Part LIL.

lee ese Ae Motes THE FIFTH BOOK:
THIRD PART.
Of the Vices of the Skin, Hair, and Nails.
Nect I. Of the Vices of the Skin.
ftpelas, Gutta Rofacea, Impetigo, Lichen, Vitilia gines; touching al which we have already {poken in.our handling of Tumors; as alfo the blacknefs contracted from che burning of the Sun, thole ipors and blemithes appearing in the faces of Wo- men greac with child; as thofe they cal Epbeli-
des and Lentigines, which are {pots and blemifhes a of a dark and reddifh color, that in their color and |
figure do very much refemble Lentiles. And moreover» likewife chofe {pots and blemithes which are contracted from the very bitch and in- fancy 5 touching which wé are now to {peals, And ficft of al, among thefe blemifhes we wi | {peak fomching of chat affect which they cal Epbe- lius, that is to fay, beat-wheals, or {mal hard puthes in che face. Where notwithftanding we muft give you co underftand (as a hele before wetold you likewife) thatmany of che Tuber- cles, Spots, and Blemithes of this kind, alchough they ate now withus commonly and generally wel known 3 yet neverthelefs by what names chefe like Affects were called by the Ancients: ig not fo wel and iufficieny known. And this ap>
in | peareth even out of Celfus, who in his fixth Book, Chap. id of the color of the Skin | nt Chap. 5. chus writech : The regarding of
changed, (in general ) and in Ipe| these Vati or Pimples , Lenticuiz or Freckles,
cial touching that blackne/S that ws contracted from the Sun.
SSSBYA TURE being very follicicous «=, and cateful in che prefervacion of
en & ve Wales that Which is for che beft ; Heooa and cherefore fhe expellegh che vitious humors that are heaped up inthe'body from the principal Members, and che greater Veflels unto che more external parts, and the fuperficies of the bedy 5 from whence there antfe many kinds of Tumors, Tubercles, and
Puftules, alfo divers kinds of {pots and blemifhes, and chan-
gesofchecolor. Whereas therefore we have al* | viber part. ready treated ¢ in the 'ficft and fecond Part) of | Tumors, Tubercles, Paftules, and Ulcers, ( and | witbal madé mention there of che Meaffes, féral | Pox, and certain othier {pots atid blemrthes ) as | and Epbelides,
there it isco be feen; we wil things that remain inthis Part; and wichal we!
‘ is . : | wil treat of che Vecés, that isto fay, whatfoever |
isamifs in the Hairs and Nails. And in che firft place indeed for The.changes | what concerneth the Vices and ble- of the color | oi tes of the Skin, che changes of its: of the Skin. | , east color are many and various. Firft they are Univerfal, andof the whol body ; as in the Cachexy, Scurvy, yellow Jaundice, the white
now handle thofe | Ancients. is noc fufliciently manifelt.
and Ephelides, fo as tocureibem, és but a imeer folly and foppery (faith he) but yet nevertheless it's likevoife a thing altogether impoffible to tale from Women the care they bave of the beauty and bandjomnefs of their faces. ‘Now then, of thofe that we mentioned before, the Vari and Lenticu-
the health of Mans Body doth al-| lx are commonly known; altbough tbat {pecies
be fomwhat more rare which the Greeks cal Phae Cosy fince that kind is a Lenticula fomebat more red,and more unequal. ‘But as for the Ephelis, the moft are generally ignorant, as not wel know- ing what itis 5 it being mdeed nothing elfe but
|@ ceriam roughnefs, and an bardne{s of an ill | color. as likewile divers {orts of Ulcers; as|an tbe body, but only inthe face; but the Lenti-
The reft of them are to be found no where
culz are wont likewife to arife and appear in fome Ard 1 am alcogecher of opinion, that even out very ordinaty Women are fuffici- ently acquainted wich thefe Affects 5 which faid Affects notwichftanding, viz. Vari, Lenticule, what Affects chey were with the if the ‘Epbelss that Galen mentionech in shis feventh Book ‘of che faculty of fimple Medicamencts be
written by the Greek Leccer *#, then without all. |
doubc it bach its name from the Sun, fo chat chey arecertain {pots contracted from che Sun. Bue Celfws Cunlefs ic bean error and miftake of che
| book )weiceth che word with the Greek ¢, Ephelis, and {ath chac ic isacoughnefs and hardneis of an
evil color ; which wel agteech noc with chofe fpors:
Peaver of Virgins (commonly called che Green-. Buftacbius Rudius (in his fecond Tratt, fecond
ficknels) touching which we have elfewhere {po- | Book, and Chap. 4. of che Affects of che excernal
ken. Secondly, they are particular, and of {ome pacts) faich chat che Greeks Epbelis is Panus 5
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| Chap. I. Hows the ¢ Color of the skin changed, oe. ne OL » Voila foever of the body, efpecially che Groyns, the) beams, che Skin thac before was white ‘now begins
Abdomen, the Back, the Neck, and the middle Region of che Breaft: but forche moft pare ne-
‘yerthelefs (as he wricech ) ic defilech the vety
Forehead icfelf. Bucincepard that Celfus tec: kons up the Epbelis among chole Affects that ne- ver appear bus in che Face, we have therefore de-
termined above (inthe firft Part, and 29. Chap-
rer) chatchofe broad {pots that appear about the
'Groyns, Breaft, Abdomen, Back, and Neck, and
