The practice of physick. In twenty and four books ... / Written in Latin, and in English. By Lazarus Riverius ... Nicolas Culpeper ... Abdiah Cole ... And W.R.
- Lazare Rivière
- Date:
- 1661 [1663]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The practice of physick. In twenty and four books ... / Written in Latin, and in English. By Lazarus Riverius ... Nicolas Culpeper ... Abdiah Cole ... And W.R. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Deco&ion, made for Clyfters to *oftei and moiften the hardened Excrements of she Gutj. An F(chara, or Ffcbar ; is the Cote that falls off from a pact that hath had a Caufttck ap* plied thereto. rUmigationt: P«fumes and other things, p burnt to qualifit cht Air in a fick mans cham- FraBure: breaking, asfra&ureofthe Skuloc ‘Fomentation: when linnen Cloaths or Spunges are dipped in fome Liquor, and applied to the difealed parr, and after renewed <Funttions of the Brain: the Abilities of the Brain, to Hear, See, Imagine, Underftand, Remember, &c. *FriBions: Ruubings. Furor Vterinus: Womb-Madneftj when W o- men are mad by reafon of a difordet in the Womb. See the Chapter of that Difeafe. A Flux of Humors: flowing of Humors. Febris CatarrbaUt: a Fcaver caulcd by Rheum tailing from me Head. Fabrick: Frame, making up, compoficion. Frontal Vein : Fore-head V ein. Fortified: (Lengthened. Fifiula: an bellow, deep, but narrow Ulcer that will not be doled up. A pair of Forceps, a lmal Inftrument like a pair of Tongs, to draw forth any thing out of the Ears, 8cc. Fluid: ape to run and flow like Water, ando- ther Liquors. Filtration: (training through a brown Paper, or by means of a piece of cloth hanging out of one VefTel into another. Filter: to (train as aforefaid. Fermentation: the working of Humors, as new drink works in the Barrel. A Feaver Syrnptomatical, is a Feavet caufed by fome other loregoing Difeafe; in relpedl of which Difeafe, the Feaver is but a Symptom or Accident-. A Flatulent and Fituitous Cbollicl^9 is a Choi lick caufed by wind and flegm. Formicans Fulfus; a weak,feeble, quick Pulfe, that feels under the Fingers like creeping Pif- mires, from whence it is named. Form: See Efficient Caufe. Fluxtive: apt to flow and run like Water and o; her Liquors. Friable: is crumbly, ihort, like coftly Gake* bread. Pie-cruft, Puf-part, See. So Fifties that have a fhorc crumbly fubftance, not clammy or (limy, luctus Soales, Smelts, Troucs, are (aid to be friable in companion of Eels, Carps, Tenches, &c. G Urn jZnirni: Indian Amber. £yargarifms : that is, Medicines to Gargle in the Throat to wafh fore Throats. de Gutter a: a Pouder ufed in Falling-ficknefs and Convulfion of Children by the French. It is defer ibed page 3 2- at the bottom. (going about: by firs. Generating: breeding, begetting. Glandules: Kernels, fuch as are about the Throat nd are called the Almonds of the Ears and fuch a* the Sweet-bread, &c. gate Vein: Vena Porta. See Vejlingus Anato¬ my in Englifh* . Qenerous Wine: ftrongWine, as rich Canary, Muskadine, &c. qiutinatious : Clamminefs like Gum about the corners of the Eyes. glutinators : things which glue and dole up broken Veins, &c. glutinous: clammy like Glue. A gangrene: is a corruption of a part tending Co the utter deadsng thereof. H Hypochondria: the parts beneath the Ribs. Hemiplegia: the Palfey pofleffing one fide. HydreUum: a Bath andOyntmenc; chat is, of Watet and Oyl beaten together. Hippocras Hag: a Bag of Wool ftiaped like an Extinguifher, through which Hippocras and divers Medicines ate drained. Hereditary: from Father or Mother, to Son or Daughter. «Hydromel: Honey and Water, Mead, Metheg- lin. Hemorrhoids: Veins of the Fundament, to which Leeches ate applied. Head-Herbs : Rofemary,Becony, Sage, Laven¬ der, fweet Marjoram, Hyfop, Balm,Cow(]ips, Rofes, Violets, Letcice, Barrage, Buglofs, &c. Habit of Hody : is the whol bulk and iubftance thereof. Humidity: Moifture. Holy Fire: a red Inflamation, St. Anthonies fire, the Role. Hemorrhagies : breaking forth of Blood from any part of the Body. * Hyflerical Fits : Fits of the Mother, Womb- licknefs. \ Hermetical Fhyfitians, and Hermets : Cby- milts, fuch as trade with Furnaces, Pots, and Glades, to draw Spirits, Oyls, Waters; to make Salts, Quinteffences, &c. called fo from Hermes Trifinegifius, an old Egyptian Phy- lolopher, who is choughc to have been a Gby- mift. Horrors : Shivering*. I I^ifufe: that is fteep. Inflamation: great Hear. Indication : is an hinting to the phyficiaa what he is to do. So ex^ream heat is Laid to give in¬ dication i](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30328421_0032.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
