold Air,
many

Go. gle
1X0 Of a CouQJ.
many Particles of the Air infinuatc
themfelvcs into the open Pores of
the Skin, whereby infrnfible rran-
fpiratiem is partly hindred, the
more fubtil Particles living away,‘“
grofler remain, which afterward by
the perpetual flying away of the
fubtil Particles, grow, thicker and
thicker, and harder and harder •,
then if this thick Matrer dick in
the Mufcles and Membranes of the
Bread and Lungs, by ve!heating the
Nerves with. Us Acrimonv, it caufes
a Cough. Nor do we here exclude
any heterogeneous thing whatever,
which is able either outwardly or
inwardly to irritate, vcllicate and
contratt the Fibres and Membranes *
of the tfprra arteria or l ungs ,
whether it be Dud , Air, Smoak,
Phlegm, Viu,$Atiies,orexcravafated
Blood. Without doubt alfo w,e
mud reckon, the Blood docs* re¬
motely contribute much to a
Hoarfcnefs. This is confirmed by a
Girl, who for want of her Mofru.t
fell intp a Hoarfenefs for half a
year, and when they rerurned, her
"Hoarfenefs left her. Phlegm grows
thick in the lung‘,beCiufcof draw¬
ing in the cold Air, and acid Parri-
cTes mixt With the Air, which thick¬
en the Phlegm.
A Cough very often arifes, if
phlegmatick,or falfo-acid fluff float
in the Stomach, which fucceflively
irritates the upper Orifice of the
Stomach by its offenfivc and trou-
bfefom Acrimony then the Dia¬
phragm and the Mufcles nextit,de-
f-gned for expiration areconvulfe,
and fo fhake the Bread. Such a
Cough I dbferved in a Woman that
had a Cancer in her left Bread, who,
becaufe her pectoral Mufcles vvere
almofi eaten away by the Acrimo¬
ny of the Blood", was continually
troubled with fhortnefs of Breath
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and a dry Cough , and at length
bid farewe^to. this World. Thcfc
things premiCcd;we conclude, tftefe
is a three-fold Cough} n miu’y, a
moidprie, a convui!/ive or dry one,
and a domachick one. The begin¬
ning of Morion in a Cough is in the
Lungs, as in the (hop of refpiratioii,
as we may fee In i Confumption,Pe-
ripneumony, Pleiirify,^. Then
the Mufcles of the Bread alfo are
raifed and irritated, 'which very
much cornprcfs the Bread, by that.
means tlije.bbtter to expel vyhatever
is contained 1nJ the PafTages of the
Breath: for the Breath is fbme-‘
times forcedout fo Violently, that by
its violence it lomctimes carries a-
long with it the Excrements which
lye in its way. Towards evening,
when the Patient goes to Bed,
Cough grow* worfe, becaufe" the!
fa line Particles tliat lay dill before,
are dirred by die heat of the Bed,
and driven into the LUngs,.,add fo
they caiifF iprbVOcatiori t6 Cough.
5. II. P^ogvflflick.
L Et us now proceed to the Prog-
, mflick, that Dclphick Oracle
of PhyiTciaus. Apd, the Prognoftick
in our pifeafe Any be fo proceed¬
ed upon, It is barii flight Difeafe,and
fometimes leaves the Patient quick¬
ly but if,a Cough continue Uny
time, it fhould not be defpifed, as
SyhiiH in his1 Yrhdt medic a ob-
ferves. For if ic get root, it will
fcarce go away without hurt to rhe
Lungs: for any fait or fharp Hu¬
mor, when evafated, by Handing
dill it grows fharper and filter, by
which the Lungs, that are flaccid,
and of a thin texture may eafily be
eroded. A Cough therefore of
long continuance brings the Patient
to a Confumption. Sometimes ah
 Of a Cough.
<b through violent Straining and
Motion of the Rre ft, of theAcri-
meny of the latent Humors, the
Vcflels and Veficles of the Lungs
arc broke, whence fpicting of
Blood, the fore runner of a future
Confumprion,or UlcCr of the Lungs,
proceeds. For a Cough proceed¬
ing from an Ulcer, or Abfcefs of
thofe Ports is exceeding dangerous.
A Cough which hefore was moift,
and fuddenly turns dry, with a hca-
vinefs of Bread, threatens an exul-
ceration of the Lungs, and.is there¬
fore dangerous. A continual Cough
from an old Obftruftion, the Lungs
alfo being indifjjofcd or corrup¬
ted, is hard to dire. A dry Cougli
with a litt'e Fever, growing worle
after Meat,and when the Patient can
fpit nothing,argues"a liedick Fever.
So a dry Cough with much ftrainirg
is very dangerous in Women with
Child, and often caufes miicarriage.
On the contrary^ Cough with little
draining, alleviation , much and
fpeedy raifmg without Pains and
Wearinefs is without danger.
§. 12. Dietetick Cure.
W E have done with the Di-
feafe, we will now go to
i ts Cure. The benefit of an exaft
Diet appears principally in preven¬
tion. Chufe therefore an Air tem¬
perate and enclining to dry, which
is of great advantage in a Cough ;
but one that is out of its due tem¬
perature, inafrnuch as it is drawn
in with the Breath, or is circum¬
ambient to the Body, or, as Sylvius
will have ic, is fvyallowed with the
Spittle, by the nitrous Acrimony
of the Particles whereof it confifts,
Ofpecially in Winter time, hurts die
Throat and Lungs, as Hippocrates
lays, f. 3. aph. rg. Ciugbs come in
Winter; and/". 3. aph. .5/ as alfo
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/• 5- ttpb. 24. Cold thing}, as Ice'and
Snow, are enemies to the Breafi,
thence arife Coughs and Defoliati¬
ons. When therefore the Sun makes
his fartheft recefs from us in Capri¬
corn, Coughs are rife, fo do Virgo
and Libra, when they pour down
Showrcs from 'the Clouds. Avoid
every Air that is impure, cloudy,
fraoaky, and full of moift Vapors.
As to Meat, it muft be tempe¬
rate, and fuck as by its mild and
fweet Particles may affwage the
membranous, fibrous and fenfiblc
Parrs; let all fharp and high feafon-
ed Meats, and fuch as render the
Serkm fluid and fharp, be forborn;
fo muft all things dried in the
Smoak; for fharp Juices corrode
and vellicate thofe Parts.
The drinl^ muft be the ptifan of
the Ancients; or Mede, or a Deco-
6 ion of Barly with Raifins and Figs,
or the Ingredients for the peftoral
Dccoftion deferibedin tlie'Auguftan
difpenfacory. Large and hafty drink¬
ing cf very cold Drink is hurtftil :
for I have obferved a very trouble-
fom Cough come upon drinking
but one draught of cold Beer or
Water. Any new, chin and acid
Wine, efpccially Franconian, is ex¬
ceeding hurtful.
Motion and Rett muft be mode¬
rate, lor too long and violene Mo¬
tion fharpens all Humors, efpecial-
ly the Serum, and caufes it to eva-
fate. And too much Reft is hurtful,
becaufe it deadens the Spirits; and
renders the Blood unfit for Motion.
Sleep and Watching muft keep the
fame meafure; for in excefs they
may caufe many inconveniences in
a Cough.
As for the excreta and retent a, the
Eclly muft be loofe by Art, if Na¬
ture will not do it. For if the na¬
tural and ordinary Evacuations of
the
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tjie Belly, Bladder or Womb fuc-
cced not, then Strum is gathered
in the Body, and Coughs follow.
As to the Pajfions of the Mind,
Joy and moderate Encouragements
of Mind muft be chofen. On the
contrary, heavy Cares, Anger and
Grief long continued are hurtful, e-
fpecially the laft.
$.13. Tbarmaceutick
Cure.
N Ow we will fee, whar Author
(ay of the Cure of this Di-
lcafe ; and firft of all what the Opi¬
nion of the Ancients* was. They
in this Difeafe firft cf all render
the redundant Humors in the Body
obedient to Nature by Preparers ;
wherefore if the Cough be produ¬
ced by a cold, thick, vifeid Humor,
then they ufc attenuating, inciding
and deterfive Medicines ; but if ic
proceed from a rhin and hot Hu¬
mor, they advife the ufe of incraf-
fating and infpiflating things. Their
preparatives of the firft fort are, Sy¬
rup ofHyflop,Horehound,Liquorice,
Maiden-hair ,Calamint, French-La¬
vender,OxymclcompoundofSquills,
Syrup of Vinegar, Honey of Roles,
Decodion of bigs, Raifins, Liquo¬
rice, Maiden hair, Hyflop, Hore-
hound. Water of Scabious, Hore-
hound, Fenil, Hyflbp, &c. Prepa¬
ratives of the lacter fort are, Syrup
of Violets, Poppy, Jujubes, Water-
Lily, Myrtles and Water of Baily,
which is reckoned very good. And
when they have fo corrected and
prepared the peccant Matter, they
Purge it off, and their Evacuators
arc thefe following, diaturbith cum
rhabarbaro, eletluarium Indum majwt,
diapbcenicon, eleltuarium rojarumjoie-
ra picra, piluU cochin aloiphangira.
deJatcccoUa, de agaric), maflichinst,
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manna, cajjia, deco&ion of Senna-
leaves, &c. Here is a Receipt or
two of the Ancients.
Take of a Deco&ion of Hyflop and
Fenil three Ounces; add of dia¬
turbith cum rh.tb irbaro, eleiluaru
urn Indum each three Drachms,
Syrup of Liquorice half an Ounce.
Mix them. Make a Potion. Or,
Take of perioral Decoftion with
Senna and Polypody three Oun¬
ces. In the coUture infufe of A-
garick rrochifcated frefh one
Drachm , choice Rhubarb four
Scruples, Cinnamon one Drachm
and an half. In the expreflion
diflolve of Anti dot us In da major
two Drachms, Oxymcl ofSquills
one Drachm. Make a Po¬
tion.
And they ufe this Potion in a
thick and vifeid Matter; but in a
hot Cough they ufc only Cajfia, or
two Ounces of Calabrian Manna dif-
folved in Hyflop Water.
Then in a Cough they endeavor
to avert the Matter, which they be¬
lieve falls from the Head on the
Lungs,byCIyftcrs,Errliincs^leeding,
Ilfues and Baths, afterwards they
preferibe fuch things as may flop
the Matter from falling on the
Lungs; of which we have fpoke
fuffieientlyin the Chapter of Ca¬
tarrhs. Laft of all they order fuch
things, as may bring up the Matter
wherewith the Lungs are fluffed,
to which they add things to ftreng-
then a weak Part. Things to pro¬
mote Spittle, are Syrup of Liquo-
i rice and its Juice, diatragacanth,
.loboch fanum,e pulmone vulpis, depinOj
diapenidium, Elecampane, Floren-
tine Iris root. Let this ferve for a
Receipt i
1 Take
i
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Take of Sugar of Violets, Water- Drachm and an half. Saffron,
Lily each half an Ounce, diatra- Myrrh each half a Drachm, 0-
gacanth. fine fpec. half a Drachm, pium three Grains, fyrax calami¬
Juice of Liquorice two Drachms, ta three Drachms, Syrup of Vio¬
rotuU becbica one Drachm, fty- lets what is fufficient. Make
rax calamita one Drachm and an Pilh. Give one Drachm at go¬
half, Myrrh, dried Rofes each ing to Bed. Or take an Ounce
one Drachm, Tragacanth, Pine- of Dtacodiwn Augullanum.
Nuts each half a Drachm, Syrup
of Violets what is fufficient. And when the Matter is near
Make an eclegma or Lohoch. ripening, and is fufficiently attenu¬
ated, they will have a Decoftion
External Emollients are Oynt- of Figs, Raifins, Liquorice, Hyffop,
ments of Marfh-mallows, Linfecd- Violets, Quince-feed, Mallow-
Oyl, frefti Butter, Oyl of fweet Al¬ root, £rc. Fumigations alfo arc of
monds, Mucilage of Linfeed, Fenu¬ ufe here. At laft in a defperate
greek, Saffron. Here is a Receipt; cafe they ufe Cauteries both adtual
and potential, BJifters, Leeches,
Take of Powder of Iris two Frictions, Scarifications, <(jc.
Drachms, Meal of Lupins, Pow¬
der of Hyffop each half a §. 14.
Drachm, Saffron fix Grains, Oyl
of Chamomil, Line, White Li¬
lies each fix Drachms, Mix
T He Cbpmtft0 come next,who
by Paracelfui his arcana, that
them with a little Wax. Make is, by Depuration, do with fuccefs
an Unguent. Cure this Difeafe. If therefore
the Cough proceed from a. vifeid
Their Corroboraters are,Treacle, Matter or Tartar, they magnify
Mithridate taken twice a Week, Flowers, Tinftures, and Butter of
fpecies diaireos Solomonis, loboch Sa- Antimony, Rubine,and Balfams of
mm, de pino, diapenidinm, Maiden¬ Sulphur made with Gum, Myrrh,
hair, Betony, Syrup of BaumJobocb hrankincenfe, Aloes, Saffron, terra
ad Afthma,Dcco&ions of the Woods figidata, 8tc. They fay alfo, that
guajacum, fijfafras} &c. And they Oyl of Vitriol and of the Philofo-
apply to the Crown of the Head a phers is of great efficacy in this Di¬
Cap of dried Rofes, Cloves, Mace, feafe. Here is a Rcceipr.
Seed of Nigella, qprus root, yellow
Amber, Ladanum and Stjrax. If a Take of Water ofColts-foot,Speed¬
Cou£h come through exceflive Ir¬ well each three Ounces, Spirit
ritation, fomeof the old Praftitio- of Vitriol, Philofophers, Oyl of
ners do defcrvedly magnify a Dc- Anifceds, Fenil-fced each one
codtion of Barley made with a mo¬ Scruple, Syrup of Liquorice,
derate quantity of Sugar, and they Violets each one Ounce. Mix
give Narcoticks raixt with deter- them.
five Medicines: for inftancc;
They alfo highly cry up Opi¬
Take of Juice of Liquorice two ates in this cafe, with this Caution,
Drachms and an half, Starch one I hat they be not given to fuch as

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are weak, or luve their Brcaft dimm facchamum Sulphur is made
nuffed with Recrements; for of Flowers of Sulphur tidy opened:
though they abate the Cough, and- And the anodinc Virtue of dm
procure fwcet Sleeps yet they en- Medicine, appears hence, »that
creafe ftraimefs and difficnlty of while it is yet in the Stomach, it
breathing. But they admit of reaches the Lungs, fo as to mflu-
Itudanum opaium in a fmall Dofe encc them. Smoak of Sulphur does
mixt with abftergents, upon urgent fomethmg, which penetrates and
neceflity,in the beginning of a thin helps the Lungs, as it prcfnrves
and (harp Defluxion. Wine from corruption. Opium al-
v fo aiAd Opiates, ft* prepared as to
have what is mortal feparated, are
is proper. For if one knew but bow
jMHmoftt and his Difcipks re- to feparace what is Mortal from
jeft Purging as hurtful in a Poppy, he certainly had got one of
Cough, believing that the excre- rhe b-ft Remedies for a Cough.
mentitious Matter will not give way And this may be done by the Li¬
•to Purging, though the (pining quor tfybej}, as Grembs fays in
feem to be abated after Purging, arbare ruinofa, lib. 2. <. I. §. 9*
for probably this proceeds from pulmomm defeflibus. Therefore
diminution of the mcfaraick Blood. laudanum Ptiracelfi and his jtlkabeft
and from a more icanty difpenfa- introduce Peace and Reft to the
'tion of Aliment. Eefides, Purga- Archxus, and put a flop to the de¬
rives weaken the whole, and fodo generate Digcrtion, check the thin
more harm than good. By his ad- and yellow Spittle , and turn it
vice therefore a Cough fliall be cy- white and healthy. He alfo com¬
red by Narcoticks. To this end he mends the taking of pleuritick and
commends laudanum Paracelft for vulnerary Medicines in drink.
liberty of breathing. For ill
anodinc Remedies, endued with
a reftorative and ailwaging Virruc,
§. 16.
appeafe and quiet all mad Sym- 4M Jllis in a Cough proceeds
proms, which flop and remove de-, upon rhrec Indications.
upon
generate Phlegm and Spittle , as t. He reftt&w the difordcr m the
long as it depends upon fome fault Blood, from whence Fluxions of
in the digcflive Ferment; and the Serum proceed, a. He derives
that in right of the duumvirate of the Recrements of the Blood, tnat
the Stomach, which being helped are apt to feparatc from it, from
by Medicines is .able by its general the Lungs to the Pores of the Skin,
digeftive Faculty, to correct all tkc or the urinary Pillages, and other
Errors of the digeftive Parts, the Emunftories. 3,Heftrengthenstrfe
Products of Excrements in the Lungs againft the ftifception of St-
Lungs; unlefs they come from foree rum and other Humors, and fen-
proper defeat in the Lungs,through ces them againft the invafion of
the corruption of their innate tcrnalCold.
ftrength, and. then they putrefy, The firft Indication refpefts the
whether the Stomach will or tTo. A- exccflivc effcrvefccnce of the Blodd,
mong Aoodines he reckons, ana. I whereby the Bicod, by

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225
ejftuvid are flopt ( for if we may Then he has refpe& to two things
believe SanttoriuSj who weighed' i. That die Mouths of the VcfielS
in an exaft balance the quantity of and Glands opening upon the trtC
what we Jofc and perfpire, more rhea, may not difeharge their Scro-
is evacuated in one natural day by fities too much upon it, but that
infenfible transpiration, than is in they may be moderately clofcd by
fifteen days by ftool ) boils up too Aftririgenrs; and 2. That the. Tides
much in its Vefiels* whereupon the of die Paflages of the Larynx may
Serum and other Humors are apt to be fufficiendy frnoothed, that they
part from the Blood. Therefore, may neidier be offended by fuffu-
to check this, the injury of the Cold fion of a fharp Serum, nor by the
muft diligently be avoided, a thin invafioo of external Cold, nor be
t)iet muft be kept, tranfpiration continually irritated to a rroublefom
muft be procured, and a gentle Cough. For clofing up the gaping
Sweat given Morning and Evening Moutlis of the Glands, he com¬
with Rofemary or Sage Poflct- mends conferve of Red-rofes, oh ba¬
drink and when thefe things will rium , lobicb de pino. 1 fhall give
not avail, we muft proceed to let¬ young Phyficians fome of his Re¬
ting of Blood, if Strength be Suf¬ ceipts, fuch as I my felf have expe¬
ficient. Pefloral Decoftions alfo rienced i
are good for this purpofe, inafmuch
as they deftroy the Acidity of the Take of Oyl of fweet AJoionds new
Humors, and flop the diflolution drawn, Syrup of Maiden-hair
of the Blood,and its fufion into Se- each one Ounce and an half, Su¬
rofities y therefore Medicines made gar-Candy two Drachms. Mix
of Sulphur are good. them bv rubbing in a glafs Mor¬
The fccond Indication, that the tar, or linking them in a Glafs,
■Strum and other Recrements of the till they grow white, then lick
Blood , being derived from the
Lungs, may# be evacuated by fome
of the Emunftories, is performed Our famous Author knows not
by Diaphoreticks, Diureticks and a better Medicine than this fol¬
gentle Purgers. To this end lowing, for a Cough, if there be no
after bleeding he gives a gentle fever y
Purge, and repeats it feveral times.
Then hcadrifes the giving of pe- Take of Tinflure of Sulphur half
ftoral Decoftions,madeof foots of an Ounce. The Dofe from fix
Chervil, Butcher’s-brocm, and E- to ten Drops, given Morning and
lecampane. He commends Wood- Evening in a fpoonful of Syrup
lice, volatil Salt of Amber and fe¬ of Violets.
veral fixt Salts, and teftaceous Pow¬
ders, as Diureticks; to which end For this end he commends Ba?-
he magnifies Turpentine Pills. fam of Sulphur, of Peru and opobJ-
In the third Indication he in-, famum frorfi three Drops to ten.
tends a fuppreffion of the Catarrh j Among trochifces he has thefe fol-
j
and he guards the Lungs againft lowing , often experienced by
F'luxioos of the Humors, and Inva-i
fion of Cold by Licks and Eckgms. i
Take

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Tike of Syrup of white Poppy fix 1 7-

Drachms, Powder of red Poppy
Flowers one Drachm, excraft of tPllMis, for correfting the
Liquorice two Drachms, lac Sul¬ phlegmatick and acid Humors,
phuric half a Drachm, Sugar pe-
that fall from rheHead upon the afpe-
ra arterial nd fo caufe a Cough^nag-
nidiate two Ounces, with a fuf-
ficient quantity of diflolved tra- nifies Crabs-eyes, Coral, Pearl, &c.
gacanth make a mafs for Trochi- And for correfting fait Humors,Gum
feesj Oft rragacanth, Arabick,root of Marfh-
mallow and irs Sugar, root of Li¬
Take offpecies diaireosjiatragacarthi quorice and its Juice, piluU dc cyno-
frigidi each three Drachms,Flow¬ glojja, deftyrace, or the following
ers of Sulphur,Powder of Elecam¬ Lozenges
pane-root, white Benzoin each
one Drachm, add of aleofaccha- Take of Seed of white Henbane,
rum amft one Scruple, the whiceft white Poppy each half a Drachm,
Sugar diflolved and boiled up for olibanum, red Myrrh each one
Lozenges eight Ounces. Make Lo¬ Scruple, the belt Saffron half a
zenges of half a Drachm's weight. Scruple, Liquorice-Juice one
Drachm, Sugar of Marlh-mallow
Among Pills he commends the half an Ounce, fome Gum traga-
canth diflolved in Rofe-Water.
following i
Make Lozenges according to
Take of Powder of Elecampane Art.
root, Liquorice, Flower of Sul-
hur each one Drachm, Benzoin He ufes thefe generally, in cafe
alf a Drachm, Tar what is fuf- the Humors be thin; but when
ficient. Make them into fmall they are thick and vifeid, and re¬
Pills. The Dofe three or four quire attenuation, ^htn he pre-
Morning and Evening. He holds. Icribcs Oxymel fimple and of Squills,
That Dccoftions of the known Syrup of Hyflop, or dt duabus radi-
cibuc, to be taken by Spoonfuls.
Woods are good.
Here is one of the Author’s Re¬
In a chin Coogh, which ufually ceipts
afflifts Children, and by reafon of
the ftagnation of the Blood makes Take of Water of Hyflop two Oun-
them black in the Face,'he fays, ces,Oxymel of Squills fix Drachms,
this following is excellent i Syrup of Hyflop, Maidenhair
each one Ounce. Mix them.
Take of Cup-Mofs three Drachms, Let the Patient take it by fpoon-
lac Sulphur is one Drachm, Sugar fuls.
Candy half a Drachm. Mix
them, make a very fine Powder. If the C:ugh arife from too hot
Ti e Dofe, a Scruple twice a a Blood, carried to the afpera arte-
ria from the Head or any other
day.
Place, it may be cured by letting
of Blood, efpecially if a plethora
concur*

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 concur •, and if the Heat be great, For which purpofe he comma!*
it mud be aifvvagcd by auftcre fweet things £ efpeciaJJy if ch£
things j for Which purpofe he com¬ Phlegm be fait, and erode the
mends the folio wing Apozeme. Throat} and Opiates, which alfd
temper the Acrimony of the Hu¬
Take of Leaves of Plantain, Hdufe. mors, to wit,' laudanum opiatum Pa*
leek, Woodford each one hand¬ racelfi. See Hcrnius his area Mofup.
ful. Boil them in BarJy Water. 15 6- He fays, that Vinegar of Squills
To twenty Ounces of the Cola- | is proper, if there be a mixture of
ture add of Syrup of Jujubs vifcid Phlegm. In excdHve heat,
four Ounces, lapis prunella one they give teftaccous and ponderous
Drachm. Mix them. Let the things, fuch as may dull thefe acute
Patient take a draught of this A- and cutting Particles, and imbibe
pozeme after every flufhing, and tqein, juft as Crabs-eyes, put in
fometimes a fubfequent bleed¬ Vinegar, take away its fowrenefs.
ing at the Nofe. Thefe Medicines arc,Crabs-eyes, /<*/
pis pr unellx, C ora I * lyyc. For a Purge
And a dry Cough, according to they commend Mercurius duLis, be-
our Authors’s Opinion, arifing from caufe it cuts Phlegm very Well; buc
cold Air or Drink, may be llopt by if the Phlegm be thin, they com-
holding ones Breath: for fo he cu- mend Opiates. In the reft they
red himfelf. But if a dry Cough generally agree with other Authors’
have its rife from tough or vifcid and with Us.
Humors, he orders Inciders, fuch as
trochifci bechici albi fy nigri, Ele¬
ip.
campane root in Powder, made in¬
to Lozenges with Sugar: then he ad-
vifes the carrying off thefe Humors
N Ow we will give ybu ear Otott
Opinion. If a Cough there¬
by divers Evacuaters. And for Va¬ fore come from the Larynx being,
pors and Wind which come any afte&ed, or from the Irritation of
Way from the intefiinum tenue to a cold A ir, things made of Opium
the Lungs, and fo produce a dry and Poppy are proper, for they
Cough, he will have them diflipa- flop thin Catarrhs by thickning
ted by Carminatives, fuch as Water, them, they in fome meafure a£
Spirits and Seeds that are carmina¬ lwage the troublcfom Senfe in the
tive, foe. He cures a mod grievous Larynx, and the Irritation in the
Hoarfencfs, which lafts for feveral Pharynx, and by thefe means hinder
Months, only by giving a few drops the plentiful exprdfion of Lymphu
of Spirit of Sal Ammoniack every out of the Glands by the ftraitned
day in his ordinary drink. Fibres. In the mean time a con¬
venient temperature, proportionate
£. 18. to the touch of the L.,rynx is acqui¬
red ; and fo the Spittle appearing
'J'He Cartcfians cure a Cough more conceded ana thick, may the
fuccefsfully , by dulling and more eaftly be railed. In the fore-
fmooching the acute Particles, that faid Cough therefore we give Opi¬
vellicate the nervous Membranes in ates with great fuccefs, fuch asW
the afpera arteria and the Lungs. danum opiatum prepared 6M waft
2 tberimk
 2,18 Cf a Cough.
ibtri.icacceleSif-,dlacodixm, print* tie
Jlyraie, tinllura of i at a Wedelti, piluls
de cjnojopt. Here is a Receipt or
iwoi
Jake of Sperma ceti half a Drachm,
prepared Amber one Scruple,
tberiaca ctelelln Hannitnfis four
Grains. Mix them. Make a
Powder for twoDofcs, one to be
takeu in the Evening before Sup¬
per, and then at going to Bed,
in a little Broth, or in the fol¬
lowing Vehicle*
Take of Fenil-Water, Iobocb fanum
each one Ounce and an half, fy-
rupus de Erjfmo Lobe Hi one Ounce.
Mix and give it.
Here is a Powder;
Take of Spermtt ceti two Scruples,
Flower of Benzoin, Myrrh each
half a Scruple, laudanum opiatum
three Grains. Mix them. Make
a Powder for three Dofes.
Poppy Medicines are good in
fait Catarrlu. Here is a Receipt,
Take of lohocb de papavere oneOunce,
Syrup of Myrtles, diacodiumeach
fix Drachms^wzer iiatragacanthi
frigidi one Drachm, Bole Ar-
mcnick half a Drachm, prepa¬
red Amber one Scruple. Mix
them. Let the Patienc take it by
fpoonfuis.
The following Lozenges are
good ; for I have always found
them fuch in ferous Catarrhs*,
Take offptciet diaircot/implicit >dia-
tragacanthi frigidi each one
Drachm, Myrrh half a Scruple,
$oie Armcmck prepared half a
■frV.
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Drachm, con/eSio al^ermes one
Drachm, extract of Colts-foot,
Elecampane, Lignaloes each half
a Scruple, Conlerveof red Roles
fix Drachms, the whiteft Sugar
fix Ounces. Mix diem. Make
Lozenges.
In this cafe, for the ordinary
drink, a Deco&ion of the Woods,
efpecially of red Hra/ile with other
Pectorals, is good. But if the
Cough be fettled, and have its rife
from a fowre vifeid Serum, lodged
in the Veficles of the Lungs, we
highly value, in order to cure, inci-
ding and aromatick things, volacil
Salts, bitter things, fac. and above
all a Decodion of Elecampane root
with Currans, alfo Spiritof Sal Am-
moniack, balfamu tfulphuris anifatut,
& liquor cornu cervi fucanatut> taken
by drops, with which lad I have
cured feveral inveterate Coughs.
When this vifeous and tough Mat¬
ter is incided, corrected and made
tljin, we fly to Purgers, and we
have found the following Pills to
have better fuccels' than others *,
Take of pilul*. marocojiitu two
Drachms, extras of Elecampane,
root of Angelica each half a
Drachm, Oyl of Sulphur, Anife,
Fenil each fix Drops, Powder of
Carduus Benedilhu one Scruple,
prepared Amber half a Scruple,
Spirit of Turpentine five drops.
Make a Mafs of Pills, of which
take half a Drachm.
• If much Salt be mixt with the1
Humors, and the Throat be irrita¬
ted by tlic Iharpnefs, fo that the
Caule of the Cough is multiplied,
fome lick or Juice of Liquorice
mull be held in the Mouth. In
, tills Cough thefimple Juieei in an
ajlbm/tf
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aflhma, the anitaced muf! be taken. get by the afpera arteria into them,
If there be heavincfs, Spirit of Sal withouc pain and choakmg, and
Ammoniack, according to Sylvius, therefore there is a valve to hin¬
will be good, or the following ele¬ der it. Tlicy cannot pafs by the
ctuary. •Stomach and a longer way without
dillolution; and w hen they get
Take of Juice of Cabbage clarified thither diifolved, what do the dip
two Ounces, faccharum penidia- folved acid Particles, bur incrcafe
tum half an Ounce, Oxymcl of the Difeafe. Sugared things indeed
Squills one Ounce and an half, have their ure j but I never faw a
Powder of Mallow-root one confumptivePerfon cured thereby.
Drachm and an half. Mix them. Let us therefore feek out fuch
Make an Eleftuary. Or rob pajfu- fweet things, as do change their
latum. Eflencc, but reach the Place in
their full virtue, fuch as fulpkureous
Hartman, for cutting the vifeid exalted Medicines, and faline ones
Matter, commends the Liquor volatilized. We ftiould therefore
of Sugar, made with fliccs of Ra- advife Amatos Lufitanui his Me¬
difh and Honey, alfo Spirit of Wine dicine for an inveterate Cough.-
burnt with Sugar, which he calls o-
leum faccbari magiftrale. But we Take of yellow Sulphur half a
rather forbear Sugar ; for the fweet Drachm, Benzoin one Scruple.
things that are commonly ufed are Take it in a rear Egg in the Morn¬
very prejudicial to Coughs, be- ing fading and going to Bed. If
caufe they do not fwceten the there be hoarfenefi,this or fome
Elood, but rather exafperate and fuch Decoction will do good.
fret the Lungs,which may be prov¬
ed by what follows. For an acid Take of husked Barley one hand¬
Juice may be drawn off fugared ful, Currans one Ounce, Liquo¬
things, fo corroding, that it will rice-root two Drachms, Cabbjge-
bind the Tongue, fet the Teeth on feeds three Drachms, leaves of
edge, gripe the Rowels; yea cor¬ Hyllop, Idler Centaury each
rode Metals, and difiolve Antimo¬ one handful, fat Figs No.V). Boy I
ny. Which if nice People would them in a fufficient quantity of
well confider, they would not ema¬ common water. For every Dofe,
ciate themfelves fo with fugared add a Drachm and an half of Syru-
things, and throw themfelves into pus de Eryfimo. Mix them. Or,
divers ficknefles. Hence alfo it may
appear, how inconfideratcly our Take of Cabbage Juice two Ounces,
Galenift* aft, who oftentimes in Powder of Florentine Iris two
this Difeafe infift upon fugared Drachms, Honey what is fiffici-
rhings,as Joh.Helfr, Jangben, in his ent, Eoyl them to the conf.-
Medicos prafenti fxculo accommodan- ftency of an Elcftuary.
das, fays very well. Neither can I
imagine the Paflages, whereby thefe If the Cough be defperate, and
fweec things may enter the Lungs fpitting of Elood concur wrh an
whole, or diifolved, fmee not a effervefeent Motion in the Elood,
drop of the moft fubtil Liquor can Faujius his peftor 1 Decofticn will
be

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be good, which the forfaid June¬
ven deferibes. Or On on* or Gar- Take of maffa pilu!arnrrt de flyract
lick boy led miy be eaten. Bat if one Drachm. Make Pills of a
the Cough arife from the Stomach, Grain weight. Let the Patient
which is iqraged by a Cough, a- take feven as fhe goes to bed.
l>ove all other things, we think, this
vifeid and mucilaginous Matter, Medicines of Myrrh are not con¬
that lies in the Stomach, fhould be temptible in a Cough, from what-
caft out: for which nothing is bet¬ foever caijfe it proceeds. There
ter than a Vomit •, bccaufe it gives are feveral Externals among which
prefent relief. Afterwards, for we may reckon the following lini¬
diifolring the remainder of the ment, for anointing the Ereaft;
arid mucilaginous Matter, and for
relieving the Fibres of the Coats of Take or the peftoral Oyntment one .
the Stomach, this following will Ounce Greafeofa Badgcr.aGoofe
be proper. each two Drachms, oriental Saf¬
fron half a Scruple. Mix them.
Take of Water of Hyflop, Mint Make a linimenr.
each one Ounce and an half, Li-
q ior of Rhadifh made with Su¬ Or for the Soles of the Feet \
gar one Drachm and an half^/w-
rnacetK Syrup of Tabaco,Hedg- Take of Garlick heads V°. i). Grcafc
muftard each half an Ounce. of a Hog what is fufficient, Pike-
Make a mixture, to be taken by fifh two Drachms. Mix them.
fpoonfuls. Make a liniment wherewith the
Soles of the Feet may be anoin¬
Or Sperma ceti not rancid may ted. Which may be done with
lie given with hot Broth from ten the fat of a Pikc-fi/h alone,
^Grains to a Scruple, yea, a Drachm. which a&s by a peculiar and urt-
Acids abate a Cough, if they be vo- fpeakable Motion upon the Lungs,
Jatil, inafmuch as they infringe the and opens their fluffing.
Salt, and diflolve Phlegm. The
rejfon, why Acids move a Cough, Other external, chirurgical Re¬
is this, becaufe Acids, when they medies in a Cough, Vencatorics,
arc taken do irritate the Throat, Cauteries aftual and potential.
"which is already in fome meafure Bleeding , Bathing, fcc. may be
excoriated by fait Phlegm, which gathered from what has pre-
Cough may prefentty be flopt,ifrhe ceeded. Friflions and Ligature?
Mouth bewjjfhcd with cola Water, do but incommode the Pati¬
put thefe Acids muft be volatil, ent.
- for otlicrwife they would coagulate
the Phlegm. Women with Child In a Hoarlenefs with a Cough
a!fo arc often troubled with a dry pituU de cynnglojfa and de fly*
Cough, in curing of which prluU race. about five of them, fwal-
de onoglnffjt, or de fly race taken once lowed at Bed-time, arc good;
or twice y week, going to bed, are and Raiflns may be fleeped |n
good. Here is a receipt; Spirit ot Wine or Anifccd War
ter,

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atiH the Patient may take the Bread, or the Bread may be
it bN f?°°tv4:uls. 1 highly va¬ anointed with Swan’s-Greafe. Hx-
lue G\tt€>et candied in China, ferus in the Fit commends the
atvd aW Medicines of Myrrh. putting of the Feet into warm*
In a Coa^H alfo a Swan’s-skin Water.
Biay be outwardly applied to

0.4 CHAP.
 OvO
CHAP.
Of an Aflhma, or Jbortnefs of Breath.
I $. i.
N the preceding Chapter we
have difeourfed of the incon¬
veniences of a Cough. Now
a more dangerous and difficult
difeafe follows, which in Greek
they call Afthma-, Tome call it epi-
iepfia or caducus pultmnum ; Tome, |
difficulty of breathing or flwtnefs of
Breath. It is commonly deferibed '
to be, a difficult refpiratihffome times
wills, fometimes without a Fever,
fometimes with a wife-and ratling,
fometimes without, ar'tfmg from an ob-
jlrutlion of the Bronchia and Cells
of the Lungs, or rather, as fome will
have it, from a Itraitnefs of them.
The difference is threefold. For
when the difficulty of breathing is
but moderate, without a noifeand
Fever, it is called dyfpncea. But
wlicn the Patient cannot breath
without a noife and thicknefsof
of Breath, it is called an 4Jlhmd.
And if the Difeafe be fo urgent,
that the Patient cannot take his
Breath, • except he fits'upright, it
js called orthopnxa or upright refpird-
iion.' Helmont makes a two fold
jjlhma, 3 Woman’s Afthma and one
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II,
common to both Sexes, and he
fubdiftinguifhes it into a moift and 3
dry one. < ;
$. x. Tart ajfetteJ.
N Ext comes the Part affefted,
in which affair the old Gale-
nifts, and fome of the Moderns
contend, Thac the Branches of the
afpera arteria, diffeminated into the
fubfiance of the Lungs, are here af-
fefted pothers blame the diaphragm
itfelffor the Subjeft, being foper-
fwadedon this ground,becaufe fcor*
butick Perfons, how difficultly foe*
ver they Breath,yet they complain
nothing of their Breaft, but fhow
the place, where they feel their
grievance, under the diaphragm.
Helmont (hoots feveral Holts, that
he may hit the mark/ for fome*
times he acknowledges the ambient
Membrane of the Lungs, fometimes
the Stomach; fometimes the Wombj
and fometimes the' Spleen, for the
Part artefted. Some blame the
Mufcles that lift up the Ribs. We
reckon the Lungs are the Subjeft,
that wonderful Fan of Nature, to¬
gether with all the Mufcles that e*
levaw
 Of an Afthma, or jhortnefs of Breath.
levate the Ribs, the chief whereof of a fanguine Conftitution, being
iire the ferrati poftici,upper and low¬ very fat, had for three years and a-
er, the levatores c»(larum of Steno, bove,been troubled with a grievous
and the cervicales defcandenres of fhortnefs of Breath, fo that he
Diemerbroeclan influx of the ani¬ could fcarce walk an hundred Pa¬
mal Spirits being prefuppofed. For ws, without fear of firangling. He
it is probable, that the mufcnli le- in Winter-time, and a rainy Sea-
uatores or patient;4, and the rhom¬ fon fell ill of extreme fhortnefs of
boid; do give their afliftance in in¬ Breath, growing always worfe to¬
spiration, the fcapul* alfo aflifting wards Night, while this lafted, he
to lift up the Breaft for larger infpi- was forced to rife out of his fleep,
ration, becaufe the former arife he beat his Breafl violently with
from the vertebra of the Neck, and his Hands, left he fhould be choak-
the upper ones of the Back, and de¬ ed i he had a dry Cough, yet with¬
scending a little are inferted into out a Fever; he in vain gaped
the fcapnli, which are fixt to the •with open mouth at the Window
Back. And this more fully appears, for Air, he could not fpeak -, his
becaufe in afthmatick People, and Urine was thin and red; vifeid
Cuch as are ready to dy, while they Phlegm ran out at his Mouth •, and
do their utmoft to fetch their he breathed with rattling and a
Breath, the fcapuU are verY much noife.
elevated. Yet we cannot be with¬
out the motion of our Lungs, for
.
4 Diagnoflick.
•afew Minutes of an Hour, without
imminent hazard of our Lives,
which when ftopt, the Blood muft
B Y the preceding Cafe one may
know the attendants of this
needs coagulate about the Heart. Difeafe. And it is pretty well
But here the Lungs are net affe- known of it felfj but for the bet¬
fted in all their Parts alike j Ft ter knowledge and diflin&ion ofDi-
fome fufter more nearly , others fcafes, befides what may be gathe¬
more remotely; and the bronchia red from the Cafe, I fhall _ .recount
or Branches of the afpera nr ter; a j a few things. There is therefore 4
are mod hurt in this Difeafe, not, thick and great refpiration without
excluding the Veficles, and the J a Fever, fometimes with fhortnefs
fanguiferous Veflels, which carry j of Breath and a noife, which trou-
bad Matter to the Lungs: For ac- bles Men more lying than fitting,
cording as the acid Particles are J the Breaft is heavy, they Cough of*
inrangied with divers Particles of ten, but bring up nothing, that is
vifeid Phlegm, or with bilious or purulent. Sometimes this Difeafe
alkaline ones; fo all Oifeafes hap¬ encreafes fo,namely in an orthopnaeat
pening in the Lungs do vary, being that they are forced to take their
either flow or fwife, ' Breath, with their Body ereft, left
they fhould be quite ftrangled;
3. A Cafe. there is a wheezing, and fometimes
a rattling, growing worfe, efpecial--
T Have a mind here to add a Cafe, ly at Nigbt. In a fcorbutick Ajili¬
very appofite to the bufinefs in ma there are puffings up of the Sto¬
Jiand. A Man above fifty yegrs old, mach, and pinful Tcnfions of the
•> *■ hypochondria
 Of an Afthma, or fhortnefs of Breath.
hypochondria, rumbling in the Guts,
frequent Spitting, Belching, Heart¬
burn, fometimes Vomiting, Palpi¬
tation of the Heart, Frights and
Night-fweats, the Face is fome¬
times pale, fometimes fhining and
puftup, the Urine fometimes high
coloured, fometimes pale, red Gra¬
vel often flicks to the fidcs of the
Chamber-pot, whence proceeds
the obftru&ion of the Kidneys, and
a gathering of (aline Particles, efpe-
cially in the Blood.
5. Caufe.
H Aving done with the diagno-
ftick, we will now proceed to
the Caufe. The old tEaUmfts
come in the firft place, who hold,
that an Allhma comes ofcnelt of all
from a thick and vifeid Phlegm,
which flicks fometimes in the Pal-
fages of the afpera arteria, fome¬
times in the Lungs themfelves,
where that Phlegm comes from
fome where elfe, that is, from the
Head, or is bred there. For they
doubt not, but many fuperriuitics
of that fort may be bred in the
Lungs, which Phlegm in a defpe-
rate Difeafc they think by means
of Heat may be turned into a
vitreous and clayie one, yea, and
into Stones. They reckon alfo
that this may afflift a Man, be-
caufe of ftraitnefs of Breath, and
its bad conformation; nor do they
exclude Vapors afeending from be¬
low to the Lungs from breeding an
Afthma.
§• «•
■Jlitacclfus his followers blame
mineral Fumes lurking in the
chaos, impregnated with the virtues
of the Stars, drawn in by refpirati-
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on and infcfting the Lungs; nor
yet do they wholly negled the O-
pinion of the Galenitts, allowing
that Phlegm may ly in the bronchiay
which if it do, the Air cannot pe¬
netrate; whereupon the Patients
grow out of breath; and then when
Phlegm is dried in the Pipes, they
think, that a perpetual Cough may
be raifed. As for external Caufes,
Faracelfus admits divers de morb.
metaffor. namely, external Heat and
Cold, Froft, Rain. Clouds, Falling
of Stars, fowre Potions. Acidity of
Vitriol, of Alum, fubterranean Air,
, faline, fulphureous, mineral, anti-
monial, arfenical and orpimental
Fumes. In another place he does
not deny, but a Tartar may be
bred in the Lungs, and that thereby
this Dileafe may be bred.
7-
dElmont, who is above all pre-
dicaments and predicables, af¬
ter his ufual manner, laughs at the
Opinions of the forefaid Authors,
who aferibe the original of this Di-
feafe to Phlegm falling on the
Lungs, that is in an imaginary Ca¬
tarrh. He gathers it from hence,
becaufe an Alihma fiezes one fud-
denly, juft as if a Rope were tied a-
bout a Man’s Neck ; and then it
goes off without voiding much
Phlegm, and though fometimes a
little be voided, that muft not be
aferibed to the occafional Caufe,
but rather to the effeft, that is, to
great coarttation, and injury offer¬
ed to the Lungs. He alfo rejefts
their Opinion , who hold, that
Steams and Vapors arifing may
caufe an Attbma. And he calls it
the faffing fictytfs of the Lungs, be¬
caufe it has its feat in the duumvi¬
rate. He fays ,like\vife, That the
caufe
 Of an Afthma, or (hortnefs of Breath.
caufe of this Difeafe is a more pe¬ Matter, which is occafioned by
culiar Poyfon, which affeds the fome fault in the Lungs themfelves,
Lungs by its property, than that and it generally troubles old Men,
which carts the Head and the whole and fuch as are near death, and con-
Man into an Epilepfie. He alfo, as fumptive People. Afterwards it
we have faid, makes a twofold breeds mucilaginous fluff, either,
Afthma, a Woman’s, and one com¬ becaufe of an occult Importhume,
mon to either Sex; For tliere ari- or fome other Injury done to the
fes a Poyfon from the Womb, Lungs. About which, if you would
C whofe life and power rules the have more, you may confult the
whole Woman } which contrads Author himfclf, de Afthmate & Tuf.
the Throat, and rtraitens the Lobes J>. But left we fhould be too tedi¬
and Pores of the Lungs. He alfo ous in hearing Helmont, we will be.
fays, That an Afthma is either dry ftow a little time upon the fa.
or moirt j the dry, according to him, mous
js ufually interrupted,which never-
thelefs violently dirturbs the whole
Body, and compenfates the inter¬ 8.
val by its grievoufnefs: This Afth¬ who calls this Di-
ma has its feat in the Spleen, where¬ feafe the King of the reft
fore he calls arthmatick People fple- of the Difeafes of the Breaft* for this
netick. Eut in Women he will reafon, becaufe there is nothing
have it in the Womb, whence that more terrible than the Fits of this
Sex is truly miferable, for he (_ and Difeafe. For Patients are ffiaken
I alfo} hath feen Women, who by by it, as by an earthquake, becaufe
fmelling fweet Scents, befides refpiration, by which we live, is
Head-aches and danger of Swoon¬ hindred, and fometimes quite abo-
ing, have fallen into extreme diffi¬ liffied, which muft caufe death.
culty of breathing. For the Ar- And as for the caufe, he, as well as
cbjtus, either of the Spleen or the Helmont, rejeds Vapors afeending
Womb primarily affeds the innate from the Spleen, Womb, Mefen-
Spirit of the Lungs by the adion cf tery, Stomach and other Bowels to
Regiment, whereby an Afthma, like the Lungs ; becaufe bo arthmatick
an Epilepfie, is bred ; wherefore Body ever falls into an Afthmat
he calls it the Epilepfie ofthe Lungs, without fome manifert fault in his
becaufe this Difeafe agrees with an Lungs, there being no fault in the
Epilepfie. And he concludes as forefaid Parts, nor any rtraitnefs of
much a pofteriori, namely from the the bronchia, which People talk fo
juyantia: for whatever cures an E- much of. Therefore he affigns, as
pilepfie, cures an Afthma. He main¬ the only caufe of an Afthma, the
tains alfo, That an Afthma has its contulfions of the Motive Parts.
feat in the Stomach j and he enr For, according to him, a hetero¬
deavours to prove it, becaufe fome- geneous Matter, injurious to the
times by giving but one Vomit, the Spirits, falling out of the Brain in
Difeafe is perfediy cured, and be- a little quantity,gcts into the Coats
caufe it proceeds from the corrup¬ of the Nerves without much harm;
tion pf certain Meats. He derives but if it amount to any quantity,
9 moirt Afthma from abundance of and pollefs the nervous and muf-
colous,

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 Of an Afthma, Jhortnefi of Breath.
culous, pneumonick Fibres, ferving der the true caufe of the Morion of
for refpiration. then it molefls the the Lungs, according to their
inhabiting Spirits, and puts them mind, that we may the more eafily
into allhmatick Spafms. Neverthe- know the defeft of their Morion.
lefs he denies not, but an Aflhma Therefore,to explicate the aftion
may fometimcs arife from ftrait- of refpiration,the Carteftans fuppofe
nefs and obftruftion of the bronchia a fabric stthereal Matter; and they
by a thick and vifcid Humor, pu¬ will have the Air only by its forcing
rulent Matter, extravafated Blood, forward from thcBreaft and Abdomen
Swellings, fcirrhus, or Scones, foe. to raife Motion in the Lungs, and
Amongoccafional caufes, he reck¬ fo to diljplay them. Then, they fay,
ons all things which caufe the Mafs the Motion of the circulating Blood
of Blood to ferment, as all violent is continual, which mud neceHari-
Motions both of Mind and Body, Iy be attended by a Motion of the
immoderate V&w, anger, heat of animal Spirits, which Spirits by the
the Bed, foe. For he often obfer- Nerves do pafs and traverfe all the
ved ( as I did in the forefaid cafe) intercoftal Mufcles, the Mufcles of
that aflhmatick perfons are always the diaphragm, foe. Nor need a-
worfl in Btd. ny one wonder, that by the open¬
ing of one Pore in the Brain the
Spirits flow into many Mufcles, be-
caufe the Tubes of the Nerves con¬
Vlhius in an afthma,ortbopnoea tain many Fibres under one and
and dyfpnra blames bad Vapors the lame Mejnbranc. The Mufcles
and Wind, chiefly auftere ones, therefore according to them, are
produced in the inteHinum tenue of puffed up or conrrafted in rheir
Phlegm, rarefied by Bile, arifing whole fubftance \ wherefore it fo
partly by the Stomach and oefopha- comes to pafs, when a large fpacp
gus to the Mouth, and then drawn is allowed tp the Breaft, that to a-
in with the Air into the bronchia of void a vacuum, the external Air in
the Lungs, and palling partly by fome quantity is always driven in¬
the iafteal Veflels and thoracick ward, till the antagonift Mufcles of
Duft, then thefe fill and ftraiten thofe other, which arc allotted to
the foft Lobes of the Lungs, and fo expiration, receive the Motion cf
hinder refpiration. Nor in an the Spirits ■, and fo the Mufcles
Afthma, cfpecially an oitbopnxa, does ferving for infpiration, like Sails for
he exclude vifcid Phlegm, falling want of Wind, flag, when the Muf¬
from the Head into the bronchia cles defigned for expiration are
and ftraitening them. contrafted by the Spirits that went
out of the former, and enered the
$. 10 . latter. And Brxchhaufen in eecono-

N mia animali, p. 17$. believes, that

Ow let us fee what the famous infpiration and expiration is fo per¬
Cartes and his followers. Re- formed,by the animal Spirits, which
gius, le Grand, Ho^elandy Brceebuft- are then become total, that the
xi. Sec. fay. But before we come Mufcles, while the animal life lafts,
to the faults of refpiration, it will are continually puffed up, accord¬
he worth the while firft to confi- ing to the various mixture and mo-

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 Of an Aftbma, or fhcrtnefs of Breath.
*ion of die Blood. Whatever
things therefore can keep out the
Air, may caufc an Ajibnut or Or-
thopncea: And we gather as much
from this, That if Blood flow out
of the Branches of the jugular
Veins into thefe Parts, that afford
a Paffage to the Air, that is, the
Mufclcs of the Jaws, and if it be
detained there, as one may fee in
a Qulnly, a great difficulty of brea¬
thing arifes thence; and if any fuch
thing befal an Artery, tliere arifes
an Ajthma. Thus it is collefled
from the Cartefian hypothecs, that
this Difeafe has its rife from the
fubftancc of the Lungs and of the
intercoftal Mufcles, which ferve for
refpiration being hurt, that is,
from the Nerves, defigned for the
intercoflal Mufcles,and other Or¬
gans of refpiration, being obflru-
tfed, as it happens in a Scurvy
and Apoplexy, which are always
attended with an Aftbma or Ortho-
pnoea. For in thefe refpiration,
is fo hindred and aboliflied,
that the original of the Nerves be¬
ing either cxadtly, or in fome mea-
fure obflrufted, either few or no a-
nimal Spirits are fent by the recur¬
rent Nerves into the Mufclcs, which
are defigned for elevation of the
Brcaft, and by this means the ele¬
vation of the Brcaft ceafing, re¬
fpiration it felf alfo cither ccafc$,or
is diminifhed. So a great deal of
Pkj, becaufe it fills up the cavity
of the Breaft, caufes a flraitnefs :
for the Mufcles, becaufe of the in¬
cumbent weight, cannot do their
office, and fo a due expanfion of
the Lungs cannot be made.
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237
§. II.
THis was the Cartefian Opinion,
now we will give you our oton.
Firfl of all,however, we flialf in ge¬
neral premife fomeching concern¬
ing refpiration. Wc think there¬
fore that the Air, when the Breafl
is dilated for infpiration, does en¬
ter the Lungs, and theymurtofne-
cefliry be cocxtcndcd to the cavity
of rhe Brcaft; and in expiration,
fincc the fpace of the Breafl cannot
be leffened, but by eontrafiing it
felf in again, rhe Air muft of dc-
eeflity alfo be forced by the Breafl
out of the folding Lungs. The
Lungs therefore are moved, nos, as
fome would have them, by their
own proper virtue, nor by the
Heart, nor for fear of a vacuum ;
but the Air is the true and adequate
caufe of refpiration, efpecially on
the confines of the Globe of the
Earth, where the Air has acquired
a certain confiftence and denfity.
I cou'd add feveral things about
the clafticity and weight of the
Air, and its Morion refulting from
thence, to explain the oblcurity of
refpiration; but fince thefe ex¬
cellent Perfons,the magnificcndC/ro
de Gueiiken de vacuo, the Ilfuflri-
ous Boyle in Experim. pby/ic. mechan.
de air 'ts vi elajtica, and Majou in his
traft de refpiratione have performed
that task compleatly, I reckon it
necdlcfs to treat curioufly of all
thefe things, and the rather, be¬
caufe it belongs more properly to
a Philofophica! enquiry. The mo¬
tion of the Lungs and Heart is fo
necellary, that we cannot be
without it a few Minutes of an
Hour, but with hazard of our lives,
which Boyle't Air-pump ftiows, in
which, when the Air was exhau-
fted,
i}8 0/<7» Afthma, o> Jbortnefs of Breath.
fled, and not admitted again, Birds
and Mice died within two, three,
four, five, fix or (even Minutes at
moft. We have hitherto been up¬
on refpiration in general with re-
fpeft to the Air: if we confider it
more particularly, the Heart moves
by Jyfole and aiaftole, and thofe
Morions are helped by the dilata¬
tion and expanfion of the LuBgs.
There was an erroneous Opinion
of old, that the Morion of the
Lungs and Diaphragm was per¬
formed in the manner of Bellows,
and that they were filled, becaufe
they were diflended, but this O-
pinion is built upon a rotten foun¬
dation. Without doubt there are
feveral ufes of refpiration; the
ventilation of the Blood, the ex¬
portation of fuliginous effluvia, the
importation of nitrous Matrer, the
mincing and pounding of the
Parts of the Blood, the preflion of
it into the Guts, the mixture of it
in the Heart, the forwarding its
Motion out of one Ventricle into
the other, and the laft perfection
of the Blood by means of faline
Particles in the Air, performed in
the left Ventricle of the Hearr,
which fubtilife the Blood, and fit
it for breeding of animal Spirits;
for there are faline, volatil Parti¬
cles in the Air, wherefore it is cal¬
led the fecret Food of Life. And
we think it probable, Thar the
Lungs in refpiration are nor only
puffed up and diflended by the
preflure of the Atmofphere, but by
the elaftick virtue of the Air. For
Air is apt to get in at any hole;
yea, it.is very difficult to keep it
out of the Air-pump as Boyle de ae-
re, p. 196. (how*. The Air by the
Mouth and Noftrils rufhiDg into
the afpera arteria or larynx, infinu-
atesic felf into the Cavity of the
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Lungs, and by the heat of the Part
is much rarefied and dilated, which
expanfion being made, it exerts its
elaftick virtue j whereupon the
Lungs are pufc up. and pofTcfs a
greater fpace. And, if I be not
miftaken, refpirarion feems to b:
nothing elfe, but the refolution and
reciprocation of the Air enclofed
in the Breafl, and an alteration of
the motion of the Lungs and Dia¬
phragm, always however fuppofing
a notable influx of the animal Spi¬
rits inro the intercoftal Mufcles.
There is no reafbn to the contrary,
therefore, why we may not call
the external Air the firft original of
the whole Motion: for Animals dy
prefently, when Air is denied
them, as Boyle in his Phyfico-me¬
chanical Experiments does fuffici-
ently fhow. In fhort, two things are
required for the performance cf
refpiration naturally. 1. That a
free Pafiage be granted to the in*
grefs and egrefs of the Air by the
prefliire of the Atmofphere.
2. That the Air may be able by its
elaftick virtue duely to extend and
expand the Lungs. As often there*
fore as thefe Paflages are ftopr, or
the expanfion of the Lungs is hin*
dred by any caufe, refpiration is
varioufly hurt or dimimfhed. In
an Ailbrna therefore ( that once we
may come to what we would be
at) fometimes the bronchia of Vefi-
cles of the Lungs are obftrufled
with vifeid Phlegm, Pus, Tuber¬
cles, tophaceous Matrer,Stoner,^c.
as Diemerbroecl^ in his Anatomy, p.
$ 10. has illuftraced by an obser¬
vation of duft gathering by degrees
in a Servant, which bredla Stone
In the Veficles of the Lungs, and fo
an Ajlhma, which killed him at
laft: there are other fuch inftances
in the German Ephemerides-. We do
not
 Of an Afthma, or jhortnefs of Breath.
, , . 239
not queftion alfo, but a pontick Salt lenrly into the Lungs, compreffinS
in the Air falling upon rhe Throat, its bronchia and Veficles, and di-
and fo injuring the Veficles of the
ihnding thefanguiferous Veflels, fo
Lungs, may produce this Difiafc. that the Lungs cannot be duly re¬
Sometimes alfo in a dyfpncta and or¬ laxed and expanded again for the
thopnea the expanfion of the Lungs
reccntration of the Air. A moift
is not hindred by want of Air that Mama ( for we, as well iiHdmont,
mould pals to the Lungs , but hold there is a moift and a dry
through excellive rarefaction ande- OH<0 we derive from a vifeid mu¬
bullirion of the Blood, fometiines cilage, lodged as well in the bran*
by its ftagnation, when it clots in cbia and Veficles of the Lungs, as
the narrow Paflages, lomctiraes by m the Stomach. Sometimes this
the convulfive irikation of the Difeafe follows a little ftagnation of
Nerves, which ferve the Organs of the Blood in the pr&cardta.: for we
refpiration ;and fo we fiold,an/f/fo- are verily perfwaded, it may arife
tna may arife. In fome aftluuatick
from a crude, vifeid, acid and au-
Fits the Lungs being elevated and flcrc Blood, and a ferous chyle j bc-
diftended caule almoft fuffocation, caufe fometimes the chyle being
which cannot come from Wind or carried into the right Ventricle of
Vapors: for Wind contained in the the Heart, by reafon of its crudity
pulmonary Veins and Arteries can¬ and vifeofity does not well rarefy;
not puff them up ([fince though but being apt to ftagnate and fettle
you fit a Pipe to the pulmonary
in the Heart, it increafes its op-
Artery, and blow in it, the Lungs
preflion: To relieve which, there
fwell notj nor can Vapors do it,
comes a frequent refpiration, thac
fince if they be contained in the
when the Blood is pumped into
Veficles, they cannot ealily be ex¬
the Lungs,it may be relieved. Com¬
pelled with the Air. Wherefore, pare WtUis de Jeb. cap. 4. with de
to come nearer the Point, we jeorbut. fear but. c. 3.
c. 2. Hence
Hence we find rhar
we find that
think that fuch Choakings proceed | feveral hypochondriack Perfons an
^0IIi>^ei.,nrerCL^a ^u^cs’ and ; hour or two after Meal or afar
the Diaphragm being convulfe. For morion of the.r Body, are troubled
by their conyulfion the Bread isj with difficulty of breathinrS
Clfg,ndrl a7tIOn; I"ano*l rauch namely as a crude chyle is
rhn«?*e aif° jC/CCu'°^T,n hyp0‘ brou8ht “ltd the Blood. So an a-
chondnack and feorbutrek Perfons, I cid Humor, mixt wi.h the Blood
the want of refpiration purs them ; by coagulating it more or lefs
«!TTr0t °£tbcir LiVC?i i abour the prjtcordia, and diflur-
ftf°b-ferV^d ,n U Vy°raan vvho I blnS its equal circulation, muft no-
died of it, through tlfe cxcellive torioufly flop refpiration asthefj
ltbCvB,0°ud * Iwtmou.f&X*
Lungs. So hkewife this Dlfeafe ; )ar//i proves, who fa vs tint a friend
may ar,fe from a (harp, lix.vious, if hif poured SpirTcf Nitre hto
fluid and too bilious Blood boyling the fubclavian Vein of a Do?

rrssjf ;r.;: j as?

Hearc

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4,4a of an Afthtai, or (hortnefs of Breath.

Heart. The forcfaid Phyfician tri¬ Motion. And none, that knows
ed another Experiment to the ny thing in Phyfickw'ill deny, That
fame purpofc •, he put a Drachm a dry and convulfive Ajlbma may
of Oylof Sulphur per campanam in- arife from fome fault in the Nerves
•o an Ounce of Water, and better i and animal Spirits: for the pneumo-
he poured it into the crural Vein nick Nerves, defigned for the ex-
ofaDog; he tied up the Wound, panfion of the Lungs,being through
as it ought to be, and let the Dog irritation fpafmodically con crafted,
fcofe, which being brisk, his Eyes may hinder the reciprocal Motion
flaring wide open and clear, laid of the Lungs-, as the nervous Fi¬
him down, ana began to draw his bres of the bronchia being irritated,
Breath fafter and fader, till at may fo contraft them, that the la¬
length he had fome final! Convulfi- rynx may be quite dopt, and fo a
ons in his Mouth, then he breath¬ Man may be drangled, becaufe fuf-
ed fader, and had a rattling in his ficient Air cannot be admitted, ei¬
Bread, he had now and then a ther to the Lungs or Blood. So
convulfion Tit, till at length he di¬ the fame Nerves denying a Paflage
ed within half an hour after the In- to the animal Spirits upon what
fufion. After he was dead, abun¬ account foever; that is, if they be
dance of ferous Matter came out at obdrufted or broken, may oe a
his Mouth, red like the wafhing of Caufe of this Difeafe : as Schcncl^i-
Tlefli, abundance of vifcid froth w faw the Motion of the Lungs
fwimming at the top. When the taken away by cutting the Nerves.
Jaws of this Dog were Opened, In a convulfive Afthma there is rare¬
they and the dfpera arteria were full ly a Cough or Ejcftiop of Excre¬
offroth. When the larynx was fquee- ments ; it ceafes alfo for a time,
zed on the outfide, the Lungs and returns periodically, according
looked of a dark red, efpecially o- to the Motion of the Moon. Ett-
ver againd the Ribs, as if Blood muiler obferved an indance of it in
had fettled there after a Contufion, his Chamber-fellow at Paris and
and the Lungs, like fponges, were we, in an apopleftick Perfon, who,
full of a bloody and frothy ferunt, after he was recovered of that, had
that is, of abundance of little vif¬ a Palfy in his right fide. The ex pan-
cid Bubbles, and all the Branches (ion of the Lungs may be hinareef
of the afpertt arteria, great as well as from without the Bread, when the
fmall, were in a manner obdrufted Diaphragm has not room to p’ay
with this froth. I tried the like downwards, which happens ufually
in a Dog. See the Englifh Philo- when the hypochondria, Stomach or
fophical Tranfaftions Ann. 1667. n. whole abdomen is didended with
27. And T opened a Citizen, who Wind or Water, or when there arc
died of an Atthma, and could attri¬ fpafmodick contraftions in the Me-
bute his death to nothing but to fentery, for then the pcriflalttek
Blood coagulated in the pneumonick Motion being inverted, the Dia¬
Veflels and the Heart, jud as Map* phragm is forced towards the cavi¬
found the pulmonary Artery and ty of the Bread-, fo we fee it is in
Vein, full of grumous Blood, in a the Dropfy,Tympany, Over-growth
young Man, who was taken with of the Liver, being with Child:
fliortnefs of breath upon any quick for Women towards the latter end
of

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 Of an or fiortnefs
of their time complain of Ihortnefs
of Breath. Sometimes foul, ma¬
lignant Fumes of Charcoal, Metals,
Arfcnick and .Mercury Q as in Chy-
mifts and GoldfmithsJ may caufe an
Afihma. There is a vvheazing in
infpiration, becaufe grofs Humors
Hop the mouth of the Windpipe,fo
that the Air cannot get through
without a whiffling and a nciic.
One takes his Breath cafieft with
his Body upright, becaufe the Bow¬
els by their own weight are drawn
downwards, and fo room is made.
$. i%. Prcg'foJHck.
of Breath. %Ai
cured in old Men, in young Men of¬
ten. This Difeafe is often acute,
and the violence of the Fit often
kills a Man \ bur the ferenity of the
Air, fobriity oflife, and reft ofBo-
dy C of which hereaf er ) abate its
violence. They that have natural¬
ly a ftrait Breaft a id fmall Lungs,
and thofechat have very large ones,
.are apt to be afthmatick. An Afih¬
ma with -fwooning, a languid, inter¬
mittent, unequal, difordered and
flow Pulfe, argues death robe near*
A trembling Breath is alfo dange¬
rous, and fo much the more, if the
ftioulder-Blades, and intercoftal

N Mufcles rife and fall at the taking in

Otv follows the Prdgnoftick. and letcing out of the Breath, efpe¬
In general all hurts of refpira- cially if the ftrength is low.
tion are dangerous. In hypocnon-
driack and fcorbutick Perfons, they
are not dangerous, nor incurable in
13. Diet stick cure.
themfelves; yet becaufe of the no-
blenefs of the Pl?ce, and the coa¬
T His was the Prognoftick. As id
the cure, arid firft the diete-
gulation of Eiood in the Heart, tick, it now falls under contempla¬
they are not without danger •, as tion. Among the Non-natural things*
not long fince I faw a fcorbutick the Air is the firft, which muft be
Woman at Hanner, who not long temperate, ferene and dry, but not
ago.died only of a dry or convulfive very hot; yet cold muft be indu-
Afihma in two hours time, with ftrioufly avoided-, for through the
her Sen firs entire, and withour any connivance of the Pores the Body
dangerous Symptom preceding. exhales not, and the condenfated
This Difeafc ules to come at cer¬ Humors are difficultly got out at
tain times of the Moon, and Sea- the ufutl Emundories, and fo in¬
Ion s of the Tear, efpecially Winter jure the Lungs and their vcficles.
and Autumn; and by uf:ng proper An over-hot Airis hurtfui alfo, in-
Remedies it may he kept oft' a long afmuch as the turgefeent Blood,likt
time. But a fcorbutick Afihma is a new Wine, throws abundance of Je-
chronical Difeafe* A ferous, pre. rum upon the Lungs and Branches
. c. rdial /ilihrna is cafier to cure than of the afper a arteria, and infeds
a paralytick one, which comes the whole Mafs of Blood : forwhac
from a depauperated, fpirirlefs fuch the Air is, fuch generally is
Blood. A fcorbutick Afihma eafily the Mafs of Blood. Let fweee
turns to another Difeafe, namely an Scents be avoided, by Women e-
Apoplexy, fuffocative Catarrh, Epi- i fpecially, for the Womb is enraged
lepfy, Confumption, Cachexy or j thereby.
Dropfy; as Timsut l. 2. has obfer- The Meat muft be eaf e of Con-
ted. Moreover an Afihma is fcarce ! todion, heating and attenuating,
ft left

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 Of art Afthma, or jhortriefs of Breath.
eft the Matter grow thick-, it muft fbould do good ; but one may ea*
be mixt with moiftners*, Hens anil fily gather from what has been faid>
Chickms are good. Alla Man’s That exceflive Care and Anger, as
mejt muft be (eafoned with pefto- well as exceflive Motion and Watch¬
ral Aromaticks, namely. Marjoram, ing, caufe an ASfbma. For Hel-
Thyme, Hylfop, Fenil, Anifeed, foe. mont writes, That this Difcafe may
Sjff. on is good here, whatever Sep- arife from Anger, fad Tidings and
taliut fays to the contrary fo are and Chiding; for this reafon further,
vA!monds, Raiftns, Figs, &c. inaf- that the Pores of the Lungs arc ob-
much as they fmooth. On the con¬ ftrufted by Anger, Fear, foe. and
trary, let the Patient forbear all through that Obftruftion they are ir¬
things that breed a thick and tough ritated, and enraged by their in¬
Juice, filch as Flefh dried in the nate Ferment, and fo caufe this Di¬
Smoak, Pork, Milk, Cheefe, dry fcafe.
Pulfe, foe. As for the Drfri^ it
muft be a fine and fmall Wine*, or
one made of leveral pectoral Herbs
§. i H'Fharmaceutick Cure.
and Spices. For Rufiicks a deco¬
ction of Horfc-dung may ferve in
Summer-time, or of Early. Sweet
drink made with Sugar muft be
B Ut befide thefe helps, we mtift
go to ftronger Remedies, and
fonoriV, and Spani/b Wine, by pre- they are Pharmaceutick. The An¬
poft-rous u^ng of .which Hdmont cients in the cure of this Difeafe,
trad, de atthma c fo tuffi, §. 10. for correcting and carrying off vi-
obferved an Allhma produced. feid Phlegm, firft give this or fome
As to Exercife, it muft be fmall; fuch Clyfter;
Vet a little walk before Meal may
be allowed*, and in weak People Take of root of Birthwort, Iris
Frictions of the out Parts may ferve each half an Ounce, Leaves cf
inftead of it. Idler Centaury, Hyilop, Cala-
Sleep muft be moderate and in mint each one handful , white
the Night, fleeping in the Day and Agarick five Drachms, boil them,
a long time muft be avoided : for add to a Pint of the Colature of
by long fieep many phlegmatick Ex¬ Jpecies Inert diacdognthnios one
crements are gathered, which of* Drachm and an half, diaturbith
tec caufe our Difcafe. So Watch¬ cum rbabarbaro five Drachms,Oyl
ing over-long, according to the of white Lilies, Chamorail, Rue
great Hippocrates, 2. apb. 3. may mif- each one Ounce, common Salt a
ihieve the l ungs. Drachm. Mix them. Make a
The Belly muft be kept continu¬ Clyfter.
ally loofe, to avoid irritation. Hi¬
therto alfo b long all ufual evacua¬ Then, when the Difeafe gives
tions, efpecially of Blood, which truce, they render the peccant Hu¬
ought to keep their ordinary mors which opprefs the Lungs, and
co uric. fill die afpera arteria, obedient to
We may add to thefe 'he Pafjions Nature, by Preparatives and Inci¬
ef the Mini, which muft be mode¬ ders. Their Preparers are Honey
rate. One would think that Joy of Rofes, Oxymcl Ample and com¬
pound.

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 Of an Aflhma, or Jhortnefs of Breathy
pound, of Squills, Vinegar of make a solus for once taking *
Squills, Deceptions of Elecampane-
root, Dodder of Thyme, Liquorice, The Ancientsalfo hold, That Vo¬
Maiden-hair, Hyllop, Horehound, mits are good in an Afthrht, be-
Scabious, Eetony, Raifins, Figs, c*ufe fometimes Phlegm is lodged
Dares, Orntjacum, deftilled Waters in the Stomach: therefore they give
of the fame Herbs,Myrrh,Gums,Zjf. a Vomit of Radilli root and white
Here is a Receipt or two; Hellebore, and that to good pur-
pofe: But they would have Men
Take of Syrup of Liquorice half an forbear both thefc and Purgatives
Ounce, Oxmel of Squills one in the time of the Fit; left the
Ounce and an half, Icho.h of Fox Matter being difturbed by Medicine
Lungs fix Draehms, Gum Am- fhould all run into the Lungs. Then
momack ditlolved bne Drachm. they endeavour to divert the pec¬
Mix them. Make a lick. Or, cant Matter by Frittions, Errhincs,
Sternutatories , Apophlegmatifms
Take cf root cf Elecampane, Gen¬ and Cupping-glades: At length they
tian , . Fox-Lungs each two give things to mollifie and raife
Drachms, fpecies draireos four the Matter lodged in thelungs,by
Scruples, Honey of Squills what the afpera orient; in the number
is fufficiene. Mix them. Make of which are things that promote
a lick. Or, Spittle, and ftrengthen the Breaft
and Lungs; fucli as Syrup of Li-
Take of Flour of Sulphur ofie quorice, Jujubs, HylTop, lohoch fa-
Ounce, Benzoin one Drachm, rw/n, depul i.onc vulpis, Squills. Mille-
Myrrh half a Drachm. Mix pfdes, Decoftions of Figs, Raifins,
them. Make a fine Powder. Give Hyflop, Liquorice, Honey, &c. Saf¬
a Scruple of it in a reer Egg, fron. An Oyntment mav be made
with a little common Salt. fot the whole Breaft, of Oyl of Lin-
feed, fweet Almonds, Dill, Rue,
Afterwards they endeavour to white Lilies, Chamomil, frdh Buc-
carry off the Hnmors fo corrected ter, Hens-gr,a:e, Mucilage of Fenu¬
and prepared, by gentle Puigers. greek, Marfti-mallows, Saffron and
Their Pargers are Trochifces of A- Iris root. Divers Receipts of which
garick, dlantrbjrh cunt rhabarbdto, you may find among Praftitioners*
pi hit ahfpbxngiits, &<?. Here is a
receipt ■;
is-
Take of Maft of Pill Cochit one j E have hitherto been tak¬
Scruple, of Agarick two S<Tu¬ ing a view cf the Schools
ples , the heft Rhubarb half a of the Gaknifts, we will now go cd
Scruple. Make Pills with Syrup the Furnaces of the Cfrpmtfts*
of Liquorice. Or, Who, according to their Mailer,
inftft upon a double Cure, and a
Take of dinphynierm, new double Indication. For if Patients
drawn each half an Ounce, Tro¬ bring up Phlegm, they dry; if not*
chifces of Agarick one Scruple, they loofen. Their CUre is with
Mix diem, antf with Sugar Sulphur viva, Myrrh m&aliptamuf-
R 2 cata.

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 x 14 Of an Afthraa, or [bortnefs of Breath.
cata. As to the fecond Indication, ven Grains of Cinnabar of Antimo¬
Paracelfus advifes to ab/lain from ny once a day for a Month. He alfo
cold things in purging the Lungs, commends balfamus fulphuris terebtn-
becaufe futh tilings are hurtful to tbinatm taken thrice a day in afili-
the Lungs. He ioolens what is dry, macick Water, alfo Flowers of Sul¬
chat it may the more caf;ly be phur fublimed with Saffron and
brought up, by El:xir de tar taro cru- Myrrh, and other things.
do, ejjentm vini eflati, i. e. fublimati,
Bawm-Wine, &c. In the AJtbma
of Miners Paracelfui prefcribes fe- §• 17*
verai Medicines, as well preferva- 'n an dfthma endea-
tive as curativei He highly extols '“'*'**r* veurs two things; That in
, Diaphoreticks,and the following re¬ the Fit the Patient may be freed
ceipt ; from prefenc danger; and that the
morbifick Caufe may be removed,
Take of Liquor of Tartar two Oun¬ fo as the Fit may not come fo of¬
ces, Oyl of Celcothar one Scruple, ten. Therefore while the Fit lalls,
pure Laudanum half a Scruple. the Patient muft fit with his Body
Mix them. The Dofe three upright; and all endeavours muft
Grains once in a Month. be uied, that the Lungs and afpera
arteria may not be ftuft with grofs
He comm .nds Manna Calabrina Matter, or opprefled internally or
perlata. He fays, That Water of externally. And that the Bowels
Sow-bread is a fecret, which cures may not prefs the Diaphragm up¬
• any Aj}hma without putrefaction. wards, and fo ftraiten tne pracordia,
He commends Confcrve of Rofes, it will be convenient to give aCly-
and f'l litrioli duke, which recti¬ fter. Alfo left the Blood ftiould
fies the Lungs. Some of his Tribe ferment too much in the pneumo¬
commend Balfam of Sulphur, fim- nick Vcflels, or left the ferwmlhould
. pie and with Turpentine, Flowers fall too violently upon the tracheal
of Sulphur, <£rc. Dufts, all impetuofity muft pre-
fently be ftopt, Blood muft be let,
§. 16 . and furh things muft be given as
evacuate the ferum and fuperfluities
IBlmont holds, chat an Aflbma of the raging Blood, by Sweat and
cannot be cured by any Reme¬ Urine, from the Lungs. Here is a re¬
dy, unlefsit penetrate throwly, fo ceipt i
as to conquer an Epilepfie. There¬
fore, according to him, generous Take of Water of Ground-Ivy fix
1 lengthening Medicines are good Ounces, lohoch f.tnum one Ounce
for a moift Afthrna, in regard both and an half. Water of Self-heal
o' che Lungs and their archam. And two Ounces, fal prunella one
all Antiepilcpticks arc good for an Drachm, Syrup of red Poppies
Aflbma. So Grembs, Helmont's dif- one Ounce and an half. Mix
ciple,mentions one 1.2. c.i. §. 9. de them. Make a Julep.
pulm. derefl. who was perfectly cu¬
red of the Epilepfie of the Lungs, He alfo commends fix drops of
that is, of an Afthmat by taking fe- of Tinfture ©f Sulphur given Morn¬
ing

Go gle
 Of an Afthma* or fhortnefs of Breath.
ing and Evening in the forefaid Ju¬
lep, or the following Powder j
Take of ftcula ari, bryonis each one
Drachm and an half, Flowers of
Sulphur one Drachm , benzoin
half a Drachm, Sugar-Candy half
an Ounce, Powder of Liquorice
two Drachms. Mix them. Make
a Powder. Give half a Drachm
twice or thrice a day.
But where a Man finds abun¬
dance of vifcid and tough Matter,
he advifes this following
Take of aqua afthmatica one Ounce
and an half, Syrup of Horehound,
' Garlick, Tabaco each half an
Ounce, Tinfture of Saffron, Ca-
ftor each half a Drachm. Mix Take of Gum Ammoniack and Bdel¬
them. Let the Patient take a
fpoonfulortwoof this mixture.
Or,
Take of Water of Snails, Worms
each two Ounces, Syrup of
Horehound, Oxymel of Squills,
Spirit of Sal Ammoniack, with
Gum Ammoniack two Drachms. Take of prepared Millepedet two
Mix them. Or, for che Poors
Take of Powder of Hedge-muflard
or ground-ivy one Ounce. Mix
them with a fufficient quantity of
Oxymel, for a Linllus.
This was the firft Indication. The
next was. That the motive Parts of
refpiratiori might be freed from Take of water of Lohocb Sanum,
Spafms. For which 6id he advi¬
fes to have rccourfe to antifpafmo-
dick, antihyftcrick and anodine Me¬
dicines, as to the laid refuge; fuch
as Tincture of Caflor, Amber, Spirit
of Harts-Jwm, Soot, fal Ammoniack
Vohtil, Tinfture of Sulphur, ttfa
fxtida, Otymel of Squills; and un-
Go gle
lefs there be a great duffing of the
Lungs, and oppretlion of the pf&-
cordia, Opiates will be admirable
good, inafmuch as they reduce the
enraged animal Spirits into order:
wherefore the Author has ofeen
given diacodium and laudunum tarr
tarifiitum wirh good fuccefs. And
in the Fit, that he may divert the
Matter to another place, he advifes
Bliders, Cuppings, Friaions, pain¬
ful Ligatures, )ea, and Vomits in
the very Fit. Now what lie does
out of the Fit, confifts, i. In a-
mending the conformation of
the Lungs. 2. In removing the
diforders of the Spirits, which are
defigned for the Lungs. He ufes
the following Remedies *,
lium diilolved in Vinegar of
Squills half an Ounce, Flowers
of SuIpTurr two Drachms, Ben¬
zoin one Drachm. Mix them.
Make final 1 Pills. Take four cr
five of them in the Evening.
Drachms, f lowers of Benzoin,
Salt of Amber each two >Scru¬
ples, extraft of Elecampane, Ca-
ftor each half a Scruple, Saffron
one Scruple, Turpentine what is
fufficient. Mix them. Make
Pills. Take four every Evening
and Morning. Or,
Snails, Worms each one Ounce,
Elixir Petlorale, Spirit of Gum
Ammoniack dedillcd with Sal
Ammoniack each two Drachms,
Tinfture of Saffron cne Drachm
and an half, Oxymel cf Squills fix
Drachms. Mix, and lake it by
Spoonfuls. Cr,
R 3 Take
 *46 Of <7»A(lhma, cr Jbortnefs of Breath.
'j'ake of 1 injure of Gum Ammo- the Blood) by Bleeding and giving
niack^ulphur each two Drachms. temperate AcidsSalt Nitre, La-,
Mix them- Give tai Grains or pit FruneUs., &c. So the ftraitnefs
more at once. of the a [per a arteria will be cured by
removing the caufe of that ftrait¬
He alfo highly values Syrup of nefs, whether it be any vifeid Hu¬
Elecampane deferibed by Hvtaii*s mour, Apoftem, grumous Blood,
Attgeniits, which I (hall here fet or thick Pwr,which caufes it. There¬
flown j fore all inciding Medicines arc
good, for which end he allows of
Take of Root of Elecampane, Po¬ Vomits: But he excepts (pit¬
lypody each two Ounces, Cur¬ ting of Blood, in which a Vomit Is
rans one Drachm and an half? always dangerous. He will have
Sebeftan, Coltsfoot, Lungwort, difficulty of Breaching, if it comes
gavory , Calamine, each one from Vapors produced by Phlegm
h indful, one Leaf of Tabaco, and Bile in the yitejlinm tenue, to be
(craped Liquorice two Drachms, j cured by amending the vifeid Phlegm
Seed of Ne-tles, Coton each ’ and evacuating it, and alfo by cor-
|ia!f a Drachm. Eoyl them in 1 retting or evacuating the Bile. J-f
fmall Mead to a pint and an half, ; it abound, here is a receipt of the
and with as much Sugar make a | Authors.
Svrup. Give a Spoonful of it
Morning and Evening in form of Take of Gum Ammoniack diffolved
a Lm'Jui, or mixt *irh other in Vinegar half a Drachm, choice
things. Or, Maftich one Scruple, Trochifces
of AUwdal, refin pf Scatnmony
^ake of powder of Crabs Eyes one each twenty fire Grains, volaril
Drachm and an half, volacil Salt Sale of Amber five Grains, Oyl
of Amber half a Scruple, jpecies of Myrrh two drops. Mix them.*
dinireas fimpl, x two Drachms, Make thirty Pills. Let the Patient
S per met Cetj half a Drachm..Mix take five or fix in the Mornirg
them. Make a powder for fc- faffing, and drink fome Broth cp
yeral times taking in Broth or hour afccr. (?r,
fpme pther proper Vehicle.
Take of root of Elecampane half an
Befidc the things aforefaid he Ounce, Galangal two Drachms
queftions nor, but Purging,Bleed¬ Polypody of the Oak half an
ing and Blifters raifed on thein- Ounce, leaves of cardmt benedi-
fide of the Arms near the Arm- 8m, Lungwort,Jeffer Centaury,
pits fometjtpcs do good. white Horehound, Splcenwort
epch one handful, Leaves of fen-
na one Ounce and an half, Tro-
xS. cffifccs of Agarick one Drachm
Mbtu* advifes firft of all to and an half, black Hellebore half
remove the Obftru&ion, if a Drachm, Anifeeds, prepared
there be any, in the Nofe. Jaws, millipedes two Drachms, crude
Larynx; and then to Cure the Tartar half an Ounce, Ginger
Shortnefs of Breath (which is cauf- one Drachm and'an half.Cut them
ed by the heat and rarefaction pf for a Bag. Put it in;o three Pints
of Wine. Al{

Go g\e
 Of an Afthma, or fhc rtnefs of Breath. 147

All Carminatives, Diaphoreticks, which fee the next Chapter of

Aromaticks, Bcchicks, foe. are Empyema.
good. According to hrm, if phlegm
fall from the head on the Lungs, to
cut and evacuate the Phlegm that
10.
is gathered, he advifes Aromaticks Qlnce we* have feen other Mers
and Phlegmagogues, alfo Er- a Opinions, we muA now give
rhines and MaAicatories, whereby OutolXJH. We therefore endea¬
he may evacuate thick Phlegm by vour, 1. In the Fit to eafe the dif¬
the Mouth and Noflrils. ficulty of breathing and to free t!;e
Patient from prefenc danger of
§. 19. death. 2. To find out and extir¬
pate the moibifick caufe, as far as
'"tfS and his Followers com- we arc able, that the Fit may not
mend all fuch things as remove return. The firA we call Curaro-
Ojflruehons of the Veflels and ry; the latter Prefcrvatory. And
Lungs, and which regulate the djf- fince this intercepted Motion of
ordcrly Motion of the aaimd Spi¬ Breathing does often fieze fcorbu-
rits. Among which things, Aroma¬ tick and hypochondriack Perfons,
ticks and volatil oyly things do ex¬ we mu A therefore have regard to
cel: for by the volatility that is in the Scurvy and Melancholy. We
them, they are able to remove the therefore, with Wtttit and fielmsut,
vifcidity and obAruftion of the make a two fold 4(1 hm a •, a nr.oiA
Lungs. They prefer tiaflura be^>- or ferous, and a dry or convulfive.
artica, a<jua theriacalis camphorata, Now IcAtlie Heart Aiould be Aided
fal volatile oleofum Sybil, dijphore- by a ferous Allhma,wbxiher it ceme
ticum Cranii, and all manner of vo¬ from an ebullition of fcorbutirk jo¬
latil Salts : for inAance rum, or from a fudden coagulation
of grumefeent Blood in the narrow
Take of Water of Cinnamon one Pallages of the Lungs,, or in rhe
Ounce, aqua ajlhmatica, loboch Heart, presently Medicines mu A
fanum each fix Drachms, elixir lie given, which attenuate and re-
pettorale one Drachm, Etlence of Aore the circulation to the Blood,
Elecampane half a Drachm, vo-1 when lor tlvcknefs it Aagnate: in
latil Spirit of fal Ammoniack the narrow Paifogcs of the Lungs,
twenty drops, Syrup of Hedge- Cwhether it be caured by an Acitf.or
MuAird one Ounce. Mix a fixt Salt, or poyfonous M'tcury. >
them. In this cafe therefore we bleed
without delay: for when the quan¬
According to their Indication, tity is ledened, what remains ma/
Decoftions of the Woods will be' the more eafily pals the jneumo-
proper, which confiA of hard Par- nick Veflels y and fo a liberty of
ticks. In the-fit they extol Sper- breathing will be rcAorcd. To dif-
ma ceii given from a Scrtipl to a fo ve thefe coagulations of Blood,
Drachm in fome warm Beer or generally caufed by an Acid, all vo-
Erotli. If this Difcafc arife from lattl,aromarick, oyly, fpiricuous,
Pus, it may be cured by evacuar- balfamick volatil, cutting, precipi¬
ng the oai Matter. Concerning tating things, foe. are good. I
R 4 thi

Go gle
 248 Of an Afthma, or fhortnefs of Breath.
this moift AUbma hare its rife from
a vifcid mucilage lodged in the
bronchia of the Lungs, and in the
Stomach, all hot Thoracicks mixt
with Antifcorbuticks are proper,
fuch as are all fpirituous, balfamick,
rolatil, cutting things, and fuch as
correct Acidity. Among which we
have obfervcd thefe to be particu¬
larly good , Spirit of Gum Ammo-
niack, made with Sal Ammoniack,
Volatil Salt of Amber, Harts-horn,
Soot, Mans-Blood, Sows, Ants, bal-
fdmus fdphutis anifatus, fo fpiritus
aftkmaticHi Michatl'u, which is
nude of Nitre, Sulphur, Gum Am-
moniack, foe. Some in this cafe ufc
f jlatil oyly Salts. Here follows fal
volatile o'.eafm no Ur urn ;
•fake of Tinfture of Sulphur Qic
pound, Salt of Tartar half a
pound. Let them (land toge¬
ther on a Tile fevcral hours, rill
the Mafs be heaved up no more,
but fink and look of a liver Co¬
lour, then pour the Mafs upon a
yvet Board, and powder it. Pour
upon it a meafure and an half of
Spirit of generous Wine. When
it has flood a Night, and the
Tinfture looks high coloured,add
of red Myrrh one Ounce and an
half, root of Angelica two Oun¬
ces, Saffron half an Ounce,Trea¬
cle four Ouncs, Mummy three
Drachms, Cinnamon one Ounce,
Camphore two Drachms, volatil
Salt ofHarts-horn half an Ounce,
£)yl of Amber, Anifeed each five
Drachms. Let them fiand mixt
for a rime in a Veflel well ftopt,
then decant it. The Dofc is from
five drops to ten and more.
Here are other Receipts for a
qioift Ajibma 5,
Go gle
Take of aqua afthmatica, loboch fax
nnm each one Ounce and an half,
Spirit pf GumAmmoniack one
Drachm, volatil Salt of Amber,
fal volatilf oleofum pettorale m-
Jlrnm each half a Scruple, Eilence
of Elecampane one Scruple, Sy¬
rup of Cinnamon one Ounce.
Mix them,for fevcral times taking.
The following mixture cured an
Illuftrious Prince of afthmatick Fits
fuccefsfully.
Take of aqua aflhmatica one Ounce,
Water of Hyflop one Ounce and
an half, Coltsfoot, Ladics-Thifile
each two Ounces, Speedwell
drawn from the Juice one Ounce,
Syrup of Jujubs one Ounce, Tin-
Zlur. propr. three Drachms. Mix
them.
For we muft ohferve in an Attb-
ma always to change and alter our
Medicines, as Septalius p. 160. §.
149- has taken notice. Becaufe
it is a Difeafe, that cannot be cured
violently and on a fudden, but by
continual and frequent taking: for
the obrtruftions ly in the Tubes
of the refpiratory Nerves; and
thefe Tubes are very narrow and fo
open fiowly ; and the Lungs are
a tender Part, and cannot endure
much violence. Here follows a Re¬
ceipt;
Take of Sperma ceti one Drachm,
Flowers of benzoin half a Drachm,
Myrrh, volatil Salt of Amber each
half a Scruple. Mix them for
fourDofes. Ory
Take of millepedes Wine four Oun¬
ces, Syrup of Horehound, Hyflop
each two Ounces, Eflence of Ele¬
campane three Draduns. Mix
them. But
 Of an Aflhma, or (h irtnefs of Breath. 249
But if an Aflhma come from fluf¬ Poppy what is fufficicnt. Mix
fing of the Lu'Jgs with a thick, them. Or,
vifcid Matter, this following will
be proper for nice People, giving Take of aqua aflhmatica Rudolphs
a Vomit or Purge firft. two Ounces, Water of Rape
Mowers one Ounce and an half^
Take of Juice of Radifh, Hedge- Oxymtl of Squills two Ounces,
Muflard, Tabaco each half an Spirit of Gum Ammoniack with
Ounce, extraft of Saffron half a Vitriol one Drachm. Mix them.
Drachm, Water of Mint, Hyflop
each one Ounce. Mix and give Difficulty of breathing , which
it by fpoonfuls. continually afflifts hypochondriack
and fcoibutick Perfons, and de¬
This of Brunmrw is a good aflh- pends upon an over crude and vi-
matick Potion; Icous and a difpirited Blood or
Chyle, will be cured when the o-
Take of Gum-Ammoniack half a riginal Difeafe is cured : regard
a Scruple, Water of Hyffop four therefore muft be had to it. The
Ounces, white Rhenifh Wine cafe is the fame, if this Difeafe
three Ounces. Diflolve them proceed from exceflive farnefs or
over the fire according to Art. corpulence, as I have often obfer-
Add of Syrup of Horehound half ved : for when the corpulence is
an Ounce. M x them. abared the Aflhma ccafcs, in which
cafe we may very well ufe Vinegar
This mixture, which was much of Squills. We obferve the fame
ufedby the late Prince of Orange, in Women with Child, and fuch
is worth the obftrvation ; as are troubled with Tympanies
andWind,when they are well of the
Take of aqua earbunculi two Oun¬ principal Difeafe, the Aflkma's cur¬
ces, mel [cilliticum one Ounce. ed.If it came from the Bellys being
Mix them. Take a fpoonful at full of Wind, rnd thereby preffirg
once. the Diaphragm, it will eafily be
cured by carminative Clyflers, and
This that follows of He’flic us by taking carminative things in¬
June# us in his Medicus prefen a tem- wardly. Here is a receipt,
fori accommodandus will be excel¬
lent in an Aflhma, that comes from Take of Water of Mint, Zedoary
an aflringent acid; each one Ounce and an half, Spi¬
rit of Cirron Rind, half, emb'yon.
Take of aqua carminativa Dorncri, each half an Ounce. Mix, and
veronica effentificata each one give ir by fpoonfuls.
Ounce and an half, afihmatira
one Ounce, Eflence of Sr. Ichris- In this cafe alfo thefe things are
wort one Drachm, volaril Salt of proper; Jpiritus catminatnus Syl-
Man’s Blood half a Drachm. Rue viiy iflfintia carminatha utdelii, de-
one Drachm , therjaca ealeflis fcrlbed in his OpioUgia,an\icolician
three Grains, conftClio alhermit Micbttli:, fpiritus nitri dulcis, &c.
half a Drachm, S;rup of red Sometimes a great load of vifcid
l’hkgm

Go gle
XfO Of an Afthma, or fhortnefs of Breath.
Phlegm lies in the Stomach, often¬ fall. Here therefore all peCtoral
times attended by inflation of the things are proper, which refpeCt
Stomach and Guts, Spafms of the the coagulating acid Particles,which
nervous Fibres, and J>y con'.equenc fighc with die fecrct alkaline Parr,
an Allhma-, which vifeous Matter and caufe fhortnefs of Breath; fuch
mtift be diflogded by a Vomit,. are Antifpafmodicks, Antiepilep-
whereby Timsus I. 3. c. 13. when ticks, Balfamicks, and Medicines
he had tried other things to no endued with fulphureou$,falinc,vo-
purpofe, cured an old Man, giving j laeil Particles; or volatil Acids, which
nim aqua benedilla Rulandizx. times, reftify a crude Acid, relieve die
which voided a great quantity of Spirits, and cherifh the nervous Fi¬
Phlegm upwards and downwards, i bres. Thefe excel, Spermaceti,
In a pcxcordulAtthma I never found millepedes, Earth-worms, Beetles
a better Medicine than Vomits care¬ that live in Horfe dung, fyits, of
fully given: for the violent Con- which divers volatil Salts, Spirits
curfioa flukes out that which is got and Oyls may be made, very pro¬
into the Nerves. Which appears per for this ufe. Here are receipts *,
from Primrofe de mrb. puerar. who
prcfently cured Children of an Aflh- Take of Spirit of Worms, Beetles
ma by voiding this vifeid Phlegm, each one Drachm and an half,
which is ufually lodged in the Sco- Sperma ceti difiolved one Drachm,
mach. Inftead of Vomits, we give Eflence of Saffron half a Drachm.
nice People Gum Ammoniack with Mix them. Make an Eflence. Give
a little Refm of Jalap. We alfo fifteen drops.
apply hot bags of parcgorick and
carminative Herbs boiled in Wine, Or rather the following Anriepi-
to a windy Stomach; or Emplapum leptick. For Helmont holds, Thac
(X ladano Cratonis, or carminativum wliatever cures an cpilrptick, will
Sytvii to a weak Stomach, or our cure an afthinatick Perfon;
ftomachick mixture of Chocolate,
Balfam of Cinnamon, Oyl of Nut¬ Take of Amber prepared, Elk’s-
meg and Sack. Eflence of Elecam¬ hoof prepared, native Cinnabar
pane given in drink is admirable each half a Drachm, millepedes
good ; fome commend Eflence of prepared one Scruple, Caftor half
Wormwood. a Scruple. Mix them. Make a
Thefe things we have hitherto Powder for three Dofes, to be
mentioned, arc good for a rnoift given in a proper Vehicle; name¬
Afthmct-, now we will briefly fee ly, Lidden-trcc-Water.
what will be good for a dry orcon-
vulfive Aftbm*, or an Epilepfie of All Cephalicks and Nervines are
the Lungs. In which cafe Patients al(o good here;efpecially Medicines
are (niferablc; .partly becaufe they made of Caftor and Cinnabar, Spi¬
are ill handled by unskilful Phyfici- rit of Soot, Sal Ammoniack, Harts¬
ans; partly by realbn the canfe of¬ horn, Sage, Rofemary, Eflence of
ten lies in the very animal Spirits, Caftor Saffron, fpeciticum cephalictan
which fhould flow to the Mufcles Michaelis y volatil Salt of Amber,
of the Breafl , but do not, and fo Man’s-skull, Horn of an Elk, rhino¬
he Breafl can neither heave nor ceros, &c. Alfo for correcting the
falinc

Go gle
 Of an Afthma, or jhortnefs of Breath. i^x
faline or acid Acrimony, which ir- I
Nervines and Paregoricks may be
ricaces the nervous kind, Precipi- '
outwardly applied to the Ereaft
tants and Abforbents mixt with the t
and Diaphragm, fuch as Oyl of
forefaid Antifpafinodicks are good;Chamomil, Cartor, Amber, Lavan-
for infiance $ der, Oyntment of Marlh-Mallows,
divers Greafcs and Cataplafms made
Take of Crabs-eyes prepared half of roafted Onions: for inflance ;
a Drachm/ oriental Bezoar three
Grains, Sperm* ceti, prepired Take of mucilage ofMarfh-mallow,
Amber each half a Scruple. Mix Linfced, Fenugreek drawn with
them. Make a Powder. Hylfop-Water one Ounce, Pow¬
der of Florentine Iris one
In a Fit alfo of this. convulfive Drachm and an half. Gum Am
Difcafe we have often with aumira¬ momack diilolved in Elecampane
tion obferved denrcd iuccefs from Wine two Drachms. With a fuf-
the ufe of Opiates, that is, a few ficient quan ity of Oyl of Iris,
Grains oflaudanum oprarum diflolvcd fweet Almonds and Wax make a
in fome convenient Water and gi¬ Liniment.
ven by fpoonfuls. If half a Drachm
of Sperma cerr with a little lauda¬ The Breaft may be anointed with
num be added to Brunnerus his Po¬ fpirituous, caftorine Medicines, vo-
tion, it often proves effeftual. When Iatil Saks, foe. I have often burnt
an Afthma comes from an Itch or the Ereaft with Mna, and had good
Gout driven in* volatil Diaphore- fuccefc. Our Moxa made of Mug-
ticks will be good to drive out a- wort, is as good as that which
gain. But if there be heat and an comes from the Eaft-Indies. Wc
ebullition of Humors ( as in Fe¬ do not wholly negleft Scarifying,
vers} more fixt and temperate Bleeding, BIiflring,Cupping, Frifti-
things, which precipitate what is on. Pouring cold Water on, and
hurtful to the urinary Pallages, are feveral other things. For according
moft proper, fucli as Crabs-eyes, to the Poet,
Ammonium diaphoreticum, &c. Then
A cane non magnofxpe tenetur aper.

CHAP.

