1 Abortion, (to prevent.)

1. USE daily a Decoction of Lignum Guaiacum.

2. For an Ague. ^‡

2. Go into the Cold Bath just before the Cold Fit.

3. Or. take a Handful of Groundsell, shred it small, put it into a Paper Bag, four Inches square, pricking that Side which is to be next the Skin, full of Holes. Cover this with a thin Linen, and wear it on the Pit of the Stomach, renewing it two Hours before the Fit: Tried.

4. Or, apply a Handful of Yarrow in like Manner:

5. Or, a large Onion slit:

6. Or, boil Yarrow in new Milk, 'till it is tender enough to spread as a Plaister. An Hour before the cold Fit, apply this to the Wrists, and let it be on 'till the hot Fit is over. If another Fit comes, use a fresh Plaister: this often cures a Quartan.

7. Or, drink a Quart of cold Water, just before the cold Fit. Then go to Bed and sweat:

[Page 20]8. Or, make six middling Pills of Cobwebs, Take one a little before the cold Fit: Two a little before the next Fit: The other three, if Need be, a little before the third Fit. I never knew this fail:

9. Or, two Tea-spoonfuls of Sal Prunellae an Hour before the Fit. It commonly cures in thrice taking:

10. Or, a Teasspoonful of Spirits of Hartshorn, in a Glass of Water:

11. Or, eat a Lemon, Rind and all:

12. Or, drink a Pint of Decoction of Camomile, sweeten'd with Treacle. Take it warm in Bed, and sweat two Hours.

IT is proper to take a gentle Vomit before you use any of these Me­dicines. If this is taken two Hours before the Fit is expected it generally prevents that Fit, and sometimes cures an Ague: Especially in Children.—It is also proper to repeat the Me­dicine (whatever it be) about a Week after, in order to pre­vent a Relapse.

3. A Tertian Ague. ^‖

13. Boil a Handful of Ribwort in Whey. Drink this warm an Hour before the Fit comes, and lie down and sweat.:

14. Or, use the Cold Bath. (Unless you are of an advan­ced Age, or extreamly weak) But when you use this, on any Account whatever, it is proper,

1. To bleed or purge, before you begin;

2. To go in cool; to immerge at once; to stay in only two or three Minutes, (or less at first.)

3. Never to bathe on a full stomack:

4. To bathe twice or thrice a Week at least, 'till you have bathed nine or ten Times:

5. To sweat immediately after it (going to Bed) in Palsies Rickets, and all Diseases wherein the Nerves are obstructed:

6. You may use yourself to it, without any Danger, by be­ginning in May, and at first just plunging in, and coming out immediately. Tho' many have begun in Winter, without any Inconvenience.

4. A Quarian Ague. ^‡

15. Apply to the Suture of the Head, when the Fit is co­ming, Wall July Flowers, beating together Leaves and Flowers with a little Salt. Keep it on 'till the hot Fit is over. Repeat this if need be.

16. Use strong Exercise (as Riding or Walking, as far as you can bear it) an Hour or two before the Fit. If possible, con­tinue it 'till the Fit begins. This alone will frequently cure.

17. Or, apply to the Wrists a Plaister of Turpentine: Or of bruised Garlick:

18. Or, of bruised Pepper, mixt with Treacle.

5. St. Anthony's Fire. ^*

19. Take a Glass of Tar-Water warm in Bed, every Hour washing the Part with the same.

Tar-Water is made thus.—Put a Gallon of cold Water to a Quart of Norway Tar. Stir them together with a flat Stick for five or six Minutes. After it has stood cover'd for three Days, pour off the Water clear, bottle and cork it.

20. Or, drink a Pint of Sea-Water every Morning for seven Days. It seldom fails.

21. Or, take a Decoction of Elder-Leaves, as a Sweat;

22. Or, of wild Thyme, applying to the Part a Cloth dipt in Lime Water, mixt with a little camphorated Spirits of Wine.

Lime-Water is made thus.—Infuse a Pound of good quick Lime, in six Quarts of Spring Water for twenty-four Hours. De­cant and keep it for Use.

23. Or, take two or three gentle Purges. No acute Fever bears repeated Purges better than this, especially when it affects the Head.

Or, (using the Internal Medicine at the same Time) apply a Plaister of Venice Treacle:

25. Or, wash it with Water wherein Bran is boiled:

[Page 22]26. Or, boil a Handfull of Sage, two Handfulls of Elder­leaves (or Bark) and an Ounce of Allum in two Quarts of Forge Water, to a Pint. Anoint with this every Night.

6. The Apoplexy. ^‡

27. To prevent, use the Cold Bath, and drink only Water.

28. In the Fit, blow Powder of white Helebore up the Nose, and fix a Cupping Glass, without scarifying, to the Nape of the Neck and another to each Shoulder. But send for a good Physician immediately.

29. If the Fit be soon after a Meal, do not bleed, but vomit.

30. Rub the Head, Feet, and Hands strongly, and let two strong Men carry the Patient upright, backwards and for­wards about the Room.

31. A Seton in the Neck, with low Diet, has often preven­ted a Relapse.

7 Canine Apetite. ^*

32. "If it be without Vomiting, is often cured by a small Bit of Bread dipt in Wine, and applied to the Nostrils." Dr. Schomberg.

8 The Asthma. ^‖

33. Take a Pint of cold Water every Night, as you lie down in Bed:

34. Or, a Pint of cold Water every Morning, washing the Head therein immediately after and using the Cold Bath once a Fortnight:

35. Or, half a Pint of Tar-Water twice a Day:

36. Or, drink a Pint of Sea-Water every Morning:

37. Or, live a Fortnight on boiled Carrots only. It seldom fails.

38. Or, a Spoonful of Nettle-juica, mixt with clarified Honey

39. Or, take an ounce of Quicksilver every Morning, and a Spoonful of the Gas of Sulpher, in a large Glass of Spring-Water at Five in the Evening, and at Bed-time, 'till you are well. I

[Page 23]40. For present Relief, Vomit with a Quart or more of warm Water. The more you drink of it the better.

Do this whenever you find any Motion to vomit, and take Care always to keep your Body open.

9. A Dry Convulsive Asthma.

41. Juice of Radishes relieves much; so does

42. A Cup of strong Coffee.

43. Or, Garlick, either raw or preserved, or in Syrup:

44. Or, Tea made with Hyssop, Ground-Ivy, Daisy-Flowers and Liquorish:

45. Drink a Pint of new Milk Morning and Evening. — That has cured an inveterate Asthma.

46. Use the Cold Bath thrice a Week:

47. Or, beat fine Saffron small, and take eight or ten Grains every Night:

48. Or, dry and powder a Toad. Make it into small Pills, and take one every Hour 'till the Convulsions cease.

49. In any Asthma, the best Drink is Apple-Water.

10. To cure Baldness.

50. Rub the Part Morning and Evening, with Onions, 'till it is red; and rub it afterwards with Honey.

11. Bleeding at the Nose (to prevent.)

51. Drink Whey largely eve [...] Morning, and eat Raisins much

52. Or, apply to the N [...] behind and on each Side, a Cloath dipt in cold-Water:

53. Or, wash the Temples, Nose and Neck with Vinegar:

54. Or, chew Nettle-Root, spitting out the Juice:

55. Hold a red-hot Poker under the Nose:

56. Or, steep a Linen Rag in sharp Vinegar, burn it, and blow it up the Nose with a Quill.

12. Bleeding of a Wound.

57. Make tight Ligatures on the Arms:

58. Or, apply Top of Nettles bruised:

59. Or, Leaves of All-heal bruised: I.

60. Or, spread the Ashes of a Linen Cloath thick on ano­ther Linnen Cloath, and apply it:

[Page 24]61. Or, strew on it the Ashes of a Linnen Rag, dipt in sharp Vinegar and [...]t:

62. Or take [...] Puff-Balls. Break them warily and save the Powder. Strew this on the Wound and bind it on. I — This will absolutely stop the Bleeding of an amputated Limb without any Cantery.

13. Spitting Blood.

63. Take half a pint of stew'd Prunes, at lying down for two or three Nights:

64. Or, a Glass of Decoction of Onions:

65. Or, four Spoonfuls of Juice of Nettles every Morning; and a large Cup of Decoction of Nettles at Night for a Week:

66. Take frequently a spoonful of the Juice of Nettles and Plantain Leaves, mixt and sweetened with Sugar Candy:

67. Or, three Spoonfuls of Sage-juice in a little Honey. This presently stops either spitting or vomiting Blood:

68. Or, half a Tea-spoonful of Barbadoes Tar on a Lump of Loaf Sugar at night. It commonly cures at Once.

14. Vomiting Blood.

69. Take three Spoonfuls of Sage-juice in Honey.

70. Or, two Spoonfuls of Nettle-juice.— (This also dissolves Blood coagulated in the Stomach.)

71. Or, one Spoonful of the Juice of Quinces:

72. Or, a Quarter of a Pint of Decoction of Nettles and Plan­tane two or three Times a Day.

15. To dissolve coagulated Blood.

73. Bind on the Part for some Hours a Paste made of Black Soap and Crumbs of white Bread:

74. Or, grated Root of Burdock spread on a Rag: Renew this twice a Day.

16. Boils.

75. Apply a little Venice Turpentine:

76. Or, a Plaister of Honey and Wheat-Flour:

77. Or, of Figs:

78. Or, a little Saffron in a white Bread Poultis.— 'Tis proper to purge also.

17. Hard Breasts.

79. Apply Turnips roasted 'till soft, then mash'd and mixt with a little Oil of Roses. Change this twice a Day, keep­ing the Breast very warm with Flannel.

18. Sore Breasts and swell'd.

80. Boil a Handful of Camomile and as much Mallows in Milk and Water. Foment with it between [...] Flannels as hot as can be borne every twelve Hours. I also dis­solves any Knob or Swelling in any Part.

19. A Bruise.

81. Immediately apply Treacle spread on brown Paper:

82. Or, clarified Honey:

83. Or, rub it with one Spoonful of Oil of Turpentine and two of Neats-foot Oil:

84. Or, apply a plaister of chopt Parsley mixt with Butter:

85. Or, a Fomentation of Verjuice and Camomile Flowers

20. To prevent Swelling from a Bruise.

86. Immediately apply a Cloth, five or six Times double, dipt in cold Water, and new dipt when it grows warm.

21. To cure a swelling from a Bruise.

87. Foment it half an Hour, Morning and Evening, wit [...] Cloths dipt in Water, as hot as you can bear:

88. Or, apply Sea-weed.

22. A Burn or Scald.

89. Immediately plunge the Part into cold Water. Keep it in an Hour, if not well before. Perhaps four or five Hours:

90. Or, if the part cannot be dipt, apply a Cloth four Times doubled, dipt in cold Water, changing it when it grows warm:

91. Or, apply a bruised Onion:

92. Or, Tincture of Myrrh:

93. Or, Oil and Parsley stampt together:

[Page 26]94. Or, apply Oil, and strew on it powder'd Ginger,

23. A deep Burn or Scald.

95. Apply black Varnish with a Feather 'till it is well:

96. Or, inner Rind of Elder well mixt with fresh Butter. When this is bound on with a Rag, plunge the Part into cold Water. This will suspend the Pain 'till the Medicine heals.

