Part LI.

Oe 19. Sphacelus,
Ndeed a Gangrene anda Sphacelus' are nei- thec Tumors nor Ulcers: neicher (to fay
Bafilique fix drams, Oyl of the Yelks of Eggs, | ttuth ) 1sSpbacelus fo much as a Difeate; buc and white Lilies, of each balf an ounce; Myrrb| only the very Mortification and deadning of the and Aloes, of each one dram; Mingle tbem,| patt; buechen the Gangrene is a notable and ex-
Coe
traotdinary Diftemper, tending unto che afore-
Upon che Unguent let the whol parc be covered {aid Mortification . whica may likewife thvage
with fuch a like Caraplafm 5
che Party without any Tumor at all; yet noc
Take Barley meal, Bean meal, and that of | Withftanding becaufe that moft frequenily ic {ol-
the ‘bitter: Vetch Orobus, of each one ounce, Pouder of Rofes balf an ounces with Honey of Rofess or Oxymel fimple, make a Cata- plajm.
Buc if che burning be greac, fo thac there be fear ofa Gangrene, then thofe Medicaments are co be made ufe of chat fhal be prefcribed in the Chapter following touching a Gangrene.
_ | > There are hkewife oftentimes very ‘ aie [unfightly and deformed -Cicatrices oe te re “ah remaining after the burning, by prevented. , tealon of the extraordinary drying | caufed byche Fire. Ifthisbe feared it is then to be prevented by applying of Emolli- ents during all thecimeofthe Cure, But thofe Remedies that are wel enough known tobe over drying we ought not co make ufe of chem for the producing of the Cicatrice : to wit, the part is to be fomenced with that Decodétion that was but even now propounded,as couching the Contracti- on ofthe Members. . And afterwards the pare is co be anoynted with chis Liniment :
Take Oy! of Rofes, and white Lilies, of each balf an. ounce;' "Mans fat, Hens fat, the fat of the Fifb Thymallus, of eacb three drams; Oylof Myrrh balf a dram, the Fuyce of Hartb-worms half an ounce, “Mingle
tbem. The Diet.
And withall let there be a good and right Courte of Diet appointed unto thePatienct. Lec his Diet therefore befuch as is Cooling and moiiten- gng; and let che fick Perfon eat Brothes, in which Endive, Sorrel, Letctice, and Borrage were boyl- ed: and onthe Contrary lec him abftain from tbofe things that are hot, fharp, and falc: Jee him drink no Wine, but Barley Water, or {mal Beer. if need require, chere may likewife be appointed one ofa Vein, and che Purgation of the Body.
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loweth Tumors, and efpecially Joflammations, chere are {ome therefore that among Tumors da creat ofthe Gangrene, andthe Sphacelus. Buc there are others, who (becaufe chac when the pare 1s Gangrenated an Ulcer neceffarily follow~ ech thezeupon and ia regard that after the Spha- celus there is an Ulcer lefc remaining ) treat ot the Gangrene and Spbacelus among the Ulcers: and thefe we chufeco follow, and therefore it is chac in che end of chis Tract. couching Ulcers, we thought fic co fay fomthing of che Gangrene, and che Sphacelus.
Now the Gangrene ( which they , call che Fire of Marcellus or St. An- thonies Fire) is an imperfect Mor- tification or Corruption of a parc, cending unto a Necrofts, chat is to fay, adeadnefs or Moictification; unto which unlefs chere be {peedy and fir Remedies adminiftred forthe Cu- ting thereof, che Member becometh altogether dead, lofech all fenfe and life, and feelech nothing acall, whether ic be Cut or burnt: which Necro- fis being already thus far perfected is by che L:- cines Cecmed Syderatio,and by the Greeks Spbace- Ius5, fo thac thefecwo Maladies differ not bus on- ly intheirgreatneis. Forina Spbacelus che pace is wholly. deprived of all fenfeand life, andis al- copether dead: bucina Gangrene there is nor as yet prefenc a perfect Corruption of the parc. And in regard that in a Gangrene chere ts nar as yetiogreata-Corcuption, neithera perfect and abfolute Moreificacion, therefore it only invadech che fofcter pares: buc now che Spha- | celus (in regard chat ic is'a perfect,en~ tire and ablojuce Corruption of the parc) dothnoc only invade che foft- er pacts, to wit, the Skin, che flefh, che Veins, che Arceries, andthe Nerves; buc ic likewife corcuptech and {poylech even che very bones themfelves. And yec neverthelefs we ac-
re Gangrene wihat it w,
The differexe berween a Gangrene &
| Sphacelus.