Go gle
 CHAP.
Of a Fleur if) and Feripneumony, or Inflammation
of the Lun&s.
§• I-
Eforc we proceed, we
mud tell you, that we,
as well as Ba'hnim, do
comprehend thefe two
Difeafes under one name of Pleu-
tipneummy or Pntumopleurify fo
that as it participates more of the
nature of the one Difeafe than the
other, it may be denominated ac¬
cordingly. An Inflammation of
the Lungs is called a Peripneumony,
of the Pi ear* a pleurify: inafmuch
as the Blood in its Fermentation
difeharges its vifeous refufe, fome-
tirnes on the one part, fometimes
on the other, l^elmont aimed at
as much in his Tratt dt pleura fu-
rent. p. 247» V, 27, where he fa\s,
that a Pleurify differs front a Pe¬
ripneumony neither in occafional
Caufes nor Remedies. Since there-
f nc the Idea of them is one and
the fame, their explication fhould
be the fame .• for they differ only
in place. We therefore deferibe
a Plsuripneamony, to be an inflam¬
mation of the Lungs on one or both
Go gle
III.
fides, or of the Pleura, }oyned with a •
great difficulty of Breathing, an acute
Fever, a violent Cough, fometimes
dry, fometimes with frothy Spittle,
and frequently Bloody, with oppreffion
in the Breajl and about the Hearty
depending generally upon too hot a
Blood, which being flopt in its Moti¬
on, Magnates, at length evafates, turns
fowre.and veUicates the Fibres. There
is alfo a Phlegmacick Pleurify, of
which fort I faw feveral this Win¬
ter. From the Definition it is e-
•vident, that every pain in the fide
may not be called a Pleuripneumo-
ny, but only that which follows
an acute Difeafe, and is attended
with the aforefaid Symptoms. For
jf the Inflammation lie in the outer
.Mufcles, or if a violent pain be
cjufed there by Wind, it is but a
biftard Difeafe; becaufe there is
tjo Fever nor fpitting of Blood : A
pain indeed is felt in the region of
the Bread, which is in feme mea-
fure exifperated by couching •, yet
it is not fo fiable, but abates by
applying things that difeufs wind.
And becaufe precepts teach, buc
examples
 Of a Pleurify and Per/ptieuwciiy^c. 25 ;
examples delight j I will therefore times only the Pleura, (bmetimes
give you a Cafe. both the Membranes and Lung*
arc affetted and inflamed ; for the
fubdance of the Lungs is very fub-
A Cafe. jett to Inflammation, becaufe it is
A young Man of a Sanguinco- loft, foongy, rare and porous;
Cholerick Complexion, being in wherefore the Pores may eafily be
good health, and given to teed obdrutted, and eryfipelaceous In¬
lieartily,and walk much ([till then, flammations may enfue, whence ci¬
without any inconvenience} walk¬ ther a Pleuripreumony or a Pncu-
ed out in the Month cf Mutch, in a mopleurify arifes. I^tpprcrattg
cold Air, comes home weary, and is of our judgement, who in feve-
drinks a good draught of cold ral places, but efpecially de l«c. in
Beer to quench his Third, and re- bomine, text. 24. fays exprefly, thac
frtlh him. He was taken with a in a Peripneumony both fides are
fhivering all his Body over, he a fretted, but in a Pleuriiy only on<*
goes to lieep, wakes four hours af¬ is hurt. Nor does Demetrius Hero-
ter, and feels an obfeure pain un¬ philus differ from the faid opinion,
der his left Pap, (hooting towards when he lays lib. 12. de pafftme,
the HypoJmdrium. The next day that a Peripneumony is a fwelling
rhe pain encreafed and became in the whole Body of the Lungs,
pricking, a Cough and Fever affiitt- and a Pleurify only in part cf
. ed him ■, at length he fpit blood them. Bonetus in Anatomia frail.
with a great decay of Strength 1. PUterus, Celfus and others prove
and violent third } all which are it by diflettions of dead Bodies, in
figns of a Pneumopleurify. which, they fay, they do not al¬
ways find the Membrana cojlas fuc-
cingente; inflamed, but the Lungs
$.2. Part affetted.
A and their Membrane corn and cor¬
S to the part affefled, Phyfi- roded. We do not quedion alfo
cians generally place a Perip- but there may be one about the
neumony in the Lungs, and a Pleu¬ intercodal Mufcles. For we faw a
rify in the Membrane, Fleur ayet young Man,who under his left Arm,
fome deny, that the Lungs are a about the intercodal Mufcles,void-
Part affetted , tecaufe they are ed at times four pounds cf puru¬
quite infenfible. IDtoclcs holds, lent and ferous, coagulated matter,
that the Veins of the Lungs are whom we cured, and he is now
here affetted. rafifttatus, the living and in health. For that of
Arteries. 3iflccpta3C6, the Bron¬ Hippocrates is mod certainly true
chia of the Lungs. £fcoranu0,che Sell. <. aph. 8. Wbocier are taken
Lexicographer, the whole Eody ; with a Pleurify, and fpit not well in
but he holds, that the Lungs are fourteen days, they turn to fuppura-
the word. Cite undoubtedly hold, lion.
that in this Cafe the Lungs, and
efpecially their Membranes (for a
pricking pain can be aferibed only
to Membranes} that cloath both
the Ribs and Lungs, to wit, fomc- § 5-

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if4 °f a Mwrify • wd Perip^eumony,
§.
N Ow we have fcen the part af-
fefted in this Difeafe , we
mud gp to the Diagnodick. Which
gives us fech Signs as fhow the
Difeafe and its Caufes j or didin
guifh this Difeafe from all others.
This Difeafe is fhown fometimes
by a pricking pain, fometimes a
dull one, fometimes accompanied
with heat, and often encrealed and
exafpcrated by continual breath¬
ing : for the Hidden encreafe cf
pain caufes Inflammation, therefore
the place cannot endure to be
touched. For if you prefs direft-
ly upon the intercodal Mufcles,
and irritate the Nervous Fibres,
the pain is intolerable; becaufe
the evafated Blood every hour ac¬
quires greater acrimony , whereby
the Membranes are inflamed and
vellicated, whence flews that ex-
quifitc pain. And a dull pain a-
rifes, wherf the Inflammation is in
the flcfhy fubdance of the Mufcle,
which becaufe of its Nervous Fi¬
bres is in ft me meafDre fenfible 5
yet fo as to be in a far kfs degree
than the former, and this pain alfo
fhoots fometimes to the H)poc1x»i-
drium, fqmetimes to the Collar
Bone. Sometimes it throbs and
(wells, that is, becaufe the Mufcles
are Inflamed, and while it turns to
fuppuration, as in our forefaid Pa¬
tient. There is a continual en-
creafing Fever in thefe Difcafes,
undoubtedly from the troubled
mixtion of the Blood, efpecially
when pus comes on, which Fever
has a fit every other day, efpecial-
ly towards Evening j becaufe at that
time when the Sun gees down, the
Pores of the Skin are fhut, and
tranfpiration being thereby hin-
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dred,the effcrvefcence of the Blood
is greater, and by confequent the
mixtion of it more troubled, cau-
l'ed chiefly by (harp or bilious par*
rides lodged in the mafs of Blood.
There is difficulty of Breathing,
becaufe the Bread cannot commo-
dioufly be dilated, then infpirati-
on is interrupted \ wherefore it
mud needs be weaker. And fince
fuch refpiration is not fufficienr ro
temper the effervefi ent Blood,the
fmalnefs mud be made up in fre¬
quency •, therefore the Pulfe is fre-'
quent and quick. The Pulfe alfo
in this Difeafe is foft, great, quick,
unequal, intermittent, recurrent of
beating double. The Cough is ex¬
ceeding violent, inafmuch, that is,
as cvaiared Blood being grown
fharp is able infenfibly to enter the
lax Lungs ; but at the fird indeed
it is not in thar quantity in the
Lungs, that any great quantity c.n
be (pit up, becaufe rhe hereroge*
neous matter is fo intimately ri¬
veted into the Lungs, that it can¬
not come at the Bronchia, where¬
fore it is impoflible, it fhould be
coughed up : yet Blood is often
fpit up in a Pneumopleurify. For
the Elood being grown fharp,
pafles the open Pores of the
l.ungs; and as the afflux of Blood
is greater or lefs, fo more or lefs
Blood is voided. In this Difeafe
alfo Spittle of divers colours is
raifed at fird it is red and bloo¬
dy •, when It comes to maturin',
it is purulenr. If nothing be
fpit, it is bad. I have ofren
fcen Pur raifed, without any avoid¬
ing of Blood fird. The Cliceks are
red, becaufe fharp Particles of the
Blood are fent thither. They are
troubled with unquenchable third,
becaufe fharp Particles are fent to
the Tliroat and Tongue, which
nukes
 or Inflammation of the I.vngs.
makes them dry, and by confe-
quent fuch Patients muft love moift-
ning things. They generally ly on
their backs, or fit up.
4 . Caufe.
T Hefe things pretnifed, we will
proceed to the Caufes. And
according to the Students the im¬
mediate caufe of this Difeafe is an
Inflammation of the Pleura in the
Pleurify , and of the Lungs in the
peripneumony. Their mediate
caufe is Blood, flowing out of the
vena cava, through the vena Jttie pa¬
rt, into the fmall Veins of the Ribs,
or into the Me mbranes; as one may
conclude from the red Spittle,
Spring-time, Youth, and Manner of
living, which breeds muchElood:
Sometimes it is Phlegm, and then
the Difeafe is oflonger continuance,
the Spittle is frothy and white, the
Difeafe happens in Winter-time,
the conftitution of the Air and
Clime is cold, and the courfe of
Life breeds phlegmarick Blood.
They lay a Pleurify differs from
a Peripneumony,becaufe the former
comes from a fubtil, bilious and
bloody Caufe ; and the latter pro¬
ceeds generally from a thick and
phlegmatick Matter, running by the
Veins and Arteries into the fub-
ftance of the Lungs.
r-
T He next thing is to fee what
the €hpmtft0 fay. And they
call the Caufe of thefe Difcafes, an
Ogertine Salt, which is of an arfeni-
cal and orpimental property, by its
Acrimony eafily corroding the
Blood-Veflcls and Membranes, and
fo able to caufe a Pleurify. Hence
they earueftly contend, That thefe
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2^5
Difcafes have their rife from a tar-
tareous and mucilaginous onpjlat'-
on. pardcelfug fpcaks lomething
of this, but obfcurcly, c. 4. trail.
1. demorb. metal!, where he fays, a
pulmonia, and refin is bred of the
Cbaof, in which the Scar and Mine
of Orpiment is decoded. Butthefe
things are fo obfeure, that we (hall
roc wafte any more time ia
them.
?.
TKClmoilt in the rage of the Pleu-
1 a confiders, firft the internal
mover or fpur, and then the dila-
cerator of the Pleura. He confiders
it as Blood running thither, and as
an Apoftem arifmg from thence ;
and he brings an example of a place
prickt with a Thorn. In his Opi¬
nion, therefore, the caufe of a Pleu¬
rify is a foreign Acidity, conceived
in the Arch&us,which is driven into
the vena azygos, yea and into the
adjoyning flefh of the Ribs, and
thereby a morbid Product, an Apo-
fiem, is created. For an acid
Blood fometimes coagulates, contra¬
ry to the nature of the Veins and
Flefli. Reproves. That there is
fomething cf an acid in a Pleurify;
by this reafon, namely, that in a
P eurify the Urine and Elood turn
thick as they come cut, which
grumefcence and curdling is an ar¬
| gument of acidity. When this a-,
j
j
cid juice falls upon the intcrcoflal
Flelh, it caufes a PIcuririck'pain:
but when it is difperfed by tlx: in-
! feffed Atchsut into the Pena Arte-
riofa or the Arteria Vernfa, it caufes
a Peripnenmony. He is convinced
by his own experience, that this
Difeafe docs fometimes refide in
1 the Lungs.
j
§• 7-
 Of a Pleurify anrl Peripttcumony,
§. 7-
T Hc famous Ehlliu makes the
the proximate caufc of a Pleu¬
rify to be bad Blood, by reafon of
its vifeidity detained or excravjfa-
ted in the lelfrr Velfels of the Mem¬
brane, called Pleura ; and in a Pe¬
ri pneumony, in the greater pneu-
monick Velfels. Which being ga¬
thered there in abundance, caufes
an Inflammation. He derives the
pricking and fharp Pain from the
i'olution of continuity in a membra¬
nous and very fcnfible Part; diffi-
culty of breathing, from the hurt of
the mufcular Fibres; and the Fe¬
ver,from the exceflivcEffcrvcfcencc
of the Blood. Among the more
remote Caufes he reckons all fucli
things as make the blood to grow
clammy and effervefeent, and caufe
a febrile turgefcence. Therefore
fudden alterations of Heat and Cold
may caufe a pleuripneumony, and
fo may high drinking, and immode¬
rate Exercife, inasmuch as thefc
things difturb the Blood and en-
arcale its Etfervefcence.
§. 8.
Wlfciug, as moft do. makes the
immediate caufe of thefe Di-
feafes to be an Inflammation of the,
Pleura in a Pleurify, and of the
Lungs in a Peripneumony. And he
holds. That the Blood is inflamed,
when it runs out of its Velfels, and
afterwards flagnates and coagulates:
Whereupon the volatil 'and Jubcil
Particles vanifh, that ufedto tem¬
per the acid and falinc ones, and
fo both growing fharper, ftruggle
the more violently one againft a
rtdther; and becaufe of the oyly
Parts in the Blood they caafe a hoc
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cffcrvefence, and by degrees do fo
corrupt the Blood, that it turns to
Pus of divers colours; fometimes
black, fometimes yellow, fometime s
tinged with Elood, according to
the variety of the corrupt B ood.
But you may find more of this in
our own Opinion : therefore we
(hall avoid repetitions.
’ §. 9-
T Hc Caitc3aus derive thisDi-
feafe from a Matter that' di-
ftends, pricks and corrodes the pleu¬
ra or Lungs; which Matter is no¬
thing elfc but the fharp, and volatil
Particles cf the Blood, that are cx-
travafjted. For if the Elood be
over-much moved by remote cau¬
fes, it is eafily evafated, as too
great Waves force the Water over
the Banks: violent Motions there¬
fore either of Mind or Body may
produce thefe Difeafcs; Anger, Fear,
immoderate Exercife of the Body,
Riding, Dancing, Playing at Bailor.
Sometimes the Blood is too fpiri-
tuous, and of too rare a texture,
and fo is more fluid and runs quick¬
er through the Body; and when its
bilious, fharp and volatil Particles
have got into the fmall Arteries,
and by tbeir Acrimony corroded
them, or by their violent Motion
burft them, tkey grow fharper, and
being carried into the Pleura or
Lungs, their figures do not agree
with the Pores of the Parts, and fo
they flop, and caufe one of thefc
Difeafcs ; fometimes a Blood, full
of thefe vidous Particles, is poured
into the intercoftal Mufcles; and
then a difficulty of breaching and
defire to Cough, arife, when the
nervous Fibres of the Lungs or
bronchia are irritated by the fore-
faid Particles. They aferibe the
Fever
 or Inflammation of the Lungs.
fever ajfo to the fubtit Matter.ad-
ing upon tliefc irregular Particles,
and fo cauling Heac and Cold. For
it is an argument, that the efferve¬
scence may be encreafed by Pus 0r
coagulated Blood, bccaufc it is fo
in Wounds or Swellings, when they
tend to fuppuration, though the
Place be far from the Heart.
$. IO.
2*7
ling with the fulphureous, and fo
caufmg an effervefcer.ee, predominate
about the Lungs,"they caufe a peri-
pneumony, and hence comes fome¬
times an Apoflem and an Ulcer :
If about the Pleura and Mufcles of
the Bread, they caufe a Pleurily.
We hold, That the Thorn in the
Membranes, is in thefe Difcafes, an
inept acidity of the Blood, ferment¬
ing with its volatil Salt, and difpo-

B fing to a grumefccnce, and fo fome

Ut now we will give you our Vcflel being obftrufted, there fol¬
oton Opinion. And for bet¬ lows a flagnation, coagula ion and
ter illuflration of the Matter, we inflammation. Therefore we fay.
will premife fomething concerning That thefe concatenated Difcafes
the Blood. Now this fountain of are nothing ellc, but a preternatu¬
life is contained in its Vellels,name¬ ral fermentation of the Blood,
ly the Veins, Arteries and Mufcular poured out of its Receptacles; in
Fibres; it alfo confifts of its Ele¬ which fermentation the fliarp Par¬
ments, as every one Snows, which ticles do by their Points vcllicate
while they amicably concur one the membranaceous Parts, and be¬
with another, and while the Blood ing intimately fixt in the nervous
circulates aright in the forefaid Fibres, they make a concuflion
Veflels, the Body is kept in its vi¬ therein, which becaufe it is conti¬
gor, becaufe of the exaft commix- nued to the origination of the
tion and agglutination of this vital Nerves, a fad Senfation cannot chufe
Liquor for the nourifhing of the bat arifc, which we call Pain, And
Parts. But whereever die Blood is ! it is various, pungent, rending,
tyilt in our Body, or flops, there it j throbbing, dull, diftending or cor¬
turns into a fowre Ferment. As roding, foe. according to the Na-
long as the well conflicted Blood i ture of the Part affefted, its man¬
is contained within its Veflels, fo ner of being affefted, and the Quali¬
long die falubrious A&ions of our , ty of the Spirits and concurrent
Bodies lafl, the true figns of Health-, Particles of the Blood. And fo
but if the Blood, by Solution of much for the immediate Caufe. .
Continuity, get out of its Veflels, , And as for the remote Caufcs
then tliefc pefloral Tragedies are . they are feveral. I have often feen
ailed. Nor do w e here blame only thefe Difcafes caufed by hindrance
the effufon and evafation of the of infenfiblc tranfpiration: there¬
Blood into the aforefaid Parts, but fore a bad Air is generally the oc-
fometimes an over fluid and (harp cafion of this Difcafc. Violent ex-
ferunt. For there are no Humors, , crcifcs are alfo Caufes, inafmuch as
which when they are evafated in a- * they put the Elood into an over
ny Part, but will, if they tarry there | high Ferment, whereupon it is car¬
long, acquire an Acidity ; becaufe ried impetuoufly through the Arte¬
they have then Jofl their Spirits. If] ries and Veins, and therefore may
therefore thefe acid Particles, ftrug- eafily run out of its Veflels, efpe-
S dally

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a 5^ 0/a Vleurify and Feripneumony,
ciaII y if it be fuddenly ftopt in its
Motion; for then the Vetlcls are
too far diftended, and therefore
are eafily burft. Thus we fee. That
by drinking cold Drink, while the
the Body is hot, the Blood is apt
to coagulate and flop in its Motion.
All things may be Caufes,which are
apt to coagulate the Blood, efpeci-
ally in thefe fmall Velfels which are
found in the intercoftal Mufdes, and
the Pleura andjpneumonick Velfels:
for a little grumous Blood is able to
flop thefe fmall Veflels;which when
done, ffagnation and diftenfion fol¬
low, then a breach and inflammati¬
on. This is confirmed by our own
experience in opening one that di¬
ed of a Pleurify, in whom we
found above two Ounces of Blood
in the Membrane Pleura, preterna-
turally thick and grumous. See Bo¬
ner’s practical Anatmy^Enmuller^ and
other experienced Perfons, who
maintain what we fay, by their Au¬
thority and Reafon.
S. II. Frognojiick.
H Aving confidered the Etiology)
we will now go to the Prog-
noftick. That of Hipocrates ismoft
certainly true, Whoever, being fief
of a Pleurify are not purged by Spit¬
tle in fourteen days, they turn to fup-
puration ;andfuppuration is nothing
clfe, but the turning of an inflamed
Tumor into a purulent Ulcer, when
the Acid, upon the defervcfcence
of the Matter, begins t6 abound,
the volatil and fp rituous Particles
flying away, and heterogeneous ones
coming in their l'tead. A Pleurify
is generally held to be deftruftive
to old Men, Women, and fucli as
have had it twice or thrice before.
A Pleurify in which nothing,or but
little is raifed by fpitting, or when
fpitting quite ceafes, while, the
Pair? remans, is dangerous. Spittle
all bloody or all yellow h an ill
fign, and io is black; for it fignifies
a total corruption, being by reafon
of rhe Acid, of a corrofive Nature,
and threatning a Gangrene. For
all Spittle, the more exa& it has
rhe Humors mixt, and not diftin-
guifhable' one from another, the
worfe it is, by the common con-
fent of Authors. A fmall, frequent,
hard and ferratil Pulfe fignifies
death; for no pleuritick Pcrfon
who had fuch a Pulfe, was ever
cured, when all things die
were bad ; otherwlfe wc mull
not defpair, as I have learned by
frequent obfervation. Green Spit¬
tle alfo is bad, and fo a vifeid, fro¬
thy, and a little round Spittle, are
of the fame fort. But the ftrength
muft always be confidered, and
compared with the Difeafe. They
that complain of a great oppreflion
and flraitnefs in this Difeafe are in
danger: fo are they, tvhofe exter¬
nals are cold, and their internals
hot; and when noble Medicines
will do no good, it is dangerous.
Malignant Pleurifies are generally
mortal. See Eyhem. German. An.
r. obf. 1$. When a Cough ccafes,and
a Hiccough comes, ie portends ill,
and fo does a loofnefs and bleeding
at the Nofe. But otherwife a Pleu-
rific terminates, in a fhort time,
like other acute Difcafes, often on
the fevench, fometimes on the el*
venth or fourteenth day. If it ex¬
ceed this time it turns to an empye-
! ma, 3 Confumption, or foul Ulcer
under the Arm, as I my felf ob-
ferved. And rhey that are not cur¬
ed in forty days, grow Confump-
tive. Sometimes the peccant Mat¬
ter is received into the Veflels, and
as it came by Fluxion, fo it is a'
.■*»'.
 or Inflammation of the Lungs.
gain diffufed into the remaining
Mafs of Blood, and ends fometimes
in the Haemorrhoids, fometimes in
the Menfes, fometimes in a purulent
FluS of the Belly, and fometimes
in Urine ■, concerning which there
is extant a mod elegant Epiftle of
Bauhinus, publi/hcd with Wedelius
his Scholium in the German tpheme-
rides, arm. 3. We have obferved the
like terminations. The metaftafts
of the Blood is mod frequent,
when it turns to Pus, and is void¬
ed by expectoration. There are
hopes, if Spittle be raifed in the
beginning, and if it be of a lauda¬
ble colour and confidence. If the
Pain,Cough,and difficulty of Breath¬
ing abate, if the Pulfe grow Ws
hard, and every day greater, they
arc good figns. But lmce Hippocra¬
tes, Sctmertus and others are copious
on this Subjeti, I /hall forbear to
fay more, left I might be twitted
with that of Juvenal,
Nam quacunque fcdens modo legerat,
hu eadem flans
F refer t t, atque eadem cantabit xter-
fibus iijdcm:
Gccidit miferos crambe repetita ma-
giflros.
§. ii. Dietetick Cure.
T Hefc things confidered , we
will proceed to the Cure, and
firft to the Dietetick. The Air
therefore muft be temperate, or
rather enclining to heat. A cold Air
is held very bad in this cafu: be-
caufeit fends its acid pointed Par¬
ticles through .the Pores of the Bo¬
dy, which then aflociating there-
felVes to the Blood coagulate it:
for when the Air is entred, it /huts
the Pores, flops the Circulation of
the Blood, and obftru&s the lefler
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2 5*9
Blood-Veflels, whereupon die vo/a-
til Spirits tty into Air, and the
reft that remain fight one with a-
nother, coagulate and curn to Pus.
Whence ic follows, That a North
and Eaft Air is very hurtful, becaufc
fuch an Air is a fworn enemy to
the Membranes, and to all nervous
Parts, according to that of Hippo¬
crates, cold things are enemies tt the
Bread. Sudden alterations of the
Air, either from exceffive heat to
cold, or from violent cold to heat,
may eafily caufc a Pleurify. If the
Air be infefted, epidemical Pleuri-
fies proceed from thence; whence
it further follows, That the conta¬
gion has no fixe place in the Body.,
The ftrange force of this Infection
is admirably fet out by Sylvius in 0-
ratione de Aere epidemico, by Hoge-
landus, Ettmullerus in difputatione de
parvis mag. morb. principiis,Ten Rhyne
de vet. med. and others.
The Meat muft be light and thin,
fuch as Chicken-broth;Barly-cream,
and Oatmeal gruel. On the con¬
trary, all /alt, /harp, fowre, bitter
and aromatifed things muft be for-
born. All Pulfe is hurtful; and len¬
tils are held by Galen and Rhafls to
be fpecifically bad. Cold Meats
alfo, are very bad, fuch as Mufti-
romes. Cucumbers, Melons. Salads
alfo and all Garden-fare are bad.
For Folybius tells, how Agron King
of Hungary, feeding too freely on
fuch Cates, fell into a Pleurify,
which in a few days carried him
off, /. 2. hi ft. The Dr/'n^ muft be
fome convenient Decodtion made
of root of Liquorice, fcorypnera,
Flowers OfPoppy, and other pcSo-
ral things •, or for the ruftick Tribe,
of Horfe-dung, according to Het-
mont's Experiment, becaufc much
alkali, which is good to imbibe the
pleuritick Acid, is contained id
S » the
z6o Of a Pleurify and Peripneutmny
the Dang. Or an emulfion made
of Almonds and the cold Seeds
with water of Cichory.Eorrage and
. red Poppy, &c. may be drunk for
fome djys to allay the heat in the
Breaft. No Wine muft be drunk,
till the heat abate. Hippocrates and
Celfus do allow a little of fmall
White Wine ; but upon my o'wn
experience it is beft to let it alone :
for by humoring our Patients we
injure both them and our felves.
BraJfavoLus comment, in 1. I. Hipp.
de rat tone util. acut. 1. 22. fays,
That Wine in a Pleurify is prefent
Poyfon, efpccially in the begin¬
ning. So cold drink is hurtful.
Hi Id an us has an inftancc of a
Pleurify in both Sides, which
came by drinking cold drink, cent.
4. obf. 25. Helmont is of the fame
opinion.
IScft both of Eody and Mind is
good here: on the contrary too
much Motion, btcaufe it moves
, the Blood too much, muff be for-
born. Swimming is very hurtful,
concerning which fee Curtins
his Hiftory of Alexander the Great,
■ c. $.
Immoderate waking, is as bad,
partly by detaining the Humors,
that fhould be diflipated (as
Hippocrates f. 7. apb. 71. fays}
and partly by diflipating the Hu¬
mors , that fhould be detain¬
ed.
The Pafjions of the mind mu ft be
moderate, Anger muft be forbora;
■ for it is the greateft plague of a
Man’s Life, and is Very dangerous
,to the Heart, as it does the
. higheft violence to the mafs of
Blood. Griefs Care, and Fear,
have all of them, as experience
rcfiifi?s, been the caufe of this Li-
feafe.
As. to-.the excreta and rftejtta,
Go gle
,
they muft be correfpondcnt to Na¬
ture or Art: for fuch as are natu¬
rally loofe in their Belly, are lefs
fubjett to a Pleurifie, and on the
contrary. Therefore a ftool muft
be had every day, according to
Hippocrates lib. de Acre, Aq. and
Loc. But when there is a Pleuri¬
fie, it is better to be Coftive than
Loofe; fmee,in Hippocrates, his
judgment, as in all Inflammations,
fo in a Pleurifie (\vhich is of thac
nature} purging is hurtful. The
Retention of ufual evacuations,%s
of the Haemorrhoids, Menfes, Lo¬
chia, and Fijhlaes is hurtful. Fal¬
ling from on high, and carrying
too heavy a burden, may either of
them occafion it.
$.13. Tharmaceuthk
Cure.
t 1 7E will now take a view of
VV the Pharmaceutick cure,
and firft fee, what method the
3ntient0 ufedin a Pleurifie. And
they firft of all, left the Difeafe
fhould get ground, give a Clyfter,
and when that is come away,they
let Blood in the Bafilick Vein of
the Arm on that fide the pain is,
till the Blood change ; then they
clap Cupping-glafles to the Hypo¬
chondria, and by Ligatures, Frifti-
ons, and Suppofitories, they endea¬
vour to divert the matter from
running to the part affefted. And
if a vilcid and bilious matter op-
prefs the Body, or if it be not al¬
ready got into the part affe&ed,
they evacuate it (otnerwife they
forbear} by fome gentle Purge.
Their Evacuaters are Caffia, Dia-
prunutn laxativum , Manna, Aga-
rick, and Rhubarb, mixe and bovl
ed
 or Inflammation of the Lungs.
ed -with ocher Peftorals. Then
they make the matter, which ou-
zes into the Lungs, or is already
lodged there, obedient by things
familiar to die Bread, and which
promote fpittle, Syrup of Jujubs,
Liquorice, Violets , Maiden-hair ,
Hylfop, Sugar Candy, Diapcntdmm,
Species Diaireos , Diatragacanthum
Frigidm, Lohoch it pino , Lohoeb
fanum fo expertum, a decofti-
on of Figs, Early , Liquorice,
fweet Almonds, foe. Here is a
Receipt out of their Difpenfato-
Take of [pedes dta.tr ague anthi [dgidi
one ounce, Penidies,Sugar Candy
each two drachms,Syrup of Vio¬
lets, Jujubs each half an Ounce.
Make a Lohoch.
z6i
monds and white Lilies. Thcv
foment the part aflfeded with a
Dccodion of HyfTop, and anoint
the whole Bread with oyl of Li -
lies, Chamomil, and powder of
Iris, and Saffron. They likewife
commend the Broth of an old Ca¬
pon boyled with Hvflop and Mai¬
den-hair. Then they give heal¬
ing things, and they prefer Goats
milk above all others. In a oa*
Hard Pleurify they order fuch things
as gently refolve ;
Take of flowers of Charaom'l, Me-
lilot. Leaves of Rue Dill, Violet,
Mallow each one handful. Cut
them and put them in a bag,
boyl it in milk and apply it to
the pained fide} and let it be
often repeared.

They highly commend the fol¬ They alfo life a bag of Salt, Mil¬
lowing Dcco&ion for railing of let, Bran,Anifefeed, and Caraways,
fpitde. if the matter be windy. In a Peri-
pneumony they ufe the fame Cure
Take of feraped Liquorice ORe as in a Pleurify , only they apply
Ounce, Raifins, Figs, Jujubs , Cupping-Glafles to the Shoulder,
StbeUen, fweet Prunes each No blades. But if it turn to an Em¬
20, four cold Seeds, Seeds of pyema or a Confumption, it mud be
Mallow, Marfh-mallow each two otherwife cured , of which you
Drachms, Flowers of Chamomil, may fee more in their proper
Violets each one pugil, whole place.
Barly one pugil and an half.
Make a Decoftion in Barly-wa-
ter. $• 14-
He Jdaracclftftg preferibe va¬
To this end they preferibe Fo¬ rious Medicines in this Di-
mentations of a Decodion of Mal¬ feafe, which are faid by their in¬
lows, Marfh-mallows, Fenugreek, ternal fignature to be proper for a
Linefeed,and Figs, which they put Pleurify ; namely. Nitre , Tartar,
in a Bladder, and apply them hot Sulphur, Antimony, Sal Ammoni-
to the pained Side. Or in Head ack, foe. Outwardly they apply
of thefe they apply a Cacaplafm, the Jaw of a Pike, Larkfpur, and
made of the forefald Species, and Flowers of dry Dock. They com¬
and other Pedorals, or an Oynt- mend the following Compofici-
ment of Greafe, of Duck, Gooft, on ;
Badger, Hen, Oyl of [fweet Al¬
S 3 Tak t
 n 6t Of a Pleurify t nd Peripneumonv ,
Take of the three Salts each one cured by drinking Crabs Eyes boyl-
Ounce, both Tartars each half ed in Wine; and therefore he
an Ounce, Mummy one Drachm, queftions not,but all acids are pro¬
water of Baum.Doddcr ofThyme, per. Yet he fir ft took fome
Euglofs each whac is fufficient. Stag’s Pizzle, and drank a Drachm
Delfill them in an Alembick. of Goats Blood, upon which his
The dofc from one fcruple to Spitting of Blood and the Difeafe
four. abated. His never failing Remedies
are thefe following Powder of
3&iracelfii0 himfelf cured fevc.Stag’s or Bull’s Pizzle, juice of wild
ral Pleuritrcks by Bleeding in the Cichory, flowers of jed Poppy,
inner Vein of the Arm on the fame Horfe dung. Boar’s tooth, Daifv *
but he prefers Goats Elood be¬
fide, and then giving fpirit of Tar¬
tar in drink. He affirms, he has fore all y yet k muft be draWn
cured many by Turbith or Dia- thus y the Goat muft hang by
phoretick Mercury. He condemns his Feet, and his hind Feet muft
and defpifes Purges arid Clyftcrs, be tied to his Homs, then hi$
but not Vomits: however great Stones muft be Cut, and the
care mud be had in giving them, Blood muft be faved. Here is a
and they muft be gentle. For I Receipt*
lately gave a flrong Souldiera Vo¬
mit in a Pleurifie,which had like to Take of Goat’s Blood drawn HeU
Bave done much mifehief. For mom's way one Scruple, Powder
he vomited abundance of Blood ; of Stag’s Pizzle one Scruple,
and unlefs I hid prevented it by water of red Poppy one Ounce
Cordial Opiates, undoubtedly he and an Half. Mix them. Malic
had died of it. Therefore w$ a Draught. Or,
fhould be cautious.
Take of Flowers of red Poppy, Dai¬
ry, leaves of wild Cichory each
one Handful, Crabs Eyes, Boar's
3ft%4Blinont in this cafe blames an Tooth each half an Ounce,
Acid ; and proves it, becaufe Horfe Dung one Ounce and an
Jn a Pleurify the Urine and Blood Half. Boyl them in a fufficient
thicken as they come out, which quantity of Barly-wattr. Add t6
is an effeft of Acidity. He rejefts the colature fyrup of red Poppy,
Eleeding as an accurfcd Remedy j what is fufficient. Mix them.
becaufe a Pleurify cured by Bleed¬ Let the Patient take a draught
ing often leaves a Confumption how and then.
behind it : And they that ufe
Bleeding much, do often fall into He alfo gives a Drachm of red
this Dileafe. The acridity is eafi- Poppy flowers in Broth, and re¬
ly cured by Diaphoretick Medi¬ peats it feveral times.
cines. And this acid does (bme-
times damage the Spleen: for he
remembers how, after he was cu¬
red of a Pleurify, he felt a pain artd
(welling in his Spleen, which ire

Go gle
 or Inflammation of the Lungs, %6%
of red Poppy one Ounce. Make a
fi. 16. mixture.

jtaujuo
Us thinks the ft agnation of To deftroy the clamminefs and
rne Blood
the F in the Lungs muft acidity of the Blood ■,
be quickly removed : To which
purpofe (whatever fome may fay Take of water of Cardans benedi fl¬
to the contrary) he extols Bleed¬ ux, Cichory each half a Pound,
ing as the chief Remedy both in a frelh Horle dung two Ounces.
Plcurify,and Peripeumony,as good Let the liquor be filtred. Add
for removing the ftoppage of the of Syrup of red Poppy one
Blood, whereever it is. He gives Ounce, Volatil Spirit of Sal
this teafon, becaufe the Eicxtl-vef- Ammoniack half a Drachm.
fels being much emptied thereby, it Mix it, and give five Spoon¬
reforbs the peccant matter, and car¬ fuls.
ries it another way. But he will
hare the ftrength«. alwaysiV-- confider- Moreover he commends other
cd ; nor does he admit of any Cordial and Anodyne Medicines,
choice of Veins, whether on the which refrelh the animal Spirits,
fame or on the contrary fide. If and hinder the kindling of the
the Patient cannot bear Bleeding, Blood, which blazes too much,
headvifes the Cupping and Scari- , Which intentions he anfwers by
fimg of the pained place. He re- Pear! Juleps. He gives you this
jefts fhrong Purges and ftibiate Vo- Receipt;
mits. He highly commends Cly- ‘
fters, and Lenitives, if the Fever Take of pearl-water of the Shops,
be not violent. In the heat of, red Poppy each three Ounces,
the Blood he prefcribes feveral I laudanum ' ' tartarifatum twenty
Juleps and Decoftions. To de-' Drops,Spirit of Goat’s blood half
ftroy the toughnefs and acidity ofi a Scruple Syrup of Violets fix
the Blood, he magnifies Precipi-1 Drachms. Mix them for two
tants, fuch as Crabs Eyes, Boar’s ! times taking.
Tooth , Carp ftone , Bone of a j
Stag’s Heart,
_ - . - .Stag’s
- -. Pizzle — in Externally alfo he advifes Ano-
Powder, Goat s Blood, Lapis pru- dynes in form of aliniment, Ca-
910II * rr..^ ti_ « r ^ .
nella, Salt of Urine, Harts-Horn, taplafm or Plafter j luch as Oynt-
Volatil Spirit of Sal Ammoni¬ ment of Marfti-mallows, Oyl of
ack, Tartar, mixtura fimplex, and Sweet Almonds, Emplaflrum de
fuch other things. Here are Mucilaginibus, de opio, Oyl of Pop¬
fome of the Author’s own Re¬ py , Marfh-Mallows, Henbane,
ceipts ;

Take of water of red Poppy Flow¬

ers three Ounces, Fcnil one §. 17.
Ounce and an Half, Lapis Pru¬
nella, Crabs Eyes each half a
A
S for the Cure of this Difcafe,
according to the £>plbtatt
Scruple, Volatil Spirit of Sal bypithefis, it confifts, 1. In remo¬
Ammoniack one Scruple, Syrup ving Obftruftions. 2. in reftorii*
S 4 til<

Go gle
2.64 Of a Pleur'/fy ai d Peripneumoty,
the Motion of the Blood. 3. In timony two Scruples. Mix them.
Correction of the extrava fated and Make a Powder.
in fome mcafure corrupt Blood.
4. In Maturation. $. In opening It is an excellent Remedy, to
the ripened Blood. 6. in clean- imbibe an Acid : for grumous
ling the Apoftem, when opened. Blood, coagulated by an Acid, may
7. In healing of it up. Things be diflblved by fuch fort of Medi-
that remove Obftrufhon of the cines. Among Externals he com¬
Veflels, do alfo quicken the Motion mends divers Unguents made of
of the ftagnating Blood, and they lenient Facs and Oyls, Fomenta¬
are chiefly, volatil Salts of Wine, tions made of aromatick and emol¬
Harts-horn, Soot, and volatil Sait lient Plants, and Bags to be appli¬
of Goat’s blood, which do not on¬ ed alternately,as there (hall be oc-
ly diflolve and make fluid what is cafion. For he holds, that the
cogulated, caufc Sweat and fo ex¬ virtue of thefe things can pene¬
pel the peccant Matter 5 but cor¬ trate the Pores of the Skin, and
rect the Blood poured into the fo remove Obfirudions. The Mo¬
Pleura when it is devoid of Spirit tion of the Blood is reflored part¬
and turned fowre: he praifes this ly by Sudorificks, efpecially by the
mixture following; forefaid volatil Salts, partly by
Bleeding in the beginning of the
Take of Water of Parfley, Hvflbp, Difeafe which according to the Pa-
Fenil each one Ounce, Treacle- . tients Difpofiaon and Strength*
water half an Ounce, Spirit of may be repeated feveral times ;
Sal Ammoniack half a Drachm, for at every Bleeding the Blood
or volatil Silt of Harts-horn fix is moved. At length if the Mat¬
Grains , laudanum opiatum four ter tend tofuppuracion(which yet
Graips, Syrup of red Poppy ope by all means fliould be hindred)
Ounce. Mix them. Let the Pa¬ and from that to an abfeefs, then
rent take a Spoonful or two of Ripeners, Emollients, Mundifi-
this Mixture now and then, that cants, qnd Healers mufi be ufed ;
lo tlie'Obftruftion may be remo¬ for which purpofe he commends,
ved. five drops of balfamus fulphuris a-
ififatui or terebinrhinatus. For it
I have feen Sylv'm cure feycfal not only cleanfes and heals the
Pleuriticks ip the Hofpital at Lei¬ Ulcer, .but by its oylincfs and vo¬
den with this Medicine, without, latil Salt expels and enervates the
letting Blood. If the ObftruCtion fharp Acid, which 4 th? caufe of.
be radicated, it is then difficult to the Pain. , ,
cure; bup I have heard him with
his own mouth highly commend $. 18.
Jdelmont's Medicine,which is Crabs
eyes boyled in Wine, and drunk : T he CartcCans commend
Bleeding and. the forefajd
Or,
Medicines, both imyarfl ?nd ogc-
Take of Crabs eyes, a Pike’s man¬ ward.
dible, Bone of a Stag’s heart each
half a Drachm, diaphoretick An- S* \9'

Go gle
 or Inflammation of the Lungs.
fax
§. ip.
W E have done with other
Mens Remedies, now we
will go to our otem.When a Pleu-
rify is caufed by a coagulating A-
cid, and by the Motion of the
Blood being hiadred, we prefently
go to Blooid-letting. But if there
be any Malignity we omit it, and
inftead thereof we cup and fcari-
fy or apply Leeches in feveral
places, becaufe thefe may be bom,
without much lofs of Scrength. All
that remains to be done, is to dif-
folve the Blood, coagulated by an
inept Acid, And the principal
things that do this, arc, fuch as
confift of an Alkali, as well fixt as
volacil. For Volatils do not only
quickly imbibe an acid ; but they
are alfo Alexipharmack and Dia-
phoretick, fuch as the Urinous Spi¬
rit of Sal Ammoniack, the volatil
of Tartar, Tmtfora be^oartica mixt
with effentia anodyna Wedelii. To¬
wards the Declenfion they may be
mixt with more fixt Specihcks,
namely, with Diaphoretick Anti¬
mony , Boar’s Tooth, Harts-horn
Philofophicaliy prepared, Crabs
Eyes, mandible of a Pike, which
when the effrrvefcencc of the
Blood is exceflive, arc more pro¬
per than Volatils. This is an
excellent Antiplcuricick pow¬
der of Ludovicus for the fame pur-
pofci
Take of tlie mandible of £ Pike fifii
in powder two parts. Goat’s
Blood, yellow Sulphur each
one Parr. Mix them. ,Make
a powder , to be given twice
or thrice a day in red. Poppy
water,
Go gle
165
If the Pleurify be fierce and ma¬
lignant, I dare recommend this
following Antipleuritick, Eezoar-
tick Tindure of mine, which I late¬
ly experienced much in the Epi-
demick Pleurify.
Take of the powder of volatil and
fixt Salt of Vipers each half a
Drachm, Peach Stone two
Drachms, Bark of the Root of
Cinnamon, Flowers of red Pop¬
py each three Drachms, Root of
Elecampane, lignum nlubriwm
each half on Ounce,Goats blood
three Drachms, Caflor one
Drachm, Spirit of Wine cam-
phorate, and impregnated with
Crabs Eyes eight Drachms. Di-
geft them , then let them be
thrice feparated according to
Art, and let it be tinged to red-
nefs with red Poppy flowers.
In defed hereof TintluraBezoar-
tica Mtchdelit or /implex may be
given. But Expedorants mull al¬
ways be given between whiles, or
muft be mixt with them : for in-
ftancc ;
Take of water of Car duns benedi--
ttuntLihicb Sammjed Poppy each
one Ounce and an half, Txxdlura
Be^parttca either noth a^Michaeln,
or Jimplex one fcruple, Volacil
fait of Goats blood feven grains.
Laudanum opiatum one grain, fy-
rupof red Poppy fix drachms. "
This Mixture muft be repeated
every four hours, efpecially when,
there is Ma’ignuy. In the mean'
time let him drink a Decodion of>
Stag’s pizzle. The following Emol¬
lients are good to temper the acid.,
which inflames the Lungs or Pleu¬
ra. " ■
Take
3.66 Of a Pleurijy and Peripneumon j,
Take of Unfeed Oyl one Ounce
and an half. Species didireos one
drachm. Mix them for once
taking.
Or this of a noble Helvetian of
Friburg, communicated by Juneven
in his excellent Treaufe.
Take of water of Carduus benediHw,
Maris each three Ounces, Oyl
Olive one Spoonful, nine Med¬
lar Kernels powdered. Mix them.
Make a draught for once. Or,
Take of water of Lohocb Sanum ,
white Lilies, red Poppy each
one Ounce, extrafi of red Pop¬
py half a Drachm, Saffron four
Grains, Sugar Candy what is fuf¬
ficient. Mix them. Or,
Take of Sperma Ceti one Drachm,
Syrup of Violets, Marfh-Mallow
each one Ounce. Make a Lin-
flus.
When a Pletirify comes to Sup¬
puration, this following will be
proper>
Take of Syrup of Tobacco rwo
Ounces, water of Scabious, Juice
of Specdwel, Ground-Ivy each
one Ounce. Mix them for feve-
ral times taking.
At length we conclude the Cure
with Crabs Eyes, Coral, and other
rixt Alkalies mixt with Opiates,
fometimes without them. We (hall
give you fome Receipts, with
which, through God’s Blefling, we
cured feveral.
Take of powder of Boar’s Tooth,
Crabs Eyes, Goat’s Blood,Cry/?*/-
lun Miner ale. Flowers of red
Go gle
Poppy each half an Ounce. Mix
them for two Dofes.
Or, where there i* a fufficient
quantity of Serum, this follow¬
ing',
Take of Crabs Eyes, Mandible of a
Pike Fifh each one Scruple, Na¬
tive Cinnabar fix Grains, Lauda¬
num opiatum one Grain, red
Coral fix Grains. Mix them.
Make a Powder for oncere¬
peat it often.
I have cured feveral Pleuriticks
by thrice giving a Drachm of the
Inter (lice of the infide of a Walnut
dried and powdered, in red Pop¬
py water ; but then I bled firth
I have alfo found Snail-Shells effe¬
ctual. Or,
Take of Crabs Eyes, Goat’s Blood
each one Scruple, yellow Sul¬
phur, Antimonium Diapboreticwn,
Root of Burdock powdered each
twelve Grains. Mix them. Make
a powder for one Dofc, to be
given in red Poppy water.
But if in this Difeafe the Blood
grow hot for want of Serum, the
following Emulfion will do good.
Take of Seeds of Melon, Carduui
Maris each two Drachms, fweet
Almonds half an Ounce, water
of red Poppy, Burdock , Scot-
synera eacli what is Efficient.
Add of the Mandible of a Pike.
Harts-Horn Philosophically pro
pared, Antimonium Diaphoreti-
cum each half a Scruple, a little
Sugar Candy. Mix them. Make
an Emulfion.
Abort
 or Inflammation of the Lungs.
About Fifty drops of Tin&ure
of red Poppy m*v be given mixe
with Antipleuritick Spirit. For
fuch as arc Thirfty , if there be
no Vomiting nor Loofenefs, we
ufe Clyjjus Minerals, Spirit of Salt
or Spirit of Nitre in a proper
Decodion. In a Phlcgmatick
Pleurify I have given Spirit of
Sal Ammoniack anifated,with good
Succefs. But if the coagulating
Acid come from a Soorbutick dif-
pofition, Cordilucius his Agtipleu-
ritick Medicine will be proper,
to wit, Juice of Water Crefles
new drawn mav be given mixt
with Wine. If the Sulphureous
Particles be coagulated and mixt
with a thick and tough Mucus,
it muft be incided with Oosymel
of Squills or Simple. When the
Blood is turned to Pus, or a
foul Ulcer is made , and great
florc of purulent Matter is raif-
ed, then you may with good
Succtfs give Balfamus Sulphuris
anifatus, or terebrnthinatus, or Bal-
fam of Peru. When Pain arifes
from a conflift between acid and
alkaline particles, which contraft
the Fibres, we muft fly to Opi¬
ates; in which cafe I have given
Eflftuia anodyna Wedelii with good
Succefs. Purgatives muft not be
given but in the end of the Di-
iealc. And Vomits muft not be
given at all. We approve of di¬
vers outward Applications, Un¬
guents, Oyls, Cataplafms, Fomen¬
tations, fyc. Here arc Receipts;
167
one Ounce, Scorpions half an
Ounce, Chamomil, white Lilies
each two Drachms, Saffron one
Scruple. Mix them. Or,
Take of fat of the Mountain Moufe
three Drachms, Oyl of Sweet
Almonds, white Lilies, Chamo¬
mil, Mullein, Poppy by expref-
fion each one Drachm and an
half. Henbane one Scruple, the
deflilled OvI of Dill, Chamomil
each fix drops. Mix them.
Or,
Take of Root of Marfti Mallows
one Ounce, white Lily half an
Ounce, leaves of Mallow, Marfh-
mallow. Pellitory of the Wall
each half a handful, Flowers of
Mullein, Melilot, Violets, Cha¬
momil each two Pugils, Lin-
feed , Fenugreek each one
Drachm. Powder them and
boyl them in Milk for a Cata-
plafm. Or you may put the
Powders in a bag, boyl them,
and apply them, for it is excel¬
lent.
Some boyl ten Onions in Milk
to the confidence of a Pulcefs, and
apply them to the pained Side.
Digby Commends a hot Loaf, as it
comes out of the Oven, cut in two
with fome Venice Treacle mixt
with it, and applied hot to the
Side aifefted. I have eafed feve-
ral Pleurifies with the following
Fomentation j

Xake of Take of Millet two handfuls,Flow¬

Vngutntum Antipleuriti-
ers of Chamomil, Melilot each
cwn Mynfuhti, Dialthso Comps-
fitum each one Ounce, Crocus
half an har.dful, Linfecd one
Mortis one Scruple. Mix them.
Ounce and an half. Crude Sale
Or, two Ounces. Mix them in a
Frying pan. and fow them in a
Take of Qyl of oblong Gourds bag, for outward application.

Cq gle
 (z<58)

CHAP. IV.

Of a Confumption.

and corrode the fpongy Jubilance of the

Lungs. For all People in this Di¬
$. i. feafe do waft and confume, and it
He next thing that offers (hows it felf at firft in a Cough
it felf to our confidera- without Spitting, buc in procefs of
tion is a Confumption, time by continual Spitting.
a fad Objeft to the be¬
holders, being in ail appearance, Kinds.
but a walking Ghoft j
Yet there are other forts of Con-
Offt tegit macies, nec juvat ora cibus. fumptions; as a fpurious Confump*
tion, when part of the Body or
the whole waftes without an Ulcer
Names. of the Lungs, when only the Blood
This Difeafe is called the Phthi- Is (harp, and fuch are ufually aferib-
fick, Confuniption, Wafting of the ed to fome Indifpofition of the
I.ungs, Extenuation of the Body, Head, Stomach, Liver or Spleen *
Confumption of the whole Body, hungry Worms alfo, as they are
Macilency* an Ulcer or ExHlceraci- vulgarly called, make Children ve¬
on of the Lungs. ry lean, and there arc feveral o-
ther forts of Confumptions j
which for brevities fake I now
Definition. pafs over, but I fhall take no¬
Andie is ufually delineated to be tice of them in their proper
A Confumption lop' the whole Body, place, .
with a lingrin£ peter, and a puru¬
lent Cough, caufed by flo trp Particles,
Tubercles or Stones that exulcerate I
§ 2,

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 Of a Cwfumption. 169
fcapisy but if be bt neglected, then
§. z Part affetted. bt is corrupttd by the putrefying of

C that -which remains -within, after

oncerning the Part affeded that be is ulcerated and gathers Pus,
Authors are not agreed. and never after gathers any nourish¬
thus blames the Glands of the ment worth [peaking ofnor does'be
Lungs -, lpatbettc, the Stomach raife any thing by Spittle, but isfuf-
and Glands of the Mefenrery -, but foeattd, and continually opprejfed with
that here, that is, in a confirm’d greater difficulty of Breathing, and
Confumprion, tlie Lungs are affe¬ when be does breath, he rattles, and
cted, I think every Man will allow : then he -wheezes in the upper part of
for my own part I dare affirm it: his Breafl, and at length, when his
for I have opened above eighteen Paffages are Jlopt by his Spittle, he
dead Bodies, and found the Lungs dies. Now the Signs, which ftiow
ulcerated in them all but one, who that a Confumption is coming, muft
alfo had an Ulcer in the Membrane be very diligently obferved, thar,
that enclofcs the Ribs. Confult if poflible, fo pernicious a Dlfcafc
Bonetus his Practical Anatomy. may be prevented, and according
Therefore I am of Opinion, That to Hippocrates they are, a lingring
primarily the Lungs, which venti¬ Defluxion, a tickling Cough, Spit¬
late the Blood, are affefled; fc- tle more bitter and fharp than ufu-
/condarily, the Blood and Heart, al, a fmall Heat, and among the
as appears from the Fever and reft, we may reckon a confumptive
wafting of the whole Body, which Dilpoficion, which Hippocrates l. \.
from hence is made manifeft, if we Epid. c. 1. does more fully de-
confider the Symptomes, namely feribe, namely, if the Cheft be nar¬
difficulty of Breathing, a very row, the Breaft ftrait, thefhouldcr-
eroublcfom Cough, and Spitting of 1 blades flicking out, and if the
purulent
ulent T“
Phlegm : for the Lungs Neck be long; alfo an hereditary
are a Body
“ 1 made up of mere Vcfi- Difpofition gives no fmall fufpicr-
cles, and therefore cafily receptive on of the imminent danger of this
ef fuch Ulcers. mifehief: for inftance, If the Pa¬
rents of the Party died of a Con¬
3. Diagnofliks. fumption: forufually one troubled

A with the Stone, begets one troub¬

T firft this Difeafe is very dif¬ led with the Stone, a gouty Perfcn,
ficult to be difeovered •, yet one troubled with the Gout -, an
what Signs may be obferved of a Epileptick, one troubled with the
Confumption approaching, Hippo¬ Epilcpfy, and why not a confump¬
crates lib. 1. de morb. does elegant¬ tive Perfon, one troubled with a
ly deferibe, And from thefe Caufes, Confumption ? For healthy Peo¬
indeed ( fays he ) Pus is gathered in ple breed healthy Seed, and di-
the Lungs -, if he that is held with an feafed People a difeafed Seed,which
Inflammation oft he Lungs purge not on Difpofition is alfo transferred to the
the Critical Dajs,but the Spittle and Children by morbid Idsta's, or by
;Phlegm remain in the Lungs, bt [up- an exotick Ferment, which in time
puratts who, if he be prefently ta¬ grows ripe, and fhows the heredi¬
ken into cure, for the moft part t- tary Defers, as I could make out
by

Go gle
170 Of a Confumption.
by many Inftances, That Children
are altogether as much the inheri¬
tors of their Parents Difeafes, as of
their Edates, which thing deters
many from marrying fuch Perfons.
But if one have fpit Blood, and con¬
tinue fo to do, if he be troubled
with a violent Cough, If he breath
hard, if he raife a greeoifh, yellow,
afti-coloured, purulent or blackifh
Spittle, if when fpit into the fire,
k fend out a (linking fmcll, or fink
in Water, by r afon ofics flick inefs
and weight ( though fomerimes all
the time of the Difcafe, there ap¬
pear nothing of Blood in the Spit¬
tle } all thefe give fhrewd Signs of
a Confumption, efpecially if the
Fever grow higher about two hours
after Meal. Tltere is the fame
danger, when we find white, chal
ky Stones voided, as the German E-
fbemeriefes tefiifics. However we
mud take notice, That thefe Signs
do not hold infallibly trne. The
Signs of a confirm’d Confumption,
are, a notable Emaciation of the
Body ( for the (harp BIcod ofron-
fumprive Perfons nourifhes not,
but rather corrodes) frequent
Coughing, Expefl oration fometimes
eafie, fometimes difficult, and that
oftentimes bloody, purulent, fam¬
ous, fetid, and of feveral Colours,
a dull pain about the Shoulder-
blades, and Bread, Wind in the
Stomach, the Appetite fometimes
decayed , fometimes depraved ,
fometimes too great ( or canine )
fometimes cxceflive third,and fome¬
times the fwelling of the Feet is
grievous, byreafonof the Humors
redagnating in the Veflels of the
Feer, and at length breaking the
Lymphaticks, the Belly is fome¬
times too coflivc, fomerimes too
loofe, cxcefiive Sweats which fmcll
fowre do emaciate the Patient, c*
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fpecially in the night: for accord*
ing to the Opinion of the Engtijh,
the nutritious Juice cannot be af-
fimilated, though it be carried to
the Parts for their nouridimenr,
but becaufe of the deftruftion of
the Pores it flips away, and runs
out ac the Habit of the Body,
hence are thefe colliquative Sweats
in heflick Perfons ; rherq are alfo
in this cafe frequent fwoonings, At-
liriumsy flow animal Motion, a fre¬
quent and weak Pulfe, a Iingring
Fever fome few hours, as we faid
before, after Meal, with flufhing in
the Face, (bowing it felf with a
quicker, and more intenfe heat to¬
wards Evening ; for in a Confurap-
tion the. Blood contract; Acrimo¬
ny, becaufe it continually pafles
through the purulent Lungs; be¬
caufe when new Chyle comes to
the Heart, it cannot mix with that
corrupt Blood, although the Chyle
be duly elaborated in the Stomach
and Inteftines, whence proceeds an
unequal mixture, and a mifchic-
vous contrariety, by reafon name¬
ly of an irregular mixture and fi¬
gure of the Parts; whence it cannot
otherwife be, but that after Meal
the Fever mud be encreafed. Be-
fidcs, fometimes che Legs fwelland
arc in pain, becaufe of the tranfla-
tion of the purulent Matter; in
the Stools and Urine, fometimes
there appear purulent, and fatty or
oyly excrerions; in a confummare
Confumption there is a loofenefs,
the Pores are obftrufted, then all
the moidurc is voided, in this cafe
alfo the Hair falls off, becaufe the
Pores of the Skin are inverted by
fharp Humors, and the Roots of
the Hairs are dedroyed; in fome
People alfo abundance of Lice arc
bred, che Nails grow crooked, the
Patients look with an Hippocratl-
cal
 Of a Confumptiotty
cal face, that is, their Nofe is (harp,
Eyes hollow, Temples funk, tips
of their Ears cold and contracted,
the Skin about their Forehead and
Palms of their Hands hard and dry,
the colour of their Face pale, li¬
vid, black, foe. One (hall fcldom
meet with all thefe Signs we have
mentioned, in one (ingle Patient,
in fome more appear, in others
fewer. Thefe make up a parhogne-
monick Sign of a Confumption, a
frequent Cough, difficult EreathiHg,
emaciation of the Blood, a lingring
Fever, and purulent Spittle, yet
the Obfervarions of fome famous
Phyficians teftify. That many have
died of a Confumption, without
the laft: But whereas fome Phyfi¬
cians will have a true Confumpti-
on to be known by the finking of
purulent Spittle put into warm
Water, and by the (linking of ir,
when fpir upon live Coals, they arc
much miftaken,fince vifeid Phlegm,
when it has been of any continuance,
( as I have often obferved in fple-
netick and fcorbutick Perfons) may
(link, and by rcafon of its weight
(ink to the Bottom. Fat comes in
the Urine, becaufe the Acrimony
of the Pus fetches off many fat and
oleaginous Particles with the other
Particles of the folid Parts, which
oleaginous Particles, when they are
voided with Urine, by reafon of
their fmoothnefs, cannot mix with
ir, and therefore fwira at the top.
When the furface of the Patient’s
Body is touched with the Hand, a
fharp Heat is perceived, which a-
rifes from abundance of volatil Salt,
exhaling by the Pores of the £•-
dy.
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271
$. 4. Caufes.
N Ow we enter the fpaejeus
field of Caufes, and accord¬
ing to our Method we gather the
Flowers of divers Authors into a
Pofy. According to the Opinion
of the old (Balenifts, the proxi¬
mate and immediate Caufe- is an
Ulcer, the preceding Caufe where¬
of is a (harp, corroding Humor,
which, as a Catarrh, falls from the
Brain upon the Lungs, and then
cxulccratcs them ; they fay, this
Humor is fharp or fait Phlegm,
which caufes a fierce Catarrh, that
corrodes the Lungs, they being ex-
ctffive foft, tender, and very ape
to corrupt, and at length breeds a
putrid Ulcer. According to thefe
Men therefore a Confumption
comes from a Catarrh, caufed by
a pld Air, or by immoderate
drinking of (Irong Wine, and alfo
of very cold drink, if drunk in
great quantity, efpecially upon the
Body’s being violently heated be¬
fore : For any (harp Humor or Va*
pour, which is but able to corrode
and wound the tender fubftance of
the Lungs, or their Coats, may
eafily produce this Difeafe. Alfoan
Apoflcm of the Lungs, when it
breaks, and the purulent Matter
falls on the Lungs, and (lagnating
a long while in them acquires Acri¬
mony, muff of neceffity caufe an
Ulcer. So alfo when a Pleurify or
Peripneumony end in a purulence,
and the Pus, as we faid in the
Chapter foregoing, is not raifed
within 40 days, from the firft day
of its appearing, then alfo this de¬
plorable Difeafe is caufed. And a
continued chronical Cough may, by
its violent Motion,break the Mem¬
branes of the Lungs, for too much
Motion
 2.71 • 0/ j Confuvnption.
Motion hurts. And they prove it tered, whereby PalTage for the Ali¬
hence, in that Singers, Preachers, ments and free Ventilation for the
and fiich as lift heavy thing?, are Spirit of Life is flopt -, whereup¬
fubjeft to fuch Difcafcs, and the on follows Inflammation, and be-
Ancients do not deny, but that caufe then the Salt is dillolyed, Pu-
this Difeafe has fometimes its rife trefaftion ; from Putrefaftion, be-
from Vomiting, or painful Child¬ caufe the corrofive Salts being fet
bearing, through too violent Moti¬ at liberty are produced into Aft,
on, and breaking of the Veins or Erofion and Exulceration. And
Arteries enfuing thereon. the fumm of the whole is, that the
Chymifls do blame Tartar, either
fair, or fome other way vitious,
§.
T Hefe things premifed from the Lungs.
old Oracle of Medicine, now
which corrodes the Veficlcs of the

I will fee wliat the Opinion of the

more Modern (Chpmiftfi is, con¬ <*.
cerning this Difeafe, which appears glntont aferibes the caufc of
not to differ much from the for¬ this Difeafe to a lingular and
mer: for theirs is,that it is an Ulcer, Orange Ferment, which caufes an
and the Difeafe faline by right of error in the vegetative Faculty, fo
predominance-,for all erofion comes that Phlegm and an obftrufting Mu¬
from Salt alone. Now as long as cilage Is bred of good food, becaufe
this balfamick $al% tempered with the Archius is very often impeded
the vifeous fvvectnefs of the Sul¬ in correfling the acid Blood \ the
phur, and the Neftarean irrigation injuries of the Air alfo do the fame,
of the Mercury, obferves the pro¬ as it is able to invade the tender
portional Laws of Confederation, fo fubflance of the Lungs, to corrupt
Jong fuch Unity and Vigor is pre- and alter the Ferment, and incline
ferved; but when upon its efftr- the Pulmonary Archsus to a con-
vcfccnce and turgefcence it fepa- fumptive Difpofirion. For when
rates from the other two, and en¬ the Blood has contrafted Acrimo¬
deavors to fet up for it felf apart, ny, and is inept for Nutrition of
then it raifes a War, and reflsnor, the Parts, upon its coming into the
till it fit down in the Lungs and Vefiels of the Lungs, it opens
fix there. If therefore the me- them, whence proceeds fpitting of
chanick Spirits, being weak either Blood, often attended wirh puru¬
by Birth or Difeafe, are not able lent Spittle, and then a Confump-
to feparate the mucilaginous Im¬ tion: Becaufe the Arcbtus upon
purities that flick clofe to the this putrid Afflux, being enraged
Food, nor to expel the fuperflu- by the fharp and corrupt Blood,
ous diflolved Salt by Sweat, Urine carts it out; which fame Blood
and infenfible Tranfpiration, then may eafily be corrupted by Meats
comes this Difeafe : For the Salj that are fait, fharp and dried in
of the thing uniting with the the Smoak. But he obftinatcly de¬
Salt of Nature breeds Tartar, up¬ nies, Thac Spittle can come from
on the breeding of which, Obftru- the Head to the Lungs, or thata-
ftion follows, and the Balfam is al¬ ny jhing can fall from the Brain
upon

Go gle
 Of a Confvmpliort. *71
upon the Lungs, but that it rather
proceeds from the proper fault of
the Lungs thcmfelvcs. §. 8.
gHWus blames the Serutn moft
s>. . 7 as by its briny, fait Acrimony
it not only vellicatcs the Lungs in¬
mm ?ii*s c wh° cn good to frequent Coughing and tires them
^ grounds reckons this Di- our, but alfo at length frets the Coat
feafe among thofe of the Brea ft, of the afpera artiria, which being
for other Difeafes cf the Bread fretted, this Ulcer cf the Lungs
turn into it) judges that the caufc follows. He holds alfo, That of¬
of. this Difeafc lyes in the Bread, tentimes at firft the pancreatick
and proceeds from folution of Uni¬ Juice is not well mixt with the
ty in the Lungs, and from an Ul¬ Bile j whence it comes to pafs.
cer thereupon : wherefore to di That the over thick Chyle Is not
fiinguifh it from a Confumption, duly tranfcolated through the
which chiefly proceeds from a cor- Glands of the Mefemery: for thus
rupt and highly polluted Blood, the thicker fhare of it flicks in
' that has thereby loft its nutritive the lafteal Glands untranfcolated^
virtue, he calls this Difeafe a Con¬ and being crammed up there it
fumption of the Lungs. Now an hardens, but the ferous Part of it
Ulcer of the Lungs, according to only is carried by the duUus thoraci-
him, arifes from excefs of Humcrs cus towards the Heart; for he will
difehatged bv the Blood upon the have it, That by the Laws of the
I.ungs, which get into the tracheal Circulation of the Blood, the Ve¬
and pulmonary Veficles, fill and hicles of the Lungs may be filled
diftend them j for when tha VdTels with a too ferous Lympba; inferring
arc broke, there is an evafation of from thence, that a Solution of
that peccant and putrid Humor, Continuity , and then an Ulcer
whereby at length this fordid Ul¬ may eafily be raifed.
cer is bred. And he holds, Thac
the Lungs contraft this confump-
tive Infection fromafowre Blood, §• 9-
- which has loft its confidence, and
pours its ferefiries both out of the
T He Carteffans maintain, and
that upon good grounds. That
pneumonick and tracheal Arteries a Confumption arifes from an Af¬
into the fubftance of the Lungs, flux of acute and fharp Particles,
and fometimes from the faulc of that cat and corrode the Lungs,
the nervous Juice, and by fcveral whether thefe vitious Particles get
Experiments andRcafons hefltows, into them out cf the Arteries cr
how a Confumption may eafily a- lymphatick Veflels in manner of
rife from obftruftion of the Lym- a fharp Catarrh, or when an Ap -
phxdufts, and fuppreftion of ul'ual ftem in a Quinfy or Pieurify
Evacuations. breaks, and the Matter runs into
the cavity of the Breaft; and
hereby they prove it, becaufe all
that follow dcftilling of ftrong W?.
ters, and other chymlca! Opera n-
T ons

Go gie
 X74 Of a Confumption.
cns coq much,alfo they that work to the flefhy parts, where we find,
in Lime, fuch as Bricklayers and by the appearance of white, pu¬
flatterers, do ulually,by reafon of rulent matter, that they manifeftly
tlie Sharp Subtil and Volatil Par¬ corrode; whence Ive may eafily
ticles, which arife from fuch fob- conclude, that the fame Acid can
led matter, dy Confumptive. And turn Blood into Pus. P'or (to in-
for the further confirmation here¬ flancej if upon common Sulphur
of, there is not one Phyfician but diflolved in a Lixivium an acid
prohibits Sleeping in a Room that Spirit be poured, its reddilh co¬
is newly plaftered: for fuch acute, lour will turn White. Now, to
volatil Particles do not only vola- apply this to the prefent purpofe,
tilifc the Blood, but they fret the we mull know that in the Blood
very Coats of the Arteries, and (as is granted from the analpfis of
when they are fretted, the Blood it) there arc oyly parts, which
mull needs run out, whereupon make up the Sulphur, and Saline,
enfues Spitting of purulent Matter, Lixivious, and Acid ones, not un¬
according to Hippocratesfor it is like the Particles of the forefaid
unanimoufiy agreed upon both experiment •, and fo the Acids o-
by the moll eminent of our facul¬ vercome the Sulphur in the Body.
ty, and by the Cartrfians, as ap I could produce more experiments
pears from Cart, Prinrip. Philof. to this purpofe^ but now for bre¬
part. 4. art. 92• that Pus may be vities fake I Hull refer the curious
made of Blood. The Eody alfo Reader to Will is, C. 9. /. de fermen-
walls becaufe of the Acrimony of Lttione'. Among ' the antecedent
the Pus, for Pus has much Salt in Caufes F reckon Acrimony of the
it. Blood as chief, for if we well coa-
fider all Confumptive Perfons and
$. 10 . their Symptoms , we fhall meet

N with nothing but figns of a fharp

Ow we will give our otim 0- Blood, that ex ulcerates the Lungs
pinion ; and I think the im¬ fometimes a Confumption comes
mediate and proximate caufe of a from lharp exhalations arifing
Confumption is an exulceration from SI. king of Lime. A baftard
of,the Lungs. Nor let any man Confumption arifes from Hypo-
doubt that there is an Ulcer in chondriack Melancholy, wherein
this Difeafe, for in feveral dead the Mefenterick Glands and La&eal
Eodies, as I faid before, that I Veflels are obftruded, fo that but
have opened, I have feen an A- little of the Chyle is carried to
poflem with mine own Eyes. I the Blood, wherefore the Elood
judge the proximate caufe is acid, grows thin and caules Lcannefs.
fkirp Particles, but volatil, which But as for great difficulty' of Breath¬
corrode the Subfiance,Veficles and ing in this Difeafe, it is caufed
Veflels of the Tungs, and alfo turn ufually by abundance of Pus fluf¬
the extravalated Elood into Pus. fed up in the Lungs; which con-
For that an Acid has a Corrofive fequently opprefles them; for natu¬
and Exulceming faculty, appears ral refpiration does not only ferve
from the application of Spirit of for difeharge of fuliginous Matter,
Nitre, Sulphur, and other acids as the Ancients held, or for the
Cooling

Go gle
 Of a Confumption.
Tooling or Circulation of the Blood,
or for Formation cf the voice ;
but by means hereof the Biood is
thinned-and diflolved in the l ungs,
and hereby the Sulfbur of the
Blood is volatilifed, to the end
that in an augmented Fermentati¬
on in^he Heart it may unite with
the volatil Salts of the Blood, and
become a fpirituou's G<«, or vital,
hot Spirits, and in probability lu¬
cid, that io the Blbod may be
kindled, as the Excellent EttmuVer
has curioully obferved. Now al-
fo I fhall give you the caufes in
brief of rhe mnft urgent Sym-
ptoms in. this Difeafe according to
my own Judgment, for fo the u-
niverfal caufe will more exaftly ap¬
pear.
Whence therefore fhould we
derive the caui'e of a Cough, but
from acrimony, i. e. from the a-
cidity of the Pus, or of fome other
Humor, flopping and flagnating,
which follicires the Lungs to e-
jett what is troublefcme to them ?
I aferibe the wafling and ema¬
ciation of the Eody to Blood that
is polluted and made (harp hy an
Ulcer •, for thefe acid and fharp,
faline/ Particles of the Blcod are
voracious, and do plainly devour,cr
raft out by colliquative Sweats
the balfamick and oyly parts,which
are fit for Nutrition, whereby the
diflurbed Mals of Blcod is ren-
dred unfit for nourifliment •, and
when little or nothing comes in
place of the loft parts, it cannot
otherwife be, but that the body
muft by little and little decreafc
and confame.
Moreover I derive a (low Fe¬
ver from an unequal mixture of
the Blood, as I alfo do the flufh-
ings efpecially after Meals, becaufe
the Chyle in a few hoars after eat-
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27?
ing is turned into too fharp a
Blood, which then pafles by the
capillary Arteries to the ouc pare
of the Skin and caufts a rednefs
of Cheeks.
Lipothymies or Swoonings *
which ttiow thctnfelvcs in a con¬
firmed and mortal Confumption,
arife firm a vitious Effervefcence
of, the Hood, or rather from a
vitious Acid, that turns the Blood
into Clots.
A Loofenefs^which fupervening*
the Patients, nor only by Hifp-
crates his authority, but from my
own bbfervation, muft be given
up as loft) comes from hence,be¬
caufe by rcafon of the great A-
crimony of Humor and Dillipation
of Spirits enluing thereon, it can¬
not otherw ife be, hut that the Vui
in the Breaft muft by its Acrimo*
ny taint all the Blood, and make
the very bile fharper, which be¬
ing poured cut of its bladder,of
Confcquer.ee there will be a con¬
tinual provocation to ftool; for
in above fix Confumptive Ptrfons*
that T have opened, I found the
Gall-Bladder quite empty of Gall,
and ever firce I have fufpefted,
that in fuch as are inclined to
a Confumption, their Blood ac
firft is made over fharp with
Eile, which Bile alfo in Confump-
tive Perfons is for the moft part
of a Saline,Oyly, Volatil nature:
wherefore in the firft degree of
a Confumption People complain of
a bitternefs in their Mouth, all
which things argue an evafated
and volatil Bile.
If the Hair falls in a Con¬
fumption , it fignifies that thd
Elood is fo fharp, that it eats
the Roots of the Hair •, for the
fharp Yus mixt With the Blood,
as it is difeharged on other parts*
T a &
 Of a Ccrfumptiott.
fo alio on thofe of the Head up¬
on the little Gljnds, that flick
about each pore of the Skin ,
which are the Roots of the Hair j
for where fucli Glands are, there
are Hairs, and the whole Eody is
hairy, thcu0h the Hair be not
• feen.
Now the reft of the Symptoms
and their caufts will be plain from
what has been faid, fo that we
will infill no longer upon their
explication, fince it is evident
that all rhefe evils flow from one
fjurce, that is, from a fharp Acid,
or Bile, lying in the Mafs of
Blood : Wherefore no Confump-
tive Perfon dares drink acid Spaw
waters but at his peril, becaufe
of the Vitriolick Sharp Particles:
and the reft of the juvantia and
nocentia will fhow you the fame.
Thus much of the Caufe, now to
the Prognoftick.
$.11. Prognoftick.
C ' Onfumptions come efpccia'Iy
; between the Eighteenth and
Thirty fifth Years of ones Age, be¬
caufe there is not only abundance
of Blood in Young Men, but it is
alfo fharp, becaufe of abundance of
Choler ( wherefore mark what Ho¬
race fays,
Non (go b<tc tul/ffem calidus juven-
r<t, confute Blanco.)
AndtheVeflels being filled with fuch
Blood are eafily extended, brok¬
en and corroded. A Confumprion
alfo is a Chronica] Difcafe, and as
in the beginning it is eafie to be
cured, fo in progrefs of time it is
incurable. Wherefore Timstus a
Gulden flee /. 2. Ep. 2. fays very
truly, In all my Prafiice, and /
Go gle
have praftOed above feven and thirty
years, I could never reSlore any one,
that had an Vlcer in his Lungs, to
perfeft Health, though I have left no¬
thing unattempted, that could any
n ay conduce to the Cure of this Di-
feafi. For exulceratcd Lungs are
difficultly cured, partly becaufe
of the tendernefs and rarity
of their fubftance, partly by rea-
fon of their continual Motion,
which hinders their confolidation,
wherefore Patients often break in¬
to Invedivcs againft their Phyfici-
ans, becaufe all Medicines in a man¬
ner have no effed. The cafe is
the fame in one that comes from
fafeination, and it is as hard to
know, as to cure ir, becaufe therr-
bifick Poyfon ficzes a Manfecretly,
and oftentimes it is not difeovered
till the Difeafe be confirmed. And
we may fay the fame of Lovc-Po-
tions, for the harm is more eafily
prevented in the beginning, while
the Ferments of the vifeera a-e
flill good, than when it is gone fur¬
ther, and the tone of the vifeera is
not only thereby deflroyed , but
the Habit of the Body alfo is wa¬
fted, for which there is feldorn or
never any hope of Cure.
We nuift therefore follow the
moft prudent advice of Galen in all
Confumptions. Let us predid
their danger, and warn them of
their end, and hereby we (hall ac¬
quit our felves from all blame and
difgrace. But above all things
want of Appetite is bad in Con-
furoptive Pcrfcns, cfpccially if the
hypochondria be puffed up with
Wind, and the Stomach be fvvel-
led with a Mafs of ill Humors, of
which all that are Confumptive
complain. Befides a flow, weak
Pulfe, with difficulty of Breathing,
and a violent, cruel Cough, fhow.
 Of a Confumption. 277
that Life is in danger. Alfo faint,
ings, colliquative Sweats, Fluxes,
§• .
12 Diet stick Cure,
and oyly and fatty Urines, Con-
vulfions and Cramps are mod cer¬
tain fore-runners and meflcngers
N Ow having feen the nature of
this Difeafe,wc will endeavor,
of Death, according to Hippoc. fed. as far as is poffible, to remove it,
2. apk. t. In whatever Dijeaje Sleep and attain the end of our Art,
does difturb, it is mortal; bat if which is Health. We will begin
fleep refre/hyit is not mortal. Where¬ with Diet, by means whereof a-
fore the difturbed fleep of Con- lone fome moft grievous Difeafes
fumptive Perfons, which does ra¬ are cured, and without which Phy-
ther afflitt than refrefh, indicates ficians do ufually 1-tbour in vain.
the Confumption ro be incurable. And it confifts in the legitimate ufe
Hoarfcnefs alfo ( which yet I have of the fix Non-naturals, fo that
obferved two years in a Confump¬ wlut are hurtful may be avoided,
tive Perfon ) does fhow that Death and other more beneficial may be
is not far off; alfo fhedding of the obferved. The firft is Air; ahd
Hair, a delirium, fwelling of the that which a Confumptive Man
Feet, and fwarming of Lice figni- fhould live in, muft be temperate,
fy that Death is in the Pot; a Con¬ fereneand mild, rather incl ning
fumption from old Age is alfo in¬ to cold; a hot and dry, and an m-
curable. Confumptive Perfons com¬ tenfely cold one muft be avoided.
monly dy when the Leaves do bud Temperate Cold and moifture is
in the Spring,or when they fall in not amifs. The Autumnal cold
Autumn. Some of them, who Airis hurtful, for it deftro)s the
have hack-one long , are taken with Ferment of the Lung ; wherefore
a cold Fit before their end, accord¬ a Confumption is reckoned by H/>-
ing to Hippoc. Coat, pranot. f. Stink¬ gocrates among Difeafes that come
ing Spittle alfo denotes danger. in Autumn,becaufc a cold A;r taken
An hereditary Confumption, and in fuddenly after the Heat of the
any that is thorowly fixt, is whole Body, is a caufc of divers
never cured. Death quickly fol¬ Inflammations, and confequently of
lows a fuppreffion of Spitting. But a Confumption. The cafe is the
this mull be obferved in general, fame, if it be impregnated with
That in every Confumption,this pu¬ contagious and ill figured Particle*,
rulent Spittle mufl be carefully di- as mlfgangas Hrftrus in his^/rrr.
ftinguifhcd, left coagulated Serum Med. has obferved, how a Brick¬
be miftaken for Pus. On the con¬ layer » as killed by the forcfaid.cor-
trary, there is fome hope left, if rofive and fharp exhalations of
the voided Pus be equal, of one co¬ Lime: fo Valerius Maximus lib; 9.
lour, white, if eafily raifed, if the c. 12. n. 4. reports. That C. Ma¬
Patient be obedient, the Symptoms rius ended his da's by lying in a
few and tnild, the Strength and Ap¬ a room, that had. been newly pla-
petite entire, and if the lharp, vi- ftered, and had a great fire in ir.
tious Humor be carried by metal,t- Miners aud Refiners of Metals rnn
fls to the Lips or fome of the E- the fame fate, and metallick Mines
m mftories, which Signs neverthc- tre well known for this mifchief,6ut
lef, arc fallible. of which there arife arfcnical Spi-
T 3 r.ti

Go gie
 3,78 Of a Confutation.
r,ts ( which Helmont calls Gas Syl- 1 Crey-fifh and Broths of them or of
vtslre) that arc very often five both Cockles, Snails, Oyfters, or Frogs
to rhc Lung; and Brain ; and alfo are commended. Among Fruits
to them, who fall uninftrufted up¬ fneet Almonds and Emulfions made
on the Secrers of Chymiftry, and thereof, Raifms boylcd with Mear,
handle Antimonial and Mercurial Dates and Figs, (the eating where¬
things Imprudently, becaufe of the of has cured many of Corfumpti-
aculeared, volatii Particles of the ons, as Prafticioners teftify ) are
Salts, which exafperare the Lungs. good. Milk, above all other things,
Contagion may alio be referred hi¬ affords good nourifhment for ema¬
ther; for fufficient fecurity cannot ciated Bodies, efpecially if the
be gijrcn for them, who live fami¬ Creature that gives it, be fed with
liarly with confumptire People; as Early and other antiphrhifical
we have an Inftanrc in a Woman, Plants, Womans Milk ("if it can be
that was no way predifpofed to a had ") is the beft, Aires is next,
Confumption, and yet by lying by drunk milk-warm, fo rhofe things
a confumptive Husband Ihe died be but obferved in the Cafe, which
of one, you may find alfo other we fhall after preferibe. On the
inftances in River ins. Wherefore contrary, avoid all things that are
prudent Phyficians, when they muft acid, fharp, fait, bitter or vifeous;
yifir fuch Patients as thefe, do pru¬ which laft, though they are beft a-
dently provide for themfelves, by ble to invifeate the faltnefs of the
holding fome Alcxiplurmack Tro- Mafs of Blood, and in that refpeft
chifccs in their Mouths. This Di- are good, vet they are apr to clog
feafe in fome places, efpecially at and glew up the fmall Veflirls of
//anover, is endemick. Compare the Mefcntery, and flop the paftage
our Tlnatrum There ac. exhji. with of the Chyle, fo that the Body
what 11 jllis fays c. 6. it phthift pul- waftes, and therefore in this re¬
mrmum: For upon fome confumptive gard they are hurtful, as Molltnbr.
Perfons, the influence of the Air is in trad, de Art hr it. vag. c. 13. te-
fuch, that the Caufe of the Diftefe may ftifics. Let Onions alfo, Garliclc,
fometimes be wholly afcribtd to the Muftard, Leeks and all fuch things
. incongruity 0] the Air wbircin tiny be avoided as hurt by a rabinck
live; and the change of Country or Antipathy, of which nature the Sea-
flir conduces more to the Cure than a- Hare is, as Galtn and other Authors
tty M aitints whatever. Therefore after him do fay; but I fhall not
inofi of the Englifh, when they are vouch for them. All manner of
troubled with a Cough or Confumpti. Food taken diforderly, though it
on, fhclgoyir to the Southern Parts of be of a good Juice, is hurtful, be¬
France. caufe it breeds Crudities, Oaftru*
Meat and Drink aft their fhare , ftions and Inflammations. We
Jikewife; Meat therefore muft be muft not alfo rdy too much on
of good Juice and cafie Digeftion, fwcet things, for they bear abouc
that the languifhjng and emaciated them privately a morbofc Acid,
Body may recover Strength there- which when it is diflolved in the
jby. For which purpofc Veal, Pi¬ Body puts forth its (ling, and by
geons, Pullets, and Broths made coagulating the Blood hinders its
thereof are proper, Heps Eggs, Circulation: therefore they rake
an

Go gle
 Of a Confumption. 2.79

an ill courfe for their Health, who little VefTcI or other: Thus I ob-
abufe fugared things, efpecially Su¬ ferved three by their preaching too
gar of Rofes, as is ordinarily done. loud fell into a Confumption. For
As for Drink, ftrong Beer made in over violent Motion the Anim..l
of Birchen Juice in the Spring is Spirits are alfo exhaufted, whereby
the beft to recover lean, confump¬ the Humors arc rendred temperate
tive People. But becaufe many and fharp, and often become the
cannot endure Beer, inftead of it Authors of fpitting Blood, and of a
one may ufc a dccoiftion of Barly Confumption. Too much Reft
with Ruifins, or of the Woods, e- likewife is naught, beejufe. it dulls
fpcciallv of Sanders and Erazile, or the Humors, whereby is caufed a
they may drink Whey, or Milk it Coflivenefs, Stoppage of the ordi¬
felf,in which Steel has been quench¬ nary courfe of the Hemorrhoids,
ed. Generous Wine, not egre nor acd minftrua, and the Blood is ren¬
over hard, yet fomewhat rough, dred fharp and corroding.
drunk at Supper, iftrengthens the Sleep and Watching muft here
Stomach, and encrcafes the Spirits, be moderate, and according to
and fo contributes much to nutri¬ j£>cptaltU0 his advice, a Man mult
tion, efpecially in a Confumption ileep more than he wakes. The
from Age, or in any other, where Belly mufl neither be too bound,
the Animal Spirits are low. Yet nor too loofe.but if it be coflive, as
a Man mufl avoid high drinking, in Confumptions it frequently is, it
and nightly good fcllowfhip, efpe¬ mufl be loofened by Solutives. All
cially where Men drink Wine, be- other Excretions alfo fhould fuc-
caufe it thins and fturpens the ceed either naturally or artificially.
Blood, enrages and weakens the Became, if there be a dii'charge of
Spirits, and deflroys the Tone and what ought to be refained, ora re¬
Fermentation of the Stomach -,what tention of what fliould be difeharg-
wonder then, if Drunkards grow ed, this Difeafe may eafily enfuc :
confumptive ? Alfo drinking cold For when the Haemorrhoids or
Drink,when one is hot may caufe an Mnftrua are ftopr, they do not feek
Inflammation, and why not a Con- a PafTage bv the h.xmorrhoidal or
fumption? for all the Faculties uterine Veflels, bue byrhofeof the
that govern the Body are thereby Lungs, and the afpera artt'rir,\vhcrc-
diflurbed, fo that the whole Body | upon fofflethitig may eafily remain
cannot chufe but be difordcred. j In the Lungs, putrefy, grow ibwre
Aqua vit* alfo in this cafe mufl be a- ; -and fhow its venom there. A fup-
voided,as one would avoid Poyfon; predion of Seed alfo may caul'e
for indeed it is Ajua Mortis. the fame Difeafe.
It is well known of what moment The Paflions of the Mir.d mufl
Motion and Reft are: for with any be moderate, and Men mufl not
remarkable Motion of the whole indulge its Emotions; Care, Grief,
Body; a violence and detention of Frightfulnefs, Fear, Anger, Love,
refpiration mufl: neccflarily concur, to3 much ufc of Pixm, Meditati¬
and by confequcnce the Circulati¬ ons, nor Night Studies: for all
on of Blood in the Heart is increaf . thefe tilings difturb the Animal Spi¬
ed, and fo being violently forced rits, taint the Mafs of Blood with
thence, it may eafily break forac heterogeneous Particles, flop and
T4 coagulate

Go gle
i8o Of a ConfumptioH.
Coagulate it, difturb Mens Facul¬ Friflions, Ligatures, Cupping, If-
ties, and put all inn confufion. fues and Bathings. Afterwards
As to the natural Caufes, a cho- they advife fuch things as may flop
lerick Complexion, which is eafily the Matter from falling on the
put into a Heat by any of the fix Lungs, fuch as Bole Armenick, Ter-
Non-naturals, is very fubjeft to a ra ftgillata. Confervc of Rofes, Su¬
Confumption; which Hippocrates gar of Rofes, uiicodium and other
feems to have had an Eye to, when Opiates, fuch as Treacle and Ni-
lie fays, T|)at the time of Youth, thridate. But in fait and thin De¬
by rcijfon of its cholcrick Conflitu- foliations, befidcs the things afore-
tion, the great turgefetney of Hu¬ faid, they commend the Deco&ion
mors, and frequent Errors in Diet, of Guajicum, SaDders, China, &c.
is lubjeft to this Difeafe. So alfo | Further,for Abflerfionof the Ulcer
Women, bccaufc of their fedenta- they ufe things that both purge a
ry life, and Maids by flrait lacing f little and alfo expeftorate, fuch as
themfelves according to that of Syrup of Violets, Rofes folutive, of
Terence, June ex appareant, atqut ju- Polypody, Manna, Lenitive Eleftu-
zerikusplaceavt, do eafily contract ary, diacaffia, Rhubarb , Caffia,
this, and other dangerous Difeafes Polypody, Mel filutivum, pa(futa-
of the Brea ft, becaufe they flop tnm,8cc. At laft for the healing
fhe Bloqd in its Motion to other and cure of the Ulcer, they ufe
farts, fuch things as unite, confolidate
agglutinate and breed a Callus, and
13 • Tharmaceutick they rry to do this by Driers and
Aflringents, fuch as Sugar of Rofes,
Cure Bole Armenick, Foxes Lungs, Dra-
THe ^Undents take their Indica- gon’s-Elood, Harts-horn, Juice of
tions from three things, i.From j Plantain, Crabs-claws, Gum Ara-
rhe Ulcer of the Lungs. 2. From bick, Uiapenidium, &c. But they
f!ie Fever, g. From the extenua¬ prefer Milk above all thefc things,
tion of the Body ; yet fo, as to have bccaufc by its ferous part it clean-
due regard ro the Symptoms, viz. fes, by its cafeous Part it heals,and
fhe Fever, Cnarrh, Loofenefs or by its buryrous Part it affwages and
Coflivenefs, Thir/l and want of moiftens} concerning the ule of it
Sleep. For cleaning therefore the fee Septalius cap. dt phthifi, and my
tylcer of rfee Lungs, they ufe Pre¬ own Opinion hereafter. Fort he
parers or Abfterfives, both inward¬ fecond Indication they ufe divers
ly and outwardly 5 fuch as Syrupus Moiltners and Coolers, which (had
de hyjfopo, de liquint, capil. Vtner. be mentioned anon. For the third
Mede, Decoftions of Early with Indication, to wit for Emaciation,
Sugar, Figs, Raifrns, Liquorice, they ufe divers Warersdefolled off
Horc-hound. Outwardly they com¬ Calves Livers and Lungs, Crabs and
mend Caraplafms aBd Plafters of other vifeid Animals j nor do they
Libfecd, Fenugreek, Marfh-mal- negleft reflorative Broths, Gellies,
Jow, with Oyl. of Mallow, Ho¬ Elcfl uaries,fv\ cet Meats,Syrups, &c.
ney, Then they divert theCa Of which and Externals, to fmall
jarrh from falling on the Lungs by purpofe, there is no fcarcitv in Au¬
Clyfltrs, Lrrhines, Blood-letting, thors. This was the old way.
§. r^.

Go gle
 Of a Confumption. x% i
Colcothar boyled in Linfeed Oyl,
raken inwardly, as It cures all Ul¬
4-14.
B Ut the Ch?mift6, That they
may remove the ftoppage of
cers, fo that of the Lungs.

the Lungs, and correct the hoftilc

16.
Spirit of Salr, whether it be coagu¬ MM IHts ufes the three fol-
lating, or diflblving and corroding, ^t**'1*'* lowing Indications. 1. To
give Spirit of Tartar, Salts dulcit. afiwage, correft and remove difor-
Milk, Flowers and Balfam of Sul¬ ders in the Blood, from whence
phur, Spirit and Oyl of Turpentine, fluxions of the Strum do arife,
Franckwccnfe, Myrrh, fac. But for 2. To derive all the Recrements
moderate Attritions cenfolidati- of the Blood ( which are apt to fc-
on and ftrengthning they magnify parate from it ) from the Lungs to
Tinture of Corals, Liquor of the Pores of the Skin, or to the u-
Pearl, Eflcnce of Saffron, and Lau¬ riniry Paflages, or to fome of the
danum Paracelfi ; and above all theyEmuntories, or clfe to difeharge
commend Corail atom dulct Mtrcurti what is gathered in the Lungs al¬
diapboretici, by which Medicine ready. 3. To fortify the Lungs a-
3®>aracclfu6,asVis Epiraph tells us,gainft the reception of serum and
cured many Confumptions. Alfo ocher Humors, and alfo to guard
to oppofe this Difeafe they draw di¬ them againft excels of external
vers Tin&ures from Gold, Silver, Cold, whereby otherwjfe the
Pearl,Mummy,Humane and Swines Lungs might be hurr. For the
Blood, Bawm and other peftoral firft, that is, to appeafe the effer-
Herbs. Paracelfus alfo maintains, vcfccoce, and the fubfequent diflo-
that a Wild Moufc reduced t® Pow¬ Iution, making a feparation of the
der and given is an excellent Re¬ Serum and other Humors (finccfor
medy for a Confumption. He takes the mod part this depends upon
fcveral things alfo from the Diete- fome foreign Acid) things that
tick founrain, as Liquorice, Cur¬ break and corret an Acid are
rans, Purffane, Lettuce, both forts good ; namely Diaphorcticks, inaf-
of Radifh, red Betes, Pine-nuts,and much as they expel the fuperfluous
all forts of Mallows. Serum j alfo Aqueous things, inaf-
mucli as they dilute the peccant
Acid: for which purpofe Petoral
S. ty. Derations arc commended. Take
Hrlmont highly magnifies the the Author’s own Receipt.
forekid Medicine commended
by Paracelfus, namely Coral latum Take of die greater Daify one hand¬
dulct Mtrcurii diaphorttici; and he ful, cleanfed Snails N°. 3. Root
adds Milk of Pearl, all which of Enngo half an Ounce. Bur-
things by their eminent Balfam __ net three Drachms, Butcher’s
tinge the whole Body, and qualific * Broom two Drachms, Leaves of
the innate Spirit of the Lungs, fo Ground-Ivy, Spleen-wort, Colts¬
that it abates of its fury. He does foot each half an handful, Fenil
not condemn Laudanum. Moreover Seeds half an Ounce, Currans fix
lie fays. That a large fpoonful qf Drachms, Jujubs 6. Boyl

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281 Of a Confumption.
them according to arc in Spring- and bruifc them. Boyl them In a
Water. Sweeren the Decoction fufficient quantity of Spring-Wa¬
with Syrup of Red Poppy. ter. Let the Steam of the hoc
Alfo a Dccoftion of the Wood Colaturc be received by a Fun¬
of Guajacum, Safi*fra', all the San¬ nel, Morning and Evening for a
der*, Shavings of Ivory, and Harts¬ quarter of aa hour.
horn is prefcribed by him, as ufe-
ful. To obtain the fecond Indica¬ Another made of mere Balfa-
tion, namely to derive rhe Recre¬ raicks.
ments of the Serum and other Hu¬
mors from the Lungs, and to get Take of Olibanum, white Amber,
out the tabifick Matter, that al¬ Btnxpin each one Drachm and an
ready flicks in the Lungs, all ful- half. Powder of red Rofes, red
phureous Balfamicks are good to Sanders each one Drachm. Mix
which end he gives about 6 or io them. Make a Powder. It muft
Grains of the Tin&are of Sulphur be flrewcd on hot Coals, and the
of Antimony in fome peftoral Sy¬ Smoak mufl be received by a
rup. He gives alfo 4 Grains of Funnel $ Or,
Balfam of Peru tnConferveof Ro-
fes, and feveral other things made Take of Gum-Ivy, Frankincenfe
with Oyl of Turpentine, and alfo each two Drachms, Flour of
Preparations of Gum-Ammoniack. Sulphur a Drachm and an half,
The third Indication, namely the Maftich one Drachm. Make
flrengthning of the Lung*, or the Trochifces with a diflolution of
amending of their hurt conflituti- Gum Tragacanth.
on, is anfvvered by all fuch things
as rehft putrefaction, cleanfe, heal The Author ufed thefe Trochifces
and ftrengthen, for which purpofe lafl prefcribed in a Confumption,
he commends all balfamick and when it was beginning. Now we
traymatick Medicines made of Sul¬ will proceed ro his Cure of one
phur. He therefore advifes the confirmed, in which thofe Medi¬
raking in the Fume of Sulphur by cines do mod good, that check the
a Pipe or Funnel into the Lungs. In Heat of the Blood, that reflore and
this cafe alfo he advifes the change gently affwage the Animal Spirits,
of Air, that is, from the City ro and recruit the emaciated Parts •,
rhe Country , where the Air is therefore for Food he commends
more Sulphureous by reafon of the Milk of a Woman, Afs, Goar,
Dung, and other ftinking fluff. or any other Crearure, alfo Oat¬
He fets much by other Fumigati¬ meal and Birly-Grewel; and for
ons alfo, fach as thefe follow¬ Drink, Barly-Water, and Emulfi-
ing, vi\. ons*, He alfo advifes the nfe of Pe¬
ctoral Syrups and Licks, which may
Take of Leaves of Hyflop, Ground- aflwage the Inflammation of the
Ivy, white Horthound each two Throat and Lungs , and facilitate
handfuls, Roots of Elecampane Expectoration. The weak fort of
two Ounces, Calamut aromntirus Hypnoticks alfo, in procuring mo¬
half an Ounce, Steds of Anife, derate Reft, do fonKtimcs a great
Caraway each one Ounce. Cut deal ofgood.

Go gle
 Of a Confumption.
5- 17-
L Etusnow fee what SDpltoius
fays. He divides his Cure into
three Parrs, namely, for a Con-
fumption beginning, for one alrea¬
dy begun, and laflly for one that is
confummate and part hopes. There¬
fore his advice is, in this Difeafe,
to ufe Medicihes betimes, fince a
confirmed Confumption is rarely
or never cured ; and by all means
he would have every violent Cough
quickly ftopt, but more efpecially
in fuch as do cncline to a Confump¬
tion. In a Confumption therefore
that it begun, all the danger lies
in the Ulcer of the Lungs, from
which Pus is communicated to the
whole Mafs of Blood, whereby is
caufed not only a lingring, heftick
Fever, bu: a mortal Confumption
alfo. Now the Caufe that main¬
tains this Ulcer is, according to
him, a Catarrh, and that fometimes
fait, fharpand acid, fometimes mild
and watry or vifeid •, or Par com¬
municated from fome other place.
In the beginning therefore he cures
this Dileafe the old way, as if
it wereaCatarrh,and he endeavours
not only to divert it, bur he alfo
correds if, thatis,when it is (harp,
he cures it by Medicines, which
temper thatSaltnefs and great Aci¬
dity ; for the attaining of which
end he likewife preferibes Diure-
ticks and Diaphoreticks, to temper
the Acrimony of all Humors, which
when they are tempered he car¬
ries off by Hydragogues; in this
refpeft he likes Ifiues in the Neck,
Arms and Legs, for abatement of
the Humors; and he expefts the
fame effeft from Errhines and Ster¬
nutatories, which evacuate the vi¬
cious and redundant Humors by
Go gle
28 $
the Nofe, and at the fame time di¬
vert them from the Lungs. For
tempering the fait Humors that fall
from the Head, he highly com¬
mends PituU de cynoglojfa, de fty-
race, and other fuch things, but 6-
piares above all. Moreover he cures
a mild and watry Catarrh, by giv¬
ing a gentle Sweat, or by fuming
with Maftich, Frankincenfe, Am¬
ber, Styrax, Benzoin, &c. hor the
fame caufe he alio fets a great va¬
lue upon Decoftions of Roots and
Woods; for infiance, of Guajacum,
Sarfaparilla, Sanders, Oak, Juni¬
per, fyc. But if the Catarrh pro¬
ceeds from vifeid Matter, he fays.
Inciders and Alterers are good;fuch
as Gum Bdellium, Sagapevum, Gal-
banum, Ammoniac-, and Mercurials
alfo, as Mercurius dulcis, See. He
commends divers tilings to divert
and evacuate Pus, when it is made
in the Lungs, and in an Empyema
he likes Tapping of the Breaft.
Then for cleanfmg of the Ulcer, he
commends Roots of Elecampane,
Birthworr, Leaves of Colts-foor,Sca¬
bious, Agrimony, Hyflbp, Speed-
wcl, Maiden-hair, Ground-Ivy,
Vcrvein, &;. out of which divers
DccoftioHs and defiilled Waters
may be prepared ; he commends
alfo the taking of three Drachms
of Penice Turpentine now and then
in Syrup of Violets, He alfo eigh¬
ty values raw Hqneyor Mede. Yet
he prefers Balfam of Sulphur made
with Oyl of Anife, Amber, Juniper,
Turpentine or Nuts before all o-
ther things. Then for healing the
Ulcer of the Lungs, he thinks a
Decoftion of red Rofes does far
furpafs the Conferve, on this fcore,
for that by the Sugar in the Con¬
ferve the Stomach and Guts are fil¬
led with Phlegm, whereby not on¬
ly the Appetite is dtfiroyed, but
diy-
284 Of a Coufumption.
chylification Jikewife is hurt * all
tlie ten* hgiUst*y Boles, roots and
leaves of Saracen’s Confound, Plan¬
tain, Sanlcle, Winter-green and o-
tber vulnerary Herbs are good-
But here it is obfcrvable, Thar our
Author makes no great account of
Mowers or Milk of Brimflooc •, for
he confidently maintains, That he
never found any laudable effeft
from them. For the Palliation of
this Difeafc he preferibes many ge¬
nerous Remedies, which only mi
tigate the Svmptoms and reftore
Strength. For difeharging there¬
fore of vifeid Pus, which ufnally
caufes difficulty of Breathing, he
advifes inciding Medicines, as De-
coftions and Licks made of Hyflop,
Maiden-hair, Elecampane and the
like, for which purpofe Balfamus
fnlphuris anifitus is effectual. For
rhe reftoringof a decayed Appe¬
tite he commends 5 or 6 drops of
Elixir Proprietatis Paractlft given
in Wine before Meal. Further¬
more for reparation of Strength,he
fays, That befides Meat of abun¬
dant nourifhmenr, and drinking
flrong Liquors and rich Wines,
all aroinacick things, as Amhergrife,
Confeilio Altyrmet, or dt Hyacinth1,
arc good, fake this Receipt*
Take of Conferve of red Rofes
rude but with little Sugar one
Ounce,. Confftiit Aifyrmts two
Drachms, dt Hyacintho ope
Drachm and an half,Ambcrgrife
three Grains, Balfmxs fulphuris
ticbintbinatus half a Scruple.
Mix them. Make a foft fclcftu-
arv vsith Syrup of Coral, of
which the Paticnr may take of
ten the quantity of a Nutmeg.
Go gle
§. l8.
A Ccording to Carteo his %/-
/Y thefts Purgers, but mild ones,
mufl be given in the beginning of
this Difeafc, fuch as Syrup of Ro¬
fes folutivc. Rhubarb and Manna,
but in the progrds of this Difeafe
they will have Bleeding and Purg¬
ing to be let alone. However for
cieanfing an Ulcer in a confirmed
Confumption, and for healing it,
they commend the following De-
coCtion.
Take of Roots of Liquorice, Lo-
vage each fix Drachms, Guaja-
cum cut two Ounces, Juniper
Berries one Ounce and an half.
Seed ofSermountain, Anifeeach
three Drachms. Coyl them in a
fuflreient quantity of pure Wa¬
ter * add to the Colature of Sy¬
rup of Hrdge-Muftird and Hyf-
fop each three Ounces. Of this
the Patient may drink a little
Draught twice or thrice a-
day.
They alfo nreferibe divers Deco-
ftions and defiilled Watert. Mn-
tu’ins dulcis alio is good to heal
the Ulcer, cohobaced with Spiric
of Wine Helmtnt's way, and Bal-
fam of Turpentine* and all Auri-
moniates, which arefixt, and pro¬
per to dull, and take eff thofe
(harp, cutting Particles. To hin¬
der over-much Coughing and Spit¬
ting, Opiates are very good, fuch
as Thtriaci cxhjiis, Then tea Ander-
nxei, Laudanum opiatum, Pilul* dt
Cynoglifta, &c. Finally, to rid the
Lungs of the (harp Particles of rhe
Pus all hard and ponderous things '
are proper, as ttftacequs things,
Decoctions of the Woods, which
, have
 Of a Confumptiott. z8f
have the Faculty of imbibing and poor arts gives us an inftance of this,
alrering the lharp Humors, Alercn- * fy{d- c*P-6. who perfectly cql
rius dutch alfo, Bole-Armenick, ter¬ red the Man in Oenas, confumed
ra flgillata, and feveral other things through abundance of Blood, after
are commended, of which hereaf¬ he had tried all other Remedies in
ter. *iio, only by bleeding him in both
Anns, till |)e had loft almoftallthe
S- 19- Blood in his Veins. IcuredaNo-
H >fe Virgin of fUch another Con-
Aving feen orher Men’s Opini- lump: ton, who,' when fhe was no¬
ons, we will now give our thing but Skin and Bones, upon
Oton. Since therefore we have taking only three Ounces of Blood
made formerly the Caufe cf this from her, began to mend, and re¬
JDifeafe to confift in fome lharp A- covered her Health perfectly by
ejd, lodged in the Blood with fome taking a few Medicines. But we
vifeidity, at length corroding the mull go warily to work, for every
Lungs, and quire cotgulating and one has net fuch fuccefs. Inftcad
flopping tlie Blood and thereby 0. Bleeding, Ifluesare good in the
enraging the Spirits ; it will be beginning and progrefsof the Di-
worth the labour to do all we can feafe: for feveral confumptive Per¬
to correft the fhirpncfs and cor- fons, while their IlTue was open,
rofive Acidity of the Blood, for have been well, who upon the de¬
when that is correfted, a Confump- ling of ir, have been ill. fn Phar¬
tion may as well be cured, after it macy th fe things prcfenc them-
is begun, as in the beginning. Now felvts in the firft place, which eva¬
therefore let us enquire after the cuate the peccant and morbid Mat¬
Matrer of cur Remedies, which is ter from the whole Body, and they
ulually raken from three originals, are either Vomiters, Purgers, Dia-
'W>.Diet,Chirurgery and Pharmacy. phoretick?, Diurecicks, or Ahcrers
But a Chirnrgeon can do little good and Swcerners, which compofc
in this cafe: for taking of Blood the Spiri s, and hinder the coagu-
from a confumptive Perfon feldom larton of the Bl jod. As for Vo¬
does good, and we may well fay mits, they arc ever fufpetfed in
with the Poet, this cafe, but if it certainly appear,
that the vifeera arc not infirm, nor
-Non ieftnforibus ijlis the Lungs corrupt, if there have
Tempus eget.- been no fpitting of Blood formerly,
and if the Scoinach abound with
Borellus cent. 4. obf. 15. h of the peccant Humors, efpecially with
fame Opinion, for there he advifes bilious ones, if there be a fqueain-
ratner to Infufe more Blooi into lfhnefs and difpofirion to Vomit,
confumptive Perfons than to take they bear the Bell from all other
any from them, efpecialJy if the Evacuaters: for more may be d.f-
Age be an obftacle. But when the charged at one Fit of Vomiting
Dileafe proceeds meetly from a- than at half a dozen Stools, if the
bundance and lharpnefs of Blood, ftrength will but bear it, and noo-
bleeding is very proper before there ther circuraftances prohibit it: O-
te a corrofion of the 11105'. Hip- therwife Vomits cannot fofely be
given

/Go gle
2.86 Of a CorfumptioH.
given for fear of breaking the Vcf- by which I have cured fome. EuC
fcls of the Lungs, and other Sym- the beft thing to correct the acid
ptoms, as Willis well advifes Pbar- and lharp coagulated Filth, that
maceut. rat. fell, i- 13. As for Pur- troubles the Lungs and is lodged
gitives, they likewife are not very there, and to difeharge and quali-
lafc, bccaufe thev are not able to fy the refidue that is in the Mafs of
carry off the Acid, but rather en- Blood, is our Pneumonick Ealfam,
creafc the Acrimony. Yet in the made of vototil Spirit of Amimo-
beginning we'admit of them, for n> and oyly things. The Dofe is
thedifehargingof bilious Particles, about five drops, I would havecom-
which refide in the firft ways, pro- j muuicated it, as the principal Re-
vided they be gentle: for they that j medy in a Confumption, were I
are inclined to a Confumption, at j not-afraid, it might fall into the
the beginning complain of a bitter - hinds of Empiricks, which fwarm
nefs in their Mouth. We prefer like Flies in Summer-, yet 1 fhall
before others Leaves of Senna,. not deny the communication of it
Rhubarb, Prunes, Currans-, efpe- to the Skilful in our Profdlion. In
cially Decodions and Infufions dc feft of this our Balfam, efpecially
made of them, mixt with other if the Patient fpit Pus, and the
Peftorals, which do confumptive Phyfician fufped an Ulcer in the
People more good than Powders. Lungs, this following will do
Rulandus in his Jbeatrum cries up good.
the following Potion.
Take of Balfam of Turpentine, oC
Take of the Leaves of Alexandri¬ Peru each one Drachm and an
an Senna one Ounce, Hyflop half half, Oyl Olive frcfb,of St. Join's
an handful. Ginger half- a Scru¬ wort each one Ounce. Mix them,
ple, Sugar-Candy half a Drachm. of which the Patient may take
Boyl them in a fufficient quanti¬ half a fpoonful Morning and E-
ty of Wine. Let the Patient vening.
take three Ounces of this every
day, till the Body is well pur¬ Eut fince Patients in this Difeafe
ged. are always cholerick, which is the
reafon why they cannot bear oyly
If you meet with one that loves things, this may be fubflitu-
Wine , preferibe him a Phyfiek ted.
\yine, made of Peaoral Herbs and
Roots, and fome of the forementio- Take of Cyprus Turpentine one
ned Purgers. But I often fall upon Ounce, Honey of Rofes fix
the Enemy, before I give a Purge, Drachms, Liquorifh Powder
that is, upon the Acid ghd the pec¬ three Drachms. Mix them. Give
cant Acrimony-, for unlefs this, the bignefs of a Nutmeg in the
which is the caufc of the Difeafe, Morning.
be timely removed, whatever you
do, til? Patient is undone : And And for this very end I highly
this Acrimony is removed by the value fotutum Snlpburis, Elixir pro-
ufe of Balfam of Turpentine, giv¬ prietatis Paracel ft, Wedelii Tinttura
ing ten drops or more at a time, antifbibifica made of \iniolum Mar¬
ti*

Go gle
 Of a Confumption. 287
tis and Saccbirum Saturni with Vi¬ Stomachicum Specifkum Poftrii, fan-
negar and Spirit of Wine; Or, la Bryonia, terra figillata, Boles,
Crabs-Eyes , red Coral, Dragon’s-
Take of Vitriol of Mars one Ounce, Blood, Myrrh, and many more
put it into an Ounce of Vinegar, things befidcs. this may ferve for
poured upon red Lead, or into a Prcfcription;
fo much Saccbirum Saturni liqui-
dum. Let them dand a Night Take of Crabs-Eyes prepared, Coral
in digedion, afterwards evapo¬ prepared each one Scruple, An-
rate them. Add of Spirit of tiktfticum Poterii half a Scruple,
Wine, what is fufficicnt. Make Pulvis anonymus, Flour of Brim-
a Tinflure, filtrc it, and keep it done with Myrrh each one Scru¬
for ufe. ple,Pearl prepared fifteen Grains,
Sugar Candy what is fufficicnt.
Alfo fweet Vitriol, freed frem all Make it either into Powder, or
it; acidity, is good : And this fweer- for nice Conditutions, make it
nefs of Vitriol, depending upon its into Trochifces.
Sulphur deftroys the corruption of
Wounds and Ulcers. Likewife I think it bed to abdain from
Balfamus fulpburis anifatus, or tere- violent Medicines and Alkalines.
binthinatus, or fuccinatus is good, if A Decoftion of red Brazile-wood
the ufe of them be rightly under- is found proper to temper the falt-
flood, efpecially if the Patient be refs of the Blood* and Serum in
bilious; fer the skilful D. Michael fuch as /pit Blood and are Con-
has obferved that upon ufi:<g them (umptive; Or you may ufe the
too much, People have fallen into following Decoflion;
Confumptlons, and he flick fevers.
Medicines confiding of alkaline, vo- Take of the Roots of Smullage, Lo-
Jatil Parrs are good in this cafe, be- vage, Colrs-foot each one Ounce,
caufe they imbibe and corrcfl the rafped Guajacum three Ounces,
peccant Acid j yet here we mud be Leaves of Co^ts-foot an handful,
cautious. Antimonial Sudorificks Flowers of Mullein two PugiJs,
are rather proper, which are fixr, Raidns of the Sun four Ounces.
and neither Purge nor Vomit; fucli Boyl them in a fufficicnt quanti¬
as Antimonium diaphoreikum, Be- ty of Spring-Water to two
\01rdicum miner alt, See. Helmut's Quarts of the Colaturc add of
Medicine alio made of Mercury is Syrup of Jujubs two Ounces.
good, which is fweetned by fre¬
quent cohobation with Spirit of Waters which come off Sulphur
Wine. Thofe Hankings and Spit¬ are good. For I faw two Perfons
tings, that are raifed out of the a- cured by them. When the Difealc
fpera arttria and the Lungs f of is-confirmed, and tire Patient is ve¬
which Patients complain fo touch ) ry lean, Milk (let fome People fay
and arife from a fharp Acid, which what they p!eale)is the lad Rtfuge:
predominates in the Blood >and fer by the fercus parr it is not only
J.jmpha about thofe Parts, are bed abderfive,but corrtfls rheAcrimony
cured by things that foak up the cf the E'ocd ; by the cafcous Part
Acid, fuch as the Antiheflicktn and it ccnfolidates;?r.d by the butyrous

Go gle
 *88 Of a Confumption.
Part it heals and fmoorhs. And which give the Milk, mull not be
it muft be given in the Morning wirh young : They mull be fed
farting three or four hours before wirh good balfamickand vukerary
Meat, newly milked , from four Herbs. The drinking of Milk muft
Ounces to feven* and again in rhe be continued at leaft for three
Evening as you pleafe, and the Pa¬ Months.There are many Vegetables
tient can endure it (that is, accord¬ alfo which inwardly cool and take
ing as we find the Strength <n- off rhe Acrimony, and fweeren ;
creafe ) always adding a little Su¬ fuch as Leaves of Endive, Purdain
gar or Honey, that it curdle not Speedwel, Lettuce, Fumitory’
and turn fowre on the Stomach. Colts-foot, Thea, Chickweed, Vio¬
Woman’s above all others, as it js lets, Flowers of Rofes, Violets, Wa¬
mort agreeable to Humane Bodies, ter-Lily the four greater Cold
docs mort conduce to the recovery Seeds,and all the Sanders j of which
of the Patient; for it is more fub- divers Medicinbs may be made. I
til, penetrates fooner, and nourifhes ihiH give you fome preferiptjons,
better than any orher. Next to which will rake off" rhe Acrimony,
this, Afies Milk is mort proper for a and alfo cieanfe and heal the Ulcer.
Confumption, as Tr alii anus lib. 12. But you muft have a care that by
c. 4. fays: for it is reckoned to be too much cooling, you coagulate
cooler, moirter and thinner, and nor the Blood, nor flop it in its
not foapt to curdle as others. And Motion, and foharten the Patient's
it is eafie ofDigeftion •, which Avi¬ death.
cenna 14. tr.2. c. ^.confirms, where
he fays, That next to Woman’s Take of Sarfitparilla, Roots of Fern,
Milk there is none fo good for he- Colts-foot each one Ounce, Juice
flick People as Afies*, for it cures of Brooklime one Pound, Speed¬
an Heftick perfectly, if it be cura¬ wel half a Pound, Col s-foot one
ble. Goats Milk alfo is good for a Pound, Wall Rue, Scabious,
Confumption, but that it is too a- Winter-green each half a Pound,
rtringenr. When I wrote this. I Water of Sanicle one Pound and
had a Confumptive Taylor under an half, the beft Cinnamon half
my Cure, who was very much out an Ounce. Shred them and in-
of order and hot upon his drink¬ fufc all with the Spleen of an
ing Goats Milk: but he found Cows Ox newly taken out,and a Calfs-
Milk more agreeable and cooling. Liver fliccd, red Snails No. fif¬
And I can impute this alteration to teen, for fixteen hours. Deftil
no other reafon, but that he had them according to arc. Thea
been mort ufed to Cows Milk. In add of Cinnamon Water one
a Milk diet this mull be obferved, Ounce and an k*\f,pulv.confAug.
That no vitious Acid be lodged in cum faceharo four Ounces. Mix
the Stomach, bur, before any Milk them.
be drunk, it muft be got out
thence by Abforbents; otherwife We ufe alfo to deftil a Water
the Milk will curdle, and do more off Oyfters, Snails, Frogs and Crabs
hurt than good. Alfo if there be with Swine’s Blood, which is very
a putrid Fever and a Loofenefs, beneficial. If the Ulcer of the
Milk is naught. And the Creatures Lungs be new made by a Stab or
Shor,
 Of a ConfuvnptioH. 289
Shor, it may eafily be cured with But when we find a great Hear
Vitineraries, efpccially with Pow¬ of Blood in confumptive Perfons,
der of Crabs-Eyes. And this is Emulfions made of the four greater
What Tachtnius de morb. prihcipSay*. and Jefs cold Seeds, fweet Almonds;
Wounds of the Lungs, which come are good to allay it. To take away
From an external caufe,and through the Cough, which is the moll ur¬
fome fault in Digeftion, nny be gent Symptom , thefe things are
perfectly cured with vulnerary Po¬ good, loboch ftrfar,«, of Fox Lungs;
tions ; but not Ulcers, when they
K roceed from a decay of innate
rength and radical moiflure. Or
with Abforbents, fuch as Amber,
red Coral prepared, AntihrUicum
Pottrii, prepared Pearl, Species dia-
you may ufe the following Deco- tragacantbi frigidt, adding a little
ftion which check the Acid, rhat L.vtiantim opt a turn, whereby the
breeds the Pus in the Lungs. iharpners of the Rheum, and the
Cough may be ftopr. Yea, the
Take of Root of Liquorifh cne moft experienced Ett miller us tefli-
Ounce, Dandelion, Colts-foor, fies that after the ufe of Opiates
Scorrpntra each half an Ounce, confumptive Perfons have often
Leaves of Scabious, Daify, Colts- found themfelres better, Difp. de 0-
foor, noble Liverwort each one pii vi diapboretica Cap. i. §. 15.
lundful, Flowers of Scabious, Thefe are his Word?, Certainly in
Daify, Colts-foot, Trefoil each Consumptions of the Lungs People find
two Pugil*. Boyl them in a fuf- ifenfible benefit by Opiates, rightly ad-
ficient quantity of Common Wa- I mini fired, for thereby abundance of
ter. Add to the Colature of Sj- Filth is abated, not by (Hpprejjing it,
rupus de duabus one Ounce. Mix but by preventing the breeding of it
them. Let the Patient take a a-nerv continuallyand being come to
Draught three or four times a a better conjiftency, it is the more ea-
day. ‘ fitly expe£lorated. And 1 bpve often
admired hew confumptive People
We have given the following could tear the confiant ufe of Opium
Geliy, to nourifh fuch as were weak, ft long, yea for feveral Wee^t, without
with good fucccls; any fenfiblt harm or remarkable alte¬
ration: As Crollius li^ewife has
fake of Shavings of" Harrs-horn long finct obftrved in his Bafilica
four Ounces. Pour to it of Chymica. And they are the more
Spring-Water three Pounds, of grateful,becaufe they procure Sleep;
red Wine half a Pound. Digefl when it is much wanted. As for
them in a Veflel well flopt for the flopping Colliquative Swears,
twelve hours in a warm Place, and lofs ofSeed,aflringent Pedorals
then add of frefh root oiScorqt- are good, fuch as Sacchdrum Satur-
ktra half an Ounce, Cichory two ni, Vitrtolkm Martis. A*Hhe8icu%
Drachms. Set it by in the Ccld Potent. ^ But the befl Remedy ot
in aGlaft,that1t may gcllv Thus all in this cafe Is v/tdtlius his Anu-
the Head, Feet, Bones, (rye. of hcftick Tinfture, made of Saccba-
Animals, which yield a Geliy, rum fiaturni, Vitriolutn Martis, fee:
arc gbod in a Confumption. before mentioned : For it prefent-
iy flops-exteflive Sweating and Jofs
zgo Of a Conjumpticn.
of Seed, fo that we pafs by innu¬
merable other Medicines, which
are to be found in Books of Pradl-
cal Phy fit k. Befides the Remed ies
already enumerated , Cympathttic£
Curts are often ufed in this Difeale,
rlic manner of whofc operation,
though it beobfcure,the ufe of them
is however fometimes fuccefsful e-
nough. And this My fiery may in
fome mcafure be under flood, from
what the famous Comeniits fays, in
fintpf. pbyfic. c. i o. in Append, name¬
ly, That this proceeds from the
ronfent of the Spirit that is in the
Body, with that which flicks to
the ft para ted Matter, as he endea¬
vours to make out by five Infian¬
ces ; the principal of which h, that
fympathetick Cure, wherein the
Wound it felf is not cured , but
the Weapon that gave it,or a Cloth,
Wood or Earth dipt in the Blood,
is anointed with the Salve, and yet
the Wound elofes and heals. Hart-
man has this Experiment follow¬
ing ; Take an Egg, boyl it in the
Patient's Urine, and then put it in
an Ants nefi, and let it ly there
till the Ants have eaten it up. To
which I may add another, impar¬
ted to me by a Nobleman -y Dip a
linen Cloth in the Patient’s puru¬
lent Spittle, hang it in the Chim¬
ney, where the Smoak perpetually
goes up, upon doing whereof, by a
wonderful Sympathy, perhaps a-
rifing from content of Spirits, it is
found, that wonted Nutrition en-
fues, the Ulcer being hea'ed by
virtue of the Smoak. Thefe Em¬
pirical Medicines are known to
have worfe fucccfs; firft of all the
Ijvtrofa Wolfand an Otter, which
an illuftriouf Perfon keeps as a great
Secret ; a Drachm of itmufi be taken
in Pbwdcr for nine days. Another ■,
Pat Common-Salt into a piece of
Go gle
Alder-wood, then burn It, let tfte
Patient take the Afhes for a Month
in fome convenient Vehicle. Alfo,
let the Patient every Morning eat
a new Egg, laid by a black Hen,
and continue this a Month and lon¬
ger. Among thefe we may rank
Cardilucius his Medicine, made of
Horfc-radifh and Honev mixt toge¬
ther, whereby he boafts he has cu¬
red many. All confumptive Per-
fons in a manner approve of Sugar
of Rofes, but I like it not fowcll,
bccaufe of the Sugar that is in it,
as I hinted before. Ground-Ivy
powdered, and mixt with a little
Sugar is good. Dry Figs are good,
by eating of which I faw a Mer¬
chant’s Son recovered and grow far.
B. Btinen that good Samaritan^ be¬
fore he died, imparted to me, as an
excellent Remedy, the Roots, ©f
Ann mixt with Flowers of Sulphur.
So the eating of Daify leaves fried
in Butter is counted good. Eut
who is able t6 reckon up all. Now
follow the External Remedies,
which are of ufe in a Confumption.
Therefore befide the things al-
ready mentioned, Fuming is good
to heal the Ulcer: The Vapour of
a Decoftion of vulnerary Herb»y
Q wherein there is an excellent Vir¬
tue to take off Acidity by the oc¬
cult alkali, wherewith they are
impregnated ) may be taken in at
the* Mouth by a Tabaeo-Pipe-, or
Dr. Btnnet'i way, by a Funnel. Dr,
Dortl, an experienced Praftitioner
at Frantford, told me before he di¬
ed, That he had cured a perfeft
Confumption by this way of Fum¬
ing. For the fake of younger Phy-
ficians I foil give you fome Re¬
ceipts;
Take of Root of Birthworr* Colts-
focbeach half an Ouncej Con>
fiey
 Of a Confuvnptiort. 291

frey three Drachms, Rafpings of rhe Ounce, rejumptfok* half aq

Guaj/tcum-wood one Ounce and Ounce, crocus Mortis three
an half,Leaves of HylTop, $peed Grains, Oyl of Anife, Fenileacli
well, Scabious, Lungwort each fix Drops, Turpentine half a
half an Ounce, Mallow, Marfh- Scruple. Mix them. Put them id
Mallow each two Pugils. Boy I a Pot, to anoint the Breaft.
them in Spring-Water, and
wHTJe the Decoftion is lior, let To ancinr die Chine or Back¬
the Patient receive the Steam bone this following is good ;
that comes from ir. Or,
Take of unguentum Refmp'ivm i
“take of Root of Golts-foot one Oyl of Frog*, of Worms eachi
Ounce, Frankincenfc, nigilU- half an Ouace. Mix them.
Seed each one Drachm, Turpen¬
tine boyled, dried and powdered We make Iffues alfo with good
half a Drachm, Styrax one fuccefs. But if none of thefe things
Drachm, Cinnamon half a be available, we mufl have reccurfe
Drachm. Make a Powder for a to infufory Chirurgery, as to tb^
Fume -,or make Trochifccs with laft Remedy. Ettmullerus advifes to
Mucilage of Linfeed and Marfh- make Infuhon of an Eflence made
mallow-fecd, and ptic them otr of vulnerary Herbs a d SalTafras-
Coals. Wood, with Spirit of May dew.
Or let rransfuficn be made of a heal¬
But among Externals I highly va¬ thy Man’s Blood into the fick Man’s
lue the application of the follow¬ Veins. Alfo in a defperate cafe, if
ing Plafter to the Brcaft} the Difeafe have its rife from pleni¬
tude, tapping will not be amifs, if
Take of odoriferous yellow Wax the Patient be ftrong and cour3gi-
one Ounce and an half, the beft ous, and have a mind to leave no¬
Turpentine fifc Drachms. Melt thing untried. Von Horne in his
them on the fire, then add of Microtechnt, (hows the way of it.
Oyl of Turpentine two Drachms, Travelling alfo for change of Air
Anife half a Drachm. Mix them. ar.d Diet is advifcable: for I knew
Make a Plafter according to three cured of this Difeafe by fo
Art. Or, doing. The famous Doitor Syden¬
ham, mv good friend , commends
Take of mgutntum rubrun pottbilt Travelling.

