The mysteries of nature and art in 4 severall pts / [John Bate].

  • John Bate
Date:
1635
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Credit: The mysteries of nature and art in 4 severall pts / [John Bate]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Esstrayagants. '* iSs^ Bor burning orfiAlding. To take out the fire, beat onyons very (mall, and binde them to the place. To healc it,j^ake halft a pound of fliceps (uet,as much (heeps dung^, a quarter of a pound of the inner rindc ofan elder tree, and a little Houfieeke: fry them together,and ftrain it,and ule it as a piai(ler,or make a fttccloth ol it,and apply it to the grieved part. For Bnrfinejfe ofold^or young. Take nine red Snailes, lay them betweene twotyles of clay,fo that they creep not nor Aide a way,and bake them • in the hot embers,or in an oven, till rhey may be powde¬ red,then take the powder of one of the Snailes, and put it in white wine,and let the patient drinkc it in the morning at hit rifing,and faft two houres after, and drinkf thefc nine Snailes in eigbteene daies,that is,every other day one. Andifthcfickncflcbefooid thatit will nothealein eigh¬ teen daies,begin again,and drinkc other nine Snailes, and he (hall be whole: thisconfidcred that he weare a Truffc in the mean timc,according to the manner of the rupture. c/f Sahefor allfores. Take a pound of fbeeps tallow,and a pound of Turpen- tine,and a pound of Virgin-waxc, apintcof Salletoyle,a quarter ofa pound of Rofin .• take alfo Bugle, Sinallach, and Plantaine halfc the quantity of theother, or fo much as will make a pinte juft; boy Ic all thefc together upon a foft fire of coales,alwaies ftirring it till a third part be con- fumedi then take it from the fire, and ftraine it thorow a acw canvas clothintq an earthen pot, ' O03 Tgp
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