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Heer ence rrarmrenrinnmee unziceesnnraecinemtar suananesestiemrammmnn neces aE € z n : = 2 Z affucech us io his fifth Book of che Compofition) ismore mild and gentle, in the which che Skin is
Of the Tumor impetigo, and Lichen.
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of Medicameénts according ta the places, Chap. 7. | lefs and by che leaft fort of Puftules exafperaced;
That one Pamphilus by the curing of the Liche- | and it hath its middle part fomwhat more {mooth;
nes got goad ftore of Wealth at Rome, when che | and iccreepeth forward but very flowly. iheo-
Difeafe Mentagra (as the vulgar.cal it). raged and prevailed here in the Cry. this Difeafe Celfus in bis fifch Book, and Chap. 28. feems.co comprehend under the name of Pa- pula, when he chusweitesh:. There are (faich he) of Rapulz tro forts; the one whereof iw, in which the Skin is exafperated by the {malleft Pu- fiules, and becomethred, and is genily and light- ly corroded; having the middie part of it a little {moother, and creeping along but-very flomly: and this fame ‘Malady moft ufually beginnetbina round manner; andfor thefame reafon it pro~ ceedetb and creepeth along after the fame round manner and fafbior ‘But now the otber is that which the Greeks call Agtia, that is, Kera, or wild. Inthe rmbichindeed the Shin ts likewwife but far more exafperated and exulcerated, and is more vebemently correded and gnawed, .and thereupon becomethired. And fomtimes it alfo fendetb forth Hairs. Thus far Celfus: All which agreeth very wel with thac which Galen af- fercechin his fifch Book of the compoficion of Me- dicaments according co the places, Chap. 7. as likewile Paulus fEgineta in bis fourth Book, Chap. 3. and Aetivs wricethineven very fame
( where he creacech of Lichenes) Tecrab. 2. Serm, |
&. Chap. 16.
What Li- chen #.
But naw Lichen or Impetigo ( that
we may give youche general delcrip-
cion thereof.) 1s a coughnefs of the
Skin with dry Puftules, and wich an .extream
itching 5 creeping forward unco the neer adjacent
parts, and in a fhore {pace much excending acfelf, ibe Caufes.
The Caufe is.a ferous or-wheyith, thin, and fharp Juyce, mixed cogetber with a-chicker .bu- Now «his. humor.is generatedeither fromia bad and corrups kind of Dier, and fale and fharp meats; or elie alfo from che heat of the ambienc Air ; which. being afterwards, chruft forth.yoto the Superficies of che Body, it chere exafperatech the fame, and as ic were {uperficially exulceracech ite And this happeneth more. efpecially in the {pring ame , whereupon itis, chat. Hzppocrates ( inthe third Book of his Aphorilms, Aphor. 20.) reckoneth up Lachenes. among che Difeafes ot the Spring, it likewafe now and chen happenerh mm che Winter cime, if by che Air the Pores of che Skin chancecabe clofe fhut.up, and that fharp and falc bumors be'cherein deteined. , And yer nos- wichftanding this,/Malady may hkewife proceed and be contracted from, Contagion, or Infedtion.
The Differences.
Now thete is a ewofold fore of Impetigo (.as.we told youbefore out.of Celfus). she one, whereot
| be altered, and evacuated.
! . oy « Fs | cherthas which che Greeks cal Apria, che Latines
Both kinds. of | Pera, or wild ; in the which che Skin is more ex-
afperated and exulceraced,
Signs Diagnofiick,
The Impetigo ts known by this, that the Skin is \madehard,dry,cough, and as ic were ful of {cales : | chere is likewafe prefent an itching and che Malady groweth broader from day to day; and froma very
imal andinconfiderable beginning ic diffuferh is
ifelf unto an extreordinacy preac breadch.
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| The Prognofticks.
| a. This A ffeét is not in che leaft dangerous ; and that which is newly begun, and mild, is very eafi- Jy cured.
| 2. Butchat Impetigo chat is called Agria, or che wild Impetigo, and that which arifeth from a | worfe kind of humor, is notto be cured but wich
| much more difficuley 5 and it may foon pafs and
\curn intothe Lepra or Leprofie.
| The Cure.
Such a kind of Diet ought to be ordained, char will not heap and créafure up fuch like vicious hu= ‘mors, to wit, thofechacaredals, and fharp. : Moreover if chere be any figns, chat many of 'shefe kind of vicious humors do abound in the body, they are chen by convenient Medicaments to
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As for Topicks; the Spittle of one that is fafting (ifthe pact affected be therewith anoyn- ced )healeth and helpetha mild and Recent ornew begun Impetigo; and {o likewife doth chat liquor or moyfture chat {weateth forth of green Wood while itis burning; as alfo che Leaves of Wall- Pellicory, onthe Root of four Sorrel bruifed with Vinegar >, as alfoche Gum of Prunes, if the. pare be anoynted therewith 5 chat which is here of fin- guiar ule and benefir, is, che Oylof Bogs, andthe Oylot Taccac by draining 5, ef{pecially if mingled copether with other fic and proper Remedies. Or,
‘Take Oy1 of Rofes one ounce, Tupentine wafh- edin Rofe Water, three onnces; Oyl of the Yelks of Eggs fix. drams, and Oyl of Tarcar by draining rwodcams; and mingle them. Or,
_) Take Unguent Diapompholyx, one ounce , the White Unguent of Camphire half. an ounce, Oyl of Tartar by draining cwo diams 3) Mingle Sc. Or,
Take Oy] of Wax one ounce, Oyl of Eggs three drams, and of Tactar by draining two drams ; Mingle, &ce Ory
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