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ced his Mafter wich the Caufe of chis his blindnefg, and obcained of him that his hair might be f{uffer= ed to prow forth again, he afterward recovered his fight.
Signs Diagnoftick.
Thereisno need at all, thac we add any more Signs; fince chacchere wil appearfigns fufficient fromthe Hiftory of this Difeafe before recired, But thac we may in few words pive you the Cav- fes of chofe chings that happen inthis Difeafe ; in che firft place, ifthac faidmatrer of this Difeafe C whecher ic be malignant, or whether it be fim+ ply unfic for the nourifhing of all ocher the parts befides the hairs) be abundantly heaped up in the Veins, acis chen by Nature (unto whom it is burthenfom ) chruft forth from the more No- ble unco che Exterior parts; whereupon the bones are much damnified and diminifhed, the Joynes loo{ned, che Head, Feet, and Hands, and all che Limbs and Joynts infefted with pain, Convulfi- onsexcited, andthe Members contracted.» But if Nature be foftrongasco pet the Maftery, fhe at length chruftech forch che (aid matcer unto the hairs; and more efpecially chofe of the Head, withthe which this Matter hath’a very neer alli- ance (asin fuch asare Arthritical, che Gaufe of the Gout Arthritis hath wich the Joynts ) where- upon Dandriflike unto Bran and Lice are abun dancly generated in the Head, and from the aver= great ftore and luxuriancy of the Matter che very hairs ace Complicaced and intangled wichin them- felves,fo chat chey cannot be feparated by any Arc or Labor; and being Cur they likewife.pour forch
Blood. Prognoflicks.
1. This very Malady, unlefs che matter “be chruft forch unto che hair,is fufficiently dangerous; fochac there are moft grievous pains and Symp- coms excited, almoft inal] che parts whereunco che matter is thruft forth, as wetold you buc even now,
2. Butif Nacure doing rightly as fhe fhould, and as it were by a Crifis thruft forth chis matter
intangled Locks of hair‘among the bairs.on his} unto chehairs, then indeed this Vice of che hair
head; and che fame hath alfo happened unto o- thers. I knewa Souldier (an old man) that bad a Plicain the binder part of his Head; who being demanded as couching the Caufe of the Dif- eafe (for he wasa German and horn at Thurin- gia) replied, chat this Difeafe was hereditary untobims forhis Motber (¢ ashe faid ) had feven of thefe Plica’s, two Ells long, all her life long, even unto herdyingday. The fame Man related ghis likewife for acruth, thae being a Souldier in Hungary, and taken prifonec by the Turks, his Matter *¢ according ¢o the cuftom of that Nation) catfedail his hair, and wichall this Plica of his, co be cut off; and chat he thereupon became blind: but chac having by an Interpreter acquain=
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3- Bucif fuch Plica’s beat any cime rafhily cur off, blindnels, ‘and other moft grievous Maladies are from thence excited.- Neither is thisa Fables buc experience 1¢ felf often ceachech us che truth hereof; asthe Example even of that Souldier of whom we. made mention before in the Caufes may fulficiencly inftruct us. And this happen. ethnot (asmany conjecture ) becaufe chat thefe Plica’s being Cur, che Head is thereby expofed
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unto the cold Air, (for this may eafily be preven- ced by a hac, or fome other covering put upon it -) buc becaufe che place into which Nature was wonc co chruft forch che vicious humors is caken away, and a paflage forth denied unto the matter, and the Evacuation thereof hindered. And the fame happeneth here, asin old inveterate Ulcers: for theie may not be healed without extream danger, unlefs the body be firft wel purged and cleanted 5 and like as iffues alfo, after chey have for a while
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4. Ifneverchelefs there be no more of this viti- ous matter lefc remaining inthe body, chen afcer fome time thofe very Plice fal off of cheir own accord ; and therefore alio there remaining now no more of the faid maccer tn the body , which | confefs isa thing very hard co know, 1 may be fafe enough (wirhout any dangerat al) to curt
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The Cure.