24. A Cancer in the Breast. ^†

97. Use the Cold Bath. (This has cured many.) This has cured Mrs. Bates of Leicestershire, of a Cancer in her Breast, a Consumption, a Sciatica, and Rheumatism, which she had near twenty Years.—She bathed daily for a Month and drank only Water.

Generally where Cold Bathing is necessary to cure any Disease, Water drinking is so, to prevent a Relapse.

98. If it be not broke, apply a piece of Sheet-lead beat ve­ry thin, and pricked full of Pin-holes, for Days or Weeks to the whole Breast.—Purges should be added every third or fourth Day:

99. Or, take a mellow Apple, cut off the Top, take out the Core, fill the Hole with Hogs-grease; then cover it with the Top and roast the Apple thoroughly, take off the Pa­ring, beat the Pap well, spread it thick on Linnen, and lay it warm on the sore, putting a bladder over it.—Change this every twelve or twenty-four Hours:

100. Take Horses-Spurs and dry them by the Fire 'till they will beat to a Powder. Sift and infuse two Drams in two Quarts of Ale; drink half a Pint every six Hours, new Milk warm—It has scured many.

101. Or, Apply Goose-dung and Celandine beat well together, and spread on a fine Rag. It will both cleanse and heal the Sore.

102. Or a Poultis of wild Parsnips; Flowers, Leaves and Stalks, changing it Morning and Evening.

[Page 27]103. Or, live three Months on Apples and Applewater:

104. Or, take half a Dram of Venice-Soap twice a Day:

405. Or, take Brimstone and Gas of Sulphur, as Art. 39.— This has cured one far advanced in Years.

25. A Cancer in any other Part.

106. Apply red Onions bruised:

107. Or, make a Plaister of Roch-Allum, Vinegar and Honey equal Quantities, with Wheat-flour. Change it every twelve Hours. It often cures in three or four Days:

108. Or, stamp the Flowers, Leaves and Stalks of wild Parsnips, and apply them as a Plaister, changing it every twelve Hours. It usually cures in a few Days.

26. Cancer in the Mouth.

109. Boil a few Leaves of Succory, Plantane and Rue, with a Spoonful of Honey, for a Quarter of an Hour. Gargle with it often in an Hour. I.

110. Or, with Vinegar and Honey wherein half an Ounce of Roch-Allum is boiled:

111. Or, take an Ounce of Flour of Sulphur, and half an Ounce of Roch-Allum finely powder'd. Mix these well together with pure Honey, and apply often.

27. Chilblains (to prevent.)

112. Wear Flannel Socks:

113. Or, wash the Hands with Flour of Mustard.

28. Chilblains (to cure.)

114. Apply Salt and Onions pounded together:

115. Or, a Poultis of roasted Onions hot. Keep it on two or three Days, if not cured sooner:

116. Or, hot Turnip-parings roasted, changing them twice or thrice a Day.

117. Wash them (if broke) with Tincture of Myrrh in a lit­tle Water.

29. Chin-Cough or Hooping-Cough.

118. Use the Cold Bath daily:

[Page 28]119. Or, rub the Feet thoroughly with Hog's-lard, before the Fire, at going to Bed, and keep the Child warm therein:

120. Or, rub the Back at lying down with old Rum. It sel­dom fails.

121. Or, give a spoonful of Juice of Penny-royal mixt with brown Sugar-candy, twice a Day:

122. Or, half a Pint of Milk warm from the Cow with the Quantity of a nutmeg of Conserve of Roses dissolv'd in it every Morning.

30. Cholrea Morbus, i. e. Flux and Vomiting.

123. Drink two or three Quarts of cold Water, if strong; of warm Water, if weak:

124. Or, boil a Chicken an Hour in two Gallons of Water, and drink of this 'till the Vomiting ceases.

31. Chopt Hands (to prevent.)

125. Wash them with Flour of Mustard: I

126. Or, in Bran and Water boiled together:

127. To cure, wash with soft Soap mixt with red Sand:

128. Apply Oil of Myrrh.

32. Chopt Lips.

129. Apply a little Sal Prunellae.

33. A Cold.

130. Drink a Pint of cold Water lying down in Bed:

131. Or a Spoonful of Treacle in half a Pint of Water:

132. Or, to one Spoonful of Oatmeal and one Spoonful of Honey, add a Piece of Butter of the Bigness of a Nutmeg: Pour on gradually near a Pint of boiling Water; drink this lying down in Bed.

34. A Cold in the Head.

133. Pare very thin the yellow Rind of an Orange. Roll it up inside out and thrust a Roll into each Nostril.

35. The Colick (in the Fit.)

134. Drink a Pint of cold Water:

135. Or a Quart of warm Water:

136. Or, as largely as possible of warm Tar-Water:

137. Or, a Pint of Water in which a red hot Flint is quenched:

138. Or, drink largely of Camomile-Tea:

139. Or, of Decoction of Mallows:

140. Or take thirty Drops of Spirit of Turpentine, in a Glass of Water:

141. Or from two Scruples to half a Dram of Yellow-peel of Oranges powder'd, in a Glass of Water:

142. Or beat together into a Cake one Part of stoned Raisins of the Sun, and three Parts of Juniper-B [...]rries; eat more or less according to the Pain:

143. Or, take from forty to a hundred Drops of Oil of A­nise-seed, on a Lump of Sugar:

144. Or, apply outwardly a Bag of hot Oats.

36. Colick in Children.

145. Give a Scruple of powder'd Anise-seed in their Meat.

37. A Billious Colick. ^‖

146. Give a Spoonful of sweet Oil every Hour.— This has cured one, judged to be at the Point of Death.

147. Or, boil an Ounce of bruised Anise-seed in two Quarts of Water, 'till half is boiled away. When it is cool, in­fuse an Ounce of Manna, and four Drams of Glauber's Salts. Drink as much of it as you can.

38. An Habitual Colick.

148. Wear a thin soft Flannel on the Part.

39. An Hysterick Colick. ^‡

149. Mrs. Watts, by using the Cold Bath two and twenty Times in a Month, was entirely cured of an Hysterick [Page 30] Colick, Fits, and convulsive Motions, continual Sweatings and Vomiting, wandering Pains in her Limbs and total Loss of Appetite.

150. In the Fit, drink half a Pint of Water with a little Wheat-flour in it, and a Spoonful of Vinegar:

151. Or a Glass full of Vinegar:

152. Or take 20, 30 or 40 Drops of Balsam of Peru in fine Sugar: If need be, take this twice or thrice a Day:

153. Or, in Extremity, boil three Ounces of Burdock-Seed in Water, which give as a Clyster:

154. Or, five Grains of Laudanam, in any proper Clyster, which thus injected gives instant Ease.

40. A Nervous Colick. ^*

155. Use the Cold Bath daily for a Month:

156. Or, take Quicksilver and Gas of Sulphur, daily for a Month: As Art. 39.

41. Colick from the Fumes of Lead, or White Lead, Verdigrease, &c.

157. In the fit, drink fresh melted Butter, and then vomit with warm Water.

158. Or, give Clysters of Oil or fat Broth.

159. To prevent or cure, breakfast daily on fat Broth, and use Oil of sweet Almonds frequently and largely.

42. A Consumption.

160. Cold Bathing has cured many deep Consumptions.

161. One in a deep Consumption was advised to drink no­thing but Water and eat nothing but Water-gruel, without Salt or Sugar. In three Months Time he was perfectly well.

162. Take on Food but new Butter-Milk, churn'd in a Bot­tle, and White Bread.—I have known this successful:

163. Or, boil two Handfuls of Sorrel in a Pint of Whey. Strain it, and drink a Glass thrice a Day:

164. Or take a Spoonful of Syrup of Fox-glove, Morning and Evening:

[Page 31]165. Or, turn a Pint of skim'd Milk with half a Pint of small Beer. Boil in this Whey, about twenty Ivy-leaves, and two or three Sprigs of Hyssop. Drink half over Night, the rest in the Morning. Do this if needful for two Months daily.—This has cured in a desperate Case.

166. Or, take a Cow-heel from the Tripe-house ready drest, two Quarts of new Milk, two Ounces of Hartshorn-shavings two Ounces of Ising-glass, a Quarter of a Pound of Sugar-candy, and a Race of Ginger. Put all these in a Pot; and set them in an Oven after the Bread is drawn. Let it con­tinue there 'till the Oven is near cold; and let the Patient live on this.—I have known this cure a deep consumption more than once.

167. Or, every Morning cut up a little Turf of fresh Earth, and, lying down, breath into the Hole for a Quarter of an Hour.—I have known a deep Consumption cured thus.

168. Or, take half a Pint of skim'd Milk▪ put one Spoon­ful of the best Rum, sweetened with a little Sugar or Su­gar of Roses; take it new Milk warm, lying in Bed an Hour after it: And use for common Drink eight Parts Wa­ter, three Parts skim'd Milk, one Part Rum, sweetened with a little Sugar.

169. "Mr. Masters of Evesham, was so far gone in a Con­sumption, that he could not stand alone. I advised him to lose six Ounces of Blood, every Day for a Fortnight, if he lived so long; and then every other Day; then every third Day; then every fifth Day, for the same Time. In three Months he was well."—Dr. Dover.

170. Or, throw Frankinsence on burning Coals, and receive the Smoke daily thro' a proper Tube into the Lungs:

[...]71. Or smoke Bals [...] of Tulo, like Tobacco.

43. Convulsions.

172. Use the Cold Bath:

173. Or, take a Tea-spoonful of Valerian-root powder'd in a Cup of Water every Evening:

174. Or, half a Dram of Misselto powder'd, every six Hours [...]nking after it a Draught of strong Infusion thereof.

44. Convulsions in Children.

175. Scrape Piony Roots fresh digged. Apply what you have scraped off to the Soles of the Feet. It helps immediately.

45. Convulsions in the Bowels of Children.

176. Give a Child a Quarter old, a Spoonful of the Pel­litory of the Wall, two or three Times a Day. It goes thro' at once, but purges no more. Use Syrup, if Juice can­not be had.

46. Corns (to prevent.)

177. Wash the Feet often in cold Water.

47. Corns (to cure.)

178. Apply fresh every Morning the Yeast of small Beer, spread on a Rag:

179. Or boil the Juice of Radishes, 'till it is thick enough to spread as a Plaister. Shift it as it grows dry:

180. Or, cleanse from Earth the Root and Herb of Houseleek; crush it with your Fingers and apply it. Renew it every three Hours, for twenty four Hours: I.

181. Or, apply fresh Ivy-leaves daily, and in fifteen Days they will drop out.

48. Costiveness.

182. Rise early every Morning:

183. Or, boil in a Pint and half of Broth, half a Handful of Mallow-leaves chopt: Strain this and drink it before you eat any Thing else. Do this frequently if needful:

184. Or, breakfast twice a Week or oftner, on Water-gruel with Currants:

185. Or take the Bigness of a large Nutmeg of Cream of Tar­tar, mixt with Honey, as often as you need.

49. A Cough.

186. Drink a Pint and a half of cold Water lying down in Bed:

187. Or mix on Ounce of Linseed Oil, with an Ounce of white Sugar-candy powder'd, and take a Tea-spoonful whenever the Cough comes:

[Page 33]188. Or, make a Hole thro' a Lemon and fill it with Honey. Roast it, and catch the Juice. Take a Tea-spoonful of this frequently:

189. Every Cough is a dry Cough at first. As long as it con­tinues so, it may be cured by chewing immediately after you cough, the Quantity of a Pepper-corn of Peruvian-Bark. Swallow your Spittle as long as it is bitter, and then spit out the Wood. If you cough again, do this again. It very seldom fails to cure any dry Cough.