dye the faid parts with a certain kind of duskith- nefs, that is one while fomwhat greenifh, and ano- ther while fomthing.ceddifh, and as foon again of acolor inclining to black (and which are generally
welknown) are more ficly co be referred unto the
Alpbus Niger oc the black Alpbus. And he (che aforetatd Rudivs) doch hkewife ill an cal- ling the Epbelvs by che name of Panus 5 and bis derermining hac Epbelis and Panus are one and the fame Affect, is alcogether falfe: fince that out of Celfus bis hfth Book, Chap. 18. Pliny his ewenty fourch Book, Chap. 4, & 9. and likewife from other Phyfitians ic is very cleer, chat Panus is the Greeks. Phygethlon , and that fomtimes likewife Phymata are comprehended under the name of Panus. Buc there are {ome others allo, char neglecting che Authority of the Ancients, cal thofe {pors in the Face, efpectally in Women, by thename of Pani, "Hippocrates in his Book of Women chac bearnor Children, poge 245. (in Poefius his Book) writeth chat chis kind ot {pots
nech co wax red witha certain kind of blacknels, The Affe is of it felf known from the Caufe foregoing. And the Face is not only deformed ith fome certain {pots, but che whol color there= of is changed. : Buc now this burning and blacknefs j Prefervaion from che Sun may be prevented, if j {rom fs 4 the Suns Beams be cutned away from the Face by Shades and other Covermgs,. and the Hands kept covered with Gloves 3 or borh the Face and Hands anointed with che white of an Ege, fhaken together wich Rofe- water, or with the Mucilage of che Seeds of Quinces, or of Flea- wort extracted with Rofe=water, or Gum Tragae canch diffolved in Rofe-wacer; orelfe let the face be anownced with che Emulfion of the four greater cold feeds,or lec ic be anointed with chis Unauenr.
Take ‘Unguent Pomatum two drams 3 Ceri diffolved in Rofe-water one dram 3 |Maflick
5 hab ha) balfa dram ; the Mucilage of the feeds of Flza~ port one ounce: “Make bereof a Liniment.
And of thefe kind of Medicaments there is need moft efpecially in che Spring time, when the tender Face can very hardly be fufficiently guarded from che heac of the Sun, and of che Air.
The Cure.
But if clie Face be already as ic were burn, and \a blacknels be contraGed, Nature indeed of her |Own accord is wont in procels of cime to change chis deformity (when it drawetha new Scarf-skin
iscalled Epbelis; when hefaith, Thac thofe wo- | upon che burne place) if in che mean cime che
men that are with child if they bave a {pot in their Face, asit were fromthe Suns burning, for
Face be covered from the Beams of cheSun. - Buc thefe delaies being for the moft part tedious unto
the moft part bear female Children. Wiete tor | women, they muft inal hafte have their priftine the moft pact is wel added, in cegard that ic 3s of=| color again teftored unto them by che help of Me= ten obferved alfochac Women great wich Child, | dicaments. Andcommonly.womeén ate wontto
which have born Males, have had their Faces defi- |
led with chefe kind of f{pots; fo chat chefe {pots may rather be faid to bea fign and token of the Conception in genera], than particularly of the Sex that isconceived, whetier it be Male or Fe- male: Whenceicis, thac che Germans likewile cal ic Kinds flecken.
Buctnow, whereas there is a cwofold Ephels, one from caufes externa] , another from internal Caules ; of the lacrer of chefe we intend to Creat in the Chapter following, buc of che former we wil{peak in this prefent Chapter. And andeed the firit kind of chele Epbelides is chac wel known / :- | Affect, co wit, thas blacknefs (which
lone the Germans cal Sommerbradt.) in i og the Face, che Hands, and chofe ocher
| parcs that'are expofed unto the Sun- beams, contra&ed from the heat of the Sun. And as wel men as women are fubject untochis affect 5 Dut yet neverthelefs more efpecially women, as having cheic Skin more tender, and chiefly in the Spring time. .; For whereas in the. Winter the Face wasnoc accuftomed: co much-heac, if in
cleanfe their Faces wich the Leaves of the Gher= ry Tree while chey are yet frefh and greens » Oa thers of them there ate thac ufe Rofe-warer wherein Camphyre hath been diffolved ; and others of chem make ule likewife of the Gherry= cree Gum diffolved in Vinegar, whereunco they put a little Oat-meal. S
And here likewife chere is much ufe made of che Wacer of Bean flowers, of Mallows, and white Li. lies: and thofe that are made of the four greater cold feeds deftilled with Milk. Biccer Almonds are alfo herevery ufeful. Or,
Take the juyce of Plantane, and of Nigbi= fhade, of each one ounce: Litharge of Gold, and of Silver, of each one dram: burnt Lead half an ounce: Tutty prepared fix drams: Came phyre balf a dram: Oyl of Rofes and Wax as much as vil fuffice, and make an Unguent:
Take Roots of mbige Lilies rofted under tbe . Embers two drams the Root of the Herb Dra~ gon-wort, and Solomons Seal, and ‘Melons feed, of eachtwodrams: the Mucilage of Fleayeort feed one ounce: of the Citrine Unguent balf an
the Spricg it be fuddenly expofed unto the Sun- | ounce, and make an ‘Unguent according to.art, 7 \
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Chap. 2. Of the Ephelides in Women with Child.
