Book V. ss Of Praétical Phyfick.

Pare LI.
of che Fir Tree, tne Powder of Frankincenfe, the powder of Linfeed, Wheat flour, Fenu- greek, and Hens fac.
After this Cleanfers are to be made ufe of. Yet notwithftandingic often fo happeneth, that with one Medicament we fatisfie two ends and Scopes, to wit, both concoé& randCleanfe. Whereuponicis, that then in this cafe fuppurating Medicaments are co ke ‘mingled with Deteriives or Cleanfers 3 and fo the Suppuratives are made more hor, and ‘more dry then otherwife thay are wont to be. Yerneverthelefs, incthts commixture, there 'isa regard co be had unro the times 3, fince chat in the beginning Suppuratives, inthe end
; Deterfives ought to prevail. Andindeed itis
more fafe ( forthwith in the very beginning) ito mingle Abfterfives with Suppuratives, jthen to ufe Suppuratives alone by them- felves. For Nature is neveridle, but evenia the beginning becaketh her felf unto the ge- |neracing of Pleth; andtothis end fhe fepara- tech the excrements, which are therefore to neither muft we be eafily
peration, whilefthe cleanfeth away the Ex-|fince that it may then happen that by the ufe crements, and drieth che Ulcer; andwhenhe!of chem the Ulcer may be rendred more doththis, heisthenfaid to generate Flefh,|moiftand fordid : whichhaply might be the
and to introduce a Cicatrice. ‘Lhe Cure. Ac the beginning therefore, if rhe body he
Caufe, why Galenin the Cure of Ulcers ma- keth no mention at al of Suppurating Medica- ments. And therefore moft commodioufly uncothefe Suppuratives, or Digeftives (as
plethorical, or Cacochymical,then the abun-|cthey areufually called) there are prefenzly dance of Blood is to be diminifhed, or che Bo- |added, Frankincenfe, Rofin Turpentine, and
dy evacuated, left thacrhe humors flow yet longer unto the part affected. And wichall lec there likewifebe agood and wholfome Courfe of Diet appointed unto the Patient, thatfotheremay no more of thefe bad hu- mors be generated inthe Body. And for all thofe things likewife that we call not natural there oughc to be fucha courfe taken,that no- thing unbefitcing or inconvement may hap- pen, nor any hurc be offered unto the UI- cer.
Moreover inregard that ic cannot well be, but chat there wil fomwhar ofthe Blood that
Rofin of che Fir Tree, Oy! of Maftick, the Juyce of Smallage, andthe like.
Buc now. fuch like Medicaments as thefe may be made in a various and different man- ner, according to the various Conftitution of feveral Bodies. Ina Body that is foft and moift lec fuch a one as this following be made.
Take Oyl of Rofer one ounce, Turpentine two ounces, the Yelk of one Bog, and fo mingle them, wc. That following is yec moredry.
Take Oyl of “Majtick, and of Turpentine, of each balf an ounce; the Yelkof one Beg, andfo
is poured forth of the Veins, and fomthing of | minglethem, &c. This following is yet ftron-
the humors likewife ftick inthe Pores of the parts; that fo cherefore this may be Conco- cted, andconverted into Pus, Digeftives or fuppurating Medicaments areto be made ufe of, whichin fofter Bodies ought to be more mild and gentle (fuch as are thofe chat are provided of the Oyl of Roles, and the ¥ elks of Eogs ;) and iA chofe bodies that are notfofofc, buc hardercobe wrought upon, they are made of Turpentine, the Oy] of Egs, the Oy! of Rofes, the Oy! of Maftick, the Yelks of Egas; in Bodies that are more dry they are made of Rofin Turpentine, or Rofin
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Take Rofin of the Fir Tree one ounce, Oyt of Rofes fix drams, the Powder of Frankincenfe, one. dram; mingle 'c. lf there be need of more abfterfion, then,
Take Honey of Rofes one ounce, Turpentine, balf an ounce, the Fuyce of Smallage one ounces the Poreder of Frankincenfe, and Barley flour; camuch ail fuffice, mingle ec.