50. An Astmatick Cough.

190. Take Spanish Liquorice two Ounces, Salt of Tartar half an Ounce: Boil the Liquorice in three Pints of Water to a Quart.—Add the Salt to it when it is Blood warm. Drink two Spoonfuls of this every two Hours.—It seldom fails.

51. A Consumptive Cough.

191. Slit ten or twelve Raisins of the Sun, take out the Stones, and fill them up with the small tender Tops of Rue. Take these early every Morning, fasting two or three Hours after:

192. Or, boil a Pound of Raisins stoned in a Quart of old Verjuice to about a Pint. Then add a Pound of brown Su­gar-candy, and let it simmer into a Syrup. Take near a Spoonful every three or four Hours.

193. To stop it for a Time, at lying down keep a little stick Liquorish shaved like Horse-radish, between the Cheek and the Gums.—I believe this never fails.

52. A Convulsive Cough.

194. Eat preserv'd Walnuts:

195. Or, boil a Handful of Bay-leaves in Milk, turn this with white Wine, and drink a Draught of the Whey often.

53. An Inveterate Cough.

196. Wash the Head in cold Water every Morning:

197. Or, use the Cold Bath.—It seldom fails:

198. Or, take half a Pint of Decoction of Onions Morning and Evening;

[Page 34]199. Or, a Spoonful of Juice of Onions:

200. Or, take peel'd Turnips three Pounds, Sugar one Pound, put them in an Earthen Pot close cover'd for twenty-four Hours. Strain the Juice and take two or three Spoonfuls Morning and Evening:

201. Or, mix the Juice of boil'd Turnips with fine powder'd Sugar candy, 'till it is a Kind of Syrup. Swallow a little of it Drop by Drop from Time to Time:

202. Or, take a Spoonful of Syrup of Horehound Morning and Evening:

203. Or, put a Scruple of Sperma-Ceti into the Yolk of a new laid Egg, and sup it up in the Morning fasting.

54. A Pleuritick Cough.

204. Powder an Ounce of Sperma-Ceti fine. Work it in a Marble Mortar with the Yolk of a new-laid Egg. Mix them in white Wine, and take a small Glass every three Hours.

55. A Tickling Cough.

205. Drink Water whiten'd with Oatmeal four Times a Day:

206. Or, keep a Piece of Barley-Sugar or Sugar-candy con­stantly in your Mouth.

56. Violent Coughing from a sharp thin Rheum.

207. Work into old Conserve of Roses, as much as you can of pure Olibanum, powder'd as fine as possible. Take a Bolus of this twice or thrice a Day. It eases presently, and cures in two or three Weeks:

208. Or, use Milk-diet as much as possible.

57. The Cramp (to prevent.)

209. Tie your Garter tight under your Knee at going to Bed:

210. Or be electrified thro' the Part which uses to be affected. This generally prevents it for a Month Sometimes for a Twelve Month.

58. The Cramp (to cure.)

211. Stretch out the Limb immediately:

[Page 35]212. Or stretch out the opposite Arm and clench the Fist:

213. Or, chafe the Part with Hungary-Water:

214. Or, with rectified Spirits of Wine:

215. Or, apply boiled Nettles hot:

216. Or, take half a Pint of Tar-water Morning and Even­ing.

59. A Cut.

217. Keep it closed with your Thumb a Quarter of an Hour. Then double a Rag five or six Times; dip it in cold Wa­ter, and bind it on.

60. Deafness.

218. Be electrified thro' the Ear:

219. Or, use the Cold Bath:

220. Or, drop into the Ear a Tea-spoonful of salt Water:

221. Or, of Juice of Ground-Ivy:

222, Or, three or four Drops of Onion-juice at lying down, and stop it with a little Wool.

61. Deafness from Wa [...].

223. Syringe the Ear with warm Sage-tea:

224. Or, put in wild Mint bruised, with the Juice, changing it often.

62. Deafness with Head-ach and Buzzing in the Head.

225. Peel a Clove of Garlick; dip it in Honey, and put it in­to your Ear at Night with a little black Wool. Lie with that Ear uppermost. Put the same in the other Ear the next Night. Do this, if need be, eight or ten Days.

63. A Settled Deafness.

226. Take a red Onion, pick out the Core; fill up the Place with Oil of roasted Almonds. Let it stand a Night: then bruise and strain it. Drop three or four Drops into the Ear, Morning and Evening, and stop it with black Wool.

64. To cause an easy Delivery.

227. Peel, slice and fry a large white Onion in two or three Spoonfuls of the best Oil, till it is tender, Boil this with half a Glass of Water: Strain and drink it in the Morning fasting, for two or three Weeks before the Time of Child­birth.

65. A Diabetes. ^*

228. Drink Wine boiled with Ginger, as much and as often as your Strength will bear. Let your Drink be Milk and Water. All Milk Meats are good:

229. Or, drink three or four Times a Day a Quarter of a Pint of Allum Posset-drink.— Putting three Drams of Allum to four Pints of Milk.—It seldom fails to cure in eight or ten Days. Dr. Mead.

66. The Dropsy. ^‡

230. Use the Cold Bath daily, after purging:

23 [...]. Or, drink nothing but Lemonade: i. e. Lemon, Sugar and Water:

232. Or, take as much as lies on a Six-pence of powder'd Lawrel-leaves, every second and third Day. It works both Ways.

233. Or, mix half an Ounce of Amber with a Quart of Wine Vinegar. Heat a Brick (only red hot) and put it into a Tub. Pour them upon it, and hold the Parts swell'd over the Smoak, covering the Tub close, to keep in the Smoak. The Water will come out incredibly, and the Patient be cured:

234. Or, cover the whole Belly with a large new Sponge dipt in strong Lime-water, and then squeezed out. This bound on, often cures, even without any sensible Evacu­ation of Water:

235. Or, apply green Dock-leaves to the Joints and Soles of the Feet, changing them once a Day▪

[Page 37]236. Or, abstain from all drink for thirty Days. To ease your Thirst hold often on your Tongue, a thin small Slice of toasted Bread dipt in Brandy; [...], wash the Mouth with Juice of Lemons.

237. Tar-water drank twice a day has cured many:

238. Or, eat a Crust of Bread every Morning fasting:

239. Or, drink half a Pint of Sea-Water, Morning and Even­ing:

240. Or, mix a Pound of the coarsest Sugar with a Pint of Juice of Pellitory of the Wall bruised in a Marble Mortar. Boil it as long as any Scum rises. When cool, bottle and cork it. If very bad, take three Spoonfuls at Night, and two in the Morning.—It seldom sails:

241. Take a Spoonful of the Juice of Artichoke-leaves, Morn­ing and Evening:

242. Or, three Spoonfuls of the Juice of Leeks and Elder-leaves: I.

243. Or, half a Pint of Decoction of Butchers Broom, inter­mixing Purges twice or thrice a Week. The proper Pur­ges is ten Grains of Jalap with six of powder'd Ginger. It may be encreas'd or l [...]ssn'd according to the Strength of the Patient:

244. Or, take a Spoonful of whole Mustard-seed, Night and Morning, and drink on it half a Pint of Decoction of green Broom-tops. This works both by Stool and Urine:

245. Or, boil two Handfuls of Elder-roots in a Quart of Wa­ter. Strain it and drink a large Glass thrice a Day for thir­ty Days. It frequently cures in that Time.

67. The Ear-Ach.

246. Rub the Ear hard for a Quarter of an Hour:

247. Or, be electrified:

248. Or, apply to it a hot Roll:

249. Or, put in a roasted Fig, as hot as may be:

250. Or, blow the Smoak of Tobacco strongly into it:

251. Or, drop in Juice of Goose-Grease.

68. Ear-Ach from Cold.

252. Boil Rue, or Rosemary, or Garlick, and let the Steam go into the Ear thro' a Funnel.

69. Ear-Ach from Heat.

253. Apply Cloths four Times doubled and dipt in cold Wa­ter, changing them when warm, for half an Hour.

70. Ear-Ach from Worms.

254. Drop in warm Milk, and it brings them out:

255. Or, Juice of Wormwood, which kills them:

256. Or, Oil of bitter Almonds.

71. Noise in the Ears.

257. Drop in Juice of Onions:

258. Or, fill them with with bruised Hyssop.

72. Hard Wax in the Ear.

259. Is best dissolv'd by warm Water.

73. Eyes blear'd.

260. Drop into them Juice of Crab Apples.

74. A Blood-shot Eye.

261. Apply Linnen Rags dipt in cold Water for two or three Hours:

262. Or, blow in white Sugar-candy finely powder'd:

263. Or, apply boil'd Hyssop as a Poultis.—This has a won­derful Efficacy.

75. A Bruise in the Eye.

264. Apply as a Plaister Conserve of Roses:

265. Or, a Paste of black Soap and white Bread Crums. But take Care it get not into the Eye.

76. Burning Eyes, or hot Rheum.

266. Apply a thick Apple-paring, lying down in Bed.

77. Clouds flying before the Eyes.

267. Take a Dram of powder'd Betony every Morning.

78. Blindness.

268. Is often cured by Cold Bathing:

269. Or, by electrifying.

79. Eyes dim or decay'd.

270. Use Eye-bright Tea daily:

271. Or, powder'd Eye bright, both in Meat and Drink.

80. Dull Sight.

272. Drop in two or three Drops of Juice of rotten Apples often.

81. Films.

273. Dry Zebethum Occidentals; i. e. Stercus humanum. slow­ly; powder it fine, and blow it into the Eye twice or thrice a Day:

274. Or, mix Juice of Ground-ivy with a little Honey, and two or three Grains of Bay Salt. Drop it in Morning and Evening.

82. Hot or Sharp Humors.

275. Beat the White of an Egg into Water, in which mix fine Sugar, and drop it into the Eye:

276. Or drop in Juice of Daisies Morning and Evening:

277. Or, boil a Handful of Bramble-leaves with a little Al­lum in a Quart of Spring Water to a Pint▪ Drop this fre­quently into the Eye. This likewise speedily cures any Sores.

83. Eyes inflam'd.

278. Apply as a Poultis boil'd, roasted or rotten Apples warm:

279. Or, Wormwood-tops with the Yolk of an Egg: This will hardly fail.

280. Or, beat up the White of an Egg with two Spoonfuls of white Rose-water into a white Froth. Apply this on a fine Rag, changing it so that it may not grow dry, till the Eye is well.