t a CHAP;

Go gle
 CHAP.
Of Spitting of Blood and Apoficms, called Empyema
and Vomica.
§. i.
Icherto our cor. fi derati¬
on has been about a
Difeafe,in which Blood
is gathered about the
Pleura ; now we will proceed to
rlie confideratlon of one, where
the Blood is call out of the Vcflels
of the afpera arttria, and for the
moll part, of the Lungs. It is cal¬
led H*moptyfis,cruenta fpuitio, or fpit-
ting of Blood, and it is all manner
of voiding of Blood at the Mouth,
generally evafated out of the Bran¬
dies of the afpera arteria, that pafs
ro the Lungs; as in a Vomica and
Empyema, there is ufually a bring¬
ing up of purulent Matter at the
Mouth. The firfk o‘f 'thefe is fre¬
quent enough, and the Blood, that
is got out of the Veins, is fome-
times voided with a gentle Cough,
and fometimes without .• for the
fanguiferous Veficls arc divided
into many fmall capillary Branches,
through which the Blood is carri¬
ed very rapidly, and fo, becaufe of
its Dilcrafy, and too great Effcr-
vefcence enfuing thereupon, may
open the Mouths of the Arteries,
Go gle
V.
make a Breach, and difTolve Conti¬
nuity ; which being done, fpirting
of Elood mud of necefliry follow.
Besides, this Difeafe is the Author
of many bad and tedious Difeafes,
and proves the beginning of a Con-
fumprion, Empyema and Vomica.
Blood indeed may be voided at
the Mouth, and come from feveral
Parts; namely, from the Head,Nofe,
the infide of the Lips, Gums, Pa¬
late, Tongue, uvula, Jaws, afpera
arttria, Tonfils, Lungs, Branches of
the afpera arteria, Weafand, Sto¬
mach , Liver, Pancreas, Spleen,
Womb, &c.
Names.
Eut we are here minded to treat
of that voiding of Blood, which
proceeds from the Lungs and
Brea ft, which Hippocrates in Aph.
29. f. 3. calls fit {a a\oc 0Spit¬
ting of Blood, and Galen de comp.
md.tit[j.dVTO( dr&yoy)iyVoiding of
Blood ; others call it cruenta fputa-
tin, fputum fanguinis, bamoptoica paf*
[to, amnia pir os rejtclip.
Difference
 Of Spitting of Bhod and Apoflems, &C.
Difference.
Here we mufl obferve carefully,
and diftinguilh well, whether for¬
merly the Patient ufed to bleed at
the Nofc: For from thence it of¬
ten runs into the Stomach, Throat,
ea, and fometimes into the Lungs
ut then it grow* thick and turns
to Clods. If therefore any one fpit
Blood, and ufed hot to bleed at
the Nofe, it rauft neceflarily come
from fome Part below, which may
be known by particular Signs, as
may hereafter be fecn in the Dia-
gnofticks. For the differences of
voidings of Blood mufl be duly ob¬
ferved; the Blood owzing into the
Larynx, does after a little titillation
in the afftra arteria, arife into the
Mouth without coughing and infen-
fibly; but if the evafation be out
of the Lung* or other Parts of the
Breaft, then frothy Blood is void¬
ed by Coughing j'if out of the plex¬
us of the Veflels, then it Avoided
in lefs quantity, at certain times,
and mixt with coagulated Serum;
if out of the Stomach or Pansreas,
then there is fqueamifhnefs, and it
is voided as it were by Vomiting,
without Coughing.
Empyema.
An Empyema is called an Apo-
fiem, or corruptly an Impo-
fthume,and differs from fpitting of
Blood, becaufe in an Apoftem
mere Pus is brought up without
violent Coughing, in the other
pure Blood. Again, an Empyema is
bred privately in the Lungs or in
fome other Part of the Breaft, and
neither it nor a Vomica fliow them-
felves, till they kill the Patient, as
iviUis Se[i. i. cap. 2. dtpulmonis Vc
»ica, has obferved, as well as I.
'Go gle
zcf*
Likewife an Empyema ufually follow s
a Peripneumony and Spitting of
Blood. So we have known leve-
ral, who, upon the breeding of a
Vomica pulmonis infenfibly, its ripe¬
ning and then breaking,have fpare
abundance of fetid Pus for feveral
Weeks, yea Months, and at length
being thereby wcakned have died
Conlumptive. For when a Suppu¬
ration is railed by an Inflammati¬
on about the Pleura, and at laft the
Apoftem breaks, the Pus that falls
into the Breaft, breeds this Difeafe,
' and by long continuance there, it
ftinks filthily, and therein differs
from the Spittle which it raifed in
a Peripneumony or a C onfumpti-
on. This it confirmed by what I
lately obferved in an Imperial Sou'-
dicr, who grew Empycmick af¬
ter he had been fhot through the
Breaft ; during the Difeafe, he was
troubled with ftraitnefs of Breaft,
and difficulty of Brearhing, and al-
fo with Spitting; when he was
near Death, he rattled exceeding¬
ly. When we opened his dead
Body, in the Cavity of thi Breaft,
and indeed on that fide where the
right Lobe of the Lungs is, we
found eight pounds of ichorous,pu-
trid and ftinkng Matter,which was
not yet turned into P«r. There¬
fore one might very well call this
a watry Empyema. This alfo there
was obfervaole, that one Lobe of
the Lungs, through which the Bul¬
let had pafled, was healed to a w on¬
der in fix days, as if it had !>een a
new piece of Lungs ; but the other
Lobe continued ftill huft and per¬
forated, undoubtedly becaufc of ?-
bundance of putrid* Water, tluc
ftagnated there.
V 3 Vot.ica.
 £94 P/ Spitting of Blood and Apoftcms,
Vomica.
By a Vomica they mean Blood
infallibly girhered, not in the fub-
flinccof the Lungs, but in a mem-
|>ranous Bag, at length turned to
Tus. Sylvius rakes that for a Vomi¬
ca, in which the glanduious Tu¬
bercles, be they greater or lefs, to¬
gether with the Lungs, turn to Pas,
and are contained in a Membrane
of their own, all which by degrees
kend to luppuration, and then to
ji Ccnfumprion.
$. z. Part affetted.
T He Parr affefted in this ternary
of Difcafcs, is fbmcri tries the
Parenchyma of the Lungs, fometimes
there YefTds, and fometimes the
Membranes or Yeftcles of the
Lungs, which are cipher opened, or
burn, or eroded, or fo rarefied,
that in an bamoptyjis (in which we
rake every fanguiferous Veflel
for the Parc afifefteU ) the thinner
and more fcrous pjrt of the Blood
may owz rhrough the Coats, alfo
the Blood VelTels about the Bibs.
Ard jn an Empyema and Vomica
ou fhall ordinarily find purulent
£da er about thefe Parts, in fuch
as have died of (his Lifeafc.
i. 3. Diagnojtick.
\'0'.v that we have confidered
\ th. Part affc&ed, let us ha-
flcn to the piagnoftick *, where
firfl of all we muli take notiee, j
that Signs of a (harp Blood al¬
ways precced this Pifeafe, that is,
pear, Tliifft, Itching, and other
fuch things. If the vSpitting of Blood
prt reed from the Gums and Mouth
ft feff, the EJood is of a frefb cd-
Go gle
Jour, but little in quantity, and
without Coughing \ the Solution of
Continuity is here often matufefi
to Senfe. If it proceed from the
jaws or after* arteria, then the
Blood is got up by Hawking, not
by Coughing-, and Solution of Con¬
tinuity appears in the faid Places,
if rhe Tongue be deprefled with
a Spatula, or any other chyrurgical
Inflrument. If Blood come from
the Head, it has firfl been heavy
and aked, there has been a tingling
of the Ears before, and at prefent
there is an Effervefceoce or Com¬
motion of Blood, as you may fee
in Fevers. I my felf In a Quartan
Ague ofeen fpare a little Blood,
without any fufpicion of t Cori-
fumption \ for in the Hawking it
up, one may eafily know, Whether
it come from the Head or Lungs.
If it come from the Lungs, then the
Blood is frothy and florid , and
then it is always brought up with a
Cough, but without pain, and that
at Intervals. Whenever Blocd is
voided upon the breaking of a great
Vein or Artery, it comes in great
quantity, without any precedent
Caufe obfervablc,and is forced upas
it were by Vomir,fo that fometimes
whole Bafons are filled with it. But
if it come froraerof on of any Vein
in rhe Lungs, which is often cau-
fed by a fiurp Humor dilacerating
the clngent Membrane, then it
comes bv degrees at Certain Inter¬
vals, and not in fuch abundance,
unlefs, as was faid before, fome
great Vein or Array be eroded,
for then it is voided in abundance,
and nfually kills the Patient, as I
obferved in two Maids. If the Elood
proceed from the a (per a arteria, it
comes with a little Pain and Cough,
it is brought up red and hot, and
but a lictle of it. ' But if it come
from
 tailed Empyema and Vomica,
from the Stomach, it is without
Coughing, and rather by Vomiting,
and it would be in great quantity,
but that it is brought thither from
other Parts, and is kept there a
while,by reafonofitsgrumefcence,
before it be voided. If it come
from the Liver or Spleen, or lower
Belly, a dull Pain ufes ro afflift
thofe Parts, and the Blood is
brougnt up by Vomiting. It is a
very hard task to diftinguifh from
which of all the forefaid Parts the
Blood doth come, but here the
difficulty is furpaffing: for the
difference can never be exactly
known by certain Signs. This in¬
deed I think is evident. That Blood
difeharged into the Stomach,by the
Spleen and Pancreases grumous and
endining to black ; fuch as a Citi¬
zen of Hanover voided, which be¬
ing fo qualified the Phyficians there
prefent rook for the parenchyma of
the Spleen, ridiculoufly and igno¬
rantly enough, blaming the Laxity
and Diftenfion of the vafa brtvia,
through which this vifeus might
come to the Stomach : but fince
this Citizen a little while after was
troubled with the like Excretion
of Blood , and notwithftanding is
yet alive, and troubled with the
Spleen, undoubtedly we mud judge
otherwife. Now and then alfo
Blood is fpit up, through the o-
pening only of forne very little
Vein, as it happens in a hot courfe
of Diet, and then it is voided in a
fmall quantity at the beginning,and
it is thin and red. But if it come
up (linking, mixe with Pus, and
that with a violent and frequent
Cough, it is a fign of a Conlum-
prion, concerning which fee ihe
Chapter foregoing. A. rherefore
all rolling
voiding ct cKtra.af.tcd
Blood by the Mouth is caftly pbf-
Go gle
299
vious ro fenfe, fo to know certainly
the place, whence it comes, is «
hard task, and few there are,
- quos aquus amrtvrt
Jieppiter, ac arittes cvexit ad atbtra
virtus.
Thefe were the Signs of an hi-
moptjfis, now we wifi briefly con-
fider thofe of an Empyema and a Vo-
mica. An Empyema or Suppurati¬
on is fo called from the Pus, in
which abundance of purulent Mat¬
ter is broughc up by Coughing,
there is difficulty of Breathing, and
it ufually follows a Pleurify, or
Quinfy, or Hamoptyfis, or a Wound
of the Bread or a Blow. This cut¬
throat carries his Weapons conceal¬
ed, hoarfenefs alfo attends it, Pa¬
tients find an oppreffion in their
Bread, a Fever never leaves them,
the Pulfe is quick, the Appetite de-
droyed, the Pus that is voided,
dinks ( wherein it differs from the
Pus of confumptivc Perfons ) the
Eyes are hollow, the Cheeks red,
cfpecially three hours after eating,
the Nails are crooked, and force-
times the Feet fwell, which and o-
ther Signs of Empyemick Perfons
Hippocrates l. 2-de progn.does excel¬
lently delineate. In a confirmed
Empyema a fluttuaticn of the pec¬
cant Matter and a fcnfe of trouble
upon the Motion of the Body is
perceived : for the Patient cannot
wcllly cn both Tides. Sometimes
he can get no deep, bur is thirdy
and difquict all over his Body. The
Signs of a Vomica ate commonly
the very fame with thefe \ yet -ic
fird they are private, fo that Phy-
flcians <in taie only fome fufpici-
B«t alwaya, as I laid before,
| [ f d tllcS
V 4 Dif'cafcs,
 6 Of Spitting of Blood and Apofiemsf
Difeafes, which may be gathered
from many Tokens.
4. Caufes.
A Nd now the Caufes come un¬
der our confideration, the
knowledge of which ismoflneccftary
r'r fh'ficians .• becaufe when they
know thefe, they can better give
Remedies good againft the Difeafe
and its Cauics femelius fays ex¬
cellently well, /. 1. Pathol. c. 1i-
bifeafes withoyt the knowledge
of their caufes can neither be pre-
vetved, nor fucccfsfujly cured. But
the fearch of them is here very in¬
tricate, and clouded with many
difficulties. Becaufe among fo pla¬
in v different Judgments, a Man
knows not whole to follow. .'
K The old dSnfenifts Opinion a-
Jjoutthe Cujfe of ah Hmoptyfis\ or
Spitting of Elood, is, I hat general¬
ly it is caufed by too great quanti¬
ty , and Acrimony of Blood, where¬
by, they conclude, the Mouths of
the Vcffels mufl heccfiarlly be o-
pened. And they prove this by
the good Habit ofBody,which breeds
Elood', immoderate ufe of hor
Meats and Wine, fuppreflion of the
Menles ard the like. And they
will have this B’ood to come our,
either by ahsftomfis.or durefis, or
aiabrjfiiyor diepedefts. An anajlt-
mofis may eafily be caufed by a-
bundanre of Blood, or by its thin-
tiefs and watrinds, as by all things
v$hich kindle and enflame the
Elood, fuch as are running, leaping,
riding, and the like violent Exer-
cifes and Motions.' Wherefore the
Ancient^ do blame violent Cough-
‘' g, laborious Vomiting, loud fcry-
n« ,‘ Anger arid other Heats of
Mind acd Body, as remote (jaufes
ct this Difeafe .1 for they fay, That
Go gle
by thefc things the Blood may ea-
fily be heated and attenuated, the
Orifices of the Veflels may thereby
be opened, and (bit may be extra-
vafated. The Ancients underflood
it to be a Diartfis, when the Veflels
are perforated , cur, contufed or
burft, which Solutions of Continui¬
ty arc called Punftures, Cuttings,
Contufioos or Ruptures. By a Dit-
brofis they mean this cafe, when the
VtlTels and Lungs are eroded by a-
ny flurp things, whether Humors,
Meats, Medicines, Drink or a fait
Catarrh fall from the Head
upon the Organs of Rcfpiration.
They mean a Diapidtfis, when the
Coats of the (anguiferous Veflels
ate fo rarefied, that a thin Blood,
fuch as a cholerick, and fometimes
a ferous or warry one is,may eafily
owze through them j but they con-
fefs that fpittiog of Blood kldom
comes this way. Their caufe of an
Empytma is Pus filling the Cheft,and
doing much harm by its Stench
and Acrimony : they hold, it of¬
ten comes from, the breaking of
fomc preceeding Apoftem, of a
Quinfy, Peripneumony, &c. And
they fay it may be dene thus,
namely, if thefe Difcafes end in
fuppuration, and the*Pus be pou¬
red into the Cavity of the Chcft,
or if crude Swellings be by Cofti-
cn turned into a Vomica. They
hbld alfo, That an Empyema may
be caufed by a Catarih falling up¬
on the Bread, and not purged by
Spitting within fourteen day?, be¬
lieving alfo that Matter may flow
from fomewhere elfe,as from the^fr-
dometiy and may get thither by blind
Paflages; and they luye this rea-
fori for ir, That in Hydropick Per-
fons the farpe Serum finds a way to
the Chefl, and then the whole
Bread fwims With fefous Humors,
c ‘ as'
 called Empyema and Vomica.*
. as Coughs in Dropfies and voiding
much Water do teftify.Thcn by a
Vomica, the Ancients underftand a
Tubercle and Abfccfs lying fome
where in the fubfiance ot the Lungs,
.in which cafe the peccant Matter is
cnclofed and wrapt up in its pro¬
per Pellicle by Nature (who is a
provident Mother ) left the found
Tart /hould be infefled , till the
fharp Humor eat through the Pel¬
licle, and pour the Matter contain¬
ed in it into the Breaft,and fo caufe
an Empyema, a Confumption, or
sudden Death.
is-
N Ow let us confider the <El)p--
mtcal ganealogy of this Di-
feafe. They blame in this cafe,
fharp, corrofive Salts, deftiture of
any mixture of more benign and
mild ones, which predominate in
$he Veflels of the Lungs, corrode
the tender Membranes of the. pneu¬
monick Veins or Arteries, or open
them , and fo produce pernici¬
ous Inundations of Blood. For,
that fueh fort of Salt* areaftually
in Bodies, they demonftrate by fe-
yeral Experiments,which my Bufi-
nefs will not allow me further to
Infift on. But as to an Empyema
and a Vomica they maintain that
fuch kind of Ulcers come, when a
feparation is made of the Salt of
the internal Liquor, or of the Bal-
fam whjdj preferves each Part from
Putrefaftion, adding, That in the
breeding of Par, the Sulphur, which
(hould be coagulated,is kindled and
difiolved.
Go gle
19y
3M!lmont wholly aferibes the
V Caufe of thefc Difcafes, to the
Pulmonary Archaus, enraged either
by the Blood, being burthenfome
both in quantity and quality, or
by Par. Now if the Excrement
be not expeftorated, but hardened,
then occafion is given to an occult
Vmica or a Coufumption, as Het-
mont's zealous Difciple, Grimbs in
Arbor, ruintf. 1.2. c. 1. §. 9. and Hd-
mont alfo himfelf in tr. ddiramtnt.
catarrh, p. 27«j. do fay. At length
the Air does further dry the oppi-
lating Mucilages, afrer which new
produds appear, which in procefs
of time contract Acidity, Acrimo¬
ny and Malignity, whence come
thefc doleful cafes. Vomica, Erofion
of the Veflels, Spitting of Blood,
Coniumption and Death.
*■ 7•
W0 places the Caufe of
chcfe Difeafcs in the Acri¬
mony,- Dyfcrafy, and too great Ef-
fervefcence of the Blood, which o-
pen both the pneumonick Veflels
and the tracheal Arteries,and fodif-
folve Continuity: for the Blood be¬
ing fharp, and gathered principal¬
ly about thefe Parts, may of it felf
eafily open the Mouths of the Ar¬
teries, and eat through them, and
fo caufe a fpitting of Elood. And
fometimes Blood that it too thick
and apt to coagulate, when it can¬
not readilv be received by the
Veins, muu of necefflty run out,
as we fee it does in the Scurvy,pc-
ftilential Fever , Small-Pox and
Poyfon. And thus fpitting of Blood
arifes from the Bloods being either
too thin or too thick. An heredi-
tary
*9^ 0/ Spitting of Blood and Apoftemi].
tary indifpofition of che Lungs con¬
tributes very much to this Difeafe,
according to our Author. Among
the more remote caufes he reckons
tire fupprcfTion of the Merijlriu or
©f bleeding at the Nofe, or any o-
ther way, cxcefs of Heat and
Cold, <fjc. for when the Blood is
too hot, and when rranfpiration by
the Pores of the Skin is ftopt, then
ir rages more vfolenrjy, and ofeen
burns out of its Veffels, upon which
prefently there follows an Htemo-
So if it turn into purulent
fiiarp Matter, then an Empyema, or
Vmkt breeds.
$. 8.
the Glory of Leyden,
~ blames the breeding of too
much HuidBile in fpitting of Blood,
which is too fharp and when
tnixt with the Blood, caufes a grea¬
ter effervefcence , and opens the
fanguiferous VefTeis of the Lungs,
whether they be opened by a too
great diftenfion of the Veflicls by
yie abundance, rarefaction or re¬
tardation of the Blood, or by
wind, or by concufion with fome
hard or fharp thing, or any other
way. And in a Vomica and Ewpve-
ptjj he blames the great quantity
of Blood, falling out of its Vef-
fels into the cavity of the Cheft,
and becaufe of its 4cldjty there
turned into Pas*
§. 9.
rif'lgrfccs and his followers,think,
that this Inundation of Blood
can arife for no other reafon, but
that the fubtil Matter has commu¬
nicated a differentDifpofitioo to the
Blood ; for all preternatural Effer-
yefcences and Commotions of the
Go gle
Blood arife from that. Moreover
they take all Particles, which ci-
thcr finite,or corrode, or penetrate,
or provoke, and fo make holes and
difioive Continuity, when they are
enraged with this preternatural Ef-
fervefccnce, to be the caufe of this
Difeafc. In a Vomica and Empyema
they will have purulent Matter to
be the caufe, and they derive the
dull pain, which affli&s People io
this Difeafe, from the Mafs of Cor-
ruption, that lies upon the Nerves,
which are but very few in the
Lungs.
§. IO.
N Ow having confidered other
Mens Opinions about the cau-
fes of thefe Difcafes, that the cafe
may be the more clear, we will
give you our otuti. We aferibe
the caufe immediately to the vio¬
lence of the Spirits, which hurries
the Blood about, and extravafates,
when it is too fharp. Our Body is
like a Water-work or Engine,which ,
is moved by the Liquor within it,
i. c. the Blood, as the excellent Rei-
felius chief Phyfician of IVitttmberg,
my ingenious friend, who has ere¬
cted an eternal Monument to his
Name, by expofing his Humane Sta¬
tue to the Learned, has demonlira-
red this Motion to the Eye. The
perreftion of the Engine, and the
Motion of it are good or bad, ac¬
cording to the diverfity of this
Blood, arifing from the variety of
Fermentation and Panicles. Now
the inrefline Motion and Agitation
( which we call Fermentation ) of
the Particles, that make up this
purple Neffar, is governed by a
twofold Salt, an acid and a vola*
til Alkali, by the concurrence of
which being diflblved, and there
 called Empyema and Vomica. 299
Morra? afting one upon the other, the reft fluid, becaufe the fermentation is
»4i4j of the Particles alfo are too much fpoiled, or through fome defeft of
~ rtides i"
POCCB, moved and agitated. For the mu¬ one or the other Salt. It i» there¬
tic* tual Aftion of thofe two Salti one fore moft aflurcdly true. That fpit-
«tor it upon the other, may be feen with ting of Blood, if not always, yet
lwi'f our Eyes, and is man'rfeft enough. for the moft part, proceeds, either
Hi When this is kept within due from too great fluidity of Elood,
i£f» bounds, all goes well, but when it or abundance of Serum, or from x
Men is diforderly, then alas, what im¬ Salt both volatil and fharp, which
W petuous cffcrvefcenccs, what ftorms not only puts the Blood into fufi-
ih*i and inondations immediately fail on> but rends , pierces and eats
afsrfC» upon our Bodies'. But how calm, through the containing Veflcls, and
kNn how fafe is all, when the Blood by its fharp Particles in procefs of
wai is appeafed and amicable, time, tears the little Fibres of the
when the vital Ferment in the Heart, Arteries and Veins more and more,
impregnated with vital Spirits, and makes further breaches. Con¬
is in good order 1 This Fermenr, tinuity alfo is diflolved by too great
the excellent£ttm«f/?r«rfhows to be Motion of the Blood,( whence foc-
radicated in that point of the Egg, ver that proceeds} whereby the
which Is falicnr, becaufc of the la- Blood bearing too impetuoufly on
line volatility of the animal Spirits : thofe or thefe Fibres, and they not
And he proves, That as in the Kit- giving way, breaks the texture of
chin ofChylificaclon the chief Cook them. Continuity alfo is diflolved,
is of an acid volaril Nature; fo in when theElood is carried violent-
the Work-hcufe of Sanguification j ly at one pufh through Veflcls that
and Fermentation renewed in the ; are of a tender frame, or too ftraic
Blood, the Operator is a volatil and for fo much Blood, and dilates the
luminous Salt. And, to fay all in1 Fibres, and 10 it gullies out at the
a word , I am of the very fame' breach. Wichout doubt therefore
mind with Ettmulltrus before fiiid, i we may reckon the Enemy’s head
That the difpofition of the Blood quarters to be about the pneumo-
depends upon the condition nick Veflcls, whence the Blood, fti-
of the two Salts, a volatil Acid mulated with thefe Provocatives,
and Alkali. For the faline virtue and got out of its enclofures, en¬
raifes that Fermentation and Cir¬ ters the cavity of the Lungs chief¬
culation of Blood, as Baker’s Lea¬ ly, like a hcad-ftrong Horfe, and
ven raifes the Dough and makes it fince it raifes trouble there, irri¬
porous. I thought fit, by the way, tates the Fibres and follicirs them
to fay fomething, how the Fermen¬ to ejeft it: if it be not timely dif-
tation of the Heart is performed chargcd thence , it cannot ether-
in a natural ftatc, that it might be wife chufe but grow (harp by con¬
better underftood how it is fpoiled tinuance there; and fo the Spirits,
in a preternatural one, finre con¬ that ftiould temper the reft of the
traries compared illuftrateone ano¬ Particles, muft be diffipated, which
ther. Thefe things therefore fup- is the reafon why, upon the diflo-
pofed, It is plain. That the Blood lution of the Sulphur alfo by the
may be made cither too fliarp or great acidity, thJic deftruftive
“ ftcnch

Go gle
 3 oo Of Spitting of Blood and Apoflems,
flench arifes in an Empyema and a
Vomica. And in what Difeafes an
Acid begins ro prevail, the volatil
Particles ever and anon flying away
more or left, and heterogeneous
ones thereupon coming in their
room, Empyema' s and other Abfcef-
fes mud arife thence. For it is ma-
nifcd from what we faid before,
that Pus is bred of a medley of fe-
vcral things, which by continuance
do contract dill a more and more
acid Ferment, and upon combina¬
tion of this with the Sulphur, it at
length grows white. We, as well
as Sylvius, Htlmont and Paracelfus,
do blame an Acid in Pus ; and
Blood is not concofted into Pur, as
the Galenifts were of opinion: For
no Man dare fay, That red Blood
taken by venefeftion, though ne¬
ver fo much concocted or boiled
by the ftronged fire, will ever turn
to a white Matter, fuch as Pus is.
Therefore, to be brief, we derive
an Empytma and a Vomica from (harp
and acid Blood, turned into Pus,
and {fathered in the Cavity of the
Bread.
$. II. Prcgvoftick.
N Ow in order we come to the
Prognodick, where we will
(earch what hopes there are of the
Patient’s fafety. But we will car¬
ry Senecas advice along with us,
lib. 6. de benef. cap. 16. That a
Pbyfician ought to be concerned fir
Ids Patient, and for the Credit of his
Skill, which undoubtedly is atJhfy,
•when an unhappy Prognofiic\ puts
tie phyfician to the blujb. All void¬
ing of Blood therefore upwards,ac¬
cording to Hippocrates l. 4. *#.,2$.
is reckoned bad fo he obferves,
Tint this Difcafe is familiar to
ygung People,/#//. 3. aph. 29. And
Go gle
in another place he mentions, That
frothy Blood coughed up, comes
from the Lungs, fell. 5. aph. 15.
An Ulcer of the Lungs has much
danger in it, becaufeSuppuration
and a Confumption mud certainly
be expected: for the Lungs are ve¬
ry difficult to heal, becaule of their
continual Motion. Moreover in
this fpoh'gy Parr, fuch as the Lungs
are, the corruption not only clings
fader, but it eafily pafles out of one
Veficlc of the Lungs into another }
wherefore it mud needs be. That
the Lungs, fo condiruted, mud day
by day be more and more exulce-
rated, Refpiiation hindred. Heat
cncreafe, and the Body confume.
According to Juvenal Sat. 6►
—-— • - Grtx totus in agris
Unius fcabie cadit & porrigint porci.
For it is not fo bad, if upon the
breaking of an Artery or a Vein in
the Lung*, the Blood be voided
prefently j as if it fall upon the fub-
dance of the Lungs, be kept there,
and fo caufe an Inflammation, and
then after long continuance,that is,
the fpirituous Particles flying away,
if it fliould putrefy and at lad cor¬
rupt and exulcerate the fubdance
of the Lungs. There is imminent
danger from the breach of a great
Artery in the Lung*, upon which
the Heart mud neceflarily be fuffo-
cated by the abundance of evafared
Blood. For fometimes the Blood
is poured out in fuch plenty. That
even whole Bafons, and great Vef-
fels are filled with it in a (hort
rime, and the Patient, / who as he
in Virgil,
-—crafum vomit ore cruonm.)
 called Empyema and Vomica.' 301
In a moment pours out his Soul, out a Fever is wholefome *, buc
with the Blood its feat, as appears with a Fever it is accounted a per¬
from the German Epbemerides, Am. nicious Sign, according to hipp*
X. p. 309. Spitting of Blood fol¬ feii. 7. apb. 37. But a Hiccough ©r
lowing (pitting of Pus threatens Convulfion after Bleeding portends
danger: For it betokens an Ulcer ill. Blood which owzes out of the
in the Lungs, of which abundance track ah. often portends no ill. Alfo
have died, according to that of the a violent Head-ach according to
Poet i Hippocrates is fometimes cured by
bleeding at the Mouth. Thus much
Cernis tit i molli fartguis pulmone of rhe Prognodick in an hxmo-
remiff us ptyfis.
Ad Stygias eerto limitl ducat a- Our divine old Man reckons up
quas. many unlucky Mgns in an Empye¬
ma, that is, that it ufually kills in
But if the Blood come out of the feven days, and thofc that efcape,
Bread, and it be agreeable to the bccorve purulent. But they that are
Nature, Age, Climate, Conftitution, empyemick after a Pleurify, ought
and Seafon, the Difeafc is not fo to be purged within forty days af¬
dangerous: for in young Women ter the breaking, and then they are
I have obfervefl fpitting of Blood, fafe, other wife if it ftop, they grow
upon the fuppreSjon of the menfes, confumptive. If they be feared or
which ceafcd upon their coming. cut, and rhe Pus run pure and
But fpitting of Blood fur a conti¬ white, then they efcape. If tire
nuance, and which will not yield Fever abate nor, but is let in the
to proper Medicines,turns to a Con- Day and more in theNighr,if there
fumption, as lately I obferved in a be much Sweat, and defirc to
MaW twenty Years old, who was Cough, but nothing brought up,
troubled with fpitting of Blood,and if the Eyes be hollow, the Cheeks
then with heavinefs of Heart, a red, the Nails crooked, Hands hot,
Cough, and other very ill Signs, (he if the Feet fwell, if Loathing and
went into Confuraption. But if a va¬ Squeamifhnefs affiift any, if Pudles
letudinary or feorbutick Perfon fpit arife all over the Body, fuch arc
Blood, the cafe is more dangerous, fuppurated, and it is a Sign of fud-
than if one dronger and not fcor- den death. Empyemick Perfons on
butick rtiould do fo. In a word, the mending hand, when riicy arc
the Wounds of the great Veflelsof almod purged, and feem quite out
the Lungs are ufually mortal, but of danger, if they fpit ftinking
Wounds of the lefs, and of an Em¬ duff they relapfc and dy, accord¬
pyema are often cured, as Sylvius, c. ing to Hippocrates in Loads. You
ac« /• i.§. 44.. tedifies. Neverthe- may alfo reckon it a fatal Sign,when
lefs we need ret always fear fpit¬ theP/rt colours Iron as if it had been
ting of Blood, fince now and then in the Fire .• for thac betokens
it prefervi s rhe internal vifeera, as d£atb> becaufe it denotes extreme
the Liver, Spleen, cire. As one fays, Acidity and Extinction of the vo-
fatting of Blood is often critical, and Iatil Spirits. So, if in this cafe
fometimes it delivers fom. gnat Di- there be a hedick Fever.^difliculty.
feafes. Yomiting of Blood alfo with- of Breathing, an oppralive pain

Go gle
 Of Spitting of Btoo a and dpcfletns.
in the Bread, a weak and frequent
Pulfe, with cold Swears, a waiting
Flux, and frequent Faintings, then
the Patient is gone. According to
Hippo crafts they are out of danger,
in whom,rhe fame day that it breaks,
the he*ericeafcs, their loathing of
Meat, and their Third leave them,
fo that they go little to (tool, the
Pus is white, fmooth,aIl of one co¬
lour,without Phlegm^nd is brought
up without pain, and with a gen¬
tle Cough, alfo all the other Sym¬
ptoms, which were violent at nrft,
abate a little: for then a recovery
may certainly be expected, beciuie
they are Signs of Health, which
quickly free a Man of his Difeafe.
Eut if the excrement!tious Stuff be
not expeftorated, and harden in
the narrow winding PafTagesof the
Lungs, it is a fign of an occult Vo¬
mica, and of a Confumption.
ii. DietetickCure.
T He Nature of the Difeafe; and
the Signs of it, being found
6ur, according to the bed of our
skill, we think meet to allot fome
of our pains ro the cure. The al¬
teration of Diet is a thing of great
moment in this cafe, 2. apb. 45.
Therefore we mud feek relief from
thence. The Air then mud be tem¬
perate, rather inclining to Cold;
on the contrary, a hot one mud be
avoided, becaufeof the aculeate
aad fubtll Particles of Salts, which
It carries, that are injurious to the
Lungs and their Veflels •, and an in-
tenfe cold Air may be put in the
fame predicament, which alone
may be fufficient to make an Ulce¬
ration and Solution of Continuity
by its rigid Particles and ftagnati-
cn. Confult Willis in his Chapter
of « Confumption. The Patient
Go gle
mud alfo avoid the Raies of Suit
and Mooa and a South=wind. But
in an Empyema the Air mud enclme
to drinefs. The Meat mud be cool¬
ing, and endued with an empla-
ftick or glatinative Faculty; that is,
it mud be vifeousand glutinous,fuch
as Milk, Barly-Cream, Calves-feet,
Kids-feet,!fmg-glafs, Rice-milk; and
Simon? auli in hi$Q}iadripartit.Bottn.
p. 232. highly values fucha fort of
Grewel made of Starch and Wine.
In an Empyema dry things are pro¬
per, fuch as Pigeons,Partridge,Rab¬
bets, Small-birds, faxatil Fifh,Crey-
fifh, <&c. Here alfo Pine-Nuts(re-
commended of old to fuch as fpit
Blood by a Table hung up in the
Temple of ffculapius ) are. often
made ufe of. Sowrilh Fruits are
given to fuch, Prunes, Pears, Quin¬
ces, Medlars, &c. to which pur-
pole we recommend Lettuce, En¬
dive, Cichory, Daify Flowers and
the Herb, &c. So we rejeft Meats
hard of Concoftion, (harp,fair,pep-
E ered, fpiccd, very fweer, fuch as
ave an occult Acid in them (is all
fugared things have ) which are ve¬
ry hurtful in thefc Difeafes. The
ordinary Drinl^ mud be fmall Beer
made of Oaten Malt, well boyled;
the extraordinary mud be a fmall
red Wine, Mede, Early-Water, E.
mulfions ofAlmonds,Goats-Milk(by
which alone Trallianus brags, how
he cured one of fpittiog of Blood;}
on the other hand a Man may not
touch any rich drongWines,whether
Rhenifh or Spanifh. In the animal
Function Slttping and. waging mud
not exceed the bounds of Modera¬
tion. Too much Motion, efpccial-
ly of the Bread, Ihouting, laugh¬
ing and finging mud be avoided i
for no Man will deny, but that an
incurable Rupture of the Veflels or
the Lucgs may be cauficd thereby
 called Empyema and Vomica. 30*.
aMo leaping, playing at Ball, riding cool the Blood or Bile with
on Horfeback, or in a Coach, &c. Preparatives, which with a little
may contribute to ir, all which Aftri&ion reftrain the fluidity of
things are afted with too great the Blood ; fuch as Syrup of Sortip
commotion, and may force out the Rofes, Myrtles, (Quinces, Juyce of
blood. The Excrements of the Belly Pomegranates, Water of Sorel)’Ro-
mult be voided either by Nature fes, Plantain, Purflain, foe. So, as
or Art every day; fo the Menfet, they fee occasion, they carry off pi-
bleeding at the Nofe and Hcmor- tnitous, and choJerick and fbarp
rhoids,muft have their duecourfc. humours, mixt with the blood
Let the Patient keep himfelf from C which are caufes oftentimes of a
all violent Paffions of the Mind,and breach in the Veins, fomerimes of
rather compofc hirafelf. But above erofion, and by confequent of flit¬
all things let him avoid Anger, fo ting blood ) by proper Evacuaters,
the Daughters of Anger, brawling, fuch as Rhubarb with Myrobalans
contention, frettings, foe. mud be boyled in Plantain water •, alfo
avoided. For all thefe things ac¬ Ctiffin new drawn, Syrup of Rofes,
cording to the great Sylvius do dewed Prunes , and fuOh gentle
pour a Volatil Bile into the things. After thefe things they
mafs of blood by the Hepatick ufe Medicines to flop the fluidity
Duft, found out by him, and lo of theBlood and the violence of the
caufe a greater effcrvefcence of the Bile, and alfo to incrafTareits thin-
blood, which firft occafions thefe nefs? which they call binding Me¬
dire effefts. But according to us dicines, fuch as are Trochifces of
Anger makes the Animal Spirits terra JigilUta given in Plantain wa¬
rebellious. Venus and Bathing are ter, Syrup of Pomegranates, Myr¬
nought for the fame reafoa.becaufe tles, Quinces, Conlerveof Rofes,
they flir the blood, and put it in burnt Harts-horn, all the terra ft>-•
a rage, which often kindles thefe gillata, Bole Armenick, BiltufUa,
Difeafcs. Maftich, Gum Tragacanth, Ara-
bick, Plantain, Purflain, Knot-graft,
$.13. Tharmceutick diatragaemtbum frigidun,red Coral,
Jnvce of Plantain, Barberries, and
Cure.
N many more things that are well
Ow I am minded to go to the known, of which Medicines may
other part of the Cure,where¬ be made agreeable to the Palate
in I (hall obferve my old courfe, of the Patient* In the beginning
and fteer by the Compafs of the they will not ufe Narcoticks 5 bnt
Ancients. They in the fit of an when they have ufed other things
Hmoptyfis open a vein in the Arm, ro no purpofe, and the Difeafe
perhaps twice or thrice in a day,- grows upon them, they fly to Nar¬
or in tender people, they bleed in coticks as their Iaft refuge, but
the foot, efpccially, if it arile, as it then the Patient muft haveflrength.
often does, from the fuppreflion And if they apprehend by the
Of the Menjjrka. Then they divert bloods being black and clotted,that
the motion of the blood, by aip- it falls from the Head upon the
ping, ligatures, leeches, and fricti¬ Liyigs, they do not give Aftrin-
ons- Thefe tilings premifed, they ccnn inwardly, but rather order
fuch1

Go gle
 304 Of Spitting of Blood and dpoflems]
fuch Medicines as difTolve and dif-preferibe fuch Medicines as rake
charge extravalared and coagulated off the fliarpnefs of the Salts,which
blood, fuch as Mather, Crabs-cyes,open the Veins and Arteries,
ungmntum rubrnn polabilt, fperma. fmooth the parts, and reftore the
citi, 8cc. In an Empyema and Vomi- natural Balfim to the Blood-, fuch'
cj, if fuppuratiou of the matter as are all fulphureous and antimo-
gathered in the breaft cannot be nial Balfams, efpecially the mild¬
flopt, then they promote it by er forr, which arc of great ufe
Emollients and Ripeners, to which in Ulcers or Apoftems of the Luflgs.
end they ufc divers Medicines in¬ Paraceljus himfclf Cbirurg. minor,
wardly and outwardly. And a- libr. 2. pag. m. $6- confirms this,
mong thefe they reckon for an Ar¬ where lie fays, That Antimony
canum the Juyce of ground Ivy, yields an excellent Medicine for
three Ounces of which with two Ulcers, for fuch a mercurial Liquor
Ounces of Juyce of Horehound they contains more virtue in it than alt
make into a Lohoch, and add of Pearls, &c. becaufe Gold, which is
Frankinccnfe, and Myrrh each one accounted the higheft Secret and
drachm, Diapinidium half a drachm, Remedy, receives its Cure and
and fo mix them, then they Health from it. They alfo ufe o-
give water of Mallow and Hyflop.. ther Diaphorcticks. Exclusion of
Externally they make ufc of Pla¬ Pus in an Empyema is promoted ac¬
tters and Cataplafms of Figs, rootscording to their Method, by Oyl
of Marfh-mallow, Raifins, Flower and Spirit of Turpentine mixt with
ofLinfeed, Fenugreek and other Flowers of Sulphur. For Paracel-
things made up with Emollient fus calls Turpentine the external
Oyls, of which Rivtrius, who is as Balfam, becaufe of its great heal¬
good as al!,difcourfes very accurate¬
ing virtue; yet there are fome who
ly. Their laft Remedy is tapping prefer Spirit of Vitriol before it,
the Breaft, which fomc of them namely occaufe it cleanfes puru-
do between the third and fourrh lence, but it muft be ufed with
Ribs,others between the fourth andmuch caution. Thus Paraeilfus
fifth, reckoning from the lower boafts, how he cured a noble Wo¬
upwards, by a potential or aftual man of an Empyima, by giving her
Cautery, and fo by degrees evacu¬Oyl ofSuIphur in Sow- bread,Bawm,
ate the matter contained in the and Betony-vvater. So Crollius, a
Chert infcnfibly, and then they Paracelfift, greatly commends Spi¬
abfterge by certain Decoftions ta¬rit of Tartar and Salt, for remov¬
ken by the mouth and injeded into ing of thefe Difeafes. He writes
the wound, by which Operation alfo, that Salt of Corals, Oyl of Cin¬
almoft all the Ancient Practition¬namon, and Cloves, Treacle-water,
ers boaft how they have cured fe- but efpeciaIIy face harum Saturni,are
veral Remedies againft putrefa&ion: and
where the cafe is dcfperate,he gives
three or four Grains of pulvis fper-
14-
H niolx compofitus in fomc Water of
Aving done with the Galeni¬ Shepherds-purfc*
cal Cure, we will .now go to
the Chymical. And the Chymifts
§• ij-

Go gle
 wiled Empyema and Vomica. |or
ons. i. Prefently to flop the Flux
of Blood. 2. To heal the Solution
§. if. of Continuity that is lefc in the
<3lmont and his followers in Lungs, without a Confumption,
fpitcing of Blood take the, fol¬
Now Medicines flop the Flux of
lowing courfe. Firfl the Patient the Blood f fo that it runs net tq
rauft keep himfelf quiet* and that the Part affefted ) which dhninilh
the Blood may not run fo fad to the quantity of the Blood, and
the Lungs, Orembs, a true difciple check its Efiuation, and retard its
of Helmont, advifes firong ligatures too violent Motion* fuch as are va¬
on the Hands and Feet; and to flop rious Juleps, for indance, this fol¬
the Flux of Blood he commends lowing *
Syrup of Corah mixt with crocus
Mortis in the inanner following * Take of Water of Water-Lily,
Plantain, Purflain,Oak Buds each
Take of Syrup of Coral two Oun¬ three Ounces, Blood-done, Dra¬
ces, Crocus Mortis two Drachms. gon’s-Blood each half a Drachm,
Mix them for two Dofes. Sugar-Candy as much as will
fweeten it.
The fame Perfon commends Rice
boiled in Water or Milk, wherein To this end he highly commends
Steel has been quenched* and for a Solution of Common Vitriol or
the ordinary Drink he commends of Mars in fair Water, ufed either
Emulfions of Almonds* and for the outwardly or inwardly to dop all
extraordinary, Quince-Wine mixt manner of Bleeding. Venefcftioq
with Sceel-Water. At length, when alfo, Ligatures and Friftions are
the red Spitting is dopr, and the good* and after all thefe things
strchrus fulmcnaris ( as his Phrafe have been tried to no purpcfe, he
is) the author of Spittle, ihakes gives gentle Narcoticks, efpcciall/
mucous Excrements, then he gives Diacodiates, becaufe by dopping
Milk with Sreel quenched in it, to the Motion of the Heart they abate
appeafe the furious Spirits, and de¬ the Fermentation of the B'odd.
terge the Excrements* it mud be Then for healing up the opened
taken five hours after Meal. But Veflels, he preferibes divers adrin-
Milk mud not be drunk condantly, gent, glutinating and healing Me¬
becaufe it nourifhes too much, and dicaments, in form fometimes of a
fills the Bread with Phlegm. But Lick, fometimes of a Decoftion,
in a Vomica^ if the Pus turn fowre, fometimes of a Powder, fometimes
and the Blood apoftcmize, thofe of Pills 9 This is a good Prefer ip:i-
things are proper, which we men¬ on for making a Deco ft ion of Vul-
tioned before in the Chapter of a ncrarics and Balfamicks *
Peripneumony;
Take of Leaves ofvioufe-ear, Plan¬
i. 6. i tain, Sanicle, Wild-Daify each

N Ow we will proceed to MHL

H0,who, in an Hamoptoe of the
Lungs, has thefe curative Indicati¬
one handful, Flowers of red Ro-
fes t>alf an handful, French-Early
half an Ounce,Raifins one Ounci,
boy 1 them in four Pints of Spring
X Wat*?

Go gle
 3<Dj Of Spitting of Blood and Jpojlems^
Water,add to thecolatureofVitri-
ol of Mars half a Scruple,Syrup of
Coral what is fufficient.Mix them. *7-
AjO/Ubtus, to allay the Heat of
Another Prefeription •,
™ the Blood, which is often vio-
Take of Dragon’s-Blood one lent in this Difeafe, ufes acid and
Drachm,whicePoppySeed half an auftere things, namely Houfleek,
Oupce, Blood-Stone, Crabs-eyes, Plantain, Sorel; to he likewife
red Coral each half a Drachm, commends fpirituous oyly thing.*,
Sugar of Rofcs one Ounce. Mix to take away the Acrimony of the
them for a Powder to be taken Humors, and foractimes,if there be
at icveral times. occafion, Opiates. Then for heal¬
ing the broken Veflels, he com¬
The Drink mull be a DecoCtion mends his well known Mixture
of China and SarfapariHa mixt with which follows s
other peftoral things. In an Em¬
pyema he advifes cutting or open¬ Take of Warer of Plantain two
ing the Side, and in iuch as arc Ounces,Cionamon two Drachms,
fearful and tender a Cautery be¬ dcftilled Vinegar half an Ounce,
tween the fixth and feventh Verte¬ red Coral prepared half a
bra ; when a hole is made, a filver Drachm, Dragon’s-Blood half a
Pipe muff be put in, by which the Scruple, laudanum opiatum two
Pus may be let out of the Breaft Grains, Syrup of Myrdes one
at feveral times, left it ftink, and Ounce. Mix them.
the Patient might lofe his Strength.
After thefe things are done, fome This Mixture taken a fpoonful
traumatick cleanfmg Liquor may be at a time will cure mod breaches
injrfted by a Syringe. As for inter¬ of the Veflels. For the fame end
nal Medicines he commends divers lie orders Bleeding either in the
vulnerary Decoftions, or half a Arm or Foot. So for correcting
Drachm of the following Powder the fait or acid Humors, that flow
to be given twice a day. either from the Head, or from any
other place, he commends Opiates
Take of Powder of Crabs-eyes two and mild Aromaticks. But in a
Drachms,Flowers of Sulphur one cafe, where the Spitting of Blood
Drachm , Sal prunella half a proceeds from the Inflammation
Drachm. Mix them. Make a and over-thinnefs of the Blood,
Powder, or make them up with whereby the pneumonick Veflels
a little Turpentine into Pills. are ft retched till they break, you
muft prefently bleed, and temper
The reft of the things which muft the Blood with cooling Juleps.
be given in this Difeafe and in an Here is a Receipt or two.
Apoftem of the Lungs before cut¬
ting, are in a manner the fame, Take of Barly-Watcr twenty Oun¬
which we mentioned before hi this ces, Syrup of Violets two Ounces,
Author’s Judgment of a Peripneu- Oyl of Sulphur, as much as will
mony, whither I refer my Reader, give it a grateful Acidity'. Or,
and now we have done with mllis.
Take

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 called Empyema andVomica] ' 307
Take of Seeds cf Melons, white Balfamus Sulpkuris anifatus or tne-
poppy each .alike what is fuffici- binthinatns is admirable good, if it
cnc, with Water of Plantain, be dropt into the Sore, and five
Colts-foot each what is fufficient. drops or more of it may be given
Make an Emulfion, and fweeten inwardly.
it with Sugar-Candy, wbatisfuf-
ficienr. f iS.

7n a confirm’d Etnpytma the alte¬ A Ccording to the cdirtefian Hy~

ration of Blood into Pus muft be t\ potbefis, to take the edge off
promoted,which emollient and ma¬ thefe acute Particles, or faline Prick¬
turating Medicines will do, fuch as les, that are in the Blood, and are:
Hoots of white Lily, Leaves of fo ready to cut and open all fangui-
Marfh-maliow, Orache, Mercury, ferous Vcflels, efptciallv the Pneu¬
Linfeed, Fenugreek, alfo divers monick, and fo caufe fpitting of
Oyls, F^ts, fyc> This may fcrve for Blood;and for cooling of the Blood,
A Cataplafm. all gentle Balfamicks made of Oyls
and mild Spirituous things are goed^
Take of Root of Marfh-rfiallow one and fo are aft watry and cooling di-
Ounce, white Lily half an Ounce, Juters. Take the following Julep
Leaves of Mallow, Marfh-maliow, for an inftancc;
Pellitory of the Wall each half
in handful, Flowers of Mullein, Take of water of Plantain, Shcp-
Melilot, Violets, Chamomi! each herds-purfe each one Ounce and
two Pugils, Linfeed, Fenugreek an halt, Syrup of dried Rofesonc
each half a Drachm, Fat, dried Ounce, Lapis frur.elU three
Figs N°. fix. Boyl them either drachms. Mix them, make a
in Water or in Milk, and if the Julep.
Heat be very high, in Butter-
Milk ^for all People cannot bear They commend, all ponderous
fit things, as a few days fince I things for deprefting the Volatil,
obferved in a Man of fourl'core, fuch as Bole Armenick, red Coral,
who upon anointing outwardly terra ft gill at ay and a thoufand fuch
With fat things fell into a other things. For correfhng (harp,
Swoon. and fait humors, and (topping the
Effervefcence 6f chc 6lood,accord-
When theAbfcefs is ripe,we muft ing to them Opiates are good, e-
prefemlv proceed to get out the fpecially PiluU de cynogl»JJaydt fiy-
Pusy left by continuance there it rqcty but above aft thtriaci cceltQis,
grow (harp *, wherefore tipping Hsnovienfts.Thefc are the things that
the Breaft muft not be procraftina- are good in fpirting of Blood. From
ted, but yet we muft have a care, what has prrceeded a Phyfician of
that we take not all the Pus away any diferetion may know of him-
at one time, but at feveral; and felf what may be ufed in an Empye¬
when way is made for the Vusy we ma and Apoftem. It remains
muft proceed immediately to the therefore that we produce our owrt'
cleanfiBgand healing 6f the Ulcer ; opinion.
to vVhicrn purpofc oitr Ailrhor fays
X l $. if Fo?-
308 Of Spitting ilf Elood and JpoflernS,
§• 19-
Ormcrly, when we fpake of
the Caufe of thefe Difeafes, we
faid fomething of the natural Fer¬
mentation of the Blood, that we
might be better able to difeourfe
of the preternatural, when wehad
coniidcrcd its contrary. The Ex¬
cretion therefore of Blood is ei¬
ther increafed or diminilhed: for.
when theSpirits andBlood are,as na¬
turally they fhouldbewell dipped,
and do their Office, a man is faid
to be in health and brisk ; but when
cither this fermentation in the
Heart fails or exceeds* the Pulfe ei¬
ther upon the interception of the
Animal Spirits, or upon their too
great afflux, ceafes, refpiraiion cea-
les, and at laff follows the moft
terrible thing in nature,
—Mors, ultima, linea rtrum.
For upon this Fermentations be¬
ing augmented in the Heart,a great
commotion of the Blood in the
Arteries and Veins arifes from
thence, and thereupon an Excre
tion and Spitting of Blood. Now
fmee for the molt part an even and
gentle Fereir.entation depends up¬
on a moft exad: combination of a
two fold Salt, of an urinous and a-
cid, or of an alkali and acid, then
upon failure of one or both of thefe
a rage and heat is raifed either
in the Mafs of Blood, or in the a-
nimal Spirits themfclves * for if
you inject an alkali, namely Ovl of
Tartar, into a Vein of any Crea¬
ture, after it is dead, the Elood
will appear fluid and thin, and fo
too much diflolved \ on the con¬
trary, if you injeft an Acid into a
Vein, namely Spitic of Nitre, after
Go gle
it is dead you will find the Blood
coagulated: But it is our greateft dif¬
ficulty to know, whether the Blood
break out of the Arteries, or the
Veins. Now fince thefe are many
arguments, and thofe very ftrong
ones, that it comes from the Arte¬
ries, efpeciJly becaufe the arteri-
ous Blood differs from the ve¬
nous on account of Confiftency, and
the artcrious Blood is more thin
and fubtil by reafon of abundance
of Spirits, and therefore is more
prone to evafate, their Opinion is
very credible, who blame the Ar¬
teries i yet hitherto I can fee no
reafon, why we may hot hold,That
Blood may come from’ the Veins,
efpecially if we confider. That in
the Veins the Pores are more open,
that is, greater : befides, they are
furnifhed but with Angle Coatsj on
the contrary, the Arteries with
double ones, fo that here a breach
is more difficult However it be,
let every one make the belt of his
Opinion, we will proceed to the
Cure it felf. In all Excretions of
Blood therefore, be the Caufe what
it will, if nothing contra-indicate,
vve bleed either in the Arm or Foot,
efpecially in Women, who have not
their Menfis, tiien we reftrain and
flop the remaining Blood, and laft
of alldiflolve what is coagulated. All
the Myflery of flopping the Blood
confiftsiaits momentaneous coagu¬
lation, namely, That the coagula¬
ted Blood in the opened pnuemo-
nick Veflcls may clofe their Lips
and Wounds like a cruft, and fo
may hinder the Blood from coming
out, which very thing, both acid
and auftere things and heavy ones
alfo do promife. But it muft be
obferved, That according as fulphu-
rcous or ferous Farticles abound, fo
we ufe to give either Rhubarb a-
lone,
 called Empyema and Vomica.
lone, becaufe it both binds, and
carries off the fuJphureous bilious
Particles, to the quantity of one
Drachm in Plantain Water; or if
Serum alfo abound, we mix fome
Jalap with it: for violent things
mild never be given, becaufe they
encreafe the Morion of the Blood,
and fo by their violence diftend the
Vcflels,and either encreafe the Flux
of Blood, or if it be ftopr, endanger
the breaking of it out again. If
there be a Cacochymy in the Blood,
let the Patient be quiet for fome
days,that in the mean while the Vef-
fels may heal, before it be purged
off. This may ferve for a Prescrip¬
tion.
Take of French Barly pro Pugik,
feraped Liquorice two Drachms,
Raifms one Ounce. Boyl them
in fair Water. Add to the Cola-
ture, as much Sugar as is fuffici-
ent. Or,
Take of Cafia new drawn, Con-
^ ferve of Peach-Flowers each one
Drachm, the belt Rhubarb half
a Drachm. Mix them. Make a
Bolus. Or,
Take of Water of Cichory, Colts¬
foot each one Ounce and an
half, Extraft of Rhubarb half a Take of Water of Purflain, Plan¬
Scruple, Powder of Rhubarb
one Scruple,Tatep fix teen Grains, Ounce, Juice of Purflain one
Syrup of Cichory with Rhubarb
half an Ounce, Tinfture of Ro-
fes one Drachm. Mix them.
Then for flopping of Spitting and
all Excretions of Biood,and for qua¬
lifying the luxuriant Blood and en¬ Take of Water of red Rofes, Tor-
raged Spiriti,both diluted with too
much Serum, and difturbed with
the inteftine Tumult, and fo break¬
ing violently out at the Mouths of
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309
the Arteries and abounding with
too much of a frarp volatilSalr, or
an Alkali, we commend ferous or
aqueous diluting things, fuen as the
following ■,
Take of Water of red Roles one
Ounce and an half. Plantain five
Ounces, Tormentil nvo Ounces,
Syrup of Myrtles, Pomegranates
eacli one Ounce, Spirit of terra
fiillata half a Drachm. Mix
them. Put it in a Glafs, for feve-
ral times taking.
In exceeding difficult cafes we
muft have reconrfe to Narcoticks;
and for this purpofe thefe are ve¬
ry good, Caraphorc, requies Nicolai,
laudanum opiatm, therisca Cali-
flis, 8ec. But if the Elocd be de¬
prived of its due confiftency, and
be diflurbed with the Orgafm rai-
fed by the animal Spirits rufliing
impetuoufly into the Heart and Ar¬
teries ( for when the Mouths
of the little Arteries are burft, and
once way is made, the Blood gu-
fhes ouc with violence ) then we
ufe roincraflare and coagulate with
Sylvius his mixture already men¬
tioned, or with one following like
to it
tain , Ground-Ivy each one
Ounce and an half , Elood-
ftone half a Drachm, Crabs-eyes
one Scruple,laudanum opiatum two
Grains,Syrup of Coral one Ounce*
Mix them. Or,
menril, Shepher is-purfc each
one Ounce and an half. Vinegar
of Rofes one Ounce fpecits aisr-
rkodon Abbatis, diatijn Sar.uha
X 3 each
 *to Of Spitting of Blood and Apoftctns,
’ each one Scruple, Dragon’s- ing the Hxivious volatil Salt, and
Blood, ttrra figilLiti each half a for correcting and tempering tiic
Drachm, Syrup of Mirtles one Acrimony of the Blood, and reflor-
Ounce. Mix them. ing its confiflency, and that upon
account of their Oyl or Acid, or
volatil oyly Spirit, we commend
But in a cafe where the Acid is Emulfions of the four greater and
deficient, and rather an Alkali, or lefs cold Seeds, white Poppy Seeds,
lharp volanl Salt has the predomi¬ addiug a few Almonds for the
nance, either in the Spirits, or in Taftcs fake ; for which end Opiates
the Blood ( as any one may fee in are good, and laudanum opiatumy
the Plague and other malignant Fe¬ that flout conqueror of the animal
vers, the malignity of which Di- Spirits, efp:cially tbtriaca asleilis,
leafcs con fills in a voladl Salt ex¬ • fulpbur miner alt fixe by art, for
alted to thehigheft picch offharp- thefe things have a great virtue in
nefs, in which tponraneous profu¬ ; fixing the fharpeft Salts and furi-
sions of Blood very often haften the • ous Spirits. Then for clofmg the
Patienrs end) for rhe incraflating • opened Veflels, and.' glutinating the
and coagulating this attenuated 1 minute Fibres of the Arteries and
Blood, lx fide* Acids, by which this ] Veins, moderately afiringent and
volatil Salt, infamous for its Acri¬ . glutinousVulneraries are good, fo*
mony, is conquered and deprefied, 1 which purpofe we recommend the
nothing is found more proper than following Dccoftion >
the following arcanum, which never
failed us ; - Take of the Leaves of Ladies min-
tie,Speedwel, Sanicle,Yarrow, A-
Take cf crude Alum, Vitriol of grimony each half an handful.
' 'Mars, Saccharum Saturni of each Roots of Comfrey , Llquoricq,
equal Par tsi pour ro them of Tormenttl each half an Ounce;
Vinegar, Liquor of ttrra ftgilla- Flowers of Daify,wild Pomegra¬
fa, Spirit of Vitriol each alike nate each two Pugils, Pine-nuts
quantities. Prepare it according half an Ounce, red Saundersj
to Art. The Dole is from ten three Drachms, Crabs-eyes one
Drops to thirty. Ounce, bo>1 them in fix Pints to
the Confumptionofathird part.
There is another ftyptickL’quor Or in the form of an fcleftu-
m ide of ttrra Martians', which will ary.
fail no Man. Things good for this j
J >urpofe. arc Tinfture of Blood- Take of old Conferve of Rofes two
icne, cfpeciilly outs, which fhalf Ounces, lobocb de pfyllio o ne Ounce j
b- mentioned hereafter, Jin^ure Conferve bf Comfrcjr half an
of COral, of tirra Japonica, of Sul¬ Ounce j pulv'ts ftypticus Hfurnii
phur, of Vitriol, to the quantity of vtl Cro'lii one Drachm, Crabs-
of fixt y Drops. Spitting of Blood eyes prepared half * Drachm,
bfteri arifes in the Scurvy, which Syrup of dried Rofes, Moufe-ear
in«v cafily he ctlrcd, by adding each what is fufficient. Mix
coRvtiiicnf Ahtifcorbuticks, efpeci- them, make an Eleftuary.
Aify in 'A l^ty. For dulling and fix¬
Emulfions

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 called Empyema and Vomica. 31 r
Emulfiom of Almonds are alfo the ftyprick Tinfture of the Eng*
good in this cafe. lifii and an Infufionof Oyl Olive in¬
to the Veins of the Patient, as ge¬
Take of fweet Almonds blanched nerous Remedies. As for Apo-
three Ounces, four greater cold ftems of the Lungs, in them (that
Seeds,Poppy each Haifa Drachm, is, in a Vomica and Empyema ) if
with Barly-Water make an Emul- there be no Fever, tve highly va¬
fion. Add of faccbarum pcrlatum, lue all fulphureous Medicines, fuch
j as much as will fweeten it. Or, as Tin&ure of Sulphur, balfamut
fulphuris terebinthinttus, the Sama¬
Take of Water of Yarrow, Speed- ritan Balfam, made of two Pounds
wel, Shepherds-purfe each one of Oyl Olive, three Pounds of white
Ounce, pulvis (irnicus Crollii half Sugar, and two Pounds of Wine,
a Drachm, Seeds of white Hen¬ alfo our univerfal Balfam, made a
bane fifteen Grains, Syrup of certain way out of Antimony. That
Comfrey one Ounce. Mix them. alfo of D'uby's is not anfifs in 2 Vo¬
Or in form of a Powder, to pro¬ mica, to wit, an Apple filled with
cure tenacity to the Blood, Frankincenfe, then roaflcd and ea¬
ten. The fame Author alfo recom¬
Take of pulvis anonymus half an mends to country People a Difh fit
Ounce, Henbane Seeds, Crabs - for their Tooth, that is, Horfe-dung
eyes each one Drachm. Mix boyled in white Wine, and then
them. Make a Powder of feveral eaten. Juice of Crefles is highly
Dofes, Or, valued by Carditucius in this Di-
feafe, "but you have only the Au¬
Take of red Coral, Pearl prepared thors word for it, I never yet in
each one Scruple, Gum-Arabick, my Pradice tried it. But when
Tragacanth each cwo Drachms. all thefe things do no good, if the
Mix them. Make a Powder for Bread be filled and Huffed with
feven or eight Dofes, and take great ftore of purulent Matter, we
two of them every day. Or, mufl have recourfe to Tapping of
the Ereafl ( whereby I have fecn
Take of Sympus de fymphyto Ftmelii, feveral cured) but with this cauti¬
Syrup of red Poppy, of white on, that we ufe to do it with a
Poppy each one Ounce, lauda¬ Cautery between the fixth and fe-
num opiatum two Grains, Water venth Vertibra, and then we let
of Speedwel one Drachm and out the purulent Matter by little
an half. Mix them, and take it and little through a filver Pipe. And
by fpoonfuls. when this cruel Remedy i; ufed, it
is a good fign, if the Pus do no:
AlfoAflesMilk with Steel quench¬ come out fetid, for then we may
ed in it, is commended, becaufe hope well of the Patients recove¬
Chalybeates bind without obrtru- ry; in the mean time we ule to
ftion. Bilfams fulphuris tcrebmthi- drop in fome of the forefaid bjlf -
natus or anifatus ufed outwardly or mus fulphuris avifatus or ttrebinthira-
inwardly, to five drops, will con¬ tus, and we give five drops or more
duce much to the healing the Vetj inwardly, if there be cccafion. For
fcls of the Lungs, we commend the ordinary drink wc commend,
X 4 in.
 Of Spitting of Blood and Apoflems, &e.
in this cafe the following vulnera-! In fpitting of Blood that applaud
ry Dccotfion.
Take of Lapis fabttlofus three
’ Drachms, Leaves of Ladies-Man¬ Take of Alum, Vitriol each one
tle, Water-crefles, Saracens con¬
found , Golden-rod each one
handful, Speedwel one handful
and an half, Liquorice-root ferap-' filtrated Liquor be fhdrpencd
ed one Ounce, Daify-Flowcrs
half an handful. Mix them. Make
a DecoAion in Water. Or,
Take of a Decoftion of BarIy,Leaves
‘ of Plantain and Brook-lime or
Water-crefles three Pounds, to- i
wards the latter end let half an
Ounce of Sal prunella be added.
Then we ufe to conclude the
cure with divers Precipitatcrs, fuch
as Crabs-eyes, Coral,foe. Nor are
we willing to negleft divers exter¬
nal things, both Unguents and Pla¬
cers. Let this be a Receipt ;
Take of Oyl of fweet Almonds,Cha-
’ moihil each half an Ounce, Pop¬
py two Drachms, Saffron half a
Drachm, Wax what is fufficient.
Mix them. Make an Unguent,
wherewith to anoint the Ereaft.
Or,
Take of Emp’aflrum diachjltn cum
gummi cine Ounce, Powder of
Cumin-feeds,Florentine Iris-root
each one Drachm, Saffron half a
Drachm. Mix them. Make a
PlaRcr. • • •
When thefe things will do no
good, the Phyfician muff drive be¬
fore the Wind of divine Provi¬
dence.
Go gle
cd Liquor of de U Vignt the French¬
man will be proper, i. e.
Drachm, Phlegm of Vitriol one
Ounce, let it boy 1 till the Con¬
tents be diflolvetf, then let the
with a few drops of Spirit of
Vitriol. Or,
Take of crude Alum half a
Drachm, hrra vitriols iulr.it one
Scruple,Phlegm of Vitriol a little
fharpened with Spirit of Vitriol
ohe Ounce and an half, or two
Ounces. Mix them.
But the Spirit of Wine reftified
by it felf, cxcemaJly applied, is
better than all theft things, becaufe
all fluid Blood, even while it is hot
and frefh, ufes prefently, to the be¬
holders wonder, to coagulate with
it; arid,.which is a thing not yet
known to all Philofophers and Phy-
feians, Spirit of Wine it felf may
eafily be coagulated into a dry Pow¬
der, a thing which I have ofeen
done. Knot-grafs tied to the Arm-
pits,is faid, prefently to flop Blood,
as alfo a Toad well dried and held
in the hand. Let the traumatick
EHence be given out of the Fit
twice or thrice a day, to thretfcorc
drops and if any Elood be fpate
Rill, then it mufl bemixt withTin-
flure of Sulphur of Vitriol. Or,:
T^ke of Eflence of Flowers of Sr.
/oka's-wort, Crabs-eyes each
three Drachms. Mix and give
it.
CHAP.
l
 CHAP. VI.

Of the Palpitation of the Heart.

ded, and the Symptom, where¬

i. with the Patient is afflifted.
E arc yet about ex¬
plicating the nature Difference.
of Pedoral Difeafes,
among which the But this Difcafe of ours differs
Princes of our Faculty do with o- very much from the Palfion of the
ther Difeafes of the Heart, reckon, Heart, which is a Difcafe of the
the Palpitation or Leaping of the Mou:h of the Stomach ; but ours,
Heart, which the Greeks call^A- of the Heart it felf and Arteries.
fxls KAtS't&S' •And it is vulgarly reckoned to dif¬
fer from the trembling of the Heart
in this, that in the trembling the
Defcription. carneous or motive Fibres of the
And this Difcafe k deferibed to Hearc are affected by themfelves,
be, a convulfive Motion, having its and the morbifick caufe refides noc
rife from vititus or bilious Blood, or in the Blood and cardiack Arte¬
from a too (harp diluted Serum, pre¬ ries, as it does in a Palpitation,
set naturally contained-in the peri¬ though ( in my Judgment.) they
cardium, -which villicates the Heart only differ in degrees, and the na¬
and nervous Fibres of the Arteries. ture of this Difcafe will appear
|n the Pulfe indeed the Heart and more cxadly by the following
Arteries are naturally moved of the Cafe.
Spirits by Syftole and Diallole, but
they arc net fo in this Difcafe; for A Cafe.
they are violently irritated, arc in
Convulfions and contraded. The A young Man, a German, twenty
operation therefore of the Motion five years old, candidate in Phy-
of the Heart, which is performed fick, of a Melancholick Complexi¬
in a Pulfe, is natural, but in the on, having made divers Journeys
,
Palpitation of the Heart it is pre¬ through France England and Hol¬
ternatural •, therefore the Difcafe land, having kept a bad Dier, and
lias its name from the Part affe- eating too irttlfch fowrc Milk-Wears

Go gle
 Of the Palpitation of the Heart.
3*4
in Holland, fell into a double Ter¬
tian, and then into a Quartan, af¬
ter he had tried all Remedies in
»ain, and was returned to hi* own
Country, he was rid of his Ague,
but after eating, there were ftill
remaining Tenfions of the Hypo¬
chondria, heavinefs and anxiety of
Heart, Vntiio, and a violent Palpi¬
tation of the Heart; efpecially af¬
ter too much Exercifc, or drink¬
ing of Wine, he felt a beating in
all his Arteries, even the leart} his
Urine was full of froall Gravel,
flicking to the Tides as well as to
the botrom of the Urinal, with a
very ftrong Pulfe. The Patient re¬
quires help.
$. z. Part affected.
B Y the common confent of Au¬
thors, the Subject of our Di-
fcafe is agreed to be the Heart, the
Pomp of Life, which with the 0tri¬
car dium they reckon to be affecre*,
either primarily or by confent :
They think that the Vapors may
afeend from the lower Parts to the
Hrart, and vellicate it. But we
reckon, That befide the Heart, the
Arteries arc here aft-fled,is to their
Fibres, but efpecially the fmall Fi¬
bres of the left Ventricle of the
Heart, which receives the Blood in
abundance from the vena cava, and
therefore the Heart bears the fir ft
brunt. Therefore we make no
queftion, but the Heart is in this
cafe affefted both idiopathic-ally
and fympathctically, and the thing
is the more credible, becaufe pec¬
cant Matter may eafily be com¬
municated and tranfmltted from
all Parts, by means of the Circula¬
tion of the Blood, for when thefe
are infefled, the Heart, and not
the Elood is infefled. Alfo, that
Go gle
the Heart is a Mufcle,and becaufe of
its Fibres,may eafily be contracted,
has been proved before by Experi¬
ments •, for if Hearts be taken ©ut
of living Creatures, when they are
hurt with the Knife’s-point, they
contraft themfelves, and move
themfclves impetuoufly, of which
I fhall fay more hereafter, when I
treat of the caufe of this Di-
feafe.
$. Diagnoflick.
N Ow we will proceed to the
Diagnoftick. Breathing in
this DHeafe is fmall and rare, the
Pulfe in unequal and impetaous,
the Heart of the Patient trembles
and throbs, as if it would fplir, if
you lay your hand to the Region
of the Heart. This concuffion is
fometimes fo violent, that the ad-
joyning Ribs have been broken by
it, and thofc that were about the
Paps, have been difloeared, as F/r-
nelius and Sylvius have obferved.
Alfo the Arteries of the whole Bo¬
dy, which wc cannot feel in fuch
as are well, are moved here, and
efpecially thofc that are near the
Throar, yea and fometimes the
Patients feel the capillary Arteries
beat ftrongly in their Fingers-ends.
In fome this Palpitation is fo per¬
ceptible, that their Cloths, where¬
with they defend their Breaft from
external Injuries, may be feen by
the bye-ftanders at a diftance to rife
and fall according to the Motion
of the Heart and Arteries, as three
days before I wrote this, I faw in
a young Man, a ftrange and fad fpe-
flacle. Now and then alfo the bye-
ftanders ufe to hear a plain found
or noife, as Folefins relates obf i.
lib. 17. There are Anxieties of
Heart, efpecially in a hvpochon-
driack
 Of the Palpitation of the Heart. *1?
<?ridck and fcorbutick Conftituti- thereby the Heart is irritated and
on, which I haye obfervcd to be rollicked to a preternatural Motion,
chiefly afflifted with this Difeafe. they alfo hold, That it may be
And this Difeafe is apt to return caufed remotely by Anger, Venus,
upon any Motion of Body or Mind, Surfeiting, violent Exercife, (foe.
but efpccially upon Anger, Riding, and their reafon is, becaufe by
Bathing, Surfeiting, Hear, immo¬ thefe things the Blood is inflamed,
derate Exercife, Venus, Horror, and the peccant Matter does, as it
Sadnefs, Fear, <fyc. For the Sym¬ were, opprefs the Heart,atrd there¬
ptoms which chiefly accompany fore it endeavors to expel, what is
this Difeafe, are a fenfe of weight noxious, by a violent Motion or
«dter Meat, Rumblings in the Guts Pulfation. And they do not at all
caufcd by Wind, and Tenfions of doubt, but the fame Difeafe fomc-
the Hjpotbondria caufed thereby, times arifes from a Polypus of the
there is a Vertigo, and Urine full Heart, or fome watry, bloody Hu¬
of Gravel; but if it arife from con- mor, That is in the pericardium.
fent of other Parti, a prudent and Paulus otgineta l. 3. c. 34. judges.
circurofpeft Phyfician may eafily That ftrong Palp rations of the
know that by the hurt of thofe Heart, do often pioceed from the
parts; to that we need not infift abundance or heat of Blood re¬
any longer upon this Matter, but ceived Into ir. Fernelius blames
ivill rather turn pur felves to the rerorrid Bile poured out into the
Etiology. Arteries, and fometimes gathered
in the Prtcordia, oftentimes in the
s. n. Spleen. In a word, the whole Ga¬
lenical Party do verily believe.
Nd now we will briefly enquire That the four Humors are liere a-
into Authors various explica¬ mifs.
tions of the caufc, as we have done
in other Difeafes. The old dE»alC-
nifbs fay. That the caufc of this
§.y.
Difeafe is cither a too hot or too T He $aracrifitt« do here, as
is their manner, obtrude their
cold intemperature of the Heart .•
Some of them blame flatulent, ma¬ Tartar, which by its vaporous and
lignant and grofs Vapors and Spi¬ diflolved Subflance is in all the Hu-
rits, fliut up and detained in the mors,and carried with them to the
pericardium or in the firm'd of the Parts. When therefore the Ar-
Heart, which are either bred in cbtus of the Heart cannot rightly
the Heart, or are fent from fome feparate and expel this enemy, it
where elfr, namely from the hypo¬ cannot otherwife be, but that the
chondria, or Womb, or fome other Motion of the Heart mull be there¬
Parts, that are indifpofed, from by difturbed. They alfo blame;
which they hold thefe Vapors may black and malignant Fumes arifing
be fent by the Veins to the Heart. from the cacochyraick Mercury
Others of them hold, That it may fublimate, befec with the fharp and
be bred and cncreafed by a watry corrofive Spirits of the Salts, bc-
and putrid Humor,like Urine, in- ficging the Spirit of Life, now this,
clofed in the pericardium, and that endeavouring a violent cfcapc,arid

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 316 Of the Palpitation of the Heart.
the grofs Fumes oppofing.it, they
thereby caufe fuch a Trepidation
and Palpitation. And they ufe to
7-
compare it to an Earthquake,where¬
WLffli holds’ Thac thls °i-
in abundance of preternatural Spi¬ feafe, according to an a-
rits or Wind, contained in the natomical Obfeivation in a Divine,
Bowels of the Earth, attempt a does arife from the efflux of Blood,
pafiage with great violence, and being hindred in the Arteries, in-
/hake the Body of the Earth,which afmuch as in the Syftole of the
refills their various Motions, while Heart its Cone and Sides are drawn
they are carried a contrary way, together and ftraitned, and the ba¬
and thus in the fame manner they fts of the Heart with the roots of
think, That the Palpitation of the 1 the Veflels enlarged by the Blood
Heart is caufed by malignant Va¬ gathered there, and flicking a lit¬
pors let loofe in the Heart. Some tle or forced back, fwells out,
of them blame the precipitate Spi¬ whence flows jhe Palpitation of
rits of the Mercury., that beat a- the Heart. Certain therefore it is,
gainft the capful a cordis; others that this Difeafe depends upon foftie
blame-the Tartar of the Aliment, fault in the Blood or Veflels, and
not rightly feparated, and fo hurt¬ he proves it by this, Becaufe plc-
ful to die Heart. thorick People, and fuch as are
neurifhed with a hot Blood, are
§. 5. inclinable to this Difeafe, and an
Obftruftion may eafily follow from
&$ltnotlt refers the taufe to a thence, both by the fault of the Ar¬
H heterogeneous Gas, participa¬ teries annexed to the Heart, and
ting cf the nature of the balfamick of the Venrricles of the Heart,and
Salt, which affefts mod powerful¬ of the Veflels of the Lungs,arifing
ly and quickly. Tr. Complex, atque from the Humors concrete within
Mill. Element, num. 42. In this thofe Veflels, whereupon the Vef-
Difeafe he acknowledges the au- fels of the Heart do not contraft
ftere ponticity'of the Humors,con¬ thcmfelves perfectly, and the Blood
taminating the fenfitive Spirit, to that would go out of the Heart,
be the primary caufe thereof; for not finding room in the Lungs,docs
he holds, That the Arcbxus of the by violent diftending the Veflels of
Heart is irritated thereby, and the Heart fhake the Heart it felf,
ftirr’d up to a diforderly Motion. and thereupon neceflarily caufes a
affirms alfo, That foul Vapors Palpitation of the Heart, for he
tinged with ft range ideas, and car¬ proves by folid Arguments, That
ried to the Heart, may produce the Heart is fpafmodically affefted
fomerhingof the like nature, which in this Difeafe, and his principal
Idtas in other places he gives an ill Argument is, bccaufe it rs cufto-
tharafter. mary to fuch as are troubled with
hypochondriack or hyftcrickFics,
the caufe of which Fits is merely
convulfive : for it is evident. That
the Heart has its Arteries, Nerves,
and motive Fibres, which if- thay
be

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 Of the Pa1 pit at ion of the Heart. 1*7
be contracted or too impetuoufly J
moved, they may eafily flop the I
perfluent Blood and fo this Di¬ 5- 9-
feafe is raifcd,as we mayobferve in' (fp 3tttcS aferibes the natural Pulfc
Fear, Sadnefs, Shanfe, Love,where¬ ^ to the rarefaftion of one drop
by the Spirits are moved difordcr- or two of Blood, and to the Bloods
ly, and the Veflcls are on a fudden, fwelhng thereupon, and flipping
and for a good while fo contracted, out of the Ventricle of the Hearc
that the Blood can fcarce, and not into the Arteries: And he refers
but by turns get out of the Sinus's of the caufe of the Palpitation of die
the Hearc. He therefore main¬ Hearr, to over thick and fpirituous
tains, That this Difeafe does ufual- Blood, which Ferments eirher over
ly arife from too much Blood ga¬ impetuoufly or mildly, and fo part-
thered, and ftagnating in the Heart, fes more quifckly or flowly out of
together with a fpafmodick com¬ the finus of the Heart. Now there¬
motion of the nervous Fibres: The fore, if many both fpirituous and
fir ft he proves, for that the Palpi- vifeous Particles be found in the
ration of rhe Heart arifei from po- Mafs of Blood, it cannot orher-
lypous Concretions that are ufually ; wife be, but that this Difeafe muft
bred within the fmus of the Heart arife $ forfmee the vifeid Particles
or the Arteries, as other Practical cannot fo eafily be fevered by the
Phyficians do alfo obferve: The fpirittoous, when they are quickly
latter he confirms by the impetu- moved, by reafbn of their tenaci¬
ous Motions of the Animal Spi- ous Figures flicking faft one to a-
rits, which eafily cfcufe a Convul- nother, hence as often as thefe vi-
flon. tious Particles enter the Ventricles
of the Hearr, and as foon as they
§ o rarefy, they reqnire more room,
* * ! whence of necelfity fome violence
Ak^lbius, raking the Palpitation J mull be done to the Hearc and Ar-
for a convultive Motion of the teries.
Hearr, defends his Opinion by this, Therefore it is evident from what
That it is a Motion in fome mea- has been faid, That the caufe of
fure diforderly forced, and often the Palpitation is for the molt pare
violent. He alfe blames fharp Va- to be aferibed to the crudity and
i
pors arifing from the inteftinun tt- vifcofityof the Blood, and that the
me to the Heart, by rrafon of a j Coats of rhe Ventricles of the
vicious Effervefcency raifed there,; Heart and Arteries are affected and
becaufe they dirturb the Efftrve- fhaken, which very thing rhe Car-
fcency of the Blood, and moleft teflans do hereby prove, bccaute
the Heart and thereby irritate it j the aflion of Fermentation, which
to an unequal contraction of it felfj' otherwife would languifh in Li-
nor does he excufc vifeous Humors,! quors ro be fermented, for inftance
difturbing the Effervefcency in rhe ’ in new Wine, is eafily promoted
Heirr, nor carneous Tumors in the by carting in crude, i. 1. unripe
fubrtance of the Hearr, nor bony • Fruits j and moreover, becaufe
Excrefccncies, Cartilages, Worms, they that are troubled with this
Wounds, <&c. which oiolefl the Difeafe, void vifeid S:uff, *whence
Heart. ic

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Vi 8 Of the Palpitation of the Heart.
Jt miy the rather be concluded, feafe, will premife fomething con¬
That the Fermentation of the Blood cerning the natural Atiion of the
is increafed: for the over crude Heart, that fo the preternatural A-
and vifeous Blood returning to the diqp thereof may appear the plain¬
Heart, may very well raife immo¬ er. The Heart is the Work-houfe
derate Effervescencies and Ebu¬ wherein the tranfmuration of Chyle
llitions not agreeable to nature, into Blood is performed, and in¬
violent dilatations and preterniru- deed the Chyle mixt with the lym-
ral Motions of the Heart, which pha is poured into the left Axillary
are caufes of the Palpitation, as Vein ( where the Blood receives
Wind is of Storms. And ‘theyits Rudiments} by the rhoracick
conclude as much from the juvan- Dud £ which in Men is ufually on
tia and nocentia : bccaufc the fick the right fide, bat in Beads on the
are helped by Diaphoreticks, and left} is wrought by it, and by its
hurt by Vifcids; for feveral Pra- Motion is driven into the right
aitioners know, That this Difeafe Auricle of the Heart, then into the
has come upon eating vifeous Meats left Ventricle, and afterwards is
at Meals, fuch as Tweet Milk mixt turned into the like Blood. Nor
with Sugar, Feet ofBeaffs, Sea-fifh, need it be fo much admired, why
OyffeiSj^rc. Neverthelefs the Men the white Chyle does fo quickly
of this Seft do not deny. That this grow red, fince this is eafily done
Difeafe may be bred by too great a in Chyroiftry: I keep a mod lim¬
quantity of Blood, and by fharp, pid Liquor by me, which upon
acute Particles flowing out of the pouringof an acid Spirit to it grows
Auricles of the Heart into its Ven¬ red in a momenr. For the Heart
tricles and Fibres, upon this ac¬ is the principal Parr, and next to
count, becaufe violent Exerdfe, it the Arteries, which when ulce¬
Running, Leaping and Venus are a- rated and hurt, the Blood mud
ble by moving and agitating the needs run out, and the circulation
Spirits to produce this Difeafe. So be hindred: wherefore all Wounds
fikewife noneofthem queffion,but of the Heart by the unlverfal con-
it may be produced by a contra¬ fent of Phyficians are faid to be
ction and draitning of the Venrri- mortal; which the noble Segerus
cles of the Heart, or by a Polypus, in his Trimphus cordis confirms,
Phlegm,Worm,or a Stone; for then where he fays, That is has ne¬
more animal Spirits than ordinary ver been found, that any one
have recourfe thither, and fpafmo- wounded in the Heart recovered.
dically contract the Fibres of the But I would have all here take
Heart and Arteries; and they defer- notice, That in the Earldom of
vcdly place this Difeafe among fpaf- Naffow, there Was a Bullet of Lead
modick Difcafcs. S ectraldfmidiiFun- found in the Heart of a Boar, co¬
damtnu mediant p. m. 86. And let vered with Flefh, thar no way eni
this fufficcfor other Men’s Opinions. dangered his life: for he was a
large Boar, and when ic was taken
ro. out with a Huntman’s-knife, any
one might obferve that the Wound'
before we come to «f-
was not made two or three days,
plain the caufeof this Di¬
Utic

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 Of the palpitation of the Heart.
but a long time before. Thefe few
things premifed, let us examine the
ufe of the Heart; and indeed fome
of the Moderns ho!d,That Blood is
made in the Heart by elixating.with
the innate heat of the Heart. Some
imagine. That the Blood being by
a repeated coHrfc carried to the
Hearr, is rarefied, heated and kind¬
led by the vital Flame blazing in
its left Ventricle, and fo the Chyle
mixt with it is attenuated, and
turned into Blood. But Sylvius
thinks. That front an acid Lympha
defeending with the Blood by the
Axillary Veins, and from Bile a-
(cending with the Blood by the
trunck of the vent cava, and they
meeting in the Hearr, becaufc of
the contrariety of the Acid in the
Lympht to the urinous Salt in the
Bile, there arifes an Effervefcencc
in the Ventricles of the Heart. But
fince the Motion of the Bile, which
he fuppofes is not fo certain, and
the Lympha is not fo acid to Scnfe,
aor the afeending Blood fo bilious,
as to be able to raife this Efferves¬
cence, therefore we juffly fufpend
our judgment, though the Noble
Wilhel. ten Kbyte feems to fub-
feribe, when he fays, The primary
Author of the univerfal Motion or
Circulation of tbt Bile in the Blood
depends on a particular agitation,
while meeting with the fubzacid Lym¬
pha, it caufts a vital Efjervefctncy,
as one fights againtt the other with
Particles fisrnijbtd with *a different
edge of Figures, that the innate heat
may conflantly be fypt in the whole
Body. But we rather fufpeft that
the Blood is made by the Fermen¬
tation of a twofold Salt, an acid
and urinous, or a volaril Alkali, re¬
siding in the Mafs of Blood from
tire very moment, when the Man
was conceived, by the concourfc of
319
which being diffblved ( and by the
influence of the animal Spirits,
which give fo great a Motion both
to the Heart and Arteries, and fo
caufc the Blood to flow more or
lefO they aft one upon the other,
and fo life is continued. Where¬
fore Belmont is not our, when he
places a certain vital Ferment in
the left Ventricle, namely brought
in and illuminated by viral Spirits.
But we reckon, as does EttmuUerus,
That this acid and urinous Ferment
is radicated in the falient Point of
an Egg, becaufe of a faline volatil
Spirit j which Charleton has long
fince obferved in his Oeconomix p.
65. faying. It is manifeflly appa¬
rent that the vital Spirit is raifed in
the primum feminale by means of
the plafticf^ virtue, and is fiery, fir
that nob It Principle, which by its
Heat and Motion in turning the purer
part of the Colliquamentum font
white to red, firtt maizes Blood in
the Embryo, it will bt difficult to
explain it, and likewife what it is
that converts Chyle into Blood, and
is the Author of the fame wor{» ever
after, as long as the Man or Beafl
liver. For to maintain life, thefe
balfamlck or fulphureous Particles
of the Blood, muff, as far as is pof-
fible, be preferved $ fince there¬
fore the Coats aud Membranes of
the Veins and Arteries are porous,
wear out by degrees, and their tex¬
ture is broken, it cannot other-
wife be, but thefe volatH Particles
mufl fly out in time ac 'thefe apar-
tures, the Blood muff ceafe to be
volatil, and [death at laff invade
the Hearts of old Men. The princi¬
ple of Life is therefore fo far good,
as the Blood is kept in Motion by
volatil or alkalitk Particles, that is,
the Animal Spirits.
From
’310 of the Palpitation of the Heart.
From what has been premifed
any one may eaftly gucls at the
caufc of the Palpitation of the
II. Trognoflick.
v
Heart ; and it is certain, That it is Ow in order let us take an ac-
different and various, according to count of the prognoftick
the various and different texture, Sign?. In refpeft of Life and
volatility and fixity of the Blood Death in general this Difeafe is
and Spirits: for fometimesit con- very dangerous ; and it is evident,
fifts in a coagulation of the Blood That life is endangered by it, be-
made in fome certain place of the caufe the Part affefted is noble. The
Heart •, yet in my Opinion, it is Symptoms alfo are violent, Swoon¬
mod ufually caufed by its too great ing, fuffocative Catarrhs, Convolfi-
rarefaftion and excetfive Commo- ons, foe. but all hope is part, when
tion caufed thereby. For no Man,1 any thing of maligr.iry appears,
who has anv Brains in his Head,} And it is often fatal, becaule the
will deny, Tnat this Commotion of. natural diftribution of the Blood
the Heart may be hurt by divers! is hindred. Yet that which comes
caufes, for it is as clear as the Sun,; fympatht tically need not fo much
that this Difeafe may bee ccaufed ei- be feared, for this is an allertion

Mafs of Blood it felf, or fent thi- Schools. What Symptoms arife ly

ther from fome of the inferiour ! conftnt, art left dangerous than thoje
Parts, to wir, by an over fowrej that art tfftntial. Timaus /. 2. tp:
pancreatick Juice, or an over vo-j 23. fays, That the ilfue of this
latil fcorbutick Strum abounding in . Difeafe is dubious, bccaufe a prin-
the Blood, or by a (harp Water, ly- < cipal Part is affefted, and becaufe
ing in the pericardium,and at fome-. it often degenerates into a mortal
times communicated to the Heart.: Syncope. But this Difeafe is more
For wc exclude no ftiarp Humors, difficult to cure in Women, bccaufe
where acid.vifcid, auftere or pitui- of their Impure vifeous Bodies and
.tous, if fo be they are able by their fedentary life, than in Men. And
Acrimony to irritate the tartnchy-J if the Difeafe do ever and anon re-
ma of the Heart and its Fibres to a turn, and afflift the Patient, it will
convulfive and palpitating Motion,! endanger his life. But if Solution
and to create a grumefcence or of Unity in the Head be joyned
thicknefs in the Blood, fothat it with it, the cafe is defperate; and
Ss as it were hindred in the midft though fome have been freed from
of its Motion, which left it fhou'd this fad evil by Bleeding, by a low
ccafe, Nature throws off by a fub- Diet, and generous Medicines, of
fultary Motion, whence proceeds which we fhall treat hereafter; yet
this Palpitation, which we are now on the other hand there are fome,
treating about. So alfo we believe, who after they had tried thefe
That the animal Spirits, in a tu¬ things to no purpofe, have within
mult, and ruftiiog impetuoufly in¬ a year or fome Months been taken
to the Heart and Arteries, do of¬ with it again, and out of the
ten, if not always, affeft them World before their time; others
fpafmodically: for from thence we have been taken off by acute Fe¬
deduce the frequent and vehement vers ; and fome when they have
PuJfe, Hear, foe. thought

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 Of the Pa pit at ion of the Heart.
thought themfclvcs well, 'Gave di¬ the obfervarion of'the Palpiratioh
ed fuddcnly in a Swoon, or of a of the Heart, will not treat only
fuffocacive Catarrh: for there is in general, but in particular, what
imminent danger of fudden death, Diet we do advife, aud what we
if this Difeafe hold one long or re¬ diflwade in this Difeafe. And it is
turn often. And if it proceed from evident from what has gone before,
an external caufe, as from the vio¬ ; that not only Meat and Drink but all
lence of Venom, Eire or Blow,the the non-naturals are herein com¬
cafe is alfo dangerous ; yet here prehended, of the ufe and abufe of
we ought not wholly to defpair ; each of which we lhall briefly dif-
however a Phyfician has always courfe.
need of this Caution, to keep his C hufe therefore a pure Air in¬
Prognoftick dubious, left he dif- fected with no Filth, or Cloudy and
grace both himfelf and his Art. Salt Exhalations,as iris in maritime
This Difeafe is not fo familiar to Parts,which,unlefs it be fuch as the
fuch as are troubled with Swoon¬ Phyfician would have ir,muft be cor¬
ing, as to them that have a fwoi- rected by arr,for when the Cold ex¬
Icn Spleen, and are full of black ceeds,it muft be heated wich Fumes
feculent Blood, namely hypochon¬ of Lawrel-leaves, Juniper, <frc.
driacal People. Laftly, the Palpi¬ When heat is urgent, it muft be
tation of the Heart ceafes upon the cooled by all means.
diffolution and corrcftion of the Food muft be fuch, f s may breed
morbifick Matter, which when a good and laudable Blood and Spi¬
done, the natural Fermentatioa is rits ( for fuch as the Blood is, fuch
reftored in the Heart, and all is are the Spirits ) not a vifeid, fe-
well, if the Cure, which now fol¬ rous, thin, nor a fait and flmp one,
lows, be obferved. the fimpier the better,, according
to Ctlfus. The Meat muft there¬
§. 12. Dietetick Cure. fore be temperate, of a good Juice;

A and for breed ng of better Blood let

Nd indeed the firft fountain of Broths be feafoned with Saffron,
Cure is Dietetick,wherebv the Mace, Cinnamon and other Spices,
Phyfician relieves his Patient. Now both Herbs and Roots. For this
how much a due courfeofDiet is purpofe Broths are good, in which
able to do in prefervation both opening Roots of Afparagus, Bot-
from Difeafes and Death, daily ex¬ cners-broom, Fenil, Bark cf Ca¬
perience teaches. To this purpofe pers, &(. have been boiled. 1 have '
that of Seneca, is excellent de bre- known Indian Chocolate given with
’oit. vit. c. i. mhave not received but good fuccefs. On the contrary fla¬
made our Lives (kort ( by Luxury ) tulent, grofs, vifeid, fharp, fait and
nor are we faring but prodigal of cxccfliYe acid Meats muft be avoid¬
them: as great riches, when they fall ed; alfo eating of Garden Fruits,
into the hands of a bad Mifttr, are Milk, and fmoak-dried Meats is
quickly lavijhed away, but an Ejlate, naught. For thefe cold and flatu¬
though mean,if it fad to a good Pojfef- lent Mears do of therafelvesbrecd a
for, dots encreaft by holding. Where¬ flatulent ( rather a fharp ) Chyle,
fore we, as in every thing, fo here according to Galen dc palp", cord. c.
Cfpccially bring folIicicOUs about 5. Salt Meats arc very hurtful in
Y thii

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 Of the Palpitation cf the Heart.
his cafe, becaufe they (harpen the
fcorbutick Strum, and by confe-
quence accelerate the Motion and
violence of the Blood and Spirits;
for feorbudek Perfons arc ufually
troubled with this Difeafc.
the be fmall, odori¬
ferous Wine, mixt with Water:
But in a hot Palpitation, where the
ufc of Wine is hurtful inftead of it
let him drink a cordial Drink made
of Peels of Citron, Orange ar.d Cin¬
namon. On the contrary, let the
Patient avoid rich Wines, and iuch
as arc corrupted with much Sul¬
phur, which enrage the Blood and
animal Spirits, and follicite and ftir
up the Heart to an extraordinary
Motion. And ftelmont has taken
notice, that great drinkers of Wine,
and artifts who arc employed much
abo\it aquafortis,are troubled with
the Palpitaeon of the Heart, be-
caufe they attenuate the Blood, and
injure the Spirits with their Taints.
In this cafe alfo vitious and Hand¬
ing Waters arc bad, and Beer made
of fuch Water, windy, not well
boiled, hopped and fowre, is bad;
all which things hurt the Blood,
and by confe quence produce bad
Spirits.The Patient therefore being
made more cautious by the juvan-
tia and noctntiajct him avoid what
is hurtful, and rather favour his
health than his Palate.
The Motion of the Body muff be
moderate, for too much'of it ex¬
alts the Blood and Animal Spirits,
enrages them and eafily provokes
them to fpafmodick Morions. So
Jikewife too much Reft docs harm,
to wit, a fedentary life, as Hdmnnt
has obferved, who fays, that idle
Perfons are affiifted with the Pal¬
pitation of the Heart, becaufe the
Chyle not rightly elaborated is in
fault, and the Blood is not rightly
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afluared, which then ftagnates, be¬
comes grofs and vifeid, and by
confcquence fharp and vellicating ;
hereupon alfo the ferous and add
Particles, that ufed to fly away,are
not evacuated by tranfpiration, but
remain in the Mafs of Elood,efpe-
cially about the Head, and fill it
with many Crudities and Excre¬
ments, hurtful to the Mafs of Blood
and the animal Spirits that are in
the Nerves, and often produce
this Difeafc.
As to Sltep and watching, we
muft avoid exccfs on either hand,
and we muft always keep in me¬
mory that of the divine Hippocra¬
tes, Sleeping and watching, if they
exceed bounds, it is bad. For im¬
moderate Sleep renders the Spirits
torpid, and fo unable for their dne
Aftion, and it alf© renders the
Blood torpid In its Motion; alfo
too much Watching confumes the
fpirituous Particles in the Mafs of
Blood, and fo leaves a vapid, tough,
vifeous and fharp Elood.
As for the excreta and retenta,
they muft be brought to the Laws
of Nature, otherwife they become
authors of this Difeafc; therefore the
fupprefTed Menftrua in the Female
fex, the Hemorrhoids in both, and
bleeding at theNofe muft be re-
flored, left the vitious Particles re¬
tained in the Mafs of Blood, infeft
and plainly corrupt it with divers
impurities.
Let the Patient induftrioufly a-
void the Paffions of the Mind, efpe-
cially Anger ( wherein at other-
times a trembling is obferved in
the Limbs, why not in the Heart.*1}
Sadncfs,Fear,fudden Joy, Sports of
if ecus,to onc told me, That in the
Venereal Sport fuch a Palpitation
came upon him, that unlefs he had
dcfjfledr hc had died f°r > ,cc
 Of the Palpitation cf the Heart. 32.3
him avoid all violent things, and as Pills, &c. They ufually alfocry up
fir as poflible efteeni thdn h:s e- Bleeding for an excellent Remedy
nemics ; for thefe things have great in this Difeafe, and they, let Blood
influence upon the Blood and Spi¬ till the Parieng fair.t: In cold Cfln-
rits, they breed Inflammations and fliturions they will nor admit of it.
Tremblings, they kindle Fevers by Then they endeavour to drive all
means of the Spirits, and a thou- manner of heterogeneous Matter to
fand other mifehiefs ifTue thence,as the ignoble Parts, by Clyftcrs,Cup¬
out of the Trojan Horfe. And what ping, Friftions and painful Liga¬
miichief they do to thofe that are tures, &c. Then they flrcngthen
<vel! in health, daily experience,the the Heart, and amend the hor and
mod faithful miftrefs,does fer before bilious or cold phlegmatick intern-
pur Eyes, to the over-lace repen¬ perarure of the Blood by the follow¬
tance of offenders. ing Medieines,which they call Cor-
roborarers, fuch as fpt'irs diambr<r,
confettio ttlermes, aromaticum refz-
3
$• * - tum. Treacle given in Buglofs Wa¬
'TT'Hefc things premifed, we will ter,- Musk, Diamoton, dhtrwfchu did-
I proceed to the pharmaceutick cr, Hippocra;-W'mc, Juice of Euglofs,
cure, beginning, according to the candied Citron-Peel, Zedoary.Nur-
Method we have hitherto obferv- meg, Cloves. Externally they or¬
ed, with the Kncients. They der the app'icarioo of an Epithem
therefore firfl of all, if the Body of Cordial Water and Majoran,and
were cacochymick, rendred the alio Bags of Lignum Aloes, fpecies
Humors obedient to Nature by Pre¬ diambr*, and other aromatick
parers, fuch as fyntpus de duabus ra- things.
dicibus, Byxantinus Oxymcl fmpltx, But in a hot Palpitation, befide
compofitum feiditicum, Water cfBe- the aforefaid, they fay that thefe
tony, Decision of Anifeed, Beto- Corroborarers are good, fpecies di-
ny, Frnil. In melancholias for this arrhodon Abbatis, diamargariton jri-
end they ufe Syrup of Dodder of gidum, distrion fantalon. Syrup of
Thyme, of Hops, of Apples, &c. Pomegranare Juice. Sorel, Apples,
and in a bilious Conftitution Juice Euglofs, Limons, Quincts, &c. In
of Limons, Sorel, Water of Let¬ this cafe they ufe to apply exter¬
tuce, Violets Buglofs, Rofes, Cicho- nally Epithems of Flowers of Wa¬
ry. whith Humors thus prepa¬ ter-Lily, red Rofes, Buglofs, Vio¬
red, they at laft purge off with lets, with cooling Cordial Waters,
their evacuating Medicines; for ex¬ or Bags filled with fuch Sptchs.
ample. In a hot Conftiti’tion they They preferibe alfo divers Cord'a!
give Syrupus dt multiplier irfufiort Balfams and Linimenrs, for inffonce,
rofarum, rhabtrbari ; and . in a me¬ of Lignum Aloes, Rhodium and Nut¬
lancholiac Difpofition they give meg. They fay. that Balm, Eur
eiififerwa, cwrfftio Pamtch,' Pil'ulx g!ofs,Borrage, Coral,Pearl, precious
Indx, dt lapide lazuli, fine quibus. ef- Stones,Bone of a Stags heart,Ivory,'
fe nolo, firing rpithyrni. Bur when Unicorn’s horn, &c. arc good for.
this Difeafe comes frotn cold and all Palpitations of the Heart of what
p’tuirous Humors, they preferihe fort (orver, our of which < a pru-.
Agarick trodiifcatcd, Agatick’ dentPhyfician mayofhirrfelf make
X a iLvorar

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314 0/ /fo Palpitation of the Heart.
lcrcrai Receipts, which we fhall know how to tranfmutt Oyl of Cin»
row forbear. namon, cloves, Lavender, 8cc. into a
volatil Salt, you have got a tempt-
rate Medicine, which will effect as
4
*■ * - much as can be expelled from thtfe
T He Cljymtfto in the Palpita¬
tion of the Heart advife the
Simples in the Palpitation ojthe Heart.
In this cafe alfo he highly values
giving of fuch things, at remove Opiates: for he obfervedcap. 9. de
the Gppilation of the vital Spirit, lithiafi §. 17. that a certain Chy-
difeuts cacochytnick Fumes, and mift, who had tarried long about
highly ftrengthen the Balfam of aijui regia, fell into a terrible Pal¬
Life; therefore Pa'acelfus advifes pitation of theHearr, and pains of
the giving of one Scruple of pre¬ sis Arms, his Mouth was drawn
pared Gold In Lavender-Water, to the right fide, he flepr not all
drawn with reflified Spirit of Night, but had extreme Pain in
Wine bthers of that Seft com¬ his Arms, and grew very lean, be-
mend Oyl of Coral, Tinfturcs of caufc of the ponticity of the Wa¬
Gemms, S«pphire, Jacynth, &c.c- ters, which he had received. In
fpecially of Gold, if four or five the mean time all external Reme¬
drops of it be given in Balm- dies that were ufed,proved in vain,
Wine. Some do in this Difeafe and the Patient was perfeftly re¬
highly commend Oyl of Cinnamon, covered only by taking Laudanum
Amber to three drops, and the Ef- for thirteen days, and then he re¬
fence of Pearl given in Syrup of covered his foimer Strength and
Citron rind with Musk. So Quir- Habit of Body, concerning which,
attn highly efteems Eflicnce of a fee our Judgment below.
Stag’s-heart, with alcolizatc Spirit
of Celandine, Harts-horn, Monoceros,
with alcohol of Baum, Musk with §. 16.
Treacle Water, Civet and Caftor
extracted with their Mtnjbuums. JJj'l JlliS, becaufe he reckons.
Many prefer an Extraft of Coehi- That the Palpitation of
neler or Alkcrmcs as th: higheft the Heart depends upon fome faulty
Cordial. As for Externals, which in the Blood or Arteries annexe to
here and there may be met with the Heart, and alledges manifold
in Authors, and are not yet ap¬ caufes, does therefore proceed upon
proved by experience, I fhall not a different way of Cure. When
let them down here, left I fhould ' therefore this Difeafe proceeds
be tedious. from any fault in the Blood, the
Thcrapeutick Intention will be to
A ,Tr kindle the over watryvitious Blood,
v‘ and to exalt it to a better Efferve-
2*1 mo it t follows, who fays vc- fcence and Temper, and to en-
ry well, cap. de febrib. 1$. : creafc its aftive Particles, that are
num. 7. Then, though the Efftnces of. deprefied or diminifhed, to which
Vegetables and Animals be hot, ytt purpofe he commends fpirituous
their vohtil Salts ( which you nevet Medicines, alfo faline and fulphu-
faw) are temperate. So that if yea rcous ones, and efpecially Chaly¬
beate* :

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 Of the Palpitation of the Heart. 325-

beates : here arc fome of the Au- and Epithems made of cordial and
thor’s Receipts ; aromatick thing'.