1 conceive thar che perfect Cure of chis Difeafe Which without doubc sproceedeth from chis, chat in thofe places ct Po- fonia where chis difeafeis Epidemical, there have hicherco lived buc very few Phyfitians chat were’ able co compofe an artificial Method our of chofe things they might come eo know from che vulgar, touching this Difeafe, and che Cure chereof. | This.in che ficft place is cercain, That Purpati- ons and letting blood avail but liccle in chis Dif- eafe; yea, thac they are oftentimeshurtful. For | fo the Rector of che Univerlity of Zamo(cium
attempt (anh he) to care this Difeale with the’ ufual Purgations, it maketh at but {o much the worfe, and to rage fo much the more; in regard that the Purgation 7 not able to overcome and mafter the noxious bumors, but only to difperfe them throughout the whol body when they are thus moved: for thofe that are affeted with this peftilent Difeafe do thereupon burn with fo great a pain of al their Members, that nothing more fharp can poffibly be added unto the fharpnef and bitterne{s. of their torments. And the fame is Confirmed by Hercules Saxonia, who in the
lace alleadged, oucof the Epiftle of a certain no- Die Matron, a Polonian Cwho was troubled with this Difeafe) wricech, Thacche faid Matron up. onehe opening of a Vein in che Atm, was imme- diately taken with moft exrream and inrollerable painsin che fame Arm, together with an cedema- tous Tumor; and likewile chat for the very fame
were molt fharp and bitter pains excited in both her Thighs, as low as the Ankles. The fame ‘Hercules Saxonia in che fame ‘place, - writeth,
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(ted, who having had Purgations adminiftred tin tothem inthe beginning, fel inco thefe Affects; And the very fame happenech alfo inthe Scurvy ; the Symptoms whereof are for the moft parc exaf= peraced by che, ufe of Purgers. te
ic wil therefore be the fafeft courfe ( ftil cas king Expecience for our Guide) cto ufe che uts moft of our endeavor chac che faid vicious matcer may wich al poflible {peed be drawn forch unto the hairs, whither ic isnow tending, {In which it wil be hikewife ouc fafeft courfe again 0 follow the guidance of Experience; by which it mani- feftly appeareth, chac chofe Lotions chat are made of the Plant. wecommonly ca] Beats-breech, is very available and fuccefsful in chiscafe,
I confefs indeed it ts alcogecher unknown unto me, wherher the fame may be performed by in- ward Medicamentss But yet che very mentioning of Bears~breech brings unto my remembrance a certain Drink (no doube at che firft brought thi- ther out of Polonia) chat was much in ule in my Country, in che Cicy Uratiflavia, and itis made of Bears-breech: che vulgar cai it by the common Polonian name ‘Barficy , or as the Germans pro- nounce it Barksch; which chofe chat are Feaver= ifh, and efpecially the great Drinkers afcer cheiz exceflive Cups che day before, ufe.in cheic Broths: and in their ordinary Drink, co affwage thei thirft. Now i is made in this manners The Leaves of Bears-breech dried are boyled ina fuf-
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may getonly a yellow, and nota purple color: Unto che Decoction there is added a Jicrle Leaven, ot Bread cwice baked, made of the Pouder of Bears-breech, with the four Leaven of fine whire Bread ; and chen for fome certain daies fet in a warm place, where it pars a boyling hear and fer- mentation, until fuch cime as 1c bach contracted 4 cafte fomwhac cart and fours Buc now whecheg or no this kind of Drink hatha power of doing any thing coward the expulfion of che maccer in chig Difeafe, we are co confule with Experience. And it is their pare who live in thofe places co make publick thofe Medicaments chat ufe hath raughe chem to be fic and profitable,thac fo al eheir Expe= riences being conferc’d together, there may at che length be compofed a Method of Curing this Dif- eafe.
But in regard that the Plica bach fome fymp= toms common with the Scurvy (fuch as are che pains of the Limbs, Cramps, and the like) and chae the aforefaid alluftcious Count, Nicolaus Sapieba, was affected with both thofe Difeafes, Ichink ic nor amifs therefore here co place the Hiftory of bis Difeafe § which wil add fome light unto what we buc even now f{pake couching che ‘Plica 3 and co what we have likewile betore, in the third Book of our Practice, written concern-
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whereof baving made him impatiént, and being } j 7 a . + Gee quiteciced ouc wich che cedioufnefs of a Metho.
Tbe Fiift ory of the Difeafe of that Ge dical Cuce, he commicced himfelf unco a certain nerous and Illuftrious Lord y ( ONE Soldier for Cure: who took fome certain Cups
; ; url of of che ftrongeft Spanifh Wine ; and inroche fame Nicolaus Sapicha, Ear of Coe he pucs the pouder of al forts of {weet Spices ; and
mi den, Chief Standardsbearer of the this Wine he gave him co drink, not oaly co fa- great Dukedom of Lituania, ep, | ciety, but even ro Ebriecy, uncil he had made him
r| | almoft drunk ; by which be kindleth within bim i | acontinual Feaver, which indeed Jafted not long, This Iluftrious Count ( without doubt) con-) and quite took away che Quartan; but yet ne- a rracted this his Difeafe of che Plica, in his own verthelefs imprinted fuch a Dy(crafie in his Bows
Country, from che fame common caufe from els, and humors, chat fhortly after the Scurvy whence the vulgar bave ic: but as for che Scurvy, | followed thereupon, Wich which being grievoul- he got ic from the many Errors by him commucted: ly afflt@ed at home in hisown Country, and yet in his Dyet,during bis various & croublefom Jour- | nocwithftanding fo that he could not wel cel whac neys throughout almoft al Europe, and from the! che difeafe was, he madea Journey unto Padua, Quartan Feaver chat followed upon the fame. and there he committed himfelf for Cure unto the For when in che heat of Summer (as himfelf rela- | moft Eounmenc Phyfictans of thac Univerficy. But ced the ftory unco me) he had travelled over the | yet he recovered noc that healch and ftrength chac Pyrenean Mouncains, out of France into Spain; ' he had expected, and hoped for; and thereupon | ye and in this his Journey had drunk good ftore of he is fenc back. again home into his own Countrey, hay fae ae Wine (out of bladders) that was corrupt, and ful wich chis following Confilium, which we may We hi of Vermin, che Autumn following in Spain he |term,a Direction, Advice, or Countfel.