84. A Lachrymal Fistula. ^‖

281. Apply a Poultis of fine leaves of Rue:

[Page 40]282. Wash the Eye Morning and Evening with a Decoction of Quince-leaves:

283. Or, take a Dram of Betony-leaves powder'd daily.

85. Pearl in the Eye.

284. Apply a Drop of Juice of Celandine with a Feather thrice a Day:

285. Or, of three-leav'd Grass. It commonly cures in seven Days.

86. White Specks in the Eye.

286. Going to Bed, put a little Ear Wax on the Speck.— This has cured many:

287. Or, a Drop of the Juice of Fennel:

288. Or, of Ivy-juice: Afterwards blow in a little powder'd Loaf-sugar.

87. An excellent Eye-Water.

289. Heat half an Ounce of Lapis Caliminaris red hot, and quench it in half a Pint of French white Wine, and as much white Rose Water: Then Pound it small and infuse it. Shake the Bottle when you use it. It cures Soreness, Weak­ness, and most Diseases of the Eye. I have known it cure total Blindness.

88. Another.

290. Infuse in Lime-Water a Dram of Sal Armoniac pow­der'd, for twelve Hours; then strain and keep it for Use. This also cures most Disorders in the Eyes.

89. Another.

291. Boil very lightly one Spoonful of white Copperas scrap'd and three Spoonfuls of white Salt, in three Pints of Spring Water. When cold bottle it in large Vials without strain­ing. Take up the Vial softly, and put a Drop or two in the Eye Morning and Evening.

It answers the Intention of almost all the proceeding Medicines: It takes away Redness or any Soreness whatever [...] cures Pearls, Rheums, and often Blindness itself.

90. Weak Eyes.

292. Moisten the Eyelids Morning and Evening with compho­rated Spirits of Wine, keeping them shut.

293. Wash the Head daily with cold Water.

91. The Falling Sickness. ^‖

294. Be electrified:

295. Or use the cold Bath for a Month daily:

296. Or, take a Tea-spoonful of Piony Root dried and gra­ted fine, Morning and Evening for three Months:

297. Or, Take a Spoonful of the Juice or Rue, Morning and Evening for a Month:

298. Or, half a Pint of Decoction of Lignum Guaia [...]m, Morning and Evening: I.

299. Or, of Tar water for three Months:

300. Or, take four Drops of Laudanam fasting, for six or seven Mornings:

301. Or, use an entire Milk Diet for three Months. It sel­dom fails:

302. Or, take half a Dram of powder'd Misselto every six Hours, drinking after it a strong Infusion or Misselto: I.

303. Or, the Quantity of a Nutmeg of Conserve of white Piony Root, daily for three Months:

304. In the Fit, blow up the Nose a little powder'd Ginger [...]

305. Or, Leaves of Assarahacco powder'd.

92. The Falling of the Fundament.

306. Apply a Cloth covered thick with Brick Dust:

307. Or, boil a Handful of red Rose Leaves in a Quarter of a Pint of red Wine: Dip a Cloth in it, and apply i [...] as hot as can be borne. Do this 'till all is used.

93. A Falling down of the Womb.

308. May be cured in the Manner last mentioned.

94. A Fever.

309. Drink a Pint and Half of [...]old Water lying down in Bed; [Page 42] I never knew it do Hurt:

310. Or, a large Glass of Tar-water warm, every Hour:

311. The best of all Juleps in a Fever, is this: Toast a large thin Slice of Bread, without Burning; put it hot into a Pint of cold Water; then set it on the Fire till it is pretty hot. In a dry Heat it may be given cold; in a moist Heat warm; the move largely the better:

312. Or, for a Change, use Pippin or Wood-s [...]rrel Tea; Or, Pippin Posset Drink: Or Wood-sorrel Posset Drink:

313. Or, Decoction of Violet-leaves:

314. Or, of Strawberry-leaves:

315. To prevent catching any infectious Fever, do not breath near the Face of the sick Person, neither swallow your Spit­tle while in the Room.

95. A Burning Fever.

316. Stamp a Handful of Leaves of Woodbine; put fair Water to it, and use it cold as a Clyster. It commonly cures in an Hour:

317. Or, smear the Wrists, five or six Inches long with warm Treacle, and cover it with brown Paper.

96. A Continual Fever.

318. If not very violent, take a Dram of Sal Prunellae, every four Hours, in warm Water, till it abates.

97. A Hectick Fever.

319. Drink only thin Water-gruel, or boil'd Milk and Water. The more you drink the better.

98. A High Fever.

320. Attended with a Delirium and Vigilia, has been cured by p [...]nging into cold Water; which is a safe and sure Re­medy in the Beginning of any Fever.

321. Such a Delirium is often cured by applying warm Lamb's Lungs to the Head.

99. An intermitting Fever.

322. Drink warm Lemonade in the Beginn [...] of every [...]it [...] [...] in a few Days:

[Page 43]323. Or, take a Tea-spoonful of Oil of Sulphur in a Cup of Balm Tea, once or twice a Day.

100. A Fever with Pains in the Limbs.

324. Take twenty Drops of Spirit of Hartshorn in a Cup of Water twice or thrice in twenty four Hours:

325. Or, in strong Camomile Tea, lying down in Bed.

101. A Rash Fever.

326. Drink every Hour a spoonful of Juice of Ground-Ivy. It cures in twenty-four Hours.

Use the Decoction, when you have not the Juice.

102. A Slow Fever.

327. Use the cold Bath for two or three Weeks daily.

103. A Fistula.

328. Grind an Ounce of Mercury Sublimate, in a Glass Mor­tar, with a Glass Pestle, as fine as possible. Put it into a Glass Bottle, and pour on it two Quarts of pure Spring Water. Cork it close, and for six Days shake it well eve­ry Hour. Then let it settle for twenty-four Hours. Pour it off clear; filter it in a Glass Funnel; and keep it for Use close stopt. Put a Spoonful of this Water in a Vial, and add two Spoonfuls of pure Spring Water: Shake them well together, and drink it fasting. It works both by Vo­mit and by Stool, but very safely. Keep yourself very warm, and walk as much as you can. The first Time nei­ther eat nor drink 'till two Hours after it has done working. Take this every other Day. In forty Days this will also cure any Cancer, any old Sore, or King's-Evil, broken or unbroken. After the first or second Vomit you may use Water-gruel, as in other Vomits.— Very weak Persons should not use this.

104. A Flux.

329. Use the cold Bath daily, and drink a Draught of Water from the Spring:

330. Or, [...]it over Camomile-Flowers boil'd in Milk:

[Page 44]331 Or, receive the Smoke of Turpentine cast on burning Coals. This cures also the Bloody-Flux, and the Falling of the Fundament:

332. Or drink two or three Quarts of warm Water:

333. Or, put a large brown Toast into three Quarts of Wa­ter, with a Dram of Cochineal, and a Dram of Salt of Worm­wood. Drink it all in as short Time as you conveniently can. This rarely fails to cure all Fluxes, Cholera Morbus, yea, and Inflammations of the Bow [...]:

33 [...]. Or, take a Spoonful of P [...]ntai [...]d bruised, Morning and Evening, 'till it stops:

33 [...]. Or, the Leaves of it boiled in small Broth:

3 [...]. Or, three or four Ounces of [...] Juice:

3 [...]. Or, a small Nutmeg powder'd in the Yolk of an Egg:

33 [...]. Or, a Dram of the Seed of Flux-weed in two or three Spoonfuls of Broth: I▪

33 [...]. Or, ten Grains of Ipecacuanah three Mornings succes­fully.

105. A Bloody Flux.

3 [...]. Apply a Supp [...]ory of Linnen dipt in Aqua Vitae:

3 [...]. Or. drink cold Water as largely as possible, taking no­thing else on the [...] stops:

3 [...]. Or, take a large Apple, and at the Top pick out all the Core, and all up the Place with a Piece of Honey-Comb; ( [...]he Honey being strained out) roast the Apple in Embers and eat it, and this will stop the Flux immediately:

3 [...]. Or, thirty Grains of powder'd Root of Glad-win at [...] or thrice a Week: It is just as good as Rhu­b [...]b in mo [...] Ca [...]es:

3 [...]. Or, D [...]coction of Primrose-leaves Morning and Evening:

3 [...]. Or, g [...]ted Rhubarb, as much as lies on a Shilling, with half as much of of grated Nutmeg, in a Glass of white Wine, [...]ing down every other Night.

106. The Gout in the Stomach.

346. "Dissolve two Drams of Venice Treacle in a Glass of Mountain. After drinking it go to Bed. You will be ea­sier in two Hours, and well in sixteen." Dr. Dover.

34 [...]. Boil a Pug [...]l of Tansey in a Quarter of a Pint of Moun­tain. Drink it in Bed. I believe this never [...]

[Page 45]3 [...]. To prevent its Return, dissolve half an Ounce of Ga [...] Gua [...] [...] two Ounces of Sal Volatile Take a Tea-spoonful [...] every Morning, in a Glass of Spring Wa­ter

107. The Gout in the Foot or Hand.

349. Apply a raw lean Beef-steak. Change it once in twelve Hour, till cured.

108. The Gout in any Limb. ^†

350. Rub the Part with warm Treacle, and then bind on a Flannel smear'd therewith. Repeat this if Need be, once in twelve Hours. This has cured an inveterate Gout:

351. Or, Dry Sage in the Sun for a Day. Apply this, and in one Night it will ease the Pain.

352. Or at Six in the Evening, undress and wrap yourself up in Blankets.— Then put your Legs up to the Knees in Wa­ter, as hot as you can bear it. As it cools. let hot Water be poured in. so as to keep you in a strong Sweat till te [...]. Then go into a Bed well warm'd and sweat till Morning. —I have known this to cure an inveterate Gout.

109. The Gravel.

353. Eat largely of Spinach:

354. Or, drink largely of warm Water sweetned with Honey [...]

355. Or, of Peach have Tea:

356. Or, of Pellitory of the Wall Tea, so sweetned:

357. Or, infuse an Ounce of wild Parsley Seeds in a Pint of white Wine for twelve Days. Drink a Glass of it fasting three Mornings.

110. The Creen Sickness.

358. Take an Ounce of Quick-silver every Morning,—As Art. 39.

[Page 46]359. Or, a Cup of of Decoction of Lignum Guaiacum, Morn­ing and Evening.

111. To kill Animalcula that cause the Gums to waste away from the Teeth.

360. Gargle thrice a Day with Salt and Water.

112. The Head-ach.

361. Rub the Head for a Quarter of an Hour:

362. Or, be electrified:

363. Or, apply to each Temple the thin yellow Rind of a Lemon, newly pared off:

364. Or, pour into the Palm of the Hand a little Brandy, with some Zist of Lemon, and hold it to the Forehead:

365. Or, if you have catched Cold, boil a Handful of Rose­mary in a Quart of Water Put this in a Mug, and hold your Head (cover'd with a Napkin) over the Steam, as hot as you can bear. Repeat this 'till the Pain ceases.