Take of Tinfturc of Antimony

half an Ounce, tintiura martis a-
§. 17.
peritivx one Drachm and an half. kttlbius, if the Palpitation of
Mix them, and put them in a 9 the Heart appears to arife from
Glafs: give twenty drops twice a vifeousand fharp Humour, advi-
a' day in the following Ju¬ fes the ufe of Alrerers,Inciders, and
lep. Medicines that temper the Acri¬
mony: for which end he communi¬
Take of Water of Aral leaves three cates the following Medicine to
Ounces, Penny-Royal, Hyfop young Beginners;
each two Ounces, Worms, Mira-
bilis each one Ounce, Sugar of Take of Cinnamon-Water, Baum,
Rofes half an Ounce. Mix and Eorrage each one Ounce, Syrup
give ic. of Borrige, Buglofs, CArduus beie-
diflus each half an Ounce, Spirit
But if this Difeafe have its rife ofVitriol of Mars half a Scru¬
from Obftruftion of the Arteries ple. Mix them. Tukeafpoon-
and polypous Concretions, faline lui at a time.
Medicines will be proper, especial¬
ly fuch as are made of a volatil And to carry off that vifeid,
Salt, as Spirit of Salt, Sal Ammo- phlegmatick and (hirp Humor, hp
niack, and a Tinfture made with advifes Purgatives, and he prefers
it of Millipedes or other volatil Pills of Gums above all, which brfl
things, Spirit of Harts horn, Soor, diiToIve and incide glutinous Hu¬
Guajacum, Box, &c. But if the Di¬ mors.
feafe be caufed by too great effer-
vefcence and Acrimony of Blood, Take of Gum-Galbinum, diflolved
then he orders Bleeding and tem¬ in Vinegar of Squills, and infpif-
perate cooling cordial Juleps. And fated again, half a Drachm, Vi¬
becaufe he thinks the caufe is con- triol of Mars, calcined to whitc-
vulfive, he therefore mixes Anti- nefs one Scruple, Refm of Jalap
fpafmodicks with other things, and fifteen Grains. Mix them. Make
Spccificks approved by his own ex¬ thirty Pills, for two Dofes. Let
perience. This is one Receipt; him drink fome Eroth two hours
after he has taken them.
Take of Spirit of Amber, Sal Am-
moniack each one Drachm and And he commends the followirg
an half, Tinfture of Antimony Apozera for the fame purpofe.
two Drachms. Mix them, give
fifteen drops. Take of root of Parfly one Ounce,
Arum one Drachm, Shavings of
Then he recommends to the pru- Guajacum three Ounces, Ba\-ber¬
dent Phyfician theufeof Friftions, ries two Drachms, Pulp of Colo•
Cu pping glafles,Ligatures,Leeches, quintida one Drachm, Caraway*
Fomentations, Unguents, Plaflcrs, Seeds two Scruples, Orange Peel
Y 3 two

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316 Of the Palpitation of the Heart.
two Drachms. Boyl them in a [ will a Dccodion of the Woods.
fufficiem quantity of Spring-Wa¬ I The fccond Indication of Cure
ter,in thirty Ounces of thcCoIa- • is to corred the Blood, that is too
ture dillolve of Syrup of Rofes rare and effervefcent,by Venefefti-
folurlvc vyich Senna three Oun¬ on and lncrafiaaug things, namely
ces, redified Spirit of Wine ponderous Medicines; therefore
two Oances. Mix them. 'Lit the following Eleduary will not be
khe Pjfiem take three Ounces of improper}
this Apozcm.
Take of Confewre of Rofes,Borrage,
He cures this Difeafe out of the Buglofs each one Ounce, confe-
Jjroxyfm gradually by Alrerers tlio de hyacinths two Drachms,
and kni'ive Evacuater* , giving Al^trmes one Drachm, Tindure
them frequently mixt with other of Coral one Scruple, fpecies de
Spccificks. And in a hot cafe he gemmisfrigida four Scruples,Bone
tires rot contemn Bleeding and of a Stags-heart half a Drachm,
Cupping. Jacynth-fione prepared one Scru¬
ple, Sjrupus acetofitatis citri what
jslatfirient. Make an Eleduary.
§. 18. Of which let the Patient take the
T He Crtefia'tty as I faid before,
hold,' That this Difeafe pro¬
quantity of a Chefnut at a time j
or the following Powder }
ceeds from a Blood either too vif-
fc .us, too much rarefied, or from Take of Oriental Pearl prepared one
tpafmodick contradion of the Drachm, burnt Harts-hom prepar¬
Ventricles. In the firft cafe thtfre- ed three Drachms, Bones of a
fo're the Therapeutick Indication Stags-heart N°.r.of the five preci-
will be, to volatilize the vifcous ousSrones each half a S ;ruplc,yel-
jSiood, for which end, they admit \ low Saunders one Drachm. Mix
of Diaphoreticks,and all manner oT them.Make a fubtil Powder,which
volatil Salts, as generous Remedies: may be given from a Scruple to
for infiance} a Drachm in this or fome fucli
Vehicle.
Jake of Mixture firplcx three
* Drachms, our anodyne Cordial Take of Oyl of fweet Almonds half
Eflence half a Scruple. Mix and an Ounce, Melon Seeds two
give it. Or, Drachms, Cinnamon-Water one
Ounce, Buglofs, black Cherry
Jake of Tincture. bexoardica Micha- each tree Ounces, julapium rofk-
‘ ties one Drachm and an half, turn one Ounce. Mix them.
Tintture of Antimony one Scru¬
ple, Etlence of Opium with Am¬ Their third Therapeutick Indi¬
ber fix drop!. Mix them. The cation is, to flop the convulfive
Dofc is ten Drops. Motion of the Heart} to which end
they advife Anrifpafmodicks mixt
cranius his diaphoretick Powder with Cordials, which you may fee
made of Antimoriy and Carophore in our way of cure.
frill do good in this cafe. And fo
§.19.

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 Of the Palpitation of the Heart.
§• I9*
Ik:
V®
I T remains now, That l»c give
our oum Opinion about the
s,r
fc cure. Therefore, left we ftiould
give Medicines like Empiricks.who
rii
( as the faying is ) have but one
Salve for every Sore, we fhall, ac¬
cording to the Rule of dogmatical
<Se
Phyficians, ufe Method, and pro¬
W ceed, as near as poftible, according
fir
to the Indications thereof, which
are three. 1. Car at try, which bids
tc
us chiefly drive away the Difcafe in
the Fit, and fo it ufes to free the
iP» Heart and Arteries from that
I* flrange Invafion and Leaping.
2. Prefervatory, which refpefts the
B* Caufcs out of the Paroxyfm. Vi¬
t*" tal, which has refpeft to the "Pa¬
Ifll tient's ftrength, which here is of¬
Ij ten very low. As to the firft In¬
dication, we draw feveral Reme¬
pit dies from the chirurgical and phar-
maccutick Fountain. Among the
DC chirurgical ones we prefer bleed¬
i*F ing, by which, and a due obferva-
tion of diet, Avicen, Galen, Horjli-
11'■ ms, and others have perfectly cured
tt* feveral. One may therefore either
T* bleed in the Arm or Foot, five
Ounces or more: and if the Pati¬
ent be fearful, Rhafcs advifes Cup¬
ping and fcarifying the Back. But
it1 if the Difeafe will not ceafe fo, we
k* muft reckon that a fubtil, arterious
«si Blood, full of Spirits, and a volatil
flf Stram does rather abound in the
Arteries, and therefore we allow of
opening an Artery, provided there
be an expert Arteriotomift, and
\i the Englifh Styptick Liquor at
* hand: for we have found great be¬
nefit thereby. So Iikewife we do
i not contemn Infufion, no more than
our worthy friend Eitmulltrus: But
liuce morofc and ignorant Men will
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327
not allow of it, nor Phyficians ha¬
zard their reputation upon it, this
invention, to Man’s great preju¬
dice, is not yet made ufc of. Now
follows the pharmaceutick Foun¬
tain, from which generous Reme¬
dies are drawn, fo thar, when the
Indications are known, the cure is
happily performed. Firft of all,
that fharp or acid,vifeous,and fome-
times volatil peccant Matter ought
to be correfted, precipitated, and
fome way or other eliminated and
amended \ to which end all fucli
things are good, as are found to be
good Specificks by Authors, fuel) as
Pearl,burnt Ham-horn,rtrraLfw/i/j,
fragments of the precious Stones,
Bczoardicks. Here is a Receipt or
two for young Beginners j
Take of Ivory prepared two
Drachms, Harts-horn prepared.
Coral each one Drachm, occi¬
dental Pearl prepared one Scru¬
ple, Emerauld half a Scruple.
Mix them. Make a fubtil Pow¬
der, and give it in- the following
or fome fuch mixture*.
Take of Water of Baum, Borrage,
Buglofs each three Ounces, Ras-
berry. Cinnamon, aqua cordiilit
Sax:nijc temftrata each two Oun¬
ces. Mix them,and fwceten them
with julapium rofatum, or Sugar.
If you would make all things
more effectual, fo as to cut the vif-
cid and tenacious Phlegm, and pro¬
cure a fluidity, add fat volatile oln-
fan noftrum, or volatil Salt of Harts¬
horn : for inftmee *
Take of Water of Buglofs, Cinna¬
mon, Baum each two Ounces,
Ertence of Amber half a Dra.-hn»,,
Sal volatile oltofnm no'trnm half
Y 4 a
32.8 Of the Palpitation of the Heart.
a Drachm, Syrup of Pearl one for a Night, make a moderate
Ounce. Mix chem. ex prefllion, add of Extract urn Cni-
copbarmacum two Drachms, Syru-
All aromatick volaril Sales made pus cte pomis Regis Sapor, two
of Cinnamon , Amber, &c. are Ounces, Water of Cinnamon and
gojld m rhis cafe. So fpirma etti is Buglofshalf an Ounce. Mix them.
a good Medicine in abforbing any
hoftile Acid. To which end Tin- Riverius commends the giving
ifture of Coral, made with volatil of two Scruples of true Rhapon-
Salt of Tartar, piay be given to tick. Or the following Compofiti-
Thirteen drops. on may be made for a Pnyfick Wine •,
‘ When the Fit is a little quieted,
then thii gs that qualify, corredt Take of the five opening Roots
and difeufs the acid Acrimony, the each one Ounce, Rhubarb three
caule of Wind, are of great ufe: Drachms, Leaves of Sinns one
for inftance; Ounce, the three Cordial Flow¬
ers each two Pugils, Rind of Ci¬
Take of Extraft of Rhubarb one tron,Cinnamon each oneDrachm,
Scruple, or of txtrallm mtlana- F'enil-Seeds two Drachms. Mix
go’um, PiluU niceties., marocojii- them.
nx each half a Scruple, crocus
Mrtis epiriens three Grains, Or make an Infufion of Rhubarb,
JE lixir prophet atis antifcorbuticum, but with Salt of Tartar, or fomc ci¬
what is I'ufficienr. Make a Pill ther alkali fate Salt. For fuch fore
according to Art. Or, of Salrs are like a Key, which un¬
lock the Medicine, by the addition
Take of Miff a piluls tart ares Qutr- whereof the Rhubarb is better o-
c it ini, dc gumm. each half a Scru¬ pened, as is plainly apparent, from
ple, Vitriol of Mars three Grains, the Waters high red colour, where¬
with Tinflure of Tartar what is in it is infufed, which is no: fo
Sufficient. Make Pills. deep coloured, when the Rhubarb
is infilled alone.
Or for them that like an Apozem
jxrttr) When this is done, Diaphore-
ticks may come in play, to incide
Take of the five opening Roots, and difeufs the vifeid Reliques and
Bark of Caper-root, Tamarisk foak up the Acid.Takc this Receipt;
each two Drachms, the capillary
Herbs, Dodder, each half an Take of Antimonium diaphoreticum,
handful,cordial Flowers each one Harts-horn prepared without fire
Tugi|, Fenil Seeds two Drachms, each half a Scrupke, Magiflery of
Polypody of the Oak fixDrachms, the Back-bones of Vipers five
crude ffiining Tartar half an Grains. Mix them. Make a Pow¬
Ounce. Boyl them in Water and der. Horftius tom. i. p. 48. has a
'Wine each alike quantity, what very excellent Treacle Spirit. So
is diffident; in a Pound and an Mina tfkriacalis eampbonta or
half cf the Colature infufe warm Tinfture of Opium will fupply its
pajf an Ounce of choice Rhubarb place. Or, ’

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 Of the Palpitation of the Heart.
3*9
Take of Water of ctrims benedi- rage each one Pound, Leaves of
eius,fcor\onera. Scabious each one Citron, Baum three handfuls,yel¬
Ounce, Harts-horn prepared low Saunders three Drachms,/#.
without fire half a Drachm, Pul- num Aloes one Drachm and an
vis Bixpardicus Sennrni half a half, Cinnamon one Drachm. In-
Scruple, confeftio Alfyrmes one fufe and deftil them according to
Scruple, Syrup of Coral what is Art.
fufficient. Mix them.
Or preferibe fome fuch like thing
If there be any fufpicion, That in form of an Electuary;
this Difcafe has its rife from a too
reat effervcfcence of Blood, from Take of Conferve of Buglofs-roor,
ctcrogeneous and favage Salts,rai¬ Citron-rind each half an Ounce,
ling a difturbance in the Serum or red Rofes,Rofemary.flowers each
Blood.like as it fometirnes manifefts fix Drachms, Shavings of Harts¬
it felf by Puftules in the Breaft, and horn, Ivory each half a Drachm,
otherwhere; then befides Vcnefe- prepared Pearl half a Scruple,cro¬
ftion we conmmend temperatcCor- cus Mxrtis, Amber-grife each fix
dials and Antifcorburicks together. Grains; with Syrup of Grains of
To which purpofe the following or Ckermts make an Eleftuary.
fomefuch like deftilled Water will
be good; Or in form of a Powder;

Take of root of fcoryntra, Borrage, Take of lapis prunella one Scruple,

Buglofs, Male-hern each one Camphore four Grains. Mix
©unce, Leaves of Spleen-worr, them. Or,
Sorel, Wall-Rue , Maiden hair,
Flowers of Marigold, Borrage, Take of Conferve of red Rofes two
Buglofs, blcw-flowred Trefoil, Ounces, Pulp of Curon three
Broom,Pimpernel each one hand¬ Ounces and an hilf, candied Ci¬
ful, Shavings of Harts-horn fix tron Peel half an Ounce, confettit
Drachms, Pome-citron and O- Alfyrmts one Drachm, prepared
rangeeach N°. I. Cut the Ingre¬ Pearl half a Scruple, fweet Spirit
dients fmall,infufe them in three of Salt twenty five drops. Syrup
Pounds of Wine, and one Pound of Rasberries what is fufficient.
of Whey of Goars-Milk for two Make an Eleftuary.
Days and two Nights. Then add
of Juice of Brook-lime, carduus And here Cakes made of the acid
benedidus each half a Pound, de- of Citron,Limons or Corinths with
flil them in glafs VelTels accord¬ Sugar and a little conJcSHo Al^rmes
ing to Art, and keep what you are good. Or make a Powder;
deftil. Take one Ounce and an
half of this with half an Ounce Take offpecies diamirgariton frigi-
of confetlio Al^ermes every Morn¬ da, elelhtrium de gtmmis frigi-
ing and Evening. Or, dm each one Drachm, etcllua /-
um de hyacintho half a Drachm.
Take of Juice of Buglofs, Sorel, car- Mix them. Make a Powder for
duus bentiitlksxbeccibungty Bor- feveral Dofes.
AH

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 Of the Palpitation of the Heart.
33°
All coo! Cordial Waters, that arc
to be met with in Authors, may be
ufed, efpecially the following,which
Is highly commended by the Anci¬
ents in erery Palpitation of the
rtearti
Tako of Swinc’s-hearts 2. Stag’s
or Ox’s-hearts N°. 3. GaJangal
greater and lei's, Bifil Seed each
half an Ounce, Mace three
Drachm?,Flowers of Bor rage, Bug-
lols each two Pligili, Rofemary
one Pugil. Infufe them in Malm-
fey Wine, and dcftil them ac¬
cording to Art.
Oftentimes In this Difeafe Gra¬
vel is found flicking to the Tides of
the Urinal, and in this cafe, befide
what has been already mentioned,
Diureticks will be good, for in¬
fiance, Spirit of Salr, Crabs-eyes,
liquor fpUneticus Schroicri made of
Tartar and Nitre. Befides, fince
we faid formerly, That the Palpi¬
tation of the Heart arifes often, if
not always, becaufe the Nerves and
Fibres, that encompafs the Heart
and Arteries, are fpafmodically
contracted, and then they make the
Motion of the Blood out of the
Heart more or left free^nd contraft
the Ventricles of the Heart; in which
Cafe antiepileptick Medicines, or
fuch as are good againft other fpaf-
mociick Motions, may be given,but
efpecially Opiates, which bear a-
way the Bell from all the reft, as I
have an inflance, namely a Citizen
of Hanovtr was perfectly cured of
this Difeafe, and continues free
from it dill, only by taking feveral
times a little Toeriaca exit ft is Ha-
novienfis. Here is a receipt or two;
Take of prepared Pearl half a Scru¬
ple, volatil Salt of Amber eight
Go gle
Grains, theriaca deleft is four
Grains. Mix them Make a Pow¬
der for once taking, or.
Take of pulvisr ceph aliens nofter or
Michatlis one Scruple, Bone of
a Srag’s-heart half a ScrupIe,Sa!c
of Harts-horn,or Man’s Blood fix
Grains. Mix and give it.
If fweet feented Volatils plealc
the Patient, add to thedeftilled Wa¬
ter Amber and Musk in the Nofc
of the Alembick. Sometimes a glu¬
tinous fait Humor is carried out of
fome folid Receptacles into the
Blood, and then Capivtccius ufes
gentle Aftringents, fuch as Ma-
ftlch,fyc. If this Palpitation arife
from the confent of other Parts,the
Womb, Spleen, hypochondria, then
you muft take care of the Parrs
that arc hurt; for which purpofc
Chalybeates arc good; for fo you
jtill two Birds with one done. But
if this Difeafe proceed from poly¬
pous Concrecions within the Sinus's
of the Heart; then with the moft
experienced Willis we fly to volatil
Salts, which can never be fufficient-
Iy commended in this cafe. If it
come from Worms, Medicines of
Water-Crefles arc good, and Speci-
ficks mixt with Cordials. If from
a malignant caufe, theriaca cxleflis
and Imaragdina are good. If from
a fright, bleeding is proper. As for
Topicks or external local Medi¬
cines, they muft be applied to the
Wrifts and Region of the Heart:
for they yield great comforr.Whcre-
fore Mercurialis comrtiends Venice
Treacle for a moft effectual Medi¬
cine, as it was experienced in the
Emperor Maximilian, to whom this
Difeafe was familiar. Riverius pre-
feribes the following Liniment,prax.
med. 1. 8. c. 2.
Take
 Of the palpitation of the Heart. 33*
Take of Oyntment of Rofes two of Gilli-flowers one Ounce, Saf¬
Drachms, Oyl of Cinnamon, fron half a Drachm. Mix them.
Cloves each four drops, Musk,
Amber each three Grains. Mix Or a cooler Epithem in a cafe
them. Make a Liniment. hotter titan ordinary ;

But you muft abftain from thefe Take of aqua cor Malts frigid a one
fweet fmelling things in Women. Ounce, Buglofs, Rofes each one
There is an excellent Cordial Bal- Ounce, Vinegar of Rasberries one
fam made of Oyl of Baum, Cicron Ounce and an half, confcttio Al-
and Carbuncle. Bags may well be fyrmes, fpecits diamargariton fri¬
made of Cordial Powders, with gid* each one Drachm. Mix
Baum or fome other Cordial Wa¬ them for an Epithem.
ter, and applied. Or the following
fipithem may be applied with A Swine’s-heart is very much
Scarlet-cloth i commended by fome, from which
they ufe to deftil a Water; and fo
Taka of Water of Orange Flowers, the Spirit of an Ox’s and Stag’s^
carbunc. filar. Baum with Wine heart is greatly valued.
each alike two Ounces, Vinegar

er

CHAP.
 CHAP. VII.
Of Swooning.

S *. I.
wooning or Fainting is cal¬
led Sjncofe, deliquium, lei-
poofyehia, animi tclyfis, leipo-
Two Symptoms efpecially follow
a Syncope, a coldnefs of the whole
Body, and a cold Swear, which is
therefore called fyncoprick. Want
of Pulfe, and a privation of Senfe
thymia; by Amlius, folutio and Motion attend it, which Curtius
nature, defetlus ; by Seneca, conci- does plainly intimate /. 2. n. 38.
fitra *, by Paracelfus, cordis paraly- where he has this Paflage. His Soul,
Jis, pitmen miemofmi j by Scaliger, "which in the heat of Battel had tyt
fpirituum jubtraftio. up his Body, faint ed,and Sweat gu[h=
ing out of all his Parts, he caught
Definition. hold of the next Tree that was at hand.
This Difeafe ( which feldom comes
It may be deferibed to be, an #- alone, but is ufually accompanied
tlypfi of the microcofm, or a fudden with other Difeafes ) often arifes
failure of flrength from the luminoji- in chronical ones, which end in
ty and irradiation of the Spirits being death, partly through want of a-
extinft, ariftng fometimes from tot nimal Spirits, partly through want
great diffolution, fometimes from coa¬ of an alkali in the Heart, or abun¬
gulation of the Blood. From the dance rather of an Acid, that coa¬
definition here given it appears. gulates the Blopd, and by confe-
That this Dlfeafe, though it be vio- quence fuffocaces the Heart, as will
knt enough, yet upon a fmall occa- more fully appear hereafter, when
fion it calls a Man down fo unex¬ we treat of the Caufes. Some make
pectedly, that he feetns to be at the Heart-burn to be a kind of Syn¬
Death’s door. cope-. but we muff take care to di-
ftinguifh between a Syncope, which
Difference. is called eficntial, and one arifmg
by confent. There is a difference
As to the differences, a Swoon¬ as we faid before, not fo much of
ing or deliquium is much worfe Kinds as Degrees, in which regard
than a fainting or leipothymia-, but one is of the loweft degree, and k
this is not altogether fo neceflary, called tclyfis ■, another of the mid¬
becaufe they differ only in degrees. dle, termed leip-rhymia j and ano¬
ther

Go gle
 Of Swooning.
ther of the higheft degree, called
fyncofe. But we comprehend them
all under one and the fame.
x. Part ajfetted.
A Nd by what has been faid, one
may cafily gather what the
fubjeft of a Syncope or Swooning is.
It is by the common confent of
Authors faid to be the Heart, that
fountain of Blood, inafmuch as in
It the Principles of the fiery Na¬
ture are contained and prelerved.
Some will have it to be the Brain,
and they make it out, Becaufe the
fudden decay of the animal Facul¬
ty happens through the animal Spi-
rirs retroceeding to the Brain it
felf; and hence the inftrumenrs of
Senfe and Motion, becoming defti-
tute of Spirits, can in no wile per¬
form its actions. But if this he
taken with a limitation of the fub-
jeft of the Difeafe and the Caufe,
one may cafily clear himfelf of all
difficulties. Some there are, That
acknowledge the Stomach for the
principal Subjeft, among whom
ftelmont is chief, but how far he is
in the right, one may evidently fee
by Gjlen /. 5. l»c. aff. c. 2. But we
do think. That the Heart is the
Part primarily and principally affe¬
cted in Swoonings: for if Fermen¬
tation ceafe, then all Influx of Spi¬
rits to the Heart is denied, and on
the contrary; and the lefs princi¬
pal Parts in my Opinion are the
Arteries, through which the Blood
pafles, nor do I doubt but other
Parts fuffer by confent, and that
they adminifter peccant Matter to
the Heart.
Go gle
3- Diagttojlick.
t> U t laying afide rhefe prelimina-
XJ ries, we will purfue what fol¬
lows and go to the Diagnoffick.
The Signs therefore of an immi¬
nent Swooning are ( efpecially in
fucli as are ufed to it) an unthonght
of Anxiety and Perturbation of
Mind, Heavinefs of the Head, Ob-
fervation of a flrange and various
colour, green and yellow, before
the eyes, frequent alteration of the
colour in the Face, and alfo of the
f01;,no Difeafe in the whole
World is liker Death than this.-
I°r a Man’s Face is pale, his ex¬
treme Parts cool, there is an in-
grareful and cold Sweat and Anx¬
iety jat length the Soul fofar finks.
That it prefently Iofesirs power of
Senfe and moving the Body} if a
Man be (landing he falls down, and
his Arms hang flapping. Eefides,
there comes a Miff over the Eyes,
a Vertigo, and then a faultriBg in
Speech, breathing almoft ccafes,
the Eye-lids clofe, fometimes there
is no Pulfe, oftentimes ic is rare,
obfeure, and as good as none, or
fornaicanr, the extreme Parts, as we
faid before. Hands, Feet, Nofe and
Tips of the Eats are cold, a cold
Sweat burfts out of the Temples,
Neck and Bread,and fometimesouc
of the whole Body, which is ex¬
treme weak and feeble. The ute¬
rine Swooning of Virgins ( for in
them it arifes from the Womb, as
Helment obferves ) fhows it felf by
Anxiety, and almoft lofs of Breath¬
ing, the Pulfe always weak and al¬
moft extinft, which abolition of
Pulfe and Breathing Sylvius takes
for a parhognomonick fign of a
Syncope. And, as to that Matter, I
obferved sot long ago a wonderful
cafej
334 yf Swooning.
cafe; an old Woman, for three mach and the Paflages, that their
days time bafore her death, had Motion is intercepted, juft as it is
n© Pulfe that we could feel in her when refpiration is ftopt, and thus
Wrifts, and yet (he could fpeak. they hold, that a Syncope is gene¬
rally caufed. The Malignity alio
and Jnfalubrity of the ambient
4. Caufe . Air, alfo a poyfonous humour or
vapour, communicated by fome ex¬
T He next thing we inquire into, ternal or internal part of the Body
is, whence all that inifchief, to the Heart or Stomach, alfo In¬
which attends people in a Swoon, flammation, and fuch like things,
proceeds? The old (tfalcnifts which are able immoderately to al¬
will have the immediate caufe to ter or corrupt the temper of the
he a Defett of Vital Spirits, or a heart,ftomach or lpirits,oftcn caufe
diminution and privation,not total a Swooning, fince the ftrength of
( for that would be prefent death ) the Faculties confifts in a good
but the remaining spirits arc for¬ conftitution of thofe parts. Alfo
ced to go back on a fudden out of the Spirits alone, hurt in the man¬
the Body, and to run haftily to ner aforefaid, communicate this e-
the heart, left the ftrength of the ▼U to the principal parts and to
heart fhould quite fail, which rc- fuch as have confent with them,
troccftion of Spirits they call Con¬ and fpoil their temper, and fo
centration. Concerning this fee caufe this Difeafe.
Rivtrius c.\.dt Syncope l. 8. who
alfo fays, that adefett of Vital Spi¬
rits happens four ways; either be- §. y.
caufe Spirits are not fufficiently
generatedj or, when generated, Uc }&iraeclfus thinks,th2t the
they are diftipated and evacuated; caufe of this Difeafe is,the Se¬
or they are altered and corrupted ; paration ' of the Synovia (which
or finally, they are fuffocated. The with him is the Root and Ellence
caufes therefore of a Syncope are of Life ) from the Heart, by mean?
frequentimmoderate watching, whereof the falutary Star , thick
fadnefs, anger, great anxiety, grie¬ Clouds being interpofed, fuffbrsan
vous fadnefs, bitter grief, acute Eclipfe, whereupon the whole Vi¬
Fevers, alfo in weakly perfons,long tal Region is befet with horrible
Agues, exceflive emptinefs of the darknefs, and deadly (hades. So
Body by falling, labour, vomiting, alfo he maintains, that this Difeafe
fwcat, fluxes, exceflive lofs of may rife from confent, that is,
blood, and a fudden evacuation with the mouth of the Stomach
of water in the Dropfie. They ( wherefore it is called Syncope car-
maintain alfo, that this Difeafe diaca or Stomachic* ) alfo with the
does frequently rife from abun¬ womb, namely, from foul vapors
dance of grofs, crude, putrid,lharp, fent to die heart.
and biting meats and humours ffag-
nating in the Body, which by their
conftant gnawing, as they fay, do
lb oWlruft the Mouth of the Sto¬

Go gle
 Of Swooning.
§• 6.
©imont, in a good many things
expofing Paraeelfus and his
Chymical Principles, with a fecret
Emulation, as fome paflages in a
"Treatife entituled, Compl. miH. e-.
lament. figment. n, 41, 42, &c. and
other where,if they be rightly exa¬
mined, do fufficiently (how, writes
that the Arterial Spirit of our Life
is of the nature of a Gas, that is,
it is a Light and a Balfam prefery-
ing from Corruption *, which is
feen in a palpitation, Syncope and
Lipothymie. For how much of
the lively colour, vital light, and
moift habit of the Flefh is loft in
thefe Fits ? How is the Face pre-
fently wrinkled i For the Spirit,
which formerly did as it were en¬
liven all with a pleafant ftrength,
immediately flies away,and is chang¬
ed by a ftrange Air. He proceeds,
fince the Arcbaus is in it felf a Gas,
of the nature of a balfamick Salt,
if it meet with the Air of another
Sale ( as when Spirit of Sal Am-
moniack meets with Spirit of Salt
Petre ) it being eafily and fpeedily
diflipable by tne Pores, forgets its
duty and charge ; nor is itconden-
fed into drops, becaufe it is made
of Arterial Elood. If in fainting
and death any Sweat exhale, it is
the diflolution of Venal not Arte¬
rial Blood. Therefore the Vital
Gas, becaufe it is a light and bal¬
fam preferving from corruption,
is begun to be compared to the
light of the Sun. Now after thefe
fame Swoonings, the innate Spirits
of the other parts, as it were
fmoaking, are altogether kindled
by the folar light of the heart, like
as the fmoak of a Candle put out,
touching the flame of another, con-
335-
veiglis the flame all along to that
which was put out. Sometimes
the Spirit of our life, becaufe it is
a Gas, is not powerfully and quick¬
ly affefted by any other Gas, name¬
ly, by their immediate ccntaft.
And he explains the Caufe of this
Difeafe more exaftly tr. ignot. Aft.
Regim. n. 26. where he lays, In a
Swooning there is an Anodyne poyfon
which difperfes the Spirits, and then
immediately taints away fenfe and
motion, which poyfon, he often
teaches, in other places, docs lie
in the mouth of the Stomach, as in
a central point and root,and princi¬
ple cf life, of digeftion of meats,
and of difpofing them to life.
fr 7-
"JUtC fuppofes not only a kind-
ling, or blazing of the Blood,
( by means whereof he thinks, fup-
plies for Spirits do daily depart
from the Elood ) but alfo a nitro-
fulphureous ferment, v» hereby he
thinks a flame is really kindled.
But Lower de Ccrdt denies this :
for though, as he difeourfes, thq-e
be fulphureous particles in the Mafs
of Blood, yet the Elood can never
blaze, becaufe of the abundance of
watry particles. In a word •, he
concludes,that this aftual deflagrati¬
on, maintained by Willis, can never
be without utter deflruftion to life.
Now it illis himfelf thinks , That
the caufe of this Difeafe lies in the
very Elood, in as much as it is not
kindled enough,nor circulated with
vigor, that is,becaufe the Blood, by
reafon of the Sulphureous particles
too much blazed out or depre(!cd,is
become in a manner vapid and
lifelefs, and therefore little is kind¬
led in the Heart and Lungs. Ec-
fidcs, when the Animal regiment
1*
lit Of Swooning.
is fluggifh, the Heart being defti-
tute of a full Influx of Spirits,
docs not fufficiently move the .
Blood, fo as to make it ferment
briskly and kindle: which any one
may obferve in weak People, when
they come out of a long ficknefs,
in fuch as have loft much Blood, or ,
have had great Evacuations, or arc
confumed with Age. He alfo holds.
That the caufe of this Difrafe may
be, becaufe the Blood is too much
kindled in the Heart, and he proves
it by this, Becaufe the Blood,
through the fulphureous Particles
being too much diflolved, and put
into effervefcencc, is kindled more
than it ought, and thence a too
violent heat is produced, efpecial-
ly if it be not prefently ventilated
by the Air j as acute Fevers and o-
ther hot Difeafes do fhow. Nor j
alfo does he deny, That this Di¬
frafe fometimes arijes from the In¬
flux of the animal Spirits being
hindred.
§. 8.
I §• 9-
^Wltoius is almoft of the fame
Opinion with Willis, and pre-
fuppofes, That our natural life de¬
pends upon the confervation of the
fire and innate heat perpetuated in
the Heart, and difperfed every way
together with the Blood for the
vivification of each Part; which
fire he thinks is kindled by the
fermenration of Blood in the Heart,
arifing from the lixivious and vo-
latil oyly Salt of Bile, and fome a-
cid Spirit, cither lyirpha (which
he fuppofes to be Acid ) cr pancre-
atick Juice, foit be but mixt with
the Blood : Therefore when this
effervefcence in the Heart ceafes,
then the vital Fire ceafes to be
kindled in the Heart, then the
Go gle
Blood is no more rarefied, neithe’’
is the Heart Irritated to conrraCtr
on, nor contracted, nor is the Blood
any more forced into the Arteries,
nor arc the Arteries expanded,
and by confequence the Pulfc is nei¬
ther perceived io the Heaic nora-
ny where elfe, and thence arifes a
Swooning. He alfo thinks, it may
be produced by reafon of few or
no animal Spirirs flowing to the
Heart, upon which the contraCtioir
and aftion of the Heart mud nccef-
farily ccafe. Furthermore,he makes
no queftion, but Blood may be
bred of a velatil fharp Salt, especi¬
ally in the Plague and other malig¬
nant Difeafes, which is over fluid;
or ( as it often proves ) the Blood
may be too grumous and coagula¬
ted by an Acid, becaufe of the di-
minution of the Bile or its fharp-
nefs.
ifT $rtes and his followers Hoge-
^ landuSy Brecbaufen and others,as
they take the Spirits for the fubti-
. left Parts of the Blood, fo they
! think, they are alfo produced by
; rarefaction in the Heart. And they
; aferibe this ebullition wholly to a
certain vital fire, lodging in the
Heart, which they call the flitting
and-vital Flame. Yet Cornel. Con¬
sent. Vhyf. 7. p. 293. Needham de
form. fxt. p. 130. and others refute
j them. The Carte fans therefore
derive a Syncope from the extincti¬
on or (tilling of this vital Flame
for a time. And they think this
j may be done divers ways, when
perverfe Spirits contract the Heart
J more chan ufual,towit, when they
are conveyed by the little Nerves
which go round the Orifices of
the Heart: AncJ by theft means,
upon’
 Of Spooning.
upon fufficienr Here of Spirits be¬
ing denied, and the mutual ftock
of circulating humors ("in which
regard either motion ought to be
continual ) being diminifned, and
the determination into the Muf-
cles at that time ceafing, it hap¬
pens, that a Man’s Body falls fud-
denly to the ground, like a Logg
till by little and little he come to
himfclf again, the Clouds of the
circulating humors arifing from the
Blood being difperfed, and that
either (quickly or in a longer time,
according to the greatnefs of the
Difeafe, as Braccbaufin difeourfes
elegantly, Art. 105. in Oecott.
Anim.
IO.
w
its infertine Ferrtcntatioh,feparates
and exhales frem the reft, called by
the name ofSpirit.The Elaboration
therefore and Keflitucion of thjj
Vital Spirit they wholly aferibe toi
the Fermentation of the Blood,
and hence they make no fcruple to
derive the reftitution of Ipft health,
but ^ven the caufes of Difeafcs
from it. But Majoit in rtfpir. fag.
m. 156. maintains a peculiar opi¬
nion about this matter, where
he fays, the Fermentation of the
Blood is made within the fubftance
of the Lungs, infomuch as the Ni-
rro-aerial Spirits, fupplied by the
Air, meet with the Salino-fulphu-
reous Particles of the Blood, and
fo produce a due Fermentation in
the Heart, which opinion never-:

L thWefs, that is, thac the Sale of

Ec us now rake our oho it Task the Air ^corporally mixt with the
upon us. And the Doftrine of Blood, is called into queftion by
pur Vital Principle is neceflary to be V. Bohn in tr. de Atris influxu in
known; before therefore we fay fublunaria ; but he rather judges,
much of the Difeafe, we will open it is only the motion of the Airj
that. Bccaufe from thence is all which conferves the Vitality of the
Motion,Health and Life ("and fince Blood and the whole. We have
the reafon pf contraries is the fame) often faid, thac by Fermentation
fo alfo is a Difeafe, yea Death it Authors mean nothing elfe buc
fclf. But fuch diversity of difa- an inteftine motion, in which
greeing Authors about this prefents an Acid, and fomeching Ijxi-
it feJf, that you can fcarce cell vial or urinous meeting together,
whom you may fafely truft. Some' do put the reft of the Particles,
there are, who affirm, the Spirit that make up the mixt Body, into
of the Embryo is continually encrea- motion. For the Bond of Mixti¬
frd in the Spirit of the Mother, on is from Salt : as long therefore
for this reafon , that the foetus as the Salts lie llill without tumult
breaths not ‘in the Womb. We in mixt Bodies, other Particles in¬
will now pafs by mills, Htlmont, tervening, and as long as they take
Cartts and Sylvius their opinions, their natural reft, fo long Bodies
which we gave you in their pla¬ remain in their natural texture and
ces. Yet their opinion is the mod eonfifiency. Buc if by means of
received, who, to determine the dHlblucion, the frame of the mixe
nature and exigence of the Vital Body grow Ioofe, and the Salts arc
Spirit, conclude and fay, That it is at their own liberty, and defire
the mod fubtil or falmo-fulphurc-1 preftntly to unite thrmfelves, but
ous part of the Blood, which by by reafon of macerial Panicles in-
t termaxt

Go gle
 Of Swooning.
«8
termixt, feme Saks cannot cbfely
unite i hence comes Fermentation:
becaufe under that union and mix*
tion of Salts (he unitable parts are
ioyned, of which matter the fa¬
mous Ett mull eras difeourfes admira¬
bly well in Collegia M- SS. chmca.
And fromthefe things it is evident,
where an Acid fatii, that che.rc can
be no Fermentation of the Blood,
which Acid alfo almort ail-PhyBri¬
ans (cfpeciaUy Tathcniut) prove to
be in theMaft of Blood,by this,tor
that the Blood in ks natural ftate
h perfeftly fait, and all Sab of a
faltifh tafte confiAs of an acid and
urinous, Which two when they
meet together, and that they never
do without an Effervefcencc, give
a third compounded Sale, namely,
a faltifh Salt, which is neither acid
nor urinous, but partakes df both.
Yet fome deny this, and rather
judge.rhat whatever is attributed to
the fubtilty and Mercurial aftivity
in the Blood, it is only owing to
our Spirits and Viral Principle y and
they endeavonr to prove it by
this, becaufe it happens in the nrft
generation of Blood in the Foetus,
wien there are no acid Particles in
a Womans ovary, which, meet¬
ing with fomething urinous and ex¬
alted, may make up Blood ; but
they hold, that the faline and fat
Particles, being in procefs of ma¬
turity digefted by virtue of the
Spirits, and exalted, do give it its
purple colour •, and they derive
this Vital Spirit from a faline, vo-
1 Jtil Principle, upon which its afti¬
vity docs mod depend, as wilin',
Sylvius, and feveral others have
done. Htlmor.t de nura-jit.p.n. 443.
is of the fame opinion , where he
fays, that our Spirits are only the
moft fubril and faline Particles of
the Blood, endued with Vitality.
Go gle
Earner us in phyficis confirms the
fame, (bowing, that ourConfticu-
tive Silt confills of urinousVolarils.
Light delights is Salt, Salt has lighe
and life in it as \{irchtr. de natura
lucis difeourfes: And fome bring
this reafon againft Fermentation,
namely. That our firft Vital Princi¬
ple is finifhccl without any fuch in-
tefline tumult, and of what is ta¬
ken feparates what is convenient
for its nature. The Vital Spirit
rc riding in the Blood fuperadd*
light only by Irradiation, and con¬
verts into Spirit. Therefore men
cry it up for an eternal verity, That
aH lieac in our Body is from Bicod,
which yet is not hot of its own na¬
ture, but that all this heat depends
only upon our Vital Spirit, which
is in and without the Blood. New
as long as the Blood, endued with
this Viral Spirit-, is ditfufed by die
Arteries into the Bowels and Limbs,
fo long the vigor and falutary heac
of the parts is good 1 but upon the
recefs of hear, life recedes, and
then the whole Body is cold and
torpid. Therefore they wholly
aferibe all the perceptible heat irr
us to our Spirits, the motion where¬
of, as it is fwifrer or flower, fo like-
wife our Vital heat feems to bedi-
ftinguifhed gradually. And I do
not doubt but T can adapt this opi¬
nion, to what I am now going to
fay. Tliefc things therefore pre-
fuppofed, it is naturally evident,
whence Swooning, lofs of flrength,
&c. yea, de?th it fclf proceeds ;
namely from want of Spirits, which
do fail, if either they be not bred
in a fuificient quantity, through
want of adequate matter, which
proreeds cither from not ufmg a
fpirituous food, or f though they
do) from bad digeftion, or from
aa cxcelTiveEvacuation of Spirits,by
a
 Of Swooning.
a Loofenefs, Bleeding, the Lo¬
chia, &c. (b alfo when they are
bred, they may be ditfipated by
Venus ,or Over-purging,which things
are ufually attended with fainting.
Alfo violent Labor, Paflions of the
Mind,too much Watching,and fuch
preternatural tilings may cauie a
defeft of Spirits. And thefe Spi¬
rits, as bright as they arc, yet in
Swoonings they are darkened by
divers caufes •, from the diminuti¬
on and extinction of which light of
the Spirits Helmtnttr. de aur. vital,
p. m. 441. fays, That all defett of
heat proceeds. For it is plain e-
nough, That the Heart is a Mufcle,
and fo not only the impulflve vir¬
tue of animal Spirits by the cardi-
ack Nerves, but alfo a proper In¬
flux of Spirits with the Blood, is
required to its vibrating and con¬
tinual Motion. Like as always there
mud of ncceflity be a continual Af¬
flux for the altering of any motive
Power-, for it is evident, That,
when Nerves as well as Arteries are
cut in any Part, Motion ceafes.
Alfo fyflote and diatiole are per¬
formed, and Blood mixr with Se¬
rum is fent to the external Parrs by
rhe help of Spirits. Thefe things
in general ought to be premifed $
from whence we may eafily guefs,
that there are feveral caufes of
Swooning, namely, lofs of Blood,
whereupon the animal Spirits are
not bred in fuch (lore; out mod
part of them flie into Air. Wa¬
lling, fixion or degradation of the
Sp’rits deftroy the energy of th$
Blood, and fo caufe Swooning.
Alfo a diflipation or oppreflion of
Spirits may take its rife from a
crude Acid,whereby thcvolatil, fa-
line Particles are in a manner fup-
prefled, either from the Spleen,
Womb, hypochondria, or fomc other
Go gle
Parr. I have often admired, why
fweet feented things, yea, fpiritu-
ous effluvia from a Car, Rofes, yea
from a Maid ( fuch an inflancc l
knew in a Student) fhould caufe
fwooning : I could never hitherto
aflign any other reafon, than thac
the volatil Parts coming from thefe
things, do joyn themfdves perverf-
ly with our Spirits, and arc forced
to ftrive, becaufe of Particles of a
different condition. Swooning is
often caufed by a fright, becaufe in
a fright the Spirits fly very difor-
derly and violently into the whole
and every part of the Body, where¬
fore thefe Spirits alfo fly too plen¬
tifully and diforderly into* the
Heart and Arteries, and ftraiteri
the Heart and Vcflels, whereupon
the Blood that is got into the Heart,
becaufe of the narrownefs of the
flraitned Hcart.cannot rarefy much)
wherefore alfo it is tior driven with
any ftrength into the pulmonary
Arrcries, and thence into the left
Ventricle of the Heart, and out of
that into the Arteries *, hereupon
immediately lefs ftore of animal Spi¬
rits is feparated and flows into the
Parts, whence Swooning and Pale-
nefs arife. And becaufe Fermen¬
tation is much abated in the Blood,
therefore anv peccant Humor, thac
abounds in the Blood, is not mixt
with its Mafs any more, but fome
of it fepararos by th: Pores of the
Arteries into the Mouth, where it
caufes bitternefsjinto the Stomach,
where flicking by its vifeidity a-
mong the Membranes of the Sto¬
mach it caufes loathing, aud by its
Acrimony vellicating the Nerves,
it caufes Vomiting when the Pati¬
ent comes to himfelf. And lec
this fuffice for the caufes, which we
may guefs at by the juvantia and
Udtntia. Now therefore we
Z 2 will
3-i° Of Swooning.
will proceed ro rhe Prognoflick
S. II. Prognoflick.
A LL Swooning is a grievous Di-
featc,. becaufe it is rerriblc •,
for it carries a fhow of death ; yet
it is familiar and freauentin mclan-
cholifls and hyflcrick Women, and
is feldom Mortal: for it goes more
eafily off in fuch,yetit leavesa lan-
guifhing of all the Powers behind
lr. It is alfo Hippo tr at is his pre¬
diction 2. aph. 41. and in Coach,
That thy who faint often without a
ninifcSl can ft, dy fuddenlj. If the
head of one in a Swoon fall upon
one ’jlioulder or the Ereafl, if the
Pulfc and Ereath intermit for a
long time, alfo if the Face be green,
black and blew, and if a freezing
Medicine have been taken in vain,
death is at hand. Swoonings alfo
in a Confumption denote death to
be in the pot. But if one Swoon at
odoriferous things, or bleeding, or
at the feent of any Animals, there
is no great danger j. for upon re¬
moval of the caufc the eflfcCt is
gone. Nor is thar fo dangerous,
which come* from the Stomach:
But if trembling and cor.vulfions
follow, death is at hand.
$. ix. Dietetick cure.
N Ow having confidcrcd the
ways, by which this Difcafe
comes, and what may be foretold
concerning it* it remains, that we
proceed rn the three kinds of Re¬
medies Diet, Chirurgery and Phar¬
macy, comprehending under Diet,
not only Meat and Drink, but ac¬
cording to general cuflom, all the
Non-n irurafs, which being ufed a-
mifs, as they may defirov a good
Conflitution, fo, being ufed aright,
Go gle
they are able to preferve one in a
natural State, }ea and to cure st
Difeafe. As to Air therefore, fee¬
ing according to Hifpocratts lib. de
flitibiisjt is the greateft author and
ruler in all things which befal the
Body, all care imaginable fhould
be taken, that it may be pure, fe-
rene and lucid : And when a Man
cannot have one fo good as he
could wifh by Nature, it mufl be
rendred fucb by Art; that h, if it
lie .prefemfy required to lay the
raging of the Spirits, a cold one
murt be chofcn either by Nature,
namely a Northern one, or it mufl
be made fo by Art, i. e. by flrew-
ing the Ffror with Flowers of Pop¬
py, Rcfes, Water-Lily, Leaves of
Piaintain, Purflain, Houfleek, (fyc.
If there be need of a contrary ope¬
ration, it mufl be made fo by the
heat of rhe Sun, Fire, or fomc o-
thcr means. For Salmuth ctnt. 3.
cbf. 7. has obferved, That the com¬
motion of the Air has put fomc in
a Swoon. Ar.d the Snioak of Char¬
coal is as bad. Schrnc^ius alfo has
obferved, That rhe Emperor Jovi-
nian travelling in mid-Winter to
Rome, ard lodging in a new pla-
ftered Room, which had a grejc
deal of Charcoal burnt in it, to dry
the Plafler, dyed that Night. The
Meat mufl be ofcafy Digeflion,and
good Juice, moderate in quantity,
wholefome, taken at due times and
in due order, agreeable to rhe Age
and Sex. Geliy Broths of ftefh arc
good,and Broths fbafoned with Aro-
maticks,and Gatin /. 7. Mtth. mtd.c.
<5.fays,That fucli as fall into Swoons
mult be relieved by eating CockV
flones. And this mufl be taken
fpecial notice of, Thar fuch as are
fubjcCt to this Difcafe mufl not
continue long falling, bur may eve¬
ry Morning cat a little Eread and
Entrcr*
 Of Swooning. 341
Barter. The r>?7*£ muft be Wine; excdfive Joy and/died, according .
for this is the moft powerful repa- to Livy l. 22. c. 7. So Camerariu*
rer and'reftorer of our Spirits, and has collected Tevcral inflances of
the recruiter of all our Faculties, mortal Swooning from Anger, that
Wine, fays Htlmont, though it be fhort Madnefs. Of Love, See Ri-
fiot, yet fince it is moft grateful verius l. 8. pi all. me 4. c. 1. Several
both to the Palate and Stomach, j Practitioners have obferved it from
.
taken , . r-
moderately in *---
hot Difcifes, Grie^ Study, Care, Sitting-up, and
is a moft acceptable Gueft to the fucli other things, wherefore golden
Spirits, and a Medicamentous Ali¬ Mediocrity muft be obferved. Thus
ment ; but Wine cooled in Ice the it comes from Jealoufy, Defire,
Italian way, muft be utterly avoid¬ Fear, Emulation and Envy. I have
ed : for one in Scbtnc^ius I. 2. dt known it come from the horror of
anim. deliq. fy \ync. obf. 1. upon a Spell rum, the fight of a Cat, Crabs,
drinking Inch chill Wine afrer long a Sheep’s-head, and other cafes of
playing at Ball in the Sun, fwoon- Antipathy, of which fee *hc
ed. I faw the like in France upon German Epbtmrides. The excreta
drinking cold Eeer, after playing muft obftrve their natural Order,
at Ball. So Hildanus cent, n.' obf. other wife they caufe great inconve¬
27. relates, how ope died in a nience in this Difeafe, for it may
Swoon upon drinking cold Water. eafdy be caufed by frequent and
Too much Exercift and Motion muft violent Purgers, Vomits, Bleeding,
be forborn, becaule many Spirits' Scarifying, Sweat, Hemorrhoids,
are thereby exhaufted, and the fa- Afnfes, Child bed-Purgations, Eva¬
line volatil Parts fly away, an Acid cuation of Pus and Water in Apo-
remaining, and fo People have ftems and Dropfics. We forbid
fainted. Sleep, the better part of a the frequent ufe of Venus which
Man’s life, if it be moderate and killed Cornelius Gall us, and T. Hat-
quiet, refrelhes the Mind, and the terms in Valerius Maximus!. 9. e. 12.
whole Body, and recruits the Spi¬ who yet will not acknowledge that
rits, when confumed and finking for the true caufe of their death ;
with labor, care and ftudy, which for he fays, But why flmld we in¬
on the contrary too much watch¬ vent deaths, fince it was not their
ing is able to deftroy. Bur the Lufl, ft much as Humane frailty, that
Phyfician muft take care to judge tool» them away ? For the end of our
ariglv, and allow fomrrhing to cu- Lives being expo fed to various and
ftom. The Paffions of the Mind, as pent caufes, fometimes things that do
far as poflible, muft be fubdued by not deferve it, btar the blame of our
rcafon, and their violence muft be death; when, net with(l aiding, they
rep riled by theological advice 5. for rather happen at the time of death,
what is better than moderate Joy, than any rviy caufe it. I know a
and what more hurtful than immo¬ Man, who, when ever he lies with
derate ? My Wife’s Grand-father his Wife, Swoons, and yet he lofc*
died of it, and the fame thing hap¬ not his labor.
pen’d to a Mother upon the return
of her Sons from a Battel, in
which (he thought they had been
fltin, who fwooned away through
7 3 §• 13*

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 Of Swooning.
I Shouting al6ud. Sneezing, and Pul-
x » , j ling the Mouth, Nofe and Fingers.
y* ■** I But out of the Fit they ufe ane-
Ec thefe things therefore fuf-J ther Method, namely, they make
fice for the Nature, Caufcs. the Humors obedient to Nature by
Subject, Differences and Signs of Preparatives, and in a cold Caufe
rhis Difeafe. It remains, that we they ufe thefe following. Syrup of
• give you the Method of Cure ; Citron-Rind, Pomegranate-Juice,
and firft we will give you the old of Apple, Oxjmtl fimplex, &c. Buc
dbalcnifts. They, in the Fir, lay in a hot Caufe they ufe Syruu of
the Patient on a Eed,and fprinklc Sorcl, Violets, Rofes, Water of Bor-
his Face with Rofc-Warer, or fome rage , Buglofs, Wood-Sorcl, <&c.
other cold Water with a little After thefe things they ufe a gentle
Wine in it, to raife him. If the Solurive ( unlefs the Difeafe arifc
Swooning come from an hyflcrick from over-purging ) to carry off
fcit, they liold Caftor to the Nofe the peccant Matter. Their Purgers
or Afaf*tida, or fome (linking in this cafe arc thefe following,
Fumes. If ic proceed from want Manner Caffi.i new drawn. Rhu¬
of Food or lofs of Blood, they re- barb,* Tamarinds, foe. they alftj
ffelh the Patient with generous give gentle Clyfters. When it comes
Wine, and give him a Cruft of from vifeid Phlegm or putrid Hu¬
Bread dipt in it, and out of the Fit mors, they give Vomits, but for¬
they give him reftorative things, bear all ftrong Evacuaters. Aver-
as very nourifhing Spoon-Meats, tents are of ufe in the Fit and out
Geliy Broths, and fuch things. If of it, fuch as Friflions, Ligatures,
it come from poyfonous Vapors Cuppings, foe. Then they proceed
bred within a Man or brought from toStrcngthncrs ; in a cold Caufe
Wlthour, then they give various A- thefe things are good, diamofehz
lexipharmacks with good fuccefs. dulce, diambra, eltlfuarium de gim¬
But when it comes upon drinking mes, Oyl of Cinnamon, generous
Of Poyfon, they give a Vomit; and Wine, all Cordial Waters, Water
if a heat be felt in the Stomach; of Betony, Citron Rind, jcordium,
they give Milk, Butter and fat Tormentil, Cinnamon, Meadow-
Broths. If ic come from over-purg¬ fweet, and Syrups made of the
ing they give Venice Treacle, Mi- fame, Mithridate, Venice-Treacle.
thridate,and other Opiates inward¬ anti dot us Matlbioli, and feveral o-
ly, and apply them outwardly. tlier things. In which cafe they
When too much Sweating caufes alfo ufe externals ; for example, an
if, " they cure it by pouring cold Epichem for the Body of Cloves,
Water, or Rofe-Water, or Vinegar Cinnamon, Saffron, lignum aloes,
bin the Face, or by applying cold and Water of Baum, Rofes or Ma-
Epithems. But if the Fit come joran, or they apply Bags of the
from Terror or Fear, as ic often fame to the Heart. But m a hoc
dbes, they Order Blood-letting, and Caufe they ufe Coolers, fuch as Pim¬
give- fpirituous things ; they alfo ple deftilled Waters of Cordial
rttall the fuffocated Spirits to the Flowers. Job. Baptifla Sylvaticus
Out-fide of the Cody by Frifticn*, highly commends deftilled Water
Ugitutcs, Cupping, &e. they ufe of Flcfh in (his Difeafe, and will
fcavc

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 Of Swooning.
luve it to be of the fame fireogth
with the Flefh it felf, from which it
is drawn, though it nourifh Ids.
Syrup of Limons, Apples, Pome¬
granates, facies diamargariton fiigi-
dum, and Conferve of the four Cor¬
dial flowers, are good. Externally
they apply a Cordial Epithem made
of LignalOes, Sanders, Citron Peel,
with Water ofBorrage, Buglofsand
Rofes, or they make Bags of the
fame.
§. 14.
T Ke Chymifb, for comforting
the Vital Spirits, and arfl the
•Spirits of the Heart and Body, do
prefer Eflcnces and Tinctures be¬
fore Spirits on many accounts. For
this purpofe they commend Gold,
as the highed arcanum, and they
ground their Opinion upon a Philo¬
sophical foundation, namely, that
what the Sun is in the Heavens, the
Heart in an Animal, Wine among
Vegetables, the fame is Gold a-
mongMinerals i and they laugh at
Scaligtr's Opinion, vfa. That the
Mature of Gold is very far didant
from out Nature, and therefore
that our Heart cannot in any wife
be relieved by it. But whatever
•others fay, Paracelfus with his Fa¬
ther Hermes, extols aurum potabile-,
and to Gold he fubjoins Mother of
Pearl in form of an Oyl or Balfam,
EfTence of Saffron, Baum, fyc. He
alfo commends Antimony, which
he calls the redorcr of all the Fa¬
culties in the Body, and he in fe-
veral places compares its/olar Sul¬
phur to Gold ; and he magnifies
arcanum fulpkuris, aqua vita. Erne-
xauld and Salt of Pearl (which
Crollius in his Bafilica Cby mica,(ays,
is a mod noble Cordial, and in tem¬
perature and operation next to
Go gle
34?
potable Sol. ) Arcanum and Quin-
tcdence of Pearl in Hartman are
good for thefe ufes, and flares mar«
garitarum and corallorum in Schroder
Pbarm.l. 5. c. 6. Tinwares of Co¬
ral prepared with various menUrua ,
Liquors ofGemms, Rubies, Gra-
nates, Topaz, Jacynth, and others
arc highly valued by them. Thefe
are am mg the Compound Waters,
aqua caponis, carbuncnli, auna, con-
ftrtdtiva ufiuta. Spirit of Rofes,
Treacle, Vitriol camphorate, Spi¬
rit of Wine with the diaphoretick
Sale cf My It us Ant id. lib. 4. c. 2.
Spirit cf Soot, terra, jfgillata, 8cc.
alfo Oyl of Cinnamon, Amber,
■Mace, lignum rhodium. See. Saltalfo
of Pearl is good, and of Coral, an¬
gelica, fcordiu*, volatil Salt of
Harts-horn and Vipers, alfo Amber
diflolved in Spirit of Wine, of
which fee Beccbtrus Sttppltm. ad.
Phyfic. fubttrr. p. 79. Alfo Wine*
of Buglofs, Angelica, Hippocras,
and (lengthening clartta, fuch as
Quercetan has in his Pbarm. reft,
lib. i. c, 9. will be of good nfe in
this cafe, of which various Receipts
might be given, but we leave
them to the Judgment of thcPhy-
fician.
§. I*.
IKdntont, when his Head ran
*7 round, and he daggered, with
fear of fiinting, cured himlelf by
a gentle Vomit; for fo he cleared
the Stomach cf the dregs, whereby
that turning Idea was imprefled
( for lit fufpefts the caufe to ly in
the Stomach) afterwards, when he
had eaten fome Meat, and drunk
a little Wine he grew better: But
when he found a Rclapfe, he per¬
fectly cured himftlf with Sulphur
of VitrioV And for raking away
2 4 the
 t44 Of Swooning.
rhc anodyne Poyfon, that difperfes Spirit of Harts-horn, Treacle-Wa¬
ihe Spirits, and if urgent in this ter, Spirit of Blood, of Man’s-skull,
Difeafe, he commends divers fpiri- Spirit of Sal Aramoniack, and Salt
tuous and volatil things, whereby of Vipers, cryjlaUum miner ale, pulvis
the Spirits grow dear, and the i delis, Flowers of Sal Aramoni¬
light of Life fhines forth again. ack, be\narticum miner ale, &c. Nor
are they the meanelt Cordials,
i. 16. whofe Bafis is an alkali Salt, fuch
as oriental Eezoar, Coral, Pearl, all
fljt TlUs tiiftingnifhes Cordial teftaceous Powders and Scones,con¬
Medicines into two kinds, cerning all which things you may
namely one which chiefly and im¬ confult the Author himfelf, in his
mediately affcfts and kindles the difeourfe of Cordial Medicines.
Blood and animal Spirits-, another
which allays theimmoderarcEffer-
vefcenceof the Blood and Spirits. §• 17-
In the firft Clafs he places fuch in fear of a Swoon,
things as exalt and kindfe the Spi¬ and lighter Faintings com¬
rits and Blood; fuch as hoc com¬ mends the following mixture, taken
pound dcftilled Waters, Tinfture by fpooofuls;
of Saffron, elixir vita 2nercctani,
Tinfture of Salt, Tartar, Steel, and Take of Water of Mint two Oun¬
other hot things; fuch as aqua mi- ces, aqua vita Matthioli or Tin-
rabitis, Cinnamon, Cloves, Orange fturc of Cinnamon halfanOunce,
Peel dcftilled with Wine, to which Oyl of Cloves fix Drops, Syrup
vo’atil Spirits may be added. In of Scurvy-grafs one Ounce. Mix
rhc iecond Clafs he puts cold de- them.
litJled Waters, temperate Cordial
W a tcrs^ll Acids,nitrous things,^. The fame excellent Perfon does
Here is a Receipt; upon daily experience commend
in this cafe volatil Salts and aroma-
Take of odoriferous Apples, Ras- tick Oyls, things thateafilydiflolve
berries each fix Ounces, confeftio and incide every Vifcid, and that
ill hyacintboone Drachm, Syrup temper and correft every Acid and
of Violets one Ounce, Spirit of Auftere. Sometimes alio he advl-
Salr, what is fufficient for a1 grate¬ fes the ufe of things that difeufs
ful Acidity. Or, Vapors and Wind. And efpecial-
ly if the Patient be liker one dead
Take of Spring Water one Pound, than alive, fo that he can neither
' Juice of Limons two Ounces,Su¬ open nor (hut hfs Mouth, much
gar one Oonce and in half. Mix Itfs fvvallow as he fhould, then he
them. Make a Julep. • will now and then put into the Pa¬
tient’s Mouth by a Tunnel three
Alfo cordial things abounding drops or more of the forefaid Oyls,
with a volatil Salt may beneficial¬ incorporated by circulation with
ly be given both in Fevers in re- fpiritoous things.
fpeft of the Blood, and in Swoon¬
ing* apd fudden Paintings, fuch as

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 Of Swoon i»g.
the fake of Beginners therefore take
the following Receipt ■,
$. 18.
T He Csrtifixns commend all fpi-
rituous faline volatil things,
Take of Water ofCinnamon half an
Ounce4 Vinegar volatilized with
Spirit of Wine one Ounce,Spiric
which can kindle the vital Flame, of Rofes withAmber one Drachm,
fuch as are all fpirituous Waters, Sy rup of Cinnamon fix Drachms,
namely of Cinnamon, carbunculi. Mix them, and give a fpoonful or
all that are cordial and odoriferous, two at a time.
Spirit of Citron, Spirit of Musk,
Amber, Civet, Cinnamon and Cinnamon, Musk and Amber
Cloves ( yet here it mufl be ob- C which laft the Englifh fay, is
ferved, that Oyl of Amber and found in the Bellies of Whales) ex¬
Cloves, joyned with fpirituous and cel all other cordial and ftrength-
camphorate things aft more effe- .ing things. The following corro¬
ftually ) and feveral other things borating Balfani may be made of
of the fame nature, which fubtilize thefe odoriferous things.
the Spirits, and kindle the facred
fire. Of which more after¬ Take of Amber one Scruple, Musk
wards.
half a Scruple, conftttio Albtrmts
two Drachms, Spirit of Rofes,
§. 19. black Cherries each three
Drachms, aqui cordialis Here.
Pkce amon8 Cordials Saxon. elixir vita Maithioli each
all thofe things, that illu¬ one Ounce. Let thefe things be
minate and make volatil Man’s Spi¬ mixt and circulated for eight
rits, as the Rays of thf Sun do in days or more in a Vcflel well clo-
the Urge Univerfe, and that are a- fcd. Then let the Balfara be
ble to raife and quicken the Spi¬ filtred and kept for ufe. Or,
rits, and join themfelves with them,
and withal maintain an equal Fer¬ Take of Water of a Srag’s-heart,
mentation of the Blood. When Baum with Wine each two Oun¬
therefore a Swooning' or finking of ces, Cinnamon with Borrage one
Spirits, proceeds from an excelTive Ounce, conftttio Albirmts one
diiTolution of the Blood, that is, Drachm, Bone of a Srag’s-hcart
from the abundance of an Alkali, ful- twelve Grains, Syrup of Clove-
phureous and fpirituous things, yet gilly-flowers one Ounce. Mix
moderately acid, but volatil, mud them.
be given, that a'due confiflency
may be reftored to the Blood, and But if a volatil Acid be peccant,
its deficient Spirits and Fermenta¬ it will be advifable to add things
tion may return. For which pur¬ that precipitate or bind an Acid ;
pose I mould advife firong Wine- for which purpofe this following is
Vinegar volatilized with Spirit of not the worfi.
Wine, tinllura brynrtict Michatlis,
Cinnamon Water, Spirit of black Take of Water of Borrage, Bug-
Cherries,or Rofes with Amber. For lofs, Rofes, Baum, of Juice of
Citron!

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 ^46 Of Swooning.
Citron each three Ounce$,Cinna-
mon two Ounces, oriental Pearl
prepared half a Drachm, burnt
Harts-horn prepared three
Drachms, faccharum ptrlatum half
an Ounce. Mix them. Make a
Pearl-water. Or,
Take of oqua cord'ulis Hire. Saxon.
three Ounces, EITcnce of Baum
one Drachm and an half, Tin¬
cture of Coral prepared with
Spirit of Harts-horn half a
Drachm, Syrup of Borrage Flow¬
ers fix Drachms. Mix them. Give
a fpoonful at a time.
Or the following Powder j
Take of Oriental Pearl prepared
half a Drachm, red Coral, Bone
of a Stag’s-hcart each one
Drachm, the five precious Scones
half a Drachm. Mix them. Make
a Powder. The Dofe one S-ru-
ple. Or,
Take of magifierium cordiklt two
Drachms, Cornu cervi filare one
, Drachm, Bone of a Stag’s-heart
one Scruple. Mix them.
For all things may here be made
ufe of which can imbibe an Acid,
efpccially if the Swooning proceed
from a coagulation of Blood in the
Heart. To which end, the noble
and experienced Dn. Mojor com¬
mends Spirit of Sal Ammoniack,
that moll powerful volatil Alkali,
combined with Spirit of Win;
camphoratc, and Oyl of Amber, for
a faline oyly Spirit is made of ir.
Spirit of Ham-horn or Soot joined
with Camphore will do the fame.
And in this cafe I muft commend
Sachfms his faline volatil reiterative
Liquor, for reftoring and illumina¬
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ting the Sun of the Microcofm,
which Remedy is ufually made of
Spirit of Cinnamon,artificially and
curioufly joined with deftilled Oyl
of Amber, Juniper and volatil Salt
of Ham-horn. And upon this oc-
cafion I am willing to communicate
my corroborating Effence.
Take of Spirit of Wine with Am¬
ber rectified half a Pound, pu-
reft Salt of Tartar one Ounce,
get ic over by defiilling the Spi¬
rit. To which rightly exalted
add of Oyl of Cinnamon, Mace,
Amber as much as they wiH take
upt Then add of Effence of Am¬
ber made with Spirit of Rofes one
Ounce,Spirit of Sal Ammoniack
reftifiedone Ounce and an half.
Make according to Art our cor¬
roborating Effence.
The raking of a few drops of
this Efience, greatly refrefhes the
Spirits, diffolves coagulated Blood,
deftroys any Acid, and maintains
an equal Fermentation and Motion
in the Blood. In the coagulation of
the Blood alfo Sptrma etti, found
in the Brain of a Whale, and mixt
with other Cordials, taken inward¬
ly, is reckoned a fccond rate Re¬
medy in Swooning. But if the Di-
fcafe feem to dumb up from the
lower Parts, and if any thing con-
vulfive appear, clpecially ip Wo¬
men, the Medicines muft be more
fpirituous and fulphureoos than fe¬
line. But in burning Fevers and
Lipothymies arifing thence. Cordi¬
als fortified with Acids are very
good, becaufe they reftore and con¬
centre the Spirits exliaufted by vo¬
latil Medicine*, and diflipated by
S weat for which end thefc things
following are good, namely, mix-
tura fimplex, the Acid volatil Spirit
of
 Of Sw )oniHg. 547

of Vitriol Here is a Receipt * Powders for a cordial Epithem

one Drachm, Spirit of Cicron
Take of Conferve of Pulp of Citron Peel one Drachm and an half. Or,
two Ounces, red Rofes one
Ounce, conjeiHo Airtimes half an Take of acerm bexparticum one
Ounces, fweet Spirit of Vitriol Ounce, Spirit of Citron one
twenty five drops, Jyrupus aceto- Drachm. Mix them for the
fuatis citri what is lufficient. W rifts.
Make an Elcduary. Or,
Or Bags filled with cordial Pow¬
Take of aqua ctrdialii frigid* two ders and wet in thefe or the like
Ounce, water of Baum, Juice of Liquors, may be applied. Or make
Citron each one Ounce, confettio the following Liniment; or fome
Alarms one Drachm, Water of like it j
Pearl one Ounce, tinftura btxpar-
tica Michaelis twenty drops, Sy¬ Take of Bilfam of Amber, Cinna¬
rup of Pomegranates fixDrachmsi. mon, Angelica, Cloves each half a
Mix them. Scruple. Mix them. Make a
Bilfam to anoint the Region of
Water of Cinnamon and Mint is the Heart. Or,
good in a Swooning from the Sto-
mach,pyncdwithothcrSromachicks Take of deffiiled Oyl of Citron,
both internal and external ; fpiritus Baum each half a Scruple, liquid
ftomachicusMynftcbti,Angeli Sa/a,and Amber eight Grains. Mix them
ftomachicum Peterii are good. But with a fufficicnt quantity of Oyl
out of the paroxyfm a gentle Vomit of Nutmeg.
mud be given, to carry off the pec¬
cant vifeid Matter*, and in this cafe Or for anointing the Pulfes v
various Abforbents and Precipitants
are good. And in all Swooning* the Take of deftilled Oyl of Baum, Ci¬
aqua fanitatis of the Ancients is tron each half a Scruple, carbun¬
good, and Glufpad's Water of Man’s culi fix drops, lignum Rhtdium
Blood in his Notes upon Begum, four drops. Mix them.
lib. 5. c. f. alfo Effencc of Man’s
Blood in Faber Myrotbec. Spagyr. lib. The Region of the Heart may be
I. c. 8. Effence of Civet, ibid. c. rubbed with fome volatil oyly Salr,
26. When thefe things will do no or fome volatil Spirit.
good, I think we ought with the Balfam of white Amber rubbed
noble Ettmullerus to proceed to In- 6n the Nofe, alfo Balfara of Amber
fufion both of volatil Acid, and vo- and Cinnamon given to fmell to,
latil alkalick Liquors, as occafion and feveral other things raife a Man
IhalJ require. Among Externals we out of a Swoon.
commend divers Epithems applied If it be “Woman Patient, and
with a IcarJetCloth. Here is a Re¬ there be any fufpicion of hyfterick
ceipt or two for young Phyficians ■, Fits, hold a piece of burning blew
Gloth to her Nofffils and other An-
Take of aqua carbunculi one Ounce ti-hyflericks. Alfo Spirit of Sal
and an half, napbtc one Ounce, Ammon tack prepared with Quick¬
lime

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348 w Of Swooning.
lime is good here, becaufe it beft
penetrates through the Noftrils to
the Brain j it muft be held tu the
Noftrils, and Eflence ofCaftor muft
be given inwardly.
Here alfo all things are good both
inwardly and outwardly, which are
good in an Apoplexy ; aqua vita
may likewife be poured into the
Mouth.
The Urine is often made turbid
in this Difcafe, bccaufe the mixture
The End of the Second BOOK.
Go gle
of the Particles is difturbed, which
is reftored by Sudorificks.
If one fall into a Swoon after o-
ver-purging, Spirit of Treacle and
Cinnamon-Water will be very pro¬
per, or Treacle may be applied
outwardly to the Stomach.
In a Lipothymy upon Blood-let¬
ting, putting Salt into the Mouth,
and rubbing the Tongue with it,
will do good, as Horfliut fays.
BOOK
 Book
Of Dijeafet of the
CHAP.
Of the Heart-lur«, Squramijhnefs, Belching, Vomi¬
ting, Rumbling in the Guts, Heat of Stomach, and
Want of Appetite.
B Efore we go about to de-
fcribe the Difeafes of the
Abdomen, it will be worth
the labour, yea, it Is of ab-
folute neceflity, to premire a few
things concerning the Nature and
life of the Stomach. And be¬
fore wc proceed to the preternatu¬
ral flare, we will briefly touch up¬
on the Natural, namely the abflrafe
work of Chylification, to the end
the Faults of it may be more accu¬
rately known. The greatell part
of the Ancients were of Opinion,
That Chylification was performed
by the heat of the adjacent vifeera
jtftcr the manner of Elixation, that
:s, as Flefh is boiled in Water, in-
fiead whereof drink is, fo they
think Meat is boiled in the Sto¬
mach. Others have thought, That
III.
Abdomen.
I.
this Chylification was performed
by a certain fiaidous chylifick Fa.
culty. Some of them think. That
a certain melancholick Humor is
poured out of the Spleen through
the vafa brtvix into the Stomach,
by which acid Liquor, they would
, perfwadc as, the Food is diflolv-
| ed: And fome of the Moderns are
of this Opinion, among whom is
! Htlmont, that great Philofopher by
fire. For he fays, That without
all controvcrfy both Meat and
I D"nk arc diflolved in rhe Cavity
of the Stomach into a diaphanous
Cream, and he adds, That this is
done by virtue of a Ferment ma-
mfeflly Acid, which is borrowed
from the Spleen. But a more cu¬
rious Anatomy has deftroyed this
opinion at one blow, which fhows.
That in live Animals Blood indeed
does defani from the Stomach
through
 3 jo Of the Heart-hum, Squeatnijhncfs, &c.
through the vaft brevia to the , it changes all inro a milky Juice*
Spleen, and Is poured into the fple- fomcrimes Acid, fometimes volatil’
nick Branch; but that nothing can which wc call Chyle. And by the
come the contrary way, that is, way wc mutt note this, That this
from the Spleen to the Stomachy Ferment in live Animals is thin
becaufe the communication cf this and clear •, but in dead ones it is
fpjenick Acid by thcvas bteve is always vifeous. For it is certain.
hindred by a Valve. And fo there is That a fort of acid Juice is always
an end of that Figment. Our Opi¬ found in the Stomach of fuch as are
nion is. That Chylification is per¬ in health, which the good Women
formed by way of Fermentation, know how to five from the Sto-'
with the help of Animal Spirits, machs of Beads when they are kil¬
and a certain acid Volatil, that is, led, for Cheefc-runnct: And the
a (alino-ammoniacal Humor, con¬ fowre belching, before the Food is
tained in the Stomach,perhaps with well turned into Chyle, fhows as
the concurrence of the Pancreatick much. Befides, the authority and
or fomc other Juice. Firil of all reafon of one moll fonverfant in
therefore the Meat fhould be well t the knowledge of natural things,
broken by the Teeth, as by Na- j that Archphilcfopher Hippocrates,
ture’s Peftils, and when it is mixt confirms the fame, who, apb. i.feci.
with the fativa, and as it were im¬ 6. fays. In Ftvcrs and long loofenfsy
bued with the firfl Ferment, ( for if [overt Belching fupervent, which
the [diva, as Sylvius teflifies, Dilp. was not tftre before, it is good ; • be¬
I. p. 8. confifts of Water, Salt and caufe the weakned Stomach reco¬
Spirit, whence its penetrative and vers its Acidity, whereby it is able
fermentative virtue has ir? rife J to dilTolve the Meat into Chyle,
ir is lent down the Gullet to the and by ccnfequence the Patient his
Stomach, and there, by that juice, health. And experimental Philo-
which is proper and domeflick to fophy will prove, That the Fer¬
tile Stomach, is tranfmuted into a mcnr ought to be volatil, or to con-
fart of pultaceouS Liquor, not un- fid of a certain volatil Salt i for
like to Barly-Cream. This Ferment it cannot be denied, that whatever
in Man fcarce exceeds the quantity fhould difpofe any fermentable fub-
of an Ounce,and dicks in the folds, jeft to Fermentation, mud always
or innerrnod Coat of the Stomach,, be of the nature of a volatil Salt i
being carried thither from the mi- and the cafe is the fame, as when
nuted Glands, with the Animal Hops or Spice are added to Beer or
Spirits, which diflblves and by irs ! Ale C as is ufually done in Bottle-
volatility fubtilizes the Meat well Ale; whereby the Fermentation
chewed, and moidned with Spit¬ is heightned in both. So the very
tle, and well dilured,andasit were volatil effluvia of the Vine in flow¬
macerated with drink, and it pre- er ferment wines afrefh. Thus much
mores the aft of Fermentation like of the natural dare, we will now
Baker’s Leven, it deduces into aft proceed to the preternatural.
the Salis partly acid, and partly From the depravation therefore
volit'l, wherewith the food a- of this Ferment f a turgcfcence
bounds, and by their means encrca- and Orgifnus of other humors alfo
(b the Fermentation, and at length ariling thereupon, together with
the

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 Of the Heart htrti, Squeamiflmefs, &c.
the Crudity and Coftion of the
fame) all thofe Difeafes of the
Stomach are derived, which now
we will more particularly illuftrate.
For what is that we call the
Heart-burn, but a fed ft nation of
the mouth of the Stomach, which
is very nervous, arifng from (harp
juices, that fo diflolve the conti¬
nuity by violence ? What'isxewY-
ing, but an exclufion of fomething
found in the Stomach, at the
mouth, by the perverfe petiflaltick
motion of the Stomach and Guts ad-
joyning, caufed by fharp and he¬
terogeneous, malignant Particles ?
Squcamijhnefs indeed depends upon
Volatil Particles , but not very
fharp, fo that It and Vomiting dif¬
fer only in degrees. Heat of thi
Stomach is produced , when the
fubtil and fharp Particles of Bile,
that is in the ftomach,caufe pain and
heat in the Stomach and cefophagus.
Belching is an affeftion of the Sto¬
mach. Rumbling of the Guts, de¬
pending upon fharp, acid and vif-
cous Particles, yet Volatil alfo.
Want of Appetite, which is called
Anorexia, Afitia, Apofitia, ciki fa-
flidium. Sec. is a depravation of
the Ferment of the Stomach ari¬
sing from divers preternatural cau-
fes.
$. i. Tart affetted.
F Rom the definition it will not
be difficult to gather, what is
the part affected in thefe Difeafes.
And it is reckoned to be the Sto¬
mach by the confent of almoft all
Authors. In the Heart-burn we
take the Orifice of the Stomach,
which is wholly made up of Nerves,
and looks like a net of Nerves, yea
and the nervous Coat of the Sto¬
mach for the Subject But we take
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35*1
all the nervous little Fibres which
make up die Stomach, for the fub-
jeft of Vomiting,as we do the Cavi¬
ty of the Stomach for the fubjeft of
Squeamifhnefs and Belching. And
we take the folds of the Stomach,
in which the Ferment ufually flicks,
for the fubjeft cf want of Appetite.
Concerning the fecondary Subjeft,
and the Parts which have confent
with the Stomach by the commu¬
nion of the fmh pair of Nerves,
we fhall add nothing, for they may
be many: of which notwithftand-
mg we may betrer, according to the
law of Method, treat in the cau-
fes.
Diagnoflick.
Ow we will proceed to the do-
ftrine of Signs, which fince
it is the foundation of right Cure,
we may do well to lay it down a-
right. The Parhognomick Sign of a
Heart-burrt is pricking or biting a-
bout the Pit of the Stomach ; and
perhaps, when there is a great gra¬
vity and diftenfion in that fenfible,
nervous Part, namely the Orifice of
the Stomach, there may be a great
Anxiety of Heart, difficulty of
Breathing, as in an Afthma, Swoon¬
ing snd Vertigo: for the Spirits be¬
ing enraged caufe thefe various
Symptoms. Squeamifhnefs alfo,
and want of Appetite arife from a
great Mafs of vifcid Humors,whic^
make dull the Ferment of the Sto.
mach,the Animal Spirits alfo,which*
communicate Heat and Tone,
are then diflipated, and as it were
deferc their party', that is, the Sto¬
mach, whence it' cannot otherwife
be, but the deferred Party muft
flag. By reafon alfo of a volatil
Bile, a bilious Vomit often attends
tliis Difeafej by thefe Signs we
+ Of the Heart* bur Squeami finefs> &C.
judge theDifcafe is idiopathick. As Senfe, or biting pain under the
for a fympacluck Heart burn, the Cartilage of the BreaA-bone. And
proper Signs of the Hurts and Di- the conjunct Caufes are fliarp,pitui-
feafes of the Farts, by whofe fault tous, bilious, portaceous, biting
it is caufed, will make it known. Humors, gathered in the Stomach,
And the Signs of a Vomit are ma- or fharp Wind, and Vapors arifing
nHtfl of themfclvesi yet often¬ out of the Cavity of the Stomach to
times Head-ach, Vertigo, trembling the Mouth of it, which irritate it.
of the under Lip, biting in the To which caufes they alfo add ex-
Mouth of the Stomach, frequent ccflive Heat or Cold. Among the
and plentiful Spitting, do precede, antecedent caufes they reckon di¬
and if the caufe ly in the Stomach, vers Meats and Drinks, which are
and the Difeafe be idiopathick, vicious and poyfonous, fuch as Milk,
horary and unripe Fruits,Fifh,e5^c.
trouble and pain in the Stomach will
evidently precede j but if it be which ufe to difiend the Stomach,
fympathick, then a preceding pain juA as the Wind does the Guts in
in the Head, Womb, or fome o the Colick pain. They fay, the
thcr Part, will give you further in¬ internal caufe of Vomiting and
formation. And in all exceflive vo¬ SqueamiA.ncfs ( which, as was laid
miting there is Anxiety of Heart, in the definition, differ only in
Head-ach, Swooning, and fometime degrees ■, for they rife from the
Convulfions. As for Belching, ic fame caufes ) is a diflolution and
is cither fowre or nidorous. The lubricity of the Stomach arifing
firft is peculiar to Melancholifis, from fome heterogeneous Humor
the fecond to bilious and feverifh contained in the Stomach,whether
Perfons. In rumbling there is it be pituitous, bilious or melan-
Wind, which (hows it felfby the cholick, or mixe of thefe. So fowre
noife it makes, and it puffs up the Belching (hows. That fuch a Phlegm
Belly. Want of Appetite prclent- Aicks in the Stomach; a nidorous
1 y (hows it felf, to wit, when theBelching, an aduA Matter, and a
bitter one,yellow Choler. And they
Patient is averfe to all Meat, fo that
derive the Heat of the Stomach
the very naming of it turns his Sto¬
mach, and the fight of it makes cither from yellow Choler or a bi¬
him quite fick. Heat of the Sto¬ lious Vapor, carried to the Month
mach is fhown by bitternefs in the of the Stomach and the Throat.
Mouth, and when Pain and Heat But they will have wane of Appe¬
is felt, and alfo a thin moiAure tite to arife from feme Intempera-
like Water flows off the Sto¬ ture, ObArutfion of the meferaick
mach. Veins and Mouth of the Stomach,or
from a Mafs of vifeid and phlegma-
£. 4. Caufe. tick Humors, which they (jay, breed
fatiety, or from bilious Matter, or
R Efore we proceed any farther, fome melancholick Hurnor4that fills
it will be requifite to fearch the Stomach, and takes away the
the true Caufes, out of the Opini¬ Appetite.
ons of divers Authors. The Stir
mine held, That the immediate
C«i f: of the Heart-burn is a fad
§. 5.
 Of the Heart-burn, Squeamijhnefs, &C.
it
k need caufe great Heat and Burning
S. *•
p
a T Hc Cl^pmifto fay* That faline
Seeds, namely mucilaginous
and tartareous,many fetid Sulphurs,
c and few Mercurials, caufe fuch Di-
B! fcafes in the Stomach. For if mu¬
HI cilaginous, dirty, aluminous, ftyp-
«< eick and bituminous Stuff cover
k; the Sides and Wrinkles of the Sto¬
tci mach, there follows, according to
nt P amcelfus, an oppilation of the Spi¬
& rit of life, the Minifter of all na¬
$» tural Aftions, which being as it
:Ge were taken captive and put in
k; Chains, cannot exert its ftrength
upon the Food it receives, nor fi
W
sni nifh the reparation of the Nutri¬
*' ment from the Excrement, whence
fna the Offices of Concoftion are flow-
*»i
ly performed, and weaknefs of Sto¬
he
mach, Inconcodion,fhort Winded-
nefs, Compreflion, and a thoufand
other Torments follow, as B. Petrs-
us de morb. uentr.Hcrmet. fays. Then
r»
he goes on §. 17. Thefc Impuri¬
*i» ties being oftentimes tainted with
ilto
foreign Qualities, infeft the me-
s*
ctianick Spirits of the Stomach
>
with the fame, whereby the Food
being changed into a diffentaneous
je'
nature produces divers Riflings and
111 Belchings. If they have vomitive,
* helleborine orantimomal Faculties,
'l* they caufe Vomiting and Squea-
mifhnefs. But when the Mucilages
have ftronger Tinftures of Salts,
which are fharp and corrofive, as
of Lime, Vitriol, Tartar, &:. then
ftronger and more painful Motions
and Paffions are raifed, efpecially
in the upper Orifice, which is en¬
dued with exqaifite fenfe, there
are ftrange Appetites, Heats, Prick¬
ings, Erofions and Bitings in the
Stomach, like Colick-pains. And
to when rile Shiphur is kindled and
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75^
diflolved in the Stomach, it muft
in the Stomach.
§. 6.
Jh£lmont fuppofes, That Crudi-
ty is in Fault. If the Meat
therefore receive not both Fer¬
ments, that is, its own and the lie-
nary aright, then it encreafes the
fowrenefs,and there is an excefs of
Appetite, attended with a pontick
corrofive Belching. For he thinks*
Belching is cither infipid,acid,pon¬
tick or nidorous. A very weak
Stomach belches out infipid ; a
ftronger Stomach belches, add, ni¬
dorous, bitter, (harp, t&c.
He thinks. Heart-burning is cau-
fed in the Mouth of the Stomach*
as in a central Point, and the root
and principle of life, of digeftion
of Meat, and of the difpofitiori
thereof to life, namely, while the
Pylorus, like the furious Womb,
moves its exccntrick Bias. And it
is wonderful, as Grcrnbs fays, That
the Pylorus Ihould have fo great *
power, that it alone 4 able to ralfe
fuch various Scenes of Tcrapefts.
For in Vomiting the Pylorus muft
always ofnecclTuy be flint *,and Htl-
mont contends, That through the
pertinacious clofure of it the Hu¬
mor contained in the Stomach
fometimes turns eruginous, where¬
upon a violent, yea, fometimes a
Mortal Vomiting follows. For he
tells, how he opened the Body of
one that died cf vomiting black
'Stuff, and how he. found the Pylo¬
rus exaftly dofed, and nothing elfc
amif?. A Vomit therefore in Hel-
ntont's Opinion is caufed tw« ways,'
either by the proper Bias of the
Pylotusyzad then it is without Pain,
or from fome Provocatives, thenf
A* * indeed
IS4 °f *^e lum, Squeaw/Jbneff, &c.
ioc’cei it is by the Pylori but not nothtr, and upwards Iikewife to¬
by its proper Motion, and there¬ wards the left Orifice, fo that all
fore is troublefom. A bilious Vo¬ the Contents are forced into the
mit arifcs, when bilious Matter is cefophagus: Whence it cannot o-
poured by rhe Parrs adjoining, in¬ rherwife be, but that all things,
to the Stomach, then the Pylorus which are able to irritate the Spi¬
being (hut, it corrupts the more, rits implanted in the carneous Fi-
and the Contents are by the Qjult- ; bresof the Stomach, muft produce
ty of the Ferment made blew or Vomiting more or left troublefomc.
green. So if the Ferment of the And thefe Provocatives may be ci¬
Gall be out of order, Heat, Ebulli¬ ther Humors, Vapors, Meat, Drink,
tion and wane of Appetite, Belch¬ Phyfick orPoyfon, fo they be but
ing, Squeamiftmefs and Vomiting fliarp. Yet with Htlmont, he holds.
anfe: But if the Ferment of the j That Vomiring can be caufed only
Spleen be exorbitant, then the Vo- j by the (hutting of the Pylorus. Ac¬
mit is bloody. The Pylorus there- ; cording ro mllis it is eafy to ga¬
fore is either mad of it fdf, or is ther, what the caufes of Belching,
irritated by an occafional caufe, Rumbling in the Guts, S'-juea mi Ha¬
which often proceeds from feme . nd's, and want of Appetite are,
fault in the Gall, when it has in ic; from what has been faid already ;
a pontick or auftere Salt, which and it will appear more plainly,
eafily ftraitens the Pylorus. There¬ when we give our own Opini¬
fore when the fury of the Pyloms on.
is pacified, the Vomiting will
ceafe-, of which we fliall fpcak in §. 8.
the Cure.
A^pibius in the Heart bum takes
Solution of Continuity Pr the
7- mediate caufe, and blames an acid,
flits in the Heat t-bnrn blames fixe, Qjarp Ferment, made fuch by
bilious, fharp, alkaline, lixivi- various Caufes, and flurp Vapors of
ous aui heterogeneous Particles car¬ the fame nature, that cut and irri-
ried ro the Mouth of the Stomach, j tacc the Mouth of the Stomach, *
which do there twitch, corrugate | very fenfible Part, and fo caufe this
and di/tend the nervous little Fi¬ j cardiark Pain. Bat he thinks the
bres, and by means of the Animal ; immediate caufe of Vomiting to
Spiritscaufe a fad fenfation. For be the per ifta! tick Motion of the
lie makes no queflion, but vomit¬ Stomach and Guts inverted, caufed
ing is a violent convulfive Motion . by (harp, acid, auflere and la!t Hu-
of the Sromach, which therefore, ! mors carried ro the Guts. And this
he fays, doe* arife from the explo- ! inverfion of the Motion, accord¬
fton.or great expanfion of the ani¬ ing to his Opinion, begins frequenc-
mal Spirits, falling violently upon | ly at the place of infertion of both
rlw Fibres of the Stomach, which j the Ductus'*, that is, the Eilary and
Fibres are orefently puffed up, and ' Pancrcatick. And Garden-fruits,
confcqucntJy abbreviated , fo that 1 Poyfon, putrid and corrupt Food,
the ftdes and bottom of the Sto¬ and other things help to raifea Vo¬
mach are drawn nearer to. one a- miting remotely. But he will not
have

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 Of the Heart-lurn, Squeatoifaefs,' &c. ^
have Vomiting of Blood to come proauce an intolerable oenie. ah
from the Spleen or Liver, as mod they think, That Squeamifhnefs and
will, but only from the Pancreas. Ydmiting, and other Symptom5
And he firmly holds. That the caufe arifc,if lharp and vifeous Particles,
of Belching is Wind, diftending cirher kept there, or carried with
the Stomach, and at lengrh let go the Blood by the Arteries into the
our at the Mouth with violence, a- Stomach, do not correfpond in
rifing from vifeid Phlegm. He de¬ their Figures to the Pores of the
rives the lofsof Appetite, and Heat Stomach, and fo do violence to'
of the Stomach from the fame the Filaments of the Stomach,
caufe, namely a pituitous, vifeid whereby the Animal Spirits arc ir¬
Humor, and fometimes from too ritated and bindred in their Mori¬
volatil Bile. He derives loathing on where they fhould go .• where¬
of Meat from vitious Exhalations, upon the Motion is inverted, and
produced in the fmall Gut by a vi- the Stomach mart as it were prove
rious fermentation, and rifing to abortive. They will have the
the Mouth of the Stomach. And Heat of the Stomach to come*
he aferibes it both to Bile, and the while the fulphurcous volatil Par¬
pancreatick Juice and Phlegm, that ticles, carried to the Gullet, pierce
How into the finall Gut, and are the membranaceous Parts, and
out of order, and fo caufe thefe di- raife a Heat.
flurbanccs.
§. IO.
9- Opinion is, That in thefe
T He Carteffans hold. That ^^Difeafes the Animal Spirits,
in the Heart-burn there is a being enraged, fhake the little Fi¬
fad fenfation, which being prefent- bres of the Stomach, and fo the
ed by the Nerves to the Soul, is Stomach mull of neccfTity be over¬
perceived .• Fpr the fhirp or acid turned, and all its Contents be
Particles, that corrode, or cur, or thrown opr. of doors. Jn a Heart¬
prick with their fharp Points, are burn therefore, according to rhe
in time more firmly hxt in by de¬ Opinion of all Phyfidans, there is
grees, and fo part the nervous Fi¬ a Solution of Continuity, while an
bres in fonder, and fhake them by improportionare Objeft cither rc-
vibration, which while it is conti¬ fidcs in the Stomach it felf, or
nued to the Principle of the Nerve*, comes from fome other place into
the Senfory is violently moved by it, and diftends,feparates and parts
it, as by an upufual thing, and the in funder the r.crvous Fibres of the
Soul receives with averfation a fad Mouth of the Stomach* whereupon
fenfation, threatniog and often cau- the Spirits that Iy in the Fibres are
finga Breach, which perception, moved diforderly * and fo Pain is
carried to the Senfe, we call Pain; caufed, which is either fclr, prick¬
whereupon the (harp Particles of ing, rending, cutting, bruifmg,
the Blood being fometimes carried heavy, diftending or burning, ac¬
by a metaftafis to the nervous Ori¬ cording as the peccant Matter* or
fice of the Stomach, and vellica- the Ferment of the Stomach is
ting that upper Orifice too much, mere crude, fixt or lharp* whence
Aa 2 alfo

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% 56 Of the Heart-lurri, Squ°.amifhnefsy &C-
alfo Pain Is believed to be In that dominion there. Sharp Wind x-
Parr, from which a vibration of the feending to the upper Orifice of
nervous Fibres refutes to the com¬ the Stomach, in form of a Vapor,
mon Senfory. And if there be an while it violently infimiates it felf
acid mucus, or a very fowre Fer¬ into the nervous Fibres, and very
ment, joyned with much vifeid much didends and vellicares them,
Matter gathered by Indigeftion,thc may alfo caufe this Difcafe. I ob-
Heart-burn mud of neceffity thence ferved,the Heart-burn was caufed in
enfue. Bile alfo is pretcrnaturally a Woman by Worms voided at the
poured out of the duodenum into Mouth.
the Stomach, which by reafon of Now we will declare in parti¬
its fharp, lixivious, alcalizatc Parti¬ cular, what our Opinion i; con¬
cles, wherewith it abound?, is of¬ cerning Vomiting. Now if the e-
tentimes able to vellicatc the Fi¬ nemy 3bovefaid burden the whole
bres, and caufe this fad Pain; Stomach, and the Pylorus be whol¬
therefore the Heart burn comes ly obftrufted thereby, and a con¬
mod upon an empty Stomach,when vulsive Contraction of it be made.
the menflruum, becaufeit has noOb-: violent Vomiting mud of ncctflky
jeft upon which it may aft, ac- j follow. For the Stomach cads off
quires a greater Acrimony from the j whatever is troublcfome,whether ic
fharp, faline Particles of the Bile, j offend fn a l'aline, lixivious Acri-
callcd into the Scomach, and con-! memy or in Acidity. If therefore
fequendy pierces the fenfible Fi- a vicious mucus or fharp Liquor
bres, which vibration is carried (dick in the folds of the Stomach,
to the common Senfcry. For Sales; or if its Ferment be depraved (for
efpecially,whether fharp,acid or fal-' when the Ferment is fpoiled, the
tifh, lodged either in the Mafs of things that are taken, not being
Blood or In the Serum (as one may rightly contempered, grow fowre )
fee in feorbutick People, who are and fo the nervous Fibres, which
often troubled with this Difcafe ) make up the rough inner Coar,
and then getting head about the arc by little and little faturated
Mouth of the Stomach,'rfnd fo by with fome acid Tinfture, and then
their rigid Points growing trouble- by reafon of the incongruity of
fome to the Membranes and ner¬ the Objeft, are vellicarcd a little,
vous kitid, are ufually the caufes till ( the carnous Fibres, lying up¬
of this Djfeafe. If therefore in on them, being drawn into con-
Fevers the balfamick and mild Par¬ fent) by means of the Animal Spi¬
ticles be difperfed or inverted, and rits they are contrafted *, and firft
if on the contrary, lixivious, bili¬ a fmall Motion is made, whence
ous and fharp cncs be exalted and comes a Squcamihnefs and Pertur¬
tranflatcd to the Mouth of the Sto¬ bation of the Stomach} and after¬
mach, the Heart-burn muff of ne- wards it grows flronger and ftron-
ccifiry follow. Alfo volacil, fharp gcr, whence comes Vomiting.
and cauftick Safes may eafily pro¬ Here, by the way, I muff men¬
duce this Difeafe, as we fee in the tion fome firange things,that have
Plague and other malignant Difea- been voided by Vomiting. Tobias
fes, if they be gathered about die Matthai, a Phyfician of Friburg in
Moudi of the Stomach, and get Mifnia, dr.nk fome Water, that
was

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 Of the Heart-lurtt, Squeamijhnefs, &c.
was drawn out of a Well, into
which a Cat had been thrown, up¬
on which he found great pain in
his Stomach, and having taken a
Vomit, he brought up a Car. A
Woman in my Neighbourhood vo¬
mited above an hundred Lizards
and died prefently. I knew ano¬
ther, who vomited Frogs. And
Arijlotlt knew one that vomited a
live Wheezlp.
If Vomiting come by confcnr,
from a perverfe Motion of regurgi¬
tation out of the upper Guts into
the.Stomach, or from an Artery or
Vein breaking in ir, then uncor¬
rupt Blood is brought up by Vomit
without Coughing. For the Blood
put into an orgafmus , gets out
where it can. And any acid Cru¬
dity mixt with a kind of caudick
Alkali, falling into the Guts, or the
fanguiferous Vdlc!s,ufes to produce
bloody Stools and Vomit. So in
Women or Maids, by reafon of
the fiagnation of the Menfes, Blood
fometimes Is difcharged into the
Stomach, which through tarrying
there is brought up clotted, and fo
bther Evacuations fupprefied are
able to caufe this Difeafe, of which
we have difeourfed diffidently be¬
fore, when we treated of Spitting
of Blood. Women with Child do vc-
mit alfo at the beginning, not only
through conrent of the Womb with
the Stomach ; but bccaufc the foul
Matter canoot be purged by the
Emunftory of the Womb, and not
bting able to wait the time ofBirth,
it returns, and rakes upon it the
nature of an Excrement, and be-
caufe it has a fowrenefs in it, it is
cart out by Vomit and other
ways.
In Belching I think an acid,
rough Parte is peccant,whether with
the Oaltnijis you will call it Phlegm,
357
or with Parace^r a dreggy Tartar’
it Is ail one to us, who will noc
differ about words, fo we can bur
agree in -hings. For if this vifeid
Parte be fermented with a viiious
Acidity, a lixivious Alkali alfo
concurring, to wit, Bile ( by whole
provocation a flatulent Gas is belch¬
ed up, as may appear by the in-
tenfe Acidity of Meat taken in too
great a quantity, when corrupt, or
at length brought up ) the Dige-
ftion of the Stomach is ill per¬
formed, and itsperfeftion is worfe
finilhed in the intejlinum duodenum,
whereupon, whatever is taken and
contained therein, fwells with that
fermentative Acidity, like Palle of
Meal; and Wind is raifed, by
whofe i'mpetuoftty flraitcefs of rhe
prtecordia, Shorrncfs of Breath,Reft-
lefsnels, want of Sleep, fwelling of
the hypochondria, and’ Rumbling
all over the Abdomen, arc bred ; as
the very day that I writ this, I
obferved in a Man, upon drink¬
ing too much Water, ihcrcfdrc
a volatil acid crudity caufes acid
Belching* ; and if there be but the
leaft Portion of volatil Bile, that
rifes to the Stomach, the Belch¬
ing* which arc raifed thereby, and
diftend the Stomach, either bite,
or corrode, and fo caufe a heat of
Stomach, and fomerimes they fmell
of fried Eggs, fometintes of Oink¬
ing Filh, and fomerimes of bitter
Bile it felf. Belching fhows a di¬
minution of Hear, and a depravati¬
on of the Ferment in the Stomach :
for the fermentation being weak¬
ened, all that is taken, degenerates
into an acid,vifeid Parte, that quire
deftroys the Appeti e ; and at
length by the rtrength of Fermen¬
tation turns to Wind, which ac¬
cording to the Crudities in the
Stomach is either nidcrous, acid
^58 ,
Of the Heart-lurn Siiueamijhnefiy &c.
or infipid ; and rewind docs of¬ The Heart-burn out of a Fever is
tentimes with exquffire Pain exa- a Sign, That one fhould take a
Hjeratc the Senfc of Vcllicationand Vomit, as Hlppocntts advifes, lit,
Tenfion, which that vifeid and fil¬ 4- aph. 17. Out of burning Fevers
my Matter, that opprefTed the therefore the Heart burn is not fo
Stomach, had caufcd. This fame dangerous, but it ufuaUy ceafes,
Wind alio being carried impetu- whea the Bile is difeharged by Vo-
oufly through the Cavity of the m t. But when an Inflammation
Guts, and hindred from patting, and Efchar is made by a malignant
returns the fame way, and meets Caufe or caudick Bile, then the
with more, which rculing and re¬ cafe is dangerous, and is not fo foon
bounding caufe a noife and rumb¬ over ; therefore the Phyfician mud
ling in the Guts. be careful. Yet it often afflifts at
Squeamifhncfs, hardnefs of Con¬ intervals, and is in the nature
tortion, lofs of Appetite, and o- of a chronical Difeafe , which is
thcr weaknefles of Stomach, pro¬ not fo dangerous. Sometimes it
ceed from want of an acid or fa- degenerates into a quartan Ague,as
line, feminal Fermen-. For the the noble Hot {tins /. 1. obf. 13, has
Ferment is often buried and fup- obferved. According to Hipp»cra-
prefled by the crude Particles of tes, If a Bliflcr or Swelling anfe
the Food, whereupon the Appe¬ in the right Leg of one that is
tite muft needs fail and be d ft toy¬ troubled with the Heart-burn, it is
ed. deadly. Vomiting may fometiracs
be a good, and fometimes a bad
S gn. For if it come on a critical
$»ll. Prog-io/lick.
L Et us now go to the Progno
Day in a Fever, it is good, other*
wife it is bad. Vomiting after the
flick, which gains a Phyfidan Iliack Pallion is bad. The Hiccough
much honour. And firft of all, as after Vomiting is bad, and alfo
to Life and Death, we obferved a rednefs of Eyes, according to Hip-
hiortal Heart-burn, attended with pirates L 7. apb. 3. Vomiting of
flrangc Symptoms, in a certain b ack Choler in the beginning of
Councilor of Uaffarv. Nor is it any D feafe, is Mortal; and fo Hel-
without danger, when accompani¬ mvif in opening of fix and twenty
ed with Swconing, coldr.efsof the Bodies, that died of this Difeafe,
extreme Parts, and cold Swears, found nothing in the Stomach but
according to Jfippjcirttes, a black Liquor, and the Pylorus
65. The Heart burn in Fevers is fhut; which is a Sign, That if a-
bad; and in pert ilential ones chief¬ riy one vomit a blackifh Liquor, or
ly, in theSrua]I-Pox,and malignant corrupt Blobd, the cafe is bad. So
Dyfenteries it is often fatal, t ipeci- a green and livid Vomit with a
silly if there be the Hiccough alfo. flink, is Mortal. Shivering, Heart¬
For this Difeafe ends either in burn, Reaching, a lentigo, and fpit-
Swooning or Convulfions in fuch as rirg do ufuaily denote Vomiting to
dre near death. And they dy quick¬ be at hand. They prejudice their
ly, who have their Stomach full Health, who force tlicmfclvcs to
bf Worms. On the contrary, thefe Vomit; for they make a fink of
Signs following are of better event. their Stomachs, and haflen old
Age