knowledg, that inthe Sphacelus likewife che foft= |
ec patts are acfirft only corrupted, and chat not the bones, buc the Veins alfo, and che Arteries, and the Nerve, remain and concinue fafe and found; buc yecifche purcid pact be noe {peedily
feparated, it cannoc poflibly be avoided but shat |
the more folid parts muft likewife bs inietted with chis putridnels,
Of a Gangrene and
The |
qynepae and ieof ht P of ety Pi tat ee 0 igs eth puted ier extiNg
Peetu din quel Heioben the: (pred by age iy food at (1you jGungrene pol, & po elie Peal Ali For fick Pinter) ad Ice ha ftbetc ban ind with ¢ sand th ulon of Ty Of a ally aden nba Gang ne rete th There jg Monave hy ailuchthy itbidden De dodies tulgoy, “unto ¢h ‘ha Ne Danner Rute d Nate ali th ifthe
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Chap. 19. Of
The (aujes.
Whenas therefore in che Gangrene and Spha- celus there iscaufed a Mortificacion of the Mem- Eber; in the Gangrene indeed one chat is but only beginning ; but inche Sphacelus a perfe& and | ablolute Mortification 3 and chat che mortification | ofche parc dependeth upon the deftruction of the
‘ie | jnnaceand natural heat ( as on the contrary, the its} Yyfeofthe parc dependech upon che prefervation el) and'fafecy of che faid Native heac ) we conclude
|) that whatfoever deftroyeth che Native beat of che "parc, chac fame may likewife be accounted a caufe
|) ofthe Gangrene and Sphacelus. Now che Native Ws, |) heac is deftroyed, when by its contrary ic is either
corrupted or fuftocated, or diflipaced, or alcoge- cher extinguifhed for want of Aliment. Ic is de- ficoyed by ics contrary, either acting by amani- feft qualicy, and colds or elfe by a fectet and hid- den quality, as by poyfon. Ic 1s fuffocated, when checranfpiration is hindered: Icisdiflipa~ ted by agreacerheac: Icis excinguifhed, if necel- | fary food and fuftenance be denied : fochat there are (as you fee) five caufes of che Generation of a Gangrene and Sphacelus: co wir, overmuch cold, a poyfonous quality, che hinderance of cran{piracion, avehement external heac, and a de- fet of Aliment, and the beat flowing 1n.
For ficft of al we fee chat oftentimes (1n the Winter) chofe chat cake Journeys in the Snow and Ice have cheextream parts of their feet, and of their hands, cheic Ears, and cheir noftrils almofk dead with cold, by reafon of the vehemency there- of: and chus ic happenech fomtimes alfo, thac by reafon of Medicaments over cooling in a Phleg- mone, or an Eryfipelas, carelefsly and ancaute- oufly adminiftced, che parc istaken and {urprifed with a Gangrene, ora Sphacelus: alchough | had rather ceter chis cafe unco tranfpiration hinder- ed.