366, Or, drop Juice of Pimper [...]ell into the Ear:

367. Or, snuff up the Nose camphorated Spirits of Lavender:

368. Or, Juice of Ground-Ivy: I.

369. Or, a little Juice of Horse Radish:

370. Or, drink half a Pint of strong Decoction of Ground-Ivy: Morning and Evening.

113. A Chronical Head-ach.

371. Keep your Feet in warm Water a Quarter of an Hour before you go to Bed; for two or three Weeks:

372. Or, wear tender Hemlock-leaves, under the Feet, chang­ing them daily:

373. Or, order a Tea-kettle of cold Water to be poured on your Head every Morning in a slender Stream:

374. Or, apply to the Head bruised Cummin-seed, fried with an Egg:

375. Or, take a large Tea-cup full of Cardus Tea without Sugar fasting for six or seven Mornings:

376. Or, boil Wood-betony in new Milk and strain it. Break­fast on this five or six Weeks. I.

114. Head-ach from Heat.

377. Apply to the Forehead Cloths dipt in cold Water for an Hour:

378. Or, beat white Poppy-seed to Powder; mix this with Yolks of Eggs, and apply it to the Temples and Forehead.

115. A Nervous Head-ach.

379. Dry and powder an Ounce of Marjoram and half an Ounce of Assarabacca; mix them, and take them as Snuff, keeping the Ears and Throat warm. This is of great Use, even in a Cancer:

380. Or, take half a Dram of powder'd Marum Morning and Evening in any Liquid.

116. An Hemicrania. ^‡

381. Use cold Bathing:

382. Or, apply to that Part of the Head shaved, a Plaister that will stick: with a Hole cut in the Middle of it, as big as an Half-penny: Place over that Hole Leaves of Ra­nunculus, bruised and very moist. It is a gentle Blister.

117. Stoppage in the Head.

383. Snuff up Juice of Primrose, keeping the Head warm.

118. The Heart-Burning, ^‖

384. Drink a Pint of cold Water:

385. Or, drink slowly of of decoction of Camomile Flowers:

386. Or, chew five or six Pepper Corns a little; then swallow them:

387. Or, take six Almonds and twelve raw Peas and eat them together:

388. Sometimes a Vomit is needful, of Ipecacuhana, or Car­dus Tea.

119. The Hiccup.

389. Swallow a Mouthful of Water, stopping the Mouth and Ears:

390. O [...] [...] any Thing that makes you sneeze:

[Page 48]391. Or, a little [...]anded Ginger:

392. Or, two or three preserv'd Damsons.

120. Hoarseness.

393. Rub the Soles of the Feet before the Fire, with Garlick and Lard well beaten together, over Night. The Hoarse­ness will be gone next Day:

394. Or, take a Pint of cold Water lying down:

395. Or instead of Supper eat an Apple, and drink half a Pint of Water

396. Or, swallow slowly the Juice of Radishes:

397. Or, take a spoonful of Sage juice Morning and Evening.

121. Hypocondriac and Hysteric Disorders.

398. Use cold Bathing:

399. Or, take an Ounce of Quicksilver every Morning.

122. The Jaundice.

400. Wear Leaves of Celandine upon and under the Feet:

401. Or, take a small Pill of Castile Soap every Morning for eight or ten Days:

402. Or, as much as lies on a Shilling of calcin'd Egg-shells, three Mornings fasting; and walk till you sweat:

403. Or, half a pint of strong Decoction of Nettles:

404. Or, boil a large Burdock root in two Quarts of Water to three Pints. Let it soak therein for twenty four Hours cover'd close. Drink a Draught of this three or four Times. and it will not fail.

123. The Jaundice in Children.

405. Take half an Ounce of fine Rhubarb, powder'd. Mix with it throughly, by long beating two Handfuls of good well cleansed Currants. Of this give a Tea-spoonful every Morning.

124. The Iliac Passion. ^‡

406. Apply warm Flannel soaked in Spirits of Wine:

[Page 49]407. Or, hold a live Puppy constantly on the Belly. —Dr. Sydenham.

408. Or immerge up to the Breast in the warm Bath:

409. Or, take a Decoction of the Seed of Dill in Oil and Water, and then a Bit of Bread dipt in Water:

410. Or, Ounce by Ounce, a Pound or a Pound and a half of Quicksilver.

125. An Impostume,

411. Put the White of two Leeks in a wet Cloth, and so roast them in Ashes, but not too much. Stamp them in a Mortar with a little Hogs-grease. Spread it thick Plas­ter-wise, and apply, changing it every Hour, 'till all the Matter be come out, which it will be in three Times. I.

126. Pain in the Joints.

412. Drink Decoction of Herb Robert, and apply it as a Poul­tis.

127. The Itch. ^*

413. Wash the Parts affected with strong Rum:

414. Or, with strong Decoction of Dock-root for nine or ten Days:

415. Or, of Hyssop, four or five Days:

416. Or, anoint them with black Soap:

417. Or, steep a shirt half an Hour in a Quart of Water mixt with half an Ounce of powder'd Brimstone. Dry it slowly, and wear it five or six Days. Sometimes it needs repeating:

418. Or, mix Powder of white Helebore with Cream for three Days.—Anoint the Joints three Mornings and Evenings. —It seldom fails.

419. Or, mix a little fine Bay Salt, and as much Flour of Brimstone, with a little sweet Oil. Rub it well in the Palm [...] of the Hands, and dry it in.—It commonly cures in three Days.

420. Or, beat together the Juice of two or three Lemons, [Page 50] with the same Quantity of Oil of Roses. Anoint the Parts affected. It cures in two or three Times using:

421. Or, mix an Ounce of Ginger finely powder'd with a Quarter of a Pound of fresh Butter. Use it Morning and Evening.—It cures in four or five Days.

128. The King's Evil. ^‖

422. Take as much Cream of Tartar as lies on a Six-pence, every Morning and Evening:

423. Or, drink for six Weeks half a Pint of a strong Decoc­tion of Devils-hit:

424. Or, of Ground-Ivy:

425. Or, of dead Nettles:

426. Or, of [...]olts-foot: Mean time, apply the Herb beaten up with powder'd Linseed and Hog's-lard, to the Sores, re­newing it twice a Day:

427. Or, use Lime-water for common Drink:

428. Or, the Diet-drink mentioned Art. 538.— I have known this cure one whose Breast was as full of Holes as an Honey-comb:

429. Or, set a Quart of Honey by the Fire to melt. When it is cold, strew into it a Pound and a half of Quick-Lime beat very fine, and searsed through a Hair Sieve. Stir this a­bout till it boil up of itself into a hard Lump. Beat this when cold very fine, and searse it, as before. Take of this as much as lies on a Shilling in a Glass of Water eve­ry Morning fasting; an Hour before Breakfast, at four in the Afternoon, and at going to Bed:

430. Or, take two Spoonfuls of Juice of Water Parsnips, with two Spoonfuls of Milk, every Morning fasting, for the six Summer Months. Two Hours after, breakfast on Water-gruel with a little Bread,

It cures the Scurvey in three Months.

129. Stoppage in the Kidneys.

431. Take twelve Grains of Salt of Amber in a little Water.

130. The Legs inflam'd.

432. Apply Fullers Earth spread on brown Paper: It seldom fails.

433. Or, boiled Turnips mixt with Mutton-suet:

434. Or, rub them with warm Juice of Plantane.

131. Legs sore and running.

435. Wash them in Brandy and apply Elder-leaves, changing them twice a Day. This will dry up all the Sores, though the Leg were like an Honey-comb.—Proved.

132. The Leprosy. ^‡

436. Use the cold-Bath:

437. Or, wash in the Sea often and long:

4 [...]. Or, wash the Parts with Juice of Calamint:

4 [...]. Or, mix well an Ounce of Pomatum, a Dram of powder'd Brimstone, and half an Ounce of Sal Prunelae; and anoint the Parts so long as there is Need:

44 [...]. Or, add a Pint of Juice of Houseleek, and half a Pint of Verjuice, to a Pint and half of Posset drink. Drink up this in twenty four Hours.—It cures also the Quinsey, and all Sorts of white Swellings on the Joints:

44 [...]. Or, drink for a Month a Decoction of Elm-Bark Morn­ing and Evening.

133. The Lethargy.

442. Snuff strong Vinegar up the Nose:

443. Or, Powder of white Hellibore:

444. Or, take half a Pint of Decoction of Savoury, Morning and Evening:

445. Or, of Infusion of Water-Creffes.

134. Lice (to kill.)

446. Sprinkle Spanish Snuff over the Head:

447. Or, wash it with a Decoction of Amaranth.

135. For one seemingly kill'd with Lightning, or a Damp, or Suffocated.

448. Plunge him immediately into cold Water:

449. Or, blow strongly with Bellows down his Throat.— This may recover a Person seemingly drowned.

136. Lues Venerea.

450. Take an Ounce of Quicksilver every Morning, and a Spoonful of Gas of Sulphur in a Glass of Water at Five in the Afternoon. I have known a Person cured by this, when supposed to be at the Point of Death, who had been infected by a foul Nurse, before she was a Year old.—I insert this for the Sake of such innocent Sufferers.

137. Lunacy.

451. Give Decoction of Agrimony four Times a Day:

452. Or, rub the Head several Times a Day with Vinegar, in which Ground-Ivy-leaves have been infused:

453. Or, boil Juice of Ground-Ivy with sweet Oil and White Wine into an Ointment. Shave the Head, anoint it there­with, and chafe it in warm, every other Day for three Weeks. Bruise also the Leaves and bind them on the Head, and give three Spoonfuls of the Juice warm every Morning.—This generally cures Melancholy.

138. Raging Madness. ^‖

454. Apply to the Head Cloths dipt in cold Water:

455. Or, set the Patient with his Head under a great Water­fall, as long as his Strength will bear: Or, pour Water on his Head out of a Tea-kettle:

456. Or, let him eat nothing but Apples for a Month.

139. The Bite of a mad Dog.

457. Apply Ashes of Trefoil mixt with Hog's-lard. This has cured one that was bit on the Nose:

458. Or, plunge into cold Water daily for twenty Days, and [Page 53] keep as long under it as possible. This has cured, even af­ter the Hydrophobia was begun: ^*

459. Galen says, none ever failed of a Cure who took two Spoonfuls of Ashes of Craw-Fish daily for forty Days:

460. Or, apply Juice of Dracuntia mixt with Vinegar, out­wardly, and drink of the same Morning and Evening, five or six Days:

461. Mix powder'd Liver-wort four Drams, black Pepper two Drams. Divide this into four Parts, and take one in warm Milk for four Mornings fasting.

140. The Measles. ^‡

462. Drink only thin Water-gruel, or Milk and Water, the more the better; or, Toast and Water:

463. If the Cough be very troublesome, take frequently a Spoonful of Barley-Water sweetened with Oil of sweet Al­monds newly drawn, mixt with Syrup of Maiden-hair:

464. After the Measles, for some Weeks, take Care of catch­ing Cold, use light Diet, and drink Barley-water instead of Malt-drink.

141. Menses Obstructed.

465. Take half a Pint of strong Decoction of Penny-Royal e­very night at going to Bed:

466. Or, a Spoonful of Juice of Syrup of Brook-lime, Morn­ing and Evening:

467. Or, a Tea-spoonful of Columbine-seeds powder'd, thrice a Day:

468. Or, boil five large Heads of Hemp in a Pint of Water to half. Strain it, and drink it going to Bed two or three Nights. It seldom fails.

469. Or, take from eight to twelve Grains of Colomel, in a Pill, for two or three Nights taking Care not to catch Cold. It vomits and purges.