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 Of the He art-l urn, Sqtteamijhnefs, &c*
3f9
Age upon t hem fe Ives, They that Hippocrates makes mention of
Vomit every day, and after Meal, Belching, /. 6- apb. 33. Tbofe that
are apt to fail into an Heftick.- for belch fowre are net ftikjift to 1Plevi¬
they are bilions and therefore ma- ty. Alfo, L 6- apb. 1. Sowre Belch¬
cilent. Alfo every fymptomatick ing coming upon long loofenefles,
Vomit in a mahgnant Fever or which were not there before, is a
Plague, and in other Difeafes is good Sign. In loathing of Meat or
hurtful; on the contrary, every cri¬ want of Stomach, Children are
tical Vomit is good. Hippocrates more hurt than Elder People. Al¬
fays, That is the bdi Vomir, which fo a bad Stomach is not fo hurtful
has Bile and Phlegm mbtt together. in the beginning of any Difcafe,
A Vomit coming upon a loofcnefs as when the Dileafe is over, when
cures the DWeafc,as Nippocratestfett. an Appetite is the only way for
7. aph. 15. teftifies. reftauration, orhenvife the Body
As to the Prognoftick iu Vomi¬ mult (brink to nothing.
ting of Blood, from what Caufe or
Part foever it proceed, it is always §. ii. Dietetic!:Cure.
dangerous. Blood gufhing out in
great quantity endangers either
l'udden death, as I have obferved,
N Ow we will proceed to the
Cure it felf, and firft of all to
<or coagulating on the Stomach it diet. The Air therefore muft,as far
turns fowre, whence afterwards as is poftible,be pure and temperate,
pro:eed Swoon'ngs and Faintnefs, yet a little inclining to heat, be-
juft as when it is coagulated in the caule the Stomach cannot bear the
Sinus of the Heart, precordial Suf¬ ambient Cold, becaufe of its many
focations follow. And there is nervous Parts, as Senneitus (hows,
lefs danger in that which proceeds l. 3. prax. part, i.fett. 2. c. 1*5. E-
from afuppreftion of the Afenfis very Air rauft be avoided, which
( for accordihg to Hippocrates, l. <5. is tainted with (haq>, poyfonous,
aph. 32. vomiting of Blood in Wo¬ arfenical, anrimonial and falinc
men ceafes, when the Menfts come) Particles; becaufe an acid, (aline
than if it come from the Spleen, Difpofnnn, if it do not produce,
Liver, pancreas, &c. Afcer Vomi¬ yet it may encreafc the Di-
ting of Blood oftentimes a Dropfy feafe.
follows, as I obferved in two Citi¬ The Meat, if in any C2fe, ought
zens of Hanover, who died of a here cfuecially to be of good Jujcc,
Dropfy. Therefore that is a mod and eafy of Digeftion and Fermen--
true faying of Hippocrates, L 4.. apb. tarion, and (hould be feafoned
24, All manner of Blood coming /,/>- with divers Spices,Majoran,Thyme,
wards is bad. But if theConftiru- Anifc, and Seeds of Paradife. /nl
tion be ftrong, then oftentimes it Meats, that are vifeid, windy,(harp,
does little harm. So I knew three over-fale and Imoak-dried, mutt
Citizens of Hanover, who fourteen be forborn ; fuch as are all Pulfe,
or fifteen Years ago vomited at t Radifh, Onions,Garlick and Chcft-
times above three Quarts of Blood, nuts, which according to Swalbius
and notwuhftanding they are alive create the Stomach mltch trouble,
and wclL and loofen the Mouth of it with
\ innumerable Belclfings, and alfo
Aa 4 Garden-
 6o Of the Heart-hum, Squeamijhnefs, &c.
3rden-frui.es. Sweet things like- Here we advife Sleep, and to fup-
jwife, Milk and fat things are hurt¬ ply the want of it by Opiates.
ful hcfe, which often acquire Aci¬ Among the Paffions of tbs Mini
dity, and are able to produce the Joy fhould be chofen j for the
forefaid Difcafcs, efpecially Heat more violent, fuch as Anger, Sad-
of the Stomach. Many miftakes neis, Grief, Care and Sollicitude
alfo may be committed in the fhould be utterly avoided, and al¬
iquanfity,order and manner of tak¬ layed with pleafant Difcourfe or
ing. For heaped in too great a Mufick. For care muft be taken,
quantity they over-whelra the Fer¬ that the balfamick and fweet Con-
ment of the Stomach. Variety of fiftency of the Mafs of Blood be
pleats aJfo taken at one Meal is not loft, and that it be not made
hurtful. The Driull may be good fharp and ljfeltfsj for io the Fer¬
>Vine, path as the Patient has been ment in the Stomach is dtftroy-
fifed to. But not too much of ir: cd,
jfor as exceffive gormandizing fpoils As to the excreta and retenta, the
the Stomach and its Ferment, fo Patient muft go once a day to
RuZling of Wine, and efpecially ftool: for if the Excrements of the
Brandy, foaks up the Acid in the Belly be pretcrnaturaily retained,
Stomach, as one may try by mix¬ they fend putrid and lharp Vapor?
ing Spirit of Wine with Acids, to the Stomach, and grow fowre,
which turn fwcct. And this is the whereupon alfo the Stomach may
rcafon why we fee flout drinkers be inverted by confcnt of tliele
cat but little, contenting them- Parts, and ? thoufand troubles crea¬
felves with a Cruft of Bread for a ted. The cafe is the fame ia Ob-
whole day, and at laft they fall in¬ ftruftions of the Menfis, Hemor¬
to a Dropfy for their pains. rhoids, &c. and if tliele evacuati¬
The Motion of the Body muft ons be not correfpondent to Na¬
be moderate and feafonable, and ture, they muft be procured by
in the Fit a Man muft reft. But Art.
all Motion prefcntly after Meal is
$.13. rharmaceutick
f
to be blamed, in as much asitdif-
ipates the more volatii Particles of
he Meat, hinders the fubtilty of Cure.
the Chyle, waftes the Spirits, ftirs
ihe Humors that are quiet, and de.
T He cure of the Heart-burn,
Squeamilhnels, Vomiting, Bel¬
duces latent Wind into aft. Rid¬ ching, Rumbling in rheGuts and loft
ing in a Coach alfo,and Sailing in of Appetite,in the Judgment of the
a Ship are bad, and often caufc Ancients, varies according to the
Vomiting, becaufe they pervert the variety of caufes j which yet in
Animal Spirits, and make them general they thus manage. Firft
flow diforderlv to the Stomach, of all th£y make the Humors obe¬
thereupon it is convulfe j as all dient to Nature by preparing Me¬
who firft go to Sea are for feverai dicines, as they call them. In a
days vexed with Naufeoufncfs and co!d Caufe they give Syrup of
Vomiting, * The light alfo of filthy Mint, Wormwood, with Water of
things may caufc Vomit by imagi- j Sage, Majoran, Betony, Fenil, fac.
Padon, 1 In a hot one they give Syrup of
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 Of the Heart-burn, Squeamifhnrfs,
Cichory with Rhubarb, of Juice of
Sorel, acetofitatis citri, with Water
of Cichory, Sorel, Plantain, Eu-
glofs, circ. Then they endeavour
to carry off the Humor by Eracua-
ters, which with them arc Rhu¬
barb, that both purges and binds,
and ftrengthens the Stomach, Syrup
of Rofes folutive^of Cichory wirh
Rhubarb. Sometimes they allow
of gentle Vomitories, fuch as white
Vitriol, and a Decodion of Ra¬
dii^ that is, if there be thick and
glutinous Humors, becaufe they in-
cidealfo: for oftentimes Vomi'ir,!?
is cured by Vomiting. To this end
they preferibe Suppofttories and
Clyfters, for revulhon of the Hu
mors. In the Heart burn and vio¬
lent Vomiting they fly to Opiates,
namely Venice Treacle, requies Ni¬
cola/, philonium Romanian, and the
like, giving about a Drachm. Then
they ftrengthen the Parc with cor¬
roborating things, fuch as Syrup
of Quinces, fowre Pomcgranares,
Limons,Conferve of Rofes, Marme-
lade of Quinces, terra Jigillata,Eole
Armenkk, Pearl, Maftich, and a
thoufand other things which may
be met with here and there among
Practitioners. Externally they ap¬
ply a Cataplafm of Leven kneaded
with Vinegar and Juice of Mint;
they aJfo anoint the Region of the
Stomach with Oyl of Quinces, Ro¬
fes, Worm-wood or Mint •, or they
make a Cataplafm of the Pulp of
Quinces and Worm-wood Leaves
applied warm to the Stomach.
They advife alfo a PJafter in this
cafe made of Maftich, Frankin-
cenfe, Mint Leaves, Oyl of Tur¬
pentine and Wax. In a violent,
Vomiting they fometimes dap a
Cupping-glafs to the Stomach. And
they go almoft the fame way to
work in Vomiting of Blood. Thefc
&c. ^$r
are generals. But in the Heart¬
burn they wrire, That thefe things
are fpecificjllly good, aromaticum
rofatum Mifuts,'diimargariton fri-
gidum & ctilidum, Utificans Galen/,
diactnnamomuwt, rofata novella, Trea-
cle-Wcter, Conlerve of Borrage,
Buglofs, Angelica, Citron-Peel, &c.
It the pain be greater after Meal,
they conclude the Difeafe comes
from vifeid Phlegm ; but if it be
greater before Meal, thar then Bile
»the t ■ ' ■-s pecially if there be
a bitcerneh in tiic Mouth-, and fo,
according to the diverfity of this
or that Humor, they give Purges.
If the ipperite be excefiive, then
they blame acid Phlegm, for which
any one may eafily preferibe Me¬
dicines. And the loft Appetite is
according to them eafily recover¬
ed, if you do but obferve a diffe¬
rent cure according to thediverfity
of the Caufes. If any one have
eaten over-much, they order him
Falling or a Vomit, and efpecially
purging fowre Sy rups. If Bile of¬
fend, they advife Riera and Rhu¬
barb, and to eat fowre Sawces with
their Mear. But if Phlegm abound,
they order divers Phiegmagogues,
Clyfters to cleanfe the Guts from
all mucus, and divers Irciders, of
which Books of Praditioners are
full, fo that we Dull infift no lon¬
ger on them.
f. 14.
He Cbpmt fts in a Heart-burn,
befidcs vomitive Medicines do
advife mitigating and ftupefying
ones, namely, laudanum Paractlfi.
Some of them make an Effence of
reftified Spirit of Wine and Oy l of
Juniper very effectual in this cafe ;
and they do not omit other deftil-
led Oyls both inwardly and out-
 Of the H eart-lurn, Squezmifhnefs,
wardly. In Squeamiftmefs and Vo¬
miting they ufe the folow'mg
things. Their Matter Faroe thus
in comment, ad apb. i. Hipp. fays, '
That Vomiting mutt ofren be cur- :
ed by Vomiting, if the Patient’s
ftrength will bear it, for by it all
the heterogeneous things are cart
out, which were the caufe of it.
Extraft of Hellebore is good af¬
terwards the Vomiting is ftopt with
Spirit of Wine, fragments of the
precious 5tones and Coral. Oyl of
Vitriol given in Malmfey Wine or
Conferve of Rofes or Mint, flops
Vomiting, and fo do Oyl of Ma-
ftich, Tindure of Gold, Laudanum
opiatum, and a Crutt of Bread dipt
in Wine and Water, and ftrewed
with Spices. Powder of a Pumice-
Stone taken in Wine is faid to be
an excellent Medicine. They com¬
mend «lfo the giving of Cilia Tbeo-
pbrajli at the beginning. Exter¬
nally their Matter commends Lc-
ven boyled with Juice of Mint and
Vinegar to the confiftency of a
Platter, applied hot to the Sto¬
mach. And in this cafe, after Me¬
dicines have been ufed in vain,they
advife the fetting a Cupping-glafs
with much Flame to the Mouth of
the Stomach. In Belching and
Rumbling of the Guts they advife
difeutient and attenuating things,
fuch as Dill, Anife, Caraway, Fe-
niJ, daucus, cimmi, fiftli, Bay-berries,
Gilangsl, and all Aromaticks, Chy-
mical Oyl of Anifccd, Bifil, Mint,
Ludaoumyicc. given in Wine. For
procuring an Appetite, they pre¬
scribe befide Vomits, narural fowre
things taken,fuch as Spa.v-Warers,
and artificial Medicines, exrraftcd
from Me tals,Minerals and Vcgerables*
and they arc their Sale*. For fince
Salts are the chief thing in commi¬
nution and digeftion of the Meat,
Go gle
&c.
therefore a Stomach is bett reftored
by Salts. Hence they write,That Salts
of Worm-wood, Mint, carduus bi¬
nt dittos, Pearl, &c. are good. They
alfo magnify faline Spirits, of Vitri¬
ol namely and Venus. Paracelfus
de grad, fays. That the Stomach it
preferved by Galangal as by an ex¬
ternal Stomach. And fo they com¬
mend the dcttilled Oyls of Juniper,
Anifeed , Worm wood , Fcnil,
Minr, Cummin,Pepper,Cloves, &c.
both inwardly, and applied out¬
wardly with Oyl of Nutmeg, for
excellent Medicines. He alfo pre-
feribes Opium, Coftmary and Cen¬
taury. Qncrxetan obferves, fhat
the following Powder is a great
ttrengthner of the Stomach;
Take of Arum Root prepared one
Ounce, common Acorusy Burnet
prepared each half an Ounce,
Crabs-Eyes calcined two Drachms
Crefs-Seed one Drachm, Sugar
the weight of them all. Mix
them, give a Spoonful in the
Morning.
Healfoexrols crocus Mentis and
Tinfture of Mummy.
f- if.
tElmont, in the Hearr-burn,
when (he Mouth of the Stomach
is charged with a vifeid acid
Phlegm, befides Vomits,c®mmends
Crabs-eyes, and other things to
foak up the Acid. So alfo in Vo-
miring, for pacifying the enraged
Stomach, he advifes the drinking
of cold Water, whereby he thinks
the violence of the raging trehaus
is compofed quickly, fafely and
and pleafantly. But if the Pylorus
be troubled by an occafional caufe,
that is, by a tenacious or acid Mat¬
ter,
 Of the Heart-lurn, Squeamifinef.r, &c. 36;
ter, then to foak up this vifcid A- fufiicient quantity of Sugar make
cidity, he commends Crabs-eyes a Powder. Or,
taken in Come Vehicle. Nor do
Vomits always obtain their certain Take of Powder of Ivory, Crabs-
effeft, but fometimes rhe rage of eyes, Coral each two Drachms,
the Pylorus is exafperated by them, red Sanders, Cinnamon each
as Grtm^ obferved in a Barber, l. half a Drachm. Mix them. The
.
2. c. 1 §. 3. de ftotnach. deft ft. But Dofe is half a Drachm.
if vomicing of Blood happen in
fuch as have an exorbitant Fer¬ In a fhirp and hot Vomiting ac¬
ment of the Gall and Spleen, cording to him, Medicines endued
for it Praftitioners apply Re¬ with a iov 0 vitriolick Salt are pro¬
medies to the Spleen , (jjrcmlr.' per. Some Salt of Worm-wood
.has found the following PUfter do •nay be given in Juice of Limon.
good. Take of Flour of Barly, Or,
Acorns, Root of Comfrey each one
Ounce and an half, Elood-ftone Take of red Coral prepared two
twp Drachms, red Saunders a Drachms, Salt of Worm-wood
Drachm and an half, Maftich one one Drachm and an half, Juice
Drachm. With Plantain Water of Limons three Ounces j let
and red Wine, each what it fuflfici- them fiand in a large Glafs. Add
ent, make a Plafter. Nor does the of Cinnamon-Water two Ounces.
forefaid noble Author contemn 0- The Dofc is a Spoonful or
piates, which wonderfully abate two.
the fury both of the Archxus and
Pylorus, and are approved Medi¬ Iron and Nitre Waters are good.
cines in all thefe Difeafes. Nor does lie defpife Opiates and
other Narcoticks, taken inwardly
and applied outwardly, as there is
§. 1*6.
occafion. He alfo applies Planters,
211 211
. . ™i0,wcl* i" Heart- Unguents, Oyls and ftomachick
burn, as in Belching and Fomentations to a weak Stomach.
fowre Vomiting, that depend up¬
on a corrupt Fcrmenr, befides uni-
§• 17*
vcrfals, advifes divers abforbents,
fuch as Crabs-eyes, Amber, Cinna¬ AjVitotus in the Heart burn, Vc-
mon, Ivory, &c. and he highly miting, Squcamiftinefs and
commends the virtues of the follow¬ Belching, that have their original
ing Powder. from vifcid, (harp Humors, gives
gentle Aromaticks in the Fit. Here
Take of Anns Root prepared fix is a Receipt;
Drachms, Powder of acorus,
Burnet each half an Ounce, Crabs- Take of Water of Fenil, Mint each
eyes three Drachms, Cinnamon, one Ounce , Cinnamon fix
Salt of Worm wood, Man’s-skull Drachms, Syrup of Mint half an
prepared, Powder of C oral, Ivo¬ Ounce. Mix them. Let the Pati¬
ry, Vitriol of Murs each one ent take a Spoonful or two be¬
Drachm. Mix them. With a tween whiles.
And

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 3 64 Of the He art-l urn, Squeamijhnefs, &c.
1
And if thd Vomiting be very
violent, and extreme painful, he
does not forbid, but rather advifes,
the adding of a Grain or two of
Laudanum op i a turn to this mixture.
He cures Vomiting of Blood,
which comes from fome broken or
eroded Veflels of the Stomach,Guts,
fmcreas, or fome other Part, by
the well known, and mod approv¬
ed mixture in all Excretions of
Blood, which follows}
Take of Water of Plantain two
Ounces, Cinnamon fix Drachms,
deflilled Vinegar half an Ounce,
red Coral prepared half a
Drachm, Dragon’s-blood half a
Scruple, laudanum 0fiat am three
Grains, Syrup of Myrtles one
Ounce. Mix them.
If there be alfo any fear of the
coagulation of the Blood, lie adds
to the forefaid mixture Crabs-eyes
or diaphoretick Antimony; or bal-
ftmus fulphuris tnifatus, if there be
Pus.
And for difeufling of Wind in
Belching and Rumbling of the Guts,
which lies in the Stomach or Guts,
he approves of the following mix¬
ture or fome fuch like.
Take of Water of Mint,Fcnil each
two Ounces, aqua vitx Matthio-
li, fpiritus carminativus Sjlvii,
each half an Ounce, Spirit: of
Nitre twenty drops. ddli’Ied
Oyl of Mace fix drop:-, laudanum
epiatum three Grains, Syrup of
Mint one Ounce. Mix them.
For he prefers Spirit of Nitre
before all other Carminatives, bc-
caufe it both incidcs Phlegm, cor-,
reds Bile, hinders the breeding of
Wi ld, and difperfis it when bred.
Go gle
And all Aromaticks and things en¬
dued with a yolatil Salt do the
fame.
Ia heat of the Stomach he com¬
mends abforbents, Chalk, Coral,
Crabs-eyes, Nutmeg, and feveral 0-
ther things of the like nature.
The loathing of Meat, arifing
from the fick Man’s prejudice will
be cured by clearing hi* Mind of
all prejudice, and by gradual ufing
him to the loJthed Meat. But if
this loathing depend upon fome
fault in the Humors, the cure will
enfue, if the peccant Humor* be
corrected or purged away. The
vitious Humors may be correfted
by the Medicines above-mentioned,
and then we may purge them off
either by Vomits or by things that
purge downwards, efpecially if they
be very tough.
$. 18.
N Ow toe and the Cartcffatig
will encounter this Difeafe,
and communicate thofc Medicines,
which we have experienced to do
good, for the fake of young Phyfi-
cians, not of the old, and fuch as
have arrived at the highelt pitch of
our Art, who need not our infor¬
mation, fome of whom, out of pre¬
judice or envy againft younger Phy¬
sicians, had rather remain in an
error, than embrace the truth with
thefe, and if( which is very rare)
they do embrace it, they dillertible
it.
If therefore the Heart burn arife -
only from the impetuous violence
of the Animal Spirits, we advife
various antifpafmodicks, and fto-
machick Specificks mixt with Opi¬
ates, to which we ufually add Pow¬
der of native Cinnabar, Amber,
Man’s
 Of the Hear t-lurn, Squeawijhn?f$y&c.
Man’s skull, or fuch like. Thus
Wtdtlius immediately cured a Coop-
cr who was troubled with the
Heart-burn, and great Anxiety, on¬
ly by taking a Dofe of carminative
Efface with a few drops of the a-
nodine. He cured another by giving
him a precipirating Powder made
of Shells, Crabs-eyes, Bezoartick
Powder, Oyl of Cloves and Opium.
Bur if it proceed from a vifeid and
fharp Matter, that puts the Animal
Spirits into diforder, we commend
inciding things, yet appropriate
ones, for abforbents are for the
mod part general, and too univer-
fal Alterers, and therefore are not
fo direftly oppofite to fpecial Di-
feafes, nor fufficient for their cure.
Thefe therefore, according to the
variety of the fpecifick Acid, that
offends, and the more or Iefs glu-
tinofity of the material caufe, ac¬
cording alfo to the different nature
of one or more, folid or fluid Parrs,
that are primarily or fecondarily
affefted, together with the contrary
fort and difpofition of Humors,
that are altered more or Iefs, the
complication alfo of divers Difea-
fes,and concurrence of more or Iefs
troublefom Symptoms,do vary mod
frequently in thefe very things, as
co-indicants -, and one mud cure as
it were by particular means, and
thefe muft be dextroufly joined
with Abforbents, as the mod ex¬
perienced Ettmuller, of pious Me¬
mory, has obferved in difp. Prad-
fit ant ium ufu te abufu. In the Heart¬
burn therefore we have found
thefe things do good fpecifically,
Crab6-cyes, Amber, burnt Harts¬
horn, Ivory prepared without
fire, tec. If an over vifeid and te¬
nacious Matter vcllicate the nervous
Fibres, then fpirituous and more
inciding things are proper. Mjny
Go gle
of our Patients have recovered by
the following mixture}
Take of Water of Mint, Bafil each
one Ounce, tinttura anodyna,T\n-
fture of Amber, Cinnamon each
half a Drachm, Oyl of Mace
two drops, Syrup of Mint half
an Ounce. Mix them. Give it
by fpoonfuls.
To which mixture I have with
very good fuccefs added a Grain
or two of Laudanum opUtum or tke-
riaca (ctltjlis, and for Women we
ufe to mix fomething of Caflor.
Nor would we negleft the applica¬
tion of divers aromatick Oyls, Pla-
fters and Unguents to the Stomach
outwardly. But if Wind caufes
oppreflion about the Heart, or
Heart-burn, diftenfion of the ab¬
domen, or difficulty of Breathing,
then carminative things are
good.
In Squeamilhncfs and a fpafmo-
dick Vomiting, if there be a Moti¬
on and gnawing at the Stomach,
and painful Motions and Contra¬
ctions of the nervous Fibres from
a violent perturbation of the Ani¬
mal Spirits, we fly to Opiates, anil
efpecially to laudanum cydoniatum
Hofmanni, or our laudanum aromati-
cum in form of a Pill. And we
mav add either Treacle or eovfiflio
AI{trmesy or a drop of Oyl of Cin¬
namon or Mint;for all thefe gently
aflwage the Membranous, and fen-
fiblc fibrous Parts, to which we
often join Cinnabarines, not omit¬
ting volatil oyly Salts, and we add
tarrarifate Efface of Opium to li¬
quor cornu ctrvi fuccinatus. Pulvis
tlomachicus Poterii will do Well in
this cafe, which follows ;
. * - Take
 5 66 Of the Heart-lurn, Squeamifhnefs, fkc.
Take of pklvis (lomacbicus Pottrii foever there is of other pharmaceu*
half a Drachm, Shdls prepared, tick Remedies, whereby Vomiting
native Cinnabar each one Scru¬ may be cured, I fhall add no
ple, crocus Martis faccharaius half more, befides a few Externals,
a Scruple, Laudanum opiatvn one which have often good effeCt There
Grain. Mix them, and give are divers Plafters of Tacamahaca,
it ia Wine. It will open Maftich, dt cruila panis, Treacle,
much. or Leaven kneaded with Vinegar,
and applied to the Stomach. The
Oyl of Nutmeg alfo will be very following Cataplafm feldom fails j
proper here, becaufe Oyl rempers
acidity, and by its fpirituofity, and Take of Chocolate one Ounce and
penetrance opens the Pores, cfpe- an half, cuftflio Alarms three
cially if Salt of Wormwood be Drachms, Oyl of Nutmeg by ex-
joined with it.
If too volatil Bile rife to the
Ereflion two Drachms and an
alf, black Balfam of Peru two
Mouth of the Stomach, and caufe Drachms,Cinnamon one Drachm.
Vomiting, to flop this give a Scru¬ With a fufficicnt quantity of
ple of Salt of Worm-wood with Malmfcy Wine make a Cata¬
half an Ouocc of luice of Limons, plafm.
and a little Salt of carduus benedi-
tlus alone. Bile alfo may be purg¬ Divers aromatick Ojls maybe
ed with Rhubarb, as there fliall be applied to tne Stomach,Sack may
occafion. You may make fuel? a be applied by it felf, and feveral o-
Potion. ther things,which Practitioners will
fhow you.
Take of choice Rhubarb three As for Vomiting of Blood, thofe
Drachms, Mace half a Drachm, things will be proper, which we
Salt of Tartar one Scruple. Iu- advifed for Spitting of Blood, efpe-
fufe them for a Night in Plan¬ cially ifan acid Crudity mixt with
tain,Mint and Cichory Water. To a caufiick Alkali, falling upon the
two Ounces of the Colature add Guts and fanguiferous Veflels (for
of Syrup of Cichory with Rhu¬ preternatural acid Tafts and Smells
barb half an Ounce, Cinnamon- do not only ly in the firfl ways,
Water one Drachm. Mix them. but they further penetrate the Bo-
dy, as H'.lmont fays paradox. $• §•
In enormous fcorbutick Vomi¬ 9. Oftentimes there wanders about
tings, where the Animal Spirits in us a attain mineral Salt diffol-
are moved violently, you may add ved, plainly exertmentitious, I fay a
Opiates to Martial Medicines, and diffolved Tartar} caufe bloody
others impregnated with a fliarp Stools and Vomiting, thenAbfor-
and penetrating volatil Salt, and bents mixe with divers Stypricks
fo we Hull do a great many good will do good, fuch as Tinfhraftlp-
things at once. So the *al volatu tica Znvtlferi, and our TinCture of
It ohofum Sylvii, or vclatil, fulphu- Corals, and a thoufand other things
reous tilings, as all bitter and aro- mentioned before, which I have
matick things, give great relief in no mind to repear. Sprinkle fom«
any Vomiting. But what plenty fympnhctiek Powder on all that is
brought

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 Of the Heart burn^ Squemifhnefs, &c. ->6y
brought up j and let Blood if there ing things, that temper or concen¬
be occafion. See the reft in the tre an acid Spirit, forbearing Pur¬
Chapter, Of Spitting Blood. gatives, till the acid Humors are
In Belching and Rumbling of tempered, and reduced to the na¬
the Guts, for correfting the pec¬ ture of Strut, which then nothing
cant Acid, to check the violence hinders, but you may purge off by
of the Wind, and to hinder the Hydragogues. Wc get out this a-
breeding of it, wc advife carmina¬ cid Phlegm, that produces Wind,
tives, or things to difeufs Wind: at theufual paflage by carminative
for inftance, a Drachm of dried Clyfters, namely Aromatlcks,which
Orange-Peel, or the Water of it are beft able to check its violence
drawn with Malmfey Wine, a De- and impetuofity.By thiialonc I cur¬
coftion of it, Conferve of Chamo- ed a Woman, who had been troub¬
mil Flowers, Oyl of Anifced, Cara¬ led above a year with Wind run¬
way, Orange-Peel, and tlaofaccbara ning up and down her Belly,which
made of them. put her to as much pain, as if fhe
had had the Colick.
Take of Water of Fenil, Chamo-
mil, aqua carminativa each one Take of Leaves of Mallow, Hore-
Ounce, Spirit us carminativus Syt- hound , Mercury, Penny-royal
tor, tbiriaca cot left is four Grains, each one handful and an half.
Spirit of Nitre dulcified five Roots of white Lily, Marfh-mal-
drops, Syrup of Cinnamon one low each one Ounce, Flowers of
Ounce. Make a mixture, to be Chamomil, Elder each one Pugil
taken by Spoonfuls. and an half, zedoary Root half
an Ounce, Seeds of Fenugreek,
Or our ftomachick Silt in form Line each one Ounce, Caraway,
of a Powder is an excellent Medi¬ Gummin each fix Drachms.
cine, which is made of the caput Make a Decoftion in a fufficient
mortuum of Spirit of Sal Ammoni- quantity of Mallow-Water. To
ack with Salt of Tartar and Salt one Pound of the Colature add
of Worm-wood, it caufcs an Appe¬ and dilTolve in it, of Polonium
tite. Alfo oor Tinfture 6f tirra Romanum, cle&uarium dt baccis
Japonic a made with Spirit of Wine lauri, Caffia for Clyfters each one
is a great arcanum with us in all Ounce, Oyl of Rue, Chamomil
Difeales of the Stomach. Wine of each two Ounces. Mix them.
Wormwood, Mint, tyc. Is good Make a Clyfter.
to digeft this acid Phlegm. Or.
In this cafe alfo the Stomach and
Take of Conferve of Worm-wood, Guts receive great and prefent re¬
lefier Centaury, Rofemary, Mint, lief from Opiates, whereupon they
confeBio Alkermes and Spirit of ceafe from their painful twiftings.
Salt. Mix them. I .have no mind to mention any
more Carminatives either internal
Elixir proprietatit Paracclfi and or external,only I (hall give you cau¬
our Elixir catlsolicum or poljcbri- tion, not to make the Matter worfc,
Jlum will be proper. This acid but to be careful what you do.
vifeidity will alfo be cured by giv¬ Among chirurgical means a large
Cup-

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368 Of the Heartburn, Squeamijhnefs, &c.
Cupping-glafs fee to the Navil will and acid Liquors, are goad in thfi
be proper. cafe.
In Heat of the Stomach or foda, Ia a loft Appetite, or loathing of
chalk above all things fettle the c- Mear, either a defeft or excels
bullition, or burnt Harcs-horn and of an Acid may beobferved ; from
Nutmeg are good together in this the Dcfcft come Squcamifhnefs,
Difeafe, and the benefit will be want of Appetite, Inconcoftion and
more prefent, if they be mixt with other weakncfTes of Stomach.
Conferve or Syrup of Oak-buds, Wherefore in this cafe temperate
juft as they are opening into Leaves, Acids muft be given, among which
in form of an Eletf uary. Or Ta¬ this following excels ■,
blets may be made of thefe and o-
ther things. Take of Elixir proprietntis Paracel-
ft one Drachm, Spirit of Salt
Take of prepared Chalk one Ounce, dulcified, Sal Ammoniack each
Crabs-eyes half an Ounce. Walh half a Scruple. The Dofe fifteen
them three or four times in Bor- Drops.
ragc-Wacer. Add ofBole-Arme-
nick two Scruples and an half, Here alfo Salts of Worm-wood,
red Coral prepared two Scruples, Cichory, carduus bentdilfus, leffer
Pearl prepared one Scruple, Nut¬ Centaury and our Stomachick Salt
meg half a Scruple, Sugar-Can¬ will do good.
dy eight Ounces, with Role-' If vifeidity be alfo joyned with
Water what is fufficicr.t, make it, more bitter and aromatick things
Tablets. The Dofe half ah muft be joyned with them, fuch as
■Ounce, or for Children one Aloeticks, Abfinthlacks, Tin-
Drachm. durcof Worm-wood. Here is a re¬
ceipt
In an extreme cafe Opiates, but
in a little Dofe, will be proper, as. Take of Elixir proprietatis one
Drachm, compound Eflcnce of
Take of Treacle one Scruple, lau¬ Worm-wood, Mint each half a
danum opiatum one Grain, pre¬ Drachm. Mix them. The Dofe
pared Chalk two Scruples, white is from ten to fifteen drops.
Amber half a Scruple. Make a Or,
Bolus, with warm Beer.
Take of acid Spirit of Sal Ammo¬
Spirit of Salr, Elixir proprittatis niack one Drachm, Effence of
and other Abforbents may be here Mint twenty Drops, Tinftureof
made ufe of, inafmuch as they cor¬ Amber half a Drachm. Mix
rect, foak up and inverr the vitious them.
fermentative Acid in the Stomach
and firft ways, and thereby drive If the Scurvy, as often time* it
away and check the foreign Hu¬ is, be joyned with lofs of Appe-
mor, and fo ftop the foda. Alfo tire, then the following Eleftuary
Crabs-eyes and Bole-Armenick), will do good
which by a certain precipitation
take away the Acrimony from lharp
Take

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 Of the Heart-burn, Squ c ami finefs, &c. 369

Take of Conferve of Scurvy- Mix them with Spirit of Citron"

grafs one Ounce, Orange-Peel, Peel fufficiently Aurpned with
candied Elecampane, candied Spirit of Nitre. The DdTc is
Ginger each haJf an Ounce, £- twenty Drops.
lixir proprittatis one Drachm,
Tinfture of Cinnamon, Amber But if befide Crudities, this Acid
each half a Drachm. Mix them. alfo offend in quantity and Aurp-
Make a Conferve. -Or, nefs, then we ufe to preferibe An¬
tacids, various Abforbents, and we
Take of aqua zedoari* Mi fat a, a- add volatil alfytlPs and other Ab¬
qua anufcorbutica each one forbents to the former things. Here
Ouacc. Mix them. alfo our Tinfture of life will be
proper, which follows t
And if the Acid be entangled
with vifeid and bilious Humors, Take of Aloes, Myrrh each one
then Vomits muff be given : for Drachm, Saffron half a Drachm,
when the vltious Matter is eje- with the volatil Spirit of Sal Am-
fted, the abforpt Acid is fet at li¬ moniack draw a Tinfturc.
berty.
If you find that the Ferment is We cannot in Words exprefs
over-charged and fupprefled with tire efifefts we have feen from this
the crude Particles of the Ali¬ Tinfture in this cafe: the nfual Dofc
ment, and that fo the Tone of is from ten to fifteen Drops. Mix
the Stomach is hurt, Aromaticks Spirit of Sal Amnioniack with vola¬
which have a fweet volatil Sulphur til Spirit of Silt of Tarrar,and add
in them, and fpirituous things, a little 0>1 cf Mace, you will have
give great relief■, but Vomits an excellent Remedy to foak up
muft be given firft. To this pur- that Acid. This following alfo will
pole various Aomachick Spirits do goodj
may be given, el'pecially Mjnficht'i.
The Dole is a Spoonful. For it is Take of Cream cf Tartar half a
eipedaliy good againft badnefs of Drachm, Vitriol of bUrsy Crabs-
Appeti-e, and corruption of Dige¬ eyes finely powdered, eich one
stion. Malmfey Wine alfo often Scruple, fptcies diarrbodon Abba-
taken by it fclf lias reAored the r/'j, coagulated Spirit of Salt, Sale
Appetite. Wedtlius his Aomachick of Worn\-wood, Cichory each
Tincture, which he calls his carmi¬ five Grains. Mix them. Make a
native Eflence, is ufually mixt with Powder. The Dofe is as much as
hh anodyne Tintture in all thefe you can take upon a Knife’s
faid cafes. point. Or.

Take of Root of Zedoary, Carline Take of Crabs-eyes prepared. Co¬

ThiAle, Galangal each half an
Ounce,Orange-Peel,SeedscfAnifc
Caraway, Flowers of Roman
Chamomil each two Drachms,
Cloves, Bay-berries, true Acorus
cich one Drachm and an half.
ral prepared, Ivory prepared
without fire. Crocus M.irti$ aptri-
tivus, each half a Scruple. Mix
them.
fib If

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a 70 Of ths Heartburn, Squeamijhnefs, &c.
If you add fonac aroraatick Oyls chalis cum aqua vita albus each
to thefc Powders, you will more one Ounce. Mix them.
concentre the Acid.
In loathing 6f Meat alfo Exter¬ If you like a Plafter, befide the
nals mod not bi neglefted, and feutnm Jlomachah Hartmanni, this
then divers Balfams, Plafters, Lini¬ following is in ufe with us;
ments and Cataplafms will be pro¬
per; and external aromatick oyly Take of choice Maftich one Oilnce
things will be gcod in this cafe. and an half, tacamabaca one
Here is a Receipt; Ounce, refin of Slorax calamita
half an Ounce, Oyl of Nutmeg
Takeof Oyl of Nutmeg by expreffi- three Ounces, of Worm-wood
on half an Ounce, Maltich, Mint deftilled one Ounce, Balfam of
each two Drachms, calamus aro- Peru two Drachms, Wax what
maticus half a Drachm, Cara¬ is fufficient. Make a Plafter.
way, Cinnamon each ten Drops,
Mace five Drops, Balfam of Peru And ourbalfamick mixture,made
two Drachms, white Wax what of Chocolate, Oyl of Nutmeg by
it fuffleient. Mix them. exprelfion, Balfam of Peru, Cin¬
namon and Malmfcy-Wine, applied
This very much (lengthens a to a weak Stomach, is none of the
weak Stomach. Alfo Crato's fto- worfl Medicines. But fince fuch
mach Oyl, tacamabaca, and ceratum Remedies maybe met with fcvery
tx ladano Stokjri will be proper. where, I fhall not be prolix in them,
This is an excellent mixture; but proceed to more neceflary bu-
finefs.
Take of fpiritus theriacalis,

CHAP.
 (?70
CHAP.
Of the Hiccough.
N %. t.
O one Part in the
Body hasgreaterfym-
patby with all the relt,
than the Stomach.
For it appears by a-
natomical demonftration, that the
Diaphragm is not only near to the
Stomach, but has alfo a common
Coat, and the fame Nerves inferted
into the Mouth of the Stomach, fo
that of neceflity, when the Dia¬
phragm is affeCted, the Stomach
for company is drawn into a trou-
blcfom fenfe. The Hiccough is
commonly deferibed to be, a con-
vulfive Motion of the Diaphragm, re-
turning by Fits, depending on the ir¬
ritation and vellication of the ner¬
vous Fibres of the Mouth of the Sto¬
mach by a (aline Acrimony.
$. l. Part affetted.
M O(l of the Ancients take the
Part affefted to be the Sto¬
mach, both in its upper and lower
Part.For they will have it to be pri¬
marily affefied,and the Diaphragm
by confenti And they endeavour
to prove by Signs* that thefe Parts
are hurt, to wit* becaufe fome
fault in the Meat and tvbat ii ta¬
Go gle.
It.
ken, precedes, and cither Vomi¬
ting, Loathing, Pain in the Bowels,
Hcavincfsin the Stomach, or fome-
times Dilienfion by Wind, accom¬
pany it. Others, treading In their
Heps ( efpecially Sylvius l. I. P. M.
e. 23. §. 9.) give out, that the
Diaphragm, or feptum tra*f verfum, is
the Parc primarily affected, and
they prove it, becaufe it is a.volun-
| rary Motionand Sylvius and o-
j thers could raife an H'ccough at a-.
: ny time, whenever they pl-afed.
\ But we take the Stomach, as to its
1 Fibres and Nerves and Coat, com-
’ mon with the nervous Diaphragm*
( and therefore enclined to inter¬
polated Motion) and firmly knic
to ir, to be the Part primarily af¬
fected, for the reafons abovelaid,
and efpecially becaufe we find by
daily experience, that this Difeafe
is caufed by abundance of Errors
in Diet, and a load of ill Humors
gathered in the Stomach. And to
make the matter more clear, 1 will
give you a cafe of a certain
Man’s Daughter, whom I hare nov*
under cure.
S-*
 Ofrthe Hiccough.
37*
§. 3. A Cafe.
A Girl of a cholerick Confiitu-
tion, thirteen years old, has
now been afflifled a whole year
with a troublefome Hiccough,which
takes her four or five times a day,
and holds her fometimes half an
hour, fometimes an hour. And all
the lafi Winter it afflifted her gric-
voufly, but in Summer fhe was al-
mofl free from it, fo that it was a
long while ere it returned, fome-
times but once in three Months}buc
when Autumn came on, it return¬
ed with its former trouble and vio¬
lence, and continue* ftill. The Pa¬
rents, being follicttous for their
fair Daughter’* health, implore our
medical affiftance. And ( bleffed
be God ) I fucccfifully reftored her
by the Medicines hereafter ‘men¬
tioned.
$. 4. Diagnoftick.
I thought it worth the while to
produce the Signs, whereby we
define the imminent or prefent
Condition of the difeafe. There
precedes a loathing of Meat, pain
in the Stomach, heavinefs, and
fometimes Vomiting. As for the
eflential inherent Signs, they need
not be anxioufiy inquired, fince
this depraved Motion perceptibly
manifefisit felf ata difiance to the
Eye and Ear: For it doe* not on¬
ly return frequently upon the Pati¬
ent, but it is fometimes fo violent,
that all the Eody is fhaken with
the Diaphragm, fo that one would
think the very Rib* would be bro¬
ken by the violence of the Motion.
In a defperare cafe Swooning and
Convulfions do follow. If it come
upon a Fever, as it often docs,
Go gle
then there is great thirfi, weaknefs,
a quick Pulfe, want of Sleep, a
trembling Motion in the under Jaw,
delirium, impudence, fometimes a
fiimy Looftnefs, and many other
Signs, which a prodent Pnyfician
may eafily find our.
s-
He Phtnomena, being premifed
and examined, it remains.
That not only the proximate caufe
of this Difeafe be enquired into,
but that the remote ones be brought
upon the fiage alfo, about which
hitherto the Medical Schools have
been of different Opinions; but I
fiiall not examine all of them at
prefenr, let the principal fuffice.
And we will begin with the 3nct-
cutc, who make the immediate
and proximate caufe of this, as
they do of a Convulfion.ro be inani-
irion and repletion •, and they add
a third, namely, irritation, made
by a fharp Matter, or by fharp
and malignant Vapors. And they
-prove it by this, That in pefiileo-
tial and burning Fevers many per¬
nicious and fharp Vapors rife to
the Mouth of the Stomach, yea and
to the very Diaphragm, and then
Men are vext and afflifted with a
grievous, and almoft always mor¬
tal Hiccough. Bilious, fharp, fait
and vifeid Humors, and Wind al¬
fo, according to them, may caufe
this Difeafe, and fo Inflammations
of the Liver and other Parts are
apt to caufe it. They do not de¬
ny, but a Hiccough may be caufed
by the corruption of Alunem rurn-
ed fharp, and by (harp vifeid
Phlegm clinging to the Coat* of
the Stomach. They prove alfo.
That this Difeafe may come upon
inanition, bccaufc it often happens
after
 Of the Hiccough.
after immoderate Evacuation by
Stool, or Vomit, or Sweat, alfo af¬
ter a long Flux of the Afcnjes, Lo¬
chia, fcc. after a Dyfentery, long
Failing, a great Wound, and things
of the like nature.
§. 6.
N Ow we will proceed to the
pataedflatt Chymifls, who
accufe a vitious Tartar, that is ex¬
orbitant in the Stomach, and does
injury to the Stomach and Dia¬
phragm.
1-
|Kd£lmont, that acute obferver of
*7 Errors in the Ancients, will
have the Stomach to be contrafted
in this Difeafe, and that indeed
by a foreign, falvage Acid, by .
Which hated Guefl the Stomach is '
flraitned j for theexpulfion where¬
of the Archaut does rife by its mo¬
tive Bits, but its power, being
too weak, fails. And fo there are
interpolated cofitraflions in the
Membranes Of the Stomach, as of¬
ten as the troublefome caufe is oc-
cafionally moved, or recurs.
S. 8.
and 3>plbiu0 in
this Difeafe blame the A-
nimal Spirits, raging tumultuoully,
and inciting to fuch a fpafmodick
Motion. Yet .Sylvius does not de¬
ny, but for the mod parr an Hu¬
mor, onfome fharp Wind, which
by their Acrimony may irritate the
Nerves and Fibres of the Stomach,
and fo of neceffiry draw the Dia¬
phragm by confcnt into this con-
vulfivc Motion, may caufe this Di¬
feafe; So he has often obferved it
Go gle
173
caufed by corrupt and fharp Food*
and by Poyfons and Purgations*
For all things, which can fo affeft
the upper Orifice of the Stomach,
that the Diaphragm may be alfo
affefted, arc able to produce this
Difeafe $ as likewife if the fame,
being contained in the Thorax or
Abdomen, immediately bite the
Diaphragm, or being carried to it
by its Veflels, and flicking in its
fubflance, corrode its fenfible
PartSjOr any other way force it to
that troublefome and convulfive,
folitary contraflion of it fclf, which
ever and anon returns.
'T'He Cartedans hold, That the
I Hiccough lias its rife from
difproportionare
. and rough Parti¬
-0„ _
cles,which yeilicate the Diaphragm,
and put it intofuch diforderly Mo-
tions. For the Fibres of the
Nerves of the fixth Conjugation,
implanted in the Stomach and Dia¬
phragm, are here fo vcllicated,
that they by their Motion carried
to the Brain do now and then
open fuch Pores in the Brain, by
which the Animal Spirits flow vio¬
lently into the Mouth of the Sto¬
mach, that they again contract the
Fibres defigned for expulfiort up¬
wards, fo that the Patients at cer¬
tain times expet the contained Air
ont of the xfophagus with fuch vio¬
lence, that one may perceive it
make a fingultlve noife. And
when this fharp Humor is difeuf-
fed by fmgultivc Motion, the Hic¬
cough ccafes j and when it is again
brought to the osfophgw- the Hie-
cougti returns.
Bb 3 $. 10.
*74 Of the Hiccough.
$. io.
think,thar-the Stomach,
a peculiar artifice, ela¬
borate- a certain volatil Salt, and
communicates it as ncccilarv and
ufcful to all Pars, and the whole
Eodv: Eut if r is degenerate into
acid and tough filch, and that flick
faft ro the upper Orifice of the Sto¬
mach, that then byeonfer.t of con¬
nexion the Diaphragm is irritated,
^nd convnl ivdy contracted , and
);haf by pi.is convulfive Contracti¬
on, a noiie is made, and fo a Hic¬
cough is raufed. And we think,
Yhac fuch a volatil Salt may be
fbarged, if filth brought from o-
tlier Parts infringe ic as we fee in
malignant Fevers, Dyfenteries, fyc.
fuch Filth is fenc to this unhappy
place, as caufes an Hiccough. The
Animal Spirits alfo may here con¬
tribute much, when by an amica¬
ble motion of irradiation, they ven¬
tilate fluids. I am fully perfwad-
ed, thac an acid and fharp Salt is
a caufe, when ic predominates, a-
frout the Coat of the Scomach,
which is common with the Dia¬
phragm. As is apparenc in our
Cafe : for the Hiccough troubled
flic Girl ail Winter, bccaufc the
Acid was encreaftd by the cold \
on the contrary in Summer it gave
fefpjte.'Eut when the Autumnal
Cold returned, that kebt the acid
jharp Matter in the Body, thp Hic¬
cough returned frequent!'- and vio-
Jently upon her. Nor will we ex¬
cept Wind condenled about this
place, and as ic were imprifoned,
which by its Acrimony irritates
thefe Fibre*, and excites them to
jhis convulfive Motion.
Go gle
§. II.
S to the Prognoftick, the Di-
feafe, becaufe a mod noble
Part is a defied, is moft grievous,
and oftentimes incurable ; and it is i
fo much the worfe, if it come upon
an inflamed Liver, or after Vo¬
miting,the Iliack Pailion,over-Purg-
ing or exceflive Bleeding *, or if it
be accompanied with a malignant
Fever or a Dyfentery. For Hiffo-
crjtis in Qo.uis fays, If one hut the
Hiccough in a violent Fever, be it
M °fa vlry Difeafe : The Hic¬
cough alfo coming upon Swooning,
or a diftention of the Nerves, ora
delirium, is accounted Mortal. If
it accompany Inflammations ctf the
Liver, Womb, Brain, or a great
Wound, there is danger, but e-
fpccially if a delirium or Convulfi-
ons follow: for fhen death is in the
pot. Bp.it if it come at the rime
of rhe Crifis, and the reft of the
>igtis be good, we need not de-
fpair. For I have feen feveral in
fuch a Condition cfcape. Where¬
fore w hac VaBefius fays, is not to
: be regarded; namely, That he ne¬
ver (aw one, who was wafted with
a burning Fever, or fick of a ma-
hgnant one, taken with an Hic¬
cough and recover. In hyftcrick
cafes an Hiccough need not be fear¬
ed j for oftentimes it goes off with¬
out any danger.
$.12. D/etetick cure.
N Ow we will add the courfe of
Diet* which here is of great
moment. The Air for the vital
Faculty muft neither be too hoc
nor too cold. Not exceflive hot,
left the Acrimony he encreafed
thereby j nor cold, left it errreafe
’ the
 Of the Hiccough.
tlie Acid ; as you may obferve in
the foregoing cafe. Let it there¬
fore be pure and temperate, not
tainted with ftrange, fetid Atoms;
but if it be, it muft be correfted
by Fumes of Maftich, Frankincenfe,
Amber, fiyrax cthmita , Ligna-
loes, fyc.
The natural Faculty requires
Meat eafie of digeflion, without a-
ny Acrimony , Saltnefs and too
much Acidity. Therefore Oat-meal
and Barly-grewel, the Broth and
Flefh of Chickens, Capons, Hens,
but they m«ft not be very fat, and
potched and reer Eggs are approv¬
ed of. But cold, (harp, (alt things
are hurtful, fuch as Flefh powde¬
red and fmoak dried, and Fifh alfo,
all horary Fruits, and all windy
things which can fill the Stomach
with Crudities. For from thefe
and fuch like bad Meats are gather¬
ed putrid, fair, bilious, (harp, acid
and vifeid peccant Humors. The
Drink may be Beer well defecated,
not ftalc and fowre, with a Toad
in it Wine alfo is proper, corre-
fted with various ftomachicks, and
altered with the cordial Tinitoire,
or with Tinfture 6f Daify, Violets,
or Harts-horn.
The Animal Faculty requires
moderate Motion, left the Difeafe
be prolonged, and that one ly quiet
in a warm Bed j for too much Mo¬
tion promotes an exagitation of the
heterogeneous Particles, and there¬
by drives an Acid lying in the
Elood, or any where clfe, to the
Part aflefted; and fo the Difeafe
may eafily be produced. One mull
do all he can, to deep : for want
of it difturbs the Spirits and Hu¬
mors.
The Pifions of the Aiind mufl
keep within bounds. When Men
are difturbed with anger, or ftruck
Go gle
37f
with grief, tlie Difeafe grows worfe.
For ic is known to every one, how
anger draws the Nerves, difturbs
the Humors, and ftirs up the rage
of the Bile. So grief like wife may
do harm, as it puts die Spirits to
flight, and fo may give occafton to
this Difeafe.
As to the excreta and ritenta,
they muft be conformable to the
Laws of Nature, either by Art or
Nature.
$.13. Pharmaceutick
Cure.
I T is now requifice,That we brief¬
ly add the Pharmaceutick and
Chirurgick Cure. And firft of all
the old 4E>alcmftg endeavor to
make the peccant Matter ( that is,
if the Difeafe come from repleti¬
on) whether it be cold or hot, obe¬
dient to Nature by Prepares. Ff
the Hiccough come from a vifeid
and pituitous Humor, then they
ufe fyrupus He duabus radicibm, dt
ftoechade, Oxymel of Squills, a De-
coftion of /tfirum root, Galangal,
Elecampane, Horehound, Cummin
Seed, oy. But if it come from a
hot (harp Matter, then 'they- pre-
(cribe Syrup of Kofe>, Vinegar, of
Juice of Endive, Barly-watcr and
other temperate Coolers. Then
they endeavor to evacuate all pec¬
cant Humors from the Body by
fome convenient Purge. Thty
give a Vomit with Warm-warer,
adding a little Syrup of Endive or
fimple Oxymel, or they give half a
Drachm of Afarum root, or they
purge downwards with diafhxm-
eum, hiera picra, aromatick Sto¬
mach-Pills*, and they add a little
Callor in a cold Caufe, ard -.jn a
hot one they commend Rhubarb,
Manna and C .(lia. 1 hcifthcy hin-
Eb 4 d?r
 176 Of the Hiccotiih.
der the. flux of Hnraors to die Sto¬
mach by Avertents j fuch as Liga¬
tures,liard Rubbings, Cupping-glaf-
fes with much rtame fee to the
Back, Shoulders, Navil, and after¬
wards to the Fit of the Stomach,
efpeciaUy if Wind be in fault. Cold
Water may be thrown in the Pati¬
ent’s face, to fright him, which of¬
ten makes a Man hold his Breath,
and fo by confequent the Hiccough
is obferved to go away. He may
rub his Ear with his little Finger.
The extreme Parts of the Body
may be wafhed in a hot Bath. My-
repfus commends antidotus i croco
EfJr*. If the Hiccough proceed
from inanition or acrimony, they
give divers fat Broths, Early- wa-
ter. Milk of Goats, Afles, Cows,
and fuch like moiftning FoodiCock-
broth, Oyl of fwecc Almonds, Mu¬
cilage of Seed of Flea wort, and o-
ther things, which according to
them are good to correft Acrimo¬
ny. They do not defpife Syrup
of Violets, white Poppy, Water-
Lily, and phi foxium Rom mum. A
Bath alfo of frefh Water is good.
Among externals they apply divers
Plarters both to the Stomach and
Liver. To the Liver they apply
emplajirum fmtttlinum, to the Sto¬
mach implaflrum de crttjla pm is,
and tacamshaca, and they advife
the applying other hot and tempe¬
rate Ojls, Violet, Maftich, <tjc. to
the Stomach and Spina dor ft \ but
you may your felf gather more out
of Authors. k
§. 14.
X70w we will fearch the CI;p.-
L\! tnical Boxes. The Chvmills
itt this Difeafc highly commend vo-
Jatil Acids, thofc excellent Medi¬
cines, which were rot formerly
Go gle
known. Thefe in the mean time
will be proper, mixtura [implex, tin.
tlur* beyariica Micbatlis, Spirit of
Salt about four Drops given in a-
fa* tiu, or Tintfure of Coral, or
Gold, or Precipitants, Harts-horn,
Crabs-eyes, and many other fuch
hke Medicines,which we (hall here¬
after mention.
S. ij-.
JKClmont commends divers fpi-
* «tuous and volatil tlungs. as
good to roufe the lazy Arch***:
for he will have this Difeafe to be
cured by Arcana, and he highly
commends his arcanum fedanvum.
His Scholar Grembs commends Iron-
Waters.
l6.
does no where ex-
^ prefly treat of this Di-
fealc ; yet fmee he takes it for a
convullive Motion, all things that
in his Opinion are good for con-
vulfive Motions, will alfo be good
here;
5.17.
uc, whenever bad Food
or Medicines or Poyfons are
contained in the Stomach, does
firft temper them, and then carry
them oft by ancimonial Purges.
For tempering, he prefers Narco¬
ticks betore all others, inafmuch as
they do not only temper any fharp
Humors, but moreover dull the
Scnfe of the Stomach, and render
the impetuous Animal Spirits flow¬
er of Motion. But in evacuating
the Humor by Vomit, after he has
ufed Narcoticks, he advifes fapa an-
timn'ii, or tartarum emttiem, or
Anti-
 Of the Hiccough.
V7
Antimony fo prepared, that it will Dtfeafc, of a Fever, namely, or In¬
only purge the peccant Matter by flammation, &c. it ceafes of it fejf,
Stool, yet he will have thefc Ca* when that is cured j yet it may do
tharticks given but in a fmall quan¬ no harm in the mean time to mix
tity, becaufe thefe Antimonials, if Opiates with Diaphoreticks and a-
R they do remain in the Body, do cid volatil Alexipharmacks .• for
fc no harm, as the vulgar think; but
( which is more ) they do good,
fo you will kill two birds with one
ftone.
K
by amending the noxious Humors
in the Body, or by further prepar¬
§. 18.
ing them for a following Purge, as

;»
he has tried a thoufand times. If
the Patient be not inclined to Vo¬
T He Cattcilana for filing and
turning thofe pointed and
mit, nor naufeous, it is better to e- rough Particles, that vellicare the
IK vacuate the peccant Humors down¬ Diaphragm, commend all hard
11 wards, by Phlegmagogues, Chola- and ponderous things, fuch as
gogues or Hydragogues, or by * Crabs-eyes, Coral, Filings of Steel,
P
a mixture of them, according to the Gold, Mtrcuiius dulcis, yea and O-
n various mixture of the Humors. piates. Nor do they negleft giv¬
And when vifeid and thin Humors ing of Purges, as there fhall be oc-
are peccant, he magnifies the cafion.
Pills of Gum, which I have commu¬
nicated already. The Patient may
take three or four of them when 0. 19.
he goes to bed. And in this cafe
the Apozem deferibed, /. i. cap. 2.
N Otv it is our turn to propofe
our olnn Method of Cure.
in
an §. ^$. will do good. From whatfoever caufe therefore an
(S But if Vomits and Purges be vo¬ Hiccough comes,if it continue per-
mited up again as foon as they are nacioufiy, we give a Vomit to eva¬
raken, and the Patient be tired, an cuate the fliarp, acid Humors, if
aromatick mixture will be proper, the Patients ftrength will bear it,
as well to dilfipate the troublefome of Oxjfaccharum tmeticum An^tli
exhalations about the Stomach, as Sal* (in whofe Desks there ftill ly
10 to flop the Hiccough. For in- hid many facred Medicines ) or tar*
0 ftance j tarum tmeticum Ludovici, or feven
(t and twenty Grains of the Powder
Take of Mint Water two Ounces, of afarum root. But if Squeamifh-
D|
aqua vita Mattbioli or tberiacalrs nefs and other Signs of Vomiting
P ftmolex half an Ounce, confeflio be wanting, we betake our felvcs
»
Alkermti one Drachm, laudanum to gentle Purges: for we would for¬
1
opiatum two Grains, Syrup of bear violent Purges, efpecially if
f Mint one Ounce. Mix them. Let the Motion be plainly convulfive,
t
the Patient take a Spoonful or by rcafon of the great tumult which
two of this Liquor, and compofe they caufe in the Spirits and Hu¬
himfelf to fleep. mors, becaufe they rather encreafe
I than diminifh the Difeafe. Yet
And when the Hiccough is a gentle Purges may be given in di¬
Symptom of Lome other grievous vers forms, for Inftance, Rhubarb,
cor-

Go gle
>178 OfHiccou&h. .
forrcftcd Siting R aifins and Me- here Appropriates or Specificks
choacin, an Infulioo whereof is faid mud be chofen : for the. peccant
to have given Ferdinand prefenr Acid in an Hiccough differs from
relief in a pertinacious Hiccough another acid,* yea the variety of
of twenty Days. The following chefc Acids can fcirce be deter¬
Pills are good ; mined, tor all Practice in fpecial
depends upon this bufmefs, yea
take of maffa piluliru1* marocojiina- and experience alfo is required, be-
rum one Scruple, extrattum tht- caufe a fpccial Antacid is required
riaza.lt four Grains, Eflence of ro fweeten a fpecial Acid. Here
Ciftor one drop. Mix them. is the difficulty, In the hypochon-
Make Pills for two times. Roul drkek Difcafe there is one Acid,
them in prepared Harts-horn. in the Heart-burn another, and in
Tliey both corrcft and purge. a Gtnorrhxa another, every one of
0r, which therefore has its lpccifick
Medicines. Therefore to foak up
Take of Scanner a root half an the Acid,that is fpecifically peccant
Ounce, yellow Rhubarb one in the Hiccough, Joel commends
Drachm and an half, Leaves of burnt Harrs-horn given in red
Oriental Sima two Drachms, Wine, which is a Remedy often
Cummin-feeds, Cinnamon, Ze- approved by us; it would be more
doary each one Scruple, Curran* excellent, if prepared Coral, and
one Ounce, ihe four Cordial a drop or two of Oyl of Cinnamon,
Flowers each two Pugifs, Cream Cloves or Anifeeds were added.
of Tartar two Drachms. Boyl Here follows an excellent Pow¬
them in a fufficienr quantity of der ;
Spring-Water, and make an A-
poiem for two times. Take of native Cinnabar or Kercu-
tins dnlcis one Scruple, red Co¬
To fuch as are weak, we would ral, Harts-horn prepared with¬
recommend fweetning Clvftcrs in- out fire each fifteen Grains, pre¬
ftead ofPurgers. Forinftancc; pared Pearl ten Grains, therioca
coeltjhs Hjvnzi'nfis twelve Grains,
Take of the carminative and cmolli- Oyl of Caftor, Cloves each two
entDecoflion one Pound; add of drops. Mix them. Makeafub-
- tlfciki'iim btnediZlum laxativum, til Powder. The Dole one Scru¬
. Oyl of Rue each one Ounce, Sal ple.
Anmoniack one Drachm, the
Yelk of an Egg. Mix them. This Powder never failed us giv¬
Make a Clyfter. en in Cinnamon and (Quince or
Mint-Water. For it tempers all
Abforbents follow Purgatives, acid and fhirp things, and aiTwa-
xyhich are able alone in a manner grs all menbranous and fenfible
to cure this Difcafe, by l'oaking up fibrous Parts, when corroded or
thofe (harp acid Humors that (tick vcllicatcd by fhirp Juices. The
and cling to the Stomach and Fi- virtue of O [dates can never be fuf-
hre> of the Diaphragm, and lollicic ficientlyto ir mended ; for they not
then to an claftkk Mniou. Cut only prccu rc Sleep and cafe Pain,
but

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 Of the Hiccough. 179
but they alfo correft an Arid, and Mix them. Make fix Pills for two
make all things quiet, which if Dofcs. ,Or,
they be joyned with appropriate
Precipitators, the bufinefs will fuc- Take of Effence of Cafior, Treacle
ceed the better, as ucdtlius lias each one Scruple, tintlura. ano-
obftrved in opiolog. l.*i. f. ■*. c. 4. dym Wtdeliis or cum fpir. tartari-
p. m. 166. who mixt them with fit. half a Drachm. Mix them.
Cafior in a Liquid or (olid form, Give twenty Drops or more for
and gave them with great fuccefs a Dofe.
in any Hiccough, but efpccially in
a convulfive one, and never failed If a malignant Fever, Dyfente-
of his end. So we not long frnce ry, or Small-Pox, j'?£. accompany
found the effeft of Opiates in a tne Hiccough,then Alcxipharmacks
Hiccough joyned with an Epilepfy; mufl be mixt with Anufpafmodicks
for they check the violence of the and Opiates. For example}
Spirits, and make them (lower,
which their well known effefts, j Take of pulvis Pannonicns ruitr,
fomnolence and indolence, do te- ; btxoariicus Senntrti each one Scru¬
flify. For the Animal Spirits ple, fpccifuum cephalioim half a
in the ceconomy of the Eo- Scruple, Bczoar-lloDe, tberiacx
dy are not only the prime Authors cxhSfis each four Grains. Mix
of all local Motion, but of life alfo. them. Make a Powder. Take as
For they are the higheft Wheel, much as will ly on a Knifc’s-
which turns all the other Wheels point in the following or fome
in the Body (like an artificial fuch like Vehicle j
Clock-work ) as the Lord Virulam
does ingenioufly difeourfe. As Take of Water of Borrage, Bu-
long therefore as that elaftick vio¬ glofs saqua antippafmodica no fir a.
lence of the Spirits lads upon the each one Ounce, Cinnamon one
Diaphragm, as vve’faid before in Ounce and an half. Syrup of Be-
§. Of the Can ft, fo long the Hic¬ tony fix Drachms. Mix them.
cough will not ceafe: But when
the motive violence of thofe Spi¬ In a windy Hiccough Hoffman in
rits is a little flopr, and their ra- cUvi Sihroderiana commends this
dious Influx a little hindered, the following}
Tone of the Fibres will ceafe, the
caly reception of Senfibles will at Take of Water of Dill, Cummin
the'fame time abate,and the motive each half an Ounce, Oyl of Ani-
draining of the Fibres of the Dia¬ feed, Caraway, Cummin each
phragm will languifh, and fo all three Drops. Mix them. The
will grow fedate. And all this you Dofe is a Spoonful or two Morn¬
may obtain by Opiu.n, for it is a ing and Evening.
flout conqueror of the Spirits. Here
are Receipts} In this cafe let the Patient chew
Ani feeds continually. Here alfo all
7ake of extraft of Cafior, Zcdoi- volatil oyly Salts will be proper.
ry each four Grains, laudanum This is the internal Cure.
op at urn two Grains and an half.
External

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 Of the Hiccough.
External tdpical Remedies alfo Take of Flowers of Chamorail,
deferve great jpraife in this Di- Calamine, Rofemiry each three
feafe. I caa affirm it upon expe¬ PugilSj/Tops of Mint, Sea-worm-
rience. The beft of them are a wood, Horehound each one
Cataplafm of Treacle, of Leven, handful, Citron Peel, Mace, G«-
and that of Mynficbt againft the langal each two Drachms, Seeds
Hiccough applied hot to the Sto¬ of Cummin, Caraway, Anife
mach between two linen Cloths. each half an Ounce, Caftor half
Tinucus a Guldtnl^ee promifes the a Drachm. After they are cut
fame from a Cataplafm of Oak and grofly bruifed, quilt them
afhes wet with Malmfey Wine. Or in a Bag, and befprinkle them
this following one of Michael; with oleum carminativm Mytficb-
ti, or Oyl of Mint, what is fuf-
Take fowre Levea two Ounces and ficient.
an half, Powder of Mint leaves
one Ounce, zedoary half an For Poor People;
Ounce, Seeds of Cummin, Cara¬
way, Anife each two Drachms, Take Leaves of Worm-wood,
Vinegar of Rofes what is fuffici* Mint, Juniper-berries each one
ent. Make a Cataplafm. handful, Mace, Anileed, Ca¬
raway, Nutmeg each one
Or die following Plafter, approv¬ Drachm. Befprinkle them with
ed by my experience; Wine and Vinegar, and apply
them to the Stomach.
Take of Emplajlrum dc baccis lauri,
Jlomachalts Cratonis each one Thefe things we had from the
Ounce, Chocolate of Sail half pharmaceutick Fountain; now fol¬
an Ounce, Oyl of Caftor half a lows the chirurgical, whence we
Scruple. Mix them. Make a may take fevcral generous Re¬
Plafter. medies in this Difeafe. Thus by
the advice of Fosfeca, Zacutus Let-
r Or our balfamick mixture, e- fit anus and fevcral experienced
fpecialiy in Children, will not fail Authors, we may apply a Cup-
you. Or a Cruft of Bread be- ping-Glafs with much flame to
fprinkled with aqua Anhaltina% the Stomach. And we do not
which has often done good, ap- contemn Ligatures and Frictions
lied hoc to the Stomach. Or of the extreme Parts, for revulfi-
wallows cut open alive and appli¬ on fake. And according to Clau¬
ed hot to the Stomach, flop the dius his counfcl, we fwath the
Hiccough, as it is a convulfivc Mo¬ Body, to keep the Diaphragm
tion of the Diaphragm. Roderi¬ from contracting it felf with
cks a Fonfee a tom. s. ctnfklt. 27. that, violence. See Willis de hy-
magnifies a Fomentation of fharp Slericapiflhnc, fo likewlfe a gen¬
Vinegar, Caftor and Muftard ap¬ tle Hiccough may be ftopt by
plied hot with a Sponge to the holding ones Breath, which, with
Stomach. Thcfe may ferve for Sylvius, we make no fcruple to
Bag* ; advife. And if a Matt be plerho-
rick, and there be an Inflammati¬
on

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 Of the Hiccough. ^gr

on of any Parr, we would adrift
Bleeding, for to cool the Heat of
the Blood, and to retard the Ani¬
mal Spirits. In a gentle Hiccough,
not only holding ones Breath, but
Sneezing often does good. And I
know a Man, who cures the HIT
cough by whifpering, I know not
what, in the Patient’* ear. The
reafon of this perhaps is, becaufe
the thoughts of the hiccoughing
Perfon arc diverted another way.
 C38z)
CHAP.
Of a Loofnafs failed Diarrhoea, Lienteria WGdiaca.
§. i.
Ood Ingeftion, Digeftion
and Egeftion may well be
termed perfect Health.
For it is well known, how
necell'ary it is for a Man to refrefh
his Body every day with Meat and
Drink ; and ic is as neceflary to
difeharge the Excrements every
day, that are gathered from them:
And hence it is,That provident Na¬
ture has contrived and made feve-
ral Canals and Sinks, to carry off
the Excrements of the Body. If
any one or more of them be hurt,
or if thefc Emunftories be too
much follicited, there arife divers
fluxes of the Belly, of which we
fhall give you firft of all three
kinds: A diarrhoea, from fiu to run
or flow,and it is a frequent and plen¬
tiful going to ftoit, whereby various
and liquid Excrements art vtided.
A Lienteria, which is as much as
to fay, a Smoothnefs of the Guts,
which is deferibed to bc,a Lcofnefs,
itt which Meat is voided wholly and
lotfy as when tin Patient /wallowed
it. And the Sceliaca PaJJio, is, a void¬
ing of Food, that is fermented indeed
but it is only confuftdly. Now be-
caufe thefe three Difcafes differ but
Go gle
III.
very little among themfelves,l have
a mind to treat of them all toge¬
ther, left we fhould tire our Rea¬
der with repetitions.
Now we will deferibe a Dior-
rhxt out Otnn way;and we take ic
to be a voiding of divers, but li¬
quid Humors, arifing from a fpaf-
modick irritation of the Fibres of
the Guts, and a coarftation of the
fmall Glands lately found in the
Guts ( out of whofe Plexus's, as
out of a Spring, the Humors arife.)
And fo we think a Lientcry and
Ccliack Pafhon are Difeafes of the
Stomach, and more particularly, of
the orbicular Fibres, which arc
found in its fccond Coat:
2,. Part affefted.
A Uthors do make the Subjcft of
lx. thefe Difeafes very dubi¬
ous, fomc will have it to be the
Guts only, others the Stomach,
and fome, both the Stomach and
Guts, fo that you cannot well tell
with which Party to fide. We take
the Subjeft to be the Fibres of the
Stomach, and the Glandules of the
Guts, which are ufually hurt, irri¬
tated and fpafmodically contra¬
cted. For the contraction of thefe
motif#
 Of a Loofenrfs, called Diarrhoea, &c.
motive Fibres is attended with a
manifold Morion of the contained
Fluids j that is, whenever any Part
is at the fenfe of fomething trou-
blefom and noxious,affeded with a
difordered and impetuous vibrati¬
on of the fenfible Fibres, the vio¬
lence of the Spirits is moved at it,
by which the hurt of the Fibres is
cncreafed, and their fpafmodick
Motion is more or Icfs performed.
And when thefc Fibres and Glan¬
dules are contracted, the lympha-
tick, chyliferous Veffcls, and all the
Paflages and Emundories of the
Part are ftraitned more or lefs, and
thereupon cither the PafTage of
the Contents being ftopt a while,
there is a ftagnation about the Part
fo affeCted, whence comes a Tu¬
mor : Or there is a very plentiful
EffuGon of thefe Contents by ways
ufual or unufual, yet open or not
difficult to be opened, according
to circumftances , which caufes
thefc difturbances.
£. 3. Diagttofiick.
T Hefe three Difeafes have no
great need of enumeration of
many Signs, fince they are luch as
manifeft themfclves to the by-ftan-
fters as well as the Phyfician : but
(ince they differ among themfclves,
we fhall add a few things for di-
flinCtion fake. In general there
are Belching', Wind, Reftlefsnefs,
puffing up of the Belly, Rumbling
in the Hypochondria, Pain in the
Loins, loathing of Meat, Thirft,Ri-
fings in the Stomach, Gripes, and
at laft comes frequent going to
Stool. In a Diarrhoea the Excre¬
ments arc bilious, /. e. yellow ; or
black, that is, acid, or pituitous,cr
ferous, or flercorous and fetid, or
alh-colojircd, or white like Chyle,
Go gle
38;
or chalky ( as I obferved in a Shoe¬
maker not long fince ) or fat and
like tallow ( as is ufual in confump-
tive Perfons ) or gravelly ( as I
obferved in an old Man, who toge¬
ther with Gravel voided a Stone of
an Ounce weiglir. ) A LietiitrU is
known by the like con flan t Excre¬
tion, differing nothing from the
conftftcncy, colour and fmcll of
what is taken, fo that the Meac
looks juft as when it was eaten.
Yet it muftnot prefcntly be taken
fora Lientery, after a Man lias eat¬
en Lentils, or any hard Meats, that
are difficult of Conaaflicn, it he
void them whole by Stool, but
when there are the Signs above -
faid, and fharp and bilious Stools
do alfo appear. In a Coeliaca the
Excrements ufually come white
like Chyle, Nutrition is diminilh-
ed, and there are Belchings and
Diftenfions of the Belly. Now we
will proceed to the Caufes.
5f. 4. Caufe.
He old dFalcnifts reckoned
the immediate Caufe of theie
Difeafes, to be the cxpulfive Facul¬
ty ftimulated and irritated by tlie
four Humors; nor do they txcufe
WiBd: for they prove, That Va¬
pors and Wind offend through
weaknefs of Heat, by the rumblng
and fluctuation of the Guts. So
Hippocratesyl. 2- dt Vista, cap, 19.
teftifies, That corrupt Chyle hears
and difturbs the Eody ; wherefore
Paulas tAginita calls a Diarrhoea a
corruption of the Food. Sometimes
in loofnefles Men void bilious Mat¬
ter, femetiraes melancholick, feme-
times phlegmatick,fcmetimes crude
and fometimes conceded; And
therefore they blame the intcirpc-
raturc of the Stomach.
§.
 384 Of a Loofencfs called Diarrhea,
f.
T He Cbpmiftfl, according to
their Principles, accufe a dif-
folved Salt, which by ns Acrimo¬
ny ftlmulates and irritates the Sto¬
mach and Guts, and their Fibres
and Glands , to which it flicks,
from whence they do »ot qucftion
but Loofneflcs nave their origi¬
nal.
$. 6.
the Juices in the Guts, by reafon
of a (harp and faline B>lc, that fti-
mulates the Guts. In a Celiack
Flux they think the Motion of the
Chyle is prcternaturally vitiated,
in which Chyle together with the
Excrements is voided by Stool:
wherefore he would have it called
a chylous Loofnefs. And he a-
feribes the caufe of this Difeafe to
an Obftruftion of the lafteal Veins,
and of the rough cruftv Coat :
wherefore in the Cure, he advifes
the opening of thefe Veins.

IHlElmont will have the rage of

*7 the Pylorus to be the only 4- 9■
caufe of a Loofnefs; hecaufe the 'He Cartcflans think , that
■pylorus is the ruler of the whole _ great (lore of Humors is pre¬
ceconomy of the Stomach, unto cipitated out of the Blood, by the
the inteftinum rtftum. In general Veffels, that open into the Guts,
he blames the fault of the Digcfti- whereupon the Fibres of the Intc-
on •, in particular he accufes a per- ftines are vellicated and irritated,
vicacious Acidity of the Ferment, fo that the Animal Spirits flow in
the diflent of the Pylorus and Fer¬ greater plenty, and fo encreafe the
ment of the Gall, and the exor¬ periftaltick Motion, and caufe a
bitance hereof, an acid corrupt Convulfion. And they think, the
Chyle, and any mucous fluff that caufe of this feparation and preci¬
flicks to the Guts. From whence pitation to be the Effervefcence of
he derives various Fluxes of the the Blood, augmented by the fharp,
Belly. bilious Particles, that were preexi-
ftent in the Blood and Serum, and
irritate the Fibres by their fharp-
f- 7- nefs. But in a Cxliaca and a Liu-
Ufl juts affirms, That any fharp, terii they blame a bad Ferment of
*** ferous and bilious Humors, the Stomach} becaufe the Meat is
when they fuffer a fnor in the Mafs not fufficiently diflolved by it.
of Blood, are carried towards the
Stomach and Guts by the Celiack
§. IO.
Veflels, and while they abound
there, may caufe various and horri¬
ble Fluxes of the Belly.
A S to our otott Opinion. It is
well known to every one,
That the Stomach and Guts are
ftrangely griped in thefe Loofneflcs.
* 8. In a Diarrbxa the enemy goes arm¬
A ccording to the dpUtian by- ed with various Darts, and when
yoihtfis,* Diarrhoea ufually ari- they touch the Fibres, they mufl
fci from a vicious Effcrvcfccnce of of ncccflity be contra fled, accord¬
ing

Go gle
 Lienteria and Cceliaca. %U
ing to the nature a motive Fibre; j the Mafs of Blood, which fihduld
whereupon alfo the Emunftorlesof be diffipated in form of a Vapor,
a glandulons Texture, that open whert the Pores and Paflages of the
upon the Guts, are ftraitned and Skin are clofed, does reftagnare,
comprefled, by Which conftri&ion whereby the Sewki encreafes, and
the Liquors arc fqueezed, as out of often caufes a Loofenefs. Where¬
a Sponge, and fo are voided by fore in my Praft’ce I commend
Stool. Eut in this bufinefs of co- Sweating for a Loofenefs. It often
arftation the Fibres of the intefti- happens alfo, That Bile pricks the
nal Glands, and of other ways and fibres of the Gurs, and the corro¬
Paflages, are only as inftruments de Al^tli of the Gall is fo fret¬
the Animal Spirits aftmg violent¬ ting, That it corrodes the very
ly, and performing that office, as Guts, and caufcs a Gangrene, and
the principal Agent; whereupon, then it fpohs the Animal Spirits
when violence is offered to thefe refiding in the Fibres of the Gurs,
Places and Emunftoriei, then fuch and then death follows. So the
a coarftation and ftraitning fol¬ Guts are follicitcd by a vitious and
lows: wherefore this Difeafe may eorrofive Acid, whereby divers
well be called a convulfive Difeafe Fluxes ©f the Eelly are caufcd, in
of the Guts. And this private e- which cafe the Excrements appear
nemy is any bad, (harp, acid Hu¬ black j and this Acid by corruga¬
mor, gathered in the fir ft Region ting the fenfiblc Fibres often cau¬
Of the Body, poured eirher out of fes horrible Gripes. Thefe Loofe-
the Arteries or Jymphatick Veffels, neffes vary according to the vari¬
either critically, or for the moft ous nature of the Acid. Nor do
part fymptomatically, fo affecting vve deny,bnt in a Lientery and Coe-
the Fibres of the Guts by its Acri¬ liack Paftion the Ferment of the
mony, that by the conftriftion of Stomach may be yitiared, and ren-
the nervous Fibres, through the dred unable to difiblve the Food j
help of the Animal Spirits, the wherefore of neceftiry it muft be
Humors are forced to pafs down¬ voided crude; and this Difeafe
wards. may eafily arife from a weak or
A Loofnefs therefore may arife abolifhed influx of Animal Spi¬
cither from too great ferofity or rits.
lixivial Acrimony of the Blood ;
Wherefore fcorbutick People arc
$.n. Prcgttpflkk.
often fubjeft to it; or from the
ftoppage of the tranfcolation of
the Chyle thiough the fpongy and
T He divine Hippocrates in the
pYoamiurfl of his Prognofticks
glandulous Cruft into the lacteal inculcates, That the Prognoftick is
Veins, as in the Cccliack Paffion, of neccfliry to be known bv a Phy-
When fomethlng of Chyle is void¬ fician: wherefore we will fee what
ed together with the Excrements, we may rely on in thefe Difcafes
or a (erous Matter is thrown eff before ue. They are troubled with
the ferous pancreatick Juice, which long Locfenefles, according to Jiipa
ought to be aferibed to the ferous pocr'afes, apb. qd. fttt. y who have
Recrements of the Blood. For it /nft pjf led the Years oftfieir Youth,
often happens, That the Strum in and they that are near okl Age,
Cc A

sle
*8 6 Of a Loofenefs called Diarrhoea,
flammation of the Eyes, accord¬
A diarrhxa is the eafiefl fort of
ing to Hippocratesy /. 6. aph. 17. or
Loofenefs to cure *, but it is apt to
a Palpitation of the Heart, Stop¬
turn to the other. Helmont fa\s,
a diarrhea is mortal, which comes page of the Lochia, Dropfy or
Dcafnefs, 4. aph. 28. Excrements
through the fault of the natural
that arc very white, frothy, (link¬
oeconomy, that b, from the activi¬
ing, fretting, crude, large in quanti¬
ty of the Ferments being abolilh-
ty, vifeous, watry, purulent, like
ed j wherefore it is ever fatal to
Meal or Chaff, eruginous, efpecially
heftick People. But that which
comes from the poyfonous Bias, black, are bad ; but they are good
in fplcnetick People, and after tak¬
may be cured by the he p, of a
Purge. A fymptomatical Loolc- ing of fteel Medicines. If a Wo¬
man with Child have a Loofenefs,
nefs is worfc than a critical* That
fhe is in danger of mifearriage, as
is good which comes to a Woman
Hippocrates fays, 5. apt. 34. But
with Child towards the latter end
this muft be underflood with other
of her time , and facilitates her
bad Signs, and efpecially the Mtn-
Child-bearing. Alfo that which
fts. For I know a cafe, where the
follows the ftoppage of the lochia
Phyficians gave a fair Maid, who
and breeding of Teeth j that which
kept her being with Child from
comes in the Spring-time and in
them, firong Purgatives, yet flic
ferous Bodies. Eut that is bad,
found no harm by it, but was
which follows a Pleurify. In ma¬
brought to bed of a Iufly Girl,
lignant Fevers a Loofenefs accorn-
which fhe ftrangled, and was be¬
panied with other bad Signs is of¬
headed for the Faft. If a Loofe¬
ten Mortal, as among others I ob-
nefs come from over-eating ones
ferved in the Uluftrious Count Joa-
rel the Emperor’s Commiffary Ge¬ felf, there is fmall danger, but it is
dangerous, if it becaufed by bad
neral, who lay fick at Umburgh
and poyfonous Meats. Dropfical
eight days of a malignaot Fever,
Pcrfons, when they are taken with
and a bilious diarrhea coming, the
a violent Loofenefs, though fome-
third day after he died, in whofe
times they efcape, yet they often
Body, when I opened him to em¬
dy. People recover of a diarrhoea,
balm him, I could find nothing to
when their Excrements grow bet¬
lay his death to, unlefs it were,
ter, that is, when they thicken and
that his Gall-bladder had not fo
grow nearer their natural State.
much as one drop of Bile found
But when the alteration is for the
in it. A diarrhxa of it felf mena¬
worfc, and the Excrements turn
ces no danger. For, according to
green, afh-coloured, black, fat and
CelfuSy 19- it is wholfome
(linking, with hiccoughing and o-
to be Ioofe one day, if there be a
ther bad Signs, this is a b*d
Fever, and if it go off in feven days.
Therefore it fhould not frighten a change, and ufually ends in
a Phyfieian, if fucli thing? be eva¬ death.
cuated as fhould, and the Patient
bear it well: when the Humcrs
come by little and little, and with¬
out difturbance. A loofenefs alfo
b good, yvlrao it follows an In¬ $•134

Go gle
 Lienteria <WCceliaca.
§. ii. Dietetick Cure.
T Hc Air muft be temperate: for
a moift and cold Air pro¬
motes a Loofenefs. If one lit on
a cold Stone, or walk bare-foot on
a cold and moift Floor, he is apt
to fall Into a Loofenefs. In Au¬
tumn and Winter Loofencfles arc
frequent, becaufe tranfpiration by
the Pores and Paflages of the Skin
is hindred. For in Summer-time
thefc Paflages are open, and the Bo¬
dy is continually in a Sweat with a
perpetual tranfcolationof theSerum,
and upon the Paflage of this ferous
Vehicle by the Skin, little Urine is
made, and the Belly is bound ;
but when all things are frozen with
Winter’s cold, and thefc Paflages
are flopt. Urine is more plentitol,
and the Belly is loofer,which the fa¬
mous Practitioner Oabelchoferus cent.
3. cur. 73. confirms, where he lays,
They that are of a thic%_ texture, and
have a tbtckSQn and narrow Pores,
go oftner to stool, than they that have
open Pores, by which Vapors and
Afoiflure may be [pent, the Excre¬
ments are dried, and the Body is co-
five. Hence it may eafily be ga¬
thered why Fluxes are often ragiog
in the latter end of Summer and
beginning of Autumn. Hence alfo
Sudorificks are commended in
Loofencfles, to make a diverfi-
on.
The Afiat muft be of a laudable
Juice, and taken in a fmall quanti¬
ty ; not fluid; roaft-meat, and boi¬
led with Spices excel. All beaft-
ly chopping up of any Meat with¬
out chewing it, or mixing it with
Spittle, is bad. All crude, acid
Meats, and horary Fruits are in
the fame predicament, efpccially
fait C*bt»gc. Therefore they take
Go gle
387
but a bad courfe for their health*
who take this Cabbage for a purg¬
ing Medicine, when it rather does
u becaufe of its ill Digertion. In
this cafe divers Mufhromcs are bad;
which have fharp Particles ift
them} and Seneca does rightly call
them a pleafaht Poyfdn. Melons and
Cucumbers are of the fame rank,
efpecialJy eaten raw, fcafoned with
Pepper, Salt, Oyl and Vinegar, and
eaten with other Meats, upon eat¬
ing 0# which I have obferv-
ed abundance of diarrhoea's. Lien-
tcries, Bloody-fluxes and enormous
Vomiting. So that a French phyfi-
cian might well write on the fronc
of a ftately Houfe which he had
builr, this French Diflich in Letters
of gold.
Les concombres & Us melons
M'ontfa.it bajlir cette maifoit.
And here all Pulfe, which con¬
tains in it an occult Acid, is con¬
demned ; and alfo all Meat that is
faked and fmoak dried,Swines flefl?,-
all fat and fweet things, which have
a corrofive Acid in them,by which
the Fibres of the Guts may eafily
be irritated, and fo fpafmodically
affefted. All Purgatives that are
either poyfonous, or given in too
large a Dofe are as bad, which of¬
ten produce an over-purging and
an incurable Loofenefs. For there
are fome, That have moft tender
Fibres in the Mouth of the Sto¬
mach, and ( pardon the Expreffi-
on ) a paper Stomach, whicn, if ic
alfo abound with fharp Humors, i9
eafily put into a Leofencfs.So I gave
a Girl only two Ounces of Manna
with half an Ounce of Cream of
Tartar, and ofie would wohder
what diflurbance it gave her, and
how it over-purged her. I alfo
C« » kuevf
388 Of a Loofenefs, called Diarrhoea,'
knew one, extremely hypochon-
driack, who took only as many Impedit urinam mjlum, folvit ci-
Franljord Pills as he expected to ventrem, 8cc.
Stools: for he had a moift Serum
without any drineft, ftiarpnedwith Motion and Rtft muft be mode¬
a falinefiimulus. On the contra¬ rate $ unfcafonable exercife, fuch
ry, they that have dry Guts with¬ as Dancing, Riding, Running, too
out Seruby and have ftrong and much playing at Ball, are able to
hard Fibres, arc not eafily mov¬ caufc this Tragedy. So likewife a
ed , efpecially where the Acid Loofenefs muft of neceffity follow
is ftrong, by which the ftrength of a life too fedentary, while it hin¬
the Purge is weakned. For the ders tranfpiration, and fills the Bo¬
virtue of Purgatives depends upon dy with many ferous Humors that
a greater or lefs quantity of Serum remain behind.
in the Body, that is more or lefs Sleip and Watching muft not ex¬
acid, befides the difpofition of the ceed mediocrity. But lleep muft
Stomach: Therefore a lax and be procured, as much as may be,
moift Sromach and Guts are diffi¬ for it checks all Evacuations but
cultly irritated: but they that are Swear.
full of excrementitious, ferous, The excreta and retent a muft be
fharp, faline Humors are eafily correfpondent to Nature. For the
wrought upon. Be wary there¬ ufual Evacuations, fuch as Urine,
fore, and have a care of Poyfons, Sweat, ( which ufes to evacuate the
which by their arfenical fharp Serum either fcnfibly or infenfibly
Particles, mixr with a fwcet vifci- by the Pores of the Skin)Snot,Spit¬
dity, are not only able to difturb tle, the flux of the Hemorrhoids
the Mafs of Blood, but fpafmodical- or menfes, fupprefled or running
ly to irritate the nervous Fibres of too violently, may do great mi£
the Stomach and Guts, fo that of¬ chief.
ten, yea of neceffitv, a violent flux The PaJJions of the Mind muft
of the Belly muft follow. be moderate. So in anger, by a
Let Drin£ in Loofenefles be mo¬ violent commotion of Bile ( for
derate. Wine of Pomegranates or thefe dregs, that taint the Blood,
Quinces, or Malmfey, or Juniper are ufually thrown off the Blood,
mixt with other things is faid to into the dutlus film and pancrea-
do good fpecificalJy. Large drink¬ ticus ) I have often obferved bili¬
ing does hurt. Poor People may ous diarrhoea's• So Plattrus obferv¬
dtinkBeer wellboyled and wrought, ed a Loofenefs upon Grief ( inaf-
in which a piece of Steel or Gold much as the Humors are turned
has been quenched. But a Deco¬ fowre in the Body. ) waUuu has
ction would do. more good made obferved Loofenefles follow frights
of Harts-horn, fc crooner a Root, and fear. Our Lives therefore
Tormentil,dried Quinces, Hips and muft be regulated by the golden
other moderate Aftrlngents. (On the Mean.
contrary one muft have a care of
hot Wine and new, of which Scbo-
la Saltrnitana fays well.
§. 13

Go gle
 Licnteria and Cceliaca.
$.13. Thurmaccutick
Cure.
N Ow we will fubjoyn the Phar-
maceutick cure according to
the Minds of the Ancient dEfalc--
ntfts. They firft of all corrected
the Humors with Preparers, Syrup
of Mint, Water of the fame, Plan¬
tain, Zedoary, &c. Then they e-
vacuatc the correfted Humors. In
a hot or bilious Conftitution they
give Goat’s Milk, Rhubarb, Tama¬
rinds, Syrup of Cichory with Rhu¬
barb, &c. In a cold oraelancho-
lick Conftitution they give gentle
Melanagogues, in a phlegmatick
Conftitution Phlegmagogues. Then
they flv to corroborants, as to their
Iaft refuge. To this Clafs they re¬
fer all Aftringents, fuch as Tormen¬
t'll, Biftorr, Plantain, Pur (lain, Seeds
of Dock, Myrtle, Quinces, Pomegra¬
nates, Medlars, Currans, Services,
fowrc Plums, Coral, Bole Arroe-
nick, terra figillata, Dragon’s-
blood, precious Stones, burnt Ivo¬
ry, Marmelade of Quinces. In a
phlegmatick Loofenefs they com¬
mend Aromaticks, which incide
and ftrengthen, fuch as Mint, car-
duns btnedittus, Peels of Orange,
Citron, zedoary, Cinnamon, Nut¬
meg, Lignaloes, Amber, Maflich,
Hare’s-runnet. Of thefc they make
a thoufand Recicpts and Com¬
pounds. At laft, when neceftity
forces them to It, they fly to Ano¬
dynes ; among which they com¬
mend Venice Treacle, Philonium
Xomanum, requits Nicolai tdiafcor-
dium, Sec. Among chirurgical
means they forbear Blood-letting-,
they allow of Cupping and Scari¬
fying the Shoulders and Back, be-
caufe thereby they evacuate, de¬
rive and make revulfion. Avicenna.
989
fays, /. $,fen. 16 tr. r. cap. 1. that
a large Cupping.glafs applied to
the Belly does very much good in
this cafe. So they do not contemn
Veficatories, Fritfions and Liga¬
tures. Of which fee Sennertus>Yiho
may ferve for all.
*•14.
He Chpmifto, for correcting
thefe diflolvcd Salts, do com¬
mend feveral fixt Precipitants, and
Infringents with aftriftion, fuch as
crocus Martis aftrinzens, Vitriol of
Mars, Tincture of Mars, Coral, Sul¬
phur,Vitriol, ftyptickLiquor/affta-
rum Saturni, feveral Martial, and
aluminous Medicines, and a thou¬
fand other things.
§• iy.
dtltont in a diarrhoea that pro¬
ceeded from the fury of the
Pylorus,gave two hard Yolks of Eggs
mixt wftli Vinegar of Rofes. Ac¬
cording to him Horfes hoofs fried
in Butter mitigate this difpofition
of the Pylorus. Alfo Iron-Waters
are highly commended by him.
16.
AM M3Ui0 among other things
commends,univerfals pre-
raifed, this following ;
Take of Rhubarb powdered two
Drachms, Salt of Tartar fix
Grains, Cichory-water five
Ounces; let them ftand a Night
in digeftion in a warm place.
Give it.
Then he gives a Drachm of Vt-
nice Treacle, drinking two Ounces
of the following lulep upon it-,
c 3 Take
390 Of a Loofcnefs called Diarrhoea,
3*akc of Water of Mint, Cinnamon, Take of diafcor&um one Drachm
Barlyeach three Onnces, Trea¬ and an half, confettio hyacintbi
cle half an Ounce, prepared one Drachm, Syrup of Myrtles
Pearl half a Drachm, faccbarum one Ounce, Cinnamon-water half
crjfttllinum half an Ounce. Mix an Ounce, Plantain one Ounce
them. Make a Julep. and an half. Make a mixture
to be given by Spoonfuls.
At the fame time the Author a-
forefaid toaftsa flice of Bread, In a Cceliack Flux, when Chyle
fpreads it with Treack, dips it in is voided with Excrement by Stool
fome generous red Wine heated, C which it often is upon the ob-
and applies it hot to the Stomach; ttruftion and then breaking of the
and ever and anon he changes tt. lafteal Veficls) he ufes Confoli-
He docs not ncgleft divers Styp- dants, that are a little aftringent.
fleks, preferibed here and there, But if the lafteal Dufts be obftru-
and, if the Pulfe and Refpiration fted by vifeid Phlegm, and the
be ftrong, he flies to Opiates ; a- Chyle finds no paflage, in that
mong which he indubitably be¬ cafe deobftruent Medicines are
lieves that laudanum liqiddum cjdo- good, to clear the carnous Cruft
riiatum, about twenty drops of it from Vifcidity.
£iven in a draught of the forefaid, In a diarrhxa attended with
pr fonie other Julep. Gripes, if it have its rife from
Wind ( as fometimes, the forefaid
Author writes, it has ) it mutt be
§. 17- difeufied by giving Carminatives;
Wbittt In a bilious diarrbxa but if ft come from Acrimony of
commends all things that cor¬ Humors, it mutt be tempered and
rect the faliqe Acrimony of the correfted by anodyne, narcotick,
Bile; and this he does by diluting, fpirituous and oyly Medicines, nor
and acid or gently aftringent Me¬ does he negleft divers external To?
dicines, fuch as Qujnces, Barberries picks ( of which I fhall fay more
not ripe, Verjuice, Plantain, below, efpccially Clyfters of fweet
Purflain, fat Earths and ter a figil- Milk, adding Whites of Eggs, Tur¬
lata. But if the Fhix be ferous, pentine, <fyc.
then he orders Hydragoguesi for
inftaoce, Powder of Jalap; he gives
Sudorificks and Diureticks, among
18.
which he magnifies a Deeoftion of A Ccording to the (Earteffan by-
Root of China, ftrfaparilla, Butter¬ f\ patkjis thofe pointed Particles,
bur. lignum Guajicum, Oak,Box,«K. that are in the firft ways, or arc
And he commends totted Rhubarb prcexlftent in the Mafs of Blood,
and Nutmeg in a diarrhoea, be the and caufe a great difturbance, mutt
caufe what it will. After he has be made dull, or as much as may
cor reft ed and evacuated the Bile, be, mutt be carried off. Therefore
ihe goes to tempering things, for the beginning of Loofencfles they
whjch end hepreferibes diafeordi- j commend Rhubarb, jalap, Crabs-
umt Treacle, confittio hjacintbi. He I eyes, mixt with other things. The
commends the following Re¬ vicious Acid mutt be correfted by
ceipt,

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 Lienteria and Cceliaca.
Aromaticks, and the fpoiled Tone
of *he Stomach and Guts mufl be
refiored by moderate Aftringents.
When thefe things will do no
good, they fly to Anodynes, which
afTwage the Acrimony of all the
Humors, that vellicate the ner¬
vous Fibres,and which remove fpaf-
modick corrugations, yea, which
a little fix the Animal Spirits flow¬
ing in impetuoufly, and fo may
do good.
In a Uentery andCoelkck Paflion
they preferibe all Balfamicks, cal¬
led Stomachicks, ufed either exter¬
nally or internally.
§. 19.
N Ow we will go to our oton
cure. In every flux of the
39 r
fufe them for a Night inWater of
Arfmarr, or Mint, or Oak-leaves
three Ounces in a warm place.
In the Morning boyl it and
ftrain ir. Add of Syrup of Steel
half an Ounce, burnt Harts-horn
half a Drachm, red Coral pre¬
pared half a Scruple. Mix them.
Make a Potion. 0r,
Take of Root of Rhubarb two
Drachms,Nutroeg half a Drachm,
Salt of Tartar two Scruples. Ia-
fufe them for a Night in Water
of Rofcs or Plantain what is fuf-
ficient. Add in the Morning of
Syrup of Steel one Ounce. Mix
them.
Or in form of a Powder.

Belly therefore we ufe to give a Take of yellow Rhubarb one

convenient Purge at the beginning Drachm, Nutmeg one Scruple,
to fuch as are ftrong and grown, burnt Harts-horn half a Drachm,
but to weakly Perfons and Chil¬ prepared Pearl half a Scruple.
dren we give a cleanfing Clyftcr. If Mix them.
Bile abound, we advife a Drachm
of Rhubarb with a Grain or two Or if Serum abound.
of thtriaca ccelettis, or piluU ftom-
chtlts cum gwnmi mftickt. In a fe- Take of Conferve of red Rofes one
rous Loofenefs we commend gentle Drachm, Powder of Rhubarb, Ja¬
Hydragogues, which carry off the lap each half a Drachm, Salt of
reliques of the Strum by Stool at a Wormwood half a Scruple, Oyl
little and a little; for inflance, of Nutmeg two Drops, corfefiio
Powder of Jalap mixt with Cinna¬ Alktrmcs one Scruple. Mix them.
mon and Nutmeg. Yet in fo great Make a Bolus.
variety of fluent Humors we advife
the method of Cure to be varied Or in form of a Powder.
according to circumftances. There¬
fore in a bilious nature we ufe to Take of Powder of Jalap, Rhubarb
give the following Potion; each half a Drachm, theriaca cx-
lejUs three Grains, Nutmeg one
Take of the beft Rhubarb, not Scruple. Mix them, make a Pow*
tolled one Drachm and an half, dcr.
red Sanders fifteen Grains, Shells
of Myrobalani half, a Drachm, The Clyfters following, or fome .
Cinnamon one Scruple, Salt of fuch like may be given to weakly
Wormwood half a Scruple. In- People;
C c 4 Take

Go gle
 ]gz Of a Lcofenefs called Diarrhoea,
Take of the Decoftion of Barly
one Pound, Honey of Rofes two
Ounces. Mix them for a Cly-
fief. Or,
Take of our laxative Powder fix
Drachms.
Take of Mechoacan, cbebuli>M.yro-
bafans moderately rolled each
half an Ounce, Nptmeg four
Scruples. Mace rwo Scruples.
Mix them. Make a fubril Pow¬
der. The Dofe one Drachm.
Thefc things premifed, we make
diverfion w>rh Sudorificks and
Diurcticks, fuch as Dccoftjons of
the Wood of Guajacum, Oak, and
feveral qtijqrs. V r -. J
But ro remove the Pains and
Convu.'fions of the Gnts, and to af-
fwige the malignant lharpnefs and
kcidjry rlwr ojfeods the Nerves, we
frequently ule the following Pow¬
der;
T*ke of terra (igildta, prepared
£merauld, diaohoretick Antim<£
ny, Cinnabar of An? mony, fer-
va chute.bu e^ch one Scruple,
laudanum, opiatum three.Qrains,
Oyl of Cinnamon one Dipp.
Mix them for fcveral Dolts;
And If there be malignity, add
to this Powder, fome of die Back¬
bone of a Snake, that fo you may
Iflll two Birds with one ftone.
. You may alfo give diyersCarmi-
nativesand Medicines of Treacle,
you may often repeat the Abfor.
bents, adding fome Bezoarticks,
and things good for the Nerves;
Take of EfTence of Treacle two
Scruples, Balfam of Peru one
Go gle
Scruple, anodyne ElTence half 4
Scruple. Mix them.
The following Powder often does
good;
Take of Bezoartick Powder one
Drachm, prepared Cinnabar,
Cinnabar of Antimony each
one Scruple, Caflor half a Scru¬
ple, Laudanum opiatum two
Grains, Oyl of Cinnamon, Mint
eacli one Drop. Mix them.
You may meet with fuch Re¬
ceipts among the mofl celebrated
Authors. But becaufe mofl of them
then knew not the convullive Mo¬
tion , they omitted Antifpafmo-
dicks generally in their Receipts :
And this, is the reafon, why we
are fo prolix in writing Receipts,
for the fake of young Beginners.
' We mull therefore know. That
the Stomach and Guts receive
great relief by Opiates and balfa-
roick Aromaticks. For they gent¬
ly afl.vage the membranous and
fenfiblc fibrous Parts; fo that af-
ter the taking of them all painful
irritations generally ceafe. Fo*
this end I u (pally give the follow¬
ing balfamick, opiate fixture with
great fuccefs; . - ‘ .
Take of Confprve of Rofes, Cho¬
colate of Sevil each two Oun¬
ces, crocus Myrttf, prepared
Amber each oneDraobm, native
Cinnabar two Scruples, Balfam
of Peru one Drachm, laudanum
opiatum A. S. fix Grains, diacin-
namon reg. fix Drachms, Mix
them. Or, . '
Take of Conferve of Rofes two
Ounces and an jwlf, burnt Harts¬
horn
 Lienteria and Coeliaca.’ qpj
horn prepared two Drachms, | fently defifl from fuch Medicines,
terra vitrioli dulcis one Drachm, but repeat them every fixe or fix
one anodyne Sulphur of Vitri¬ j hours, and continue them for a
ol our Scruple, Mother of Pearl I good while: and if there be much
prepared half a Drachm. With ' Sfnr«,more fblid than liquid things
Syrup of Coral,Quinces,Steel,tfye. fhould be given.
make an Eleftuary. The Dofe We commend likewife our cor¬
one Drachm. roborating Liquor, efpecially in a
Coeliaca, and a Lientery, to corrcft
The anodyne Sulphur of Vitriol j and encreafe the Ferment of the
prepared my way is a great Se¬ Stomach, which has alfo a faculty
cret with me, and I can fafely fay, of tempering and aflwaging the
it never failed me. And you may fharpnefs of the bilious Humor.
give this or the like liquid EleCtu- Or,
aryi
Take of Spirit of Wine rectified,
Take of Conferve of Comfrey, Mint fweet Spirit of Salt each one
each one Ounce, Extraft of Tor- Ounce. Mix them, and rectify
mentil. Salt of Coral, Tinfture them. Then you wifi have of
of Mars, Amber each one Scru¬ tliefe Spirits one Ounce and an
ple. Make them into a liqaid Ele¬ half. Then,
ctuary with ftyptick Syrup.
Take of Spirit of Wine reCtifyed
In a Licntery and Coeliaca we de¬ half an Ounce, to which add of
pend mofl upon Balfamicks, and Oyl of Cinnamon twelve Drops,
we give the following ftyptick fto- Cloves fix Drops, Rofes four
machick Liquor ■, Drops, Extract of Lignalocs two
Scruples. After Solution mix
Take of terra chatichu,Root of Aron, them with the aforefaid Ounce
Tormentil, Poeony each what and an half of Spirit. Digcfl
you pleafe. With the Eflence them fome days. The Dofe 20
of Balfam of Peru, volatil Spirit or 30 Drops.
of Vitriol and Spirit of Maftich
raixr, what is fufficienr, adding For bridling the fury of a bili¬
of Oyl of Cinnamon, Mint, Nut¬ ous Flux and tempering the fharp,
meg each a little, make an Ex¬ fait lixivium, Univerfals premifed,
tract, as above. I highly value Whey, oyly Emulfi-
ons of the four cold Seeds, Tin¬
If you add to this Liquor the a- cture of Rofes, Teftaccous Pow¬
nodyne TinCture, you will do feats ders, Opiates, &c.
jn the forefald Difeafcs, efpecially In a diarrhoea alfo, which comes
if there be a Salt and biting Serum, from a vitriolick Acid, where the
which you may judge by the exco¬ Excrements arc black, we recom¬
riation and inflammation. So you mend the fame Medicines, and all
may add laudanum cydoniatun or volatil oyly Spirits.
theriaca coelejiis to the precipitant If the Bile be infeCted with any
Powder. And here you mufl take poyfonous fharpnefs, which may
notice. That you fhould not pre- eauly be obferved by the Sym¬
ptoms,
 194 Of a Loofenefs called Diarrhoea, &c,
Ptoms, wc murt
mun mint
infrft a while or
on-"
vers ftomachick Plaflers; for in.
Alexipharmacks and Bezoarticks
fiance, Wedtlixs's Plafter of Treacle
and they mutt never be negle-
(ted. and carminative Oyls, one made
of Chocolate and diafetrdium with
. Among Exrernafs divers Bezoar-
Sack, alfo one of Tacamahaca. Tlx-
«cks are good, and moderare A-
nacAcxlefiis may be applied to the
ftnngents, Nervines and Anodynes.
Navil, and divers Bags made of
Here follow fome Receipts for
aromatick and emollient things may
young Phyficians.
be applied to the whole Belly.
In a Lientery and a Cmliacd we
Take of our ftomichick Bilfam
muff have more regard to balfa-
made with Chocolate two Oun¬
mlck and fpirituous things. The
ces. Make a Cataplafin for the
whole Belly may be anointed twice
Stomach and Belly. Or,
a day with the following Oyls raixt
togetheri '
Take of Oyl of Maflich, Mint each
half an Ounce, Nutmeg, Quinces
each one Drachm, Worm-wood ^"*nC Mafiich, Quinces,
Rofes each half an Ounce, Not-
ten Drops. Mix them. This
meg half a Drachm. Mix them.
strengthens the Stomach and
binds.
You may fee the reft in theDl-
feaie we cal] Choltn: for I would
Among thefe wc may reckon di.
not be naufeous in my repetitions.

CHAP.

Go gle
 (w)
m iff ttniEfftim;
CHAP.
Of a Vomiting and Loofenefs.
$. i.
Mong very violent and a-
cute Difeafes of the Bel¬
ly,which affliCt Man¬
kind, a Vomiting and
Loofenefs is not the leaft. It is
called Cholera, from Xoxi) cboler,and
fta, to flow, wherefore Aitrelun
calls it felliflua pajjio, fome call it
febris cacatoria, fome cholerica paf-
fio, others give it other names,
and thofe that would know them,
may confult Dictionaries: For we
are more intent on things than
words. Wc will proceed there¬
fore ta the definition. I think this
may ferve, It is a depraved and con-
vulftvt Motion of the Stomach and
Guts, yea, of the Mefentery, Pancre¬
as, &c. ax if mg from the fpafmodicl>
contraction of the Fibres of tht Sto¬
a! mach and Guts and otbtr Parts, by
which pervtrfe and contrary Motion
Corrupt Humors are violently voided
upwards and downwards. And Phy-
heians make (everal forts of this
Difeafe ; one fort is periodical', ano¬
ther continual;one malignant;ano¬
ther benign: But the mod remark¬
able and received diftinCtion is in¬
to a moift and dry Cholera. The
letter is, when Wind is fo pent
Go gle
IV.
up in the Stomach and Guts, that
it can no way get out. But be-
caufe this belongs rather to a Tym¬
pany or Wind Colick, we
will pafs it by, and rather infill
upon the explication of the nature
of a cholera, firft of all confidering
the Part affected.
§. 2. Part affefted.
N Ow the Parr affected accord¬
ing to dfialen, is both thcO-
rifices of the Stomach, and mofl
Phyficians are of his Mind. CeU
fus thinks this Difeafe lies in the
Stomach and Guts. $:lmont accu-
fes the Pylorus of the Stomach for
the Part principally affeCted. die
hold. That the Guts, Pancreas and
Gall-bladder are as well Parts affe¬
cted as the Stomach, becaufe firft,
there are Signs of the Guts being
aflfefted, namely, rumbling in the
Guts. And fecondly, we have
found the Guts gangrened in fuch
as have died of it. Bnt the Parrs
chiefly affected are the Fibres of
thefe Parts, and the Glands of the
Guts, in which the pcriftalclck Mo¬
tion may as well be inverted, as it
is certain, that there are Hcrvous
Fibres in the Guts, Pancreas, and
 Of a Vomiting and Loofenefs.
Gall-bladder, as well as in the Sto¬
mach : And likewifc thefe two
Champions, the Bile, and pancrea-
tick Juice meeting in the duode¬
num may occafion this Difeafo.
So that there is no reafon, why we
may not take the Guts, Fmenu
and Gall-bladder for Parts affefted,
as well as the Stomach. This will
be more apparent fi'om the fol¬
lowing Cafe.
A Cafe.
A Woman twenty Years old, of
a cholerick Con Hi tut ion, accuftom-
ing her felf to eac fweet and fat
Meats, and raw Fruit, was in Sum¬
mer-time taken with a violent
Tooth-ach ( for long ago Galen de
art. med. lib. 8. knew that any Pain
caufes Defluxions ) her Spirits be¬
ing enraged by tbe pain, when fhe
went to bed, fhe found a vioffcnt
pain in her Head, with a great heat
in her Body, naufeoufnefs, third,
wakcfulnefs, Pain at her Heart and
• Stomach: A little afterwards fhe
vomited and went to Stool fre¬
quently, fo that fhe filled feveral
Pots. Her Excrements were li¬
quid, bilious and afh-coloured, and
came away with much Wind,
Griping and Opprcflion of the
Heart. She fainted, was in a cold
Swear, and grew very weak. Thefe
things are fufficient to fhow what
it is, cfpecially if the following
Paragraph about the Diagnoftick be
ptrul'cd.
Diagnoftick.
And it is highly necefiary, fince
.according to Tralliams the Diagno_
flick is the foundation of a right
Cure ; for any one may eafj]y
jidge how great the ncccfTuy and
utility of diagnoftick Signs are ;
wherefore it will be. worth our while
to do our endeavour to deferibe
them aright. The Difeafe is fhown
to be immihent by a violent pain
in fome Part, • Tpecially in the
Loins, fowre and nidorons Belch-
ings. Rumbling in the Guts, puffing
up of the Billy, Anxiety of Heart,
HCad-ach, plentiful eating of cor¬
ruptible Meats, Cucumbers, Melons,
all horary Fruits,and in a word, all
fuch as are commonly called cold
ones. The following Signs denote
It to be already prefenr. Bilious,
acid and nidorous Stuff is voided
by Vomiting and frequent Stools
for feveral hours, yea, and days,
juft as if the Patient had taken Poi-
fon, there are prickings in the Sto¬
mach and Belly ; the Excrements
arc at firft liquid, afterwards they
are thicker and betrer coloured,
fqmetimes tliey are tinged wirh a
citrine, green, leek green, blew
( fuch as I faw the fame Summer
wherein I wrote thefe thing*} black
and bloody colour ; and fometimes
they are voided white, with Wind
and the Gripes*, yea, if thcre be
malignity, they incline to an afh-
colour, and keep that colour a long
time. There is alfo a great thirft.
Urine there is little or none, be-
caufe ail the Liquids are difeharg-
ed out of the Body upwards and
downwards by other ways. The
Body all over in a cold Sweat, the
Pulfe is frequent and little, fome¬
times it ends in an intermittent
one; then comes cold jn the ex¬
treme Parts, Swooning, Hiccough
and Convulfions; when the Difeafe
encreafes there is often a Convul-
fion and drawing of the Mufcles,
but efpecially of the Calves of the
Legs, and uow and then of the
but that of the Calves of
the
 Of a Vomiting and Loofenefs. ^7
the Leg* is a Symptom peculiar to from* T, what ' has been
utcn faid, That
That a a
this Dllcafe. Chain i unii
Cholera and nrli^p
other flnv«>e _t>
fluxes of the *
Bel¬
§. 3. Caufe. ly muft be reckoned to come from
T the predominance of a faline Prin¬
Hefe were the Signs, now we ciple, and indeed of a difloiverf
will fearch out the imme¬ bait either feparated or corrupted.
diate caufe of this Difecfe, In For this Salt is femerimes purga¬
the order which we have hitherto
tive, helleborine, fometimes anti-
obferved. And firft of all let us
monial, fometimes fcammoniare,
hear the Opinion of the Ancients contained either in the Food that
concerning this Klatter. They fay, is taken, or in the internal Princi-
That Bile is the caufe of this Di- phs of the Body. Which Saks, if
feafe, and thence they gave it its they be diflolved, do breed thefe
name. This Bile, they hold, is Laxities and frequent Stools.
gathered all over Mens Bodies in
great quantity, and is poured out
of its Bladder into the $tomach.and 4- s-
Guts. And they hold. That this felBlmont fays, That the Blood
hurts the Retentive Faculty, and ^ in a cholera turns into a pun¬
they prove it by this, Becaufe this gent, corroding, watry Liquor, and
Difcafe rifes from bad, corrupt,
v™.,,UM* ^wrrupt, not, as the Schools would have it
fweet and bilious Food. Wherefore, into a bitter Excrement. For when
if the Bile make its attempt to e- any thing putrefaSible, or, as he
fcape by the Mouth of the Sto- fpeaks, cadaveratible is taken i„w
mach they fay it is vomited. But; the Stomach, wanting its digeftivc
if it be gathered1 in the Guts, they i Ferment, then it putrefies and di-
fay it is voided by Stool Where- gefls not. Whatever alfo a Cholera.
fore they blame a hoc intempera-j touches, it taints and turns it inw
ture of Stomach, arlfing, to wit,: Polfon, whence the difturbance 3
from Bile. Moreover they affert, the Pylorus and Guts flows, and ad
That fometimes an HI Humor falls Liquids arc voided upwards and
from the Head upon the Sromach, downwards,
and fo the cxpulfive Faculty is
hurt.