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che fifch Book of our Infticutions, Pare 1. Sect. 1.Chap. 9. Now thefe are of a threefold rank andorder. Inthe firftrankthereis the Meal or Flour of Bacly, of Fenugreck, and of Beans, Fra kincenfe, Manna of Frankincenfe. In che fecond rank there are Rofia Turpenrine, Rofin of the Fir Tree, and of che Larch Tree, Honey clean fcummed, Honey of Rofes, Aloes, che Meal of Lupines, of che biccer Vetch Orobus, Pompho- lyx yor the foilof Beats. Inthe third rank and or- der there are, che Meal-of the Vecch Ervum, raw Honey, the Roots of Ariftolochy, of Flower-de- luce, Myrch, Ancimony, Chuleitvs or ced Vittt- oll.
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guentum Bafilicum the preater &che lets ot Galen, “Unguentum Aureum, de Tutia, de Matrifylva. Touching che Emplatter that ismide ot Fydre- eon ( Oy| and Water ) and the Spunie or Froth of Silver, fee Galen in bis firft Book of che Com- pofic. of Medicam, according coche kinds, Chap.6. Oi,
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FPrankincenfe one ounce ,“Majftick balf an ounce, Gum Elemitvoo drams, Turpentine one ounce, Colopbony balf an ounce; Make an ‘Unguent ac- cording to Art.
And therefore out of chefe che Phyfitian may make his choice of iuch Medicamentsas are moft fic and conyenient for every feverai and parcicu~ Jat Confticution. Forthe body by how much the more moift ic is, by fo much doth it require Me= dicaments chat are lefs dcying and Abfterfive: and en the Contrary, the Body when it is more dry, it chen requireth the firongex fore of drying Me- dicameuits.
And fo likewife in che colder cimes and feafons ef the yeer, weare coufe chofe Medicaments chat are fomwhat Warmer; but inthe hotter feafons ef the year, the Medicaments chac we make ufe ef may be lefshor. For if we apply Medicaments that are weaker then isfictting, chen there will be preat fkore of Sanies (the thinner forc of Cor- ruption) gathered together in che Ulcer, and the Fleth thac is generated wil be’ fof and flaggy. But if chey be overftrong and overdcying, the Ul- ger wilthen berendred dry, and the Lipsthereof will become very red, the flefh will be confumed and fometimes the Excremencs of che Ulcer will be bloody, and’a certain kind of motdication or biting wil be perceived in the parc. But if che parc be rendered exulceraced and dey ( as naturale
__ ly it is wontcobe ) and chac neicher Sanies nor’ | (Pus flow forth of the Ulcer, and chac chere
appear a good colour inthe Flefh, it 13 chena Sign of a ficand convenient Sarcotick Medicament.
Aud here dikewife che very form of che Medi- ment ic felfoughc tobe regarded. For chey are wont to be applied either liquid or humid, or Dry. In' bodies hard and dry, and when a harder fleth ts s0 be generated the Sarcocick Pouders chat are to
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Take Prankincenjfe balfe an ounce, Dragons Blood,Colophony,of each iwo Drams,and make aPouder. Ory /
Take Frankincenfe balf an ounce, Aloes two drams, “Dragons Blood, and Sarcocol, of each onedram; make a Pouder.
But if che Bodies be fotter, we ufethofe Medi- caments chac are moift. And yet neverthelefs touching the preparation of Liniments and Une guents, ic isco be obferved chat they be not too loft, For fuch as chefe are melted by the heat of the parr, and to eafily flow abouc and {pread all} abroad. And chereforeif the Ulcers be nog very deep (for in fuchchofe Medicaments are required
Chac can penetrate even unco ic)buc that they ftick in che Superficies of the Body, we muft chen make ufe of thofe Medicamencs thac are endued with a | chicker Confiftence. . Moreover, Unguents chae are overmoift, by reafon of their Oyiy Naturedo mollefie,and generate a flefh chat is too loote,and unlike unco that lying under ir, e{pecially in dry Bodies. e. | When the ulcer fhal be filled up: with fleth, ic is CO beclofed with a Cicatri@g, a Skin, or in ftead theceofa Cicatrice isco be g@merated, and by the benefic thereof the Coacinfity that was diffolved isagainco be united. Bucas in the generating of flefh icis Nature chat doth che work, and che Blood chat fupphech the marcer; fo likewife the very fame happeneth in the generate ingof the Skin: the Phyfitian by the Medica= ments only removeth the Impediments. But chac