Platerus Golden practice of physick : Fully and plainly discovering, I. All the kinds. II. The several causes of every disease. III. Their most proper cures ... In three books, and five tomes, or parts. Being the fruits of one and thirty years travel: and fifty years practice of physick / By Felix Plater, Abdiah Cole, Nich. Culpeper.
- Platter, Felix, 1536-1614.
- Date:
- 1664
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Platerus Golden practice of physick : Fully and plainly discovering, I. All the kinds. II. The several causes of every disease. III. Their most proper cures ... In three books, and five tomes, or parts. Being the fruits of one and thirty years travel: and fifty years practice of physick / By Felix Plater, Abdiah Cole, Nich. Culpeper. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![4r earthy. And in found Eyes this fandy Matter is gathered Alfo ftrong purges arc given to jp’ut nature to the ex in the Corners of the Eyes and Eye-browsj at night when pellmg of it, as it doth the othej fuperfluous Excie- the Eyes are Ihut. And in difeafed Eyes, if there be tears inents. and heat, as in Epiphora is fliewed. j As we have often feen, not only Excrements but Hones From the fame Caufc come little Stones, vvhen fand is have been voided by ftrong purgers. fixed in the hard Tunicle of the Eye. j -To all thcle are added breaK Hones to diniinifh them. In the Cavities of the NoHriIs from and break them. Thefe Purges are mentioned in the the Eavthynefs of the water and flegm, Hone of the Kidnyes and are good here, for the vertue of which flows from the Brain, proceeds them will reach to the Urin and Bladder. Earthy Matter growing to the Nofe. yet cannot fages. they the Hone that was blown out. For though Hones are found in the Brain, get that way through the narrow paf- earthy Matter in the Lungs, is tfse caufe ef Stones. The Caufc of Stones in theCuts is {hkf matter VVe fliewed in ^fhma the Caufe of a Stone in the Lungs. When Matter lyes long, and grows hard in the Guts, from the Scrum vvhich wettctli them with the Excrements, a Stone maybe caufed there. But it is not much Mollifying ClyHers are good, which are mentioned in many places, and Anodynes when the Urin burneth, mentioned in the Colick, alwaies adding things that break the Hone; Such as arc mentioned in the Hone of the Kidneys, in three examples. They who fuppofe the Hone is bred of flegm, ufe Vomiting often to prevent. But it is better to cleanfe and prepare the Body, then for any thing elfe. And this Vomiting by great Hraining may force the Hone from the Bladder into the paffage. The fame things mentioned in thellone of the Kidneyi that groweth in them. | regarded, becaufe it pafleth with are given here to open the padages, and to cleanfe the 1 the Excrements without pain. And Earthinefs, which increafeth the Hone, and tomakelefs this is probable to be in a man, for 1 faw the fame voided the Hone ; And they are good to prevent tiie Stone in the by aHorfe. Other things turned into Stone, maybe Kidneys, from whence heat in the Bladder cometh. And from an earthy fait Matter taken in, and hardned with the becaufe the Bladder is farther off then the Kidneys, you Excrements. The earthy fah Mat -1 The rare bringing forth of a ftony .. Child, comes from an earthy fait ter in the 'womb, is the | Matter in the womb which turns caufe oj a fiony Child muH give the HrongeH Medicines and the greater quanti¬ ties, that their vertue may reach it. • As nourifhing and Phylical broaths, and divers Deco¬ ctions. And this : Take Liquorijh nvo ounces, ]\notgraf it to Hone, even as other things roots otic ounce, ^far*tm half an ounce, Benony, Maidenhair are turned to Hone out of the Bo- ' or Goldy toefs, Moufc-car, tvlsite Saxifrage, Pellitory of the dy. i U^all, Sea fennel, Burnet, of each one handful, flowers of When Earthynefs is in the Se- i St.Johns won. Broom, Kofes, e.uh onepugil, Myrtle berries, rum in divers Pores of thc^ody,' ^nnis fee Fennel feed, each half a handful i Gromwel and it caiifcth Stones by being exter- white Thorne feeds two drams, G.mhn Smallage feeds and sviUl nally dryed. This is mofi 'm the' StnalLage feeds, each one dram; Bytyfovs ftprd twoot-nces. Face, when it is expofed to hot and dry Air. The fame red ?cafe onepugil, hoyl them m n ine 2it\A :i aurfor five is the caufe of a Stone in the Eye. 