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Thirteen books of natural philosophy

Chapter 29

Book 24

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broad, red, round, {mel, Exantbemata of iweats, | heedle Bladdeérs, excited and caufed by the humors ‘Elcode, by Hippocrates in hisehird Book of A=; when they are gs i were bayling bot, an phorifms, Aphor.20. Buc whecher or no there jihaxps like unto thofe® ufhes and fia} Bladders be any general Lacin word thac may anfwer unro | chat are raifed by the fire, and {calding hox water, this Bxanthemata of the Greeks, T'very much} By others they ate likewife named Jons Silve- queffion. We indeed meet wich’ the.name of | firis, or wild fire. The Acabians cal them Saba- Papule, and Prefieele, chat ws to fay, Wheals, | fati. And indeed thee kind of Puftules and lictle Blifters, Meafels, and Pufhes. But)sow whereas | Bladders very frequently ‘bieak ove ‘i the Skin there ts a twofold fore of Exanthemata , one | or rather in the Scarf-skin 3 and fomrimes privil
chat which only changech che color of the Skin (a3 jin the Cornea Tunicle of che Eye touching ic 1 wont cobe inthofeeavers chat wecal Pe- | which we have already fpoken im the firft Book tecbiales;) and another, in which there are certain | of our Practice, Pact 3. Sed. 2. Chap. 17. They Tubercles breaking forth in ehe Skin, the mame of [Ofcentimes arile in the Thighs 5 aud’in Infants Papule and Puftula feemeth not coiagree With, jehey fomeimes break forth 1 cheir whol body 5
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Pufiule fignifie only Tubercles: ig: which there is fome certain humor contained. And yet mors; The Phlytene proceed from a Cholerick and withftanding we find chacthe name of Papzle is} extream hoe bumor, mingled copether wirh a hus amore {pecial name; dod chac it feemech notco} mor that is fale and whéyifh, Buc now from be ufed by Celfus and Pliny, inone andthe fame | whac Gaufes {uch like humors are generated, we manner.. Kor by Pliny che hotter fore of Hxan- | have elfewhere declared. They fomcimes like- themata, and which are elevated bipher chan ordi-| wife befal women, by teafom of cheic Menftryoys haty tntoa fharp-poinced head, are cermed "Papu-| blood over lopp retained and cofrupted, | Buc Je, of which norwithftanding feeing that there | now chofe Hutiors are called foreh unto the okin, ace many difterences (viz, red, hor, black, Papx- | when any one having been in the cold fuddenly le of {weats) chisname feemeth to. be general e- la pproscherh neex unto the fire, or elfe berakerh nough. Buc naw with Celfuis the name Papule | himfelf co a hoc Bath; and fo on che contrary, 3s a {pecial and peculiar name, and iignifiech oly | when after heat the pores of che Skin thal be alco- thataffect which the Greeks caj Licbenes , and | gether clofe thuc up by the external cold.
the Lacines Lmperigo. For thus be writerh Cin oe A: Qe his hfth Book, aod 28. Chaprer) That the Papye- The Signs D sagnoftick. The little Bladders that refemble chofe that are
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lg by che {mallet fore of Puftules do exafperare the Skin, and likewife chat they corrode and| railed by the fire or fcalding hoc’ water do fud- creep forward but flowly ; and thae where the] denly break forch; and when they are broken, Dileale bepinnech round, there icalfoproceedeth | chere iffuech forch by liccle and litcle a yellowith aftec an Ortslike and round manner ; and that chac| humor: the Crufts thereof wax hard, and then which is jels round is more diificulely cured 3 and they fal off. By reafon of the acrimony and fer- that Cunieis x be cakeo quice away) iecucnech in-| vent heat of the humor they excice an itching in tothelmpetigo. For he maketh cwo tpecies vf che Skin, Prognofticks.