There isalfoa very great power of deftroying the innace heac in chofe things thac are poy{onous, and fuch things as deftroy our Bodies by a fecret andhidden quality, For fomcimes the humors in our bodies do fo degenerate, and acquire fo great amalignity, thac they bring a Necrofts or dead~ ne(s unto chofe parts whither they are by Nature thruft, as we fee ic done in a Carbuncle, And foin like manner the biting and ftingings of poyfonful Creacutes do corrupt and putrefie the parts. And the fame alfo is done by the Sepcick Medicaments, which if chey be not wifely and carefully admini- fired have in chem a power of corrupting the flefh; efpecially in places chat are hot and moift, as in the Emunttories, the privy parts; and che other places chat are hike unto thefe:
Thirdly, Tran{piration hindered exciteth like- wife a Gangrene. in need of perperual vencilation and cooling, if thisbedenied, ic is (uffucated by che abundance of Vapors. ' And for this very caufe in great In-
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chere very frequently-happenech a Gangrene, che Native heac being excinguifhed; as otherwile likewife we fee thaca liccle flame is extinguifhed and put ouc by cafting thereon good ftore of wax tec; andcthat che flame is ftifled if ic be put un- der a Cupping-glafs that harh no hole or vent in ic, or any other Veffel what{oever that i8 kept co~ vered, which is preferved ina Cuppinp-giats that is perforated, or any other Veflel chat is opens And chis chiefly happenech, if in Feavers (efpect« ally if chey be malignant ) the humors be with violence either chruft forth, or chat of cheir owo
accord they rufh unto any one part. And folres member thae herea certain Cirizen that was taken with amalignane Feaver, from the humors that were thruft down unto the Scrotum, had che faid Scrotum al of it fo inflamed and mortified with a Sphacelys, that chere wasa neceflity of cutting off che whol Scrotum or Cods, fo that che ftones huog down altogether naked and bare; which yec nocwichftanding (the Gangrene being cured) became afterwards covered again wich flefh cthac grew out of the Groyns, That Inflammation likewife which the Gangrene followeth is fome= times caufed by Wounds, and chefe not alwaies greac, but oftentimes alfo very {mal and fleighe
For whereas our heat ftandeth
Wounds, ehac feem inconfiderable, and of nomo= iment. So/Henricus ab Heer relacech in che firft | Bock of his rare Phyfical Obfervacions, Obfer.12. | That he was prefenc and faw a man fifty nine yeers of Age, who having pared che Nails of his Toes, and cut them cothe quick, was prefendy furprized wich a Gangrene, and within avery fhort {pace diedchereof, And he tellech us like- wife of cwo othereminenct perfons, who being de- firousto have the bard and callous brawninefs of their feec paced away, were both of them taken wich a Gangrene that wichin a fhore cime caufed cheir deaths. And this may likewife be done by Emplaftick Medicaments, in great Inflammations, and efpecially af chey be unfeafonably applied in moift places, which frequently produce there a fuffocation of the Native heat.
Fourthly, A preternatura) heat likewife, and (uch as is extraneous and from without produ- ceth the Gangrene, by wafting che Radical moi- fture, and the Native heat: and fo many times a Gangrene followeth after great burnings.
And laftly, A Gangrene arifeth from the deé= fe&tof Aliment, to wit, the blood, and che {pirtt flowing in, chat is altogecher neceffary and requie fice for the cherifhing of the Natural beat implane ced within, For whereas che innate heac ftandecht in need of continual Nurrimenc (as the flame doth of Oyl) if this be denied, ic languifheth and is extingnifhed ; likeas is che flame when theQyl inche Lamp failech. And in chis mannera Gane grene happenerth unto the excernal parts of the bo~ dy, fomtimes inan Atrophy, Confumption, and the like Ghronical and long continued Diteafes
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chac exrenuate the body. And for this very caufe|
itis thac when the greater Joynts are put out of Joyor, if they be not again wel and rightly fer, chen che disjoynted bone preffech cogether che weflels chac he neer, and hinderech the influx of the blood, and of the Spirits into thofe parts chat lie underneath ; from whence there folioweth a lean- ne{s and confumpcion of the faid parcs, and in procefs of cme very frequently a Gangrene alfo. And {0 it is found by experience, thac froma hard Tumor about the Vena Cava (where patting fe- veral waies it defcendeth into the Thighs) prefling che fame cogether, and hindering the defcent of che blood 1nco the Thigh, a Gangrene very often ari- fetch. And inthis mapner a Gangrene hkewife happenech, if any parc be coo hard and long bound abouc with Ligacuces and bands $ or elfe it Medi- camentsthat are over aftringent thal be impofed upon any parr.
Signs Diagnoftick.
It is no hard matter to know the Gangrene
Of Praétical Phyfick.
Parc Lf.