Here is another kind of thefe Epbelides chat
with Child 5; and it hach its original from the Menftruous blood retained 5 which (in regard that for che moft parc from che {aid retention ic contraéteth a great deal of vitioutnefs) is wontco excite in Women great with Child divers fymp- toms, as likewife thefe {pots in the Face bred from a vicious humor thruft forch thither. |
Buc now and chen nocwithftanding Nitgins | and Women that are not wich Child have chefe| kind of {pots breaking forth in cheir Faces, if in| the time of their monthly Menftruous flux they |
eacthofe kind of meats that (asthey fay) have in them a power of coloring ; {uch as are che Car-
vot Roors, and che red Beets, and che like, which
(as we are taught by Experience) do breed and bring forth thefe kind of Spots. Signs Diagnoftick.
Thefe Epbelides in Women with Child are known , inthat they are dark and duskith {pots, appearing more efpecially in the Forehead, and deforming it, and {preading chemfelves both in length and breadth 5 and oftentimes they equal in
length the palm of che hand, but they are void of al kind of coughnefs. The Prognoftick:
The Epbelides in Women are a fign of their Conception, (as we cold you before out of THip- pocrates his Tract of Women chat never have Children) and they are feldom or never cured ; and if haply chey be taken away yer chey foon return again, and wich fome they continue even unto the cime of cheir Delivery, and after that they vanifh, and in fome they likewife continue after theit Delivery 5 and in fome others they al- fo vanifh before chey are delivered (when the Child-is now become ftrong and vigorous) like as do other fymptoms that ufually infeft Women with Child in the beginning of cheir Concep- gion.
The Cure.
Indeed it is very requifice Chat the depraved humors (that arethe Antecedent Caufe of this Affect, and are wont co nourith the fame) fhould be evacuated 5 but in regard that in Women wich Child we may not fafely.make ufe of thofe evacu- ations, we ought cherefore to concent our felves with Topical Medicamentz. And here there js co be commended the ule of Bayberries, if cheir rinds becakenoff, andthen chey be beaten into a pou- der, and fomingled with Honey, and made into the form of an Unguenr, and che Face therewich anointed inaBath. Or, { , ; :
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Or, Take Campbyre one dram; Nitre too drams;
anointed with the faid mixture.
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The Emulfion likewife chac is made of che |
Seeds of Hemp is very ufeful.
For the {pors that are inthe Faces of Maidens |
while their Courfes are upon them, and whilft they yer flow,
Take the Fuyce that is preffed forth of the root of Buglofs fliced, and with it anoint the Spots.
Chap. 3. Of Lentigines, Pimples, or [pecks in the Face.
An hither belong likewife the Lentigines, BR which the Germans (from the color of dry Leaves) cal Sommer firoffen, Sommer flecken,and Lauf flecken 5 and they ace {pots in color relem- bling Lenciles, wich the which (in Women efpe- cially) the Face principally, and fomeimes like- wife the Hands, Arms, and upper pare of che Thorax being expofed unto the Air is afperfed and overfpread, they fomrimes ftanding thicker, and fomeimes thinner, like unto fo many drops,as it were, without any pain and trouble ; in, tore appearing indeed only in theSummercime, and vanifhing again in che Winter; and in fome like= wife they keep cheir courfe from yeer to yeer,
Lhe Caujes.
But now they have their original from aduft burnt blood feizing upon the Scarf-skin. And chishappeneth more efpecially in ruddy bodies, that are of a Cholerick temperature, and efpeci- ally inthe Summer time when that vapor of the bloodis more burnt., And hence ic is that in che Winter for che moft parc chefe {pots vanith, but then they return again and appear in che Summer, And they break forch chiefly in thofe parts chat are expofed unto the external Ambient Air, the Face, the Neck, the Hands, and the fuperior pare of the Thorax, becaufe chaz the Scarf-skin fs more burnt by the Sun, andthe Ambient Air de= tainech thofe burnt vapors inthe Skin. ‘Platerus is Of opinion, thac che Juyce chac fhould nour
che hairs chac are fixed in the Skin, being brought {
untothe pores of the Skin do caufe chefle {pors, For thishumor (faith he) being firft of al aflimi- lated by chem, and agreeing fomwhat with them in color before they are put unto the Roots of them, if ic be by chem further difperfed any whither elfe into the fuperfictes and circumference of the pores, it then producech thoiekind of {pots, and that dark and duskifh color, fomwhac (more or Je{s>
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‘diffufion of chis Juyce into the Pores proceedeth | fomcimes from the external heat overftrongly at-
rracting ic, and wichall dilating che Pores, if then the Juyce nourifhing the Hairs doth nor only af- fix it {elf unto theroors of che Haits, but diffufing
) ae felf fuccher alfo, and there fubfifting, caufech | thofe Dusk, Dark, and Brown fpots, more or lefs, according co the diverfity of the colour of che
Skin... But fince that the Face wanteth Hairs, ic is not credible that the Juyce ordained by Nature
|) for the nourifhing of che Hair fhould breed fuch
kind of fpors: butforche breeding of thefe like fpots there fufficech a portion of the aduft blood, degenerating as ic were incoa Melancholly humor, Platerus alto is of opinion that the overgreat Na tural loofnefs of the Porescontribuceth its furche- rance, fothateven by teafon of them che faid Juyce doth not only nourith the Hairs, but like- wife produce thefe {pors: Buc I had here rather affene with Exuftachius Rudius, who thinketh ra~
ne(s of the Skin, and cherefore becaufe thac the Cheeks are more thin than other parts, therefore it ischat alchough there come into chem very many of thefe aduft vapors, yec nocwithftanding they are nor detained in them, bue are from thence gencly evaporated ; and fo the Lentigines that are in chem are buc few : but becaufe che Skin of the Fore-head is thicker, and chat che vapors are noc eafily received in it,but being once received are the ‘more detained there, therefore che Fore-heed doth che more abound wich thefe Lentigines or Dusky {pote. — Signs Diagnoftick.