. 5.4. thinks. That in a Chs-

L flefliy and moving
Et us now proceed to Partcelfus Fibres of the Stomach and Guts
his Opinion, who differs in O- are by remote caufes put into folu-
pinion, and holds, That the chole¬
tive Contractions of the BeJIy. For
ra as a fort of morbus dlffolutus, and the violent Paflions of the Mind
that an aluminous Salt is wanting in and Body often caufe it, to wir,ifl-
the Stomach ; fo that on the con¬ afmuch as the Spirits in the Head
trary the entalick Salt, which ex¬ or In fome principal Parts of the
pels upwards and downwards, fri- nervous Appendix, being greatly di-
mulares
-.... the expulfive Faculty, for iur iiurDca,
fturbed, ana prefendy by the Paf.
and prefently Paf-
accordmg to him, where thefe Salts fagesfaevre of
r\f rKA xr___ or
the Nerves _ y nerves
are not, there is neither Vomiting Branches communicating tlieir-dS
nor Loofcnefi. So that it appears, order to the Spirit* that refidc in
^the

Go gle
 ?S>8 Of a Vem'tting and Loo,fenefs.
the Stomach and Guts, do put
them in Convulfions. Wherefore
he fhows, That this Difeafe is a
Spafm or Convulfivc Motion of the
Stomach and Guts, which is ex¬
cited, when a vitious Chyle, made
fo by the Food, or the fermenta¬
tive juice of the Stomach dege¬
nerates into an Acid, auftere or bit¬
ter, or otherwife troublcfome Hu¬
mor, and there irritates. Alfo an ir¬
ritative Humor, according to him,
is fometimes poured into the Sto¬
mach and Guts out of the Arteries;
Bile likewife and the pancrcatick
Juice, fometimes feverally, fome¬
times jointly, being exalted by a
mutual effervefcence in the Sto¬
mach, do put the Fibres into vomi¬
tive and laxative Spafms. And
fometimes a turgefeent Matter voids
its Recrements, fince it cannot ex¬
pel them by tranfpiration, into the
Cavity of the Stomach and Guts,
by the Branches of the Coeliack Ar¬
tery, fo that their Coats being no-
torioufly vellicated, do fuffer hor¬
rible Vomitings and cholerical Paf-
iions, by reafon, that is, of the ani¬
mal Spirits being fome where dl-
fturbed and fired. And he holds,
That other Spirits refiding in the
Stomach and Guts may alfo be af-
fefted either by continuity of Fi¬
bres or communication of Nerves,
and may fo be put into vomitive
and purgative explofions.
7.
r^kWtiU0 blames an eflerve-
^ fcence of Humors caufed amifs
in the frnall Gut, and (harp Bile,
and then a violent Motion of di-
fturbed Humors, caufed by hora¬
ry Fruits, that are wont to decay.
For this Difeafe is apt to come from
Humors preexiftctu in the Body,
Go gle
or upon an external Error commit¬
ted m Diet. And both (harp and
bilious Humors are violently and
abundantly voided both upwards
and downwards, together with
great Oppreftion at the Heart.
Wherefore he reckons that this Di¬
feafe proceeds from the periftaltick
Motion of the Guts, inverted only
in parr.
f. 8.
T He Cattcttans fay, That in
this Difeafe the Fibres of the
Stomach and the intejlinum duode¬
num are contracted upwards, by
the cutting, acute, pointed and o-
therwife unequal Particles ; and of
the other Parts both upwards and
downwards, and fo the corrupt
Humors are voided. And they hold,
That this vellication of the Fibres
cannot lafl long without a great
fury of the Animal Spirits, that are
difturbed in their order and nati¬
ons, and do ftrangely ftir up this
fpafmodick Motion by their incon¬
gruous aflaults; whence proceeds
this diflurbance of the whole Ani¬
mal oeconomy, juft as if die Pati¬
ent had drank Poifon.
§• 9-
W E will now enquire what
forces appear in our Di¬
feafe, that is, in a Vomiting and
and Loofcncfs. I make no quefti-
on but the principal is an Acid,
which yet varies very much, as it
is mixt with Bile, or other alka¬
line, earthy Particles, implicated
with divers Meats, which according
to their divers mixture and texture
make the Difeafe either malignant
or benign, efpecially if they meet
with 4 fepartte Acid. Now a great
Maft
 Of a Vomiting and Loofenefs.
Mafsof malignant contrary Humors
are gradually gathered in the firft
Region of the Body, or it flows
thither, either critically or fympto-
niatically, and ftimulates the Guts
to a perpetual ejection. Sometimes
alfo an additional corrofive of the
Alkali of the Gall, fo corrodes the
Guts and their Fibres, that it cau-
fes a Gangrene, which we, as was
above laid, not long fmee found in
one that was opened, who died of
this Difeafe. This when it
infefts the Blood and raifes a Fe¬
ver, often haftens death. For the
Bile, being made too fliarp, does by
its faline Prickles prick and velli-
care its own capfula, and the ner¬
vous Fibres of the Stomach, Guts
and Pancreas j by which vcllicati-
on the Animal Spirits are difturb-
cd, wherefore they flow in more
impetuoufly, and fo caufc a fpaf-
modick Motion, which muft needs
be attended by frequent and vio¬
lent Vomiting and Purging. By
this contraction all the contained
Liquors muft of neccflity be caft
out of their Veflcls, and at laft
quite out of the Body. For all the
urgent Symptoms in this Difeafe
may eafily be derived from the
Salt of the Bile being made too vo-
latil and fharp. And if the Bile
be imbued with a Angular jpoyfo-
nous flurpnefs then the Difeafe is
called malignant for whencefhould
this violent evacuation upwards
and downwards proceed but from
thefc faline Prickles, tvhich ftimu-
latc and corrugate the orbicular Fi¬
bres of the Stomach and Guts, and
and the inteftipa! Glands ? Whence,
I pray, this pricking Pain, naufe-
oufnefs and anxiety.- Come they
not from thefe Prickles ? And if
Come vifeid Matter concur, that,
when it is exalted into Yapors by
Go gle
%99
Fermentation, caufes roaring and
rumbling in the Guts, familiar to
cholerlcal People. According to
the diverfity of the procatarftick
caufe, the Excrements are voided
different in confiftence, colour,
fmell, &c. If the Patients alfo
have drunk much Liquids, then
they arc to be infedted with the
exalted Bile, both as to tafte and
colour. This Medley being got in¬
to the Stomach doth further cor¬
rupt the Ferment of the Stomach,
which is already corrupt, whence
comes want of Appetite. The Hic¬
cough is alfo raifed by thefe faline
Prickles, while they vcllicare the
Stomach, and by confequence put
the Diaphragm into a Convulfion.
This bilious rage of the Stomach
and Belly (if you mean the proca-
tar&ick caufejis cafily produced by
exceflive caring of horary Fruits
and other meats, that are apt to
corrupt, fuch as arc fharp and
crude, fweer and too far, Sawccs
and Spices. Among horary Fruits
thefe are apt to caufe this Difeafe,
Plums, Cherries, Grapes f efpeci-
ally before they are ripe jj alfo Cu¬
cumbers, Melons, Pumpions, Leeks,
Onyoas, Cabbage, efpecially pick-
led" after the German way, the Row
of a Barbel, as Guldln^let teftifies.
Among aromarick things thefe are
bad, Pepper, Horfe-radifh, alfo all
purging Medicines, Poyfons, cold
Water, new Wine, Spaw-Waters
drunk unfeafonably, and other
thtogs which may contribute their
Parts, of which we fhall fpeak more
largely, when we treat of Diet. But
let us go to the
. s 19-
 400 Of a Vomiting and Loofenefs'.
$. io. Prognoflicki
P Rognoftick, that Dclphick Ora-f
cie of Phyficians. A Vomit- \
Jog and Loofenefs therefore is a ve- j
ry acute Difeafe, which kills a Man ,
not only in a very few Days but j
Hours. And if no evident caufe j
have preceded, then it is more a-!
cute and malignanr,than that which
J irocceds from corrupt Meat, or
rom drinking of Poylon. Moreo¬
ver alfo this Difeafe threatens
death, if there be a weak Pulle,
Palpitation of the Heart, Swooning,
Hiccough and Convulsions. Alfo
death is at hand, if the Pulfe in¬
termit, if the Urine be livid or
black, and if the extreme Parts be
cold. Yet we muft here take fpe-
cial notice that of this as of other
acute Difeafcs Predictions are not
always fafe, as Hippocrates fays. 1
can atteft this upon my own expe¬
rience in my deareft Wife: for in
this Difeafe there concurred, great
weaknefs, cold Sweats, Palpitation
of the Heart, Swooning, lofs of
Speech j and yet by the ufe of pro¬
per Medicines (he efcaped the Jaws
of death. This alfo is a formidable
Difeafe in old Men j but they are
feldom taken with it. It ufes to
turn to heat of Urine or the Stran¬
gury : and I have known the event
of this prove well.
§. i i. Dietetick Cure.
T Hc Cure follows the Progno-
ftick, and i. the Dietetick.
The Air mufl be temperate and
enclining to cold; on the contrary
an over hot one muft be avoided \
for it encreafes Bile, and makes it
more (harp and volatil; it deftroys
the Acid, which is its.alty, and it
Go gle
didolvcs and dejefts the Stomach
and its Ferment. Wherefore Hip¬
pocrates was not mi (taken aph. 15.
1. when he fays, That Mens Bellies
are hotteft in Winter and Spring, and
therefore they have more need of plen-
tijul Food, becaufc then an Acid is
meft in its vigor. He fays, Epid. 6.
1. 10. a Cholera comes moji in Sum¬
mer, left in Spring and Autumn, and
leaft of all in Winter. For Sum¬
mer makes all the Humors (harper;
and hence things that arc taken, do
the cafilieft corrupt in Summer
time, and degenerate into bad Jui¬
ces ; and this is the rcafon alfo,
that Fluxes of the Belly are more
frequent in Summer than in Win¬
ter.
A little Meat muft be given, and
that eafy of Digcftion. Let the
Broth be tempered with tart things.
The Bread muft be of Wheat,with
the Juice of Pomegranate or fome
other Acid, which is a little aftrin-
g$nt. But all fat, f*ect and (harp
things muft be utterly avoided, as
Oyl, Butter, Pepper, Ginger, Mu-
ftard, and all (harp deftilled Oyls,
all horary and oyly Fruits, as wc
faid before, to wit, Melons, Pumpi-
ons, Cucumbers, &c. as likewife all
things that are apt to corrupt, a-
mong which are Swines flelh, all
Milk-meats, Fifties,namely Eels,<£re.
And all violent Purgcrs muft be
forborn.
As for Drinlt, it muft be either
Wine of Quinces, or fome other
that is tart and fubaftringenr, or a
Julep made of Warcrof Meadow¬
sweet, Burdock, Scordium and Spi¬
rit of terra figillata, or Alrnond-
Milk or Chalybeate Drink. But
let the Patient \va(h his Mouth
oftner with tart things, than drink
much. On the conjrary all gene¬
rous Wines, new Wine, new Beer,
Mcdc
 Of a Vomiting and Loafcnefi.
Mede and ftveral other crude
drinks are hurtful. Nor muft the
Stomach be loaded with an excef-
five quantity of potulent Muter;
for thereby the Ferment of the Sto¬
mach is drowned, and rendred quire
uftlefs. Rfft muft be advifed. Sleep
all'o is very good. On the conrr3-
rv, long Hatchings fliarpen and in-
flam? the Bile.
Let the Pajjions of the Mind be
retrained, efpecially anger, fadnefs
and friglitfulncfs; for they greatly
encteafe Bile. They quicken the
Spirits and Motion of the Blood,
and fo breed more Bile. And this
is a I we have to fay of the Dicte,-
tick Cure.
$.n. Pbarmaceutick
Cure.
Ow the Pbarmaceutick Cure
follows ; and firft of all ac¬
cording to the 9nctent0, who in
the beginning of ihisDifeafe, while
the peccant Matter may be any
way rhruftdown to the lower Pjrrs,
and the ftrength is not too much
fpent, do give fome proper purg¬
ing Medicine; adding things to
correct the Acrimony of the Hu¬
mors. Their purging Medicines
arc thefe following, c/ifjia fiflnla,
Manna, Rhubarb, and they would
have this particularly obferved,
That a Vomit mart not be immedi¬
ately ftopt at the beginning, but ra¬
ther promoted by drinking fome
B. o'h of Flefh or Chicken. But if
the Vomiting be very violent, they
endeavour to avert the tendency of
the Matter upwards by the follow¬
ing or fome fuch other Cty-
ftcr ;
Take of B?.rly half a handful, Flow¬
ers of Violets, Leaves tf the lef-
Go gle
4oi
fer Cenraury, Wormwood, Mi nr,
Flowers of Chamomil, Mclitac
cacli one handful, choice Rhu¬
barb two Dr/chms and an half.
Polypody three Drachnu. Boy I.
them in a diffident quantity of
Water. Add to the Colature of
Oyl of Minr, Clumcmil each
one Ounce and an half, generous
Wine two Ounces, diacttUHcU
rhfee Drachrtu. M.X them. Make
a Clyfter.
For if the morblficit Matter be
in a great mcafure alrrady*evacua-
ted, as it is ufually in four and
twenty hours, then they ufr fucli
Medicines as rtiiy avert the facti¬
on of the Humors from the Sro-
mach ; and they draw the faatrer
to the lower Parts by the above;
faid Clyfter, or by Ligatures and
Friftions, and. things that fhall be
hereafter^ men ioned. Moreover
they try to flop the impetuous flux
cf Humors, and to ftrengthen rhe
Stomach and Guts by ftrcfigrkr,ir>g
Medicines, fuch as Syrup of dricdL
ftofes, of Juice of Pomegranates,*
(Quinces, Limcns, discodium, can¬
died Citron-Peel, ConftfVe cf Ro-
fes, a Cup of Cold-Warcr, which
yet rhe Patient muft drink mo¬
derately and at times. Trea¬
cle, Mithridare, white Poppy, red
aftrlnger.t Wine mixt with Chaly¬
beate Water. A Clyfter efpeciafly
of rhe heads of white and red Pop¬
py flops rhe Motion of the Burners
and caufcs plealant Peep. The An¬
cients have found by, experience,
that Throwing cold Water fuddenly
in ones face, has fometimes ftopt i
Vomit.
Among Externals they place v^
rious Unguents, Caraplafms, Pfa-
fters, &c. whereof there is art
rnliuirc camber, a drop ax cfjcclal-'
Bd
40i Of a Vomiting and Loofenefs.
Vi of Pitch, and Oy] of Quince ap- the Belly do more hurt than good,
plied outwardly, they fay, flops a Their famous things to flop the
Vomit excellently. So Archigtnes, Flux and flrengthen the Stomach
a very ancient Phyfician, durft in and Guts, are Martial Medicines,
the greateft heat apply cold Water, j fuch as crocus Minis, tinclura Mir-
yea cooled In Snow, to the Sto- Us, tern figiUata alfo and vitrio-
mach, cither in a Cloth or a Blad- j lau, Magiflery of Coral, among
dcr j but try it, who dare. Cer- thefe may be reckoned Unicorn,
tainly there is great danger of ex- Cadmia, Loadflone, Nitre, Alum,
polling all the innate Spirits. They I Talc, Bones of the Microcofm, re-
advife the application of a Cup- ftified Opium, true laudanum, five
ping-glafs between the Stomach I precious Stones, prepared Gold,fyc.
and Navil; they alfo prefer cm- j which are generally in this cafe
turn ftomacbicum Gal ini, emplaflru* ' commended by Par actlfits,
pro fltmifbo Mefuts,mi(lichinum, and
de crujU panis. Liftly, they hold,
14.
that care mutt be taken of the Sym¬
ptoms which occur in this Difeafe, befides diverslaxa-
namely Swooning and Convuiflons, m*'*‘'* rives given in the begin-
whofe Cure may be gathered from ning, Clyfters and ftyptick corro-
what has preceded. boraters, cfpecially to quiet the
rage of the Spirits, which is here
t . ij very urgeur, does commend lau¬
danum opiatum, cydoniatum and tar-
T~He paracclfiatt Chymifls tarifatum, that ftouc conqueror of
* hold. That every lax Difeafe j the Animal Spirits, and then he
is from Salt, and they fay, there adds divers Antifpafmodicks,which
can be no going to Stool without' one may eafiiy gather from what
Sale -, yea, thejr Maficr Paractlfus fhall be hereafter mentioned.
contends, That the expulfive vir¬
tue Is In the very Dung or Salt of
a thing, and that every Flux ari- §. i*.
fes from the Stomach, that is, be- £jO?lbtus ufes tlic following me-
caufe the Stomach feparates not a- thod of Cure. Whenever the
right, and therefore they will have Irritation of the Guts to an inver-
the Cure direfted only to the Sto¬ fion of their periftaltick Motion de¬
mach, contending, that the Cure is pends upon a vitious effervelcence
performed by Salts, and that the of fliarp Humors meeting together,
Salt muft be rectified again, and the then thefe fliarp Humors together
dhlolved muft be feparated from with their violent Effervcfcence
the entire: Afterwards a fuJphure- muft be tempered and quieted. In
ous Cure ought to follow, as a a peccant Acrimony therefore ei¬
confirmation of the Operations in ther of faline or acid Humors, he
the Salt. And yet in his fecond commends the following mixture
trad dt vita he fays, we muft firft to be taken by Spoonfuls at fhort
purge with proper Medicines, and intervals $
he writes, that binders unfeafona-
bly ufcdln ilJ exccifive Fluxes of
Take

Go gle
 Of a P'cmithg and Loofenefs.
Take ot Diafcordiurh two Drachms,
conftftio de hjacintho one
Drachm, Syrup of white Poppy
one Ounce, Plancain-Warer two
Ounces, Fehil-Water one Ounce.
Mix therm
Then the Humors fo xorre&ed
may be evacuated by Cholagogues.
If the peccant Matter tend up¬
wards, he makes no Scruple of giv¬
ing a gentle Vomit, mixe with Opi¬
ates : for inlhncej
Take of faccharum vomitivum two
Drachms, laudanum ofiitum one
Grain, Mint-Water what is fuffi-
cient. Mix them.
feafe proceed from Poifon, that is*
from Orpiment, Mercury fubli"
mate, or Arfenick, tlirn oyly
things, namely Broths, and milky
things, efpecially Eurter-Milk mutt
be given, which mud be continued
as long as Pain, Natifeoufnefs or
Vomiting remain.
§. 16.
He Carteffann, to check the
fury of the Animal Spirits,
that are difturbed, and invade the
Stomach and Guts with incongru¬
ous Particles, and put them ioto a
fpafmodick Mstion, commend Ee-
roartick Opiates: for inrtance j

But if the Acrimony of the Bile Take of Diafcordium half an Ounce,

will not yet abate, it may be cor- Oriental Bczoar-Honehalt'a Scru¬
refted with the following, or fome ple, tbtriaca neleftis HangvierffH
fuch like mixture $ feven Grains. Mix them. Make
an Opiate for twice taking.
Take of Water of Plantain, Purf-
lain each one Ounce, fweet Spi¬ In this cafe alfo they magnify a!!
rit of Salt half a Drachmydiafeor- ponderous things, fucil as Cry Hal,
dium one Drachm and an half, Bole-Armenick, Blood-Hone, re ra
Syrup of Purflain one Ounce. Mix figillata,and a thoufand other things
them. which may be found in the follow*-
ing Paragraph.
Whenever a Choltra arifes from
horary Fruits, then the cxceffive
Effervefcence of the Humors is befi M 7<
checked by Opiates, among which Uleft we Hiould fa!! raft-
laudanum opiatam is the lafi refuge. *** ly oa the Cure, willv pro¬
It is checked alfo by the fame Opi¬ ceed in order: for this Di feafe va¬
ates,whether it arife from the pre¬ ries accordihg to the variety cf
cedent caufe, or from a too large Can fes and Symptoms. If therefore
Dofe of Vomiting Mediciaes, or a Cholera arife from corrupt Meat,
from Poifon •• for which end our which Hicks Hill in the Stomach,
Author commends the forefaid and the Patient be prone to vomit,
Mixtures, a Grain ot two of lau¬ you may fafely give Sylvius hit Vo¬
danum opiatum being always added. mit, of this that follows, efpeciJ-
For Opiates do as well temper all ly if you have any fofpicion of
Acrimony, and quiet the confequent Poifon: for by benefit of this not
Etfervceiccnce, as they lay afleep only the peccant Matter that VeUi-
the external Scnfcs, But it the Di- catcs the nervous Fibres of the Sto-
Dd 2 reach

Go gle
404 Of a Vomiting and Lcofenefs.
mach gnd Guts is cad our, but g?nc heed, that you keep not the
thefc Fibre* arc pacified, and fo Bile in. We tufpeft Mjnna and
the pain ccafes. But you mufi take Sugar, becaufe they diffolve the
great care, that you make not the Tone of the Stomach, and vitioufly
Animal Spirits more unquiet, and ferment with the Bile. But when
Tc* encreaie the Difeafe •, the Matter is evacuated, then
by degrees you may proceed to
Take of the emerick Syrup three Corroborates, and things to flop
Drachms, laudanum opiatum one Vomiting j and then all the Phyd-
Grain, Salt of Wormwood threM cian has to do, will be to temper
Grains. Mix them. Or, the flurp Matter, which you may
do by giving a Decodion of Early
Take of emcticSf Tartar one Grain, andSyrup ofromegranates frequent¬
Salr of Wormwood two Grains. ly. This following may be given
Give it in Mint Water or Barly- conveniently to Aop the Vomit¬
Cream. ing i

And we may give a Vomit ofOyl Take of Oyl of Nutmeg by expref-

Olive «r of Sweet Almonds.
But if nature evacuate fparingly
downwards, and with greac per¬
turbation upwards, then, betides
loofening Cyders, of Whey, fwcet
Milk, Mutton-broth or the emolli¬
ent Dccodion feven Ounces, Oyl
of Violets, brown Sugar, each one
Drachm, [the Yolk of an Egg, or of
Whey and Syrup of Rofes folutive,
(Ligatures and Frictions will be
proper. When the Vomiting is
greater and the Stools Iefs, divers
Laxatives are proper, among which
we highly value Whey of Sheeps
Milk, with a little Pulp of Callia,
which both takes away the Heat
and Pain, and gently Ioofcns the
Belly. Yet in this cafe Alexi-
pharmacks mud always be added.
If the Bile be thick. Honey of Ro¬
fes or Solutive will be proper with
Whey, or choice Rhubarb one
Drachm, Cinnamon one Scruple.
Mix them. You mud never give
Repellents and Strengthened at
the very fird, but if the Arength
will bear ir* you mud wait a few
hours, till mod of the Matter is car-
lied off. For you mud take dili-
fion fifteen Drops, laudanum opi-
atuto a Grain or two. It may be
. often reprated.
The Ancients commend a Deco-
ftionofMinc with JuicerfPome¬
granates, which is alfa adringenc.;
They likewile commend the follow¬
ing Eleduary ; whereby I can lay
I have cured fevcral j
Take of old Conferve of Rofes one
Ounce and an half, diafcarJium
half an Ounce, red Coral, ertcus
M&rtis each one Drachm, pre¬
pared Pearl half a Drachm, rock
Crydal one Drachm, Syrup of
Pomegranates and Mint what is
fufficient. Mix them. Of this E-
lefluary take the quantity of a
Chcdnut.
The ufe of rock Crydal is al-
fo excellent either a Drachm of
it alone or with Powder
of Sanders, fevcral times repea¬
ted. The following Emulfion is
good.
Tike

Gee igjbaa n coca n

 Of a Vomiting and Loofenefs. ' 40 f
Take of Tweet Almonds one Ounce, and edulcorating. Here is a Re
white Poppy Seeds half an ceipc or two for young Phyfici-
- Ounce. Mix them. Make an E- a ns.
mulfion.
Take of Root of Jormentii, Biftorc
If Bile be too fierce, and Vomi¬ each half an Ounce, Leaves of
ting be the more violent, you may long Birthwort, Silver-weed, Sa-
order the following Clyfter •, nicle each half an handful,blow¬
ers of red RofcS, Pomegranate
Take of Root of Ciflque-fcyl,- But¬ each one Pugil, Berries of Su¬
ter-bur , Sctr^tnera each two mach r two Drachms. Boyl
Drachms, Leaves of Orpine, Ca¬ them in fweet Milk Chalybeate.
lamine , Ground-Ivy, Plantain In nine Ounces of the C larure
each one handful, Cordial Flow- difiolve of Deers, Suet one Ounce,
, Marigolds each one Pugil, Juice of narrow Plantain new
megranarc Flowers twoPugils, drawn one Ounce ami an half,
Citrine Myrobalans one Drachm the Yolk of an Egg, laudanum
and an half, Fenil Seed half a opiaJum one Grjin and an half.
Drachm. Boyl them in Mutton- Mix them. Make a-Clyrter. Or,
broth. Add to half a Pound
three Ounces of the Colatute.of Take of a Decoflion. of Birly, &c.
mcl rofctum laxativum half an new Treadt three Drachms.
Ounce, micleta Nicolai half an Mix them. Make a Clyfter.
Ounce, Oyl of Sweet Almonds
on: Ounce, Turpentine difloived The more edebrared internal
in the Yolk of ah Egg two Aftringenrs, are, Juice of Mint, Spi- '
Drachms. Mix them. rit of Martich, Juice of Roles,
prepared Pearl, red Coral, its two¬
Or one more abftergenr, fold Tinrture, crocus Martisy terra
folia:a and its Spirit, Powder of
Take of Root of Marfh mallow, Liquorice, with Cinnamon and
Buglofc each half an Ounce, Saavings of Ivory, all acid juices
Leaves of Pellirory of the Wall, with aftringent Powders, and odd-
Mallow each half an handful, riferous things, and a thoufand o-
Flowers of Chamomil, Colrs-foot thers. But Opiates excel the/n.
each one Pugil. Boyl them in a all, efpecially the laudanum opiatum
fufficient quantity of Birly-Wa- cydoniatum Hoffmanni and theriacx
ter. In ten Ounces of the Cola- c cel eft if Ilanovienfis; which yet in
ture diflolve of brown Sugar the progrefs of the Difeafe muft be
one Ounce, Turpentine difiolv- given with caution, and they mull
cd in the Yolk of an Egg half be often repeated. Pilu!* diafeor-
an Ounce. Mix. them. Make a dii Sylvii are of approved ufe,and
Clyfter. fo is thaiaca fmangdisa D. Petri i
Cafho, efpecially if there be Co:t-
ThefeClyfkrs premifed, we may vulfions.
betake our fclves, whatever fomc Oftgitimcs. I may fay always in
Phyfician^ fay to thccomraiy, to a manrer, malignity ’ accompanies
Cjyfters, that are more aflringcnc a Cboltra, depending upon a too
D d 5 Vol .til

Go gle
406 Of a Vomiting and Loofencfs.
*°lati\ Acrimony, which mufi be
°riyco out by Sweat; to which end
the following or fome fuch like
mixture will be proper}
^ake of Water of the Velvet of
Hart::horn one Ounce and art
half, Bur dock compound one
Ounce, Madicli fix Drachms, vo-
Wtil Salt of Harts-horn fix
pralre, fiordium half a Scruple,
prepared Cryftal naif a Drachm,
left LignrLes one Scruple, tia-
Sura Lcxoirtica Michaclis fix
drops, fyrupus totius citri one
Ounce. Make a mixture for fix
and thirty tiroes.
S'vcap of Treacle after the tem¬
pering of the Humors arc good.
For the ordinary drink in this
cafe a Ccv'ociion of Scorxfiitera,
flarij-horii, Berberries and Myrtles
>viih the addition of Spirit of trr-
ra ftgilUu is good, aifo a Decofti-
ou of Clove-gilli-rtowers is good.
P/> ' '
Take of Maftich two Drachms,ftyp-
tick Liquor one Drachm. Mix
them. The Dofe is from twenty
to thirty Drops in Broth or fome
other Vehicle. Or,
Take of Spirit of Maftich half a
Drachm, Vitriol of Mart two
Scruples. Mix them. Or,
Take of Efience of Mint half a
Drachm, Spirit of Maftich ore
Drachm, Vitriol of Mars one
Scruple. Mix them. Or,
Take of rock Cryftal one Scruple,
Oriental Bezoar ard Occidental
each two Crainj, Harts-horn phi-
jolophjcally pic pared Lx teen
Go gle
Grains, Crabs-eyes mne Scruple,
laudanum opiatum two Grams.
Mix them. Make a Powder, and
divide it into two equal Parts.
Qr,
Take of Water of Mint, aanamomi
cjdoniati each half an Ounce, I-
yory prepared without fire, Ma-
giftery of Coral with Juice
of Citron two Scruples, prepared
£mcrauld one Scruple, Syrup
of Coral one Ounce. Mix
them. Or,
Take of Mother of Pearl, red£o-
ral, Pearl, ttrra f/gillataeach one
Scruple, tberiaca caeleftis four
Grains. Mix them. Make a Pow¬
der. Or,
Take of Cryftal of Marj twelve
Grains, laudanum op hi turn two
Grains. Mix them. Or,
Take of Tintture of Opium half 4
Spoonful, Camphore fix Grams,
Oyl of Nutmeg (even Grains,
Conferve of Rofes what is fuffi-
cictit. Mix them. Or.
Take of pulvis ant idyfent ericas Am-
gitjltnus half a Drachm, red Co¬
ral, Crabs-eyes prepared, Peat!
prepared each half a Scruple,
crocus Mart is ejhringtns twelve
Grains. Mix them. Make a Pow¬
der for fix and thirty Dofes.
To this end Vefieatories may be
applied to the Wrifts or Ankles, as
there (hall be occafion.
Wc obviate Oppreftion at the
Heart and Swooning with Juleps or
Emulfions made of Tweet Almonds,
with Barly and Cinnamon-Water,
or other known Cordials before
mentioned, for the poortr fort
 Of a Vomiting and Loofenefs. 4oy
a fieco&ion of Agrimony with di cruft* pants, tacamahaca, Balf
Baum or Cinnamon-Water may be mus and Emplaiirum fypticum A-y"
preferibed j and Syrup of Pome¬ ficbti. And a Caraplafm of t< c
granates is good. Among Exter¬ Crumb of Bread made with Ar> '
nals thefe things rtrengthen the maticks, applied all over die E-T
Stomach, Plafter of Gum ctranm, ly, will do good.

Dd 4 CHAP
 (4o8)

CHAP. V.

Of a Dyfentery, or the Bloody-Flux.

been wafhed, and a man goes not

& I. fo often to (tool. So alfo Blood
A Dyfentery dcrived.of A't and often proceeds from the Ha;mor-
st-T«0x,by Corneliut Celfus is rhoids: all which things a prudent
defined ro^bc, Gripes,whereby the and experienced Phyfician can ea-
fibrts of the Guts art corrugated, fily diftingpifh.
tvetiled, and veUicatef, or an exal¬ A Dyfentery is either benign, oc
te ation of the Guts, with a frequent malignant, or epidemical. See Wil-
y aiding of Bl ed or purulent matter Us of the Blooay Flux at London.
by Stool, pain and violent gripes ,
depending on abundance oj flaarp, cor¬
S. X.
roding particles, that frit the Fibres
oj the Gilts. It is a Oinking nafty
Difcafc j and very loathfune to
THe part which nourifhes this
fnakein ics bofom is, by the
rice people \ befides, ic highly cn confent of all Authors, the Guts,
dangers the Patients life, ar.d not both the ilnall and the great. One
only infects all near it. hut fpreads may ca ,ly gather, that the Guts of
jts contagion cycr whole Provinces both fores are affected, from the
and Countries. Authors make fe- running up and down of the (harp
ycral degrees of ir. Firft, when matter in their windings and turn¬
flime with' a little Elood and Pus ings , which causes thofe (harp
borne together. Secondly, when gripes. For fucceflively the exte¬
the infide of the Guts comes away, rior coat is eroded, then the Acri¬
which wc call fhe (havings of die mony proceeding further eats the
Guts. Badly, when die very fub- fieftiy coat, and makes holes in the
flance cf the Guts comes away. For Guts i then comes blood, mixe
fometimes/is/rr coir.cs away with- jfometjmeswith pjtuitous matter or
our pain, which denotes a foul finite, and ('(retimes with bile,
• fjlccr. It fo happens indeed in 1 which is the reafon why djeexcre-
the Flux, which we call Hcpatick, [mer.ts fometipcs'look yellow. And
that Blood tomes away without -fometimes tne Stomach it felf is
fani s, and without much gripes; 'affected by confent, becaufc of its
hue then the excrements are moi-: proximity. ■
fur, like water wherein flclh has \

Go gle
 Of a Dyfentery, or the BlooJy-Flux. 409
I dare boldly affirm, upon expe-. lowing j and then the excrement5
rience,that both the finall and large 1 arc fqmetimcs mixt with extrava'
Guts are affe&cd in this Difealc. (fated Blood. Sometimes there
For in opening of fix Bodies, that j comes away purulent and bloody
died of Dyfcnceries, I found both j matte r, fometimes pure Blood is
the fmall and large Guts full of pu- voided, fometimes it is clotted and
rulent tubercles, which were black fometimes fharp ; for I always ob-
and fphacelatcd ; and in one of ferve there is an acrimony of
them I found the Pylorus of the Blood in die Patienr, which pre-
Stomach quite fphacelued and cecds this Difealc (and thence we
corroded j which Patient never- derive its malignity) which if h
thelefs was troubled with violent be Malignant, it (hows other figns
Vpmititr’, and ended his days mi- of Malignity j but ic often appears
ferably in Co’nvulfions. HelmonC$ to be one thing, and really is ano-
opinion fuitswich this, who lays thcr. There precccds, as I faid
alll the blame in a Dyfcntery upon before, a chilnefs, the common
the pylorus, becaufe it expels ouc fore-runner of a Fever, which ufu-
of the Stomach , and draws the ally arofe from (harp or pointed
caufe of the Difeafe thirher. We Particles, that were preexifient in
reckon alfo, that the glands of the the Blood, and caufed that di-
Guts do fufter, and inrtead oflauda- llurbance and vellicatioo of the
ble juicp fend ouc Blood. Nerves, then a continual heat en-
fucs upon the enraging of thele
A Cafe, Sulphureo-Saline Particles, which
not only exalt and diflurb the mafs
A Boy thirteen years pf age, ad- of Blood, but put the very Spirits
f\ difted to eating of horary upon violent motion. Gripes do
fruit, in Autumn complained of mod torment, by reafon of a .vio-
gripe* all along his Colon, but they lent torrPfive, pertinacioufly Hxi in
lulled not long; yet after his pain the fibres of the Guts, which fpaf-
he prefently went to ftool, ^ , and
...... mo dick Convu.'(ions are now anjf
voided (limy excrements with great j then continued from the pained
flakes and fat fwimming at the top, Gurs to other parts, that is, with
with a little Blood on the outfide, a violent difturbance of die animal
whence I conjectured, the lower Spirits.
guts were hurt. But within eight The remote caufe therefore
days ( thanks be to GOD ) he fepms to be a falvage acid, prick¬
was cur<(d by flie Remedies, which ing, cutting, and irritating the fi¬
(hill hereafter be mentioned. bres of the Gutj. There is a!lb
thirft, which here net only arifis
4. Diagnojlick. from the aimed total evacuation
of the ferum by frequent rtools, buc
Qw we will go to the Dia- from a fharp fair, which makes the
LN gnoftick/vithout more to do. Throat dry and parched. 7 he Pa¬
People in Bloody Fluxes are for¬ tient lies awake all night, becaufe
ced at fhort intervals to void pitui- ferum is wanting, and the (harp
tous excrements with gripes, a Particles, that is, thofc faljragc
chilnefs precccding, and hc2t fol- Salts, not well according, do open
acd

Go gle
4io Of a Ujftnt(ryy t r the Blood)-Flux.
and dilate the pores of the Brain. knowledge of the Difrafe, accord¬
And by thefc fame Particles the ing to the nature of our defign, it
Nervous fibres of the Mouth of the remains, that we confider, what
Stomach are often vellicated and belongs to the Etiology. The
therefore the Heart-burn is often a Ancients acknowledge an Ulcer of
Symptom. Falling down of the the Guts for the immediate caufe *
Arfe-gut, and a tenejmus fometimes and for the remote, Ihirp putrefied
afflift People in this Difeafe,which Humors, bred in the Guts,evafared
undoubtedly arifes from the prick¬ out of the larger Veins, from the
ings of thofe (harp Par tides, which Spleen, Liver, Mefentery and other
fofiicite the fibres of the Guts to parts, which follicitc the expulfive
excretion. For the Guts being faculty to frequent ftools. They
continually prickt and vellicated, alfo blame Salt Phlegm, or yellow
are drawn together by virtue of Choler, or black or aduft Choler.
the periftaltick motion,and thence And they do not doubt but this
arife divers inconveniences, which Difeafe alfo arifes from frequent
are frequent in a Dyfentery. Some¬ crudities, fliarp and bad meats,
times Blood, fometimes bile,fonoe- fruits, poyfons and from violent
times coagulated ftrum ( which purgers. In a word, they fly to
they call Phlegm) tinges the ex¬ their (paternity.
crements, according as the humor
or the morbid product is difeharg-
ed in a greater or lefs quantity.
§. 6.
Oftentimes the Patients feel ana- N the opinion of the Cf)pmi(faK
ciite pain about the Navil, that this Difeafe may be aferibed ei¬
pa!Tes like lightning through the ther to a diffolvcd Salr, which hav¬
Guts, efpedally the fmall ones, ing acquired acrimony io else Gut«,
which arc mod Nervous. The burns and corrodes them like a fe-
pains that are above the Navil and cret fire 5 or to a diflolved Tartar,
in the Sides, fignify that the larger and that foeculent and not ma-ure,
Guts are affefted. The rumbling running up and down the Guts ;
and roaring of the Guts proceeds or in particular, according to Quer¬
from a flatulent Gas, produced by cetin, to arfenical, corrofive parti¬
an acid. If there be a Gangrene, cles.
the part is without pain, and then
there is a fnake in the grafs. If
there be an Ulcer in the fmall f-7-
Guts, the pain is more acute, than|J|<glmcttt blames his acidity,
If it were in the large. Sometimes** otherwife the grateful Neftar
of the Stomach, that angers the
there is reftlefsncfs, and that from
a (harp intemperatnre •• And then Arcbsus, who prefently riles again ft
the pain is more acute and prick¬ this flrange enemy lodged in the
ing, folds of the Guts, to expel him.
For the Pylorus is in a rage ; and
then the angry archius of the pylo¬
$. 5'. Caufe.
A rus difturbs the whole ceconomy >
Ll things being now premifed, and hence comes the Bloody, mu¬
which are re^uifitc to the cous and fibrous flux,
Mv

Go-,gle
 Cf a Dyfentery, or the Bloody-Flux.
411
Wherefore unlefs an acid and fharp
fi. 8. humour be mixt with the bile, a
Dyfentery will never arife; but
SjTSllUiS fufpefts, that the an acid and fharp humour alone,
more excellent juices, to carried to the guts, may caufe
wit, the nervous and nutritious, one.
joyoed to the folid parts of the bo¬
dy, arc dcfpoiled of their temper
Jn the bloody-flux, are as it were 0. IO.
melted down and abound in rhe
mafis of blood, are carried by the
C artes pretends hooked ,
pointed and forked Parricles'
coeliack vefTels towards the ftomach confining of mere Cubes aptly and
and guts, and then ouzeout by the conveniently difpofed and conoex-
mouths of the Arteries. And thus ed, that looking this way and that
he blames the fharp Particles, not way tear, divide aOd perforate the
only obvious in rhe firft ways, but Membrane of the Guts, and fo pro¬
the degenerate Particles alfo, which duce an Ulcer of the Guts, which
ought to be evacuated and are nor, Particles were preexiftent in the
for want of tranfpiration, becaufe Mafs of Blood, and often are preci»
fo the recrements of the degene¬ pitared to the Gurs.
rate blood are driven to the guts,
and there make their way by open¬
ing the coeliack veflcls, whence a- §. II.
rifes this pernicious and fome-
times indignant and contagious dif-
W E inthis Difeafe blame the
fharp faline Pbrticles of the
eafe. Of which fee the Author Blood, namely the falvage Salts,
lijmfclf on the London Dyfen- which do not well accord, yea,
tery. the faline Dregs, that often flick in
the firft ways, which according to
cartes are pointed, to Willis ful-
phureo-fdinc, to the Ancieots bi¬
A)Wbiu0 attributes the Caufe lious, pituitous or ferous Humors,
of this Difeafe not only to or according to the Chymifh mer¬
fharp bile, and an acidpancreatick, curial and arfenical Particles, e-
juyce,by which he as well as others, fpecially in a more malignant fort
thinks the guts are ulcerated and where Spots arc obfeivcd, hcllebo-
eaten, whence fomctiines proceeds rinc and colocynthiack Particles,
tint plentiful excretion of blood, which offend the Guts, vcllicate
and chiefly of Pus, but he fays, and break tbeir Fibres, and at
that generally this Difeafe arifes length tear their Coat. For the
from an acid humour, and not on¬ Arteries and Veins are often fo di¬
ly from a corrupt and over fharp lated and broken in their extremi¬
bile. For the hxivious Salt of the ties by a precedent orgtfmus of
bile, being made very fharp, may Blood, that they pour the Blood
indeed caufe a gangreen, but feldom into the Guts. Without dcubc a
or never an Ulcer. Becaufe, as he corrofive Acid predominates about
fays, an Ulcer is an eflfeft of an the Guts in this Difeafe, whence
Acid, not of any thing lixivisl. that fordid Ulcer jsproduced; But
f

Go gle
 Of a Dyfcntery, or the Blood * Flux.
4** ...
1 opened two that died of this Di-
feik, and found no lllcer in their
Bodies, but the intejiinum retlum
gangrened. For all Humors, fatu-
racctl with this flrange Acid, by
their corroding faculty penetrate
the inner fubftance of the Guts, di-
lacerate and erode their Glands,
bring forth Blood, and caufe an in¬
tolerable pain in thefe orbicular,
lefnible Fibres, fo that fometimes
a G4ngrccn and at laft death fol¬
lows, This Difcafc therefore may
cafily be contagious by reafon of
malignant, arfenical, that is, cor¬
roding taints, which exhale, infett
another Man’s Mafs of Blood, and
fo communirace this difpofition to
tire Guts. For (aline Particles may
eafily acquire a heterogeneous, ma¬
lignant and eroding nature, which
may imprefs fuch violent Tortures
on the Guts, and fo may infeft the
whole Body with this vicious taint,
by bene6c of Circulation. An epi-
demirk Dyfcntery arifes from an
Air infected wich fubterranedus ex¬
halations. The procatarttick caufc
of a Dyfentcry is chiefly a bilious
intemperature , and an infefted
Air.
jx. Vrc^oflick.
r r is a dangerous and an acute
Difeafe, and the Prognoftick tin-
certain. A malignant Dyfentcry is
w rfe than a benign one: for if has
a Fever with if. in long Dyfenttries
loathing of ones Meat is bad, rvith
a Fever ivvfe, if little Lumps of
fic!h, 4s It wve, be voided, it is mor¬
tal according to Hippocrates,f 4. aph.
a61 Baggy Excrements alio are
reckoned for a mortal Sign- And
as Hipp mates fays 2 pr*(. 2^. This
Difeafe is worfe for old Men and
£h;Id:en, than for middle aged Peo¬
Go gle
ple. He that voids pure Blood,
with continual and momentary
Stools, Anxiety of Heart, cold
Sweat, Watching and immoderate'
Thirft, is in a Ijopelcfs condition,
as 1 have obferved fereral times.
If the fmail Guts be exulecrated,
there is more dangerand they aie
more difficult to cure than the
large; bccaufe they have more fub-
til, nervous Fibres, and more Vef-
fels, which pour out abundance of
Blood, and cannot fo cafily be uni¬
ted i yea liach UIccjs are oftentimes
Mortal. Hippocrates alfo declares.
That a Dyfcntery from black Cho-
Ier is mortal. I have often obferv¬
ed Worms come up at the
Mouth, and the greaceft part of
them died. If an Hiccough or Vo¬
miting fupervene, it is a bad Sign,
for it argues much fliarpnels, which
caulcs Convulfions. If the Pati¬
ents faint often, and they have the :
Hiccough, it is a very bad Sign.
Tliis Difeale fometimes finifhes its
courfein fourteen Days time, fome¬
times it lifts fix Weeks, and for all
that the Patients dy. A Dyfentery,
which is atcended with greater Sym¬
ptoms, Heart-burn, Fever, lots of
Appetite and Specs, threatens nrtord
danger. If fleep be wanting,’ic '
denotes an txceftivc fharpuefs 111
the Mafs of Blood, fo that the A-
crimony reaches the Membranes
of the Head, where it caufes
Watching by raifng Vellicaci-
ons. If one lofe his Senfes, the
Cafe is as bad: for it hgnifies an ia-
tenfe Fever,
§.13. Dretetick Cure.
N Ow we will haften to the Cure.*
The Method for curing a Dy- .
fentcry is this; Firft, there muft
be a courfe os Diet. The Air there¬
fore
 Cf a Dfe,tiery, or the Bloody flax. 4J *
fore mud neither be too hot ncr Pdfan, Eggs, Rice, Oarracal-Grcvv-
tpo cold, but temperate. For an el. Broth of Mutton or Veal boyled
over hot Air (harpens the Bile with Endive, Purdain, &c~ On
( which, according to Sylvius, con- the contrary forbear Meat, that is
fids of much lixivious Salt, a lit¬ fair, raw or fmoak-dried, but cfpe-
tle Water, Oyl and Spirit } where¬ cially horary Fruits, fuch as Hums,
by the Elcod is filled with thefe fa- Apples, Pears not ripe, Grapes,
line Prickles, and it makes its way Nuts of divers kinds, Pulfe, Cucum¬
into the fanguiferous Veflels of the bers, Melons, Pumpions,and things
Guts. Sometimes impure and ma¬ of the like nature. And here alio
lignant Taints, confiding of a (harp, all fweet fugared things mud be
volatil Salt fly up and down the excluded, which have concealed in
Air j whence this Difeafe often a- them an Acid, and fla p Poifcn,
rifes, and then it is called malig¬ which by fermenting do varioufly
nant or epidemical,cfptcially where didurb the mixture of the Elood,
the faline Prickles arc exalted to a and may eafily caufe this Uifeafe.
higher degree, and rendred as it On the contrary, as wC faid before,
wcie arfcnical, which muft careful¬ all Meat that is temperate, and en¬
ly be avoided. Cold a^ro rauft be dued with a balfamick vifeidity, is
fled from; becaufe it ccntra&s the good, fuch as Rice, Barly, &r. The
pyramidal fifilU, thac are in the Drin^ mud be Ckalybeare. Yet
Skin, and the numerous Excreto- we mud take notice, That new
riesarifing from the miliary Glands, Steel cught not to be taken for A-
either lying under the Skin, or in¬ driftion, becaufe it rather opens,
terwoven with it. and then not on¬ but it mud be often quenched bt-
ly fenfible Sweating, but infenfible fore: for the eftner it is quenched,
Tranfpiration ccafes. And when the more it binds. A Dccoftion
thefe excretory Tubes are obflru- alfo of Barly i* good with (haved
ded, the Serum in the Eody is day- Harts-horn. Tonnentil-ioor, and
Iy cncreafcd, and fharpned * which dried Quinces; or a Dccrflionof
appears from the greater fiipperi- Madich, Deer’s Pizzle or a Lulls j
nefs of the Ee ly, which comes up¬ or for fome Patients an Emulficn
on the fiopp2gc of thefe Excreto¬ of fweet Almcnds made with Cha¬
ry Paflages. Therefore we mud lybeate Water j or red Wir.c di¬
take great care, that in every Dy- luted with fome Dcccflicn, bur
fentery the Pores and Tallages of by all means avoid dtong and ge¬
the Skin be kept open as much as nerous Wine, Jack, Brandy, <&c.
pofliblc, and that the Body be con¬ for by the cxecfl.ve ufe, or tarher
tinually difpofed to'a gentle Swear, abufe of Wine, great and unufua!
by which very thing thefe enormous Fermentations and Didurbarres 3rc
Loofenefles are not a little flopt; produced in the Blood', andfo the
and if there be a -Fever withal, it extremities of the Veins and Ar¬
is alfo fucccfsfully cured by Sweat¬ teries arc dilated and broken by
ing. The Air alfo in the Cham¬ the violent Morten and Turgef-
ber-mud be purified, as in the cencc of the Blood, whereupon
Flague. the Blood flows in greater quanti¬
T he* total mud be of good Juice ty into the Guts. T her eft re here
and cafy Digtfiion, (uch^s Barly,

Go gle
4M °f a Pyfentery, or the Bloody-Flux.
you rr.uft be careful, otherwife you
kill your Patient.
Rejl muft here be advifed ro.
Sleep alfo, if it come not of it
felf, muft be procured: for the
Flux is further irritated by Motion
and Watching, the Blood is made
fharp, and the Exulccrations are
exafperarcd ■, on the contrary by
Reft acd Sleep Fluxes arc flopr,
Pains are cafed,Strength is recruit¬
ed ; fo that we may lay with ALci-
us. Sleep is the only relief for People
in Dyfen ttries.
Let the Paffions of the Mind be
moderate , for by the excefs of
them the Spirits are made violent,
and by confequence the Blood is
ftarpned. We muft therefore take
care of Anger, for it fharpens and
inrages the whole Mafs of Blood.
Keepfhe Mind as cheerful as may
be, becaufe by cheerfulnefs the A-
nimal Spirits are carried pleafantly
through die Nerves, which keep
the Mafs of Blood and other Hu¬
mors in a gentle quiet frame. Phy-
ficians therefore do ill,who at their
firft coming denounce great dan¬
ger to their Patients, which makes
them fad and timorous, and this
enercafes their Difeafe, and haliens
their death.
The excreta and retenta fhould
be as they ought to be. The Ex¬
crements fhould not be various :
e
For it argues. That the Humors
rt one from another, which is a
d Sign. The Patient alfo muft
have a care of his own Excrements.
A little of Digby's fympatherick
Powder may be ftrewed on them,
or the Patient may go to Stool o-
ver the caput momum of Vitriol of
Mars, which has a magnetick and
an admirable virtue in curing a Dy-
fernery, as D. Michael in the MiJ-
cillanea curio ft, relates.
' $. 14. Pharmaceutick
Cure.
T Hefe things being premifed
concerning the Diet in this
Difeafe, the next thing is to dc-
feribe the Method,whereby its Cure
mjy be performed aright. Wc
will tliercforc begin with the 2fn«
ftentc, whofc Method of Cure is
this following. In the beginning
both they and the Modems hold,
the Flux fhould noc be flopr, but
firft of all they purge the Body,
they wafh the Guts with Clyflers,
firft with abftergent ones, then
with fuch as temper the violence
of the fharp HumGis-,laft of all they
give aftringent ones, and add fuch
Medicines as are proper to heal
and cicatrize. I have no mind to
give you any Receipts, becaufe a-
bundance of Books are full of them.
They give Evacuatcrs alfo by the
Mouth, fuch as Rhabarb, Tama¬
rinds, My robalans, Syrup of Rofes
folutive, of Cichory with Rhu*
barb, &c. After thefe they ufe A-
vercents, to wit, Bleeding, Fricti¬
ons, Ligatures, Baths, fore. Then
they conclude the Cure with things
to flop the Flux, and firengthen
rhe Stomach and Guts. And be¬
caufe there are above a thoufand
Aftringenrs, we will not fet down
any; befide what are confirmed by
experience, which any one may
fee hereafter, when we give our
own Judgment. They order alfo
divers external things, they apply
Baggs of divers aftringent Herbs
and Roots to the Belly \ they make
divers aftringent Liniments, Pla-
fters and Cataplafms-, they advife
alfo to guard the Stomach, feeing
it may luffer by confent, yea, it
may %cafion the Difeafe. Nei¬
ther
 Of a Dyfe»tery) or t he Bloody»Flux.
ther would they have the Sym-
toms neglefted. They therefore
cafe pin by Anodynes, and when
thefe will do no good they fly to
Opjates,* to wit, PhiConium Roma-
num,piluU de cynogl<JJa,requies Nico-
laiyand Treacle. They quench thlrft
with Juleps raade of fowre juice of
Pomegranates, Currans, &c.
§. iy.
T He Ctjpmifts have excellent
and approved Remedies In
this Difeafe ; and they obferve the
following Method; at firft they
do not give Purgatives, but Dia-
phoreticks: for they think, That
in a Dyfentery there is always
fomething polionous. They there¬
fore make a peftilential drink,they
give Treacle-water. After the
Poifon is expelled, they give fome
comfortable binding thing, made
of crocus Martis, Coral, terra ftgil-
lata, Bloodftonc^, Plantain, Shep-
herds-purfe. But their higheft
tlrengthener tliey feek in Gold, lau¬
danum perlatum, Oyl of Mars, Trea¬
cle, Mummy. They prefer Tinflure
of Coral and Emerauld before all
others, nor do they contemn all
thefe Medicines that are taken from
Vitriol and Man, fuch as tartarum
vitrioli anodyntm, ti-Hura Martis
ajlr ingens, crocus Mar tit, pan tea a fo-
Uris Wilieganfii, and a choufand o-
ther things, which you may meet
with here and there.
$. 16. Or he may take this follow¬
ing»
|Cltwnt commends the Blood
$ or Runner of an Hare, which Take of Km,Ve Treacle one Drachm
appeal
*afcs the rage of the Arcbaut,
alio a Horfes hoof, but not luxuri¬
ant, othetwife it would do much
harm. He thinks al'o, That the
Go gle
^j ^
Yolks of two Eggs hard, or true
laudanum without Opium will ftj|j
Th//8 h °r Archaus‘ He Mds,
That thefe things likcwife do ao-
pafe its rage, Rhubarb, Quim£.
Wine, Pomegranate-Wine, Chal£
beate-Water with toafledBread and
Nutmeg, Emulfions, Opiates, Cly-
ftcrsof Chalybeate Milk, &c. Ex¬
ternally he highly commends a
§■ 17.
firft he ftops and moderates the
Flnx a little by die following or
fome fuch Medicine *
Take of Confcrve of red Rofes vi.
trioiated two Ounces, Venice
Treacle one Ounce, Powder of
Root of Tormentil, contrayeruu
Pearl, Coral prepared each one
Drachm, Syrup of Rofes what is
fufficienr. Make a Confcftion.
Let the Patient rake the quami-
2 ' of a Cheftnut every four or
ve hours , drinking after it
jturce Ounces of the following Ju-
Take of Water of Mint, Bawm,Cin¬
namon, Barly each four Ounces,
Treadc- Water two Ounces.Fcvl
one Drachm, Sugar one Ounce.
Mix them.
laudanum liquidum extern fif-
teen Grains. Make a Bolus to
b* taken at the hour cf reft.
** Witfiip
 416 Of a Dyfcntery, or the Bloody-Flux.
Within a day or two after let
the Patient take a purging and bind¬
ing Medicine \
Take of the bed Rhubarb two
Drachms, Citrine Myrobalans
one Drachm and an half, red
Saunders, Cinnamon each one
Scruple. Make an Infafion for
a Night in as much Plantain,and
Barly-Cinnamon-Water, alike
quantities, as Hull be fufficicnt.
Make a ftrong cxprclfion ■, to
which add of Cinnamou-Warer
two Drachms and an half. Make
a Potion.
Every Evening he gives a good
Dofc of laudanum opiati'.nt, and he
never knew this Medicine hurt a-
ny Body in the Bloody-fluxi ei¬
ther becaufe the narcotick quality
of the Medicine is conquered by
t^e acid Juice of the Stomach, or
bccaufe its Particles, that are tranf-
mitted to the Blood, are prefenrly
caft off again with the Bloody
Stools, fo that they cannot hurt
the Brain, as he fays, in his dif-
courfe upon the London Dyfentc-
ry-
He alfo commends feveral Pow¬
ders , made of aftringent and
ftrengthning things,compactions of
which you may find in his Books.
To cure the Gripes and Erofions of
the Guts, he ufes Clyfters very fre¬
quently.
Take of the Decoftion of St.JohnV
rcort tops, with Shccps-fccc or
Cawl eight Ounces, Venice Trea¬
cle two Drachm;, Oyl of Sr.
Johni-wort half an Ounce. Mix
them.
You may fee more in his Trca-
tifeofchc London Dyfcntery.
Go gle
18.
AWrtus thinks the cure of this
'***' Difeale/confifb in the corre¬
ction and evacuation of the pre-
cant Humors, cleanfiog of the Ul¬
cer, Iieali"g of the Veilcls and the
Ulcer, and in binding the cxceflive
Flux. Among Remedies, that tem¬
per a faline and acid Acrimony, he
magnifies volatil oyly Salts, which
temper an acid Acrimony, and by
rcafon of the Oyl dull the Acrimo¬
ny of the Bile ; for which end he
commends Emulfions, made of the
Seeds of Poppy, four greater cold
Seeds, and fome deflilled Water.
When die Acrimony is a little cor¬
rected, he adviies to purge it off
byafinall quantity, that is, half a
Drachm or a Drachm of toafted
Rhubarb, to the end,that when the
evacuation is over, the Belly may
be a little more bound. If there
be occafion,a little mcchoactn or Ja¬
lap, may be given in form of a Bo-
lus with a little diafeo^iinm, or in
infufion in Plantain-water, with Sy¬
rup of Rofes folutive. Then Me¬
dicines will be proper which con¬
centre and foak up an Acid* fiich
as Coral, CrabVcycs, Chalk. Alfo
for the better confol dating the
eroded Guts, and their Veffels, he
advifes Dragon’s-blood and Blood-
ftone. He abftergcs and he2ls the
eroded Guts with Clyfters of Cows
Milk, Venice Turpentine, the Yolk
of an Egg and Honey of Rofes,
which he advifesto beofien given.
To which end new Treacle, and
the Author’s di if cor dim, taken in
a fmall quantity, are efficacious Me¬
dicines. Then for healing of the
Ulcer he prefers Balfam of Peru,
bilfamus fulphuris gnrfxtiu or fuccini?
ties, or Turpentine, before others.
 ,
Of a Dyfentcry or the Blordy Flux. 417
Here alfo i& pertinacious and ur¬ Coral is alfo good here, becauf?
gent pains, he advifes ufe of Opi¬ it reftores the fermentation of the
ates. And there are divers exter¬ Blood. Among Externals diners
nals, both Liniments and Cata¬ Emollients and Aftringcnts may
plasm made ofParegorick, A nodyne, be made ufe of, which we Hull a-
Aftrjngent Medicides , which he bundantly mention hereafter.
‘ would not have neglected.

§. 1C.
§• 19
A Ccording to the dTartcffan \ \ "*E encounter this tyrdhi
Principles this Dileafe may VV wirh a purging Medicine,
t cafilv be cured by Medicines thu unlcfs the Enemy make his ap¬
a temper the (harp humors, and by proaches privately and cunpinglyj
H’ Evacuaters. Firfi of al! therefore for then vve rather chufe to give
r about one fcrup’.eof Rhubarb may Sudorificks and Aletfipharmacks.
u be given, and the ufe of it may In the beginning of this Difcafe,
ic be continued for fome time, for sve (hould, in my OpinidD, dili¬
ts after gentle purging it binds mo- gently obferve. That we bind not
:i dcrately. Emollient*alfo, Lenitive-, too much, before the ftnfp Parti¬
tf and things that help fermentation, cles, that are mixt with the Hu*
3{ may beufed. To qualify the Hu- mors, be evacuated, and well tem¬
3: mors, a Decoftion of Barly is good, pered ; otherwife you will bile rry
,6 and a little Gum Iragacanth may in vain (0 bind. For Aftringcnts
fe he added to the Dccoftion,or fome will not then do the bulinefs, but
Gum Arab ck, or toarted Rhubarb, Nature svil! fufficiently bind, when
jj The following bolus may be of (he is rid of the (harp Matter, bc-
caufe what is heterogeneous ought
i- ufe i
to be evacuated, otherwife the Pa¬
I Take of new Treacle one Drachm, tient will relapfe. Therefore a-
(, with which you may fometimes bout half a Drachm of Rhubarb
jj mix of laudinum opiatm one may be often given in a folid form'
Grain, and (bmetirties of Cam- C which after gfcntle purging bindi
. phore three Grains. Make a a little ) or if there be occafmn,
[ Bolus. and there be a great quantity of Se-
rum> I ufually give, to gdod advan¬
Afterward; gentle Aftringcnts tage, a little heebojeart of Powder
' may be ufed, fuch as Marmcladc of Jalap. In Children a little Sy*
jj of Quinces, Conferve of Rofes, &c. rup of CiChory with Rhubarb ar.d
Cinnarfion-Warcf will be good. Art
* Take of Conferve of Rofes three abftergent Clyftcr may be alfo gi¬
Ounces, diacydohium fimplex ven of a Detoftion of Barly With*
p two Ounces, preferved Nutmeg Seeds of ftantaidat the 5r(t, art!
' one Drachm, fpecies durrhodon Conferve of Rofes with the Yoilc
. Abb at is half a Drachm. With of an Egg ; the next day wd give
s• Syrup of Coral what is fufficient, Syrup of RofeS with Rhubarb, ad¬
make an Electuary Of which ding half a Scruple, of i Strtipfe
he may often take the quantity bf Rhubarb id Plaflfaia Wafer/
of a Nutmeg, fc* ' 4Wf

Go gle
418 Of a Dyfentery, or the Bloody-Flux.
Our Shops have the following Pow¬ fes on toafted Bread, and fprinkle
der j upon ir of Powder of Nutmeg,
Mint, Maftich, red Rofes each half
Take ofRhubarb moderately toafted a Scruple, Camphore three Grains.
fix Drachms, Mechoacan, Cbebu- Some commend Cryftal by it
li Myrobalans toafted each half felf, bccaufe a certain at there al
an Ounce, Nutmeg four Scru¬ Matter flows through its Pores,
ples, Mace two Scruples. Mix which reftorcs the Fermentation of
them. Make a Powder. The the Blood.
Dofe one Drachm. Some like the lapis btxoar ori~
entails. Others arc for halt aScru-
When the Enemy is repulfed, we ple of Extraft of Coral in Plan¬
proceed to moderate Aftringents tain-Warcr. The following Eraul-
and Mitigaters; among which thefe fion often atcained the defired end;
excel, divers Opiates, tcrreous,fub-
acid, teftaceous, chalybeate and glu¬ Take of the four greater cold Seeds
tinous Medicines. I have a mind, for each two Drachms, white Pop¬
the fake of young Phyficians, to fet py three Drachms, Plantain one
down forae Compofitions of thefe Drachm, fweet Almonds one
Medicines. By which Medicines Drachm. With Water of Quince
( I can fay it without boafting ) juice. Leaves of Oak, Plantain
I have often put the Enemy to flight; each two Ounces,make an Emul-
efpecially by this one I cured a- fion. Add to it of terra ftgilla-
bovc an hundred, when the Plague tt half a Drachm, Cinnamon-
was epidemick, to wit, Oyl of fweet Water one Ounce, Marmelade of
Almonds drawn without fire,mixt Quinces half an Ounce. Mix it
with Juice of Citron, and taken of¬ for fevcral times.
ten in a day; continued for feve-
ral days,but firft giving toafted Rhu¬ For ftrongcr Aftriftion ( which
barb. neverthclefs we muft have a care
Among Eleftnaries I have often of) crocus Mart is aflr ingens is good,
ufed this following, with good fuc- or the caput mortwim of a Blood-
cefs; ftone, or any fealed Earth, becaufc
it contains fomething of a Metal
Take of old Conferve of Rofcs two in it, whereby it opens and binds
Ounces, Vtnict Treacle one gendy: this will be good, where
Ounce, diacyionium /implex one there is any malignity. Float
Ounce and an half, facies diar- Mart is and prepared crocus's arc
rhtolon Abbatis half a Drachm. good; for they temper with a lit¬
With a fufficlenc quantity of Sy¬ tle aftrifiion, and alfoopen.
rup of Citron make it into anE- To heal and mitigate, the fol¬
lcauary. * lowing or fome fueh Clyftcr may
be given ;
Or an Emulflon may be made of
a Decoftion Of Plautain Seeds in Take of Flowers of St. John*s-wort,
Barly-Watcr, fweet Almonds, and Pomegranate Flowers, Leaves of
the four greater cold Seeds, Sanicle, Plantain, Comfirey each
pthtrs fpread Oyocmcnc of Ro- one handful. Root of Biftorcone
Ounce*

Go gle
 Of a Dyfentery, or the Bloody-Flux.
Ounce. Boyl them in a fuffiei-
ent quantity of Chalybeate Milk
or Water, adding fome Goat’s
Suet. Or if you have a mind to
glutinaee more 5
Take a DeeoCtion of a Sheep’s-head
and feet, Venice Turpentine dif-
folved in the White of an Egg
and Ealfam offer*.
And if the Pains be very urgent,
tjne Grain or two of laudanum opia-
tum may be put into Clyfters, b«t
we muft never go higher. I re¬
member an example of one, who
had a Clyfter given , him by an A-
pothecary, in which a Scruple of
Thebaick Opium was diflolved. Up¬
on which the Patient died prefent-
ly of an Apoplexy. Nor are Oyls
good in Clyfters, betaufc they con¬
tain much acid in them ; or Aline
things: But a drop of balfxmus ful-
pburis tartarifatus, or anifatus may
very well be added to a Clyfter.
Yet Sudorificks muft always be gi¬
ven between whiles, and Bezoar-
ticks and camphorated Medicines .-
for I ever fufpeCt fomethingof ma¬
lignity in this Difeafe. Among
which tinilura fimpltx , camphor a-
ia, &c. are excellent. Now by Be-
zoarticks the ftrength of the ma¬
lignity is broken, die Blood is re-
flored to its perfection, the Acri¬
mony of the Humors is foaked up
and corrafted, alfo every foreign
Ferment is drived out by inftnfi-
ble tranfpiration, the Fever it felf
and the Contagion is taken away
by the root, and at length wholly
extirpated , and in a word, the
whole Kingdom is refiored to its
priftine liberty. If therefore the
Patient after he has gone often to
ftod find any relief, we mult in¬
fill only 011 Akxipharmacks: kt1
419
inftance,pu!v/s be^oarticus prttiofus*
Pannonicus ruber cordialis, pulvis be-
\oardicns wtdelii, Hoflmanni, tinttu-
ra bt\aartica mixe with anodyne
ElTence, are found by good Expe¬
rience to be excellent. For fo the
malignant Taints are difcqfied,and
the Acrimony of the Humors is
taken oft.
In Dyfenteries without pain we
muft have a care how we ufc Opi¬
ates. For in this cafe Eczoarticks
muft needs be better ; as f obferv-
ed by fad experience in Mr. B. &
Councellor of Na(fan>, who upon
drinking the Waters at Swalbac^
fell into an indolent Dyfentery, and
took of an Apothecary upon whom
he relied much, a certain mixture,
it may be with too great a Dole
of laudanum opiatum mixt with ir,'
and fo tbe nexc day he flept his
laft. See an. 2. ephem. German.
And the faying is in this cafe true*
rhat it is worje to have no farfe of
pain,than to be in pain.CoaCvR in ihis
cafe Minadous a DoCtor of Padua,
ivlro obferved that aft Dyfcotericks,
who by the advice of their Phyfi.
cian took Opium, dud for it. Hojf-
mannus gives a reafon, de ufu &
bufn medicdmtntortim thymicorum p.
30. becaufe the Ulcer* of the Guts
arc made more putrid and foul by.
die Opium. Bur, ro confcfs the
truth, we, as well as Willis and We-
dtlius £ who tells how he cured a-
bovc five hundred People with 63
piares, Opiolog.p. 122.) nuke bold
to affirm, That fcarce nay true
Dyfentery can be conveiiicnrly cur¬
ed without Opiarrsr, and that the
labor is loft in Aftringents; buc,
they ouehr to be mixt with volatif
Eezoardicks id the beginning, or
rather in the middle, and ;with,
more fixt oocs in the end. IT any(
one dtfire authority, ler him read
JE e * tSatlhi
410 Of a Dyfntcry, t r the Bloody‘Flux,
Batfiiu in his Notes upon the fourthfo of Catechu and its terra mortal
Chapter of Gar\ias ab horto. Horftiiwill do good.
con(il.dy[enter, c- 3. The illuftrious External Topicks defigned for
Bryl ufcs to give Rhubarb with a the Gripes, and Paregoricks have
Grain of Laudanum , and then a alfo their ufe. Abundance of rhings
Milk Clyflcr. Burrhus in a letter to are commended by Authors: we
Bartkoline teftifies, That there is (hall here give you the mofl felcft
not a more prefent Remedy for dy- and approved. And Ktflerus com¬
fentcrick People thdn Rofe-water, mends Venice Treacle half an Ounce
wherein Gold has been (everal and Vitriol of Mars applied to the
times quenched. When we muft Navil. Crollius and AgricoU mix
bind, the famous ftyptick Liquor terra figillata. We put thenaca cre-
exceeds all, which is made, not of Itftis or laudanum opiatum into
Vitriol, as fome have been fafly the Navil. Some ufe this follow¬
perfwaded, but of a Martial earth ing i
impregnated with a magnetick Wa¬
ter, as the exoellent n. Waldsmidi- Take of Bread roafted, befprinklc
us knew very well in Fundament. it with Vinegar of Rofes what
Meiicin■ ad mintim neottricorum de¬ is fulficienti foment the Bel¬
li neat.Here follows a ftyptick dy- ly-'
(enterick Powder}
Brunnertis in confiliis Mtdicis
Take of panis fambuciitus, Root of commends externally a Cataplafm
Tormcntil each two Ounces, Bole of the Crumb of Bread and Tor-
Armenick, terraEmerald mentil Roots boyled in wine or
prepared each half an Ounce, Vinegar to the confifiency of a
Nutmeg two Drachms,Harts horn Pultefs. Alfo our balfamick mix¬
prepared without fire three ture of Chocalate, foe. applied to
Drachms. Mix them. Make a the Stomach will do good, becaufe
fubtil Powder. it often fuffers by confcn:.

Mtbius advifes to this dyfente- Bore11us magnifies Goofe greefe

rick Powder j
jake of Powder of Blood-ftone one
Ounce, burnt Harts-hom, crocus
Martis each half an Ounce, Ma-
giftcry of Coral made with Ci¬
tron Juice one Drachm, medul¬
la lapidis one Drachm and an
half. Mix rhem. Make a Pow¬
der. The Dofc one Scru¬
ple.
If there be malignity, he adds
the Hough of Snakes. 1 fhould ad-
vife Spirit of tirra figillata mixt
with other Medicines. Tinjure al<
applied to the Soles of the Feet.
A Plaficr of Bole, which has a-
ny thing Martial in it, applied all
over the Belly, is very allringent.
The Cawl of a Sheep or a Calf,
applied to the Belly while it is hot,
will eafe the Gripes. And here
Prince Rupert his Unguent of
Toad-flax and Oyl of Balfam-Ap-
ple is good, if the Back-bone be
anointed with it. Bags of pare-
gorick Herbs, and other things,
as there is occafion, may be appli¬
ed to the Belly.
If a tentfmus be troublefome, be-
fidca tfyrjicht'i fumigation with
Tap-

Go gle
 ,
Of a Dyfentery or the Blood,-Flux.
Tap-mullein, Wedelius his approv¬
421

the inttUinum return may be anoint¬

ed Powder made of burnt Harts¬
horn , Maftich fubtilly powder¬
ed, &c- will do good : And there
is an Unguent, which can never
be fufficicntly commended, made
of frefh Butter with fine Powder .
of lapis feiflilis, with which part of
ed, whereupon the Acrimony and
Pain prefently ceafe. The intefti-
nrn reilum may be fomented al-
fo with warm Milk. And Prayers,
the beft.of Medicines, muft fre-
quently be ufed.

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b>

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CHAP. VI.

Of the Iliack Paffion, < r Tw'ftiug of tie Guts.

fhe Belly, and a troublefome eje¬

$. i.
T tlif Difeafc is called lliacl|> or
either from the Part
ction of the Ordure by Vomir, a-
rifing not only from the flraitning
of the Guts; but alfo from their
affeded, that if, the Gut called Convulfion. Where braffavotus
i'.eon, ot from its Symptom, fays well, that for two and twenty
tb ti\ur, from turning or twilling, years of his Pradicc, he never met
becaufe it is believed, That in this with the Iliack Paffion without Vo¬
bileafe the Guts are twiflcd. It is miting.
alfo called Cbordajfus, which figni-
Divifion.
fics the flrctching of a Chord, from
the likenefs of it; for if you lay The Colick pain is dirtinguilhed
your hand ro the Belfv, you would from the Iliack Paflion, becaufe in
thibk you fek a tight Chord. Some the Colick the large Guts, but in
call it -volvulus or convulvulus fromthis the fmall arc affeded. We
the twilling of the Gurs. Some call reckon that this Difeafe may be
it a Vomiting of the Ordure. Others bred, as well in the large as in the
name it a Dijeafe of the [mall Guts. fmall Guts, becaufe there may be
Some account it a (harp foment, a Convulfion in all of them, and
an txcefs of the Colidg. The follow¬ fo the periflaltick Motion may bg
ers of the barbarous Phyfieians, and inverted. For Nature has endow¬
the Vulgar call it AJi(hrtrt mi, by ed thefc Parts with various wind¬
teafdtl of its violent and mofl ex- ings and turnings, and liaih found
quifite pain, and becaufe it is a Di-out a peculiar periflaltick Motion
feafe that deferves commiferation ; for the Guts, whereby, that which
fo that they who are afflided with otherwife could ly flill, is by the
!r, may well cry miferert met. help of Animal Spirits, flowing in¬
to the Fibres of the Guts, put for¬
Vcfcription. wards; and what is unprofitable, is
expelled ; which Motion is made
This Difeafeis defined ro be, a by means of the Fibres (and e-
moifl bitter pain of the fmall Guts, very Coat has abundance of them )
With a pertinacious Ohftrudion of which one may behold with ones
Eyes

Go gl£
 Of the Iliack Paffion, or Tivifling of the Gats.
Eyes tn the Belly of any Creature
°pened alive ; and I have often be¬
held thefe Moiions with delight,
like Snail* creeping on the ground.
The Guts therefore feem to have a
kind of waving Motion, like that of
Leeches, Worms and other creep¬
ing things; yea, oftentimes, when
I have cut open Creatures alive, I
have feen the Gats drain with a
waving Motion , and drive the
Chyle and Excrements down¬
wards, as if they had been dripc
through a narrow ring. The like
Motion alfo is afcribed to the
Wombs and ferota of Animals; but
efpecially to their Stomach , by
Thomas Cornelius Confentinus pro¬
gym. 6. tie nutricatione p. m. 2 $4.
in thefe Words: One may obftrvt
the lil(t Motion alfo in the Wombs
and. ferota of Animals; but this Mo¬
tion appears no where more than in the
Stomach, which though outwardly it
be obfcure, yet in the in fide, it is not
only rationally concluded on, but one
may behold, it with ones Eyts. For
upon cutting open the Stomach of a
Creature quickly, a frequent and vari¬
ous Motion is perctived. And the reafon
of this tremulous Motion, is, becauje
there areAnimtl Spirits flit! in the Fi¬
bres,and thin they betake themftIves to
fligbt,whtrefore this tremulous Motion
remains ft ill; which ont may obftrvt
alfo in the Heads of Oxen or other
Beaffs, that are new filled, where
the inner Fibres of the Neri^ are a
while in Motion, which I alfo faw in
a Man, who was beheaded. Thefe
things I was willing to premife, as
worth the knowing. That the caufe
of this Difeafe might better ap¬
pear, of which we dull treat de-
fignedly hereafter. Now Practitio¬
ners take notice of three forts of
Iliack Paffion*. One is Stercoral,
which has its rife from the Ordure
and Superfluities of Meat, which
Go gle
4x1
fhould be voided by Stool. Ano¬
ther ii Humoral, which is caufcd
by a thick, vifeid Humor, fixe in
the Guts, or by a fharp and cor¬
roding one. Another is Flatulent,
which arifes from Wind pent up,
which fteks a Faflage by violence.
All which things the following cafe
will in fome meafure declare.
§. 2. A Cafe.
\\J Hile I was Phyfician to the
VV Princefs of Najfaw,Daugh¬
ter of the Prince of Orange, I met
in my Practice with a Noble Maid,
N. V. who had been for feveral
Months Troubled with Codivenefs,
a ttnefmus and Fits of the Mother,
without doubt, through Grief for
the death of her betrothed Hus¬
band, who was (lain in the Wars,
who thereupon grew Melancho-
lick, fothac flie went not at all to
| Stool, die had a dull tendve pain
in her abdomen and hypochondria,
and her trouble was fucli, and the
didenfion of the abdomen fo great,
that for verv pain die could not
red in her Bed. There fucceeded
loathing and enormous Vomiting,
at fird indeed of what die took, af¬
terwards of divers things contain¬
ed in her Stomach and Guts, efpe¬
cially a vifeid and tough Humor,
and lad of all, of putrid and cor¬
rupt Chyje, quickly attended with
Swoonings and Convulfions. Yet
( praifc !)C to God ) the Patient
was redored ro her Health by the
Medicines hereafter mentioned far
fooqer than was expefled.
T $. 3. Part affetled.
He Part affefted therefore is
by the confert of all Authors,
reckoned to be the Ilium, that
fmall Gur, which as it is the lad a-
mong the Guts, 10 it is the longed,
Ee 4 twenty
4*4 Of the Iliack P-ajfton , or Twiflini of t1§e Outs.
Nventy hand-brcadrhs in length,and crements our. Which Galen con¬
but about an inch wide : wherefore firms, when he fays. In the Matt*
It is narrower than the reft, and Pafion nothing goes downward. And
for that reafon, they fay, it is the Hippocrates knew of old, That co-
pioic apt to be inflamed, following fttvenefs was an infepirable pro¬
Gale*$ reafoning /. 3. deJacu'.t. na- perty of this Difeafe, where he fays,

,
tur. IJ one vomit Ordure ( fays he ) When the twifting of the Guts ta^es
you haze a m ft certain Sign , that any Man the Belly grows h*rd, and
the fmall Guts art afletfed. We, as nothing paffes downward. There are
was faid before, do rake the large alfo great Belchings and Rumbling
as well as the finall Gu s for the of the Guts, at firrt they find a
Part affcAcd: the reafon is, becaufe pain at their Stomach, Reaching
phe thick, as well as the fmall, arc and Loathing and Heart-burn.Wind
capable pf a periftaltick and con- torments them, and ftrctches their
yulfive Motion, yet fo, as that in Belly *, and there is rarely an Iliack
pis Difeafc the duodenum is very Paihon found, which is without
fa rely affefted, the jejunum feldom, Wind , as experience teftfici.
the lieon ir.oft frequently. But I When the Difeafe cncreafes , the
am perfwaded the large Guts are Pam is exquifite and intolerable,
feldom affefted: for I have obferv- and the Patients feel a fixt and
ed the Iliack Palfion twice from an permanent Pain in one or more
Inflammation of the Colon, which places, and that either very hea¬
ffillit a!lb obfervid. There is one vy,or tcnfive,or burning and throb¬
wonderful thing that I have ob- bing. Sometimes there is a nota¬
fervedi a Woman in a Village of ble Tumor in this at that place of
Hanover , called hlittdbuehen, has the Eelly, which one may even
had an Ulcer in her large Gut for feel with ones hand. In the pro-
three Months and upwards, which grefs of the Difeafe there are enor¬
?ipt outof herEelly into her Groin. mous Vomitings, and fuch, as not
c is eaten and looks black, the Ex¬ only bring up the Meat and Drink,
crements ar; ftinking, without Vo* and Humors very various in regard
miting, or any other Ail j flic is yet of their Caufes \ but the Chyle and
living nnferably, and is in the fomet nus the very Excrements,
funds of a very skillful Surgeon, death quickly enfuing upon a pre¬
piled Wedling. cedent Swooning. Solenandir conftl.
\6. 1. <5. teftifies, That Clyflers
4. have been vomited, andfuppofuo-

P ries alfo j a wonderful inftance

Raftitior.ers mentions abun¬ whereof Sennertus gives Medic, pra-
dance of Signs^ which declare Ilic. 1. 3. part. 3. f 2. c. I. Upon
fhc Iliack Paihon , the chief pf which molt grievous Symptoms
yviiiph, ar.d the moll neceflary to there comes another of the worft
be known,‘l fh.ill here fet dewn. portent, the Hiccough. Tolling and
They arc bound in their Bellies^ tumbling, want of fleep, fickucfs
and wc hear them always complain¬ at the Heart, Thirrt, a Fever, Faint¬
ing of Coftiyc'ncfs, fo that though ing, coldnefs of the extreme Parrs,
they drain never fo much to go to Coavulfions and oftentimes a mi;
StooJ, they 'cannot force any Ex ferable death attend this Difeafe.

Go gle
 Cf the Iliack Patfion, or Twifling of the Guts. 425-

Let this fuffice for the Diagnoftick. fus himfelf derives the Matter from
He that defires to know more, let a fharp Matter diflolved in the Guts
him confulc Practitioners. by a ponrick Salt; which Matter
by its innate pontick ftyptipity con-
trads the Guts and twifts them.
§• S’ Caufe. For a ftyptick Nature dofes the
Tk TOunderftandingPhyfician will blind Gut, and all the Guts, and
1\| go about rd deny, That the turns the Excrements fowrc and
confiJcration of Caufcs is very re- into Wind, and fo hurts them by
quifite for the true Method of cur¬ running to and fro.
ing Difcafes. But oftentimes how
abftrufe this ferutiay of the Caufes
Is, Practitioners to their great
grief, do experience. Wherefore, IK'Blmont thinks not that the
according to our propofed Method, twifting of the Gats is a twift.
we will firft confult the Ancients a- i ing and «p)$*m of the fmall Gut,
. bout the caufe of this Difcafe, who j bccaufc it is repugnant to Anato-
fey, it proceeds either from an A- | iny, which (hows, That that Gut
poftem, or an Inflammation, or an is cloathed with the Mcfentery,for
obftruAion of the Guts, which they its outer cloaching, and by the Mc-
hold, may proceed either from dri- 1 fentery is tied to the Loins. For,
ed Excrement, or an Humor, or fays he, if the Gut were twifted,
from Wind. And this Dlfeafe, ac¬ befides its ufual turnings, what
j
cording toihem, is generally con- fhould be the mover, with the
traded from a continual corruption twifter ? He therefore thinks. That
and crudity of Aliraenr, for the the Ilium can only be obftruded by
mod part from fat flefh, which has j the internal Excrement, bccaufc
been corrupted, alfo from unfeafo ! that, and nothing elfe can do it ;
nahle eating of Mufhromcs, Shell- and fo he fays, the Gut Ilcan ( In
filh, Beans, Peafe, Medlars, Services which otherwife the Excrements
and other poyfonous and corrupt ufc not to be hardoed _) is ftopc up
M?ats. It may come from excef- by unufual Excrement. He there¬
fivc drinking of Water that is pre- fore conftautly maintains That
rcrnaturally cold, efpecially if one this Gut can never be twifted nor
be in a Sweat. They doubt not, loofed out of its cafe, the Mcfen-
but this Difcafe may proceed tery. Yet he acknowledges that
from Worms. And amoDg other Wind may caufe this OSflrudion ;
procatardick caufes they reckon bccaufc in all that died of tlie Ili¬
the abufc of fcvcral Non-natural ack Paflion, he ever obferved the
things. Gut ilium to be full of Wind. He
alfo relates an Example, /. de flati-
§. 6 . bus p. of Thomas Balhani of
Aetrveip, who offered the Phyfici-
He BaracdflUn Chymifts fey, ans fourfccre thoufand Flandirs
That the Colick and Iliack Pounds for a Cure; and whereas
Paifioo are the fame Difcafe, and they blamed the twifting of the
that it lies between the Sromach Gu«, as if they had been tied in a
and the blind Gut. And Paractl- Goidian knot, and held him for in¬
curable ^

Go gle
4*6 Of the Iliac k Pajfion, or TwiJIing of the Guts,
curable; he Hied indeed of rheDif*
cafe,hit when they opened hisBody,
they found nothing but a little hard i 9■
Excrement in the finall Gut fixteen ^lbius does conft ntly main¬
inches above the blind Gut, and a tain, That in this Difeafe the
great deal of liquid Excrement in Motion of the fmall Gut is invert¬
t he Ileum above it. ed, wjrh a vomiting of the Or¬
dure enfuing. Bccaufe in open¬

♦. 8. ing thofc, that died of this Di¬

feafe, he found the caufe to be a
Gangrecn of the fmall Gut, and (o
great a Corrugation and ftraicning
thinks, That the carnous of the corrupted Gut attendingit,
Fibres of the Gut are hurt by an that all paftage of the Excrements
Inflammation or Gangrecn of the downwards was ftopt, yea, and that
fmall or Urge Gut ( as he obferved they were forced to a return up.
it in the Colon ) becaufe in opening wards, and fo to a miferable dif-
of feveral, who died of the Hiack charge by Vomiting. Another caufe
Paflion, lie always obferved that an lie thinks to be the flipping cf the
Inriammarion or Gangrene was al- lower part of theGut into the upper,
moft in all the caufe of their Di¬ or of the upper Part into rhe low¬
feafe and Death. Whereupon the er, and indeed by Wind forcing
Excrements reftagnating towards the Gut thither. But that theGuts
the ileum, do generally caufe an in¬ are tied cn a knot, or tangled, as
curable Hiack Paftion. For, accord¬ fome Practitioners hold, he utterly
ing to him, Contractions are cauf. denies, and gives fome reafons, why
ed, inafmuch as the Animal Spirits he docs fo,
Hart out of the tendinous Rimbof
rhe Mefenrery into the carnous an-
rmi.ry Fibres, and out of the ten¬ $. 10 .
dinous Fibres of the cut mo ft Coat
jntq the carnous longitudinal Fi¬
A Nd fo the Carteflhtis deny
rhe twift ng of the Guts and
bres, both which they do fo puff think that one Gut cannot flip in¬
up and tumefy,that of ncccftity they to another, becaufe they are all
mud be fhortnnd and contracted. knit to the Mefentcry, and they ra¬
For in a tender and very fendible ther think, That the Iliack Pillion
Membrane, the Animal Spirits may arifes from (harp Humors rtfiding
raife continual and cruel Spafms within the Membranps of the Guts,
and painful Corrugations, fo that whereupon their cxpulfory Motion
the periftairick Motion of the Gut is often inverted, becaufe the Ani¬
affected, whereby the Excrements mal Spirits being excited by a cer¬
cf the Belly ate forced downwards tain irritation, (low into the amen¬
toward else anus, may be hmdred, ding Fibres of the Guts, by which
and <iuite inverted thereby. inverted Influx the Contents are
only forced upwards. They judge.
That this Irriration happens in this
Difeafe, cither from an Inflammati¬
on of the Guts, or from their Ob-
ftruClion

Go gle
 Of the Iliac k Paffion, or Twijling iff the Gats.
firuftion by bard Excrements, or
from their Coropreflkm in a Rup¬
ture.
§. II.
ftt|© judge. That 19 this cafe
there is not only a ftraiteing
bat a contra ft ion of the Guts.
■Wherefore we may well doubt,whe¬
ther this Difeafc can have its rife
only from the hardned Excrements,
with Iharpnefs, becaufe a Gut will
extend ftrangely. Wherefore we
think the caufe of the Obftruftion
of the Belly, of vomiting the Vi¬
ctuals, and fometimes the Excre-
ments, and of the violence of the
Pain, as Symptoms of the Iliack
PafTion, to be generally an Inflam¬
mation of the Gut Ilium} which
offends the Animal Spirits.* For
when they are too weak for this
affair, they caufe a convulfive Mo¬
tion, and by their orgafmut or rage
in thefc tender orbicular Fibre*,do
not only ftraiten them and invert
the periftaltjck Motion, by rend¬
ing them, caufe mod cruel pain.
And fometimes a ftraitning of the
Gut By the Humors continued a-
rnong the Coats, when the Excre¬
ments, efpecially if they be hard,
cannot pafs, may be the caufe of
this Difeafc. For the Guts fo af-
fefted by the Animal Spirits are
compreffed after an unufual man¬
ner, and are vallicated and con*
vulfe by the Humors lodged be¬
tween the Membranes of the Guts,
and made fharp. For in fome the
inner Coat of the Colon is fo ten¬
der and fcnftble, that upon taking
a Clyfter, though it be anodyne,
the Spirits are immedirady inrag-
ed, and bring exploded among the
nervous Fibres, puff up and diftend
the Membranes, and fo create great
417
trouble all over the Belly. N?
wonder therefore, if partly throng"
the Convulfioa, partly through the
ftoppage of the Gut by hard Ex-
crement, nothing caa pafs down¬
ward, and whatever is taken, and
fometimes the very Excrements , •
are brought up. Which Excre¬
ments ufe to afeend, not out of the
large Guts ( becaufe the Yalves hin¬
der the afeenr of the Excrements)
but out of the fmill Guts.
If therefore this Difeafc arife
from an Inflammation, then there
is an acute Fever *, but if from
Wind or any other Obftruftion,
then no Fever attends it: The pains
from Wind are not lb fixe, but
that they may eafily be diflipated.
We believe alfo, That fometimes
the Juice in thefc Glands of the
Gats does fo degenerate from its
own nature, thar it turns auftere
and pontick *, whereupon the Guts
arc raoft dofely ftraitned , from
which ftraitning we do not qtiefti-
on, but this Difeafe may often a-
rife. Which opinion of ours the
opening of three Perfons, who di¬
ed of this Difeafe, does confirm, in
whofe Bodies nothing could be
found but a little ftraitnefs of this
Gut; and fmee the Ureters and
Neck of the Bladder may be fo
ftraltned by an auftere Silt alone,
why not the Guts t The antece¬
dent Caufes, are all fuch as can pro¬
duce this Difeafe, in this cafe e-
fpecially a Wind-Colick can do
much. Worms enrangledinPhlegm,
ftoppage of the Guts by Caruncles
growing to them, or by prelTurcof
the Guts in Ruptures either in the
Groin, Navil or Scrotum, an Inflam¬
mation following. Finally the pro-
cjrarftick caufe is the abufe of di¬
vers non-natural things •, of which
we ftall (peak in the Dieretick
Cure. §. u.
4*8 Of the Mack Vaffion, or Trifling of the Gut*.
$. ix.
A S to the Prognoftick, this is a
moft horrible and dangerous
Difeafe, and ufuaily incurable. Hi¬
ther thefe following Aphorifms of
Hippocrates do relate, /. 3. aph. 2-
and f. 6. aph. 24. They that have
the trifling of Guts upon the 5 tran¬
gary, dy within fevtn days, unlefs up¬
on th: coming of a Fever abundance
of urine come away. And f. 7. aph.
10. After trifling of the Guts, vo¬
miting, or Convulfton, or Delirium, is
bad. if they, that are troubled with
twilling of the Guts, grow deaf in
Vomiting, according to Coae. 72.
and become dumb, it is a flgn that
ft
heat is aim dead infueb. If Wind
in the twilling of the Guts come
away by a Fare, and ftink much ■,
according to Foreflus obferv. 17. it
is bad. If the Belly be fo ftrair,
that it will not admit a Probe, it
is f.tal: for by confequent the Ex-
c e.nenrs muft of neccflity be void¬
ed by Vomiting. Therefore Arcu-
lamis do s not amils in trailing the
death of lleous Pcrfons cruel and
najly. To vomirChyle, bilious, ilL
feenred, particoloured and black
Stuff, according to aph. 24- f. a- is
a bad Sign. Galen confefles, That
to vomit Ordure, is a fatal Sign. If
Stink or Worms come up at the
Mouth, it is fatal. If iliack Pcr¬
fons be in a cold Sweat, death is in
the pot, as Sebiflus fays. A twift¬
ing of the Guts from an Inflamma¬
tion, is defperage.
Every acute pain coming upon
old Men, according to Archigenes
his judgment in Attius,\\[ts tocaufe
death. Hippocrates l. 3. de morb. fays
it ends in death,if a Fever, or Lcoie-
liefs pf the Belly fupervcnc : And
Jyo'.firemi ts confirms it, whoobfer-
Go gle.
ved, that a Noble-man fifty years
old died of it, who had a Loofe-
nefs after great coftivtnefs. Whea
it proceeds only from Obftruftion
by Wind and Excrements, there is
fome hope of recovery. It is car¬
ed and judged by a flux of Urine,
according to Hippocrates f. 6. aph.
44. Now follows the Cure,and firft
the Dietctick.
§. 13. Dietetick Cure.
T He method of Diet confifts in
the modi ration of the fix Non-
natural tilings, which muft be vari¬
ed according to the variety of the
caufe from whence the Difeafe ari-
fes. If therefore it arife from an
Inflammation, chufe a cold Air, Icc
the Patient fleep towards the North.
If it be not fuch by nature, it muft
be procured by Art, that is, the
Floor muft be ftrewed with Flow,
ers of Rofcs, Poppy, Water-Lily. If
the Difrafe arilefrom Obftruaion
of the hardned Excrements, chufe
a moift Air, and avoid one that is
dry and roo hot.
As to Meat and Drinl^, the Pati¬
ent muft be fparing : for as other
Difeafes of the Guts admit of a thin
Diet, fo we reckon it proper here
efpecially. For the main ftrefs of
the Cure depends on abflinence. In
an Inflammation the Victuals muft
be cooling -, when the Excrements
are hardned, it muft be foftning.
Above all things avoid cold, crude,
flatulent, fait and fat things, which
may cncrcafe the Inflammation.
Barly-Cream, Chicken-broth, &c.
are good. For the ordinary drink
we recommend a Decodion of
Horfe-dung, that is, if the Difeafe
proceed from hardned Excrements
without Inflammation, becaufc Ex¬
crement expels Excrement. For
the
 Of the 2Hack Pajfion, or Twiftfag of the Guts. 42,9

*he more delicate divers Juleps, E- value bathing in frefh Water. When
mulfions, fyc. may be made. pain was very violcnr,they ufedO-
Sleep and Reft muft here be mo¬ piates. If the Difeafe came from
derated according to the variety of a Rupture, their main end in cure
the caufe. In an Inflammation of was, to put up the Guts again inro
the Guts deep is advjiable, but in their place by the hand of a skilful
an Obftruflion moderate waking Surgeon : but firft they n.uft be fo- '
muft be ordered. memed with fome emollient Ce-
Motion alfo and Reft vary. In an coCtion or Cataplafm of emollient
Inflammation and Rupture, Reft is Herbs and Flowers, yet always prt-
bett j in a violent Obftruftion,Mo¬ mifing emollient, anodyne, oyly and
tion will br more proper. flippery Clyftcrs. One may have
Let the Psffions of tot Mind keep Receipts enough out of Authors, if
mediocrity j let the Mind, as far as one be minded to learn cut of their
the pains will permir, be cheerful. Writings. Since generally the main
It. is requifue alfo that the Belly be ftrefs of the Cure lies in removing
kept Ioofe, that the Urine, Haemor¬ Obftruftions, they ccmmend this
rhoids and Menfes pafs freely. Hi¬ following purging Decodion *
therto the Dietetic!? Cure, now for
the Pharrmceutick. Take of Leaves of Penny-royal,
Biwm each half ao handful,Routs
of Peony, Lovagc, Fcnil each
$. m half an Ounce, Leaves of Senna
T He ancient Practitioners vari¬
ed their Cure according to the
two Drachms, Mechoacan three
Drachms, Seed of Anife, Scr-
variety of Caufes. If the Difeafe mountain each one Drachm.Eoyl
proceeded from hardned Excre¬ them in Flelh-broth what is fuf-
ments, or irotu grofs and vifeid ficicnr, till a Pint be kft. fiihl
Phlegm, they preferibed divers £• to the Colature of Syrupus dc da-
mollients and Laxatives both inter¬ abus or quinqueradicibus, what is
nal and external, as emollient Cly- fufficient for a grateful tafte.Gl*e
flers, externally they applied di¬ it at fcvcral Lofts.
vers Liniments, Unguents and Fo¬
mentation. They laid the Cawl of a
Weather heated in warm-water to
§. if.
the Belly, and they neglected not He paracclffaitChymifts.and
Baths of emollient things, even of tlieir chief, Paractlfus c. 6.ir.
Oyl-Olive alone. They alfo gave in¬ 1. /. 2. dt Tartaro, r< jetts the ufe
wardly Oyl of fweecAlmonds alone, of Clyftcrs in this Difeafe and calls
or mixt with Broth or with White- them a moft vile, abfurd and filthy
wine. When thefe things would fort of Medicine, fince the caufe of
do no good, they proceeded to this Difeafe is often but one drop
purging Medicines, and thofc very of pungent Tartar, flicking in fnch
ftrong ones. If they fufpefted the a part of the Guts as Clyftcrs can¬
Difeafe came from Inflammation, not reach, though he dtes not de¬
they advifed Blood-letting, or in- ny, but they may fometimes af-
flead thereof emollient and cooling fwage pain by their un&uofiry. He
Clyftcrs. Many of them mightily alfo forbids Purgers, and orders.
That
4 Of the Iliack PajfioH, vr Tivijling of the Guts.
That the Cure be directed to that Take of Salt of Wormwood one
ftyptick and pontick thing, which Scruple. Give it in a Spoonful
caufes I’ain and Convuliion, that is, of Juice of Limons. Or,
to correct tlie diflolvcd Tartar. To
which end he advifes OyU and fat Take of prepared Coral two
things, which obtund both the Drachms, Salt of Wormwood a
ftyptick thing and corrolive Poy- Drathm and an half, Juice of Li¬
fons. He commends Oyl of Bays mons four Ounces.Let them (bind
in Clyfters \ but he fays, the roort in a large Glafs. Add of Cinna¬
effectual Medicine is the Grcafe of mon Water two Ounces. The
a Badger, f ox, Ape, Cat, or a red Dofe, a fpoonful or two twice or
Dog. Externally he commends a thrice a day.
Gatbanum Plaficr, or one of Snakes.
Inwardly alfo he gives (as is ufual But becaufe the Author does no
with him ) Liquors of Gold and where profededly treat of this Di-
Mummy,in which he aflerts the vir¬ feafe, we are loath to be tedious,
tue and cure of contracture rctide. and will proceed to another.
His Difciples and Followers highly
commend Spirit of Salt and of Ni¬
tre in the Ihack l'adion. They won¬
% 18.
derfully cry up Spirit of Turpen¬ in this Difeafc highly
tine and ftveral other things, con¬ commends fat Broths, both
cerning which the Chymills them- drunk in at the Mouth, and given
fclves may be confulted. by way of Clyfter for the aHwag-
ing any Acrimony oP Humors, and
§. 16. flopping the irritation of the Guts,
to which he preferibes the follow¬
tt|€tmont commends the fwal- ing Clyfter i
™lowing of Musket Bullets in
drink (the more and the larger, Take of Root of Marfh-mailow ore
the better ) which only by their Ounce, Leases of the fame. Mal¬
weight drive forward the hardoed low,Tap-mullein each two hand¬
Excrement; but they ought to be fuls, Seeds of Fenugreek, Line
fwallowcd as the Patient Hands or each one Ounce and an half. Boyl
walks. He advifes feveral other them in pure Watar. To eight
things, which are mentioned here Ounces of the Colature add of
and there in his Writings, and fhall Oyl of white Lilies one Ounce,
be hereafter mentioned in the Co¬ frefh Butter half an Ounce. Mix
lick. them. Make a Clyfter.

He alfo commends the apply ing

17-
lilts, for correcting the
^*w'^*'* Acrimony of the Humors,
which raifes an Inflammation of
the Gut*, and enrages the Spirits,
above all things commends this of
Kivtrim y
of Fomentation*, made of the fame
Ingredients, to the Fundament and
Belly.
He praifts Arlodynes and Narco¬
ticks to Hop that fame irritation,and
to temper the fharp Humors: for
inftancc j
Take

Go gle
 Of the lliack Pajfion, or
Take of French-BarJy boy led till it
burfts, one Ounce and an half,
fweec Almonds, white Poppy*
Seeds each three Drachms. With
fifteen Ounces of Barly-Watcr
make an Emulfion. Add of etra-
codium half an Ounce, of Fe-
. nil-Water two Ounces. Mix
them.
At fhort rntnrvals alfo let the Pa¬
tient rake a few Spoonfuls of the
following mixture ;
Take of Water of Plantain two
Ounces, Fenil one Ounce, confe¬
tti0 de hyacyntbo, a Hermes each
half a Drachm, Liudinim Opia-
tum three Grains, Syrup of
white Poppy one Ounce. Mix
them.
Now if a Gangrecn be already
come, and if the upper part of the
Gut be fiipt imo the lower, then
the Author reckons the Difeafe for
incurable. But if the lower part be
fiipt into the upper, then he que-
fttons not but that fomerimes it may
be cured by fwallowing of golden
or leaden Bullets, with O 1 of fweet
Almonds or Olives,or an Ounce or
two of crude Mercury. Nor docs
he flight divers Externals borh Li¬
niments, Cataplafms, and ether A-
nodynes.
5. 19-
rfF'Htte6 his Followers order
*** Blood-letting. If the lloppage
proceed from Inflammation, then
they admitnfier Clyflers of lenitive
and affwaging things, that 1q they
may temper the (harp Huntors,and
make the ways flippery. lor the 1
fame end they prefer ibe leni¬
tive Purgers. They advifc
Go gle
Twifting of the Guts. 4 31
alfo crude Mercury mixt with
the Yolk of an Egg, that it may
not nick to the Guts. They alfo ad¬
mit of Narcoticks, to aflwage pain*
for they corrcft the Acrimony of
the Humors, and Hop Convulsions
of the Guts. They likewiie com¬
mend divers external Emolli¬
ents.
§. 20.
<dQ2U‘ Method of Cure confi/h
^ not only in refloring the
Contrary ami inverted Mocion of
the Stomach and Gut, bur alio in
freeing the Gursfronj ihatauftcrc
and morbid produft, which ifral-
tens the Guts too much, and rajfrs
Convulfions. For when this is re¬
moved the Animal Spirits flow in
orderly, and perform a Motion of
the Guts agreeable to nature. The
thing therefore rightly confidcred,
it is very clear, That the cruel pain
which almofl kills them that arc
tick of this lliack Pallion, and Jiic-
wife the rejection of much Matter
by Vomit, are wholly raifed by the
Spirits falling too impetuoufly on
the Guts and Mefenrery, and con-
trading them; and the rather, be-
caufe the reft of the concomitant
Symptoms in this Difeafe may ca-
filv be explicated by this diforde-
red agitation of the Spirits:'For in-
flancc, the extreme Farts are cold
in this Difeafe, whence it is clearer
than the Sun, That this therefore
happens, bccaufe the Spirits defert
their flation in thofe Parts, and
crowd themfelrcs too much into
this or the other Parr. Tlx rt fore, I
think, it is now fufficiently evident.
That this Difeafe oughr to be alcrib-
ed to the Animal Spirits not heiqg
rightly dil poled : wherefoic in the
Cut elrcckon, this fhuuld be our prm-
 431 Of the Iliack Pafficn, or Trcifting of the Guts.
cipal aim, firft of all to reduce the on the Difeafe is rather encreafe
Spirits into their priftine Ord:r. by clofipg the Pores with the Cold
And I am abundantly utisfied, That of the Air, dun dimini/hed : where¬
the chief curative indication in this fore fome draw the Air nearer the
Difeafe is o fortify theBlood(which fire, that it may remain hot \ but
is the original of Spirits,J by daing though the Air be hot in Bellows,
of which the invigorated Spirits yet when it is blown out, it is cool¬
may be enabled to maintain that ed again, bccaufc it is moved to¬
tenor, which is agreeable to the oe- wards one Part only. After Clyfters
conomy of the whole Body and all we life to give Vinict Soap from
its Parts. Yet we deny not, but three Drachms to an Ounce and an
this diforder of Spirits by long con¬ half, by which Remedy I have cur¬
tinuance may corrupt the Humors: ed feveral of this Difeafe.
wherefore in the Cure we fhould Preparations of Cafbr mixt with
always take care of this, That the Anodynes do wonders in this Di¬
auftere and other corrupt Humors feafe, becaufe they reduce the Ani¬
may be correfted or conquered. mal Spirits into their priftine Or¬
For which purpofc, we give emol¬ der again. When the Spirits are
lient Clyflers without Salt, adding reduced into Order, and the auftc-
only a little EiTence of Callor, with rity is correfted, we may betake
great fuccefs in this Difeafe. Or a our (elves to laxatives. Forloofing a
Clyfter may be mide of a Pint of coftivc Belly thefcarc commended,
Milk with Sugir, and the White of Manna with Oyl of fweet Almonds
an Egg or Mucilage of Fleabane drawn without fire, given in warm
Seed. And if much Excrement re¬ Chicken broth and Emollients on¬
mains behind in the Guts, you may ly, as Whey of Goat’s-Milk, &c.
add about two Scruples of Powder CaiTu alfo is good, and the follow¬
of Coloquintida, cr a Drachm of ing Draughti
Trochifcesof Alhandal, tied in a
Rag, as alfo Oyl of Dill and a lit¬ Take of Caflia new drawn half an
tle frefh Butter, or a little Dung. Ounce, elUlunrium diapbxnicort,
A Clyfter alfo may be given only of diacathilicumcxchwio Drachms,
Oyl-OJive or of fweet Almonds. But Barly-water what is fufficicnc.
If the Matter brought up by Vomit¬ Make a Draught.
ing be bilious, then we fhould ra¬
ther abftain from oyly things. Some Or a Ioofning Decoftion may be
blow into the Guts with a pair of given of Leaves of57««4,and Mecho-
Bellows, that fo the Excrements acan, adding paregorick and car¬
may the more eafily come down ; minative Herbs. But in this cafe
but in my Judgment this does more Carminatives rauft be given with
hurt than good. For if the Ex¬ the greateft caution, becaufe they
crements be hard, I fee not how put the Spirits into greater difor-
they can come down againft the ders, and fometimes by diftinguifh-
Wind that is blown in, and when ing the Coats of the Guts this way
the b|aft is over the Guts contra ft and that, they tear thera,and make
themfelves the clofer, becaufe of a a mournful Catdjlrafbt. If the Di¬
greater TnHux of Animal Spirits. feafe come from Excrements hard¬
Bcfwies, if there be an iaftjmmati- ened about the blind Gut and the
, beginning

Go gle
 Of the Mack Paffiou, or Twifiing of the Guts.
beginning of the Colors which flop
the PafTagc aHd are difTolved into
Wind, you may loofen the Belly
with tliefe or the like Emolli¬
ents;
Take of a Decoftion of Wormwood,
Pellitcry of the Wall, Mallows,
roots of Marfh Mallows, Peach
Kernels, Linfced Qyl, Juice of
Horfc-dung, &c.
Then we murt proceed to rtron-
gct things. For which purpofe, I
experienced the following Phyfick-
Wmc, in our Maiden, whole cafe
] mentioned: for after fhe had
drank twice of the Wine,fhe voided
Jiardned Excrements with fincere
Phlegm,yet fuch things premifed,as
ought to be.
Take of Leaves of Wormwood, car-
duus benedilhrs, Eawm, Spleen-
wort, Calamint,Wa!!-rew half an
handful, Root of Zedoary, Eryn-
gn, Burnet each three Drachms,
Angelica two Drachms, thebert
Rhubarb three Drachms, Seeds
. of Anife, Fenil, Caraway each
two Drachms, Leaves of S<nnt
one Ounce and an half, Rind of
Orange, Tamarisk,Afh each'three
Drachms, the whitert crude Tar¬
tar half an Ounce. Cut them,
and ty them in a rag for a mca-
fure of Wine,of which the Pa¬
tient may take three Ounces.
And fmee we have often (as we
faid before ) found the Guts quite
empty in fuch as have died of this
Difeafe, it is manifert from thence,
that oftentimes the Animal Spirits
only offend.And Opiates arc admi¬
rably good for this end, wherefore
we recommend the following Pow
der,
Go gle
4}}
Take of Cinnabar native or or An¬
timony half a Scruple, Chaly¬
beate Tartar one Scruple, tbtri*
aca cxltfHs two Grains, or lau¬
danum ophtum one Grain. Mix
them. Make a very fine Pow*
der, which mull be fcveral times
repeated.
Or, if the Vomiting be vttf
troublefomc.
Take ofOyi of Nutmeg by expref-
fion eight Grains, Sait of Worm¬
wood one Scruple, Saffron fix
Grains, laudanum opium one
Grain. Mix them.
Sal volatile oleofum Sylvii is good}
or volatil Spirit of Sal Ammoniacic
may be dropt in to fifteen Drops*
And all Amifpafmodkks are good.
Horftius certifies, That he cured lli-
acal People only by elixir proprie¬
ties Paraalfi. willis his little Po¬
tion of Salt of Wormwood with a
Spoonful of Juice of Liraons will
be proper, but ic murt be often ta¬
ken.
Some Phyficians in an excelTvtf
Obftruftion of the Belly are fo bold
as to give Bullets made of Lead, or
of nculut of Antimony, cr of Mer¬
cury, Sulphur and Wax, net know¬
ing, that the lower part of the Gut
isfeldomor £in my Opinion ) ne¬
ver flipr into the upper: therefore
here wc murt take care, cthcrwilie
we ihall certainly kill the Patienr.
Let the Patient rather drink a De-
coftion of Goofc dung in the’
Spring, or an Infufion of Cows or
Horle dung, which is more ncr<»
vine: for aurtere Dungs do move*
And various Externals murt alftf
be ufed. It will be good to ufe this
or foiue fuch Fomentation for the
Belly,
F f Tak«
414 Of lthe Iliack Pafion or Twijling of the Guts.
Takes of Leaves of Mallows, Marfh- greafe three Drachms, Tinfture
Mallows, Violets each one hand¬ of Caflor one Drachm. Mix
ful and an half. Toad-flax, Flow¬ them. Make an Unguent.
ers of Chamomil, Melilot, Tap-
mullein each half an handful. A live Whelp may be laid to the
Seed of Line, Anifc, Dill each Belly.
three Drachms. Boyl them in a But if the Difeafe have its rife
fufficicnc quantity of Milk or fair from a Rupture, it muft be cured
Water. Make a Fomentation. by divers Externals. To which end
an emollient Fomentation and a
Some ufe Brandy for a Fomen¬ Bath ought to be preferibed, that
tation, if it come from Humors,or, the Fibres of the Guts may be re¬
as they fay, from Wind. laxed. We ftiould therefore jdo
In our Opinion BadgerVgreafc our utmoft to put up the fallen Gut
is proper, with which the whole into its place. I cured this Difeafe
Bellv, especially about the NaviJ, in one, which came from a Rup¬
muft be anointed. ture, only by often ufing the Fo¬
Yarn alfb of Flax or Hemp boy- mentation following j
led and applied, is good. Alfo a
Decoftion of Chamomil, Hemlock, Take of Leaves of Mallows, Toad¬
Elder, Henbane, Dill and Creflcs flax, Flowers of Chamomil,
may be applied warm to the Belly. Tap-mulletn, Dill, Linfeed each
Oyl of Henbane, Palm, Worms, one handful, Cummin Seed two
Dill, Scorpions, unguentm clyfma- Drachms. Boyl them in Cow’s
ticum, yea and all Paregoricks and Milk,and make a Fomentation.
Nervines are proper here, and
fometimes they are mixe with Ano¬ Or ft may be made into a Cata-
dynes i plafm, and fo applied to the Tu¬
mor.
Take of balTmus fpafmaticus Myn- Compare with thefe things, what
fiebti hair an Ounce, Oyl of Bays we have written hereafter of Rup¬
two Drachms, unguentum dial- tures.
that half an Ounce, Badger’s-

CHAP.

Go gle
 C-w)

CHAP. VII.
Of the Colick.