pa fe} incoa Quartan Apgue, Thelong continuance |
We i _ The Advice of that moft Famous and Eminent Doétor, Johannes Pree Wa) GI yvotins, Chief Profeflor of Phyfick in the Univerfity of Padua,
T Ouching the manifold Difeafes chac chis Noble perfon liech under, ic is neither my purpofe ac = largecocreat of them (fince chac I am not ignorance that they have already been difcourfed of by fome of che moft Eminenc Phy fitians in their long and learned Difputes:) neither indeed wil ciiber phe ftace and condicion of mine own healch (not yer {ufficiently confirmed) permic the fame 3 nor like= wife the healch and fafecy fo much defired by chis.illuftrious pecfon, for whom I conceive that help and
and decermine che whol cafe, and ingenuoufly declare unto you my Opinion couching the fame 5 not chat I may interpofe my Judgment in oppoficion unto che Opinion of chefe grave and learned men3 bucchacI may in fome meafuce gratifie che requeft of this eminent pecfon, and (if Imay any waies
offibly be ferviceable unto him in procuring hisheajch) that I may not in che leaft be wanting in che difcharge of the Duty and Office ofa Chriftian. Ic feemech therefore unto me, chat this illuftcious Lord is difaffe€ted witha twofold kind of Difeafes; the one ofthem moft manifeft, depending upon Caufes chat are commonly known and confeffed: che other occul¢ and fecret, the Caufes whereot are as yet obfcure 5 neither feem they hitherto to be fufficiently expreffed by any. There is manifeftly
very rately fharp and biting ) flowing and falling down uncoche parcs of che mouth, and fomcimes alfo untotheftomack. | There is moreover an excraordinary pain of the lower belly, returning afrefh
Tochefe we may add the Nephritick diftemper, and want of ceft and fleep; this Jatcer being indeed very familiar and, frequenc with him, for he ufually paflech many whol nigbts cogether without fleep 5 and theformer, town, the diftempet of che Kidneys, hath now of a long ume forely croubled him,
Bowels, and the excrenrents of fevera] forcs from thence arifing. For the Brain being overmoift (not
Paris) eogenderech much flegm, there being added unto al this, ina {pecial manner, che confentt of the nacural bowels 5 fomcimes the Liver by its heat elevating many vapors; and fomtimes che fto-
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appearing a Catarrh of matcer that is chick, cenacious, white, oftentimes infipid and taftlefs ¢ and |
afcer long incervalsand Ceffacions, with an aftridtion and coftivenels of the belly, and a certain prie= |) vous and painful fenfe of excenfron and ftrecching about che Region of the Navel, of che Hy pochone | dria, efpecially che left, and fomtimes alfa. of the Loyns; which indeed is wont in great parc to ceale |7 upon the plentiful Evacuation of the Wind, anda {notcy kind of Excrement that comes from him. |
with a rednefs and heat of his Urine, and excretion of fand and gravel with his water. Thecautes of | al which Maladies tc ts moft manifeft chac chey are derived from che evil confticucion of-the internal |
without much weaknefs of che innate hear, congradted by creation of a great wound he received in it at |
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crude juyce the aliment of the whol body, and filling the head; and then witha] che Spleen and ob- ftcucted Mefentery fending upwards many fumes, Sothat rhe flegm heaped up in che head, partly by its great plenty, and ics own weight, maketh it felf a way and paffage'uncothe parts lying underneach; and partly chruft forth by the ftrengch and att of theexpulfive faculty ic rufhech unto. che mouth and ftomach, loofeneth che teeth in che Gumis, and befides exciceth and caufeth very much trouble and pain in the {wallowing, The fame (being much encreafed 1n the ftomach, by reatun of is own proper diftemper) caufech in him the lois of his Appetice 5 and from the agitation and weaknels of che heat it produceth extream windinets ; as alfoa pain of the Inteftines, with a Coftivenels of che belly, by reafon efpecially of the hindered contraG&tion of che cranfverte fibres diftended by windinef:s
, by which faid Contraction the detcenc of the Dreggs is very much futthered, Butchebotter Kabit of