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Take of Eldern flowers, and Bean flowers, of
each a like proportion: pour inunto them Goats Milk blood-warm. Let them ftand for a daies timeinfome cold place, and afterwards let thein be deftilled: and then, Take Bean meal as muchy as you think fit; let it be moiftened with the {aid water, and inthe evening let the Face be anoyne ted with tbat mixture.
In the morning let the Face be wafhed with water of Elder flowers, and Bean flowers; unto which chere may be added a liccle Camphyre dit- folved inthe Spiricot Wine. Or, :
Take Honey four ounces, Oy! of freet Ale monds oneounce, Pouder of the Flower deluce roottvoo drams, Borax balf an ounce; mahean “Unguent.
_ , The Virgins Milk likewife ( asic is called ) here very pood; and icis thus prepared.
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third part ; voben itis cooled, let it be ftrained tbrough a filtring bag 3 and afterwards, Take Sal Gem three drams 3; boyl it 22 cleew
| water unto the Confumption of a third part;
then ftrain it: after this, : Take of this Watertooo parts, and of the for-
| mer Vinegar one part; and.mingletbem. Or,
Take the Citron Unguent new made three ounces, of {weet Almonds toroughly biuifed, and Bean meal, of each one dram; the bone of the Sepia fifb, Harts born, and Barley meal, of each two drams 3 let them be incorporated with Toney and then wel mingled together. Or,
Take tbe frefh flowers of Beans as many as you
Thefe Lentigines are eafily known 3 becaufle! think fit; pour unto them a fufficient quantity of
that they are Spots of the bignefsa of Lencile, of
| Goats Milk: let them ftand infufing a day anda
‘bode, ) #adark, brown. and dusky color, difperfed upand | nigbt. Afterwards let them be firainedy and epics | down in many dropsas it were, ftanding clofe and fqueeged bard; and into the ficaining let nev
at of the fi atin che BS lh, but Summer, arts tat A, he ee rior part fekin, {8 Arcee f laters {nour brought | le (pot . sla & chem often fer el je pores, h nd th | sorte) Be tit tid pout
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thick cogectier, and very familiar unto fuch as are “flowers be thrown in, and fo let them ftand infu~ ofated Hairs and they annoy the Face, the Neck, | fing again for the {pace of a day and anight, and the Hands, and thofe partschacare expofed unto then let them be ftrained : this muft be five times
the Sun and che Ar The Proguoftick.
Thofe Lentigines as they have in them no dan-
per ac ail, fo forthe moft parc chey vanifh in the
Winter: but yer notwithftanding in fome bodies they alwaiesrecucn apain in che Summer 5 and in fome they ace Annual,and return conftantly from
yeer co yeere : The Cure.
_ Galen for thefe Spots commendeth che Herb
Coftmary with Honey and Water; as alfo che feed ofthe Cabbage, Biccer Almonds are likewifeve- ry ufetul, and fois the Oy) of Eggs likewite.: But mofteff ectual is che Water of great Figwort, di- ftilled our of thac wel, known Plant: as alfo' the Water drawn out of che flowers of che fpotced
repeated. Andthen add of tbe foft pith of nero Bread as much as wil fuffice, that it nay be made like unto a Pultife; and then adding thereto a | little Goats Milk, deftil them. With this Water | let the Face be wafbed in the morning and even- ling. | There atecertain things likewife vety ufefull, chacfhall be propounded in the following Ghap- cer.
Chap. 4. of Cofmetical, or Beaustia fying Medicaments.
Ur yee alchough wevhave hitherto-in the pre= cedent Chapters {poken ‘couching. the taking
away of divers of chele Skin-{pots; Women not- withftanding (that ftudy hile elfe bic. theis beauty .) are mot herewith concented 5 but they Sa ob reftlefsly
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2602 Book V. reftlefsly purfue afcer chofe things chat procure unto their Faces a Juftreand amiablenefs. For theirfakes therefore we wil add fomching alfo evenof thefe Cofmetick or beautifying Medica- ments. Nowchefe Medicaments are of cwo forts; fome of chem do only mend the obfolere, dark, and blackith colour of che Face, and render the Skin fomewhat more bright and cleer; (and thefe are by no means to be. difallowed of; . | fince that chey only reftore unto Man os Woman ag! that beauty which eicher by cheinjury of che Air, He he or by any other Caule, they. have loft and been ee deprived of ; and wichall do truly and really pro- | duce a fair and ftable colour; and thefe are called Cofmecick or beaucify ing Medicaments: ) buto- thers there are chat are only Palliative, and chefe we call Face-fucuffes, becaufe chacuaco the Na- ‘tural colour chere is likewifeadded an adventiti- ous 3nd acquired white or red colour; and chis is fo painted onchat continuech it fora while, and buc for a while only, and deceivech the Eyes ofthe Beholders. We fhal {peak of che former fore of . Medicaments alone. Butasfor che Jaccer fort of thefe Medicaments, in regard that we judge ic nei- ther honeft nor pious to make ule of chem, we wil
4) | therefore fay nathing ac all of them, but pafs chem
! Mt hy ue overinfilence. Bucnow az for whatconcerneth Wn ie: tue the former of thefe Medicaments, it {eemeth alco- Baie, Hi} gether a thing unreafonable co reject chem, inre-
ta pard thac chey bring over che Face no Fucus, or
Le counterfeit painted beauty, bucchey only reftore the Natural whicenefs of the body, loft upon any WUE Caufe whacfoever. And chis is more efpecially
are in Wi(dom, ftrength of Body, Fortitude, and in fome cercain other things, much inferior unto Men, therefore in ftead (of thefe as che Poet Ana- creon tels us)
Nature on Women doth beftovo
Al Comely form, and Beauteous bier : In fiead of Lances, Targets, Shields, Tbeir Face a fair bright luftre yields - Which puts on Women fuch a Grace, That Fire and Sword to them giv: place.