$. i. the Mefentery. We think theft i

fore that the Colick is Humoral
\ Mong the intricate Difeafes, and Spasmodick. We call that i
which ufe mifcrably to tor¬ Humoral Colick, which has its
ment and vex Maak/nd, the Co¬ rife from any Humor ; and then
lick, thac cruel Difeafe, is none of the Fibres of the Gut or Mefente¬
the leafl, which fometimes flicks ry are convulfe. We call the other
faft, as if a flake were driven in, Spaimodick, which arifesnot front
and gives poor wretches a grie¬ the Humors, but when this Spas- •
vous Scnfation; fometimes like a modick difpofition lies in the Spi¬
Vagabond, it torments a Man va- rits themfelves, which arc tumul-
rioufly ; fometimes it leaves its tuoufly exorbitant: for I reckon,
own feat, and atts hoflilities on the Colick arifes from nothing
the external parts, and often wea¬ elfe, but a violent impulfe of the
kens them to death : therefore ic Spirits crowded thick upon the
may well be derived from koKa- faid Membranous parts ; whence,
<£tcfrau, i. e. to torment. Celfm comes Convulhon and Pain, of
terms it a Difeafe of the larger which we (hall fav more when we
Gut, Cappivaccim and others call come to treat of the Caufe. We
it a pain of tire Guts; it is com¬ may very fafely allow a diflintfHort
monly called the Colick pain and into Phlegmatick, Flatulent, Cold*
the Colick. Bilious or Hot.
The Colick is commonly de¬ The Coiick differs alfo front
ferred to be a trouMefome and the Uiack Paflion in regard of pain,
fad fenfation, depending bn the which is more violent in the liiack
folution of continuity, either of Paflion, and comes with Vomiting
the Coats of the Colon, or of the of Excrements. And it differs
parrs adjoyning. That which may from the Stone in the Kidneys, be-
diifolve continuity is either a caufe there* appears Gravel in th£
fharp Acid or a faline Humor, Or Urine, and there is never any
Wind,or rough and hardened Ex¬ pain in the Gboin, and about the
crements : it may alfo be the Ani¬ Pubis ; and the pain of the Loins
mal Spirits put in diforder either is fomething violent and fixt.
in the Brain, «r in the windings of
Ff a *. a*

Go gle
4?<S Of the Cclick.
§. x.
T is agreed upon by all the old
Praftitioners, that the fub)e«fl
of this Difeafe is that lax Gut,
which is called Colon, bt caufe it is
long and winding, and ,the [harp
Humor may Aick there by reafon
of the numerous valves. There¬
fore Celfus calls the Cclick a Di¬
feafe of the lari er .Gut \ and Alex¬
ander favs, the large and thick
Gut is affefted, as it may well be
in the fubfbnce of its Co its. Wit-
In acknowledges the Mefentery for
the part affo&ed, in which tliere
arc many large Nerves, and their
Flex u and diflributions are very
remarkable. Since therefore this
part is very fenfible, and very lya-
ble to an afflux of Humprs of the
Nervous kind, he makes it the feat
of the Colick.
We think, that the caufe of this
.Difeafe is often contained in the
Cavity of the Guts, and among
their Membranes, in which when
Particles are received in the Pores,
through which they.cannot pad,
they are fhaken, reciprocated, and
as it were fown in thofc Pores, and
fo by vellicating the Fibres of tire
Nerves, and by hurting and break¬
ing them, they produce no fmall
pain. If the Chyle alfo, either
through the fault of the Stomach,
or diverfity of the Bile, or through
fome fault in the pancrcatick
Juice, or in any other, grow fowr,
by pricking and vellicating the
Fibres of the Guts it may cafily
produce violent pain s efpecially
in fuch as have it hereditarily.
Which difpofition, I think, con-
fids in this, that from their infan¬
cy they have got very tender and
tremulous Fibres in their Guts,
f
Go gle
which upon the flighted morion,
and by an inconvenient object,
may be affefted with a fenfe of
pain.
And if there be a mucous Matter,
which lines the infide of the Guts,
and fometimes the crud of the
Stomach, we think it ouzes out of
the fmall Arteries, through a dyf-
crafie of Humors, efpecially of
Blood: but generally the mucus a-
rifes from the reliques of ill dir
geded and fermented Chyle,which
reliques do ferment together with
the bile and pancreatick Juice,
whether they be good or corrupt
Wherefore Colick pains often a-
rife in People fading, and in fuch
as have their Guts emptied by
long abdincncc j becaufc in this
cafe the peccant matter is difchar-
grd out of the mafs of Blood into
the Guts. And we make no que-
flion alfo, but the Caufe of this
Difeafe does often ly in the annex¬
ed Mefentery , and its nervous
folds, the peritoneum., omentum and
other Membranes and Coats of
the Belly. For the omentum lias
many Fibrous, Nervous and Mem¬
branaceous Parts, which are there¬
fore very fubjeft to pain. Which
opinion of ours we prove by what
follows. For in a Cawl Rupture,
through its compreflion, and fome¬
times Inflammation, I have ob-
ferved pains as like the Colick as
could be. And Galen confirms me
in my 'opinion by the obfervation
he made of a Souldier,that had his
Cawl cue off, who was condanrly
troubled with Colick pains, and
was Cured by Galen by clapping on
a covering of Wool, upon which
external heat, the animal Spirits
caufed no more Convulfions. And
the example is not unlike, which
I obferved in the forefaid Woman
scar
 . * Of the Colick.
near Hunoiery in a Village called
Mhtelbuchen, who, becaufe the »-
mentum hung out of the Wound of
the abdomen a little Inflamed, one
would admire, what violent pains
in her Belly, li&e unto the Co*
lick, Ike endured, but without Vo¬
miting.
3. Diagnofiick.
A Colick in general is known by
a mofi violent pain and tor¬
ment about the region of the Guts,
fometimes fixt in one place, like
a piercer or flake; fomcci™« va¬
grant and unftable, now torment¬
ing in that Part, anon in another,
according to tlie various and vio¬
lent influx of the Spirits into this
or that place, and according to
tlie various Ate of the peccant mat¬
ter which poflelffs the place. Lit¬
tle Urine is made for the Guts
being diflended by Wind require
more room, whereupon the neigh¬
bouring Veflcls, the Ureters and
Cawl are comprefled, fo that little
potulent nutter can get to the
Kidneys. There is a great velli-
extion of the Abdomen and its Muf-
cles, and a fpafmodick retraftion
of all the Bowels, fo that you can
fee no Belly at all. A very acute
pain does attend it, and fometimes
Vomiting \ becaufe while the Spi¬
rits flow into the Fibres of tlie Sto¬
mach, they flow alfo into the cir¬
cular Fibres of the Pyhrut, and by
doling that, it happens, that,while
the Stomach in the mean time is
flraitned, and the contents cannot
get out, the Vylorm now lhur,thcy
muft of neceflity be evacuated up¬
wards. By the voiding abundance
of yellow and green Choler it is c-
vident that the duodenum and Gall-
Bladder are both affeded in this
43 7
Difeafe. Sometimes the Bladder
and Ureters, as we faid, are con-
trafted, whence a total obflrudicn
of Urine arifes. And oftentimes
the Guts are contracted, fo that
there is a continual coflivcncfs. or
if any thing be brought away ci¬
ther by Art or Nature, it is gene¬
rally flatulent, as J have obferved
in rhe Stone Colick, which is e-
ver attended with a violent pain in
the Loyns- But it is evident that
it is a mere Spafmodick Colick ,
centrally arifing from the ufe cf
Spirituous tilings, ill boyled Beer,
and Chalk water. There is Thirfl,
Loathing, want of deep, drynefs
of the Tongue, a Fever, heat of
Urine, bitternefs of Mouth, fornc-
t'mies a diflenflon of the Belly like
a drum, fometimes a Contraftion,
Swooning, cold Sweats, fo I ob¬
ferved in an old Man a Pri. pifm,at
length come Convuliions and other
figns of death, or it ends in a I’al-
fy. In a Colick of long continu¬
ance,! ever fulled the Oufe lies in
the Mefentcry or Cawl: But wl.cn
the Difeafe ccafcs peefehtly upon
taking Loofningand Laio'lient Me¬
dicines, I am perfwaded the pec¬
cant matter did lie in the large
Guts. And when the pain is not
very deep, but vagranr and rend¬
ing, it gives an undoubted reflimo-
ny, that the nervous kind is af-.
feded.
$. 4. Caufe.
T He ancient Praaitioners take
the immediate and proximate
Caufe to be a folution of continui¬
ty in the Colon, arifing from a flurp,
grofs, feculent matter , which ei¬
ther fills, diftends or frets. Where¬
fore the propinquous caufe that
diflolves continuity, according to
Ff 3 their
'4*8 Of the Cotick.
rhcir opinion, is a grofs, phlegma-
lick and vicious Humor got a-
mong the Coats of the Colon ; or
ft is a wind, diflending, rending,
and tearing the Guts. And hither
they refer all bilious fretting Hu¬
mors, which often caufe an In¬
flammation of the Guts, all Me-
lancholick feculency, grumous
Blood, Worms, Stones, hardened
Excrements which may caufe the
fame; alfo (harp Sanies,a wound in
the Guts, alfo poyfons and flrong
purgatives.
$• s■
|flfcH!racelfuB denies that the Co- ment, p.m.792. n. *3. That this fad
IE’* lick can arife from Humors, he
rather thinks, the caufe is the dif-
folved Spirit of Salts, wherein,
through the extremity of their
Taficsjthereis either auftcrity, aci¬
dity, acrimony or falrncfs, which
may eafily yellicate and corrugate
the fenfible membranaceous Fibres.
And he fays, That a B:dy docs
ajlhcre to this Spirit of the Salts,
vyhich is coagulared in that place.
He reckons therefore, Tliat the
caufe of this mod violent Pain is a
Salt, or rather the Tartar of the
Chymes, either too much diffoly-
cd or too much poagulated, ipfe-
tfing, flraitning and with divers
pains tormenting the puts aprl Part
thereabout, with their flyprick,
pontick , fowre, aluminous and
fharp Spirits. This clearly appears
from l. dt tribtis prrnc. r. 4. where
he fays, That the Colick arifes
from Salt predominant in the Guts.
The fevcral forts of Colicks muft
be taken from the differences of
Salts and falinc Spirits, namely, vi-
tciolate, aluminous, fowre, and the
like. And the degrees of tire Co-
lick npifl he taken both from the
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divers Powers of the Spirits, and
their further circulation and exal¬
tation. Eut if the neighbouring
Regions of the Kidneys and Blad¬
der be full of, and covered with,
fuch a tarrarcons Matter, they alfo
are put into Paroxyfms and Effer-
vefcencies, from the compreflion
of the Spirits, rhat arife from the
Mine and Centre of the Colick.
6.
*k<Eltnottt thinks the Colick is
*7 produced, when a preternatural
Acidity is in the Meat or Drink,
and he teflifics dt potejlat. medica¬
Difeafe often comes from an acid
Salt: for he has obferved, that the
Colick has come from eating of
Mulberries. The more Acid there¬
fore the peccant Humor is, the
more violent are the Pains. If alfo
the Ferment of die Gall have not
turned the acidity of the Chyle in¬
to a fait volatility,then there comes
a vitiated Pigeftion, which after¬
wards produces a Mucilage, where¬
in Acidity is included. If there¬
fore this over tough Matter, imbu¬
ed with a vitiated Ferment, the
caufe of Gripes, do flick to the Guts,
then it will caufe mod exquifite
pain. For the Guts, that they may
drive out this (limy Stuff, comprcfs,
corrugate and draw themfelves to¬
gether, and when the Guts are fo
ccntrafted, it fo happens, that the
Mufclcs of the abdomen alfo arecon-
trafled and convulfe, and why may
not the acidity, fo much an ene¬
my to the Gars, contract them/
The caufe of this Difeafe lies often
lurking, Iikc 3 thief, in the Gall:
for thefc acid S.^lts, if they be not
conquered by the fermcnral Bias of
the Gall, become the caufes of the
Coliek
 Of the Co lick. 4?9
Colick pain; for tliey are the occa-, petuoufly, do ufually raife thefe
fional caufe, that the Ar chums of Spafmodick difpofmons, as he
the Guts is enraged, which pro¬ proves by feveral reafons. Con¬
duces a moft dangerous Colick cerning which the reader may con¬
pain, and provokes the pylorus fo fute the Author himfelf.
much, that in its fury it ends in a
Palfy and fhrinking of the Hands
and Feet, by affecting the nervous
*. 8.
ki nd with its furious Bias, and by Ak^lbtUO recounts and explains
deftroying its tone. ™ the Caufes of fevera!
pains. He thinks that j hot pain
is produced by a fatty bile power¬
$• 7- fully and vuiopfly fermenting with
t*°cs’ w'tfi car°i,,s an a M P aeatick Juice. He
Pifoy rank this Difeafe, fo thinks a chili pain has its original
great an enemy to Mankind, a- from a very at id and fharp Pan-
mong Difeafes of the Brain, upon creatick Juice, fermenting with
this account, becaufe he thinks, as Bile that is not fo far, or lefs in
fure as can be, that the Seat and quantity. He aferibes the caufe of
Caufe of this Difeafe lies in the a piercing fixt pain to a paocrea-
nervous Parts. The better to con¬ tick Juice, that is very fharp, mixt
firm this Opinion, he has found with vifeid Phlegm, known bv the
out the nervous Liquor, which if name of vitreous Phlegm. He a-
ib degenerate into fowrc Recre¬ feribes a dull pain to abundance of
ments, then by diftending the fen- vifeid Phlegm, and a diftending
fible Fibres, by parting them in pain to vifeid Phlegm rarefied into
funder, and by putting them into Wind, which diftends either the
dolorifick Corrugations,it may eafi- Guts only or the Belly alfo. He a-
ly produce this Difeafe. Which vi- feribes a cutting pain to an overa-
tious Juice, he reckons, goes down cid pancreatick Juice. And fo he
from the Brain by the nervous orders the cure to be varied, ac¬
Dufts to the Guts, and are gather¬ cording to the variety of the cau¬
ed about the Parts in pain and the fes.
Mefentery, as alfo, that it grows
turgcfcent of it felf through pleni¬
f. 9-
tude. The peccant Matter, there¬
fore being by degrees gathered a-
bout the Mefenterick plexus of the
T He OTnrtcflans derive rhis Co*
lick pain ufually from a bili¬
'Nerves, and others, grows turgid ous Humor joyned with a frettiog
either of it felf or occafionally, or Salr, which frerting Salt is contain¬
perhaps it ferments with a fixt Sa¬ ed not only in the Cavity cf the
line Jluraor, difcharged out of the Guts, but between their Mem¬
Blood thither, and by confequent branes j therefore its Particles,when
torments the nervous Fibres, of they are received into the Pores,
which the Mefentery is full, with through which they cannot pafs,
troublefome and painful corruga¬ rub as it were one a gain ft another
tions. Yet he does not deny, but in thefe Pores, that is, when thefe
the animal Spirits flowing in iun- pointed, rigid, pricking, frettirg
F f 4 alia

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 44° Of the Cclick.
*nd cutting Particles are left imhe fame Difeafe. For this exceffive
Coars cf the Guts, and then being and vitious, yea corrofivc acid rage*
yiolently driven, with their Points feldom In the Coats of the Gurs,oft-
they produce this moft cxquifite ncr in the Cawl, but moft frequent¬
pain, by vcllicacing* fretting and ly in the plexus and Nerves of the
porrugatmg the Fibres. And by Mcfcntery. The Brte alfo is often
conleat the reft of rtie Prrts,name- fo changed and corrupted bv an
Jy, the Sromach and Bladder may Acid, that it turns quite aultcre.
be conypNe, w hence come Vomi¬ Wherefore they that are troubled
tings, difficulry of Urine, ^rc. And with this Difeafe, are always eo-
Ioiiktimes the Pores of the Guts ftive-, and the repeated painful
*nay be obftrurted by vifeid and Contritions of the faid Parts are
grofs Particles, and fo a Colick may caufed by a fharp and vitious Acid.
prife. Sonetimes it comes from And becaufe we fee Wit.d is raif-
diftenfionof the Guts. But if one ed, when ever vdatil oyly Saks fall
feould touch and feparate fuch a upon Phlegm, we reckon, thar Por¬
Membrane with a Pin or any fuch tions of volatil Bile meeting with
InflruTt nr,what violent pain would thick Phlegm, do diffolve it inro
jt not put a Man to? lubril Wind, which diftendiog the
f ells of the Colon retard the Ex¬
.
10 crement, and hinder the due In¬
flux of the fenfirive Soul, whence
WE, as we (aid before, do proceeds coftivenefs.
think that the Colick is Thefe Colick p ins often arife
(either humoral or fpafnodick. Wc in a fcorburick Difpnfition, which
pall tha t humoral, when fome ftrange bdidcs the aforefaid caufes.we may
Humor is often mixt with Wind, derive from lixivial (trum, which
which offends the Animal Spirits, by difteoding and contrafting the
and fo is the caiife of all the mlf membranaceous, fenfiblc Parts may
phief, Thefe Humors are bilious contribute fomtthing. Oftentimes
?nd ft:arp, namely faline and fcor- this viijous Marter returns upon
butick, which being joyned with a the Nerves of the l.oins, wh-.ch is
fretting Sab, cjufe pains joyced the rcafon, why tire Patient feds
with convulfve Morions, by prick¬ violent pain about his Loins. And
ing, fretting -ml cutting, the plexus this morbid Seminary being re¬
and Nerves, not only of the Guts, ceived back again, is carried to tire
bur of the Mcfentery, Cawl and o- very fpinal Marrow, and commu¬
fhrr Pans. Yet generally, we are nicates the like taint to it, then
perfwaded, this Difeafc arifes from the fpinal Marrow, being almcft
Apid,whether it be an acid flihie fpoyfcd by ir, communicates this
thar flicks pertinacloufly to the eonragion to the Nerves of the
folds cf tiie Sromach, or hardened Limbi, that arife from thence, by
F.xcremfnr, or Wind rifmg from whole fixing, coagulating and ftu-
fll Fermentation, which fhows that pefying virtue the concatenation &
there is an add, auffere vifeidity, commerce of the Animal Spirits
which fermenting turns into a fta- ( the Authors of all Motion) is in¬
fulepr Gas. Worms and the Stone terrupted, and thence proceeds im¬
?}(o by yejlicatioq may caufe the policy of Motion.
We

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 We call that a fpafntobick Co
lick, in which the Animal Spirits
arc fo affeCted by fome fubtil Mat¬
ter, that they intermit their ordi¬
nary Motion, and flow rumultuouf-
ly to the Mefentery, and other fen¬
fire membranaceous Parts, and
there by vellicating the Fibres of
the Nerves, and by hurting and
breaking them, they produce no
fmall pain. Or it may fo be, that
the mod fubtil Particles are fo re¬
ceived in the Pores of the Guts
and Mefentery, and of other Parts,
that they caufe a kind of Inflamma¬
tion, whence proceed thefc violent
Pains. And whereas the Patient
finds an intolerable pain about the
Pit of his Stomach, with cruel Vo¬
miting of Matter as green as Grafs,
the reafon of that is nothing but a
thick crowding of the Spirits into
the faid Parts, efpecially into the
circular Fibres of the Pylorus,
whence proceeds a Pain and Con¬
traction of the Stomach, and a to¬
tal fubverfion of other Parts. For
we muft not always , becaufe we
fee bilious green Stuff vomited or
voided by Stool, prefently conclude
and fay, That the Difeafe refides
in the Humors, or that this cruel
Colick pain proceeds from the A-
crimony of any Humor, gnawing
and pricking the Part wherein it
refides, and fo take it for the caufe
of the Difeafe, and therefore think
utterly to extirpate it by purgative
means. For it is clearer than the
Sun at Noon-day, that the iodifpo-
fition, under which People at Sea
do labor, docs arife from the unu-
fual agitation of the Animal Spirits
upon the troubled Sea ; and yet
we fee, a Mafs of grafs-green Stuff
comes from the Stomachs of the
mofl healthy Pcrfons, when they
#re g°t a good way to Sea, who
but an hour before had no porrace-
ous Bile in them; as I haveexpe*;
rienccd in my felf at Sea. Yea in
Firs of an Epilepfy do we not of¬
ten fee Evacuations, where never-
thelefs there is no bad Humor in
the Guts ? Alfo in a fickly breed¬
ing of Teeth, with Orange Excre¬
ments come away , only through
the diforder of the Spirits, which,
I know not how, deflroys and per¬
verts the Ferment of thofe Parts, or
by the Orength of Convulfions it
Orains fome Liquor or other of a
Orange narure, which may give
the Humors that colour, and in
my Judgment the various commix¬
ture of Bile with the pancrcatick
Juice may caufe .rhis grecncfs. For
if the pancreatick Juice be mixt
with a (aline volatiloyly Bile, this
porraceous greenefs may arife from
their mixture ; concerning which
colour, fee Ettmullerus his Valttudi-
ntr. infants!. §. 51, de torminibus
& variis alvi txcretis infantum,
where you will find this fubjeft ela¬
borately handled. The thing
therefore rightly confidered, it is
apparent enough, That this violent
pain, and the vomiting of green
Matter, which almoO kills People
in rhis Difeafe is moO c«rtainly
produced by the Ani nal Spirits,
flowing too impetuoufty into that
Part of the abdomen, and contra¬
cting tliefe fame membranous and
fibrous Parrs. For the Gurs with
the Parts annexed are often fo con¬
tracted and corrugated, that the
Mufcles of the Belly are contracted
wirh them, and the Patient looks
as if he had no Belly at all, as I
have obferved in fevtral, who
have had their Belly fo contracted,
that I could feel nothing but Skin
and Bones. And I am perfwaded
that the very Spirits may be fo dif-
a^i Of the C ol/ck.
poled by the Air and other very
fubtil Particles that one may fall
into this Difeafe, without any pec¬
cant matter lying in tlie Abdomen.
But I am weary of dwelling any
longer on things that arc fo well
known.
Thefe we take to be the proxi¬
mate and continent caufes; thepro-
catarftick and remote caufes of this
Difeafe may he divers, a Comple¬
xion phlegmarick, cholerick, or me-
lancholick, and an innate difpofiti-
on to the Colick contra&ed from
ones Mothers womb. Alfo the fix
non-natural things, of which we
fhallfpcak in the Diet.
I r.
He Caufes being hitherto enu¬
merated, on which as on pro-
lifick Parents this fpjsmodick Dif¬
eafe depends, we mud direS our
thoughts to the Prognoftick. For
in thing cjn gain a Phyfician great¬
er reputation among his Patients,
than to give furc prefaces of future
comingences. The Coliek pain has
not always the fame ilfue. For
fometimes it is eafie to be cured,
fometimes hard, yea dangerous,and
now and then mortal, not fo much
on its own accounc, as of Difeafes
that are either conjunct or fubfe-
quent. This fpafaiodick pain often
ends in a Palfy. or Epilepfy, or
Gout, or fome fleepy Difeafe ; it
often degenerates into the Hiack
ralTion. Bccaufc the Blood, being
Kindred in its motion by the corru¬
gation ot the fibres, and gathered
mere than it ought in the interla¬
ces of rh.c velfcls, breeds an inflam¬
mation, whence proceed a Miferere
mei and a Gangrene Colick, which
comes from an inflammation of the
GutSjcr from a a Excoriation, Wound
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or Ulcer in them, or from tough
and fait Phlegm, or from too cor-
rofiye an Acid, or one that is epi¬
demical and malignant, or which is
endemical,if it be not always ratfrtal,
it is at lead tedious and dangerous,
and that is ufually mortal, whiefris
followed by an Hiack palTion. A
Coliek pain is not dangerous, whei
it comes from an evident folitary
caufe. Eut that which is habitual is
very dangerous, for it does not ea-
fily give way to Remedies, and
fometimes it lafts feme months, y ei
fometimes a year,and it turns either
to a Palfy or to fome other Difeafe*,
and it often returns, of which there
arc fo many examples, that I need
not to inftance in any, yet there is
hope of cure-, when the Patient is
young and in his full ftrength. And
I promife fome famous Medicines,
which will quickly cure it,provided
that directions be followed. For
when you are unwilling to die, it is
a miferable thing not <o do all you
can to hve. The Difeafe will be at
an end, if you do but quiet the
violence and diforder of the Spi¬
rits, and deflroy their irregular
motion. Yet it often is a mod
grievous Difeafe, and requires good
llrength to undergo it, therefore
when it takes Women with Child
or Lyiog-in, old people, and fuch
as are wafted with Difeafes, it is
ufually dangerous. And it is a
moft certain fgn of death, when
the hiccough, want offleep,<A7irr>
mot, cold Sweats,and coldneis of the
extreme parts fupervene, through
the violence cf the Difeafe: for
then the Paucnt vyill feapee e-
fcape.
§, IV
 Of the• (Cglick. 44 A

fore I (hall commend Rhenifh and

li. D/etetick Cure. MofeUe Wine, Neccarine, Hirfhftci*

A Ll
and Mitchelbaclt Wine near Hants-
U our care hitherto has been ver, which are excellent Wines in
A. bellowed upen enquiry into the Colick, Gout, and Stone. Beer
the Nature of this Difeafe, it re- not well boyled or wrought, too
mains therefore that we bellow a new and thick, is naught. Drink
little op the Cure of it, which as [ made of Fruit, Perry and Cider,
well in this as in other Difeafes j fuch as Country People make, is
confifls in a good Diet and Medi-1 bad. Let the Patient take but fpa-
cines. Chufe therefore as pure and ringly of fpirituous things, becaufe
thin an Air as you can, forbear all ■ they much diforder the Spirits,
that is thick, cold, over hot, clou- Let the Patient obferve a medio-
dy, moifl, or full of Vapors. crity in Motion and Reft: for ex-
Lct the Meat be of good Juice cefs in either does harm,
and eafie Digeflion. Forbear all I Let him deep longer than he
windy Meats, fuch as are all Pulfe, wakes.
Fifti, &c. Forbear likewife all i Let him never give way to the
(harp, fait and phlegmatick Meats.1 p affiant of his mind , efpecially let
I was lately troubled with it, upon him forb-ar Anger, Grief and Sad-
eating Carp, that was not well nefs j all which contribute, though
boyled. All Acids are very hurtful ( in a different manner, to the pro¬
in this Cafe, and fo arc all horary ducing of a Co'ick.
Fruits, efpecially raw. All fweet | The excreta and reier.tn mud be
meats hurt the Patient, because all duely kept to nature’s laws*, the
fvveet things contain an acid corro- Belly efpecially mud be kept loofe:
five in them, as appears from Pifo's but forbear ?11 violent Voraiters
obfervation, who writes, how that and Purgers; for they do more
the juice of a Sugar-cane turns j hurt than good. Hidicr alfo we
fowre in a (hort time, and adds, i refer preternatural Caufes, prece-
That a Spirit is dcflilled off Sugar, dent Difeafes , inafmuch as they
which the Portugve^e call Aquaden- j tranflate the Matter to the Guts,
f/, which cools with the greatefl; deprave Concoflion and Fermen-
■
Stypticity, contracts the ”*
Tongue, tation. Intemperature of the
gripes the Bowels, corrodes Me¬ Erain, Blood, and Lympha are ve¬
tals, and is of a nitrous and bitter ry effectual in producing a Co-
tafle. For Sugar dilfolves Anti¬ lick.
mony it fclf, if it be roixt wifh it
three days and dcflilled. Let $.13. Thartnaceutick
their drink be a deco&ion of China
root with*Raifins; or a fmall wine, Cure.
which has no Acidity in it.
bear all tartareous , Kianconian ,
fulphurated and
For¬

palled Wine.
Grembs writes, That all Wines arc
pought in this Cafe. But ( cannot
fhe how any Wine, that has a vo-
Iatil acid in it, can cfo hurr.There-
T He Ancients infill on a diffe¬
rent method of Cure, accord¬
ing to the difference of the Caufe*
whence it is produced. The cure
therefore of a Colick which arifes
frem the proper Difeafes of the
Guts,

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 444 0/ the
Guts, to wit, an Inflammation, IKIIcd ten Drops. Mix them*
Excoriation, Wound or Ulcer con- Make a ClyAer.
fifls in the cure of that thing ; be-
caufe when the Ctufe is removed, An emollient and carminative
generally the effeft is removed a Kb. Decoftion may be made of dicfe oc
A Cojick that comes from Worms, fome fucli tilings >
or Stones, or rough and fharp Bo¬
dies fwallowed down,as Pi ns,is cu¬ Take of Root of Smallage Lovage,
red by Evaluation of thofe things. each one Ounce, Leaves of Mal¬
One that comes from bilious Hu¬ low, Marfh-nwllow, Groundfcl,
mors is eur$d, when they arc tem¬ each an handful, Mercury, and
pered and carried eff; and fo% if Pcllitorv of the Wall each half
3 rough, vi'cid and fharp Phlegm an handful, Seeds of Arnfc, Fe-
have produced it, this muff be cut, nU, Caraway, Lovage each three
attenuated , corrected, and then Drachms. Boyl them in Spring
carried off by Phlegmagogues. To water. Keep the Coiawre for
which end they commend inciding ufe.
Dc'xTiors, efpecially of Woods,
Barks and carminative Seeds. Then When the Body is purged, they
what is fir to be carried off, they give things to alfwage pain as 0)1
purge wlrh Phlegmagogues, of me- of Sweet Almonds in Malmfcy cr
di-ated Wines, Potions, Pills of- Hippocras Wine, Treacle, Mithri-
- Gumms, adding Carminatives and date with Caff or, and other Opi¬
Narcoticks. But if the Bifeafe ates, as PhjIonium Romanuftiy Re-
proceed from Melancholy, they qmes Nicolaiy and a thoufand o-
give Mfjanogogucs: And that Hu¬ ther things. Among externals they
mor muff be correfted with warry commend Yarn boy led in Ley^nd
things, as Whey and with ear¬ applied liot to the Belly •, Bags of
thy things, as bole Armenick, the Millet, Oats and Salt fried, and of
Jaw of a Perch, <&c. The Ancienrs other carminative and emollienc
cry yp Wolfs Gut’, as a Specified Herbs. They alfb apply divers
in’this Difrafe, If bile abound,they Unguents, Liniments, and Cata-
£ivc CholJgogues. plafms of Linfccd Oyl, white Li¬
lies, Charaomil, ire.
The wind Colick requires, I.
Thi* amendment ®f both the mate¬
rial and efficient Caufe. 2. The 14.
Difcuffion of wind raifed by them. He ^aracclOtt* fay, ThisDi-
3. The Mitigation of the pain. 4. feafe is faline,and chat it muft
The carrying off the material caufe. be cured with Salts. Therefore
To which ends, they commend the they will have the diffolved Tartar
following Clyftcr ; coagulated, precipitated, and af¬
terwards carried off. The fait al-
Take of the emo’Iicnt and carmi¬ fo, which is the internal principle
native Decodiun one Pound, of man’s body, degenerating from
dt.uithilicon one Ounce, com¬ its nature, mud be correded and
mon Silt on: Drachm, Oyl of ftrengchened by the elementary
Dill f.x Drachms, Anifceds de- Salts. For expelling the fait they
tom-

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 Of the Colick. 444

commend Elecampane; they do gun with a Clyfttr, which at firfl

not approve of violent things, nor
Purges^f Coloquiruida, and fuch
things ; for the fait, as Placet jus
fays, will not bear violence. And
becaufe the fpirits are in this
cafe thirfty, and out of order, fpi-
rit of Nitre, Tarcar, common Salt,
Vitriol, Oyl of Nutmeg, Cloves,
Cummin, Amber, Sulphur, & Tur¬
pentine will be proper, Civet alfo 1
may be applied to the Stomach
with Oyl. The extra# of Orange
pill in good wine is an excellent
Medicine; and fo is extra# of
cajamus arama'icus with Cinnamon
water, burnt Harts-horn, and the
bone found in Wolfs dung is
reckoned as a great fccret by Pa-
racelfus in this Difeafe. He com
mends Cataplafms of the dung ex¬
ternally. He fays, that fweet, fat,
and<oyly things are good in drink.
Eut above all things he extols his
laudanum opiatum.
mud be lenient and emollient,
whereby, as by an inward Fomen¬
tation, the Corrugation of the Fi¬
bres is ftopt, and the raging Spi¬
rits are pacified. To which ends
he orders one ro be given of warn
Milk and Sugar ; or emollient
Decodions of Mallow, Mjrfh-mal¬
low, Elder, and Oyl qf fweet Al-
mondsjalfoa Decodion of aSheep’s
head, or Calves feet; or only
Oyl Olive, or linfeed Oyl. If rhefe
Clvfters do not loefen the belly
fufficiontly, he would have men
ufe catminacive or bitter Ecco-
dions , in which fomc eleUuaai-
um diacathdicum, e baccis lawri, or
hiera pier a, is diflolved. Or;
Take of Infufion of crocus metallic
rum, or a healthy body’s urine,
one pound, Venice Turpentine
diflolved in it one oubgc and an
half, brown Sugar half an ounce.
Mix them. Make a Cly fter.

§• For the balfamick particles of

IBlmont has often cured a Co-the Turpentine, comfort the Bow¬
hek with true laudanum with¬els, and allivage the Fibres. Euc
out opium. He alfo orders the if the Gripes will not give way to
belly to be fomented with fomc thefe gentle things, he thinks, we
warm Oyntment: and lie highly fhould have rcco'irfe to hypt.o-
magnifies Ar.ifeed. His difciple ticks, as to the laft refuge. For
Grembs recovered one of the Co¬ which purpofe he commends kis
lick by giving him an emollient laudanum liqnidum tarunfatum
from fixteen to twenty drops, gi¬
Clyfter with three drachms of Phi-
Ionium Komanum, and conrtantly ven at the hour of fleep in a Ipoon-
giving him laudanum opiatum, and ful of Chamomil; or fome other
Chicken broth, with China root carminative water. When thefe
and daucus feed boy led in it. things are given, he gives either a
Then he concluded the cure with Vomit, or a gentle Purge, of Tar-
pills of Aloes. tarum cmencun . or white Salt of
Vitriol; or of Rcfin of Jalap, pils-
ld Khudii and Macarius dutch, to
§■ 16 . extirpate the matter of the Colick.
And at laft, when we cannot ac-
211211 SUia wil1 have t!ce cur€
of the Colick to he bc- tain cur end by thefe means; he
adviics

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 44 6 Of the Col/ck.
advifcs falivation, as the only re¬ Take of the four greater cold feeds
medy. If the Colick be of any each one Drachm, fweet Al¬
continuance, and contumacious,be- monds three Drachnfc, wliite
fides the foreftid things he advifcs Poppy feed one Drachm. With
divers Diureticks and Spaw-wa¬ Chamomil and Mallow-water
ters. Among externals he com¬ make an Emulfion.
mends Epithcms to the brlly of
leaves of Mallow, Mercury, Pdli- then it will be neceflary, that
tory of the wall each four hand¬ the bile fo correfled, be carried
fuls, flowers of Elder, Chamomil, off, to which purpofe he preferibes
Melilot, each three handfuls, a the following Elcduary}
Sheeps head. Boyl thtm in a fuf-
ficicnt quantity of Spring Water. Take of Pulp of Tamarinds two
The Colature may be ufed for a Fo¬ ounces, conferve of Damask Ro-
mentation, with Hand dipt intc fes ten Drachfns, Eletfuary of
it warm, and wrung out, and fo ap¬ juice of Rofes one Drachm, fait
plied , repeating it, when the pain of tent arum vitriolatum one
is violent. Healfofays. That a Drachm. Mix them. Make an
Lambs Cawl. or Lungs, and other Eleduary. Let the Patient take
inwards of Brutes, taken out and the quantity of a Nutmeg.
applied warm, do wonderfully eafe
pains of the Colick : But in fomc A cold pain, which is contrary
confutations he obferved, that E- to the other, mufl be cured by
pithems of hot things, or appli¬ aromatick Spirit of wine, impreg¬
ed hot, rather encreafed than a- nated with a volatil oyly fait: for
bated their pain. And in fuch inflancc j
cafes he rather commends Fomen¬
tations of folutions of nitre, as fal Take of water of Fenil, Treacle
Ammon iack, and fometimes, with fimple each half an ounce, fait of
Septalius, one made of pure cold Wormwood one Scruple} Crabs-
Water. eyes half a Scruple, Syrup, of
Lardnus Benediflus ha'f an ounce.
17. Mix them. To which fomc<-
times one grain of laudanum opia-
Pltoiug cures a hot pain, ari- turn may be added.
fing from fat bile, by Acids
and Watry things. Here is one of He endeavors to cure a piercing
his Receipts j fixt pain by correcting and tem¬
pering the acid Acrimony of the
Take of water of Cichory, Sorrel Pancreatick juice, and the vifeidity
each two ounces,Syrup of white of the phlegm, joyned with it *
Poppy one ounce, Spirit of Ni¬ which is done by gum Ammoni-
tre eight Drops. Make a mix¬ ack, galbanum,fetgaptn*m, maftieh,
ture, to be taken by Spoon¬ &c. He writes, that Oyl of Harts¬
fuls. horn is of great ufe in correding
vitreous Phlegm. And he com¬
And in this cafe the following mends Phlegmagogue pills, deferir
Emulfion will be proper i i bed, prax, /. 1, e, 14. §. 5.
Trt

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 Of the Colkk.
447
In Pain with a fenfe of Contor¬ Sweat, which mufl alfo be a little
tion, caufed by the Aufterity.of Anodyne j
the pancreatick Juice, he magni¬
fies Spirit of Sal Ammoniack and Take of Beroarticum miner ale twelve
Tindure of Caftor. For which Grains , oriental Saffron fix
purpofe he commends the follow¬ Grains, Camphore three Grains,
ing Mixture,to be given by Spoon¬ laudanum optarum, one Grain,
fuls ; water of carduus beneditlus,Mine,
Syrup of red Poppy each what
Take of water of Penny-royal two is fufficient. Mix them. Make
ounces, Fenil one ounce, Tin¬ a Draught.
dure of Caftor three Drachms,
laudanum opiatum two Grains, They alfo advife Clyfters, and
Syrup of Mint fix Drachms. Externals, which alfwage the hurt
Mix them. Fibres, and flay the impetuoflty of
the animal Spirits; all which you
A diftending pain, caufcd by may-find in the following Seftion.
wind, he removes by divers Car¬
minatives, Spirit of Nitre, &c. §• i9.
And volatil Salts are good, which
both cor red a vifeid Phlegm and *n a humoral
fharp Bile. Among externals he Colick, that the cure
prefers Vnguentum Martiatum muft be direded to the peccanc
and althdtA compofitum above all o- Humor. If therefore, we fufped,
thers, adding fome oyl of Chamo- that this cruel Pain conges from
mil, white Lilies, Bays, grc. And the Acrimony of hot, fulphurcous
a carminative Plafier, applied to or bilious Humors, which we may
the Belly will be good. know by a kind of burning in tlie
parts affeded, thlrft, vomiting, of
bilious Matter, and other Signs,
§. 18. then we commend the following
Hey that build on the Catte- Mixture 5
fiarc fundamentals, do all
they can, to blunt the fharp, Take of water of Wood-forrel,
pungent and cutting particles, Plantain, Cichory each an
and to break the violence of the Ounce, laudanum opiatum one
fharp Humour , and to affwage Grain, fpirit of Nitre twelve
the nervous Fibres, that are Drops, Syrup of Orange pill
hurt thereby ; which according half an Ounce. Mix them.
to them, may be obtained by di¬
vers anodyne, paregorick things: Emulfions, but efpecially Opi¬
for they often give Opiates, that ates, are very gcod. And now
fo the Patient may have cafe, and and then a Clyfier both laxative
the Phyfician gain time, to carry and anodyne may be given and
off that foreign fait. Then they gentle Cholagogucs ; but we ef¬
give a gentle Purge of ex trad of pecially approve of a Decodion
Rhubarb or.e fcruple or five and of Tamarinds, by which alone yti
twenty Grains, Then they give a cured a Switzer> who fiudied Di¬
vinity

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 44° Of the Colick .
vinity at Hanover, beyond thcjex- Take of the emollient herbs, car-
poftation of another Phyfician, duns benediffus each an Handful,
who had given him over for dead. root of Elecampane, acorust Ga-
To which purpofe a gentle loefen- langal each two Drachms. Boyl
ing Deco&ion may be often given them in fweet-Milk, adding of
in a fnull Dofe: to wit; Barly one Ounce, one yolk of
an Egg, oyl of Fenil, half a
Take of leaves of Bawm, Penny¬ Scruple, or Oyl of Rcw or Ju¬
royal , Splcenwort each one niper. Mix them, make a Cly-
Handful, root of Lovage, Kenil, fler.
Jfparagns each half an ounce,
leaves of Senna fix Drachms, I ever obferved admirable fuc-
Mechoacan three Drachms, feed cefs in adding an Ounce or two
of Fenil, Sermountaia each one of aqua benedttla Rulandi to Cly-
Drachm. Boyl them in delhEroth flers, and from fuch antiraor.ial
to a Pint. Add of Syruput de Clyfters, as we meet with inArve-
duabus rakiabks, what is fudki- riw, SennertM and others. Milk
ent. Mix them. alfo boylerf with Garlick may be
fupped. Milk likewife boyled
In this cafe Fomentations and with a good quantity of Elder-
Cataplafms of emollient and an- dowers, drunk cfpccially in the
tifcorbutick things may be out¬ morning, if the patient can keep
wardly applied. I often alfwage himfclf in bed and fwear, will do
Pain and evacuate the peccant Mat¬ good. A Clyfter alfo is good,
ter both at once,by giving Opiates made of milk one pint, St. Tho-
and Ch&lagogues together. When n<u Sugar half an ounce, butter
the pain is gone, 1 order the fol- one ounce and an half, Album Grtr
' lowing or fome fuch like pills; cur/I two Drachms ; or fome un¬
guent um Clyfmaticum.
Take of Maffa pilularutn tarlarearum In this cafe a Drachm of frefh
half a Drachm,diagridium twelve fperma cett, not rancid, may be gi¬
Grains,Oyl of Amber one Drop, ven in generous wine with good
with tinttura propriety is or ef- fuccefs. So Oyl of fweet Almonds
fentia anodyna make pills for two with a little fait, or one grain of
Dofes. laudanum opiatum, or three Grains
of Carnphore,is good.
For nice perfons I ufe the fol¬ If an acid, or (to fpeak like
lowing Potion ; the vulgarJ a melancholick Hu¬
mor, caufe this pain, it rauft be
Take of Calabrian Manna two corrected. For this purpofe we
Ounces, Diflolve them in a fuf- commend all manner of Alkalies
ficient quantity of Mint and Fe- which are excellent good mixt
.nil water; add Frog-fpawn wa¬ with Opiates. I alfo preferibe a
ter half a Drachm. Mix them. Powder of Crab’s-eyes. ?e»r\,fperma
. . - - : cett, Eezoar, and tberiaca cxURis,
But if the Difeafe proceed from, winch is excellent in this cafo.
cold and fharp Humors, then the All teftaceous Powders, Whey,
following Clyner may be given i ; AJfcs Milk, cmrimr.ium dupborcti-

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 Of the Co lick. 449
rum Caftor (as it is endued with If Worms, cr Stones, or harden¬
a vo'atil o}ly SaltJ and finally all ed Excrements be the Caufe, we
volatil oyly Salts arc proper to im¬ mu ft .lvvays take care to ger thttn
bibe and precipitate the exorbi¬ ouc of the Body. In a fpafmodick
tant Acid. And divers Externals, Colick, we mufl endeavor firft to
Liniments, Caraplartns, and other correct the morbifick matter, lodg¬
carminative things are good. When ed generally in the nervous Folds
the pain is abued, Melanagoguts of the Mefcntery, to remove the
mixt with Carminatives may be Solu.ion of Continuity, and to
given. If there be any auftcre flacken the over quick, aftive, and
Humor, and the body be bound, a fpafmodick irregular Mo ion of
Clyfter may be given with a little J the Spirits, into the parts of the
EHence of Caflor in ir. lira fcor- Abdomen and to reduce the fpirics
bu*ick Difpofition Antifcorbucicks: into good order again. And Cly-
rnuft always be added y and after- Efters have a fingnlar virtue to pact-
wards the peccant Matter mufl be *fy t!:e Spirits j ar.d therefore are
cvacuared by Hydragogues. [ very convenient in ail convulfive
In the wind Colick ejjentia car- l Motions: for what f omentations
tninativa Weielii and our carmina- E do, applied outwardly to the Eel-
nve Spirir, which follows, will be ly, that they do inwardly* when
good. being- poured ir.ro the Gut", they
enter tlicir Pores, ar.d fomc difol-
Take of Orange pill one Ounce ; ving particles expire, which tem-
and an half, root of Elecampane, : per and attenuate the morbifick
acorns, Mafter-worr, Galangal,! Matter, and rid the fibres of it.
Aoifeed, Bay-berries, each half! Theft Clyfters may be made of
an Ounce, Caflor one Drachm. | divers emollient, anddj ne and ner-
Let them be infufed in fpirit j vine herbs, and a Drachm or two
of Juniper Berries and generous; of Ellence of Caflor may be added*
Wine, then deflil them, and . to wit,of Marfh-mal!ow, Liquorice,
keep ir for Ufc. I white Lilies, .1 eaves of Mallow,
i Marfh-mallow,Pellitory of the Wal’,
This is alfo an incomparable [flowers of Chamomil, Elder, Meli-
Draught in the Colick , lot. Seeds of Caraway, Bay-berries*
(juniper berries, &c. We commend
Take of generous Wine ore Ounce ; alfo antimonial Clyfters, of which
and an half, aqua vita Manbioti before. As fer Purgatives, we dis¬
half an Ounce, Oyl of fweet Al¬ approve of them, be caufe they ex-
monds one Ounce, laudanum o- afperate pain and haften death, as
piaium two Grains, Camphorc that Famous Phyfician lf'<7'/cr«r in
three Grains, Salt of carduur be- Ephemerid. Maura Curipf. has ob-
nedilhs one Scruple, Saffron ferveJ, as well as !. Eur Medi¬
fix Grains, fpiritm falls Ammoni¬ cines imbued with an anodyne Sul*
ac! or falts dulcit half a Scruple, pl.ur, and which have gent'e pare-
Syrup of Poppy two Drachms. gorick Particles in them, do Ocp
M*x them and (hake them well the anomalous influx of the Spirits
together, for one Draught or into the Membranace ous parts ot
two. the lower Belly j and Opiates cv
<Sg cel

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45o Of the Cclick.
cel all others : for Tinflure of] To refrcfii the Spirits and com-
otum extra fled with Alcohol of : fort the Nerves, we advife Medl-
llrine , and tranfcolated feveral | cines, that are ftrong, of a gentle,
times, relieves to a miracle in de- • fulphureous , volatil Salt, which
fDerate cafes ; and fo does laudanum | bring the Spirits into order again.
cLtum, made by Fermentation ! All Balfamicks arc good in this
Langelott't way/ We have with t cafe, especially our nervine Ba!-
rood fuccefs ufed ttfent/a carmina- 1 fam, which by conftant ufing dees
th a mixt with cjjentia anodyna, We- wonders. Eilence of Caftor, Am-
delim his way. 1 muft needs com- ber and other fpirituous cephalick
mend this paregorick tinfture of Elixirs , are of great efficacy in
mine, which mixt with my ano- ( weaknefs of Spirits. Cordials alfo
. • . __r.:i_1 rr mnfl
muft behp given frequently: for in-
dyne tirihirc never failed me .i 0iVf*n frefl
i fiance ; Barly, Cinnamon water.
Take of Spirit of Roftmary half an Pearl, of the Velvet of Stags heads.
Ounce, Worms two Drachms, j Orange flowers, Dantca rubra, fpt-
Harts-horn, volatil Salt tf Am- ; ritus confortativus cardamomfatw,
ber, Vipers each one Scruple. confeSio allermes, fulyis diaeber-
Digeft them together. The Dole mes and cordial;s pretujus, which
twenty Drops twice a day, and may be made up .into Receipts by
la the Body always bedifpofed _ a j;i uu«.nv * 1 j- -— -
are good, which have a Sulphure¬
to Sweat.
ous volatil principle in them, in-
And anodyne Effence will be afmuch as they check the fharp
good of three parts laudanum opia- effluvia of the Spirits, and flop
tutrt, and cne of Balfam of Sulphur, their hafty Motion. But among
fharpened with tartarifated Spirit all Acid Spirits, the beft is that
of Wine, and firft prepared with moll volatil Spirit of Vitriol, which
fpiritw nitri dulcis. There is great is.made of Vitriol of Mars impreg¬
virtue alfo in our tberiaca Caelejlis, nated with Spirit of Sal Ammoni-
if you give a few grains of it. ack, deftilledby a gtafs retort in
Among mineral Anodynes, Cin- an open Fire. And Spirit of Ivo¬
nabarines excel, being thorowly ry deferves praife.
impregnated with fixt Sulphur cf Antifcorbuticks alfo and Diure-
Antimony, efpeciallv Cinnabar fixt ticks muft not be neglected, wlftch
with Oyl of Vitriol, which is the put the morbifick Matter into fufi-
true Fanacxa Anwaldina. Some on, and carry it along with them
love it prepared without an Acid. to the urinary PafTages, fuch as, a-
The Powder alfo gathered from qua anlifcorbutica either hot or cold,
the tlrofs of regulm of Antimony as there (hall be occafion, fpecifica
at the laft precipitation with Spi¬ Htrtodi ex fitreore columbino, Spirit
rit of Vitriol, is famous. Alfo of Sal Ammoniack Ample and com¬
the anodyne Sulphur of Vitriol, pound, nixtura dt tubus, Spirit of
made our way, cafrs Colick pains Turpentine, Sal volatile oleojum Sjl-
hke a charm. We mr-y reckon vii or nfflrum, Powder of Orange
Treacle water among anodynes, Pill, and other Balfamicks, which
which may be given either by it help Solution of Continuity, and
felf, or mixt with other things. correft a vitious Acid. But Tin¬
cture

Go gle
 Of the Colich.
fturc of Antimony exceeds ail the
reft, about thirty drops of ir given
frequently in aqua lumbricorum ma-
giflra'is. The virtue of this fol¬
lowing Balfam is excellent j
Take of Balfam of Peru, mix itHvith
Spirit of Sal Ammoniack and I-
very, and digeft it gently.
Liquor cornu tervi fuccinatus, and
all Ginnabarines, and cephalick
Powder made of them, cfpecially
mixt with Opia-es, are rf great
efficacy. All An.tcpilepticks and
Caftorines feem to be of lingular
Virtue in fpafmodick Fits of the
Spirits. Here alfo turum film/-
nans, taken from one Grain to
five, will do good. And it will
not be difficult for a prudent Pby-
fician to farisfie feveral indicati¬
ons by thefe Medicines. Sprtru
cm does not only temper Acids,
but aflwages tlye membranous and
fenfible Fibres, and fo cafes Pain.
But it muft be taken with Oyl of
fweet Almonds, Sack, or in warm
Broth, this Potion, Crato, who
was Phyfician to three Emperors,
reckoned among his fccrec Medi¬
cines. When thefe tilings will do
no good, they go to a Milk or
Whey Diet. Or we fend our Pa¬
tients, as to their laft refuge, to
the Waters, fuch as Embsden in
Germany and Bourbon in J-nnct )
by drinking whereof Cite us re¬
covered feveral, who were grown
paralytick by an epidemical Co¬
lick : So great is Nature’s bounty
towards us, and fo admirable is the
art of Phyfick! We do not ex¬
clude hor Baths, which have cu¬
red many. If we have them not
natural, we may have them arti¬
ficial. A Bath of frefh Warcr,
Milk or Oyl Olive is good, This
Go gle
t
following is excellent >
Take of rootofMarlh mallow,whfte
Lily, F'owers of Chamomil, Me*
Mot, Elder, leaves of Mallow*
Pellitory of the wall, Violets,
Bttck-Ixan , Brook-lime each,
what you p!e»fe. Mix them
for a Bath.
Exrernslly a Big of wheatett
Malt ground with Cummin, com*
men Salt and Chamomil flowers,
will be good) fbch as this follow*
if'g;
Take of ground Malr, Cummirt
each two handfuls, flowers of
Chamomil, Mullein, Melilor
each half an Handful, feeds of
Cummin, berriesofjuniptreach
half an Ounce, Camphorc (if
the patient ran endure the fmell)
one Drachm Mix them for
bugs , and apply them hot.
Wooden trenchers made vefy
hot and wrapt in a Napkin, im*
pregnated with Oyly things, and
fo Applied to the Belly, do often
give eafe. But we muft have it
care how we meddle with To*
picks : for they often do the pa*
tient mifehief ) bccaufe the faline
Recrements, being difturbed by
them, produce a more violent
Heat, yea an .Inflammation of the
Guts and Mefenrery,' which at
length ends in an Abfccfs ; as
Wepfer found it, in a Body wjiich
he operitd.
Wc highly value nervine T6*
picks mixt with Anodynes,which,
have all'o a prccipiaring Virtue in
them, fuch as aqua arlhritica, fpi*
ricofSal Ammoniack, Worms, li¬
quor ntrvinuSy Oyl of Soap, of
Take of Oyotnoent of Marfhmal- Take of Oyl of Chamomil, Al¬
low, unguentum anodynum each monds, Dill each one Drachm,
half an Ounce, Oyl of Worms deftilled Oyl of Bay-berries, Ca¬
two Drachms. Mix them for raway, Cummin each half a
Scruple, Effcnce cf Saffron half
ufc.
a Drachm. Mix them.
Alfo we order balfamus fpafmati-
cus Mjmfichti to be applied to the Oyl of Myrrh may be dropt in¬
back, with good Succefs. I may to the Navil. A Cataplafm may
likcvvife recommend Aromatick be made of Pellitory of the wait,
Oyls, fpiritus convulftvus, and o. Crefle*, and boyled Onyons, with
thcr Carminatives, the fpina dorfi Oyl of Scorpions.
may be anointed with unguentum Out of the Fit, for Prevention
refmpiivm mixtwith Beversgreafe, fake, the morbifick caufe muff be
&c. The following Liniment ap¬ removed by Purging, Vomiting
plied to the Belly cafes the moll and Bleeding. Afterwards open¬
violent Pain, to a miracle. ing Martial Medicines, and others
to temper the great Heat mud be
Take of Spirit of Ants, Worms, given, fuch as the teflaceous ones
Lily conval, fpiritus artbriticus, before mentioned, which imbibe
fpjfmodicus each one Ounce, vo- the Acrimony, and Acidity of
latil Salt of Hart’s-horn one the Humors, Ivory, Crabs-eyes,
Drachm, Tinfture of Caftor Mother of Pearl, Harts-horn, &c.
three Drachms. Mix them. Whey with Tamarinds infufed in
it, or mixt with Antifcorbutick
The Belly may alfo be anoynt- juices, may be drunk for fomc
ed with Oyl of Sow-bread. Or time.

CHAP.
 c H A- P. VII.

Of the Jaundice.

$. i. $.z. A Cafe.
M Oft names of Difeafes given A Young man,rwenry five years
by the Grecians, are re¬ AY of age, of a fanguine and co-
tained by the Latins. So the lerick conftiruion, at other times
word itlerus came from the Greek troubled with Hypochondriack
i*7£f ©-, from the yellow Feathers and Colick Pains, when in Sum-
in the Wing of a Bird fo called, > mer time after meat he had tx-
which in Larine they call Galbula, f ercifcd himfclf overmuch , and
in Englifh a wood-waif, which is likewife all the Summer long he
as probable., as Arndt us Lufitanus delighted in fugared things, and
his Derivation, cent. i. curat. 83 very Aromatick Wine, after he
in fchul. that it Ihould be called had patted feme Nights without
itlerus from 7x]«f©- a Kitf* be- Sleep, he Found a dulnefs of Bo¬
caufe Mens Eyes in a Jaundice dy, and an itching In his Skin, e-
look yellow with Bile, like Kites fpeciaUy in his Back,his Stools were
Eyes. Celfus, Apulejus and Scribo- white , and fomewhat flimy, he
nius call it amigo and auriginofa made a troubled, thick and Saffron
fuffufto from the colour of Gold coloured Urine, fo that it tinged
undoubtedly, which B'le, when cloth and paper, the white of his
it has over-fpread the whole Body, Eyes, his T emples, and all his Skin
refembles and fo they call it turn’d yellow, he had * bitternefs
morbus regius from Gold, which is upon his Tongue, was Thirfty, his
the King of Metals. Other call it Sleep was ditturbed , and if he
arqnatus or arcuatus> from the va¬ ftirred much, he had a difficulty in
rious colours of the Rain-bow. In Breathing.
Englifh it is called the Jaundice.
It may be defcribed to be, a Ca¬ 3. Tart affetted.
chexy tinging the folid and fluid parts
with a preternatural Colour, yeHow \ * ** Hen we fay, the folid and
or bladl, artfing from the Acrimony VY fluid parts of the B uiy
the Bile. are its Subject, wc do not exclude
1 G g 3 ti.-

Go gle
 0/ the Jaundic*.
rine, efpecially if you look on the
th-e Spirits,thofc fubtil Bodies ("too
fall under the fenfe of Seeing ) white of the greater cantbus of the
fubtil , to from the Caufe of the Eye, which js found firft of all to
Subjeft. I name only thofe be tinged yellow , a Sluggilhncfs
Pgrts, that are apt ro take the de¬of Body always p-eccdcs , there
praved Colour, which we fee are is an Itching all over the Skin , e-
both fjlrd and fluid. Among the fpecially in the Back,by reafon of
external parti we may accnfe the the Acrimony of the Eile diftiifed
whole Skin for the part affected* fhto he Pores of the Skin, and
Whofc Cuticle the thinner and mixt with the Serum. The li¬
more pellucid it if, as in v$hite nn.* between a yellow and red looks
skinned perfons, of a clearer yel- almoft black. And there are fueh
Jqw the Jaundice will appear*, and urines indeed in other Difeafes j
the thicker, the darker. The ad- but here lies the difference : In a
nau tunica, which makes up the J lundice if a linen cloth be dipt
white of rhe Eye, may alfo be in the urine, and then dried, it rer
here atfefled, and fo may the rains its yellow Colour; and in
N#, Lips, and Hair, as Scbnto- other Difeafes, if you dip a cloth
in the urine and dry it, the ytl-
us obj, /. 3. relates out of corntli-
t*f Gemma. Among internal parrs loivnefs flies away with the Moi-
affefted, we reckon for the prin¬ rture. Generally the llrine is thick,
cipal Subject tile part wlii^h fervesrurbid, and little in Quantity, the
for the Secretion, Collet ion, and Stools are whitifh and hard, like
pifeharge of the Bile, namely, the album Grxcun *, bccaufe the ways
Liver, Gall-bladder, Choledothal are obftrufled, by which the yel¬
puft and the Panadas. Zacchias low Humor with the bile was car¬
ried to the Guts, and fo the Ex¬
plfo f ccji. me-ditflegal, tm. confil.
IS* obferved the Lungs in this Di- crements are not tinged. The Bel-
fcgfe tq be tinged whh a citrine ly is generally coftive, through De-
Colour, fn a Man, forty >cars fed cf Salt contained in the Bile,
pld, whom f opened at Manner, I which ufed to vellicate the Guts and
fopnd not only all the tifeera both ftimulare the Fibres to Excretion,
in the Belly and Breafi. bur the The whites of the Eyes and Temples
Very Erain, Bones and Cartilages arc yellow, bccaufe mrft of die
tinged with an Ictcrick ycllo.v volatil part is fublirhed. The
Tinflure. In opening oilier Bo¬ Mcuth is bitrer and thirfly, the
dies, char died of the Pally, I haveAppetite decayciL there is an Op-
found fonirrimes Stones, fomc- pteifipn at the Heart and in the
fimCs vifeid Phlegm, or foine thing right hypoebons/rmthe Head akes,
Sleep is troubled, the Hair ffceds,
plfc in rise biliary Paflagc*, which ,
Hopped |!]c{e Yeflels. 2nd the Breath is fhort. The fpc-
ciul Signs of a black Jaundice are
faid ro be the Inclination of all
’% 4. piagn'vfhck.
the Skin to a black, brown, or li¬
T rie piagnoflick of a Jumdice vid Colour, there is a heavy Pain,
in general njay be taken, j Swelling or a Pain after much
without more to do, trorp die Ha-; .walking in the left kyeoebondrium,
bit of ^ur of dje «. ’ Saancfs, ${oojh(ulnc(s, Want of

Go gle
 Of the faundice. 45:5'
Sleep, Fainting, Urine cnclining this Difeafc to Bih>, fince neither
to a black, a coftive Body, &c. Sicknefs nor Colour comes from
Bile, and to make it out, he de¬
nies that the Gall gives the iftc-
Caufe. ritiousTinfture,bec.iufc there is no
T HE old dSnlcnifts fay, the Tincture in it, ror in the Spleen,
efficient Caufe of this dip- and the Bile is in the Guts. For
colouring is either the abundance he holds, that Colours arife from
or depraved quality of the Bile, the Mixture of Salts; as we
which diffufes it felf either cri¬ fee Painters make feveral Colours
tically or fymptomatically all over of die Mixture of feveral mineral
the body. The antecedent Caufcs ! Silts. Therefore , according to
with them are either a hoc ln- him, the yellow Jaundice corffifls
temperature of the Liver, in which of an en’alick Vitriol, and liquid
cafe too much Bile is bred, or a Sulphur ; and the black of toyfnp
Stoppage of the Choledochal Dud Vitriol and diflolved Sulphur. But
cither by a too thick Bile,by phleg- thefe things are fo obfeure, that
matick Humors mixt with it, or we Hull proceed to things that arc
by Scones, or whether it js, that better underflcod.
rhefe Duds are comprcfied by the
Humors of the adjoyning parts,
or that they are elofed up, for want i- 7-
of Bile. They hold that the black IhClttlGnt, as well as his Mafler
Jaundice proceeds from black Bile *7Pjracctfus, denies that t(ie Bile
or Melancholy \ and therefore is amifs, but holds, that the laun-
they blame the Spleen for breeding dice proceeds from fome fault in
fuch a bad Humor, and they fay, the digeflive Faculty; becaufc the
the proximate and conjund Caufe liquid excrement is carried up¬
is the Effufion of Melancholy inro wards, which fliould be purged
the circumference of the Body. downwards. He makes the Caufe to
A eo!d and dry Intemperature of be an anodyne Poyfon, and its Re-
the whole Body, Liver, or Spleen fidence is from the pylorus to the
or Inflammations and Apoflems of end of the duodenum'\x. flops, and
the- Spleen may breed or encreafe fo the Stone and Jaundice turn
Melancholy ; and fo may the fre¬ the Blood into yellow Poyioa.
quent ufe of Melancholick things, And this is often caufed by Grief.
thefuppreflion of theHemorrhoids,
Grief and Care, the turning of
Blood or Bile into black juice,ei¬
s.
ther by Aduftion or Congelation. lilt# thinks, the Caufe of a
Jaundice confifls in this,that
Bile, feparared in the Liver is ei¬
i 6- ther noc fufficiently, or not at all,
jOslraCClfu* lib. n. it iff.c. I- carried to the Gall-bladder, be¬
it endeavours utterly to over¬ caufc the Ways are obflrufted,•
throw the Galenical Pathology a- but mull of Niceffity regurgitate
bout Caufcs, and boldly contra, inro the Mafs of Blood ■, and fo
dids their Opinion, who afcribe lie quellioDS not, but it arifes from
Gg 4 the

Go gle
4 $6 Of the J aim lice.
the Obflruflion of the cyftick Paf-
fage and common Duft and f line-
§. IO.
pipes the whole Blood is in fault,
when Bile is bred too plentifully
and quickly in the mafs by reafon
T He OTartclwnS think, this
Difeafe is bred, wlien Bile of-
of its over exalted, fulphureous,and fenJs in the Figure of its Particles
fa'ine fixt Particles •, fo that it can- ' and in Motion. Then a due quan-
nor be dif< barged foon enough the tity of it is not difchargcd into the
ordinary Ways: Wherefore this, Parrs for Excrements, which tar¬
parting from the Blood with the rying long in the Blood* and circu¬
is fm to the folid Parrs,and lating with ir, and its Figure not
gives them its Tin&ure. Which agreeing with the Pores of the
is the reafon, that the Bite of a parrs, it tinges the Skin yellow,
Viper, and abufc of flrong Drink and breeds the Jaundice. By black
are vpc to caufe this Difeafe ; and Choler they underftand, acid,fharp
for the fame reafon he thinks that and grofs Particles, which are io
a Tert! in Ague may c^fily termi- the fame manner peccant.
pate in this Difeafe.
0. rr.
§. 9. jjlljjj® indeed, as mod do,
^xVlbtuo harps much upon the think, that in this Diftale
fame firing. He holds, that the Excretion of the Bile in.o the
the Bile it hindred in its Motion Guts is hindred, by the various
fo the Gurs, by Obftrudtion of the Ojftruftion of the Liver and bili¬
^icl.doclul Dud. or by a too ary Dud,and fo It regurgirartf, and
vifeid pmcreatirk Juice. He fup- is carried with the Eiood all over
ppfsa’fo, the Bile is bred and de¬ the Body, and dyes it with its
tained t o long in the cyslis, and yellow Colour. But we ikewife
that lomctimes it undergoes a*no- jj think, that there is feme Vifcidity
table Alteration, which makes it in this yellow Humor, which not
move more impccuoufly and abun- ij only caufes obflrutfions in the vcf-
danrly towards the Mafs of Blood \ j! fels of the Liver and other parts,
yet it mixes not with it fo well as j: but through the habit of the body \
it pfed ; buc is only blended with ,jand fo this yellow humor Oagnatcs
it, and fo is apt tofeparare again jj there fothtrwife the Yellownefs
from it, and to dy and tinge the ] would return by the Jymphatick
folid parts with irs Colour. And | V. dels to the Blood, and would
he questions not, but fometimes a ■ not overflow the Skin. J Nor is
T'li^flf^ mav
jaundice rmf+A by
may be caufed kv poylo-
n/MifX r the Tfiver
Iupp always
xlunvc affected A Mti»k
with ?«
pous volatil Spirits, iriixt with rhe hot intemperaturc, as is common¬
Bile and Blood. He proves it by the ly thought: for this Difeafe de¬
{ming of a Vi^cr. pends upon the Qbftruftion, not
only of rhe biliary Duds, but of
the Veflels of die whole Body, e-
fpecially of the Skin i y ea cx'peri-
cnoe fliows, that this Difeafe is
bred in a Very cold Tntcmpcraturc.
And

Go gle
 Of the 'Jaundice.
457
And we do not only throw the in which cafe I fufpeft -there is a
procatarftitk Caufc of a Jaundice fixt vitriolick Bile, which is able
upon drinking Erandy or Strong not only to tinge the Skin, but the
Wines, but upon drinking cold whole body.
Water, and eating rifeid and cold
Meats. Ncvcrthelefs we deny nor,
but this Difeafe may be caufed by a
$. .
12 Prcgvofiick.
yolatil Salr, and the over Spiritu-
ofity or Fatnefs of the Bile. For
N Ow we will go to the Progno.
flick. And hither belong
fometimes the Blood is ill ferment¬ the following Aphorifms of Hippo¬
ed through the Bile's fault j if crates §. 4. aph. $2. Thofe who in
the Bile or its Sulphur be too much Fevers have the Jaundice come be¬
exalted, corrupt or abundant, or fore the feventh Jay, it is bad, be-
if its (harp lixivial Salt be dimi- caufe the vifeofity is greater. Al-
nifhed or weakened, whereupon fo f. 4. aph. 64. Tney who in Fevert
the Chyle cannot be well fepara- have the jaundice come on the feventb
ted from the Excrements of the day, or the ninth , or the ele¬
Belly, nor be difpofed in a due venth, or the fourteenth, it is good,
manner for future fanguification ; unlefs the right hypochondrium be
and fo (as the Saying is) a fault hard, otbtrwife it is not good; be-
In the firft Conception is feldom caufe the peccant Matter is expel¬
corrected in the fecond. There¬ led by violent crifet, which fcarce
fore fharp and fuIphureous,or poj- happens in our cold Countries. He
fonous Particles occafion a Jaun¬ fays ilCof. 6. aph. 42. For fuch as are
dice i thus we fee a Jaundice is ill of the Jaundice, to have their Li-
caufcd by the bite of a Viper : vtr hard it is bad-, bccaule the
or when many fuch hot, fhirp, Difeafe then is fixt and grear. A
or fulphureous Particles are mixt Jaundice, thar is critical, goes a-
with the Mai's of Blood, much way cf it fclf, and fo does that
Bile muft arife from that Mixture, 1 which is caufed by the biting of ve-
jvhich cannot all be received by nomous Beaft'. But it is hard to
its Bladder, and then muft needs \ cure one caufed by a calculous or
reflagoate into the Blood, and fo . carnous Ohflruftibn cither of the
be carried to all parrs of the Body. ! biliary Di)ftst>r the porus hi lari us
Moreover I do not queftion, but.! in the Gut. It is exceeding diffi-
there is a Conglomeration of the | cult to cure one, that is Ioofe in
qnimal Spirits in the orbicular Fi- his Belly, or when the Difeafe is
bresofthe Gall-bladder, which by invererare, or has grievous Difea-
tfcus fpafmodically contrafting the , fes or Symptoms joyned with ir.
Gall-bladder caufes all the Bile to ' cfpecially in Women with Child
regurgitate towards the vena porta and old Men, or when it proceeds
into the Mafs of Blood •, and this, from an Inflammation, or Scirrhus
may be done by an auftere Humor I of the Liver ; or, as it was faid
flagnating about the Orifice cf the i when it comes in Fevers before
Gall-bladder ; nor do we exclude j the critical day, cfpecially if it ap-
Stones, Worms, &c. When the 1 pear without a cold Fit: fer then
Skin is dyed ofa Blackifh Yellow, j it fignifirs fome grievous Difeafe
JF B ? Sign of the bjack Jaundice, j is bred in the Liver; and fo it
threatens

Go gle
4>8 Of the 'jaundice.
threatens other grievous Difeafes,
as the Dropfie , Cachexy, Con-
fumprron, and the like. The
Jaundice is often mortal, if ir pro¬
ceed from a cold Caufe,fomctime
alfo the lafteal Vcflels are obftruft-
i-d thereby, and then Patients die
of a lingring Confumption. Now
to the Cure, and firft to the Die-
rttftjt. t He mull neither move nor reft
r 3. Dietetick Cure.
A Mon* the ft* non-namral
things, the Air. fince we can¬
not live a Moment without it,muft
becxaftly obferved, that it be tem¬
perate : we difapprove of a cold
one*, for Cold renders the Bile
more Vifcous , and fo makes the
Obftruftion pertinacious. For the
Air getting into the Fibres of the
Lungs, and protracted for the E-
ventilation of the Heart,and creep¬
ing thtnee by latent Paflages all
over the Body, may do Violence
to ir.
The Parient muft alfo ufe a
fan id Diet and calie of Digeftion;
let his Meat be feafoned with Ca¬
pers, Endive, Parfly Root and o-
ther opening and inciding Herbs
and Roots. Let him forbear all
Meats that abound with Phlegm,
lirch as are all that are vifcous,
Fifh, Pulfe, Summer Fruits, &e.
and fuch as are apt to turn to Bile,
cfpecully fuch as have Honey, Su¬
gar or Spice in them, arid fpiritu-
otK things, fuch as Brandy, &c.
for rhefe things fire the Blood and
Bile the more. According to Ho-
race Se \ 2. vers. 2.
Dulcit ft in bilem vertent,Jlo-
macbojH! tmultm
Untaferet fit u to.
Go gle
Gluttony is hurtful : for the
Difturbance of the Spirits, and the
Fluctuation of the Victuals after
immoderate eating encreafe, and
a Min is never himfelf, if his Bo¬
dy be over crammed. The Pati-
enr may drht\ fome aperient De-
coCtion, or Phyfick Ale, and now
and then take aGlafs of goodWine.
too much.
He mufl fletp in the Night and
make in the Day.
He muft go to Stool either na¬
turally or artificially.
The Paflim of the Mind moil
be moderate*, cfpecially Anger,and
Grief, which, as Helmont tefitfies
hinders the Digeftion not only of
the Stomach, but alfo of the Bile.
$. 14. Tbarmaceutick
Cure.
Ow we will proceed ro thar,
for whole fake all thele
things were premifed, and that is
the Pharmaceurick Cure. And
firft of all the Galenical Method
was this. S nee they accufe the
Obftruftion of the Paflagrs of the
Vcflels,by which Bile, as they fay,
is carried out of the Liver and
Spleen Into the Guts, and it is
thought that the Liver thereupon
grows hot, and abundance cf Bile
is gathered, therefore they give a
Clyfter: for the Patients gene¬
rally are coftive, becaufe the Bile
does not defeend, which ufes to
irritate the Guts. Then they
render the Humors, that produce
grofs Obftruftions, obedient to
Nature by inciding and opening
Medicines, fuch as Root of Genti¬
an Parfly, Ajirum. Fenil, Leaves
of Fumitory, Ground pine, So¬
re!, alfo Waters of Agrimony,
Hops,
 Of the Jaundice. 45 9
Hops Dodder, Fetiil, Cichdry, En¬
dive, and.Decoftions made of thcfe §. i?.
tilings, but I have no mind to give
you any Receipts of them, becaufe 4j\3trarclfuB fays, correfted
you may meet with them any Tr* Rhubarb is a moft excellent
"where. -Afterwards they carry oft Remedy for the Jaundice •, and he
the prepared Humor by evacuating corrects it with Oyl of Sweet Al¬
Medicines , fuch as Eleftttiry of monds. He writes lib. de prep. i.
Juice of Rofesjfl'inprumm falntivumy that all Excrements and Dungs
Tamarinds, piluU de rhabarb/iro , cure the Jaundice. In lib. de ther¬
Manna, Cafiia and other Cholago- mit he commends SaI gemm and
gues. But if black Bile be pec¬ Tin for the Cure of this Difeafe.
cant , they betake thcmfelves to He fays that all things which cure
ftronger things, namely Melanago- die Jaundice come from Mtrcwr'tm
gues, of which they make all man- Vmerit. He fays Juniper Berries
ner of Medicines, Infufions, De- and black Cherry Water are good
co&ions, Powders, foe. according in the Jaundice. /. de lUero c. 5.
to the Indication of the Drfeafe, He magnifies a Lizard fowedin a
the Intention of the Phyfician.and and a Spider, for curing a Fe-
the Patient’s Pleafure and Cufiom, , vpr and Jaundice. He writes like-
admitting alfo of Vomits when ; wife that Horfes Dung, made hoc
there is Occafion. After all they and given thePaticnt, cures a Jaun-
commend Diureticks and Diapho- dice, and fo does ones Urine put in
reticks, given in due time and a Bladder and hung nine Days ia
manner. the Smoak.
Among Specificks Capivaceiw The modern Hcrmeticks Com¬
commends an Infufion of filings of mend Spirit cf Vitriol, S-It, Tar¬
Steel. OAfen gives Afpecragnt to tar, with Saftrun. cmUnu com¬
People in a Jaundice. Atim gives mends Oyl of ■ Amber,bafil. chym. p.
earth Worms dried in an Oven 193. given in Water of Endive ,
powdered with Myrrh and other Dodder, Cichory, cr Celandine.
appropriate Medicines and lie They reckon up leveral Specificks,
writes that fo the Jaundice is the Wefiiail only (lightly mention the
next day carried oft by Urine. cliiefcft of them, and they are Ce¬
Some commend a Wolfs Liver for landine, Root of Turmerick, Rhu¬
a Specifick. barb, Saffron , the yellow Stone
Among Corroborates they reck- • found in the Gall of an Ox, Root
on fpecies diacurcumt, dialaccs, Ha¬ pf Anchufd, the yellow Skin of
inan fantalon, diarrhodon Abbatir, 4Iens Gizzards and Feec, the Pa¬
Treacle , Mithridate , Whey of tient’s Urine drunk with Juice of
Goat’s Milk, a Deco&ion of Hore- Horehound , Earth-worms , Dogs
jiound, red Vetches, foe. the Dung Dung and Gocfe Dung efpecially if
of a Dog and a Goofe. If it be the flic be fed with Celandine, Goafs
black Jaundice the Ancients com¬ and Horfe Dung,the Allies ct Spar¬
mend the vulgar Spleneticks as rows Feathers, the Brain cf a Lar-
good Aperients, tridgc,Lice, Buggs,Beetles, a Tench
applied alive to the Navil. till it
flics, and fottc cf them few a live
Lizard

Go gle
a6o Of the Jaundice.
Lizard in Cotton Cloth, and h»ng
it- about their Neck, and fo they do
with a live Spider.
§. 16.
Ccording to Belmont any
^ thing cures a Jaundice,which
extinguifhes that Poyfon , which
changes the Blood yellow, all Alka¬
lies are Antidotes, as are Millepe¬
des, Worms,Lice and other Infeds,
inafmuch as they dertroy the Poy¬
fon that alienates the forefaid Fa¬
culties. Not that thofe Worms
or Simples prefently open the Gall¬
bladder. Nor can we imagine that
a bire or ftingin-the Skin can pre¬
fently (hut the paflage of the Gall
into the intefttnum jejunum. But
the virulence does fo difaffed the
plants, that the di£jftive and di-
ftributive Faculty is prefently alie¬
nated 5 and therefore it is, that one
bitten with a Viper turns prefently
Iderick Wherefore according to
our Author the Jaundice is cured
byappl.ir.g Flowers of Corn-Ma¬
rigold, Dandelion and fcv<ral fuch
things, and frequently by fome An¬
tidotes that are agreeable to the py¬
lorus. And Rhubarb, Saffron, Tur-
merick, and Dock do npt curebc-
caufe they arc Yellow, but inas¬
much as they are good for the de-
terfinn of the Poyfon. He cries up
Salt of Urine, as the higheft and
mofl approved Medicine for cure-
ing the Jaundice. So likewife a
Pike Fifh applied ahve to the Sto¬
mach kills the Poyfon.
£. 17.
SLISH Ctire
fcafe is performed by an
exad method, which proceeds ac-
, pordng to three Indications. 1.T0
Go gle
remove the Obftrudions of the
Duds or poms bilartw, or cyftick
Paflages , or Choledochal Veflcls.
2. To reduee the Blood to a due
temper, that it breed not Bile be¬
yond mcafurc, or make it unfit for
Secretion, v To preferve Strength,
and help the Symptoms. That
he may fatisfy thefirft Indication,
he preferibes Purgatives, by which
the defeent of the Bile may be ir¬
ritated towards the Inteflines, and
the obftruded Veflcls may be clear¬
ed i to which end he advjfes Vo¬
mits, that is, while the tone of the
vifeera and the Strength are good :
for by thefe the loaded Stomach
is eafed of much vifeous Phlegm,
and likewife by irritating the Cho¬
ledochal Veflcls and violently fhak-
ing all the hcDatick Duds, they
clear their Obflrudions,and fo tlie
Bile endeavours its paiTage by the
ufual Ways. Among thjefe Vomits
he highly values crocus metallorum
with Wine or Oxymel of Squills,
or Powder of afarum halfa Drachm
with fiecula An and tartarum vicrio-
latuiHy or gum gutta eight Grains
with tart.irum vitriolatum fix
Grains.
Among Purgers he prefers be¬
fore all others half an Ounce of the
Eleduary cf Juice of Rofes , or
half a Drachm of Rhubarb with
Salt of Wormwood and Cream of
Tartar each half a Scruple. If you
have a Mind to an Infufion or A*
pozem , you may confult the Au¬
thor. He alfo gives the following
Powder;
Take of the bed Rhubarb from
half a Drachm to a Drachm,Salt
of Wormwood one Semple.
Mix them. Mskp a Ppwder.
Thefe
 Of the jaundice.
Thcfe things premifed, the Au¬
thor pafles to Dcoppilativcs and
Specincks, vvhich arc cither Diu-
rcticks or Diapkoreticks, inafmuch,
namely, as fuch Medicines pro-
more the Secretion of the Bile
from the Blood, and when it is
feparated, urge its paflage through
the Duds of the Liver, and dtf-
charge the bilious recrements by
Sweat and Urine, fuch as Tindure
of Antimony or Elixir proprietatis
Paraceljt an Ounce, giving twenty
Drops at a time. Mixtura [implex
and Salt of Tartar are proper. This
excellent Author cries up the Vir¬
tue of Gefner’s tint title in this
Difeafe *,
Take of the Root of large Nettle
one Pound, Saffron one Scruple.
Bruife them well, and extrad
the Tmdnre with white Wine.
The Dofc is four Ounces in the
Morning for four Days.
He highly values alfo this follow¬
ing of fetes;
Take of the Root of greater Ce¬
landine fliced two handfuls, Ju¬
niper berries one handful. Bruife
them, and pour a pint of Rhe-
nifh Wine to them. Draw the
Juice. The Dofc four Ounces
twice a Day.
I find the following Pills ap¬ Take of new made Urine of the
proved by the Author j
Take of Powder of Turmerick,
Rhubarb each one Drachm and
an half, middle rind of Capers, Mafs, which muff be made into
Root of afarnm each half a
Drachm, ex trad of Gentian, lcf- fetin ri warm place near a Fire
fer Centaury each one Drachm
and an half. Salt of Wormwood
half an Ounce, Seed of CrciTcs
Go gle
4 61
half a Drachm, Rocket half <t
Scruple , elixir proprietatis half
an Ounce, gum Ammoninck dif-
folved in aqua lumbrtr.jnm what
is fufficient. Make; a mafs for •
Pills, and kt it be made into
fmall ones. The Dofe half a
Drachm Morning and Even¬
ing.
Among Specificks and things ap¬
propriate to this Difeafe he com¬
mends Earth worms, Gpofe and
Sheeps Dung, Millepedes either ro
form of a Powder , or fquetzed
out with Celandine water, and
this exprefleii Juice may be drank
twice a dav for a Week. And by
reafon of their Volatil Sale he cries
up the vulgar and empirical Re¬
medy, to wi», nine live Lice. And
for the fame reafon he commends
flowers of Sal Ammoniack, Salt of
Amber, Hants-horn, Soot, Spirit of
Harts-horn tinged with Saffron
from fiftee n Drops to twenty. He
holds that Chalybeates ana Spaw
waters do good.
Among Externals and Syrapa-
theticks h-r extols a live Tench ap¬
plied to t he litcrick’s right hp-
clmdrium,, or to the Soles of ills
Feet. H<: has alfo known this Qi-
feafe, wh en inveterate and deaf to
other Re medies , has been cured
by the fc< yet way following
Icteric!: Perfon^ll that he makes
at One: time, afhes of Allien
wood lifted a fufficient quantity.
Mix th cm and reduce them to a
three 1 Jails of equal bignefs, and
or Sto ve: As rhefe Balls grow
hard , the Jaundice wafts a-
way.
He
 4^ Of the Jaundice.
He commend? the following mix- Stools in a day, and fo make him
ture for a Cordial. void the Bile with the Phlegm. If
this Difeafe had its rife from the
_
Take of a<j'ua mirabilii eight Oun- Poyfon of the viper, Sudorificks
CCS, lumKJcorum four Ounces , abounding wich a volatil Salt ar;e
Syrup of Orange pill one -' proper, furh as Andrmubiu
^ (com-
-
Ounce. , monly called Venice) Treacle, Tro-
' chifccs of Vipers^ntimonium dittpho-
If Pain is violent, he Hies to ret,cum, betpartkm miner ale, &c.
Anodynes, j The Author’s Empirical and
, ! Spccifick Remedies arc Hemp feed
< o 1 boylcd in Cows Milk till it hurff,
10* ‘ snd ftrained : let the Patient drink
a^9Plhtuc thinks the Cure of the fivt Ounces of this Decottion three
Difeafe ccnfifls in this i that or f<>u» times a day. Alfo a Drachm
the remote caufes be avoided, to of Venice dillblved in warm
wit, grief cf mind,erxeefs in flrong Milk and fweetned with a little
Wines or Brandy. One mull Sugar, given twice a day. He gives
ftiun, as he would Poyfon, whate* a greatencomium AO Tinftureof Saf-
ver alters and vitiates the Bile,that froo made with a volatil Spirit. He
is,the viperine mattes- muft be cor- values opium it felf, as a powerful
retted, and brought into the Guts; Conqueror of the animal Spirits,
alfo the vifeid Phle gm , that ob- and as it is oyly and fat; for he
ftrutts the Choledocl ial Dutt, muft does not queftion but fat and oyly
be incided and canrieooft : for in- things do bind the animal Spirits,
ciding whereof alk Ar-jmaticks and and Cure the Jaundice y and he
Volatil Salts are prop, tr j and for conform this by fist and anodyne
carrying it off, diver > Purgatives, Sulphurs of Minerals and Metals
Rhubarb, ijc. but he fays the their gently fixing and appealing of
following Dccottion e Kceeds them volatil Spirits. For taking away the
all; j yellownefs of the Skin he com*
j mends the following mixture j
Take of Root of Mat!; er, greater
Celandine, Parfly ■ rach half an Take of Water of Grafs, Worm-
Ounce, Flowers of Broom half wpod each two Ounces, Tin-
an handful. Seed of Columbine, I tture of Saffrop , Spirit of Sal
Parfiy, Anifc each tr to Drachms, Ammoniack each half a Drachm,
crude Tartar a Drat dim and an bevurticum miner ale one Scruple,
half. Boyl them in white Wine i laudanum opiarum three Grains,
and fair Water each what is fuf- 1 Syrup of Fenil one Ounce. Mix
ficienr. Diflolve in t he Cola ture j them. Give a Spoonful of it
of Syrup of Diacnit .*um, of Ci-; often.
chory with Rhubar! > each one
Ounce and an half, t Six them. If the Patient fw?at, the Cure
, may the fooner be expected i but
Let the Patient tak e twice or if much red Matter be yoided by
thrice a Day as much < >f this Apo* I Urine, and a little after fettle, it
zem as will j’iYC him t jvo or tlirec [will prove flower.
§. ip.

Go gle
 Cf the Jaundice. 463
[ Ounce-, Tnrmerick half an
S. T9- 1 Ounce, Leaves of greater Ce¬
ancI thc Carte(Iana landine two Handfuls, Vervejit,
^•’*^*'* proceed in this Method. Betony, Bawin each half an
In the beginning we do not ap¬ Handful, the whited crude Tar¬
prove of Purgatives; and Rhu¬ tar half an Ounce, (e^d of Anifc
barb or Senna mull not be boy led, two Drachms , Hemp five
as fome would have them ; but . Drachms, Fcnil one Drachm.
the Purgative Virtue is rather to Make a warm Infufion for a
be got out of them by Infufion, Night f r more in a double Vef-
otherwife Particles are fetcht out, fd well flopt, and in a fuffici-
which after purging bind the Bo ent quantity of Rlienilh Wiar
dy again, which may prove very make a gentle Deception. To
inconvenient and prejudicial. Thc one quarc of the Colature add
following Apozem therefore will of Honey of Squills one Ounce
be ufeful , with which I always and an half, Salt of Wormwood
begin the Cure ; one Drachm, Spirit of Sal Am-
moniackone Drachm, '3fta lit*
Take of Dandelion , the greater Matihioli an Ounce and half. Mix
Celandine each one Ounce, them. Make an Apozem.
Leaves of Cichory, Straw-berry By this we may very well in-
each one Ounce and an half, cide grofs Humors, that Hop any
Horehound half an Handful, Paflages, and carry them off, fince
white Tartar , Leaves of Senna Phlegmatick Humors cannot con¬
three Drachms. Infufe them in veniently be carried off without
Wine and Water equal parts. previous preparation. A Deaxfti-
Boyl them to a Qyart.And ftrain on of opening Herbs and Root?,
the Decoction. Or, fuch as the greater Celandine , c-
fpecially if Goofe Dung be added,
Take of Leaves of Horehound,Dod¬ is very effectual in this cafe ; here
der , greater Celandine , Sou¬ foliowes a Ccmpofition;
thernwood, Goofc-grafs, Flow¬
ers of Sc John's wort, Colum¬ Take of Root of Cichory, greater
bine each half an Handful, Tur- Celandine , Mather each three
merick three Drachms, monks Drachms, Leaves of Celandine,
Rhubarb two Ounces, Leaves of Dandelion, Ground pine, Agri¬
Senna one Ounce , Cream of mony each half an Handful,feeds
Tartar three Drachms, Root of of Anife, Jaucm, Caraway each
greater Celandine one Ounce. one Drachm , Goo'e Dung ga¬
Make a Big. Or, thered in theSpring time.Sheeps
Dung each half an Ounce. Boyl
Take of Wood of Sadafras half an them in a fufficient quantity of
Ounce , Guajacum rafped , the Water to half a Pint. In thc
bark of the fame each five Colature dilldive of Syrup of
Drachms, China feven Drachms, Cichory with Rhubarb half au
Sarfaparilla ten Drachms, ferap- Ounce. Mix them. Or,
ed Liquorice three Drachms, Take of Straw-berry Leaves with
Root cf greater Cclandii e one the Roots three Handfuls, Cur-
 464 0/ the Jaundice.
rans three Ounces. Eofl them in Take of tartarum emtticum two or
a fufficient quantity of fair Wa¬ three Grains, Diaphoretick Anti¬
ter. Make a Potion.. mony fix Grains, Salt of Worm¬
wood two Grains. Mix them.
Or the Patient may make an In-
fufion of Celandine in Wine, and Finally all things are good, that
drink a draught every Morning. are dige'live in the Blood y fuch
When the Patient has taken fome as tanaruf niry.itus, precious rtores.
of tliefe things, he may be purged Pearl,Crabs Eyes,efpecially if there
in manner following 3 be any aufleriry in the Blood or
Bile. Then fomc Sled may be
Take of Elefluarium diac.ithelicon given, fuch as the following EJe-
cum fucco rofitrum one Drachm etuary 3
and an half, choice Rhubar>,
from half to a whole Drachm, Take of prepared Steel one Ounce,
Macurius dulcis fix Grains. Mix fpecies diarrhodon Abbatis half an
them. Make an Eleftuary. Or , Ounce, Salt of Wormwood half
a Drachm, with Syrup of Vine¬
Take of our Tinfture of Rhubarb gar and Cichory each what is
made with Salt of Tartar, En¬ fufficienr. Make an Elcftuary.
dive and Cichory Water , and The Patient may rake a Drachm
give of it from half to a whole of this Eleftuary every Day for
Ounce. twelve or fifteen Days.

And becaufe I have often found Take of Tin&ure of Columbine

Aloeticks do gdbd, the following flowers, fpiritus apmtivus Penoti
Pills may be given 3 equal parts. Mix them.

Take of extraft of Aloes twelve But if there be no auflerity,

Grains,Refin of Scammony three
Grains , Mer curias dulcis ten
Grains, Oyl of Mace one Drop.
Mix them. Make Pills. Or in
N form of a Powder 3
Take of pulvis laxativus one Scru¬
ple, Magi fiery of Jalap , Scam¬ Take of Goofe Dung gathered in
mony each three Grains, Cream
cf Tartar ten Grains. Mix them.
Make a Powder.
And Clyflers made of Aperients
are good to open the Choledochal
tuA. If vifeid Bile be lodged in
the Stomach it will be the fafefl
way to give a Vomit, and Diapho-
reticks with ir, that wc may kill
two Birds with one Stone 3
thefe things would not be fo pro¬
per 3 but then the Obftru&ions
fhould be cleared by convenient A-
perients for which end I commu-
nicare the following Specifick as a
Secret 3
Spring time and dried in the
Sun , Chicken Dung each one
Drachm , Lapis fulminans half a
Drachm , Salt of Wormwood
two Scruples, Powder of Cinna¬
mon one Scruple, Sugar one
Drachm and an half. Mix them.
Make a fine Powder. Divide it
into four equal parts, let the
Patient rake it every Morning
farting, having prenailed Univer-

Go gte
 Of the Jaundice. 4*?
fals. I have feen the Jaundice the Humors, which thing tarrare-
perfefUy Cured by it. Or ; ous , faline and antimonial Medi¬
cines are able to do. Mindrcriu
Take of the Skin of the Gizzard commends half a Drachm of Pow¬
and Feet of a Hen and a Goofe der of Sow-bread in mulled Wine.
one Drachm, Volatil Sale of U- We alfo recommend Diureticks in
rine, Worms, greater Celandine this Difeafe, as having abrterfive
each one Scruple. Mix them. Salts in them , rhat correft the
Make a Powder. Vifcidity of the Bile, and carry ic
off by Urine : for in i&erick Urines
Dungs alfo are good, Sheep’s, befide the yellow Tincture we fee
Afl'e«, Goats, Dog< atjd Horfes in- abundance of Contents, which re¬
fufed or boylcd in Wine: for the quire to be carried off. Where¬
excrements of thefe Animals are fore when one; there is an alterati¬
wholly nitro-fulphureous; where¬ on in the Colour and rhe tartareous
fore they have an admirable incid- Conrents, we may reckon the Di¬
ing, attenuating and dtliolving fa¬ feafe is in the Dcclem.on. Here are
culty ; and they retain rhe virtues fome Receipts;
of the Simples, on which thefe A-
nimals feed, which by conco&ion Tinffureof Satf on made with vo¬
in the Stomachs of thefe Creatures latil Spiric of Urine about fif¬
are turned into a kind of quintef- teen or twenty Drops is an ex¬
fence : and therefore they are fo cellent Medicine. Or;
t ffedual in the Cure of feveral Di-
feafes. Take rf Spirit of Tartar, Sal A n-
The Salt alfo of the caput mor- moniack c.:ch one Scruple,
tmm of Vitriol exalted by iterated monium dinpktreticum halfaS Tu¬
Cohobations, Spirrts and Salts of ple, Rob of Elder one D achm.
Urine and Sal Ammoniack are ex¬ Water of greater Celandine one
cellent Deobftruents. We magnifie Ounce, Cinnamon half an Ounce.
the volatil Salt of Worms, Sows, Mix them. Make a Potion.
Beetles, <frc. Or;
The acid Spirit of Sal Ammoni
ack and Mart have an admirable Take cf antimnhim dwplvreticum,
Virtue againft this Dlfcafe. Thefe mar dale half a Scruple at a time.
two Spirits combined may be Or;
dropt into the ordinary drink, fo
as the Acidity can lcarce be d:f- Take of Salt of Urine half a Scru¬
cerned ; by this Remedy alone I ple, voladl Sale of Amber five
have cured feveral. Volatil Salt of Grains, Crab’s Eyes ha'f a
Tartar, tin ft nr a tartari antimoniatat Draclim. Mix them. Make a
common Spirit of Salt, fpiritus ape. Powder for one Dofe.
ritivus Penoti; crocus Mortis apetiii-
vat &c. are Specificks- Among other things thefe are
Aid fixe Diaphoreticks. are pro¬ good, fpititm Penni aperitivui, li¬
per, if they have alfo an opening quet jpleneticus Scbrxiert, a> camtn
Faculty, and either lkbdlife aid Tartar/, &c.
incide or foak up the Mucilage of
H h Some-

Go gle
466 Of the Jaundice.
Sometimes this Difeafe follows
Fevers, and it fignifies there are
Obffrudions, whicli when they
come upon Fevers, rauft meds be
bad \ yet fomccimcs it is critical
m Fevers, and then it is not fo
bad. Roots of Cichory with Cur¬
rans, eacen inftejd of Lettuce at
Supper arc good.
There is nothing better for the
Stomach in this Difeafe, than the
fat of a Dog or a Viper deliilled,
which has often done good, when
all tilings clfe figuified nothing.
But if there be any Sufpicion, that
the Jaundice proceeds from a Con¬
glomeration of the animal Spirits
at the Gall bladder which brains
and fpafmodically affeds it. To this
end Cinnabarines will be good,
tfpecially half a Scruple of our
cinnabaris folaris with fix Grains of
Sal Ammoniack. Alfo balfmw
nervimu, Spirit of Sal Ammoniack
tinged with Saffron , liquor cornu
cen t fttccinatus, and other Nervines
will be very good.
If there be fwooning and the
ffrength much decayed, the follow¬
ing mixture will be proper j
Take of Water of Idler Centaury,
Fumitory, Straw berry,Pearl each
one Ounce , Cinnamon fix
Drachms, Shavings of Ivory pre¬
pared, Harts-horn preparcd,Tin-
dure of Saffron each one Scru¬
ple, fpiritus Jhtif dukis lialf a
Scruple, Syrup of Cinnamon fix
Drachms. Mix them. Thismix
ture muff be taken a Spoonful
at once.
As for Externals I have fo often ing Mixture j
been deceived by them, I (hall not
fo much as mention them. Only Take of aqua polychrejla, aperitiva,
among the magnetlck Cures I have
fcveral times experienced tliis fol¬ ces, Cinnamon half an Ounce,
Go gle
lowing, fo# which I could never
yec imagine a reafon ; Let the Pa¬
tient piisin fome brafs Veflel, fave
the Urine three days, then boy! it
over the Fire, and when it is boyl-
ed, pour it into running water, not
ffanding.
The blick Jaundice being a dc-
fperate Difeafe requires thenobleft
Mcdici ics. At the beginning the
following antiiderick Decodion of
the famous Wedelius is proper;
Take of the five opening Roots,
Mather , Cichory each two
Drachms, Leaves of Agrimony,
noble Liver-wort, Scrawberry,
Funvtory , Horehound , leffcr
Cenraury, Wormwood each half
an Handful,Flowers of$r. John's.
wort two Pugils , yellow San¬
ders one Drachm, Saffron half a
Drachm, Cinnamon one Drachm.
Boyl them in Water and Wine
as much as is fufficient.
Alfo with ForcQus his Bag I late¬
ly cured a Maid fuccefsfiilly of chis
Difeafe;
Take of Root of Mather,Rhapon-
tick, greater Celandine each half
an Ounce, Rhubarb, Turmerick
each two Drachms, trochifci dc
eupatorio one Drachm , Saffron
one Scruple, Leaves of Straw¬
berry , Horehound each one
Handful , Schoenanth half a
Dradun. Cut them, and put
them in a Bag for a meafure of
Wine.
She likewife took the follow¬
bepatica Mynftchti each four Oun¬
Effcncc
 Of the Jaundice.
Eflence of the greater Celan¬
dine two Drachms, fpiritus fairs
Ammoniaci anifatus one Scruple,
jyrnpHs dt duabus radicibus two
Ounces. Mix them.
And here all (harp volacil Salts
are proper, whereby the corrupt
and exceflive Oylinefs of the Bile
is taken off, and on the contrary
its dull and pontick Salt is fharp-
ned, and the Acidity of the Pan-
creatick Juice is corre&ecL Befide
thefe faline Spirits tempered with
Oyly things are proper, fuch as
Spirit of Urine or Worms mixt
with Eilence of greater Celandine,
Southernwood , Idler Centaury,
Turmerick and Dandelion ; the
Spirit alfo of Wheaten or Ry
Bread is good to reflore a due Cra¬
fts and tinfture to the Blood,when
it is fpoyled. They fay, that lapis
fulminaris and the cart skins of Take of root of Alkanet, Macher,
Serpents are Spccificks in this Dif-
eafe, perhaps becaufe they imbibe
the Acid, that lies in the firft
ways. Martial Medicines are good ;
there pulvis Langianus, fo much
commended by Simon Paulis, will
be proper.
Take of Filings of Steel one drachm
and an half, Seed of Cloumbine
one Scruple, Powder of Earth¬
worms half a Drachm. Mix
them. Make a Powder.
All bitter things and Spleneticks
are of great virtue in this Cafe.
Alfo to recover the Crafts of the
Blood the following deftifled Anti-
jfterick Water may be preferi-
bedy
Take of root of Alkanet, Mather, Thefe are Empirical Medicines.
greater Celandine,Turmerick, Ci-
ehory, lharp pointed Dock, A- Hyena taken in greater Celandine
Go gle
467
fparagus each half an Ounce/
Leaves of Agrimony , German¬
der, Strawberry, noble Liver¬
wort, Flowers of Marigold/
Broom, Sc. /afaVwort, Idler
Centaury each one handful, the
yellow inner rind of Berberries,
Tamarisk each half an Ounce*
Ivy berries one Drachms and an
half, Earth-worms, Millepedes,
May Beetles each three drachms,
Goofe and Hens dung gathered
in the Spring each fix Drachms,
Saffron half an Ounce, Infufe
them in Wine and Water cf the
grearcr Celandine each one pint.
After four days dcftil them ac>'
cording to arc in Glafs Organs.
Lee the Patient take three fpoon-
fuls of this Water in the Morn¬
ing, and ac four in the After¬
noon everyday. Ory
Smallage , Bittcr-fweet, (harp
pointed Dock, grcaccr Nettle;
Afparagus, Turmerick, greater
Celandine, Leaves of Agrimony,
lefler Cenraury, Maidenhair,Car-
duus benedillui, GermaAder ,
Straw-berry, Dodder, Flowers of
yellow Ox eve,Marigold, Colum¬
bine , St. 7o/;*’s-worr, middle
rind of Berberry, Elder, Tin-
fture ofRhubarb,Rhapontick,Fil¬
ings of Steel, Earth-worms- pre¬
pared. Infufe them in Water of
Southernwood, Dodder, Endive,
and Wine. Defiil them. This
Water, for its egregious and ap¬
propriate vircues, may be called
aqua cftica.
When thefe things will not do,
you may go to the Mineral Wacers.
Three drops of the Gall of an'
Hh 9 H4
 Of the Jaundice.
Water is cried up by the Greeks
as a never failing Medicine.
The Heart alio of a Wren eaten,
is faid to cure the Jaundice.
„ .. „
A Drachm __mk
of the Powder of a
Parrot taken, cures any Jaundice,
So likewife it is remarkable, that
fhe Liver of a Sea Tortoife bruifed
Go gle
with Witer of greater Celandine
and drunk, cures the Jaundice.
The following experiment will
fcarce ever fail you. Put the Pa-
tient’s Urine in a Pot, cover it with
a Tile, boy 1 it half away, and hide
* it in Horfe Dung,
j
CHAP.
»■
 CHAP. IX.

Of the Dropfy.