whieh is commonly told us, that che matceg out of which the Cicatrice is generated is flefh which by che afliftance of che Medicaments is fo to be alcered, and by che ule of Dryers and Aftrin= gents isfo co be condenfed, chat it may become like uncothe Skin ¢ fic be underftood of che princi- pal Agenc’) isalcogecher falfe. Foras the Sar- copoietick ¢ or flefh-caufing ) faculty in che flefh doth only generate flefh, and reftorech chae which is loft 5 even fo the Cutifick faculty CasI may fo calic_) or Skin-making power, in the Skin doch only generate Skin. Whence it is, that nee ver yec by the ufe of any Epulocick Medicamentr, or only by the ufe of Sarcoricks, hath there been known any Cicatrice co be produced in the midtt ofanulcer; but it beginneth coariie alwaies from the Skin lying neer usto ir, about che lips of the ulcer, and {o by degrees is fenfibly exrend~ ed, until chacac length the flefh become wholly covered over with the Cicatrice, ~ And hence it ts alfo chat ofcentimes the ulcers ate brought unta a Cicattice, without any ufe ac al of Epuloricks. And yec we acknowledg that Nature by che ufe | of the faid Epuloticks ajay be much furthered and bolpen inher operation. For tf chis Action be lefe | wholly uncd Nature, the Cicatrice will be gene- raced buc very flowly ; not ( as Fallopius think- eth) becaufe chat che flefh out of which the Cica- (rice
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ed by the Nacure of the cutaneous or skinny part 3 burrs is becaufe che Cucifick faculey in che Skin that as neer unco ic cannot ( buc very flowly) change and convert into Skin, ( which co wit, isa dry {ubftance) chat blood chat floweth in unto it, the faid blood being moift : which it wil more ea- {ily perform, if ic be affifted by Epulocick Medi- caments Chac have in chem a drying power. But of whac quality thefe Epulotick Medicaments are, and what kind of Faculties they have in chem, Galen ceacheth us in his chird Book of che Method of Phyfick, Chap. 4. &5. and in his fourch Book of the Gompofition of Medicaments according to che kinds ot them, Chap. 1. And we have Ike- wife already {poken couching chis very ching, in
"the fifth Book of our lofticurions, Pare 1. Seét. 1.
Chap. 9. Towic, by how'‘much the Skin is more dry than the flefh, by fo much likewife oughe the Epulotick Medicamencs co be dryer chan che Satcotick. Butin thofe chat are Active che Me- dicaments may be as welhocascold 3 or both of chem, 1f chere be occafion. Buc now chefe Epulocicks are likewife of three forts, to wit, Mild, Mean, and more trong. The Milder kind are, Cadmia wafhed, the Rind of Frankincenfe, Aloes,the Roots of {weet Cyperefs (which fome cerm Englith Galangal). Lead burns and wafhed. Ihe Compounds thefe3 Un- guent of Litharge, of Minium (or Vermilion) of Cerufs or white Lead, of Diapompholyx, and he Cerote of Vermilion. Themean and middle fort of Medicamencs are thefe; Flowers of red Rofes, Pomegranate Flowers, unripe Gals, che Rind of che Pomegranace Tree, Bole-Armenick, Terra Lemnia or Sealed arth of Lemnos, Myro- balans, Dragons blocd, Vermilion, Lead. Of the Compounds ; Unguenc of Tutia, Unguent Diapompholyx, Emplaftrcum Diapalma, Empla- ftrum Gryfeum, and che Emplafter of Lapis Ca~ Jaminaris, The ftrongeft fore are; Chalcitis, Satcoco], Allum, Brafs bucnc, the oft-{couring of Brafs. Ofthe ftronger Compounds are thete; Unguent of Tutcy, andthe Ceroce of Bole-Arme- nick, Butnow inthe choyce of them we are co confider boch che Conftitution of the ulcer, and the Nature of the body. For is fomrimes hap- penech chat che ulcers which when they were for- did and foul fel no mordacity or fharp biting Cas ic were) fromthe Medicaments, do yet perceive and feel the fame from them, after fuch time as they are purged and madeclean. Wherefore even chen when the ulcez as at che pureft, we muft from the ftronger forc of Abiterfive Medicamencs have recourfe unto thofe thac are more mild and mode- rate; like as.again tn fordid ulcers we aré to betake our felves unto fuch as are more abiterfive ; unlefs the ulcers were made fordid by the faid mordica- tion. For now and then this very ching lieth up- on the Phy fitian, as a thing altogether neceflary co bedone, co wit, chat he betake himfelf unco the
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