And Plato Cin his Phadeus ) faich, all things mbatfoever Beauty is tbe moft excellent and Amiable, and there he calleth a Beautifull Pace, a Divine Face, chat isto flay, a Face for- ning forth by reafon of a kind form that is put eeponit. But che other is alopecher cto be reje= cted by Women; and St. Cyprian writeth very truly, in thele words ofhis (in his fecond Tract, of che Habic of Virgins ).. We ought not only Cfaithhe ) to admonifh Virgins, or Widows ; but I conceive, that even, Married Women and all others whatfoever Cin general) areto bead- monsbed, that the Handiwork and Image o God ought by ne means to be adulterated, by ad- ding thereto any yellove color, or any black Powe
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allowed unto Women; who becaufe chat they |-
der, or an y kind of rednefs,
other Medicine that corrupteth the Native Line= |
aments: And a liccle afrer ; bands (faith he) upon the as they go about to transfigure and reform that which be bimfelf bath formed, that all whatfoever is. made and workof God, but whatfoeves is morkof the Devil.
Now the Medicaments of the former fort are fuch as _( almoft all of chem ) do very much {cour andcleanfe, by feparacing from the Skin chat Juyce char deformech che fame with this brown
‘They lay wicked
verousbt is the
| Juyce chac may procure unto ita brighc and beau- ciful color. Unto which there are fomcunes ad- ded likewife certain Emollients, which have in
jthema power co foften the Skin when it is hard, |;
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| thick, and rough 3 they alfo make it f{moocher,and |
more efpecially they caule an nels in che Hands. |. Milk wil fatisfie both chefe copes, and e{peci- ally Affes Milk, and Goats Milk: Which Poppea the Wife of the Emperor Kero-being not igno- rant of (a Womanextreamly proud and luxuri= ous.) fhe caufed five bundced Mulch Afles alwaies to attend her whitherfoever fhe went ; and in a great Tub made purpofely for her co bache la, the wafhed ber whole body in che faid Milk, chac{o ic mighe be all over freed from wrinkles. made cender and delicace,and prefetved whitesas Pliny relacech che ftory in his eleventh Book,Chap. 4.1.and Book 28. Chap. 12. Cleanfers are thefe; the Roots of the greater Dragon-wort; Solomons Seal, creat F 1eWork, wild Cucumber, white Lilies, the Elder, bitter Almonds, Pines, the four greater cold Seeds, French or Kidney Beans, Rice, Bean ineal, tbe ‘Meal of Cicers, of Lupines, Starch, the White o f an Eee, Milk, Camphyre, Salt, Oy! of Tartar, ‘Frankincenfe, Myrrb, the Crumbs of webite ‘Bread, the Oyly Nut Ben. , AOt tbe Roots of Mragon-wore there is a cercaia Gerfa made 3 which is nothing elfe buc.che Dregs or Lees thereof, asthey commonly cal them, And foalfo theze may in che hike manner be prepared fuch alike Pecula or Gerfa; out of the
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Roots-of Solomons Seal, and great Figwore: And
out of che Oyly Nut Ben ( commonly called Ba- lanus Myrepfica) there is an Oy! pretled forth, that 1s called che Oy! of Beer.
And likewife out of divers of chefe fi mples toges ther chat erewhile we mentioned there are made many deftilled Waters, and divers Compofisions. As,
Take Root of Solomons Seal, Dragon-wort, great Pigwort, of each one ounce and balf ; of the Flomerdeluce one ounce, of Bean flower 1r0
f | ounces, “Maftick one ounce, Borax too drams si
lertbem be deftilled. Take the foft Crumb of White Bread three pound
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Chap. 4. Of Cofmetick or beautifying Medicyments.
OL2 Si een pound thereof, the Whites of Eggs vel fhaken to: gether, twelve in number; Goats “Milk two quarts 5 let them be deftilled. Ors , Take Rice one pound, leb1t be teeped 2m the Water of Bean flowers, untill it break; after~ wards add of choyce Maftick fix drams, “Borax tro drams andthen deftil then. Or,
Take the Pith or Crumb of White Bread one pound, Root of Solomons Seal balf a pound, Goats Milkas much as wil fuffice; and let them be deftilled... Or,
TakeF lowers of the Elder, and of Bean flow- ers, of eacb a like proportion, pour bereunto | Goats Milk, and firain it let them ftand in a} cold place for eight daies 5 and then deftill them. | When you ule che Water,
Take of Beans bulled, beat tbeminto a very fine Pouder, and caft the fame into the faid Wa: ter, and after this let the Face be weafhed porth
this Water, and permitted to dry leifurely of it | Les.
felf. Intheend diffolve Campbyre in the Spi- rit of Wine, and mingle it with Eldern Wa- ter; and let the Face be wafhed with this Water. Or, . ; Take Whites of Begs, in number twenty fours Ginamom two drams,Affes Milkor Goats milk, wo Quarts, and deftill them.