470. Or, burn a little Sulphur of Antimony on a Chafing-Dish [Page 54] of Coals, and receive the Smoke by a Funnel. In a few Minutes it will take Effect.

Let any of these Medicines be used at the regular Time as near as can be judged.

142. Menses Nimii.

471. Drink nothing but cold Water. with a Spoonful of fine Flour stirred in it. At the Time drink a Glass of the cold­est Water you can get, and apply a thick Cloth dipt in cold Water:

472. Or, put the Feet into cold Water:

473. Or apply a Sponge dipt in Red Wine and Vinegar:

474. Or, bleed in the Arm. Stop the Orifice often with the Finger, and then let it bleed again:

475. Or, boil four or five Leaves of Red Holy Oak in a Pint of Milk, with a small Quantity of Sugar. Drink this in the Morning; if the Person can afford it, she may add a Tea-spoonful of Balm of Gilead:—This does not often fail:

476. Or, after a small Rubarb Purge, boil the Peel of seven Seville Oranges in three Pints of Spring Water to a Quart. Take ten Spoonfuls sweetned with white Sugar, four Times a Day:

477. Or, use daily Decoction, Syrup, or Powder of Horse­tail, Nettles, or Plantane.

143. To resolve Coagulated Milk.

478. Cover the Woman with with a Table-cloth, and hold a Pan of hot Water just under her Breast; then stroke it three or four Minutes. Do this twice a Day 'till it is cured.

144. To increase Milk.

479. Drink a Pint of Water going to Bed:

480. Or, drink largely of Pottage made with Lentils.

145. To make Milk agree with the Stomach.

481. If it lie heavy, put a little Salt in it; if it curdle, Sugar. For bilious Persons, mix it with Water.

146. Nervous Disorders.

482. Are of two Kinds; 1. Those which proceed from the Nerves being compress'd by the Swelling of the muscular Flesh: Or, 2. When the Nerves themselves are disorder'd In the former Case, Temperance and Abstemiousness will generally cure: In the latter, when the Nerves perform their Office too languidly, a GOOD AIR is the first requisite. The Patient also should rise early, and as soon as the Dew is off the Ground, walk: Let his Breakfast be Mother of Thyme-Tea, gather'd in June, using half as much as we do of com­mon Tea. It should be drunk with the finest Sugar; and Cream may be added if he please: Coffee must be avoided. When the Nerves are too sensible, let the Person breathe a proper Air. Let him eat Veal, Chickens, or Mutton. Ve­getables should be eat sparingly; the most innocent is the French Bean whilst young, and the best Root the Turnip. Wine should be avoided carefully: So should all Sauces. Sometimes he may breakfast upon a Quarter of an Ounce of the Powder of Valerian-root infus'd in hot Water, to which he may add Cream and Sugar. Tea is not proper. When the Person finds an uncommon Oppression, let him take a large Spoonful of the Tincture of Valerian-root.

The Tincture should be made thus. Cut to Pieces six Ounces of wild Valerian-root gather'd in June, and fresh dried. Bruise it by a few strokes in a Mortar, that the Pieces may be split, but it should not be beat into a Powder: Put this into a Quart of strong white Wine; cork the Bottle and let it stand three Weeks, shaking it every Day; then press it out and filtre the Tincture thro' Paper.

483. Take also as much as will lie on a Shilling of the Powder of Misleto, twice a Day, when the Stomach is most empty, fasting two Hours after it; then once a Day, and afterwards every other, or every third Day, 'till there is no more Need of Medicines.

484. But I am firmly persuaded, there is no Remedy in Nature [Page 56] for Nervous, Disorders of every Kind, comparable to the proper and constant Use of the Electrical Machine.

147. An old stubborn Pain in the Back.

485. Steep Root of Water-Fern in Water, till the Water be­comes thick and clammy. Then rub the Parts therewith Morning and Evening.

148. The Palsy. ^‖

486. Use the cold Bath, if you are under Fifty, rubbing and sweating after it:

487. Or, shred white Onions, and bake then gently in an earth­en Pot, 'till they are soft. Spread a thick Plaister of this, and apply it to the benum'd Part, all over the Side, if need be. I.

488. Or, take Tar-water, Morning and Evening:

489. Or, boil white and red Sage, a Handful of each in a Quart of white Wine. Strain and bottle in. Take a small Glass Morning and Evening. This helps all Nervous Disorders.

490. Or apply to the Parts boil'd Sage-leaves hot: and drink Decoction of Sage Morning and Evening:

491. Or, of Water-dock, applying the boil'd leaves.

149. Palsy of the Hands.

492. Wash them often in Decoction of Sage as hot as you can bear:

493. Or boil a Handful of Elder leaves, and two or three Spoon­fuls of Mustard-seed in a Quart of Water. Wash often in this, as hot as may be.

150. Palsy of the Mouth.

494. After Purging well, chew Mustard seed often:

495. Or, hold in your Mouth half an Ounce of Spirit of La­vender:

496. Or, gargle with Juice of Wood-sage.

151. Palsy from working with white Lead or Verdigrease.

497. Use warm Baths and a Milk Diet.

152. The Palpitation or Beating of the Heart.

498. Drink a Pint of cold Water:

499. Or, apply outwardly a Rag dipt in Vinegar:

500. Or, be electrified:

501. Or, take a Decoction of Mother-wort every Night.

153. The Piles (to prevent.)

502. Wash the Parts often with cold Water.

154. The Piles (to cure.)

503. Apply warm Treacle:

504. Or, of Tobacco-leaf steep'd in Water twenty-four Hours:

505. Or, a Poultis of boil'd Brook-Lime. It seldom fails:

506. Or, a bruised Onion skin'd; or roasted in Ashes. It perfectly cures the dry Piles:

507. Or, Leeks fried in Butter:

508. Or, Varnish. It perfectly cures both the blind and bleeding Piles. I.

155. The Inward Piles.

509. Drink largely of Treacle and Water:

510. Drink a Spoonful of Juice of Yarrow, or, of Leeks, three or four Mornings. I.

156. The Plague (to prevent.)

511. Eat Marigold Flowers daily, as a Sallad, with Oil and Vinegar:

512. Or, a little of the tops of Rue with Bread and Butter, every Morning:

513. Or, infuse Rue, Sage, Mint, Rosemary, Wormwood, of each a Handful, in two Quarts of the sharpest Vinegar, over warm Embers for eight Days. Then strain it through a Flannel, and add half an Ounce of Camphire, dissolved in three Ounces of rectified Spirits of Wine. With this wash [Page 58] the Lo [...]s, Face, and Mouth, and snuff a little up the Nose when you go abroad. Smell to a Spunge dipt therein, when you approach infected Persons or Places.

157. The Plague (to cure.)

514. Cold Water alone, drank largely, has cured it:

515. Or, an Ounce or two of the juice of Marigolds.

516. Or, take a Dram of Angelica powder'd, every six Hours. It is a strong Sweat:

517. Or, after bleeding fifty or sixty Ounces, drink very largely of Water sharpened with Spirit of Vitriol.

518. Or a Draught of Brine as soon as seized; sweat in Bed; take no other Drink for some Hours.

519. Use Lemon-juice largely in every Thing.

158. The Pleurisy. ^*

520. Apply to the Side Onions roasted in the Embers, mixt with Cream:

521. Or, take out the Core of an Apple, fill it with white Frankinsence; stop it close with the Piece you cut out, and roast it in Ashes. Mash and eat it. I.

522. Or, a Glass of Tar-water, warm every half Hour:

523. Or, of Decoction of Nettles; and apply the Herb, hot, as a Poultis:

524. Or, a Plaister of Flour of Brimstone and White of an Egg.

159. To one Poison'd

525. Give one or two Drams of distilled Verdigrease. It vo­mits in an Instant.

160. A Prick or Cut that festers.

526. Apply Turpentine.

161. An easy Purge.

527. Drink a Pint of warmish Water fasting, walking after [...]t:

[Page 59]528. Or, infuse from half a Dram to two Dram [...] of Damask Rose-Leaves dried, in half a Pint of warm Water for twelve Hours:

529. Or, infuse three Drams of Sena, and a Scruple of Salt of Tartar, in half a Pint of River Water for twelve Hours. Then strain and take it in the Morning.

162. A stronger Purge.

530. Drink half a Pint of strong Decoction of Dock-Root:

531. Or, two Drams of the powder'd Root of Monks Rhu­barb, with a Scruple of Ginger.

163. The Quinsy. ^*

532. Apply a large White-bread Toast, half an Inch thick-dipt in Brandy, to the crown of the Head till it dries.

533. Or, drink a Quart of cold Water lying down in Bed:

534. Or, swallow slowly white Rose-water, mixt with Sy­rup of Mulberries:

535. Or, Juice or Jelly of black Currants, or Decoction of the Leaves or Bark. I.—(See likewise Art. 592.)

164. The Rheumatism. ^‡

536. Use the cold Bath, with Rubbing and Sweating:

537. Or, rub in warm Treacle, and apply to the Part a brown Paper smeared therewith: Change it in twelve Hours:

538. Or, drink very largely of warm Water in Bed:

539. Or, Tar-water Morning and and Evening:

540. Or, steep six or seven Cloves of Garlick in half a Pint of white Wine. Drink it lying down. It sweats, and frequently cures at once:

541. Or, mix Flour of Brimstone with Honey, equal Quanti­ties. Take three Tea-spoonfuls at Night, two in the Morning; and one afterwards Morning and Evening, till cured. This succeeds oftner than any Remedy I have found:

[Page 60]542. Or, take Morning and Evening as much Lignum Guaia­cum powder'd, as lies on a Shilling:

543. Or as much Flou [...] of Sulphur, washing it down with a Decoction of Lignum Guaiacum:

544. Or, live on New Milk Whey and white Bread for four­teen Days. This has cured in a desperate Case.

165. To restore the Strength after a Rheumatism.

545. Make a strong Broth of Cow-heels, and wash the Parts with it warm twice a Day. It has restored one who was quite a Cripple, having no Strength left either in his Leg, Thigh, or Loins.

166. The Rickets (to prevent or cure.)

546. Wash the Child every Morning in cold Water.

167. Ring-Worms.

547. Rub them with Oil of Paper:

548. Or with Juice of House-leek:

549. Or, wash them with Decoction of Soap-wort; or Hun­gary-water camphorated.

168. Running at the Nose.

550. Snuff up a Tea-spoonful of Spirit of Hartshorn.

169. A Rupture.

551. Take Agrimony, Spleenwort, Solomon's Seal, Strawberry-roots, a Handful each; pick and wash them well; stamp and boil them two Hours, in two Quarts of white Wine in a Vessel close stopt. Strain and drink a large Glass of this every Morning, and an Hour after drink another. It commonly cures in a Fortnight. A good Truss mean Time is of great Use.

170. A Fresh Rupture.

552. Take Decoction of Plantane-leaves, Morning and Evening:

553. Or, dry a Spoonful of Plantane-seed [...] the Fire; boil it in Milk, and take half a Pint every Morning.

171. A Rupture in Children.

554. Boil a Spoonful of Egg-shells dried in an Oven and pow­der'd, in a Pint of Milk to three Quarters of a Pint. Feed the Child constantly with Bread boil'd in this Milk.