hindered, or from anexcraneous heat, or laftly, from the defect of Alimenc 3 unlefs ic be in this only that fuch like Sympcoms in a Sphacelus thae bath its original from an occult canfe and fuch asiis
tage, the Syncope, andthe like) are greater and moregritvous. Buc in a Gangrene and mortifi« cation that is but yecnow beginning, there is ob= ferveda diverfity of the figns and fymptoms, ac- cording as che Gangrene hath its original fromdi= vers and different caufes. For ia a Gangrene that arifeth from cold there fuddenly: appearech
part, which {oon after is changed into a black cos lor 3 andthe heat chat was in the pare is extine guifhed; and there is perceived a coldnefs and ftupidity Cwiha cerrain kind of horror) as it
ufechto bein Quartan Agues. And moreover,in a Gangrene that proceedeth from a poy fonous
and malignant bumor in che body, which Nature’ | thruftech forch unto che external parts, there is || { prefenc a continual Feaver,anda {trongconfli@ of ||
For the color of the part beginneth to be changed | Nature with the Difeafe ; from whence the Syn-
and curned unto black, che flefh to grow loofe and flagey, the pulfe and fenfe to be diminithed, and the heat to be abolifhed. Which faid Symptoms the more the Gangrene cendeth untoa perfect cor- ruption and a Sphacelus, by fo much the more are they increafed and made moreevident. Forina perfect and abfolute corruption and Sphacelus the life and fenfe of che parc are wholly abolifhed ;
there isno pulfe at al cobe perceived; che part, |
whecher you cut or burn it, ts infenfible of pain;
the flefh appeareth co be cold, is made fofe and,
flappy, fo chat ic yieldeth unto the couch when ic is preffed by the fingers; which yet neverchelefs, after irasthroughly dried, becometh black, wan, and altogether deadned, and ic yieldech anoyfom
| cope, Dotage, and the like, have cheiz original 3 |
and {uch a Gangrene as this arifech for che mofk pare wm che external Members, and che extream parts thereof, (as for inftance, the great Toe of the Foot) with a cercain Puftule or Bladder, Cunder which there is prefent a black {pot} which oftentimes 1s fuddenly derived intothe who} Leg and Thigh.
Bur chat Gangrene that followeth upon preat and extraordinary Inflammiations (tha prcceed | moft ufually fromthe binderance of Tranfpirati-= ; On }is known by this, That che frefh and flourt~ | fhing color that is wont to appear in Inflammaci-~ | Ons is Curned into that which is pale and wang
|thae beating pain which before did infeft now
and ftinking favor like that of adead Carkafs; | ceafeth, the tenfe is becomedul, and chere arife andcheskin iftc be taken up with the fingers fee-| very great Puftules chat are ful ofa chin ichorous meth to be feparaced from the flefh lying under-| excrement, likeuntothat that cometh from the neathit. And here Ambrofe Parry advifeth eve-| wafhing of raw flefhe Which appear almoft the ry Phyfitian, chat when he bath difcovered by | fame, when the Gangrene hath its origina) from an thefe figns that there is a Gangrene, and a Sphace- |extraneoushear. If laftly, the Gangrene feize lus, he no longer deter che doing of what is co be} upon che pare by reafon of the want of Aliment, done, neither fuffer bimfelf to be deceived by che or throughadry diflemper, then there is prefens motion 5 fome whereof is oftentimes ftil left re= | neither pain nor inflammation, nor {welling, bue
poyfonous (as forexample, the Delirium or do~ |)
an acute and pricking pain, andacednefs in the
| gut any ; that £€CC
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| ee ja tha act |} edo into a Sp 1H the Ancec jp qos
peumntive jBowelsa es. Bu jm rows Mala [Bp Sphicelus |B eqans b
} rated fron | Biro: [peed
poeer wil |B vilat len,
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eth |
| Dang,
maiming even in a mortified and dead Member. | rather a leannefs, and the body is immediately | Kor in a Sphacelus the corrupted pacts are moved, | cooled 3 {and this Gangrene bhappeneth for che |
not by the motion of the whol and entire Mutcle, | moft parc in thofe places of the body that are che but becaufe the Head (and no more) of the Mu- | uemoft and excream,asfor inftance,the Ankles and
{cleis yet whol; che which while it is moved, ic doth together wich ic draw the Tendon chat is in- feparable from ir, and che tay} likewife thereof, although it be now wholly dead, and.wichout any
Toes. Buc when at lengch che Puftules arife, and the part becometh pale and wan, then che pains hikewifeappear, and the Feaver ts excited. But if the Gangrene happen by reafon of hard ty=
true and proper motion...
, And thefe figns (chat appear ina perfect cor- ruption and Sphacelus) are {til che fame in every one of them 5; whatfoever the caufe be that it draw- eth its oktginal from; whether it be from cold, or from a poylonous quality, ¥ from. cranfpiracion
ingand Ligarures, chen the parc {welleth and is
and underftand from the fick perfon himfelf.