Lichener, as che Greeks ikewile do.” | One he rere | Phlyttene (as Aetins cels us, Tetrab. 4e
mech Agria, that, wild; che orhermoremild $i and ghac cle wild Papula is cured by rubbing ic} 1. with tafting Spiccle.” All which things: betore , Serm. 2. Chap. 63.) abide and continue fom- mentioned agree with the Lichenes of che! times tor ewo or three dates. Greeke | - 2. Phly&ene if they be not wel and rightly The name likewife of Ecxefmata feemerh to| cured, they now and chen degenerace into an begencral, For aktbough fome by thele Ecgef- | Herpes. mata uncerttand only ‘Hidroa, or Sudamina; The Cure. and others refer chem unto che Head alone 5 yet without al doubr this vame isgenecal, and figai-| If fuch like vitious humors abound in the body, fiec}a Puftule, or very hor Papyla,asthe name ic then (in che firdt place) fuch a kind and courfe of felf imporcech. | Diet is co be prefcribed that wil noc encreafe ; ieee 1 : ;thofe like Huarors, buc fuch as may rather Of tbe Tumors P hly ctenz. | corvedt that Cacocbymy. ‘And per the But thac.we may creat of chefe in. cheir fevetal| {aid vitious Humore are by convenieue Medica- fpecies or Kinds 5 the ficft in order co be handled | ments to be evacuated. ace thote wecal Phlyfene. Now shey arecal-| Nowas for Topicks, lee the Phlyftena fir be led Phlyitena, Phluttides, Pblugacia, and | fomenced withthe Décogtion of Lentils, Myisle, Phlufer (trom two Greek words that fignitie to | and Pomegranate Rinds. © Or, Tekethe Mucilage of Pleabane or Fleawort G 2 feed,
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Purl) fla ne, and Nighifbade, of each to oun- | not poffibly take from Women the care they take in ces: mineletbem, and let the place ajfetted be | tricking HEIN SRR efpecially in trimming ay ‘inted Fehaveciises | their Faces. In Galens Opinion (as we have sc il they break not of cheir own accord , and} inhis fitch Book i, the Compe fizion of Medica- exeupon caufe a grievous pain, they aret hento | | ments according tothe place, C} wap. 3. andin bie
be prickt and pierced through with a needles and | Book of making thofe Remedies chat may be pro~ che Puftules are co be hacd fqueezed; and upon | vided, Chap. 51.) Fonthos tan hard and lictle the Ulcer lay a this fol owing Gatay ola{m : {welling inthe Skin ofthe Face, raifed from a Take Bar! ley Me al, the Meal of I entils, and} chick Juyce thas as there gotcen cogether, The ar, the pod der of Pomegranate R inds,| which in regard-chat it is altogether void of che an ounce; with a fufficient quantity of | wheyifh moiftuce, it 1s cherefore not at al atch hing,
» Oyl of Roles makea C ataplajm. Ox, neither doth is require or fiand io any need Take the Le sof Plant tane,* Mallows, Myr | {cracthing, tle, of each one bandful ; 5 boy! them toa foftnef, | Tbs Humor is for nee moft pare alimentary, an id | pafi them through a bair fren ; then add un- | ti finwiaging it felf inco the Pores.of the Skin. Buc
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, Froch of Silver, ina Leaden oO of Mor aid on. Or, | We have before cold you out of Celfus, chat
t juyce ej the Foot of feror Sorrel, and | | this Tumor is {ufhciently and commonly $ca DiOUS., oF each twoo HIE es-5 Oyl of ope fone { knownh, OuNCES 5 tb @ Fat of anold | Hog fix ounces 5 boyl Progr oft PF, cks. them until the Fuyces be confumed and after- | i ; wards add L itbarge of Gold one ounce; live| -1. Ubis Affect hath an inno danger; |
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ulpbur fix drams ; Lurpentit 1e half an ounce $| Celfus thinks ic meer folly, fo much as to will or
fiir them: wel tc its ina Leaden Mortar, and | defireché Cure of thie T Cumot.