Emulfions likewife made of the fout greater Gold Seeds, bitcec Almonds, and Pines,are here very ufeful. 4
- There are alfo Decoctions made ( with which the Face isco be wafhed ) of Beans, Cicets, Lu- pines, Rice. Or,
Take Roots of wbite Lilies, Solomons Seal, Borrage, of each one ounce, Mallows, Sope- wort, Parietary or Pellitory of the Wall, and Violets, of each two pugils ; beans bulled one bundfull, Flowers of Mallows ba'f a handful, make-a Decottion, with which let the Face be wafb- ed.
Liniménts moreover and Unguents are made ule of, among which are che Pomacea or Pomata,as they arecommonly called. The Oy! of Talck 1s
‘now adaies muchin the mouths ofmany 5 andve-|
ry much ufedin the Nutfecies of preat Women. Bur chis laft feemech rather co belong unto the “Bace-fucuffes then unto the crue Cofmeticks, un- lefs ic be adminiftred only cto cleanfe; and after the ufe thereof (when they goabroad in publick ) wathed off from che Face.
; Bue now the more Choice and de~ Medicaments | \icare Women (chat are unaccufto- that whiten pike tbe Hani. med toJabor_) donot only admini-
; | ftec cercain Medicaments unto cheirc Faces, but unto their Hands likewife, chat fo they may become foft.and white; and thefe Medica- meénrs are made of the Crumb of White Bread,the Meal of Barley, of Cicers,of Lupines, and Honey, all which being wel wrought,cogetber with Water, or ele mingled with fofc Sope and Honey, chey wath their Hands therewith. Or,
2603
Take Meal of Cicers, of Beans, of {weet Al- monds, of each two ounces , the Roots of .Flo- werdeluce of Florencetwodrams , ‘Tioney and Rofewater of each as much as oil fuffices; and ‘Mingle tbem. And here likewife the Pomatum Unguent is of much ufe. Or elfe fuch'a Sope may be made Take of Vertice Sope one pound 3 let it. be difs folved in Rofe- water 5, add thereunto the Pour der of Flowerdeluce of Florence one ounce, sbe Meal of Cicers one ounce and half ; and mn- gle them. oa ae » iN ; There are likewife many other Medicaments ( which we mencioned a lictle above ) for che map king of the Face fair and clear ; andcthey, are here alfovery ufeful. Bes a A Many other thingsthere are of chis Nacure,thac we may fee inRondeletius, in his Tract of Fucul-
Of Mending and Beautifying foul and deformed (scatrices.
The rectifying and amending of | deformed Cicatrices is noc unficly re~ | bat things ferred unto the Gofmerick or Beauci~ | 1% that fying Medicaments. For when as Pirindl upon che Solution of continuity (ei- 5 Cicasice. cher by reafon ofa Wound or an Ul- cer.) there is from the Juyce nourifhing the Skin Cfor the unicing of che part.) fomething genera=
%
ced thacislike uuto che Skin, and ftiled by che
name ofa Gicatrice 3, this {aid Cicacrice is indeed | like unco the wholeskin; and yer it is oftentimes differenced from it in colour,and many times hke- wife in figure § becanfe chat fomrmes 1c becometh more bigh and raifed, and otherwhiles it is depre{= (ed & kept low,and leaveth as ic were a pit, and fo. confequently a certain inequality or unevennels, and thereby breedech a deformity 5 which in the _progrefs of time is wont to be fomewhat changed, whileft that the Cicatrice is rendered day by day more like ftil unto the Skin, Which if yet never. thele(s we have a defare thae it may be {peedily ef- | fected, ic may then be done by fome certain Medi= | caments} fuch as are; ficft che Oy] of Mycch, whieh _ismade ifthe Yelk be caken out of an Ege hard ‘boyled, andchenthe Egg filied up with Myrch, and put incoa moift place, until it.be all diffolved intoa Liquor 3 and this likewife may be wrought iby. the deftilled Oyl'of Myrth, The moifture | alfo hac fwearech forch‘of Eggs whiles they are.in rofting is very ufeful for this purpofe. . The Ogh likewife of the Yelks of Eggs, che Fat of the Thymallus Fith, which they commonly -call Ajcia's the Oyl chat ispreffed farch of che Ker nels of Peaches, Oylof bitter Almonds, and Oyl of Been, Orcelfean Unguent may be made of Bo- rax, Camphyre, and Mans fac, or of Licharge, and
the Oylot Rofes, and che Oy! of biccer Almonds Ffi2 |
f mingled ) O
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2604 Book V. Of Prattical Phyfick, Part Lil. mingled with Honey 3 or elfe an Unguent may be paffed through a woollen Cloth, and there mil be made of the Juyce or Root of wild Cucumber, run forth a foft Unguent.
‘and Honey 5 and with this che Cicatrice may be! anointed for one day, but the day following with} Milks and chisby turns from day coday muft for
awhile becontinued. Or,
Take the Mucilage of Fenugreek feed, and of Fleawort, of each two drams 3 Oyl of Tartar by firaining balf an ounces Oyl of Rofes one ounce; Ceruf(s, and Borax, of each one dram,
Spots, or Blemifhes.
4
Chap. «. Of thofe they cal Mother |
and mingletbem.. Or,
Take the Root of Dragon-wort, of Solomons |
Seal, of each two drams 5 ‘Bitter Almonds, Peach Kernels, of each one dram; Egg-fhels burnt balfa dram, Frankincenfe and cboyce Myrrb, of each onedrams Sugar Candy three drams the ‘MMucilage of FFenugreek feed one
ounce; Oyl of the Yelks of Eggs, and Mans fat, |
of each asmuch as wil fuffice: Mingle and make a Liniment.