172. A Windy Rupture.

555. Warm Cow-dung well. Spread it thick on Leather, strowing some Cummin-seeds on it, and apply it hot. When cold put on a new one. It commonly cures a Child (keep­ing his Bed) in two Days.

173. A Scald Head.

556. Anoint it with Barbadoes Tar.

174. The Sciatica. ^*

557. Is certainly cured by taking a Purge in a few Hours after it begins:

558. Or, use cold Bathing, and sweat, together with the Flesh-brush twice a Day.

559. Or, apply Leaves of Ranunculus bruised, for six Hours.

560. "Many have been cured in four or five Days, only by drinking half a Pint of cold Water daily, in the Morning, and at Four in the Afternoon."

561. Or, apply pounded Roots of Burdock and of Elicompane cold. This usually cures, if kept on twenty-four Hours; but it gives Pain:

562 Or, boil Nettles till soft. Foment with the Liquor, then apply the Herb as a Poultis.—I have known this cure a Sciatica of forty five Years standing.

563. Or, boil Calamint; apply this as a Poultis, shifting it daily. Mean-time drink a Decoction of it Morning and Evening.

564. Or, apply Flannels dipt in stale Lie, boil'd with Salt as hot as you can bear, for an Hour.

175. Inflammations or Swellings of the Scrotum.

565. Wash it thrice a Day with strong Decoction of Agrimony.

176. A Scorbutick Atrophy. ^‡

566. Use cold Bathing: Which also cures all

177. Scorbutick Pains.

178. Scorbutick Sores.

567. Put half a Pound of fresh shaved Lignum-vitae and half an Ounce of Sena into on Earthen Pot, that holds six Quarts. Add five Quarts of soft Water, and lute the Pot close. Set this in a Kettle of cold Water, and put it over a Fire, till it has boiled three Hours. Let it stand in the Kettle till cold. When it has stood one Night drink daily half a Pint, new Milk warm, fasting, and at four in the Afternoon. Wash with a little of it. In three Months all the Sores will be dried up.

179. The Scurvy ^†

568. Live on Turnips for a Month:

569. Or, an entire Milk Diet, for six Months:

570. Or, take Tar-water Morning and Evening, for three Months:

571. Or, Infusion of Horse-radish:

572. Or, Decoction of great Water-Dock.

573. Or, three Spoonfuls of Nettle Juice every Morning:

574. Or, infuse dried Dock-roots in your common Drink:

575. Or, use Infusion or Powder of Wall-rue, Morning and Evening.—See Art. 430.

576. Or, pound into a Pulp Sevil Oranges sliced, Rind and all, and Powder Sugar equal Quantities. Take a Tea­spoonful three or four Times a Day. I.

[Page 63]577. Water and Garden Cresses, Mustard, and Juice of Scur­vy-grass help in a cold Scurvy:

578. When there is a continual salt Taste in the Mouth, take a Pint of Lime-Water Morning and Evening.

180. A Broken Shin.

579. Bind a dry Oak-leaf upon it.

181. The Shingles. ^‡

580. Drink a Pint of Sea-Water every Morning for a Week; toward the Close, bathe also.

182. Sickishness in the Morning.

581. Eat nothing after Six in the Evening.

183. Skin rubbed off.

582. Apply pounded Self-heal.—It seldom needs repeating.

184. Small Pox.

583. Drink largely of Toast and Water:

584. Or, let your constant Drink be Milk and Water mixt.

585. The best Food is Milk and Apples:

586. Or, Bread dipt in Milk and Water.

587. Take care to have a free, pure, and cool Air. There­fore open the Casement every Day, only do not let it chill the Patient.

588. If they strike in, and Convulsions follow, drink a Pint of cold Water immediately. This instantly stops the Con­vulsions, and drives out the Pock.

185. A Sore Mouth.

589. Apply the White of an Egg, beat up with Loaf-sugar.

590. Or, gargle with Juice of Cinquefoil.

186. A Sore Throat.

591. Take a Pint of cold Water, lying down in Bed:

592. Or, apply a Chin-stay of roasted Figs:

593. Or, a Flannel sprinkled with Spirits of Hartshorn to the Throat, and rub Hungary water on the Top of the Head:

594. Or, gargle with Rose-water, and Syrup of Mulberries:

595. Or, snuff a little Honey up the Nose.

596. An old sore Throat was cured by living wholly on Ap­ples and Apple-water.

187. A Sprain.

597. Hold the Part in very cold Water for two Hours:

598. Or, apply Cloths dipt therein, four Times doubled, for two Hours, changing them as they grow warm:

599. Or, bathe it in good Crab-verjuice:

600. Or, stoop it with one Spoonful of Brandy, to one of Vinegar, and four of Water:

601. Or, boil Bran in Wine Vinegar to a Poultis. Apply this warm, and renew it once in twelve Hours:

602. Or, boil eight Ounces of Castile-soap and as much Bay-salt in four Quarts of Water. Put the Part sprained into this for half an Hour; or, foment with it:

603. Or, mix a little Turpentine with Flour and the Yolk of an Egg; and apply it as a Plaister. This cures in a des­perate Case.

604. Weakness remaining after a Sprain, is cured by fomen­ting the Part daily with Beef-Brine.

188. A venomous Sting.

605. Apply a little Venice Treacle:

606. Or, a Poultis of bruised Plantane and Honey.

607. Or, take inwardly, one Dram of black Currant-leaves powder'd. It is an an excellent Counter-poison.

189. The Sting of a Bee.

608. Apply Honey.

190. The Sting of a Nettle.

609. Rub the Part with Juice of Nettles.

191. The Sting of a Wasp.

610. Rub the Part with bruised Leaves of House-leek:

611. Or, of Water-crosses:

612. Or, of Rue:

613. Or, apply Venice Treacle.

192. The Sting of a Bee or Wasp in the Eye.

614. Apply Carduus bruised, with the White of an Egg. Renew it if it grows dry.

193. A Stich in the Side.

615. Apply Treacle spread on a hot Toast.

194. Frequent or violent Stitches.

616. Drink Decoction of Nettles, and apply the Herbs hot:

617. Or, boil two or three Sprigs of Penny-royal in a Pint of Milk. Drink the Milk, and apply a Poultis of the Herbs hot:

618. Or, take a Tea-spoonful of Irish Slate finely powder'd.

195. Accidental Sickness, or Pain in the Stomach.

619. Vomit with a Quart or more of warm Water. Do this twice or thrice, omitting a Day between.

196. Pain in the Stomach from bad Digestion.

620. Take fasting, or in the Fit, half a Pint of Camomile Tea. Do this five or six Mornings:

621. Or, drink the Juice of half a large Lemon immediately after Dinner every Day:—Dr. Mead.

622. Or, from twenty to forty Drops of Elixir of Vitriol in Sage Tea, twice or thrice a Day:

623. Or, in the Fit, a Glass full of Vinegar.

197. Cholerick, Hot Pains in the Stomach.

624. Take half a Pint of the Decoction of Ground-ivy, with a Tea-spoonful of the Powder of it, five or six Mornings. I.

198. Coldness in the Stomach.

625. Take a Spoonful of the Syrup of the Juice of Garduus Benedictus, fasting for three or four Mornings. I.

199. Pain in the Stomach, with Coldness and Wind.

626. Swallow five or six Corns of white Pepper, for six or seven Mornings.

200. The Stone (to prevent.)

627. Eat a thin Slice of dry Bread every Morning:

628. Or drink a Pint of warm Water daily just before Din­ner. After discharging one Stone, this will prevent the generating of another.

629. Stoop down, and raise yourself up again. If you feel Pain, as if cut thro' the Middle, the Pain is not from the Stone, but Rheumatism.

630. Beware of Costiveness. Use no violent Diuretics. Mead is a proper Drink.

631. In the Fit, slice a large Onion; pour half a Pint of warm Water upon it. After it has stood twelve Hours, drink the Water. Do this every Morning till you are well.

201. In a Raging Fit.

632. Beat Onions into a Pulp, and apply them as a Poultis, Part to the Back, and Part to each Groin. It gives speedy Ease in the most racking Pain:

633. Or, give a Clyster with Oil of Turpentine.

202. The Stone (to ease or cure.)

634. Take Decoction of Agrimony Morning and Evening.

635. Or of Camomile.

636. Or, boil half a Pound of Parsnips in a Quart of Water. Drink a Glass of this Morning and Evening, and use no other Drink all the Day.—It usually cures in six Weeks:

637. Or, take daily four Pints of Lime-water, made by pour­ing four Quarts of Water on a Pound of fresh calcined Oy­ster-shells and Cockle-shells.

638. "Or, take Morning and Evening a Tea-Spoonful of [Page 67] Onions calcined into white Ashes, in white Wine. An Ounce will often dissolve the Stone."

639. Or, take a Tea-spoonful of Violet-seed powdered, Morn­ing and Evening. It both wastes the Stone, and brings it away:

640. Or, burn the dried Shells of Kidney-Beans to Powder. Put two Tea-spoonfuls of this into a half Pint Tea-pot. Pour boiling Water on it at Night. In the Morning pour it off clear, warm it again, and drink it sweetened with Ho­ney. Do this daily every other Fortnight till cured.

203. The Stone in the Kidneys.

641. Use the cold Bath: Or, drink half a Pint of Water every Morning:

642. Or, Decoction of Speedwell largely.

204. Stoppage in the Kidneys.

643. Take Decoction of Juice or Syrup of Ground-ivy, Morning and Evening:

644. Or, of Pellitory of the Wall:

645. Or, of Juice of Radishes:

646. Or, half a Pint of Tar-water.

205. The Stranguary.

647. Use the cold Bath:

648. Or, drink largely of Decoction of Turnips sweetened with Honey.

649. Or, of warm Lemonade: I.

650. Or, of Decoction of Mallows:

651. Or of Decoction of red Nettle-seed:

652. Or, take a Tea-spoonful of calcin'd Egg-shells, Morn­ing and Evening.

206. Sunburn, (smarting.)

653. Wash the Face with Sage-tea.

207. To stop prvfuse Sweating.

654. Drink largely of cold Water.

208. Swelled Glands in the Neck.

655. Take half a Pint of Sea-water every other Day.

209. Swelled Legs.

656. Bathe them every Morning in cold Water, and take an easy Purge twice a Week:

658. Or, take Wormwood, Southerwood and Rue, stamp them together, and fry them in Honey, till they grow dry: Then apply them as hot as you can bear.

210. A Swell'd Throat.

659. Gargle with Decoction of Nettles:

660. Or, of Primrose-leaves.

211. A white Swelling (on the Joints.)

661. Hold the Part half an Hour every Morning, under the St [...] that falls from a Mill; or under a Pump or Cock.— This cures also any Pains in the Joints. It seldom fails.

662. Or, apply a Poultis of Wormwood fryed with Hogs Lard.

212. To dissolve white or hard Swellings.

663. Take white Roses, Elder Flowers, Leaves of Fox-glove and of St. John's Wort, a Handful each: Mix with Hogs-Lard, and make an Ointment.