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diftended, and there arife greater Puftules, ful of | athinexctement, refembling the wafhing of raw” | flefh: but the evident Caufes wemay eafrly leacn
a huhures Sweat br Home of 9 bets of 1 {ino | le,
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“Of a Gangrene and Sphacelus.
Chap. 19.
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Pro nofticks kinds of Cure we fhal further fhew you. | iS ; And foalfothe Evacuation of the blood, ahd 1. That che Gangrene is a Malady very dange- | the preparation and purgation of the vitious hu rous is fufficiently manifeft unto every one. For)|mors ought co be enjoyned, according tothe Na- unlels ic be fpeedily cured, ic degenerateth in a | cute ofthe peccanthumors. This in che geneta! is very fhorc cime Into a Sphacelus, and che part be- | to be pre-caucioned, that regard be had unto the cometh alcogecher dead. For chis caufe there- | Hearc, that it be wel and fafe guarded againit al fore there isnot any che Jeaft delay co be made 5 | the malignant vapors chat exhale from the putri- bur help is co be afforded wich,al poflible {peed : | fying part. And therefore we muft here admini- which may bedone with lefs difliculcy in a body |fter for che comforting and ftrengthening of che that is as yet young, ftrong and vigorous, where | Hearc, Medicaments of Borrage, Buglofs, Cardu- the vital {pirits aré as yecentire, and efpecially | us Benedictus, che {malleft Sorre], Bole-armenick; where the Mufcles and Nerves are as yec un~| Terra figillaca, Bezoar ftone, Cittons, Freacle, hure. Michridace, Species of Diamargarit. frigid. Ele- 2. Buc that Gangrene which is with an afflux ctuarium de Gemmis, Confection of Flyacinch, of poyfonous humors, and an occult quality, is Alkermes, and the like. Or, ) more difficult to be cured chanthac whichis wich-| . Lake the Water of Scabious, Sorrel, Borrdge, out any fuchaflux: for there are but very few | Rojes, and Carduus Benedithus, of each one that recover of fuch Gangrenes, ounce and half; Syrup of Sorrel, Citront, anid 3, There are Gangrenes that are yet more dan- Pomegranates, of each one ounce, the {pecies of gerous, and thefe are they that begin in the moift Diamargarit. frigid. Bole. armenick, and Ter parts ; for the innate heat is {ooner fuffocated in | ra figilatas of each one feruple, “Mingle them, {uch parts by che great {tore of humors abounding | @nd make a Potion. Or, Take Conferve of Rofes two ounces; of Sor- 4+ And for this caufe it 1s. that the Gangrene rel, of Borrage, and of Gilliflower, cf each one thac arifech in Hydropical perfons is likewife ve~ | ounce 5 Citron rind candied, Rob de Tibes, of ry feldom cured, but moft utually it degenerateth each balf anounce; prepared ‘Margarites,Bole- into a Sphacelus 5 .and chac which arifech from armenick, Terra figillata, the temperate Cordial the Antecedenc Caufe is likewife ever more dan- | Species, of each one feruple ; Syrup of Sorrel, gerous chan chat which hath its original from the | and of Citrons, as much as wil {uffice,and mingle primicive Gaufe 4 in regard that in the former the | them. : Bowels are more affected. Lec the Heare belikewife guarded excernally 5. But a Sphacelus 1s yet far the more dange- | with Topicks : As, rous Malady. For the pact that is caken with che Take the Water of Rofes two ounces s of Bor Sphacelus can no way be ceftored and made found | rage and Sorrel one ounce and balf , of Carduzs again 3 but ic is forchwith co be cut off, and fepa- | ‘Benedittus one ounce; Vinegar of Water+Ger=
rated from the partchathatb life: which if ic be | mander fix drams 5 Spirit of Rofes. one fcruple 3
not {peedily done, then che found parts chac lie! Mace, Lign-aloes, Rinds of the Citron, of each neer willikewile be infected, and che putridnefs|balf a dram; Saffronbalf afcruple, Campbire wil ac length creep inco the reft of the body, from | fix grains : Mingle them, and make an Epither,
whence there wil be extream danger of prefent} which muft be applied unco the Region of che |
death; before which chere ufually precede | Hearc, for ics defence and prefervation.