ie a Linimer Or; | 2». Fhofe Vari cthac arife cnly fromthe thics Take Litharge, live Sulphur, Myrtle Pouder, | ker and profiler Aliment; are firm and ftable. But
of each one ounces ftir them wel together with| sf an Excrementitious Humr be ntingled with
Vinegar in a Leade) n Mortar 5 ; and adding there-| chem, the Tubercles pour joich an Ichor or thin
cient quantity of the Oyl of Rofes, make| Exccement; and if chey be fuppuraced they cuts
an ‘Unguent. into Ulcers. See more of this in Aetins, Tetrab, 1.Serm.4| 3. If cogether with the Puthes there be an In- Chap. 21. | cehte and extraordinary rednet{s in the face, she
50 VC ; 3 Malady is chen very hard tobe cured, if not alto~ Chap. 23 Of Vari or Pimples. gether mporlipies ; and although the Puftules may be removed by ftrong Medicaments, yet che Ari are Tubercles or little Swellings fom- | rednefs, wil naraabinhtlien rémain, and encreafe
what neer of kin unto Phydracia, “by che | unto a bigher pitch.
Greeks called Fonthor, becaute. ctiac hike unto | 4, Whenthere tsa rednels conjoyned with the ©
Dung they are che defilemenc and che difgrace of| {welling and puffing up of the Face, and a boarf-
‘the Counce nance, by fouling and. disfiguring of sie of the voyce, this is avery fhrewd fign of an
theFace.. Galen in his tecond Book of the Me- | approaching Lepra, ot Leprofie.
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reads the word Acmas, as if thiskind of Affeét| Take Meal of Lupines, of the. bitter Vetch were commonly {o cermed by the Greeks, in ré- | Orobus, of each one ounce.and half 3 of Mallows gard chat it is wone 50 {eize upon thofe that‘ace of | peeled, and Flowerdeluce Root, of each two ripe and ful age. Gelfis inhisfifth Book, Chap. oak ak Ammoniackone dram ; with Mu- 6 writeth thus: i is a lmoft but a meer folly | cilage of Gum Tragacanth make Trochifqner , Caich he) to attempt the curing of thefe Vari or | which at the time of ufiag them may be diffolved Specks, and Pimples in the Brace , or the lattle | in Milk, Or,
Pufbes and beat-wbeals of the fame: But Vari| Take Hor rey, and the foarpeft or foswreft Vine- ind Lenticule or Pimples,are very evel and com- | gar, of eacb ‘one ounce and balf. “Mingle them. i Or, ; Take
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Take Litharge of Goldibreedrams, Turpen- {hot and moift Summer, after che ufe of thofe tine balf an ounce ; common Oy! as much. as mill | things that ace hotter and fharper chan ordinary fuffice: mingletbem. Or, extream labor’ and pains, from inhabiting in
Let the Face be anointed in the Evening wich | place hot and moift, a wind not fufficiencly pier~ bicter Almonds wel pounded and made mto.a| cing and pucifying,overgreat and exceflive {weats; Mafh, and fo mingled with Vinegar 5 and in the | and laftly, che filchmeis and naftinefs of che Ap- motning wath the Face with Milk, | parel. :
If che Vari be harderthan ordinary, fis} Sions Diagnoftick.
Take Black Soap balf an ounces Ammonia. > - cum, Frankincenfe, of each adram and balf;| Thefe Tubercles are fuficiently manifeft, For let them be diffolved in Water, that they may get | inthe Skinthere appear a roughnels, and icching tbe thicknef of a Cerote. Or, | Paftules.