A Dropfie in general is defined

to be, A [welling of the whole Bo¬
§. x.
T dy, but generally of the Abdomen,
Bc Dropfy is called hydrops} with a Collection oj watry or flatulent
hydropifis, aqua intercut, and Matter.
by Celfus morbus hjdropicus. l’ar?~
celfus calls it ros burnt dus, and[a{ $. 2. Part affetted,
or liquor refolutus, to diiiinguilh it
from fimple ufual Water. The
Dropfie in general denotes a ferous
T He3inctento, fome of themf
took the Liver, others the
gathering *, if. in the Head, it is Mefentery, fame the Spleen, for
called bydrccepbilus*, if in the the part affefled. Some of the
Bread, hydrops pifto'is *, if in the tiwccrns take it to be the inteRii
Belly, afeftts s if in the Cod, her- num jejunum and its Iaftcal Veins/
nil rtquofq •, if in the Womb, hy¬ die blame the whole Body, the
drops uteri ; if in the whole Habit genus zer.ofum, & nervojum efpecial-
of the Body,anafirc* and leueopbleg- ty. But we think, that for the mofl ■
mi:ia if the Belly be faolleh part tfie Omentum is affefted in this
with Wind,and found like a Drum, Difcafc, and its Veficls arc brokey
it is called ty tup iritis. and fo all potuknt Matter returns
But here we Hull confider three into the Cavity of the Abdomen:
forts principally, an afeitts, an for it is my opinion, that ajl po-'
amfarca or liucophltgmatia and a tulent things pafs throiigh the c-
Tympany. And we will begin mentum to the Kidneys. There¬
with an afeitts, in which a ferous fore fuch creatures as have no o-
matter gathered in the abdomen, mentum make no Urine, as Birds,*
and contained either in thekydatidis' Fifh, &c. Btfides all hydroyicaf
or in the orficnlttm, periitoruum and People upon difleftion are feund
Mufcles of the fbdomtn, ftrangely to have »heir omenta, rotten, or torn1
difknds it, and (bmctiniesthe/cto- or full of fwcllings. At Hmover
tum, or the pubes,Thighs,and tegs*, one mdling, an Hermoroniift, cue
Wherefore it is called ajci'tes or #- a hernia omentalis out, but cut et
trrcultris, beraufe the belly is like grear part of the omentum with it r
a Eouget filled with Water. and the Patient complains of a
Hk j gr&tf

Go gle
470 Of the Dropfy.
grcjt Difficulty of Urine; if he
drink much, he has a pain at his
Stomach, and is always loofe.
J&’hich makes rpc 'hink, that fome
of the Veflels which carried the
Urine ftreight to the cmulgcnrs,
were cut off: therefore all that is
potulcnt pa lies to the duodenum^
and there hinders Fcnpentatton of
the Meat, and makes the Fibres
|*x. And there is fomething more,
>vhich makes it very probable that
all that is potulcnt, paffes not by
the Guts into the lafteal Veins, and
by the thoracifk Dpft to the
Heart; becaufe the pylorus of the
Stomach is turn'd upwards, that
jio potulcnt Matter may run our.
Surely therefore potulent things go
fo the bottom of the Stomach, and
parts where it is joyned to the 0-
pientum : and if its Vcffels be broke
or fwelled,the Potulent Ma*ter mufi
of neceffiry fall into the Cavity of
the abdomtnjad caufe a Dropfic.
I make no queftion likewife, but
when the Spirits do not well irra¬
diate thole parts, and open the
I'pres of the Stomach, a dropfie
tiiay arife.
£. 3. Diagnojlick.
A N Afiit(s is eafily known ; for
ip it the abdomtn is very much
fwollen, and daily crurcafcs, efpe-
pially after earing and drinking
plentifully. I have obferytd the
Swelling to encrcafc and dccreafe
with the Mcqp. Ufually the pubes,
Thighs, and Legs fwell in both
Sexes, and in Men the firotum, by
the natural burfting of which I faw
a Souldier curcd,w|io voided above
forty I’ints of Water. When they
turn tliemfelyes in Ecd they fome-
times, tho nor always, find a Flu¬
ctuation from one fide to the o:
Go gle
ther. There Is Difficulty of Breath¬
ing, becaufe the Diaphragm can¬
not play. Their Body wafts and
grows thin. They have always a
cough, fome times dry and fomc-
times moift: for now and then
the water gets to the Lungs. Some¬
times there is a flow heftick Fever,
becapfc the Blood being robbed
of its ferum, and not diluted, with
new Chyle, grows thick, rough and
acid. Their Urine is generally
red, with a thick Sediment, their
Face looks yellcw as if they were
in a Jaundice. Francifcus de Por¬
ta does elegantly fumm up all the
Signs, dejign. mrbi l. 3. c. 12.
Hydroptm fjedus color arguitt
& tumor ingens.
Et fitis,& dyfpncea, cibiqut a-
xerfa c pido,
Occupat & varies injhtlo tier-
gida j'tdes.
Sometime*,though pot always,the
appetite is loft, there is Naufeouf-
nefs, Vomiting , Boofenefs, run¬
ning Ulcers in the Legs and Arnjs.
They are infatiably thirfty, and
the more for drinking. For,
Quo pluf funt pots} plus fitiuu-
Ur aqua.
f • 4-
AN ana fare a or ItuctphltgmatU
is known by a lax Swelling
of the whole Body, which is foft
and ufually pale and the Limbs
pit. Patients arc not always fo
thirfty as in an afeites. It is eafi-
er to be cured than an afeites. In
a Tympany the Face does not re¬
cede fo far from its naturalState,&
here the Swelling of the abdomen
with Wind especially contained
 Oftht
fn the Guts, and with extravafared
feritm, is fo great, that when the
Belly is hit, Tt founds like a Drum.
For a Tympany feldom goes alone,
but has Ordinarily an tfcites at¬
tending it; though there may be a
Tympany alone, as Experience
lately taught me in a Girl of nine
years old, in whom there was not
one drop of water or ferm in the
abdomen, but both the abdomen and
Guts were di fiend ed, and gave a
plain found. Eut three Symptoms
do always attend this Difeafe,Short-
nefs of Brearh, Paucity of Urine,
and violent Third.
5. Caufe.
Ccording to the <S>alcntfts,
the pioximate immediate
efficient Caufe, is Matter not fit
for Nutririon,which is ferous pitui-
tous or flatulent, ga'hered in the
Cavity of the lowcft Belly, or be¬
tween the Skin and Flefft, by its
abundance diftending the parts of
the Body. The Propinquous an¬
tecedent Caufe is the fruftration
of Sanguification proceeding from
coldnefs of the Liver. And this
eoldnefs may be produced by an
over cold Air : therefore Hippo-
crate f. aph.72. f. 3. fays, that Drop-
fies come in Autumn.Too much ta¬
king of cold things, efpecialiy
drinking of cold and foul water
after bathing or being in the heat
of the Sun, cools the Bowels ex¬
ceedingly. All manner of eje-
ceffive Excretions, and Bleeding
may caufe it, Galen. 1. 4. de prafag.
ex pulf blames the Spleen, and a
feinhus of the Liver. Some blame
the breach of a Vein.or of Bladders
full of water which fill the abdo¬
men. Some think it runs in by the
breach of the umbilical Veflels,
borne , by the Ureters being bro-
Go gle
Dropfy. 471
ken ; others hold that water may
get into the abdomen b> occult as
well as manifeft Paflages.
S.6.
A Ccording to Paracelfus the
t\ Caufe of a Dropfic is an A-
luminous Tartar. He calls a Drop¬
fic fpilt Water, fpilt Liquor, a moi3
Dew, and he affirms, it is nothing
elfc but Warer. He compares ic
to Rains : for as in the Macrocofm
a Man is drowned by an Inun¬
dation; fo in the. Microcofin the
Spirit of Life is drowned by Wa¬
rer. This Diffolurion of aluminous
Salt arifes from the irr.preflion of
the mifcrocofmical Heaven and its
Srars. He makes feven kinds of
Dropfies, vt\ a Dropfie of the Li¬
ver, Spleen, Lungs, Brain, Gall,
Kidneys, and Heart. He denies,
that the Tympany is one kind
of Dropfie ■, but lie fays ir is a ftop-
page of the Belly } and Wind is
caufed, when nature has no vent.
He makes two Tympanies, one cf
the Guts, another of the Womb.
Though in truth the ftoppage of
the Belly is not a Dropfie but the
Wir.d-Colick •, and the Tympany
of the Womb is the inflation
thereof.
§• 7-
®lmcnt blames the Spleen
and not the Liver j becaufc
in many that died of a Dropfie he
has found the Liver found. He
boafts how he,has curgd two thou-
fand dropfical People, whofe Urine
was of a bloody black Colour, and
they made nor above a Spoonful
in one Night *, whofe Liver if it
had been bad, he confefles he
could never haye cured them. Sq
dyfenterick Pcrfons and great drin-
H h 4 fcr»
472- Of tbs D-opfy.
kcrs fall imo the Dropfie, not
through auy fault in the Ltver,but
becaule ionic Blood gathers in
the convex part of a Gut. He
holds, there is "a three fold Matter.
Firfl,exti avenated Blood. Second¬
ly Waer in the abdomen; which
is a morbid produft. Aud he
fa; s, there is a third Matter which
has its internal efficient in the in¬
fernal viral Principles of the Ar-
cb&us of the Kidneys. For he
holds, that there is a certain vi-
rulent anodyne Quality in extra-
venared Blood, or in fame fuch
Matter, which mokes the Kidney
forget its Office of feparating the
fr'um and fo fends it back to the
Belly. In a Tympany he fays,that
Wind proceeds from a certain in-
difpolition of the local Arcktus,
which turns Meat, that is no way
Windy, into Wind.
8.
TjSTcS Till's thinks that an aCci-
*es proceeds from mere
Water, which fills the parts ia
the lower Belly', and befidcs the
Membranes are diffended by the
difordcr of the Spirits, and fo the
S veiling increafcs. Kor in an af
cuts fometimes the Water fo fiu-
fluates, that the Patient can feci
it. Then, when the tufeera are fo
foaked in the lymph t, they tor, and
their par.xcbyma and the Coats of
the Veflels and Glands fwelf, fo
that all put together they amount
to a large Bulk. He thinks alfo
that thtferum too much feparated
from the Mafs of Blood may caufe
an annfarcti in which he maintains
that the ferum is poured out of
the Mouth of the Arteries ioro the
Skin. He alfo blames the chyle will begin with an afeites. The
poured out of its proper Yeflels. caufe therefore of this Difcafe is
Go gle
<• 9.
^I*?ibtug holds, that an anafar-
^ c.i comes from a thin, wa-
try and fair ferum, poured out of
the lymphatick and lafteal Veffels,
fuppofic.g ObfiruftioBs bv a vifeid
Humor to be the mofl ufual Caufe
of a Dropfie, which is arrended
by a flag nation of the lymph* or
Chyle-, but cfpecially of drink in
the Veflels, and then by a breach,
and Effufion of what is contained,
into any place capable of it.
10 .
THethe<£ lymphatick
atteffaKS hold, that
Veflels are
breke by lome hard thing, ci¬
ther pricking or cutting them,
fo that the lymph* in an afeites is
poured into the Belly; and in
an anafuct into the whole Body.
For when water in the abdo¬
men grows thick, then the fuptr-
ficies of all the vifetra, yea, the
ptritonxm and Mufcics of the Body
are befet with a Coat, which hin¬
ders the Vapors produced in the
Body from bring inftnfibly evacua¬
ted hence it is, that it is fo
difficult to make fuch* Patients
fweat; but we find, if a ffiarp and
inciding Clyfler with feme fudori-
fick Salt in it be given, and the
Pores of the Guts thereby opened,
when, the pitituous Coat is remo¬
ved, there is a great difeharge of
Water out of the Abdomen.
NQw toe will examine the cau-
fesofthe Dropfie: and we
ordinarily
 Of the Dropjy. 47?
ordinarily the lymphs Chyle, or and Tranfpiration are kept in,and
too much Drink, and fometimes fo of ncccflity Vapors arc conden-
ferum feparated from the Blood, fed in the Body, at length the fe¬
that is, when the Mafs of Blood, rum is encrealed, and then a Drop¬
being deprived of its volatil Salt, fie enfues. The procatarftick
breeds nothing but lympba, which Caufes are various, but chiefly
either by Stagnation or Acrimony Drink , cither watry, fpirituous,
diftends or breaks the Veflels. It or thick , impure, and tur.-
is very rare, that the Stagnation hid, when it is taken in cxcefs.
of Urine caufes this Difcafe, for I Becaufe by its coldnefs, it makes
have known feveral die of a Stop¬ the Humors thick and immo¬
page of Urine, without any fuch veable, deftroys the natural Fcr-
Inundation. Generally the caufe tnenrs, and contracts the excreto¬
of this Difcafe is a weaknefs in the ry Pores, fo that fometimes vo¬
Blood, which makes it infufticienr miting follows cold Drink, when
to turn the Aliment into its Sub¬ the Pores of the Stomach arc fo
fiance, and fo mufl of neceffity contracted by Cold,that theVapors
throw it upon other parts. The which ufed to pafs by thefe Pores,
proximate continent caufe is the o- do not pafs, but by diflending the
pening of the Veflels, efpecially Stomach, and by flicking in the
of the omentum, cither becaufe Fibres, and vellicating them, do
drink, or the lympba, or Chyle, do caufe Vomiting. Milk Meats ea¬
abound or are over thick,or move ten unmeafurably or unfeafonab.'y
too violently, or bccaufe by their occafion it, alfo taking cold when
Acrimony they eat through the the Body is hot, Difcafes of the
Veflels, or becaufe they continually Mind, Melancholy, Grief, <(yc. the
prefs upon the Veflels, that were Jaundice, a Fever, fo.rie Excre¬
obftrufted before by grofs and pi- tions either augmented or fuppref-
tuitous Humors, or by the Humors fed : augmented, asover-vomi ing,
of the Glands of the Mefentery and a continual Loofcnefs, exetflive
omtntum, which at laft burft, and Venus, roo great expcnce of Blood ;
fo run out. I opened a young fuppreffei, as the Menfirua., lochij,
Man, in whom I found all the Haemorrhoids, Bleeding, Fijlulat
Mefentery and omentum full of Hu¬ and the like. To thefe may be
mors and feirrhi, and the Liver added fom; Difcafes, that ufually
found. And he had been a great attend an ajcitts, as a Confump ion,
Water drinker, which occafioned Quartane Ague, the Jaundice, a
his Dropfie. The antecedent Caufe Scirrbus, Inflammation or Ulcer ;
is partly a ferous Cacochymy, Obflruftion of the Ureters, tfcrc.
partly Phlegm, partly a perverfc The Caufe of a Tym^ny is
Texture and Srufture of fome Wind pent up in the Scoituch,
Parts, and partly a weak Influx of Guts, or Omentum, which thereup¬
animal Spirits upon the cutaneous on diftends the Peritwaum.
Fibres; for according to this in¬ The antecedent Caufe is partly
flux there is either a too great abundance of Phlegm in thefe'
Stri&urc or Relaxation of the Skin. parts, partly too math Heat, or a
And when tile cutaneous Fibres depraved EflTetvcfcerice in the Guts
arc too much contracted, Sweat between die Bile ar.d Mtlancho-
Iick
 474 °fthg Dr0Pfy-
lick Juice, or the Pancreatick mixt
with Phlegm ; the Obftruftion of
the Chylifick parts, and fuch things
contributing much thereto.
The procataTftick Caufes, arc
all things that encrcafe Phlegm or
Wind, or, when they are encreaf-
ed, encrcafe the Heat and (harpen
the Bile.
The caufe of an ana fare a is a
lympha , by reafon of a Clamminefs
and Toughncfs, and its dull Moti¬
on thereupon turned into a Geliy,
and therefore Stopping in the
lymphatick Vcflels,or the VcfTek be
ing open,poured into the Pannicle.
The antecedent Caufe is parr-
ly the abundance of ihofe Humors,
partly their Thicknefs and Clam¬
minefs ("an Obftruftion, Compref-
fion or Apcrtion of thofe VefTcls
and of the parts ferving for Chy-
Itficition and Smguific.uion enfu-
jrtg; and an Imbecillity arifing
thereupon. *
The external Caufes are a cold,
moift, foggy, fubterraneous or un-
ufual air. Therefore fuch as fail
from Germany ro Guiny arc ulually
troubled with Melancholy, Grief,
acme and chronical Difcafes, but
efpedaljy with the Dropfie *,
§. ii. Prognojlick.
A Dropfie that comes from a
Scinbus of any part, or from
ocicmatousTumors of the Mcfente-
rv and Omentum, or from the fcar-
city of vgjatil Salt in the Blood
cr of ar imil Spirits, is fcarce cura¬
ble. They are in lefs dinger, to
whofe Nature and Age the Difcafc
js conformable, according ro ff/w.
f. 2. aph 34. Difficulty of Breath¬
ing berokens the Difeale to be in-
ycrerare •, heejufe it argues, the
Humors arc incralTated by conti¬
Go gle
nuance in the Abdomen, fo that Va¬
pors arifing from thence, they can¬
not freely pafs through the Pores
of the Diaphragm; and the danger
is greater, if they be ffiarp, for A-
crimony eafily may corrode the ad¬
jacent Parts. And I have very often,
yea always in a manner, found rhe
ommtum all corroded in fuch as I
opened, after they were dead of a
Dropfie. Which makes the Di-
feafe incurable; for then all the
Drink immediately runs into the
abdomen. A Cough in a Dropfie is
bad ; for it ufually is a Sign, that
the Acrimony comes through the
Diaphragm to the Lungs. Third
is bad ; for it fignifies, the lympha
is fo plentifully difeharged into
the Caviry of the abdmtn, that
the Blood grows dry, and has not
fo much Moifture in it, as ro moi-
ften the Mouth. It is a bad Sign
in a Dropfie, when no Fluftuatt-
on of the Water can be felt, for
then the Belly is over-firerched
with water.
The Following Aphorifms of
Hippocrates have refpett to rhis Di-
.
feafe. f. 3 aph. 17. Many Summer
;
Dlfeafes fill out in Autumn Agues
quartan and erratic^, Difeafts of
the Spleen, Dr-pfies, Confumption ,
Stoppage of Ur he, &c.
. .
S. 4 aph. 11 they that have
the Gripes and Tortures about the
Navil, and Pain in the Loyns, which
can neither be cured by Medicine
,
nor otberwife it turns to a dry Drop-
fie. In this cafe there is Obftru-
ftionby grofs Vapors.
.
S. 6. aphor. 8 Ik a Dropfie Sores
arifing in the Body are not eafily cu¬
red. The reafon' is, becaufc the
Dropfie filk the Veficls of the Parrs,
and when the Matter cannot ulce¬
rate, it endeavours to get out at
die Sore, fo that it has no Reft,
which
 Of $e DropJ}.- 475
which is exceeding requifitc for The Drinlz muft be Beer well
the Cure of Sores. defecated, with Worm-wood or
S.6> aph. 14 .IJ'oni be ill of a Drop¬ ]uniper-Berrie6 fteeped in it, and
fie, and the water run out of the every Draught may have ten or
Veins into the Belly, the Diftaje is twenty Drops of Spirit of Mars
at an end. dropt into tr. A little Wine Is
S. 7. aph. 5. After Madnefs, a allowable. But all Brandy and
Loofenefsy or Dr op fie, or delirium is aqua vita is bad. And Drunkards
good. have three Plagues,the Confumpti-
Alfo, S’. 7. aph. $<,. They, whofe on. Gout, and Dropfie. Therefore
Liver being full of water burjh into Abftincnce is the beft Medicine.
the omentum, their Belly fills with
Water, and they die. Hence it is A’lftine & t(ficus, quod mtdicina
plain, that Hippocrates did then fuf- ntquit.
peft the omentum in this Difeafe.
The moft dangerous fort of all is Avoid large drinking of cold
a Tympany, next an afeites •, an Drink.
anafarca Is caficr to cure than a- Motion muft be moderate *, for
ny of the reft If in a Tympany they arc forced to abftain from all
there arife an Inflammation of the violent Motion, bccaufe of their
Navil, or of any Mufcle of the Difficulty of Breathing; the hid¬
Belly, then Death is at hand, as I den cooling of the Body, after vio¬
obferved in two Patient'. I have lent Motion and Hear, is bad,
feen Sores in the Legs, and Eva¬ Sltrp muft be moderate and in
cuations thereby fonittimes give the Night, not in the Day at nocji.
relief, and femerimes kill. A red We muft nor cure Watching by
and high coloured Urine, a quick Narcoricks; for they may prove
Pulfe,Heat,and Leannefs of the Bo¬ Nccrpcicks.
dy, decay of Strength fignifi? the The excreta and rittnta muft
Difeafe is dangerous. There is be agreeable to Nature: for, as
fomc Hope of a Cure, if the Pati¬ was faid before,when irregular,they
ent be in his prime and ftrong, may caufe a Dropfie.
and if he have no febrile dif- The Mind muft be kept cheer¬
pofition. ful : for Hilmont has obfervrd, that
Grief alone is able to caufe a Drop¬
fie. Care.Thoughtfulnefs, and Paf-
13. D/etetick Cure.
fions of that Nature ; and exeef-
N a pituitous Coaftitutjon the five Vtmu may eafily produce this
Air muft incline to heat ; an Difeafe.
autumnal, foggy and cold Air are
bad.
The Meat muft be of good
Juice and cafie of Concoftion,roaft
is better then bailed. Broths wirh
opening Roots boiled in them are
good : All fower, fait, vjfcid, and *4-
milk Meats muft he avoided. aJI
Pulfe,cfpccial!y the fiuulcnc.it bad
476 Of the Dropfy.
$. 14-.T harmaceutick
Cure.
T Hc (0Alcni(!s prefcribe uni-
verfal and particular Reme¬
dies. The univerial are either
Preparers or Evacuaters. The Pre¬
parers are thr opening Roots, and
Cichory, Bark of Dwarf Elder,
Tamarisk, calamus aromaticus
Leaves of Agrimony, Hore-hound,
Germander, Ground-pine, Refema-
ty, fcordium, Worm-wood, Seed of
Fenil , daunts, Svrup of the two
and five opening Roots,of Worm¬
wood, Agrimony, Maiden-hair fmi-
ple and compound, and of Squills,
and a thoufand things befides.
Their Evacuaters are cither Vo¬
mitory, Purgative, Sudorifick or
Diuretick. If the Matter be con-
rained in the Sromach or How to
it, they provoke vomit by thriv¬
ing their Finger in their Throat,
or with hot Water, or a Decotti-
onofHorfe Radifh, and Powder
of Dill and a little Qxymtl
and Oyl Olive.
The B-Ily is Ioofencd by a Cly-
fter, made of a Decoflion of Cha-
momiL wild M-ijoran, Rew, Idler
Centaury and carminative Seeds,
adding hot Ovls and fome Purga¬
tives. Their Purgatives are fuel) as
purge Water. Their Sweats are
Internal, or External. Then they
give things to flrengthen the Li¬
ver. Among Externals they com¬
mend Baths natural and artificial,
Cataplafms, Oyntments, and Oyls.
Paracelfus affirms, that the Sub¬
§• ly. limation of Antimony cures all
ey cure a Tympany almoft Difeafes of the Liver.
with the fame Remedies, on¬
ly they ufe more Carminatives. A-
Go gle
mong chlrurgica! Means they will
not admit of Bleeding, tho Avi-
cenna allows of it in every Dropfie j
yet they will fet a Cupping-glafs
to the Navil. Artists advifes the o-
ptning of the Jcrotum with fharp
things or with a Scton. They or¬
der Cauteries, ( aufticks and Iflues
to be ufed with Caution. In a
defperate Cafe they tap, but they
give the Prognoftick, namely if
the Inwards be not decayed.
16.
|\2Cractlfuo(whofeEpitaph fays#
r he cured all dropfical People,)
will have Moifiurc to be wafted by
the Sulphur of all Metals. And
above all he advifes to expel wa¬
ter by Mercurial arctna. For
which purpofe he commends his
prtecipiolus or Mtrcurius e jut miner*
mortuus tduBus, above other Reme¬
dies; becaufe Mensry only is a-
ble to expel the Water, that lies
in the Pores of the Skin,to which
no Spirit can come, but Mtrcitry.
In another Place he commends
diacuminum in Lozenges, Eflence
of Tartar, Vitriol, Aiacubtbi, and
fpiritus viu drawn from Gold. He
commends this following for ta¬
king away all Dropfies;
Take of red Tartar one Pound ,
Swallow-wort half a Pound, col-
cothar eight Ounces, ftrong
Wine as much as will incorpo¬
rate them. Deftil them by at»
Alembick. The Dofc is half a
Drachm Morning and Evening.
17 §.. ,-
 0/ the Dr0Pfy- 477
Hydragogucs,and Externals Means,
as Bathing. He is alfo for Saliva¬
S-I7- tion : But then the Patient mufl
A Ccording to Cjclmont a Drop- have a care of Cold, and mud look
i;
fie is regularly cured if the to his Throat.Icftthe uvula, Glands
b Kidney pafs a great deal of Urine, or part of the Tongue fhould be
either fponraneoufly or by Medi¬ confumcd.
dft cine. And a rclapfe follows, if
the Difeafe be not removed from
the Kidney. §. 20.
K THeringCarteffatt Method of cu¬
the Dropfie confifts in
i §. 18.
gentle Inciders, in Hydragogues,
Tji JJITUiS cures an afcitts, by and in ftrengthning the vifeera.
'“*'*** Vomits, Purges, Diure-
ticks,Diaphoreticks, and in a word,
# by Hydragogucs. Diureticks are 21.
Fee
beft in an Afcites and Diaphore- N out Opinion, care mufl be ta¬
A; ticks in an Anafarca. He com¬ ken to remove Obftruflions,
&) mends Clyfters. In a Tympany and reftore the parts, and if the
f; he will not admit of fpiriruous and Difeafe have got Head, to get out
srolatil things. He is rather for all the potulent and ferous Matter,
IM * gentle Purges and Clyfters. A- that ouzes out of the Lymphz-
f* mong topical Remedies he fets lit¬ dufts, and Veflels of the omtntwn
tle by carminative and hot things, and other parts (bur firft the A-
which conftft of a volatil, but ra¬ cidity mud be correfted.} Then,
ther ufes fixe Silts. to invigorate and ftrengthen the
14 Mafs of Blood. As to the firft,
Mr? we will begin with gentle Inciders;
m §. 19- to which purpofe a Decoftion of
A Ccording to SplbtUB, when the Woods will be proper, to
/\ Water offends In place it in¬ which two Scruples of the fixe Sale
il dicates a removal: the Breach of of Broom, Beans or Wormwood,
it) the Veflels, Confolidation, and Ob- and fpiritus falis dulcis may be ad¬
ftruftion, opening. He corrects ded. Chalybeate Wine is good
the Redundance, Saltnefs and Vif- in this Cafe, and Wine wherein
cidity of the ferum by Aromaticks. white Flints with merallick Veins
When the Veflels are broke, he u- have been quenched * for they o-
a fes Confolidants : But they are of pen and bind gently afterward.
moft ufe in the beginning of a But while they arc taking thefe
Dropfte when the lympba, Chyle or things, they mud now and then
Drink ftagnates and gathers in any take a Purge, fuch as this follow*
3 place, fo as to fwell, the Humor ing i
mud be removed by Sweating or
V Tapping. He removes Obftrufti- Take of Tartarus vitriolatus fifteen
pns of the Veflels caufed by coa¬ Grains, Refine of Jalap half a
gulated Phlegm, with inciding and Scruple, Trochifces of A.huniat.
gttcouating things. He commends two Grains. Mix them, mike
a Powder. Take

Go gle
47 8 Of the DropJji,
Take of Refin of Jalap half a Scru¬ half an Ounce, and of Juice of
ple,Trochifces of alb andal Three Rofes two Drachms. Mix them.
Grains, Magiftery of Gum gutta Make a Potion.
two Grains, Mircurius dulcis half
a Scruple, Oyl of Caraway three Pills of Gum Ammoniack and
Drops. Mix them. Make eleven Mcrcurius dulcis arc good. 7VfC-
Pills. Or j tbum minerale is alfo good. Mr.
Btylc commends pitulx lunarts. I
Take of Eficnce of Buck-bean one would recommend the following
Ounce, Extraft of Spurge one Mixture to all People.
Drachm. Mix them. The Dofe
from twenty Drops to thirty. Take of Elixir proprietatis, Jpiritus
ta tari faffafratus each half an
Or give only one ounce of Sy¬ Ounce, rmxtura dt tribus three
rup of Buck-thorn at fcveral times, Ounces,liquid Eflence of Worm¬
till the Humor is fpent or this wood one Ounce. Mix them,
following for fuch as ate ftrong \ and let them Hand in Digeflion
for a Day and a nighr. Then
Take of Leaves of Stnna two add a fourth parr of EfTence of
Drachms; Rhubarb one Drachm citron Rind. The Dofe is from
and an half. Leaves of Buck- oneScruple to a Drachm inWine
bean half an Handful, Tamarinds or Water of the Berries or
half an Ounce Boyl them in Flowers of Elder two Ounces.
a fufficient quantity of Spring
Water to three Ounces. In the Sudorificks and Diaphoretics
Colaturc diflolve of Manna one are good.
Ounce, Syrup of Buck-thorn

CHAP.

.
Gcrgle
 C47 9 )

CHAP. X.
Of the Bloody-Flax, commonly called Fdepatick, and
the Excefs or SupprJffion of the Haemorrhoids.

Bile, becaufeofa bad Conflitution

of the Liver, viitsmoifl aijd cold,
i. or hot and foft intemperature mixt
T Hc Hepatick Flux ( fo called, ; with a little Blood. Some derive
bccaufc it is commonly thought j it from the vena porta, others from
to proceed from the Liver, which the anaftomoCis of the Mcfenterick
miniflers matter to that Flux J is, i Arteries. 1 have feen die vafa bre-
a copious and frequent voiding by via broke: therefore I queflion
Stool Matter life the wafloings of not but partly they, and partly the
Flefh, or of a reddifl) yellow Colour. arrerious Vellels, opening into the
It is a rare Difcafe, and I never Guts and Mefentery, are broke.
met with it but thrice in all my In the Hzmorrhoids tue Anci¬
Praftice. ents accafed the hzmorrhoidal
The Immoderate Flux of the Veins. But I chink the Vellels of
Haemorrhoids is, when abundance the anus, and die Arteries, rather
of Blood runs out of the hemorrhoidal tlian the Veins, proceeding from
Arteries, and they are called the the lower Mcfenterick, and the Ili-
open Hzmorrhoids, which run at acal Hypogaflrick Artery ro the
certain rimes, as Womens Menfes anus, are the parts affefted both in
do. The blind Hzmorrhoids or the Hzmorrhoids and Piles.
Piles ire, when they fwell with much
Pain and no Blood. They arc di- §. }. Diagnoflick.
flinguifhed from the Hepatick
Flux, becaufein the Hamorrhoids
the Excrements follow the Blood,
I N the Hepatick Dyfenrery fheer
Blood, or Blood and Pm is r.oc
in the Hepatick Flux on the con voided as in a true Dyfenteryi buc
trary. only Elood diluted with ferum.like
Blood and Water, or the WuQiing
of Flefli. The Hepatick Flux is
z. Part off hied. not continual, but flops for two or
S Ome Authors fay an Hepatick dirce Days, and then returns, la
Flux comes from the biliary ! an Hepatick Flux there is co Pain
Du&, and is nothing but vicious | or buc very little in the right Hy-
l focbukliium.

Go gle
480 Of the Bloomy-Flux, commonly called Hepatic f
pcehonJrrum, and no Shavings of
the Guts come. If black Blood
come once with Swooning and o-
«her bad Symptoms, the Patient is
in danger. The Patient is pale,
for lofs of Blood. The. Patient
hitnfelf is beft able to give an ac¬
count of the Hemorrhoids and
Piles.
7.
Caufe of
thefe Difeafes in the A-
crimony, Dyfcrafie and too great
Etfervefcence of the Blood, which
opens the mefentcrick and hamor-
rhoidal Vellels.

$. 4. Caufe. §. 8.
T He dfalenifts blame the Im-
becillity of the Liver, con-
£%?lbtU0 never met with the
^ Hepatick Flux fwhich I ad¬
traded from either a hot or cold mire at) yet he thinks it comes
• Intemperature of Liver: If from a from a (erous Blood, that opens
hot, there is Third, and Vomiting the Vcflels: and he fays,the Blood
of yellow and eruginous Bile; the is made ferous by drinking too
Tongue is rough, the Patients arc much watry things, Beer *, &c.
of a hot habit of Body, hairy and and Brandy, whereby the firmnefs
paflionate. If cold, the Signs are and Tone of the Parts is deflroy-
contrary. In the Hemorrhoids cd. He fays, the flux of the He¬
t^ey hold the proximate Caufe to morrhoids, is either critical or
be the Repletion, Diftenfion and fymptomatick, and this comes
Apertion of the Veins in the anus from Acrimony of Humors, which
tvith feculent, melancholick Blood. opens the Hemorrhoidal VelTcIs.
The immediate Caufe of the run¬
ning Hemorrhoids is the Irritation
§. 9-
of the ex pul five F.culty .* Of the
blind Piles, the Debilitation of the
expulfive Faculty.
T He Cartefians in thefe Fluxes
blame the fharp, acid, cor¬
roding , cutting and pungent
Particles of the Blood, which rend
§• !■ and open the Fibres of the Vcflcls;
T He ^aracclftfhs make the He¬ and fo let out the Blood.
morrhoids to be a Difeafe
like the Leprofc and in the He- IO.
patick Flux they fay, flrong Salts
are diflolved in the firm. TN cur Opinion the Hepatick
A Flux proceeds from Acrimony
6. of Humors, opening the Coats of
t.'ic Arteries efpecially. And the
A Ccording to the Ha?- Haemorrhoids, from the Acrimony
t\ morrhoids arife from a difa- like wife of Blood, fretting theca-
greement between the Bile and the pilary Arteries, which as Sylvius
pylorus, and not from the Blood in obferves, confjft but of a Angle
the hamorrhoidal Veficls. Coat. In the blind Piles the he¬
morrhoidal Veficls are obftrufted,
either

Go gle
 aki the Excefi or Suppreffion of the Harnorrhoitli. 481
either by cold, being in the ex¬ for feveral Perfons. For, as Mippo-
treme parts of the Body ; or be- crates S. 6. §. 11. fays, the He¬
caufe the Veins afeend perpendi- morrhoids are good for the Mc-
cularly, the hemorrhoidal Arte¬ lancholick and Nephritick. And
ries may eafily be comprefled,and the following Aphoiifms have re-
fo the Blood cannot be fufficlcent- fpeft to this place. All rejetfion
ly forced upwards. And when of Blood upwards is bad, but bln£
there is Acrimony, there is great downwards is good. Alfo f. 6.
v Pain. apb. 21. When fneb as are mad.
have the varices uni Hemorrhoids,
$.11. Trogvrflick. the Mainefs is over. They pre-
ferve from the Pleurifie, Peripneu-
He Hepatick Flux, though in¬ mony, phageedena, furunculus, ter-
dolent^* not fo eafie to cure, mintbus, Thrufh, and from the Le-
but often proves fatal, efpecially profie. They are good for the
if there be a Fever, and ic be ma¬ Varices, Gout, hard Spleen, the
lignant. In cold Conflitutions it Suppreflion of the Minftrua, and,
Is apt to turn to a Dropfie of Con- as I have obferved,for Women with
futnption. Child.
The Flux of the Hemorrhoids
fhould not be neglefted, becaufe if
it continue long, it may occafion §. ii. Dietetick Cure.
divers mifehiefs, as Dropfies, Ca¬ Hi Air mufl be changed ac¬
chexies and Confumptions: Yet a cording to the variety of the
little Bleeding, efpecially if it be Caufes, and for the rood part ifc
periodical, is good in melancho-1 mud be temperate.
lick Cafes. Wherefore a mode¬ Meat mufl be moderate and ea¬
rate Flux rauft not be flopt fud- fie of Concoftion. When the
dcnly, nor muff all the Veins be Hemorrhoids run too much; and
flopt ; becaufe experience has in the Hepatick Flux it mufl le
taught us, thar it has occafioqed moderately aflringent; but in the
grievous Difeafes. Hippocrates blind Piles it mufl be fomc-
gives us good Caution,/: 6 aph.t2. thing moifl. The ©>/»£ mufl be
When a man. has a mind to Jiop the little, a fmall red Wine may be al¬
Hemorrhoids, which have bttn of lowed. A Decodidn of Bafly
long continuance, unltfs one he lejt with Harts-horn is good. I have
running, he runs the hazard of a found a Dccotflon of Toad-flax
Vropfie or Con[umption. When the good in the Hemorrhoids, and K-
Hemorrhoids are very painful, and mulfions alfo of the cold feeds
rerurn often, efpecially if any er¬ made with a Decoftion of Harts¬
ror be committed in the Externals, horn. Sleep is good,and Reft, Th<f
they may degenerate into grievous Pafftons of the Mind, Studies, and
Difeafes, Inflammation, Gangrene, Venus mufl be avoided ; for they
Induration, Ulcer or fjtula, which hinder the Cure. The Ixcremtnti
prove incurable by reafon of the mull be like the natural.
Part, the continual Falling down
of Excrements, and other Caufcs.
: i« the Haemorrhoids are good 11 s. iji

Go gle
481 'Of the Bloody-Flux, commonly called Ijepatick,
He ufes L’gatnres and Eked*, 3*4
$.13. Tbarmciceutick ufes outward Apphcacions aifo.
He commends Narcoticks. For
Cure. prevention he ulcs Bleeding and

T Hc <i> Jcutcal Method con

fills, Firft in the Cure of
Purging. In Summer tio.w it is
good to drink Iron-waters.

the intemperature of the Liver

and its Flaccidity. Seconoly in §• 17-
the removing the Caufes thereof. ^N,r1jJtus,when the Flux of the
Thirdly in Mitigation of the Sym¬ ^ Hemorrhoids is critical, and
ptoms. They purge, and in a Ple¬ gives relief, thinks it ought not
thora they bleed. And at laft to be flopt: But when it exceeds,
they give Aftringents, and Incraf- and is fympromatick, he is for
fatus for the Blood. Eut in the flopping it with his well known
blind Piles they do all they can to mixture, or with fome other Me¬
open. If the Body be plcthorick dicine , tliat is good to flop
they bleed in the Foot, and Blood.
apply openirg Medicines to the
Parcs. $.18.
THe Cartefiattf, for taking off
§. l4- the lharpnefs of Blood, com¬
THethings3S:.racelflfts preferibe
to take off the Acri¬
mend gentle Balfamicks. To cor¬
rect fharp Talt Humors, they ad-
mony of the Salts and reftore vife Opiates and external Aftrin-
the natural balfam of the Blood gencs.
And in the blind Piles they ufe
genrle Corrofivcs, which do not
hurt the Guts. They mitigate
19-
Pain with Saturnine Medicines. THe Cure of the Hepatick Flux
A confifls chiefly in removing
the Caufes and mitigating the
iy. Symptoms. Firft therefore fome
JKOBlmont cpres only by arcana, aperient Decoftion with gentle
the chief Of which is the Sweat Aflringents may be given. Then
of dying Perfons taken in clothes a Purge mav be given of Rheu-
and applied to the Hemorrhoids. barb, Myrobalans or Tamarind
Whey. Afterwards Aftringents
and Driers may be taken inwardly
6.
1 and applied outwardly. Then
has the following Sweats may be given. Chalybeatcs
inventions. 1. To flop and Tartarus vitriolitus and cbalj-
the Flax of the Blood by the Bel¬ beatus are good Medicines. Seve¬
ly and ks Turgefcence. 2. To di¬ ral ftyptlck Powders are good. I
vide the Flux another way. 5. To highly value this following;
flop the gaping Orifices of the
Vcilcls within the irejtinm rtUum. Takd

;Go gle.
and the Excefs or Supprefion of the Hamorhhoids. 4$ i
Take of crocus Minis calained
to rednefs, Vitriol of Mar* cal¬
cined to whitenefs each one
Drachm , red Coral prepa¬
red one Drachm and an half,
Camphore fix Grains, Vitriolick
Soot fcraped off the Bottom
of a brafi Kettle half a Drachm,
laudanum cjdoniatum Wffmirwi
five Grains. Mix them. Make
a Powder. The Dofe is from
half a Scruple to a Scruple in a
proper Vehicle.
I have done much good with
Tinflure Of Daifie Flower*, Pow¬
der of Liver-wort, Mather, and
BJood-ftone mixtwith tinUwra ano-
dyni. I highly value Opiares In
this Cafe; but they mufl be given
with Caution. If there be a Ple-
thory, I Meed, ap Cupping-glaf-
%
fes to the Shoulders, and make Li¬
gatures. «
The Cure of the Haemorrhoids
differs but little from the Cure of
any other bleedings. Therefore
fvft of ail, if there be a Plethory
I bleed ; or if the Patient be lev*
in his Spirits, I cup the Shoulders
or Loyns. If it proceed from thin-
nefs of Blood, we mud ufe Incrafc
Hints and Vulneraries. If it pro¬
ceed from too great thicknefs, At-
tenuants and Inciders mufl be u-
fcd. If from Acrimony, it mufl
be corrected by Spirituous or con¬
trary Acids, or by Narcoticks. If
from a fait or acid Humor, or from
WoTmt,Mtrcurius dulcis may be ad¬
ded.
Several outward things, which
may be met within practitioners,
may be applied.
 CHAP.
Of the Hypochondriack Dife fc.
I-
T He Hypcchondriack Difeafe is
(as far as I am able to judge)
a fad Senfation depending upen a dif
order in the animal Spirits. It dif¬
fers but little from Womens Va¬
pors.
£.2. Divifion.
MAC formerly divided Mclan-
^ choly into cephalic^ when
only the Animal Spirits in the Head
Ivtre difordered, without any fault
of the hypochondria ; and hypo¬
chondriac^, when the Difeafe has
its rife from the hypochondria, and
when the Spirits, disturbed by
confcnt, become grofs, few and un¬
equal.
* §.3. Part affetted.
T He Ancients held the Part af
fefted in this Difeafe to be
the Spleen. But Sylvius fa>s , he
always found the Spleen the belt
part ' in Bodies that rhed cf this
Difeafe. Some of the moderns
blame the Stomach, and its de¬
praved Ferment. Others, the
Mdencery. Others, a hoc Liver
Go gle
XI.
and a cold Stomach. Others, the
Stomach and the Guts. But Willis
knew fcveral troubled with this
Difeafe, who had good Stomachs.
Many hold, the Caufe is in the
Arteries and Veins. Some few, in
the omentum. And fome in the
Pancreas. We do not only fup-
pofe, but verj® believe that the
Caufe of this OTeafe lies in the fen-
fible, nervous and membranaceous
Parts of the Abdomen.
§. 4. DiagnoJHck.
T He Patients after eating find a
pain in their Stomachs, and
complain, that all their food turns
to Phlegm. If they Drink after
Dinner , they find the Phlegm
come into their Mouths. They
have a great Appetite, and if they
fall long they faint, becaufe the
Acid in the Stomach has nothing
but its Fibres to work upon. The
reafon of their fpitting is, becaufe
the Acid in the ferum opens the fa-
lival Glands, and while the Blood
is in a Troubled date, the ferum is
more dilchargcd by the Arteries,
upon the Glands, than into the
Kidneys : Sometimes it comes
from rhe fpoyling of the Ferment
in die Stomach. Some hypochon-
driacks.
 Of the Hypochonefriack Difeafe.
driacks, Who have a lixivious and
oyly ferum, have a dry Mouch.
They are troubled with Naufeouf-
nefs and Vomiting , and fower
Belchings. The Wind rumbles up
and down their Guts, and fome-
tlmes puffs up the Cohn on the
left Side, which makes th£ Vulgar
miftake it for the Spleen- They
arc fhort breathed, like Women
in the Vapors. They fweat abun¬
dance of cold fowrc Sweats. They
have often a Pain in their Back,
bccaufe of the nervous Parts there¬
about. They have great Heat in
the hypochondria, which fhows it
felf by flufhings in the Face. The
Pulfe is fometimes rare and flow,
at other times frequent and quick.
They are troubled with Numbnefs,
and cannot Sleep. This is in a man¬
ner a pathognomonick Sign, they
make now and then a limpid Urine,
clear as rock Water, in great quan¬
tity and at once. They are trou¬
bled with the Vertigo. They have
a fbarp and refolved Judgment.
But, which is worft of all, though
they have Tick Bodies, they have
ficker Minds. They are troubled
with incurable Defpair. They ima¬
gine to themfelves nothing but
black and melancholick things.
They are perplexed in Mind upon
the lead occafion, and are averfc
to all Joy or Hope.
§. 5. Caufes.
'T'He d&alctuftfl make the Caufe thing.
to be Fumes and Vapors raifed
from the hypochondria to die Brain
to be the Caufe of this Difeafe. But
the Moderns have fufficiently ex¬ '-pHe Carteffans hold that thefe
ploded this Opinion.
Go gle
- 485-
S. 6.
T-He pnracelflfts talk of,I know
1 not what, excrcmentitious Tar¬
tar, lodged in the Spleen and other
Places, which occafions this Di¬
feafe.
§♦ 7-
|K<2lmont derives die Caufe of
*7 this Difeafe from the erring
duumvirate. And by the Duum¬
virate he means an acid and all^li,
whence he derives all the Sym¬
ptoms in hypochondriack Per-
I’ons. Grembs thinks there is fome
Matter lodged in the pancreas ,
which affects the Stomach.
JilliS blames the fuccus
1 nervofus and the animal
Spirits. But whether there befucli a
fuccus, as Ghjfon and he have ima¬
gined, is very much queftioned.
§. 9-
A. plbtug makes the Caufe to be
^ the Eflfervefcence of Phlegm
and Bile in a different Manner. For
lie makes three Sorts of hypochon-
driack Melancholy. The firfl is
Acid, when People belch fowre.
The fecond Nidorout, when they
belch flrong and ingrateful. The
third Infipicl, when it favors of no¬
§. 10.
1 melancholick Thoughts ariie
from the Grofnefs, Paucity and
Inequality of the Spirits,
§• u.
 i8df Of the Hypochondriac!: Difeafe.
§; ii-
flW 21f <2 hold , that an Acid
lodged in the ftrft Ways,
and affecting the nervous Fibres,
may eafily occafion this Difeafc.
S. metiraes there is an Acid in the
Stcmjch, fometimes in the pan-
creacick Juice. Now there are
divers fores of Acids, one of Vi¬
negar, another of Cicron, another
of Vitriol, another of Sulphur, a-
noth.tr of Nirre, another of Salt,
another of Alum,^- A vicrio-
lick Acid produces an Epilepfie
rather than an hypochondriack Me¬
lancholy. And ia a hypoebon-
driack Melancholy chere is an alu-
punous Acid.
* §. iz. ProgHpJiick.
T
Hls is no dangerous Difeafc ;
but it is very tedious. In
conttniumce it foraetimes turns to
Madnrfs, crphalick Melancholy ,
Drbpfv, Apoplexy, Hedick Fever,
pr Epilepfie, and fo fometimes
prove* incurable. After recovery
£>y generous Medicines, they are
aur to rclapfe. And Mont anus
judges very well of it, cinfil. ago.
in the Cure of this D.ifeafe we can
fit no time, whether a Mouth or
Tear, as we may in other Difcafes,
but we rr.ut)} feep doing all the life
time either fir Cure or Prevention.
§. 13. Dietefick.
l^pHc /fir mud be moderately hot,
t pure and thin, tither by Art
pr Nature. The Meat mud be
cafe of Concottion : The Drinf
Go gle
muff be good Wine diluted with
Spaw Waters i but avoid Drunk-
ennefs.
Mentf caret Bacchus, nox finite,
Cupido pudore,
Et Inca fola metu : quatuor ifttf
fuge.
Motion and Rett muff be mode¬
rate, but rather exceed in Moti¬
on. Sleep and Watching like wife
mud be moderate. As for the ex¬
creta and retent a, the Belly mud be
loofe by Art or Nature, the menfis.
Hemorrhoids , and ocher natural
F.xcrecions mud have their natu¬
ral Courfe. The Paffions of the
Mind mud be moderate, cfpecial-
ly Melancholy. Therefore obfejrve
this rule ;
Air a melancholico regnat fi in ctr-
pore bilis
Lata ede, Uta bibe, Uta age, lit a
tide.
§•14. Pharmaceutic!:
Care.
T Uc (Balcnifts, to open Ob-
druftions give gentle Purge's,
and Clyllers, and a gentle Vomit,
wken they have thus clea/ed the
tird Ways , they bleed and open
the Hemorrhoids, Then they
prepare the melancholick Humor
and when if: is prepared, they car¬
ry it off by Vomits and Purge.s^
and fo alternately ufe Aperient*
and Purgers. And after all, they
drengrhen the Parts.
 Of the HypocbonJriack Difeafe. 487

tick Juice, he correds it with Spi¬

rit of Sal Ammwiiack.
§. 15.

T He f&iracclGtts diflolve the i. 19.

Tart-ir by Tartar, and Mercu¬
rial Medicines. T He Cartcflanfi prepare the
Body and then purge* and

16 , ufe fcveral things prefcribed in a

ccphalick Melancholy.

Clmont commends a Medici¬

nal acid Water, and Salts. 10.
He brags, that he has an Anodyne,
which will* cure ic * but he con¬ firft likewife prepare
ceals it. and then purge. This
may fervefor a Preparative *

*• 17• Take of Crew Martis aperitivm

two Drachms, Tart arm chalybea¬
Tj'lJTl JllW advifes Martial A- te half an Ounce , fscula ari
perients , Iron Waters, two Drachms, Crabs Eyes one
Purges and Vomits, and rbmetimes Drachm, antimotuum dtaphoreti-
letting of Blood. cum two Scruples. Mix them.
Make a Powder, divide it into
fix equal Parts. Or *
$.l8.
Take of crocus Martis aperiens cum
fale fix Drachms, puhit cnche-
Vlbius makes the Cure to
liicus Quercetani' two Drachms.
confift in four things, r. In
Mix them, and divide it into
Amending the Diet. 2- In Alter¬
eight equal Parts.
ing the peccant Humors. 3. In
Evacuating of them. 4. In Re¬
Then we give fimple Purgatives
pairing of Decays. We have done
with the Diet. He corrcfts a vif- with good Succefs*
cous Acid with Medicines, that
1 ake of Powder of Jalap one Scru¬
have a lixivious Salt in them. He
ple, Salt of Wormwood five
incides vifeid Phlegm with Acids
Grains, antmmum diaphonticum
and Gumms. If a bilious Humor
three Grains. Make a fubtil
offend, he correfts it with Acids,
Powder.. Or,
oieous things, and. volatil Spirits.
He carries off the Humors with
Take of maffapil etch, or tartar car.
Phlegmagogues * and he com¬
half a Drachm or two Scruples,
mends Mercurial Medicines. Me
H es Bile with Rhubarb, Tuma-
, and Aloes : And the Serous
Powder of Cartor two Grains,
Balfam of Peru ten drops. Make
four, five or feven Pills. Re¬
Humor with Jalap. If it proceed
peat them three Mornings.
from th$ Auffericy of the Pancrea-
I i 4 in

Go gle
488 Of the Hypochondriack Difeafe.
In ftrong People Vomits will be will be proper. In the hypoehon-
good. A Steel Ceurfe is good to driack Melancholy fetid hyftericks
porreft the Dyfcrafic of the Blood are good. If there be much wind,
iind Spirits, and exercife mud be ufe Carminatives inwardly and out¬
ufed. If there be violent Pain, wardly.
Vpmiting , or Loofnefs, Opiates

CHAP,
 (4g9)
CHAP. XII.
Of the Scur vy.
'J'He Scurvy is called fceletyrbe,
svputyoutti, and by Marcellus
Ofctdo. ft is a Difeafe familiar
upon the Sea-Coafts and In Nor¬
thern Countries. Hippocrates feems
to defcribe it in thefe words. “ In
“ this Difeafe (Tays he) the Mouth
“ dinks, the Gums part from the
“ Teeth, the Nofe bleeds. Sores
“ break out in the Legs, fome heal
“ up and others break our, and
Vthc skiQ withers and turns black.
Defcriptiok.
TT may be deferibed to be a Dyf-
x era fie ofthe Blood and other Juices,
depending upon an Acid troubling tU
•ur Countries, and introducing di¬
vers Symptoms in divers Parts.
Few people, that fare well, are
free from it. It is fomeriraes he¬
reditary, and fometimes adventiti¬
ous} fometimes primigenious,which
follows no other Difeafe, fometimes
fuccedancous to another. Some
is frelh and eafily cured, another
is inveterate and difficult.
Go gle
Tart affefted.
THe Ancients held, the Spleen
was affefted above all other
Parts. But we take the Subjeft
of this Difeafe to be the Mafs of
Blood,not excluding the other Hu¬
mors.
§. Diagnoflick.
TT is attended with divers Symp-
A toms, with the Head-ach, and
frequent Vertigo's which end in an
Epilepfy or Apoplexy, a Palfy in
the Legs or one Side, the’ Face
breaks out with Pimples, the Teeth
are troubled With' Blacknefs, Loof-
nefs,FaIling out, Aching, the Gums
are fometimes yellow, fometimes
red, fwell and itch, and if they be
but touched bleed, and are eaten
away, the Breath dinks, they fpic
conftantly, they have Convulfions,
and Contraftions of the Limbs, fa
that they grow crooked fometimes.
They have a Palfy in their tongue,
fome cannot deep at all, others
deep too much. They have Short-
nefs of Breath, Palpitation of the
Heart, a Difpofition to a Confump*
tion, Spitting of Elood, Swooning*
 49° 0/ the Scurvy.
tire. They hare a bad Stomach,
fometimes they are too loore, ano¬
ther while too coftive, Gripes in
#.8.
the Guts,which are fo racking,rhat £^£>lbtu« does not any where
fometimes the ftritoruum is burft. ^ profefledly treat of the Scur¬
There are Spots, fometimes red, vy. But he aferibes the Caufe of
fometimes livid, and fometimes it to an over acid pancreatick
black, which at laft turn toUIcej* juice, vitioufly fermenting with
There is a Dulncfs and Pain in the Bile.
the Limbs, a Waiting of the Flefh,
and a Numbncfs and Tingling of
it. The Urine is thin, pale , vi¬ S- 9-
nous or red, with Gravel flicking 'T'He Catteflane fay,the Caufe of
to the Pot. Sometimes there is a A this Qifcafe docs chiefly con-
Scum upon it, which is miflaken fift in the Blood, being impregna¬
for far. ted with much fixt Sale, or a fixt
Acid.
f. 4. Caufe.
T-He 3tiuicnt5 blame a Melan-
$. 10 .
A cholick , renacious , grofs, Ha# hold , that the Caufe is
crude Humor, or a pituitous one, w a fixt Salt, but flurp Ilke-
which mixt with rhe Mafs of wife, which refides in the Mafs of
Blood caufes a Cachexy. And Blood, wherein there are many
this obftrufts the Spleen or Liver, Ajcid or Muriatick Particles ; A-
and caufes all the fbrementioned cid, when the Blood is thick and
Symptoms, black ; Muriatick,wben the Blood
has loft its Confiflency, and is o-
ver thin. He that pleafes, may
§• s■
find, that all the Symptoms agree
THe l^crmctichs derive it from with this Caufe.
A an impure Tamr>dilmed with
the Srr«», £. ii. Prognoftick.
6. THe Scurvy is a chronical Di-
A feafe. In the ire ginning, if it
fflmcnt-blames the Spleen and be known, it is eafie to cure;
Stomach. For the Spleen con¬ but when it has communicated
tains an acid Ferment, and the its Malignity to the jf/Jffrd, it is
Stomach, beraufe of abundance qf fc^tcc curable» yea, it fomesiiftp*
fixt Silt performs not its Qflfacc degenerates into a Dropfie, a
aright. SuBocative Catarrh, a mortal Py-
fintery, or Coofumption, fcldota
into an Apoplexy or Palfy. In
i- 7< fuch as have hereditarily, it is
place, the fcorbu- (carcc ever fo perfeftly cured, but
■ tick mUfua either in the there will ftill be fome remains of
Mali of B' ud, o; in the nervous it. It is bad for old Men. Wo,
juice, or in both. men

Go gle
 Of the Scurvy. 49*
men are raoft fubjeft to it, be-
c^ufe of their fedcntary Life, they § i s-
have it fometimes for fifteen or
twenty years. Men have it not |j^!Elmout gives all volatil things.
for above feven or cighr. Short-
nef* of Breath, livid or black 6.
1
Sores, and Pains about the Ni
vil are all bad Signs. When the makes the Cure
fcorbutick vifcera grow fcirrhous to confift in the follow¬
and fwell, or the Lungs ulcerate, ing Intentions. In rectifying Chy-
there is fmall Hope. lification in the firft Ways, in re-
ftoriog the loft or depraved Fer-
mems,and in opening ObftruCtions;
§. ix. Dietetick Cure. to which end he commends Ca-
'T'He Air muft be pure Screoc, rharcicks, Digeftivts, and Aperi¬
A and inclining to a heat ■> a ents, Diaphoreticks and Diurcticks.
^rine, marfhy, cold or foggy Air And he varies his Medicines ac¬
is bad. The Meat and Drin£ muft cording to the nature of the Scur¬
be cafjc of Concoftion, Avoid vy, whether it be hot or cold.
fowre and fait things, and fweet
things. The Wine muft be fmall; §. 17.
the Beer, if any, well wrought,
and joyned with Antifcorbuticks. A) pi fetus fays but little of this
Brandy is bad. Motion and Reft ^ Difcafe ; however he com¬
muft be moderate, it is bad to ftir mends volatil Salts for it.
•fter Meal, while the Body abounds
with bad Humors. And too much ' §. 18.
Idlenefs occaftons it. Sleep and
Watching muft be moderate. The 'T’He CartcSiUiC Cure confifts in
volatilizing the fixt Salt in the
“excreta and retent a muft obferve
their natural meafurcs. As for the Blood , and in removing Obftruft-
Paffions of the Mind, the Patient ions.
muft keep himfclf cheerful; for
fcorbutick People are generally S. T9.
fad.
I
T is our Method firft to correct
Crudities,in the firft ways,which
$•1*. is beft done by Abforbcnts mixt
^THe (BalCKtftfi ufe all Medicines, with Specificks;
A rhac are good for Melancholy.
Therefore they give Preparers and Take of crocus Mortis epeutivus one
£vacuatcrs, and at laft Specificks. Scruple, Ivory prepared without
Fite, Crabs-eycs prepared each
half aDraclim,unnm»«,m diapho-
§• 14- reticum one Scruple. Mix them.
»-rHe f&ermcttcbs give Medicines Make a Powder, which may
be taken for a Wiek and lou-
T to diftolve the obft rusting Tar¬
tar, both Spirits and Salts. gcr.
Scmc-

Go gle
492. Of the Scurvy.
Sometimes I bleed, cup or ap¬
ply Leeches firft. For Purges,
Hydragogues and Phlegmagogues
are belt. If one be ftrong, Vo¬
mits are proper ; but they mull
be gentle. Clyfters may be given,
and Sweats. But always Speci-
ficks mult be intermixt. In a
hot Scurvy thefe Vetegables are
good, Leaves of Fumitory, En¬
dive, Dandelion, Splecnwort, Sca¬
bious, (mail Sengreen, Wood-for-
I'el, Brook-lime, Germander, Bor-
rage, Roots ofScor^ntra^Polypody,
Cichory, Fenil, Partly,China, Flow¬
ers of Broom, Elder, Marigold ;
of Fruits,Currans,Damafck Prunes,
Walnuts,Citrons, Oranges, Limons,
Pine Nuts; Seeds of Citron, Endive,
&c. In a cold one all Medicines are
proper, which abound with a (harp
volatil Salt, the chief are Scurvy-
Grafs, Pepper-wort, Horfe,Radifn,
Arfemart, Idler Celandine, Rcw ,
Rocket, Wormwood, Buck-bean
(which is an excellent Medicine)
Muflard, Elecampane,Jcorus, Ange¬
lica, zedoary, Juniper-berries,
gum Ammoniack, lacca, Martial
Medicines, &c.
Scorbutick Medicines keep not
their Virtue long ; nor mull the
Spirits be prepared by Fermenta¬
tion, becaufc the volatil Salt is
loll. Dried Herbs are feldora u-
fed. Divers Receipts may be
made out of the forefajd Medi¬
cines. And as for the Symptoms
they may be referred to tneir pro¬
per Chapters, where you may
find their Cure. Only you muft
add Antifcorbuticks,
©HAP.
 CH AP. XII r.

Of the Difeafes of the Kidneys and Bladder.

and at length Stones and Gravel

I. come away.

*THe_ principal Difeafes of the

Kidneys and Bladder are the
Ifchuy and Dyfury.
Stone In both, Inflammation and Tfchury and Dyfury differ only in
Ulcers in both, Bloody Urine,Dia¬ £ degrees, and they are either a
betes. Pilling of Blood, Dyfury Supprelfion or Irnminution of
and Ifchury, or Supprelfion of U- making Water, either becaufe fe¬
rine, and Strangnry, which we rn* >s wanting, or the Ferment
fhali difcourfc of in order, of the Kidneys is fpoylcd, or it
comes from the Stone, fyc.
Stone in the Kidneys.
*T'HE Stone in the Kidneys, or
Strangury.
nephritick Pain, is a Solution T"He Strangury is a continual de¬
tf Continuity arifingfrom Exonera¬ fire to make Water, with ex-
tion of the Kidneys by Gravel or a ceffive Pain, and. Hear, produced
Stout judging in them, and a gain¬ either from the foi-efaid Caufes, or
ful Crifpation of the Fibres of the ufually from a vitious Acid.
,
Kidneys and Vreters or from a fbarp
lympha veil seating the Parts.
Diabetes.
Dijlingu'tfhing Signs. Diabetes or tydrops ad mat dam
is a frequent and plentiful
*TpHis Difeafe is like the Colick, making of Water, with the Con-
1 but is diftinguifhed from it ; fumption of the whole Eody, ari-
becaufe the Stone continues fixt fing from a Sal'-, which Drccipi*
in one place ; in a Colick the tates the Blood into the Serum.
Urine at firfl is turbid; in the
Stone It is clear, in prog refs of
time it gives a turbid Sediment, Stone.
494 °f Difeafes of the Kidneys and Bladder\

Stone.
Signs of the Stone in the
S Tones, namely tirtareous Parti¬
cles, grow in all Parts; but
Bladder.
mod frequently in the Cavity of
the Kidneys and Bladder,and they \ X *Hen there is a Stone in
differ in magnitude, riggednefs, VV the Bladder, the pain
(hape, colour and number. It lies toward the Pubes, and there
(as all tartareons Difeafes are) is is an Itching in the Paflage of the
hereditary. Yard.StoppageofUrineis common
to both j it is very painful, fome-
times the Patient feels the Stone
2. Part affefled. remove from one fide of the
fy'He parts affe&ed in all thefe Bladder to the other, that is, when
1 Difeafes arc the Organs ofll- it is not wrapt in Phlegm ; the U-
rine, namely , the Kidneys and rine is often troubled and white
Bladder, with the parts Interme¬ as Milk. The Pain argues the
diate and common to them both, bignefs of the Stone in the Blad¬
the Ureters and urethra, yea all der, which grows worfe after ex-
the nervous and membranous Parts, ercifc of the Body; there is a Pain
that cncompafs thefe. in making Water, efpcdally be¬
fore it is made, about the Gians•
When the Patient makes Water,
3. Signs of the Stone he alfo goes to flool. A white,
in the Kidneys. glutinous mucus is voided with
the Urine, foractiraes the Urine is
*r*He Stone in the Kidneys is bloody.
difeovered by a fixt Pain in
the Loins, bloody Urine, thin and
watry about the beginning of a Signs ofhflammation cf the
rephrilick Fit, voiding of fmall Kidneys and Bladder.
Srones, or Gravel, an acute pain
along the Dud of the Ureters,
Naufeoufnefs and Vomiting , a
I N an Inflammation of the Kid¬
neys fometimes a dull, burning
Numbnefs in the Thigh. When or throbbing Pain is felc in the
the rtone gets into the Urinary Loins, attended with a continual
Paflages, or is difplaced, fo as with Fever , Head-ach, unquenchable
its pointed corners to prick a Thirft, and Reftleflnefs. The
Membrane, the pain encreafes. Urine is painful and hot 5 it is
Sometimes vifeous Matter is void¬ difficult to lie either on ones back
ed, as well as Gravel. or on one fide; the Patient cannot
turn himfelf nor raife himfelf up
without Pain. In an Inflammati¬
on of the Bladder the like Pain is
felt above the Pubes, there is a
Fever and the forefaid Symptoms.
The Urine is high coloured, little
H

Go ,gle
 Of the Difeafes of the Kidneys and Bladder.
is made, and that with' Pain and
Heat the Belly is bound, there is
a tentfmuj and rednefs m the Parts
thereabout.
Signs of an Vlcer in the
Kidneys and Bladder.
A N Ulcer in the Kidneys and
Bladder may be known,when
Caufes have proceeded , which
might occafion an Inflammation
or corrode theKidneys or Bladder,
when there arc manifeft Signs of
the Stone. It may be known bythe
voiding of whire, thick, glutinous
and ftinking pus, which is fome-
times Bloody. But all the diffi-
, culty is, to know, whence th^
pus proceeds, whether fr*m the
Kidneys, Bladder, or from fome
where elTe: For in an Empyema
and fuch Difeafes oftentimes
pus is voided with Urine. But
if you take good notice, you may
know it, by the fite of the Pain,
by the (Quantity of the pust which
comes in greater Plenty from
theKidneys, than from any Place
elfe; by the Quality of it, its
Colour, which is whiter, and its
Smell, which is pleafanter, than if
it caufe from the Eladder i from
its fmoother Confidence, but lefs
Gluonoufnefs,than if it came from
the Bladder. In an Ulcer of the
Bladder there h always in a man¬
ner a Dyfury or Scrangury, and
very feldom in an Ulcer of tlie
Kidneys.
Go gle
49 j
signs of an Ifcbury and
* J _ J
Dyfury.
T)vfurv
J
T Hc Ifchury and Dyfury are
eafily known,but not whether
they proceed from the Kidneys or
Bladder. You may know it by
the Swelling or net Spelling of
the Bladder in the floppage of
Urine.
The Strangury, Diabetes and
Incontinence of Urine arc eafily
difcerniblc.
§. 4. Caufe of the Stone.
T He ©alcntfts thought, the
Caufe of the Stone was, a
thick, rough and phlegmatirk Hu¬
mor, baked by Heat into a Scone,
like bricks in a Kiln.
Caue of Inflammation.
I N an Inflammation of the Kid¬
neys and Bladder they blame
fome hurt of the Vefleh through
Heat arifiHg from Stagnation, Ex-
travafation, and Corruption of the
Blood therein.
Caufe of an Vlcer.
A Fter an Inflammation of the
forefaid parts an Ulcer is -of¬
ten produced. For. every Ulcer,
according to them, is a Solution of
Unity caufcd by Erofioo, and the
parrs may be corroded by any
(harp Humor. So a Stone may
tear the part*. A Blow, FaH,
Compreflion,flrong and fhirp Bhi-
reticks,. fuch as cunthaudes, mjy
breed an Ulctr.
Cdkfi
ao6 Of the Difeafes of the Kidneys and Bladder.
Caufe of Bloody Vrine.
B Lood is ufually voided by the
Kidneys fpontaneoufiy and
fuddenly. 'wherefore Hippocrates
fays, They that pife Blood fponta-
ncoufly and on a ludden, it is a
Sign, it comes from a Vein broken
in the Kidneys-, that which comes
from the Bladder, comes (lower
and in lefs Quantity. The Caufe is
Breach of the Blood-VclTels in the
Kidneys or Bladder, by Acrimony
of Humors or roughnefs of die
Stone.
Caufe of an IJ'chury-
I Mporency to make Water comes
either through the Palfy or Ob-
ftrudion of the Nerve, which
communicates fenfe to the Parr;
or from Diverfion of the Spirits
and their Diforder, fo thac the
Bladder is infenfible of the Pro¬
vocation by Urine, and fo endea¬
vours not to void any, as it falfs
out in foporous Difeafes,thc Phren-
fje and Deliria. They blame
alfo the Coldnefs of the Bladder,
which debilirares the expulfive
Faculty, and dulls its Senfe. Strair-
nel's alfo of the Orifice or Neck
of the Bladder, from whatfoever
Caufe, may hinder voiding of U-
rine.
This Impotency to make Wa¬
ter may alio come from the Kid¬
neys and Ureters, when their at¬
tractive Virtue is abolifhed cither
by a cold Inremperature, or Ob-
tirudion of the faid Parts.
Go gle
Caufe of a Diabetes.
TN a Diabetes Galen, and mod of
1 his followers blame a hot In-
temperature of the Kidney-s,which
makes them draw much fviemfrom
the Veins. Aetius, bef des Hear,
blames an afflux of (harp Humors.
Some blame Bilious and Salt Hu¬
mors, which continually fiimulate
the Kidneys to Expuffion AU-
t<eus and other?, blame a cold In¬
temperature of the Kidneys, which
weakens the retentive Faculty.
Others blame the depraved Ac-
tradion of the Kidneys.
Caufe of Incontinence of
Vrine.
T Hey fay,the chief Caufe of In¬
continence is in the Sphinller
Mufde which has loft its Retention
and is weakened either by a cold
and moift Intemperature, by cold,
a cold Bathe, or fitting upon a cold
Stone.
5-
mracclfuc holds. That the
Stone is bred of Tarrar in
the Blood and Urine.
He fays, the Dyfury and Stran¬
gury proceeds from the Tartar of
the Stomach, and therefore mull
be cured in the Stomach. Heat
of Urine proceeds from Salt and
Sulphur.
Incontinence of Urine proceeds
from the Mupefaflion of the Parts
by a narcotick Sulphur.
He fays a Diabetes is a dry fait
diffolned, and cleft, ani anguleus
through the Mixture of an acute
Salt, placed in the middle Centre
 Of the D'/feafes of the Kidneys and Bladder. 497
cf this principal Van, that is, a chro¬ from the CoIIiquarion of the folid
nical permanent and fixt Salt. Parts are mtxt with the Salts.
And he holds that the Stone
proceeds front a faline fixt Matter,
§• 6. carried from the Blood in rhe
ihClmont fjys, rhe Calculous Kidneys with an acid Humor *
Matter is nueltch, arifingfrom which fermenting caufes Pain,and
more Volatils, or a tartarcous fjc- when fermented, coagulates intd
culent and flimy Matter, whereby a Scone.
the Dutltch is coagulated. He holds,
That the Coagulator inhabits in
the Urine. He kkewife holds That 5-8.
thefe aforefaid ferments in theBlad-
der, either breed there, or are fent yltoiug aferibes a red, cajcit*
thither, which breeds Mucilage of Ious Urine to Acrimony and
the Blood, whence Ifchury and Dy- Acidity; for he obferves, that
fury proceed. though the Urine be made dear,
Inincontinence of Urine,or when yet Gravel will fettle, and ftidi
the Mufcle of the Bladder has the to the Bottom and Sides of the Por^
Palfy, he holds, that an Acid generally red or yellow, and fel-»
caufcs the Strangury or Heat of dora white. He thinks * that
Urine, in old Men efpeciallj. And when this Gravel grows bigger in
a Dyfury often proceeds from the Kidneys or Bladder, it encrea-
the Stone, an Abfcefs or Ulcer of fes gradually,till irgroyts to agresl
the Bladder, fyc. Stone, unlefs it be voided before.
He does not aferibe the Concre¬
tion of thefe Stpncs to hear, but
s. 7. rather thinks that Heat hinders it i
yUfe holds, that fome- becaufe Gravel never fettles in the'
times the ferum Hicks fo Urine, till the Urine grows cold.
clofe to the Blood, that it cannot He thinks that Bloody Urine prd*
part from it, as in Fevers, which cteds from the Breach of fomef
have had a bad drifts, , . Dropfic and Vcficl r in the Kidneys, Ureters ,
Cacochymyr, fomecimes the firm < Bladder or Urethra.
is diverted another Way, as in f He derives Contenanceof lirintf
Catarrhs, arthritick and fcorbutick | from a Palfy or Wound of the
Defluxions, Dropfies, &c. On the j Jpkinfler Mufcle.
contrary in a diabetes aid pifTing | He makes the Caofe of an Ifchu-
of Blood, he holds, That the Je-1 ry to be, the Scraitnlng of the Ori-
rum parts from rhe Elood, before ! ficeofthe Bladder, or ail Obflriitti-
it has done its office, and it con- j on, Compreflion or Coalition of -
liiis in the diffoluiion and over lax the Pailage , by the Scone or a
frame of Blood ; as the Suppreffi- Caruncle, by a Tumor or Inflam¬
on does in a Concretion aijd too mation or Scirrbus or by a Wotincf
Coaipaftnefs of Blood. The Lax- without a ragged Stone t>r corro-*
nefs proceeds from an aflalt, and ding Humors. Or the Bladder
the fvveet Tafle of the Urine is, : cannot contract , brejufe of thtf
when fomc fulphurcous Particles I Palfy, or of its Funnels and Difleti-
1 Kfc touf
498 Of the D/feafes of the Kidneys and Bladder.
fton, by keeping one* Water too 1 breed the Stone, why does it de-
long. Iftroy the Stone? It is plain, be-
T lie Strangury proceeds from a Jcaufe the Stone requires a like
perpetual Irritation by flurp Hu- j Diflolvcnt: for the DnTolvent muft
mors, or the Scone. An Ulcer l be of the fame Nature with the
proceeds frem a Wonnd, or from jdlflolved, as in Gums, Refins, and
Acrimony of Humcn. I fuch things, and in the mineral
He derives a Diabetes from a Kingdom we fee things arc al-
l— Volatil Salt,
fharp o-i. either
~:.i-—-received ! Ways difiolvcd in their hke.
from without or inbred. An Ifchury arifes from Obftru&i-
on of the urinary Pallagc by a
Stone or mucilaginous Matter, or
§. 9-
T from the fpafmodick contraction
He Cartcllans in the Stor.e of rhe Sphinft.r by an auftere A-
do blame either the Abun¬ cid or great Influx of animal Spi¬
dance or thicknefs of the Blood, rits. Or when the Urine is not
or fharpnefs of Humors, or acute fepsratcd from the Blood, or, if
and angulous Particles of Salts. it be feparated, is not carried to
In an Ifchury and Dyfury the the Bladder.
Serum is dlminifhed, or the Fer¬ The Strangury hath divers both
ment of the Kidneys is fpoyled. internal and external Caufes, as
Or a Stone, or fome vifeid Humor, j Acrimony of Urine, Excoriation
or a pl.rhora flops up the Paflages. 0f the Bladder or the urethra, by
They derive rhe Strangury from (various Caufes, but efpecially by
fa line aruleated Particles in the fharp and corrupt Seed in a viru-
Urine or frrum ; Pilling of Blood jcnt gonorrhea.
from Solution of Continuity by Inflammation of the Kidneys and
fha. p Particles ; and rhe Diahttts, ' Bladder edrar: generally either
adder carats
from a Salt precipitating the Blood from a Plethory or from Acrimony
into a Se um. and Thinnefs of Blood, or from
Gravel or the Stone.
$. IO. An Ulcer in theft parts proceeds
from an Inflammation,from a fharp
d) Hr opinion is, That an acid Blood or Humors, from a Blow,
*** volat'I Spirit is the Caufc of cr from flrong Diureticks.
Coagulation in the Stone. Thus, Heat and Sharpnefs of Urine
fome Water* pu'efie whatever is come from an acid and corrofive
pot into them. I keep an acid Salt, vcllicaring the urinary Paf-
volatil Spirit by me, which in a figes.
Ihort time turns into Stone what¬ The Caufe of Pifling of Blood
ever is put into it. Thus an a- is the Ereach of fome Vefiel in
cid Volatil congeles Sal Ammon!- rhe Kidneys or Bladder,by a Stone
aclt. If we may believe Tacheni- or Humors.
ur, draw the acid volatil Spirit Incontinence of Urine pro¬
from the Stone, and pour it upon ceeds from a Relaxation of the
the Matter again, it will reaffume Mufcle aid Nerves tending to it,
us priftine Hardnefi. Bur, may from Obftruftion, Compreffion ,
fome fay, if an acid volatil Spirit Wound, Ulcer or Inflammation.
The
 Of the Difeafes of the Kidneys and Bladder.
The Caufe of a Diabetes i* a pe¬
culiar Acid precipitating the Blood.
I do ailo biaac the Paflages from
the bottom of the Stomach through
the Omentum * for by thcfc patent
Paflages all that is porulent pafies
immediately. The largenefs of the
Pore* of the K dneys and their
over acid Ferment roiy contri¬
bute much to it. The Crifis of
a Difeafc may ocrafion it. The
external Caufes are too much
Drink, cfpecially acid, Diuretick
Food and Phyfick, Supprdfion of
curtomary Evacuations, (7c.
II. ProgM«J}ick.
*-THe Stone in the Kidneys is a
grievous Difeafe, and if it is
hereditary, it is incurable*, and
in old men, according to Hippo-
trails, aph. 6. (■ 6• The greater and
rougher the Stone, the more pain¬
ful it proves. If the pain caufe
an Inflammation and Fever, or if
the ftone wound the fubftance of
the Kidneys, it is dangerous j if
the Fit will yield to no Remedies*
If the external parts fe cold, if
the Face be pale and in cold
Swears, with Falntnefs and a low
Pulfe, Death is at hand. I have
obferved it to be a good Sign ,
when the Urine is at firft clear,
afterwards grows thick, and leaves
Gravel flicking to the Pot. When
the ftone flicks in the Ureters,
the pain is moft exqulfite, and
the Patient generally dies.
Boys are rmft fubjeft to th*
Stone its the Bladder, and old Men
to the Stone in the Kidneys. If
the Stone in the Bladder be big,
there is no other way for Cure,
but cutting by a skilful Lithoto-
tnifl.
Go gle
4$$
Far, grofs and fedentary People
are moft fubjeft to the Stone. On¬
ly Women, bccaufe of the Benefit
of their Paflages, and of their Min-
fes, are left liable to it than Men.
If an Ifchury proceed either
from the Secretion of Urine being
hurt,or from a ponrick Auflcrc,
or from a great Stone flopping
the Ureters, or from a Pally of
the Nerves, or from a Hurt in the
fpine, os ficrum or Loins, or from
a Difeafc in the fpbinthr Mufde *
it is bad. It is alfo a very bad
Sign, if a ttnefmus, or Hiccough
come upon this Difeafe, or if a
fetid urinous Smell come out at
the Mouth or Nofe On the con-
rrary it is cafier to cure, if it
come from external Caufes,or from
fome flighter internal.
If a Strangury come from puru¬
lent Kidneys, it proves mortal ;
if from drinking too much or new
Drink, there is no great danger i
for Hippocrates fays f. 7. aph. ^8*
Drinlyng oj ft rang Wine and Letting
of Blood cures tht Dropping and Dif¬
ficulty of urine.
The event of an Inflammation
is dubious and dangerous. When
it turns to an Abfcefs a flow Fe¬
ver follows and an incurable Ul¬
cer, which arteitds a Man to his
grave. It is a good S g«, when
the Haemorrhoids open of them-
fclvcs or when one bleeds at the
Nofe, or when Women have their
Mtnfti: alfo if in the encreafe of
rhe Difeafc a white and glutinous
Sediment appear in the Urtne,
with an abatement of other Sym--
proms.
Ulcers in the K'dreys and
Bladder are difficultly cured in old
Men.
' Pitting of Blood is dangcrous,be-
caufc it may breed a Dropfie or
£k 2 Con-
5CO Cf the Difeafes of the Kidneys and Bladder.
Confumption, or if it do nor, an
Ulcer \ and if it be not impolfible,
yet it is difficult to be cured.
Incontinence of Urine and
the Diabttes are difficult to cure :
for if an incontinence be invete¬
rate and happen to old People, or
come from a Palfy, or any other
grievous Difeafe , it is incurable.
But when it happens to Children
or people in fullStrength,or from an
external Cau('e,or from deep Sleep *,
by change of Diet and in proccfs
of rime it may be cured.
Young People are mofl fubjeft
to a Diabttes, and is the eaficll to
cure in them. But old People
may have it} and in them it is in¬
curable, or if it be inveterate.
Now and then It is cured only by
Alteration of Diet.
$. iz. Dietetick Cure.
TN the Stone, and in all Difeafes
1 of the Kidneys and Bladder the
Mr mufl be clear and temperate.
The Meat mufl be eafie cf Digefli-
on, and lubricitating. The Drinl^
mufl be a l'mall white Wine,efpe-
cially a Mofel/e.
In Pifling of Blood, Inconti¬
nence of Urine and a Disbetts the
Diet mufl be more aflringcnt. The
Air mufl be dry and ferene. The
Food mufl be incrafiating and af-
tringent, but of good Tuice. Drin\[
mufl be fparing} a little red a-
flringent Wine may be allowed,
and fome Martial Aflringcnt may
be put in It. Abflain from Drink,
as much as may be, for temperance
is the befl Cure. Rtji mufl be
enjoyned. Sleep mufl be moderate,
one mufl not lie on his Back. The
N the Cure of the Stone the #a-
excreta and rittnta mufl be accor¬
ding to Nature. The Fajftm. of Paractlfus cures the Dyfury and
Go gk
the Mind mufl be moderate. In¬
temperance in Vinos is always bad.
$. i}.
Tharmaceutick
Cure.
fT,HE CEfaleniita are for inciding
and evacuating the grofs and
pituitous Humor, that turns to the
Stone. In the Fit they give a
Clyfler, and out of it they purge.
In the Fit they commend Narco¬
ticks, and Baths. They give fat
Brothcs,oyly things and Emulfions.
When the Pain is abated they gitc
Lithontripticks.
In an Inflammation of the Kid¬
neys or Bladder they ufe the fame
Method as in other internal Inflam¬
mations.
In an Ulcer of thefe parts they
give Vulneraries.
In bloody Urine they check the
Efflux of Blood, they heal the
Breach of the Vcflels, and they
flrengrhen the Parts.
They cure an Ifchury and Stran¬
gury, by altering the Intempera-
ture, removing the Stone,and thick
phlegm, and by altering the Diet,
that it may not breed again. To
this end they ufe Lithontripticks,
and they flrcngthen the Parts.
In a Diabetes they prepare and
then purge, they make Revulfion
of the Humors,and then amend the
intemperature of the Kidneys and
Liver, and flrcngthen them.
They cure Incontinence of U-
rine by Antiparalytlcks, giving now
and then Phlegmagogues.
I
racclflftg ufe many Specificks.
Strangury
 Of the Difeafe of the Kidneys and Bladder. 5-01
Strangury with Spirit of Salt and by Hypnoricks. He commends a
Spirit of Juniper. Milk Dier, Emulfions, and Medi¬
In an Ifchury he commends cines endued with a fixt Salt.
Spirit and Tinfture of Nitre, Anti¬
mony and Salt.
He cures a Diabetes by Anodynes § '7-
alone. Ak’l'lbtua fays, the Sone muft
cither be expelled or difTol-
ved. He expels by Diureticks;
§. 15. And he fays 10 er 12 Drops of
Spirit of Nitre in a Decoition of
Cltnont thinks a l iquor may Grafs difiolve the S:one in the
be had, which will without Bladder.
Offence dilToIve Gravel or the If grofs Phlegm caufe an Ifchu¬
Stone in the Stomach. But to ry by- Hopping the urethra, then
talk of breaking a confirmed Stone be ufes a Cathtter or a Syringe.
in the Bladder is but the Bragging In a Dyfury, when the Orifice
ofEmpiricks.and nothing clfe. For is exonerated or corroded, he
a Phyfician can only force the magnifies feveral Sorts of Bal ams
Stone by Diureticks, and loofen of Sulphur.
the Ways with Moifteners. In the Strangury he com¬
In an Ifchury to ftimulare the mends teftaccous Powders and vo¬
Arcbtus, he gives Diureticks. latil Salts.
He cures an Ulcer by Vulne- In Ulcers of thofe parts he com¬
raries. mends Calfani of Sulphur. e
In the Strangury he faturares In Pilling of Blood he com¬
the predominant Acidity with mends Vulneraries.
Alkalies. He fays, the cure of a Diabucs
In a Diabetes he give* Ano¬ CQnfifls in conrempering the fharp
dynes. volatil Salt by oleous things and E«
mulfions, and by Milk.
§. 16.
rnjlltS has feveral Diureticks, s 18..
whofe Bafis is a volatil Silt ; 'T'HE Cartcttano in the S:one
and feveral, whofe Bafis is an alka- A let Blood, give Diureticks and
lifate Salt. Clyrters. In the Scrangury they
In violent Ifchuries he ufes give Precipitants, things to im¬
teftaceous Powders. bibe an Acid , Anodynes, &c.
He has fotne Diureticks whofe In a Diabetes they commend A-
Bafis is a fixt Salt,ind fome whofe Oringents andAb:orbents roixt with
Bafis is an Acid. Opiates, to imbibe the vjrious Salt,
In the Cure of a Diabetes his in¬ which precipitates the Blood into
tentions are , 1. To check ferttm.
the Fufion of the Blood by incraf-
fating Medicines. 2. To recover
the Ancient crafts of the Blood.
3. To incraffatc, cool and qualific K k 3 §. 19>
fox Of the pifcafes of the Kidneys and Bladder.
5 19.
TN the Stone in the Kidneys toe
1 give a milk Clyfter, which does
*s wtll as one of many Herbs cf
one of Milk, Turpentine and the
Yolk of an Egg. Sale muft noc be
put in them, becaufe it is good to
keep them long. Fomentations,
Pyntmtnts and Baths may be u-
fcd. If any thing can be expelled,
we mav give Diureticks.
Wtiehm ufes this following •,
Take of Spems eeti, Crabs-eyes
each half a Drachm, Cinnabar
of Antimony one Scruple, vola-
til Salt of Amber, four Grains,
laudanum rpiatum,, half a Grain,
Trochifces of aUptyngi with
opium half a Scruple. M<x
them. Make a Fovvder for four
Pofd.
In the fit when the Pain is vio-
1 enr, an Emulfion, or fomc Opiate
will be good.
Out of the Fit we muft endea¬
vour to extirpate the Coagulator.
And we muft always have regard
to rhe Stomach. Therefore Sro-
mach’ck Medicines will be good.
Some fay, there is nothing berrer,
either for the Cure or Prevention
of the Stone, than this Autinephri-
tick following j
Take of Seed of Anifc, Parflv,
Dill, Leaves of Saxifrage each
half an Ounce, Pike’s Jaw,
Crabs Eyes, Seeds of Hips each
one Ounce. Mix them. Make
a Powder. The Dofe one
prachm three days bc/orc the
New of the Moon.
Go gle
In the Stone of the Bladder
the fame Cure muft be ufed.a Cly¬
fter may be given, and Lichon-
tripticks inwardly. When the
Stone is large, there is no way
but Cutting.
Ia an Inflammation cooling
things are good iowardly and out¬
wardly.
Ulcers proceeding from eantht-
ridcs are bed cured by Milk with
mucilaginous Vulnerarics boyled
therein.
And in all Ulcers from fharp
Humors Vulnerarics are good.
In an Ifchury fearch muft be
made with a wax Candle. And in
this cafe rhefameMethod is proper
as in the Stone. Diureticks mav
be given, and warm rhings muft
be applied to the Pubis. Thcfc
are excellent Pills j
Take of ymin Turpentine dried a
lirtle at the Fire two Drachms,
Juice of Liquori h, Powder of
the fame each one Scruple. Mix
them. Mtke Pills , as big as
Peafe, toll them in Powder of
mi Dipedes.
In the Strangury Acrimony mart
be corrcfled ; and all things are
good, that are good in the Stone.
A Purge of Calfia, Jalao and Su¬
gar may be given in a Bolus.
In Pifting cf B!ood,i. Let blood,
2. Give tempering, fncraflating ,
anodyne, confolidating, and aftrin-
gent Medicines. Agrimony is the
beft of Vegetables; of which
and Flowers of Sr. John's wort a
Traumatick Eflcnce may be
made. Ltudonum opiotum is ex¬
cellent.
If Incontinence of Urine arife
from the Palfy of the Nerves,ner-
vinc Oyntnicms and Aftringenr;
 Of the Difeafes of the Kidneys and Bladder.
muft be ufed. If from the Laxity
of the SpbinSer, and over Extcnf:-
onof che Fibres, heating, drying,
aftringent and antiparalitick Medi¬
cines will be proper. The Speci-
ficks are Maftich Wood, Hens
Gizzards, Afhes of a Hedgehog, the
Womb of a Sow boyled or roafted
and eaten. A Goat’s Bladder dri¬
ed in an Oven, a Drachm of it gi¬
ven in Powder, a Filh found in the
Belly of a P.ke, Powder of a burnt
Toad, Micbdla. lipidis. Lignum Joes.
Kk
Got gle
50)
In a iiabites all gentle aftrin*
gent Medicines are proper, if
we purge, it muft be gently. Opi¬
ates are good. Diaphorcticks,
which are alfo Diureticks, muft be
avoided. Cooling Clyfters are
good. Mucilaginous things, as
Gums are proper. Milk, or Whey,
wherein Flints or Steel have been
quenched, are good. Externally
cooling things may be applied to
the Loins.
CHAP.
 CHAP. XIV,
Cf the fixt ant ; timing Gout.

part to another. A fcorbutick Pain

removes, but an arthritick pricks,
*. if corrodes and ftretches the Limbs,
*=PHE Gout is called arthriiis,paf- | The Gout and Stone are fo near
■ fio arthritic*, by Pliny morbus allied, that they feem to be of the
articularis, by Cclfus dolor articulo- fame extraction. He that is trou¬
yum, by Paracdfus morbus tartar ms, bled with the one is generally trou¬
Lome have jocularly called it, and bled with the other ■, and the one
aptly enough dominus morborum and turns into the other.
'morbus dominomn, it is barbarouDy Some Gouts, as moil tarrareous
galled Gutta, from whence per¬ Difcafes are, is hereditary from
haps came our Gffut, bccaufe it is Parent to Child. Some are ad¬
caufed ex defluxu guttatim faCto. ventitious which come from vari¬
It may be defined to be, a Pain of ous Ciufes in the Body.
ajoynt, and of the parts about the
jeynt, arrpng from fnme extravafated 1.
5. p. rt affixed.
acid Humor, which irritates the Fi¬
bres en tempi (firg the Joynt. S Ome take the Brain for the O-
rig'nal of this Difeafe, others
Difference. the Liver, Pancreas and Glands.
Some as Helmont and Sydenham m
fiTHF. Gout is a general name , his late rraft,accufe theStomach.In
-1 whereof there are four forts, i. our Opinion all the fenfjblc , ner¬
(biragra, the Gout in the Hinds. vous and membranous parts arc the
2. Gonagra, in the Knees. 3. if Subject of ir-bur cfpecialiy the peri-
chi as, the Sciatica or Gout in the ofhum CChllto concludes from
Hips. 4. Podagra, the Gout in the the principal Symptom, vi%. Pain,
Feet. Eut there is no part free that it is a Difeafe of the Head
from it. We may add a fifth forr, and nervous kind. So Cornelius
palled arthritis vagi or the running Pi/o, and Ftrntlilh place theCaufe
Gout, when the Pain is not fixt in in the Held.
§ny one place, but tups fronj on?
* ?>

Go gle
 Of the f xt and running Gout
5. 3. Diagnoflick.
W Hen a Gout is curing,there
is a Numbnefs in the
Pan, or a more exquifne Senfible-
nefs than ufual, which makes It
fenfible of the kafl Touch, a Heat
and Rednefs fometimes with
Swelling,fometimes without a Fe¬
ver fometimes preceeds. When
it is come, the Patient feels an
inflammatory Pain and a Swelling
in the Joynt, and he feels as if his
Body were flung with Ants. If it
come in the Hands, all things feel
thicker than they are. It ufually
takes the Great Toe of the
left Foot firft.and thence it creeps
up to the Knees and other Part*.
There is impotcncy of Motion.
' They have a Fever either before
or in the Gout, without a cold Fit,
with the Hcad-ach, Thirft, Faint-
nefs, and Lofs of Appetite. In
the Urine of Gouty Perfons ufually
red Gravel flicks to the Sides of
the Pot. In the Difeafe, when in¬
veterate Knots appear. In a fcor-
burick Gout, fpots like Flea-bites
appear, as if they were flung with
Nettles. In the fciatica there is a
Pain on that Side,and they cannot
flir that Leg. The wandring or
running Gouc is like an ignis fa¬
tbits fometimes here, fometimes
there, and when it abates a little,
it returns unexpectedly.
§. 4. Caufe.
•"THE ©alcntflg fay, the pro
pinquous Caufe is an Humor
and weaknefs of the Part ; they
confider four thiogs, the Humor
Influent, the part Mandant, the
part Recipient and the Way the
Vluxiot| comes. They fry the ver piood , becaufc arthritick
Go gle
5G5r
part Recipient is the Toynts or
Coarticulation of the Bones, in
which they prcfuppofe an infirmi¬
ty, otherwife they would not re¬
ceive the Humors. Some fay, the
part Mandant is one, fome ano¬
ther, and fome fay the whole Bo¬
dy is fuch. They fay the Matter
is only the Excrement of the Brain.
The Way by which the Humors
flows they think, is not only be¬
tween the Flefh and Skin (though
this is moft frequent,) but by the
Continuity of Membranes,MufcIes,
Nerves, Veins, or Arteries. The
antecedent Caufcs arc all fuch
things as may breed fuch Humors.
§ *•
^Hracclfus makes the Gout to
be a tirtareoHS Difeafe , or
Exaltation of all mineral Salt, or
of an acid Liquor in the Synovia,
And the Pain* in the Gout differs
according to the Difference of the
various Salts, whence it proceeds.
t. 6.
gbtClmont accufes the Stomach
V principally, and proves, that
the Gout proceeds from an Acid
infcCting the Archxus. When this
Acidity is get into the Synovia, it
curdles like Chcefe and grows o-
pakc. Now the Synovia is nothing
but a pellucid Mucilage , fuch as
runs out of a Calfs Feet when
they are cut off. And this Syno¬
via hardened is the chalky Mat¬
ter fo familiar to gouty People.
i. 7.
holds, that the
Caufe of the Gout is n
Swellings
 5*o 5 Of the fixt and running Gout.
Swellings never fuppurate, but it
is a mutual Effervescence in al: the
Humors, proceeding chiefly from
f. II. Prog'ioflick.
the Acidity of the nervous juice,
and faline lixivial FecuFnccs,
T He event of this Difeafe is un¬
certain, both in regard of the
which are fo corrcfive, that lay Fit and the whole courfe of the
bur a Worm on the place pained, Difeafe: Fora Fit fometimes lalls
and it will dy. long, at another time it goes off
quickly. When the Gout is knot¬
ty, it is hard to cure.
§. 8.
derives it from the Toilers nodofam nefeit medicina poda-
Acidity of the pancreatick gram.
Juice, and fome fault in the Bile
and falival Humor meeting in the An hereditary Gout is reckoned
Guts. incurable. Hrppocrates fays. That
before the ufe of Venus men have
i 9- not the Gout, nor Women before
'T'He Cartcftans aferibe it to the their menfes leave them. Fools arc
1 angular Figures of divers Salts free from it. It is good to have the
in the Blood, which being difehar- H*morrhoids. The Gout is mod
ged upon a Joynt, cannot pafs the pertinacious in a fcorbucick orca-
Fores thereabout, and fo vellicate chedick Body, or in one weak-
the Fibres and caufe Pam. ned by a precedent Difeafe. In
old men it fmaetimes occafions the
10. Palfy. If the Gout fettle in the
Nape of the Neck, at the begin¬
-iN this Difeafe toe reckon the ning of the fpinal Marrow, it kills
fault lies in the ill Digeftion of the Patienr. Sometimes there eu-
Food in the Stomach, Vifcera and fue terrible Symptoms,Heart-burn,
Glands defigned for Digeftion, Shortnefs of Breath, Swooning,
by acid and lixivial Particles. Now Convulfions, Palfy, Apoplexy and
the Matcer of thefe acid and lixi¬ Madnefs. Young men, if they
vial particles is a volaril ferum in be not much given to Wine and
the Arteries, an ill digefted Chyle, Women, may be cured by proper
or a ftagnating lymphs afterwards Remedies. But there are few Pa¬
extiavafared, and in time forced tients to be met with, that will
into the habit of the Body, which obferve Rules. The Gout and
caufes the Swilling. The tormen¬ Stone often turn one into the
ting Acid fometimes coagulates the other.
Blood, and fixes the Humors into
a Chalk in the Joynts.
§. ii. D efetich Cure.
Among the procatarfttck Caufes
the chief is Wine, the Tartar *THe Air rouft be ferene, pure
whereof flicks in drunkards fingers. and temperate. Juniperbumc
Venus. Studies,and Grief may occa- is good to correft it, and fo are
ficn the Gour. For few Fools are Powders for Defluxions burnt.
doubled wiefi it. Meat muft be eafy ot Digeftion,
and

Go gle
 Of the fixt and running Gout.
and all file Meats mud be avoided.
The Drinl^ mw ft be Beer well
wrought, or Sydenham's Decw&ion.
Wine mud be very good and a
little of it mud be ufed , other-
wife none at all. Firmer mud be
avoided. Sleef and Watching mud
be moderate. . Extremes, as Riding
in a Coach or onHorfe back, is
good, and let not a man, if he
can help it, confine himfelf to his
Chair. The Mind mud be kept
cheerful wirh good Company and
Mufick. For they report Limeni-
*r, a Mufician of Thebes, that by
the fweetnefs of his playing he
cured People : Cardan men¬
tions him. Fut our Mufick now
adays is not of fuch virtue. The
Patient mud not ftudy too much.
The excreta and retenta mud be a-
greeable to Nature,
$. i\Tharmaceu'ick
Cure.
T He (Ealcniftfl give Clyftcrs,
then they gve Preoarers of
Phlegm, Bile or Melancholy, which
foever it is that effends ; "or mixt,
if the Humors are mixt When
they arc prepared,they purge with
Medicines proper for ’rhe Humors,
and with Arthriticks. Somerimcs
they vrmit. If Blood abound, they
let Blood. They corarmnd Fri-
ftions. Ligatures, and Potential
Cauteries. They give Sweats.
They ufc diflolving, difeutient and
emollient Medicines. Laft of all
thep apply ftrengthening things tp
the Part.
Go gle
5-07
* i*
Hracclfus fays, three things
are requifite to the perfeft
Cure of the Gout, Purging, Open¬
ing, and giving Specificks.
§. iy.
IhlElitUWt fays, That not only
’ the Acidity muft be looked af¬
ter, but the fen.inal Charafter of
the Gout muft be removed from
the Spirit of Life.
$. l6.
211 who reckons this
^ among the Difeafes of
the Head, has rhefe two curative
Intentions. 1. To take away the
Solution cf Continuity. 2. To
check the irritation of the F bres,
and the incandefcencc of the Spi¬
rits therein. To difeufs the Mat¬
ter already impacted,he commends
Evacuatcrs und Alteratives. He
applies a defenfative Plafter to the
Prrt. He gives Vomits. He gives
reftaceous Powders in the Fit, and
Powders of fhirp Vegetables,which
arcalexeterick in th's Difeafe. He
ufes Anodynes outwardly, and in
extremity of Pjin, Narcoticks.
He applies Fomentations, Bags
Plaftcrs. Sometimes he gives Opi¬
ates inwardly. For prevention
every Spring andAuru rn he purges
or vomits, and at fome diftance of
time repeats the fame thing. He
bleeds or oprns the Hemorrhoids.
He adv ifes IHues in tl.c Arms and'
l>etw<cn 1 he Shoulders. He gives
alcering Anridctcs made of artl.ri-
tickMcdicincs endued with aYolar I
Salt and Balfamick Sulphur, and
bitter and aftringent things, fucli ss
Gcr,
 508 Of the fixt and running Gout.
Germander, Ground pine, Centau¬ Take of Roots of Angelica, caU-
ry. Rone of Gentian and arithh- mus aromaticus, Maflcrwort, Ele¬
ebia. He advifes a Dice Drink of campane, Leaves of Wormwood,
the Woods, Ivory, Hjrts-horn, &c. lefler Centaury, white Horc-
He like wife advifes a Milk Diet for hound , Germander, Ground-
three or four Months, taking no pine, Scordium, Calamint, Fever¬
orher food morning nor evening few, Meadow Saxifrage, St. John f
but Milk warm from the Cow ; Wort, Golden-rod, ’Mother of
about noon t;he Patient may eat Thyme, Mint, Sage,Penny-roval,
Oatmeal or Barley Grewel with a Southernwood, Plowers of Cha=
little Bread in ir. But this Diet momil, Tanfy, Lily Conval, Saf¬
will not agree with all Men. fron, Seed of Treacle, Muflard,
Garden Scurvy Grafs, Caraway,
and Juniper Berries. Let them
17. all be gathered in their proper
Seafons, kept by in paper Bags,
to correft the acid and powdered. Let four Ounces
a id lixivial Acrimony, ufes of each of them be made into
, Narcoticks and Anodynes. When an Eleftuary with a Syrup made
an Acid alone offends, he com¬ of Canary Wine and Sugar. Let
mends fixt lixivial Salts, and vola- him take two Drachms morning
tilalfo. When the Humors are tur- and evening. Or in defeft of
gent he purges or vomits. Then this j
lie gives Diurtticks and Sudorificks.
He applies divers topical Medi¬ Take of Conferve of Garden Scur¬
cines. When the part is weak, he vy Grafs one Ounce and an half,
cures it by Medicines, that have a Roman Wormwood and the yel¬
volatil Spirit and an aromacick Oyl low of Orange Peel eacli one
in them. Ounce, candied Angelica, candi¬
ed Nutmeg each half an Ounce,
$. 18. Venice Treacle three Drachms,
pulvis ari cvppofitm two
T Hc Cattcflans make dull Drachms. With a fufficient
the angular and faline Parti¬ quantity of Syrup of Oranges
cles. They evacuate, and ftreng- make an Elc&uary. Take two
then. Drachms twice a day, drinking
five or fix Spoonfuls of tke fol¬
lowing Water after it}
19.
r^Ur opinion is, that in a Fit of Take of Horfe radifh Root fliced
V-' the Gout. 1. Pain mull be af- three Ounces, Garden Scurvy-
fyvsged. 2. Strength maintained. Graft twelve Handfuls , Water
Adodynes and Opiates aflwage pain, Crefles, Brooklime, Sage, Minr,
inwardly and outwardly. We each four Handfuls, fix Orange
mml then abftain wholly from Pur¬ peels, two Nutmegs bruifed,
ges, beeaufe they would exafpe- Brunswick Mum fix Quarts.Draw
rate. l or Prevention I ufc to off by a Still four Quarts for
gi ve S)icnbvrii Elcttuary. Ufe,
AH
 Of the fixt and running Gout
All Antifcorbuticks are good,
but cfpecially Buckbcan: for lhave
had experience of it.
I am not for Bleeding. Blifters
are proper,and affualCautcrics with
Moxa. Hippocrates burnt with raw
Flax. Baths andPlafters are good.
Out of the Fit, regard muft be
had to the antecedent Caufe,name¬
ly, a fharp extravafated Impha and
the weaknefs of the Joynts. The
lympha may be correfted with Juice
of Birch, the forefaid Ele&uary,
and with Buck bean varioufly pre¬
pared. A ftrift Diet muft be kept.
. 509
A Rheumatifm is reckoned among
thefe Difeafct, and is cured much
like the Gout: But in ic Bleeding
is proper.
In the running Scorbutick Gout,
it is good to take a Meal-fack,
whofe Pores are filled with Meal,
and heat it, and wrap the Body in
it, for it is emollient and all'wages
Pain. The beft courfc is a fudo-
rifick Diet, for a Cure by Sweat
holds freeft from Relapfc, which is
worfe than the original Difeafe,
according ro the Arabi an A.phot\Cm>
Ornnis redd'txa eS deter tor Jid radice.
CHAP.
 0°)
CHAP. XV.
Of the Venereal Difeafe, Gonorrhea and
Nocturnal Foliation,
§•1-
S Ome call the Venereal Difeare
the French difeafe j becaufe
when Charles the eighth of France
laid ficgc to Naples, it was fifft ob¬
served in Italy in their Camp. O-
thers fay, that in the Year 149$.
when Chrijlopbtr Columbus with
fifteen hundred men arrived at
Santo Domingo in the Weft-Indies,
where the People had the Pox,the
Spaniards laid with the Women,
and fo were infefted and when
they returned, gave it to others
at Naples, and fo it came to be
called morbus Neopolitanus. Some
fay, the Peruvian Indians ufed to
lie with all manner of Beafls,and by
that diverfity comraded a Orange
Fern ent. Helmont (fpeaking of
this Difeafe ) brings in « Com-
parifon of a Horfc fick of Worms,
how he infefts other HorfcS,and he
thinks fomc wicked Sodomite had
to do with fuch a Hotfe and fo
came the Difeafe. C&falpinus /. 4.
Art. Med. refers the fir ft Contagi¬
on to Greek Wine infefted witli
the Blood of leprous perfons, fold
by Spaniards to the French at a
certain Town of Mount Vefuvius,
Go gle
In tlie famousExpedition to Naples.
Paracelfus derives the Original of
this Difcafe,frrm a leprous French
Man’s lying with a Whore full of
Buboes in the Exaltation of yenus
at which time alfo her Menfes were
juft come. Thefe infttted all
they came near. And fo the Pox
was bred between Buboes and a
Leprofte, as a Mule is got between
a Horfc and an Afs. Some call it
mcnUgra and pudtndjgra and morbus
Indicus.
This is a contagious Difeafe.*
got reoft ufually by lying car¬
nally with an infefled Perfon.
But it may be got other ways: The
Mother may give it to her Child ,
and the Child to the Nurfe. It
may be got by kifting or lying in
bed together , as by any contatt
of an infefied Body. S me think
it may be got by lying with a meji-
ftruous Women, whether Ihe be
found or difeafed. Euc this is
Cslfe.
It may be deferibed to be a Dyf-
crafie of all the Humors in the Body,
confifting in a volatil corroftte Aci¬
dity.
AGonorrboea is either viiulcnt or
fimplc. A virulent one may fol¬
low the fimple, if it lift long, be¬
caufe
 Of the Venereal Difeafe, &c.
caufe ac Jail the white feminal
Matter turns yellow and virulent.
But it is ufually goc by coition. A
fimple Gonorrhoea is when the feed,
that comes fwhich is improperly
called Seed) is watry, th.n aud
whire, like Whites of Eggs, with¬
out Pain,or Luft, yet if itcont.nuc,
it will wafte the Body,and weaken
the genital Parrs.
Nofturnal Pollution is an Ex¬
cretion of Seed with pleafurc in
ones Sleep or Dream.
§. 2. Part affetted.
££}£>lbiU0 takes the part affeft-
ed in the Venereal Difeafe
ro be the Glands, formerly they
thought ft to be the Liver. Some
think it is the Spleen, others the
Kidneys, others the Brain. I think
the Subjeft is all the lymphatick
Vcflels and in a confirmed one the
whole artcrious, venous and ner¬
vous kind.
in a Gonorrbxa andNoftural Pol¬
lution the lymphatick and fangui-
neous Mafs areaffetied, but chiefly
the Vcficjes wherein the feed is
preparcd*and kept for Ejaculation,
and when they are corroded, the
feed muft be evabted.
§. DiagnoHick.
T HE chief Sign is a virulent
Gonorrhxi, there is aDuInefs of
Body, Pain in the Bones, little
Ulcers in the part firfl infefted.
When it is confirmed, there is a
grievous Head-ach, Pains of the
Arms and Legs bet wet n the Joynts,
growing worfe at night,Heat and
Sores in the Throat and Pjjatc,
Hoarfenefs. There are fometimes
Convulfions, Epilepfies, Madnefs,
Melancholy, Puftuks in the Head,
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511
Fore-head, Nofe, Lips, and flin-
king Breath. There are tophi and
Tubercles in the Arms and Shin¬
bones. And to hide their Difirafc,
fome will call ir the Head-ach ,
others the Scurvy, a Cachexy, a
Fever or Itch. When the Dniafe
is dtfpcrjtr, the Hair fa'Is,yea, off
the very Beard aud Eye-brows the
Teeth fall out,they have the Stran¬
gury ; and fometimes their geni¬
tals arc quite eaten away. There
are Buboes in the Groin, conJilo-
'nitd both in Women’s anus and Pu¬
dendum ar.d in Mtns Prepuce.
There are feveral other Sijns but
thefe may fuffice.
The principal figns of a virulent
Gon-rrhxa arc Heat and Pain in
making Water the Urine is white
with firings in it, there is a con¬
tinual Erection and Irritation to
Venus, there are fome Ulcerous
Puflules in tl e Privities, and o-
tlier Sigfts betore mentioned. A
Gonorrbxa may be known to be
malignant by the Putrefaction and
ftink.and by the yellow, green and
corroding Matter that comes a-
way.
The parhognomosick figns of
nocturnal Pollu ion are Venereal
Dreams with rhe Excretion of
Seed, efpccially when one lies on
his back.
SOme
$. 4. Caufe.
of the olD toap lay the
Caufe of the Venereal Difeafe
upon rhe Humors \ others upon
an occult Qualiry. They make
the Caufe ot a Gonorrhxx to be a
pi'uirous Cacochymy. They make
the immediate caufe of Notfu n 1
Pollution to be the Dricatio:: of
the expulfive Eaculry bv bad ited,
and the mediate, arv e.thcr hume¬
ral or flatulent.
§S-
fix Of the Venereal Difeafe, &c.
i. f.
X^Hr^rclfuG fays, this Difeafe is
*<r bred by Sublimation of Mer¬
cury, by Heat, not excluding the
Salt: for Mercury has its Acrimo¬
ny and Corrofivencfs from Silt,
and a volatil Silt is never fepara-
ble from Mercury.
In a Gonorrhxa he accufes a dif-
folved Salt.
if. 6.
TSClmont makes the Caufe of
** the Venereal Difcafcs to be a
poyfonous Ferment.
§• 7-
derives it from the
Acrimony of an acid Spirit,
and partly from a lixivia! Salt.
§, 8.
T HE Cattcttans blame fharp,
pungent, faline Particles in
the Humors and Seed, and they
derive all the Symptoms from
thence.
9-
think, that the poyfon
'*•''** in the Venereal Difeafe
does principally confifl in a vola¬
til Acidity, but there is alio a vif-
cid Venereal Ferment joyned with
that volatil Acrimony. This is
the Caufe of a virulent Gonorrhxa.
And in nofturnal Pollutions it is a
faline volatil • Vertue in the Seed
which caufcs Titillation.
Go gle
$. io. Progn flick.
T HE Venereal difeafe and a go-
norrbxa, the newer they are,
the more eafily they are cured.
They are more difficult to cure
in a difeafed or foul Body, than
in a healthy Conftitution. The
Pox with hoarfenefs is hard to
cure* And a virulent Gonorrhxi
with Swelling of the Privities, and
rtinking Seed, or if there be HI-
cers or Caruncles in the urethra,
is hard to cure. Thefe Difeafa
make people barren. They are
bad in old men. Women arc nor
fo much troubled with them, bc-
canfc they have the benefit of their
mtnSfrua. They are befl cured
in a hot Country or Seafon. A
virulent Gonorrhxa turns fometimes
to the Pox, and fometimes to a
fimple Gonorrhxa, which proves
difficult to cure.
A fimple gonorrhxa andNoftural
Pollution are not dangerous, but
oftentimes tedious Difcafes.
§. II. DieteticJz Cure.
T He Air mud be hor, pure and
ferene. The Mtat Mufl be
eafie of Digeflion, grareful and
fweer, all falc and (harp Meats
muff be avoided. Drink mud
be a Decoction of the Woods and
Roots. Or Phyfick Ale well
wrought. Wine is very bad in
this Cafe.
Sltep mufl be rtoderate. Lie not
on your Back, left the Veflels about
the Kidneys grow hot. In a Go¬
norrhxa it is befl to lie with ones
Head high, and then he cannot fo
eafily turn on his Back. I have
known fevcral cured fo. Feather-
Beds mufl not be lain on, but
Quilts. Ufc
 Of the VenerealDifeafe, &c. ^
Ufe not too much Exercife. | He ftops it with fuch Medicines
Let the txcrita and rtttnta. be as he ftops other fluxes withal
kept in their natural State.
• The Paflions of the Mind muft be Q t 4
kept in order. They that are! 1‘r*
troubled with NofturaJ Pollutions, feClntont thinks, the Venereal
muft he advifed to marry. ^ Difeafe can only be cured by
Salivation with Mercury. He
§. it. Tharmaceutick magnifies his Mncurius diaphoretic
ns in this Difeafe. In a Gonorrhea*
Cure. and Nofturnal Pollution he com¬
T mends divers Disphoreticks made
He USalcnlfts, if the Venereal of Mercury, and Vulnerarics, to im¬
Difeafe be new, and if there bibe an acid.
be a pUthora, let Blood, and give a
gentle Purge or a Clyfter -, then
they prepare grofs Humors, and §• if.
purge ufually with cxrraft of black gftlplbtus lias a twofold Cure
Hellebore. Afterwards they fweat. ^ of the Venereal Difeafe; an
If it is radicated, after they have univerfa! and a particular. The
bled and purged, they give a Dc- univerfal confifts in correcting the
coftion of guajacum, farfaparilla, acid Spirit, and in expelling it by
china and fajfafras. They drink convenient Ways, which he dots,
it warm in a Stove, or in Bed well 1. Ey fpiriruous volatile. 2. Ey
covered with Clothes,to fweat well oleous and fat things. 3. By Jixivi-
they change their Liner.dry them- al fixe Salts. 4. By warry things.
felves well, walk a little in their Then he evacuates by. Salivation,
Chamber, and four or five Hours Swear, and Purging with Phlcgroa-
after they have taken thcMedicihc, gogucs. Mercury and Colcqtin-
they go.ro Dinner. tida are his chiefcft Medicines.
In Nocturnal Pollutions, having The particular cure belongs, to
premifed Univerfals, they go to the Symptoms. A Gtnorrhxa is
Aftringcnts internal and external, cured by the fame Medicines. And
not omittirTg Vulnerarics. the reft of the Symptoms art cilred
by Antivenereals and filch things
as you may meet with iu their pro¬
$.13.
P Aracelfus l. 2. it vita-longa, c.
per Chapters.

12. obferves three things,Pur¬

§. .
16
ging, Cure, and Confervation. He
purges with Mercury. He cures T He Cartcffano ufe the fame
Medicines, to blunt their
with xylokebenum. In a Gonorrhxa
he p.urgcs with Milk of Turpen¬ purgent la line Particles,
tine, which is made -thus.

Take of turpentine one Spoonful,

the white of an Egg, Wine two
Spoonfuls. Beat them together LI §. 17-
in a Pewter Plate.

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 Of the Venereal Difeafe, &c.'
JM
Antimony in a rag , put it and
the farfi* into three Pottles of
§.17* Water, wherein the green fhclls
Method of Core has three and husks of forty green Nuts
S*' Indications, i. The Depu¬ muft be hanged. Boyl them to
ration of the Blood, by throwing a third part. Let the Patient
oft the Venereal Poyior, namely drink of it after Meal, Morning,
the corrupt Acid. *. The Preserva¬ Noon, and Night.
tion of the Parts from Corrofion
by rhis Acid. 3. The Mitigation The Diet Drink may be conti¬
of the Symptoms and Support of nued for fome days, yea weeks,
Strength. The Blood is depurated and a (mailer Decoftion rr.ay be
y. By voUtil, balfamick Saks. 2. made of the remainder, which may
By mild aromarick Oyb. ?• By Serve inftead of Beer. When the
yerrene and metallick Medicines, Patient has done Swearing, let him
or Medicines endued with a vola- be wiped with warm Clothes, give
til Salt, gr refmous thing*. The him a Cordial, and then he may
Poyfon is thrown off by tljofe go into the open Air about Noon.
things and by Diaphoreticks, Diu Every ninth day he rnuft purge.
rcticks, and Salivation. The Diet Drink muft be continued
If the Body is Cacheftick we till the Patient come to himfelf
may bcg|n with Purges ; and An- and .11 rhe Symptoms are gene.
timonials, tljar Purge downwards, A Spare Diet muft be kept all the
are here Specified. rime. I communicate this as an
When the Body is Purged we Experiment to the curious, I have
muft give appropriate Sudorificks. Cured Several Patients by giving be-
rvuen half and a whole Drachm
Take of (havings of Wood of gun- of the true fat of Vipers in Con-
' jarum fix Ounces, Saftafras two ferve of Rofes or Fumitory for
Ounces, the Bark of both each fomc time. Gum guajui between
one Ounce, Root of china, Sar- half a Scruple and a Scruple- is a
faparil/a each ten Drachm', Rat- good Remedy.
fins floned li:t Drachms, Li¬ Sativation may be railed in this
quorice feraped or.e Ounce. manner.
Boylth'tn in fair Water. To
forty Ounces of rhe eolature Take of turpetbum mherelt between
add of fimple TrearJc water one three and five Grains, Mfrcyius
Ounce, Syrup of Euckbean one dutch fix Grains. Make a Pow¬
Ounce and an Half. Mix them. der. Give it for Several days,
The Dole is four C}unces. three till it raifes a Salivation.
cr four times a day, and fivcsc
muff be expected, Or it may be taifed externally •,

EortUt: escols crude Antimo- Take of Mercury killed with faff¬

py* ing Spittle, with Oyl of Turpen-
tincior Lilies, or Worms two
Take of crude Artimotsy. firjapa- Ounces,imguntm Jt Alik*a
r.Ua each fix Ounces. Tie the fetr.rlii half an Ounce, Oyl of
Amber

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 Of the Venereal Difeafe, &c.
Amber one Drachm. Make an garni of Saturn and Aferocrj is good
Oyntment,wherewith the Joynts to heal.
and Soles of the Feet may be 1 In Pains of the Limbs emplajtrum
rubbed, after the places have Vigonis mixt mthempUnrumnervi-,
b:cn firft rubbed with a cloth. num and Balfam of Peru, is good.
In a Venereal Caruncle in the
This anointing may be perfor¬ urethra, Univerfals prtmifed, this
med once a day jn the morning.an Liniment will be proper j
hour after one has eaten an Egg,
or fupt a little Broth. It is fafer Take of Honey burnt to afhes.Tut-
to falivate by internal than external ty, prepared, frefti Butter, wafh-
Medicines. ed in Plantain warer to get out
While the Salivation larts, they the Salt, yellow wax each an
muff neither change the hot Houfe, Ounce,burnt Alum half aDrachm.
nor Bed, nor Shirt, and they rnuft Mix them, make a Linimcnr.
forbear Purging and Bleeding. Sa¬
livation ufually arifes about the With this Liniment fpread a
Fourth or Fifth day, fometimes rag, covered on the infide with
not till the Fourteenth, and when white Wax, of a convenient length
it begins it is ufually over in Fif¬ and widenefs, with a king thread
teen days, all which time the Pa¬ run throw it, apply it to the Ca¬
tient muft be kept with Chicken runcle in the urinary Pillage.
broth, tec. Ulcers in the Mouth, and anus
For their ordinary drink Pati¬ may he cured with aqua tbniacalis
ents may drink a Decoftion of die cimbhorata, ©r baljamus (ulphuris
Woods. anifatus.
We will briefly treat of tlie The cure of a virulentgonorrhxt
Symptoms. A lentigo may be Cu¬ differs not much from the cure ef
red with Oyntment of Rofcs and the Venereal diffemper. Firft
filercurins d'tlcis. therefore he may purge ;
A bubo in the Groin, with em-
plafrnm Vi gin is cum Mercirh. Take of Powder of Rhubarb twelve
The nodes, by difeutienr, dif¬ Grains, Venice turpentine two
fering PUfterr. Scruples,AfereKr»w dulcis twelve
This is good for breakings out* Grains. Make them into Pills.
For ftrong People a grain or
Take of native cinnabar, facchar, two of Mtrcurius viu may be
tinfiur. fperma cetit camphore added.
each a like quantity. With bal-
jfam of Ptru make a Liniment. And tlxn he may continue in a
Diet Drink, as formerly.
In rottennefs of Bones phlegm In a Ample Gonorrhea Mtrcurius
of Vitriol,not over fhirp, is good. dulcis is good. The Dofe may be
Ulcers in the finusmulitbrismiy be extended to fifteen Grains. A
cured with unguentum diipompbo/y- Drachm of boy led Turpentine in
got or rofatum with Mtrcurius inl¬ the yolk of an Egg is good. Then
ets and faeeharum Saturni. unguen- gentle Aftringents will be proper.
tum de Minit ipix? with an amal- Gum, Amber, Balfam of copaiva,
cuttle

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 5*16 Of the Venereal Difeafe, &c.
cuttle bone,Tinfture of flecl,r/ntfa-j If rhefe will not do, we rauft
Ti antiphtbijica, are fpecificks. have recourfe to Opntes. Our
The Loyns, pennum, fcrotum theriaca ccelejlis and a little Tur-
and anus may be anobted with pentinc, taken often, cures the
tome proper Oyntment. gonqrrbcea, both Simple and Viru¬
For pain, the penis may be dipt lent.
in fweet Milk. Externals are of ufe in this Cafe,
Injections alfo of milk with pro¬ efpecially cold things applied to
per things boyl’d in It, are good. the Loins, as Purflain, agnus caftus,
In Nofturnal Pollutions, the a- Strawberry Leaves,a plate of Lead,
forefaid univcrfals premifed, Dia- ungnentum refrigtrans Galeni, album
phoreticks, Abforbents and Prcci- campkoratum, rofatum, &c. Ceratum
pltacers may be given. fantalinm fpread upon Leathered
Moderate Aftringent Specificks applied to the region of the Li¬
are proper, fuch as tinttum anti- ver, is commended by fimxus and
phthifica, Tinfture of Coral with others.
phlegm of Vitriol, &c.

v.

BOOK

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