Doxings, Watchings, che Syncope, Convulfions, | In a Gangrene likewife for the moft part the
Ructures and Belchings, Sobbings, and a cold | found parc ought to be fenced and guarded; and
Sweat breaking, forch over all the Body: and| we muft bealwaies doing our endeavor, chat che
fome of them die while they ate yec {peaking, and | {aid parc receive none of che putridnefs. And fort
others of them die being as it were oppreffed with | this end the above mentioned Defenfives of Bole-
fleep. armenick, and Terra figillaca muft be admini= The Cure.
| ftced 5 unto which (by reafon of the malignicy } | Water Germander may be added, and mingled The Gure of the Gangrene that it may beright=| therewith, As, -_ ly proceeded in, ficft of ai regard is to be had unto; Take Bole-armenick one ounce; Terra fiil- the Dyet (and the Antecedent Caufe,if it be pre-| lata half anounce, Harts-born burnt and pre» fent inthe body) before ever we come to Topicks. | pared one dram, Camphirebalf a dram, Wax Moft Phyfitians prefcribe and command a Dies, fix drams, Oyl of Rofes four ounces 5 Rofe Vi- that is coolanddrying: which albeic cthac ac be! megar one ounce, the quyce of Water Germander moft crue of chac Gangrene chat is accompanied ; balf an ounce, the white of one ‘Bee: mingle wich an afflux of Humors, and followeth great | them and make an Unguent. As, Inflammations: yecneverthelefs the Diet isfom-| Take Bole-armenick, and Terra figillata (or times alfoco be varied according co the variety of fealed Barth of Lemnos) of each half an ounce? the Gaufes ; as anon in che {pecies or feveral ; Mingle them mith meen of Water Germande?. . | Dd 2 i >
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sas
- 4 Gangrene
thacfolloweth.
Take Barley meal four ounces 3 Bolearme- nicktwo drams, Galls, Gyprefi Nuts, Pomegra- nate rinds, of each one dram and half; witha Sufficient quantity of Oxymel fumplex make a Ca-
taplafm.
' But now that we may'come unto eh books | the more fpecial Cure, .we will in ing. the firft place declare unto you, in
what manner the Gangrene that hath its originall from an overgreat cooling ought to be Cured. But now chat itmay be wel known, how
from over-
and in what.manner al thofe areco be dealt withal |
that have been overcooled ( whether it be fo chat the Gangrene be already prefent and in being, or that ic be only neer at hand) we wil from the very beginning ‘briefly purfue and declarethe truth of the ching.
If cherefore there be any one over cooled, yee notwithftanding that as yec there is no Gangrene prefent ; 1 neither 1s che parc as yec become wan, pale, and cold, but chat chere is racher acednefs in che parc, together with a vehe- ment and burning pain; then in this cafe the man is not wftancly to be moved neer unto the Fire, but he is rather cobe placed fome. what more remote fromit, chat foby degrees the heat may recover and recolle@ it felf. But if ic be {o that the pare be not altogether ftiff and ftifled with cold, fo thac there beno longer any blood left therein, chen it is forthwith to be wel chafed,
The Cure of fuch as | are OVEy- | Cooled.
‘and rubbed with Snow;or che overcooled members |
ace likewife co be chroughly wafhed with cold wa- ter, upon which they wil begin by lictle and lictle to wax warm, andco recover theic former heat. Which the Inbabitants of the Northern Climates have much in ufe; whoare wont when any Tra- veliers are overcold, ftiff, and almoft dead there- with, firft of all to plunge them deep mtocold wa- ter; and before ever chey give chem any encer- tainment, to wafh and rub cheic Hands, Feet, No- fes, and orher Members, with Snow. | And chat from the inward parts the heat may che more | {trongly diffufe ic telf unto the external parts, and | that all che cold may be expelled, 1¢ wil be requi+ fice to adminifter tuppings made of Wine, ‘and to drink Wineand Treacle mingled cogether. The aforefaid People of the Seprentrional Regions ufe to give cheir Guelts ( when they are almoft dead with cold) Hydromel, withthe Pouder of Ci- mamom, Cloves, and Ginger, and the like Spices 5 aftec which they put them co bed, and caufe them thereto Sweat. For which purpofe there | be fome that outwardly apply likewife unto. the body Flagons or Scone Pots ful of hot’ wacer. Afterward when the pain and the coldnefs are fomeching mitigaced, gencle rubbings with che hands anoynted with the Oyl of Camomile, {weet Almonds, and Dil, are co be adminiftred 3 and-che
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Of Prattical Phy/ick.
cures) chen Defenfives are co be adminiftred, left