Take the Fuyce of the fharp Dock. tmo ounces 5 | Vinegar of Squils balf an ounce 5 Gum Ammo- pe niack diffolved in Vinegar two drams 5 Borax | The Affect isnot in the leat dangerous 5, bur adram andbalf,; Allum balf adram3; mingle | for che moft parc is cuted by the help and ftrengch them, @c. Or, of Nature, without the ule and application of any
Take the Root of fowr Sorrel, and Tlecant- | Medicamencs. : pane cut into {mal pieces, of each one ounce ; “Ay- | The Cure. fop and Penyroyal Leaves,of each balf an ounce; | pa boyl them in Vinegar until they be foft and tender,| And therefore let the Patients wearing A ppare! and then bruifetbem very fmal. Add bereto of |be {weer andclean, and tet him. often) thife him- foft Soap balf an ounce; Ammoniack diffolved | {elf. in Vinegar two drams3 Myrrb, Frankincenfe,| Ifthe Affect be mild, gentle, andmoderate, ic Borax, of each halfa dram: mingle them, isthen cured by only wathing with Rofe Water,
| or Plantane Water 3 unto which notwithftandinp Chap. 24. Of Sudamina, and | there ought to be added a grain ortwo of Gam- Sirones.
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phire. | Burif ic be more grievous, and if that Chole= | rick Humors abound inthe Body, they are to be ‘Udamina Cwhich che Greeks cal. Hidroa, | altered and evacuated. S and likewrle Exanthemata) are with ‘us | Afverward chis Bath.is to be madeufe of 2 thofe Efflorefcences or Pufhes, or Wheals thac| ~Taketbe Root of fowr Sorrel, and white Lile ftick and have their refidence in the urmoft | lies, of each balf g pounds Briony three ounces; Skin of the body, hke unto che grains of Miller, |of thefe Herbs following , viz. of ‘Mallows,Vioe that by their exulceration do exafperaie the Skin. jlets, Marfh-mallows, Pellitory- of the Wall, Somie there are chac wil likewife have them to be | Bears-foot, of each one bandful ; Fumitory called Ecyefmata. By Pliny in his thitd Book, |! three bandfuls, the flowers of the Water-Lilly, and Chap. 4. they are termed Papule Sudorum, | Red Rofes; and Beans, of each one bandful ; or{weating Puftules, Rbafes and Avicen name |Brantwopound. Boylthemin pure and {vveet them Afef, or elie (with che Article ) Alafef,| Water for a Bath. or Hafef, and Albafef. Ic isan Affect chat is} After che Bach, if chere be occafion let chis Un- very common and familiar unto Children and| guenr be adminiftred : . yong perfons (efpecially thofe that are of a hot}. Take Oylof Violets, of Rofes, of the Water~ cemperament and comfticution, énd {uch agin the | Lillies, or as fome cal it, the Water-crefi, of éach hoc Summer time ufe overmuch motion and exer- | balf a pound, Fuyce of Lemmons three ounces ; cife) happening and arifing in the Neck, Shoul- | Litbarge one ounce; Cerufs or white Lead balf dei-blades; Breaft,: Arms, and Thighs; but yet |an ounce Camphire one dram; let them be wel notwithftanding more frequently neer about che | flirréd together 11) a Mortar, and male hereof a ptivy parts, and the Fundament or Arfe 5 whete~'| Liniment. upon 1 is chat Hippocrates in the third, of his Aphorifms, Aph. 21.) reckons it up among the
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summer Difeates. |. Bither hkewale. belong thofe Pu&ules hat the Th C : Germans.cal Seuren; phat acife either in the hol.
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Now thefe Sudamina have cheir original from |.both, an che which chece hieth hid and {ecrec ché many Cholerick and fharp-biting {weats thac| exceeding {mal forr. of Worms under the Scarf- cortode the Skin, and.cauje aroughnefs ox rug- | skin, which chey term Sironer,or Chirones. Now gednefs therein, exulcerate after the manner of | she Affect arifech chiefly ancthefe places, becanfe Ulcers, and excite in che faid Skin a.ceccain kind | thacthe more thick and geofs Ichores or ulcerous of itching. And they,arife more’ efpecially in a | Exccemencs are inevery (cabbinefe derained and
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