213. To fasten the Teeth.

664. Chew often Roots of Brook-Lime:

665. Or, put powder'd Allum the Quantity of a Nutmeg, in a Quart of Spring Water, for twenty-four Hours. Then strain the Water and gargle with it:

666. Or, boil so much of Allum therein. Strain and keep it for Use:

667. Or, gargle often with Phyllyrea leaves boiled with a little Allum, in Forge-water.

214. To clean the Teeth.

668. Rub them with Ashes of burnt Bread.

215. To prevent the Tooth-ach.

669. Wash the Mouth with cold Water every Morning.

670. Or, rub the Teeth often with Tobacco Ashes.

216. To cure the Tooth-ach.

671. Be electrified through the Tooth:

672. Or, rub the Cheek a Quarter of an Hour:

673. Or, put a Clove of Garlick into the Ear:

674. Or, Parsley much bruised, with a little Bay Salt:

675. Or, a Piece of Plantane-root, fresh digg'd up, and washed:

676. Or, lay roasted Parings of Turnips, as hot as may be, behind the Ear:

677. Or, put a Leaf of Betony, bruised up the Nose:

678. Or, lay bruised or boil'd Nettles to the Cheek:

679. Or, a Bag filled with hot Camomile Flowers:

680. Or, lay a Clove of Garlick on the Tooth:

681. Or, chew the Root of the yellow Water Flower de Luc [...]s I.

682. Or, gargle with Decoction of Mulberry Leaves:

683. Or, put into the hollow Tooth, a little Cotton, dipt in Lucatell's Balsam:

684. Or, a Drop or two of Oil of Cloves on Cotton:

685. Or, dissolve a Dram of crude Sal Armoniac in two Drams of Lemon-juice: Wet Cotton herein and apply:

686. Or, apply to the Cheek Gum Tacamahac spread on Silk:

687. Or, keep the Feet in warm Water, and rub them well with Bran, just before Bed-time:

688. Or, take an Ounce of Rob of Elder in Broth, and gar­gle with it.

217. Pain in the Testicles.

689. Apply Pellitory of the Wall beaten up into a Poultis changing it Morning and Evening.

218. To draw out Thorns, Splinters and Bones.

690. Apply Nettle Roots and Salt:

691. Or, Turpentine spread on Leather.

219. The Thrush. ^*

692. Mix Juice of of Celandine with Honey, to the Thick­ness of Cream. Infuse a little powder'd Saffron. Let this simmer a while and scum it. Apply it (when needed) with a Feather. At the same Time give eight or ten Grains of Rhubarb.

220. Torpor (or Numbness) of the Limbs.

693. Use the cold Bath, with Rubbing and Sweating.

221. Twisting of the Guts.

694. Many at the Point of Death have been cured by taking one, two or three Pounds of Quicksilver in Water— Pareus.

222. The Tympany or Windy Dropsy.

695. Use the cold Bath, with Purges intermixt:

696. Or, mix the Juice of Leeks and of Elder. Take two or three Spoonfuls of this Morning and Evening.

223. A Vein or Sinew cut.

697. Apply the inner green Rind of Hazle fresh scraped.

224. The Vertigo or Swimming in the Head.

698. Take a Vomit or two:

699. Or, use the cold Bath for a Month:

700. Or, drop Juice of Pimpernell into the Ear Morning and Evening.

701. Or, in a May Morning, about Sun-rise, snuff up daily the Dew that is on Mallow Leaves:

702. Or, apply to the Top of the Head, shaven, a Plaister of Flour of Brimstone, and white of Eggs:

703. Or, drink Morning and Evening half a Pint of Decoc­tion of Primrose-root: I.

704. Or, of Sage washing also the Head, therewith:

705. Or, take every Morning half a Dram of Mustard-seed.

225. Vigilia, Inability to Sleep.

706. Apply to the Forehead for two Hours, Cloths four Times doubled, and dipt in cold Water. I have known this applied to a lying-in Woman, and her Life saved thereby:

707. Or, use the cold Bath.—It cures even in desperate Cases:

708. Or, apply to the Head Leaves of water Lillies:

709. Or, a Poultis of Henbane and Poppy seed, beaten toge­ther:

710. Or, use small Doses of Camphire. It is both safer and surer than Opium.

226. Bite of a Viper or a Rattle-Snake.

711. Rub the Place immediately with common Oil. Quere, Would not the same cure the Bite of a mad Dog? Would it not be worth while, to make the Trial on a Dog?

227. To prevent the Bite of a Viper.

712. Rub the Hands with Juice of Radishes.

228. An Ulcer.

713. Dry and powder a Walnut Leaf, and strew it on, and lay another Walnut Leaf on that:

714. Or, boil Walnut-tree Leaves in Water, with a little Su­gar. Apply a Cloth dipt in this, changing it once in two Days.

229. An Inward Ulcer.

715. Drink Tar-water Morning and Evening:

716. Or, Decoction of Pimpernel.

230. Ulcer in the Bladder or Kidneys.

717. Take Decoction of Agrimony, thrice a Day:

718. Or, Decoction, Powder, or Syrup of Horse-tail.

231. A Fistulous Ulcer.

719. Apply Wood Betony bruised, changing it daily:

720. Or, Leaves of Water Dock bruised.

232. A Bleeding Varicous Ulcer in the Leg.

721. Was cured only by constant cold Bathing.

233. A Malignant Ulcer.

722. Foment Morning and Evening, with a Decoction of Mint. Then sprinkle on it finely powder'd Rue:

723. Or, apply Juice of Pimpernel boiled with the Herb.

234. A Stubborn Ulcer.

724. Burn to Ashes (but not too long) the gross Stalks on which the red Coleworts grow. Make a Plaister with this and fresh Butter. Change it once a Day.

725. Or, apply a Poultis of boil'd Parsnips. This will cure even when the Bone is foul.

235. An easy and safe Vomit.

726. Boil half a Handful of Artichoke-leaves in a Quart of Water. The more you drink of warm Water after it the better:

727. Or, a Dram and a half of Primrose Root powder'd: It is best if gather'd in August.

728. Or, infuse three Drams of Radish-seed in a Quart of warm Water for twelve Hours. Squeeze off the Water, and take it.

236. To stop Vomiting.

729. If the Vomiting be not the Effect of a Medicine: after every Vomiting drink a Pint of warm Water:

730. Or, apply a large Onion slit, to the Pit of the Stomach: I.

731. Or, take a Spoonful of Lemon-juice and six Grains of Salt of Wormwood:

732. Or, infuse an Ounce of Quick-silver in a large Glass full of Water for twenty four Hours. Then drink the Water: I.

237. Bloody Urine.

733. Take a Quarter of a Pint of Sheeps Milk twice a Day:

734. Or, half a Pint of Decoction of Agrimony:

735. Or, of Decoction of Yarrow.

238. Urine by Drops with Heat and Pain.

736. Drink nothing but Lemonade:

737. Or, beat up the Pulp of five or six roasted Apples with near a Quart of Water. Take it at lying down. It com­monly cures before Morning.

239. Involuntary Urine.

738. Use the cold Bath:

739. Or, take a Tea-spoonful of powder'd Agrimony in a lit­tle Water, Morning and Evening.

740. Or, a Quarter of a Pint of Allum-Posset-Drink every Night.

240. Sharp Urine.

741. Take two Spoonfuls of fresh Juice of Ground-Ivy.

241. Suppression of Urine.

742. Drink largely of warm Lemonade:

743. Or, take a Spoonful of Juice of Lemons, sweeten'd with Syrup of Violets:

744. Or, a Spoonful of Juice of Radishes:

745. Or, two Spoonfuls of Juice of Onions:

242. Uvula inflamed. ^*

746. Gargle with a Decoction of beaten Hemp-Seed:

747. Or, with Decoction of Dandelion.

243. Uvula relax'd.

748. Bruise the Veins of a Cabbage-leaf, and lay it hot on the Crown of the Head. Repeat, if needed, in two Hours: I.

749. Or, gargle with Decoction of Water Dock:

750. Or, with Infusion of Mustard-seed:

244. Warts.

751. Rub them daily with a Radish:

[Page 74]752. Or, with Juice of Dandelion:

753. Or, of Marigold-Flowers:

754. Or, Water in which Sal Armoniac is dissolved.

245. The Whites.

755. Feed sparingly. Use Exercise constantly. Sleep mode­rately but never lying on your Back.

756. First bleed. Then purge thrice with twenty Grains of Rhubarb and five of Calomel:

757. Or, boil four or five [...]ves of the white Holy Oak, in a Pint of Milk with a li [...] [...]ar. Then add a Tea-spoonful of Balm of Gilead. Drink this every Morning. I.

758. Make Venice Turpentine, Flour and fine Sugar, equal Quantities, into small Pills. Take three or four of these Morning and Evening. This also cures most Pain in the Back:

759. Or, Quick-silver and Gas of Sulphur, as for an Asthma. This seldom fails:

760. Or, after Purging, take about fifteen Grains of Ceruse of Antimony in white Wine, twice or thrice a Day.

246. A Whitlow.

761. Apply a Poultis of chew'd Bread. Shift it once a Day:

762. Or, a Plaister of Ground-Ivy stampt.

247. Weakness in the Ankles.

763. Hold them in cold Water a Quarter of an Hour, Morn­ing and Evening.

248. Worms. ^*

764. Take a Spoonful of Salt in a Glass of Water every Morning:

765. Or, a Dram and Half of Nitre in in Broth: I.

766. Or, a Spoonful of Juice of Spear-mint:

767. Or, of Juice of Lemons:

[Page 75]768. Or, a Glass of Onion-water:

769 Or, boil an Ounce of Quick-silver in half a Pint of Spring Water. Use this for common Drink:

770. Or, take two Tea-spoonfuls of Worm-seed mixt with Treacle for six Mornings:

771. Or, a Dram of powder'd Fern-root, boil'd in Mead. This kills both the flat and round Worms. Repeat the Medicine from Time to Time.

249. Flat Worms.

772. Take Filingr of Tin and red Coral, of each an equal Quantity: Pound them together into a very fine Powder: Of which one Drachm, made into a Bolus with Conserve of the Tops of Sea-worm-wood, is to be taken twice a Day.

250. Wounds.

773. Apply Juice or Powder of Yarrow. I.

774. Or, bind Leaves of Ground-Ivy upon it:

775. Or, bruised Hyssop, with a little Sugar:

776. Or, Wood-betony bruised. This quickly heals even cut Veins and Sinews, or draws out Thorns or Splinters.

777. Keep the Part in cold Water for an Hour, keeping the Wound closed with your Thumb. Then bind on the thin Skin of an Egg-shell, for Days or Weeks, till it fall of itself Regard not tho' it prick or shoot for a Time.

251. Inward Wounds.

778. Infuse Yarrow twelve Hours in warm Water. Take a Cup of this four Times a Day. I.

252. Putrid Wounds.

779. Wash them Morning and Evening with warm Decocti­on of Agrimony. If they heal too soon, and a Matter gather underneath, apply a Poultis of the Leaves pounded, chang­ing them once a Day, till well.

253. Wounded Tendons.

780. Boil Comfrey Roots to a thick Mucilage, and apply this as a Poultis, changing it once a Day.