Buc af the Cicatrice be deep, ic isnot foto be amended by Medicaments chat ic may be made equal and even with che reft of the Skins bue che Cicatrice is by Section, or elfe by fome corro- ding Medicament tobe taken away 3 and the Ca- vity(as much as is requifite) is to be filled up wich flefh, and afterwards a new Cicatrice is tobe broughe al over the part. | But moft of al after the fmal pox
Cicatrices | and Meazles there are. ofrenrimes very
gig aie | frequently Jefe behind (in the Face ) and Mea- wnlightly and deformed Cicatrices, fles. that caufe an exceeding great eye-fore
and il-favorednefs; and thereupon (thac they may be amended _) che help and affi- {tance of the Phyfitians is oftentimes implo- red,
Buc for the taking’ away of thefe Cicatrices, thofe Medicaments that wea little before mentio- ned are very ufeful; and fo are chofe likewife
that have been prefcribed before in chis prefenc Chapter, for che making of the Face more fair and clear. And for this (ouc of al thefe) there is more efpecially commended the fat of the preci- ous Fifh Thymallus or the Afcia fith.
Foreftus bad happy fuccets in the ufe of this that followeth:
» Lake Oyl of foveet Almonds an ounce and balf: of white Lilies one ounce :
which the Infanc hath contracted even in the Mo= thers Womb; and hereupon they are ca}led Ma- |Cernal, and origina] Blemifhes, Spots, and Marks.
Now thefe Spots are very various and different, | fomeimes of a red color, andas {oon again of a , dark and brown color, andoftentimes ot neither | of chee cwo, but of fome other colors and it is alfo of chis or that fha pe and figure; and fomtimes in this, fomtimes in thas part of the body.
The (aufes.
There are fome indeed that beleeve that thefe fpots and blemithes are excited in the body froma fortuitous and.accidental concourfe of che humors, But che very cruth is thac fuch like chings come not to pafsby chance; but Experience ic felf tea-
cheth us, that thefe {pots depend upon the fancy | and imagination of che Mother, and chat by it che |
Infanc ts chus marked as they fpeak. There isno neceflicy for our heaping up of che feveral Autho- rities both of Philofophers and Phyfitians, as tou- | Ching this fubject 5 neither is it cequifite here co recount even aj the faults and chings amifs in the | conformation, that are caufed by occafion of che IMaginacion. | al kind of Women, thac Infancs have now and thea had fome certain {pots refembling Straw-berties, or Cherries; or elfered {pots like untored Wine; }orthe Fire; whenas uponche fight of fuch like
objects by che Mother, the Imagination maketh an
\Impreflion of chefe like colors upon the Ghild. ;And Imy felf knew a woman great with Child, who ftanding under a Mulberry Tree, there tel
fome of the Mulberries upon her back; whereup-
+on the Infant that fhe went withal had as many
exctelcences inate back, cefembling the fhapeand figure of Mulberries. * But now, how ic cometh co | pats chac the Inaagination doth this, I have at large
the Fat of a Capon, |\fhewn you in my Tract couching the Confent and
and Goats Fat, of each balf an ounce: Sarco- | Agreement of the Chymifts with Ariftotle and
cobbalf adiram: the pouder of Bryony root, and |
the Galeni{ts,Chap. 14. and inthe fourch Book
Plorwerdeluce, of each one fcruple : Sugar tha~| of our Practice, Parc 2. Sect.4. Chap. 7. Which’
Beret oné dram. antoaveryfine pouder, and pafs them through a
svery fine fieve, and then (if you fo pleafe) add | Bhereto diffolved Gums, and at length let them be
‘Bruife what is to be bruifed |
here co repeat I bold ic altogecher needlets. Prognofticks. 1. This kind of Spots is very hardto Cure:
mingled togetber in a Mortar, pouring thereyp- } and although it feem fomtimes to be a ligcle ob=
on Rofe-water, the Water of white Lilies, and of Beans, of each a fufficient quantity 5 continu- | ally fltrring them, and incorporating them toge-|
thers then let them by the ftroking of the ‘Hands, } |
(
{cured, yec it {oon breakech forth again, in a man- ner as if ic. were raw 3 and tome there are thac re~ lace how chat chofe {pors chat are contracted by the occalton of Chercies,Scrawberries,and Grapes,
Cat
For it is wel enough known unto |
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poe is alfo another forc of Blemifhes that is | wont co defile and deform the Skin, and chis | is derived from the very ficft original, and chat |
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lat thefe ftom bumnor, % come cl teae Fi i faney by atthe F A | | Aychoe # a8 (0U" here to in the of che mn unto fh ad hea becris, Wine ich Jike | ethan Child, | Child, here tel pereup 45 Many fF ape and . eh (0. at lage feovand me ad ch Book F| Whict F)
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‘Chap. 7. Of the fpots called by the Germans Hlepatick or Liver-fhots;
ripe) wil appear, and as
aine 2. If yee notwithftanding there be Medicaments adminiftred immediately upon the birth of the Child, chey are fomcimes taken away.
The Cure.