'or fixDofcs in a good quantity, that fo itmayfooncr ! VVe fhewed in Tumors, how come to the part aflefted, diflblving in every draught. The earthy Matter of \ Hones grew under the longue and ff rup of Limons and Oxymel fimpfe, each one ounce 5 Os^mel Tumors, is the caufe of \ in the Gout. And the Gmc may , of Scjuils two drams. be in other Tumors. To this DccocHion, may be added other openers and VVe fhewed alfo in Filth, how ’ Hone breakers, as the opening roots, Heeped in Vinegar, from the Slime and Filth of the Madder roots, and Mulbcry roots, Rupture wort, fweet earthy Matter in the pores, is the caufe oj the Stone there. jlones under the tongue in the Jajres, and the G out. ^nd the Filth of the Teeth, is the caufe of Stales. Teeth, Scales and Gravel grew. Cure. The Cure of Stones is to be after fome have been void¬ ed, or other figns have difeovered them, from whence we conjedlure that they may grow again. For that they arc feldom, if they will not go of themfelves, they muH be ta¬ ken out. The voiding of Stones by Urin is not to be Hopped but furthered, or Gravel, and the growth muH be hindered. And if a Hone Hick in the Bladder, it muH be taken out. A Caution muH be for the prevention of the Stone in the Bladder, as in the Reins : As we (liew- The preventing and Cure of the Stone in the Bladder. I broom. Ladies Gloves, &c. Alfo the infufion mentioned in the Hone of the Kidneys and the Lies. ^ Alfo the juyees, as Urin, Vinegary natural waters, and the like there mentioned, with the fllarp juyee ofB.arbe- rics, and of Sea fennel, Saxifrage, Stjjohnswoit, of green Nuts and Leeks, given alone, or with Sugar, or other Li¬ quor, or DecoiHcd to a Syrup, or extraft, or made into Lozenges. Thofe of juyee ofLimons and Berberies arc moH in fafhion and are very excellent and pleafant. ■ Siiriple and Compound waters diHilIcd, for the Hone in the Kidneys mentioned, are here alfo good. If the Pa¬ tient will ufe them freely. The Urin of a Goat or Boar, is commended by Diofeo^ rides, if drunken. a A Alfo Oyls mentioned in the C^rc of the Stone of the Kidneys are here good. And the fame Diet may be ufed. And thofe Medicines which are divers waies prepared ed in the Pain of the Kidneys. The Gravel grows firH in of which w'e ufe the Simples, as the Rolins of Plants. Me- the Reins, and falls from thence into the Bladder. And dicincs given in fubHance, are divers waies prepared: the beginning of them muH be prevented in the reins. And fome of Simples, as Rofins, Ponders of Herbs, Bloody and .. Aflies of BeaHs : Some are Compounded of P^nts, Animals, and the like, into Pouders, .Ele£tuaries,and Pills. . _ _ ' , Befides which in the Hone of the Bladder is cominen^ ded Moufe dung, Snailcs fliells, Stones in the Gall of all Oxe, the Stomach or Gizard of an Eagle that break^ bones, therefore called Offifraga, Connies blood, burnt then the Hone in the Bladder will not grow fo faH. For the Cure of the Stone in the Bladder, it nniH be worn, or broken, or expelled, of removed from its place, or taken out by thefe means following. Purges are fomtimes given, when the Body is full of c- vil Humors, to prepare it for things proper,that they may Work the better. And the Belly muH be kept open ; As we fhewed in Glafs, Sagapenum } Euphorbium with other thin^^j^ the heat of Urin from other caufes. J mixed V](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30341279_0568.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