the aduft blood, and both the Cholers, arifing from che Liver and che obftructed places, greatly dis fturberh his fleep,efpecially in che night time; by whichic cometh co pafs that from the retiring of che Spirits and che blood unro che internal parts the Evaporations become fomuch the preacer. Neicher is i¢c any wonder at al chac fomcimes likewife there is kindled a Feaver, noc only an every day Feaver by reaion of the vehemency of the pain, but alfoa Periodical Feaverrefembling the Nagure of afpa- rious Tertian, in regard that che obftructions being fomtimes augmented, great {tore Of excrements (and thofe very different one fromthe other) ofal forcs, niirgled together one wich anocher, are very eafily corrupted. And moreover alfo the {mal {and and pravel may very wel happen to prow togee ther from chis manifold filch communicated unto the over hot Kidneys, and there retained, by the Wae fing of che more thin parts by the extraordinary great heac ; and the Nephrizick pain may likewife be peneraced by cheabundant matter impacted in the Uteters, and not having an ealie and {peedy motion. | :
But of the occult and hidden Difeafes, fome of them are fimply fuch 5 touching the exifte: ce wher of we may very weldoubr : and others of them are occulc only in regard ot thew Effence and Nattire 5 fince that it is not in che leaft co be controverced, whether or nothis illuftrious Lord be aflidted with chem; a cruth fo obvious and manifeft. Simply occult is chat Witchcrafr, of which this iuttcious perfon hath very rational and probable grounds co fufpect char ichach been practifed upon bins in regard chac (ashe relateth) there have been often found in his bed {trange and admirable Magical Figures, of Bones, of Wax, and of other matter 5 a alfo fuch like Signs and Characters as Enchan- ters and Wizards are wont co abule in deftroying chole they bewitch: andin regard likewife that he had moft powerfuland moft implacable Enemies, by whom he doubcéeth not but chat his ruine and deftruétion hath by al kinds of wiles, wicked arts, and inventions, been atrempred. Since therefore ig as confeffed by althat by Wirchcraft bodies.may in avatious manner be chengeds and chat thereby there often happen the very fame effects chat are wont ro follow hkewife upon the natural mocions of the humor in the body ill affected hence tc is that Phyfitians can have no proper figns whéreby they may conftantly difcover, and abfolurely decetmine whecher sere be any Witchcrafe practifed oc
nog. And chis is now alcogether the cafe of chis moft illuftrious perfon. For there is none (liuppofe) .
unte(s he be eicher a mere Dolt, of one chat hath oo good opinion of Canftian Philofophy, chat wil dare to doubs whecher or no the related fufpicions may not frequently accompany Wicchcraft 5 fothae hereupon chac there isin this prefenc cafe no pratticé of N agick and Enchantment, can by no evidenc Argument poffibly be convinced. But if haply aby one thal objeét and fay, That che aforefaid doube is altopecher needlefs and impertinent, fince that al thofe Accidents thac the Patience fuffereth may very wel be referred unto the various, and thofe likewile fufficiencly manifeft vices of che bumors.; lez fuch a one know, chat fuch as are varioufly affected from a fupernatural Caufle, alchough che effects. proceeding cherefrom may feemtobe natural; yet notwithftanding they cannot by the aid and affie fkance of the Phyfitians (0 eafily be corrected and kept under, as chofe may chac are vitiated, and de~ rive cheir depraved power and violence from fome Natural and fenfible Caufe: fo thar, albeit the knowledg of Witchcraft makech not much for che attaining ofthe next and immediate Caufe of the Difeafe 5 yet neverthelefs ic heJpech very much in foretelling the facility of the Cure, and prelaging the iffue and event ofthe Difeafe. Jwouldto God that chis noble perfon were alcogether free from this infection; which doth indeed render the Cure of che Difeafe moft pertinactous in al refpects, and moft intricate and difficule. But there are cwo otber occult Maladies, with the which I plainly afficm thac this noble perfonis affected, co wit, cheScurvey, and the Plica; the Nature of which
“Maladies asic is abftcufe, and hixherunto never fufficiencly demonfiraced by any, fo che accidents, therein happening are moft manifeft. Andin very deed (chat fo for brevities fake I may pa{s over
the many ocher notes and figns) al men generally acknowledg and confefs, chac the Plica arifech from
the inexplicable and incangled Locks of the Flair; but yec chey are altopether ignorant of che proper Caufe thereof, alchough they {peak fomwhat chas is probable touching the common Caufe which yee
neverthelefs cannot be fufficient for the conftituting of che perfect Cure of the faid Malady. . Bue
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