Women do commonly make ufe of the blood
oe
it were flourifh, a-| mingle chetewitha hitcle Saffron, and with this
they anoint al che faid Orifices (and the Spors themfelves likewife) round abour..: Only they do not anoine the body towards the Feer, that {o by the Feet thefe fpocsmay vanith. Which {ors | Gf any fuch cherebe) wichout.aldoube chey aré | afpecies of che Eryfipelas, and therefore we are not only to adminifter chat Linimenc unto the
of the Secundine or Afterbirth ‘for che caking a-| orifices ofthe body, but weare likewife comaké way of thefe Spots; rubbing and cleanfing the} ufe of chofe Expulfive Medicaments alfo chatare
faid Spots cherewich while itis yec bor. | And o- thers likewife afterward make ufe of che Menftru- ous blood.
There are yet notwithftanding other cleanfing Medicaments likewife (of the which: we have hi- cherunto fpoken, and preferibed for ¢he raking a-
way of other Face-fpots) thar may here be made;
ufe of: others adminifter che Mothers fafting {pit-
tle: and others require the often inftilling of the
Milk chac is drawn out of the Mothers Breafts up-| Which if they |
on the faid {pots and deformities. fuffice nos, then we are to have cecourfe unto cor- roding and Cauftick Medicaments allo, or unto
otherwife wont to be ufed in che Eryfipelas.
Chap. 7. Of tho/e fbots and blemis bes that the Germans cal Hepaz tick, or Liver-fbots. :
S I have often told you (and cannot bue
here again acquaint you with it) there aré
many kinds of Tubercles and Spors Cand thefe are alfoacthis day very commonly. known every | where inal Nations.) which by whar names they
che Manual operation, and the fhaving of che | were called by the Greeks or Lacines we know Scarfeskin likewife. It is alfo pood for the Mo-| not3 whenas yec notwichftanding it is:no. way ther in che morning (for fome certain daies conti- | credible chaochere were no fuch Affects as chefe nually) cto chew Muttard feed, and with ic to rub | among the Ancients § for thete were. then rife in thefpor, And fome there are that prelerve chat thofe cimes the fame caufes as now.
pacc of che Infants Navel that falleth off after the J nets is commonly known an Af- due knitting thereof, and this being dried, and | fect which the Germans cal Leber- afterwards moiftened in the Water of the Herb’ flecke, without aldoubr, in regard
| The Aifoke 1 Leberflecke what il 15:
Chriftopher they lay it upon the Spot thrice a} they beleeve chat ichath, ics original 2 day, fo long tincil che faid {pot be wholly vani- | from the Liver, co,wit, dark and brownith {pots fied, There is here likewile commended the des/ or {uch as of yellow become fomwhat blackiths as ftilled Water of Mountain Avens, if che Infanr| broad asthe Palm of che Hand, {eizing upon che (fo foon as it cometh forth of the Womb) be wa-| Groyns efpecially, and the Breaft, and che Batky fhed cherewtth ; and che fpors afceewards wafhed | ye2 and fomtimes alfo covering the whol Breaft with ¢he fame Water. with a cectain fleight roughnefs of che Skin thac | fendech forth as 1c.were {cales, or branny feurfs
Chap. 6. Of the Volatick or flitting | which yet notWwithftandingdo not ftick and abide
; in one place alone, buc are difperfed hicher and pots of Infants : chither 5 and one while chey vanith, another whild
| chey break oucand appear again. ‘Reinerus Sole-
He German Practical Books (aswemay fee| nander ( of althac Icanremember ): doth moft
in the Praétice of Gabelcbomerus, and in| plainly and cleerly defcribe unto us thefe fpors; in
the Phyfical Difpenfatory of Wittichins, and in| his Sect. §. Confuleat. 11. buc yet he gives chem others) make mention (among Childrens Difea-|no name. And Platerus \ikewile feemeth co fes) of a certain Affect chat they cal Denflug, | make mention of chefe, when he wricech,that there which in regard chat Ineverfawit, I have chere- | are fome certain datk, brownifh, and dun {pots,as fore omitced, & not at al {poker ofic inmy Tra | broad asthe palm of che hand, arifmg fomcimes in of Infants Difeafes. Buc becaufe there are fome | {ome certain parts of the body, and ac fome certain that wrice chat they have feen ic, we wal therefore | crimes only, and vanifhing alfo ac {ome certain fea- make mention thereof here in this place. Now fons, Buc he maketh the matcer fomiwhat ob= thefe defccibe chis Affect, chat they are certain ; {cure and doubtful, mn bidding us to feek for che fliccing {pots, of aced or purple color, creeping | caufe, and foc the Curg in the Lentigo. For up and down here and there intheSkin; which if | chefe Lentigines, and che {pots ve now ipeak of they couch upon any orifice (as fuppofe, the | are differenc Affects, ind chey have different Gaus
i) Mouch, the Noftrils, che Eyes,and che Ears) and
penetrate fo'far as chac they reach even unto them, the Malady is thsn avoccal, Atnd cherefore chat
fes as wil fucther dppear from thofe things char have been already {poken of before in the chicd Chapter; couching the Lentiginesy and thal be
\ more
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at the time when thefe Fruics are wont to be| they may prevencchis; they take Rofe-water; and
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2606 Book V. Of Prattical Phy fick.
“Gnore fully fpoken of in this prefent Chapter. | if there be occafion, a Vein may likewife be ope-
Whether thefe kind of {pots may not be referred/ ned. bast eae unto the Vitiligo}. and che black Alphus (as 1) But theninregard chat chefe Purgers do evacu- chink chat they welmay) I leave it unctoche judg-| ate only chofe humors chat are collected in che ment ofthe Reader. Our purpofe is herein chts! Veins, butdonoc prevent the generation of the