The workes of that famous chirurgion Ambrose Parey ... / Translated out of Latine and compared with the French by Tho. Johnson [and in part by G. Baker] Whereunto are added three tractates out of Adrianus Spigelius of the veines, arteries, and nerves. With large figures. ; Also a table of the bookes and chapters.

  • Ambroise Paré
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1649
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Credit: The workes of that famous chirurgion Ambrose Parey ... / Translated out of Latine and compared with the French by Tho. Johnson [and in part by G. Baker] Whereunto are added three tractates out of Adrianus Spigelius of the veines, arteries, and nerves. With large figures. ; Also a table of the bookes and chapters. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    73+ To fmooth the skin. What things arc fit to die the hair. Howto wafli lime. A Water to _ black the hair. To make the hairofa flax¬ en color. dine it cannot bee but that they muft make the skin harfh and rough, therefore to fmooth and Icvi^^ate it again, you (hall make ufe of the following ointmt nt. R. meb. ven. tarn diu loUt uï aermoniam nullam habeat, butyri jalis expertis^ an. ^ i olei vitel. ovor'I i- Axung. ford in aquh rofarum loU, f cerje forum, fiat linimentum ad ufum. T o the fame purpme you may alfo make ufe of fom of the foremeutioned medicines. _ -] CHAP. XU. ^ STo black^the hair. T firft the hairs, (to take the f«c«t or tinfture, and to retain it) muft bee prepared with Lie wherein a little roch-Alum is diffolvcd. Thus the fattie fcales may bee walked and taken away, which hinder, and (as it were) keep away the that it cannot adhere or penetrate into the bodie of the hair. Then muft wee comto particular or proper and fitting medicines for this purpofe. Thefe ought to bee aromatick and cephalick, and fomwhat ftip- tick,that by their odoriferous &aftringent power they may ftrengthen the animal facultie.Fur thermorêjthey muft beof fubtil parts,that they may enter even into the inner roots ofthe hairs. ïk. SulfhurUjVitriolhgallarumi calcis vivxjithargyriy an. ^ilfcorU ferri, ^ in follinem re¬ ducantur, et cum aq. communi incorf orentur,ut inds fiat maffa : with this at bed time let the hairs bee rubbed, and in the morning let them bee fmoothed with the fame. R. calcic lotæ, 5 i lithargyri utriufq-, f p. cum deeoih gallarum, corticum, nucum, fiat maffa, addendo olei chamem. 5 ii. R. lytharg. auri, 1 h* aner clavellat. § i/8. calcis viv. ^ i. diffolve omnia cum urina homink donec acquirant confiflentiam unguenti fro unüione cafillorum. R. calck Iota, f. ii. cum decod. falv. et cort. granat. fiat fafta ad formam fultk fatis liquidée : let the hair at bed-time bee died here¬ with, and walked in the morning with wine and water. ^ Now the manner of walking lime is thus: Infule in ten or twelv pints of fair water one pound oflime, then pour out the water by ftooping the velTel, putting more in the ftead there¬ of j the third time in ftead of common water pour thereon the water of the decoftion offage and galls, let the lime lie therein for fo manie hours, then in like manner pour it off by ftoop¬ ing die veffel i andthus you lhall have your lime well walked. There is alfo found a way how to die or black the hair by onely powring of fom liquor thereon : as, R. argenti furifsimi,^n, reducantur in tenuiffmas laminas, fonantur in amfulla vitrea cum 5 ii. aqu£ fefarationk auri et argentij et aqu£ rofar. 5 vi. The preparing of this water is thus, put into a viol the water of feparation and the filv'er, and fet it upon hot coals fo to diffolv the filver, which becing don then take it from the fire, and when it is cold, add thereto the rofe-water But if you would black it more deeply, add more filver thereto, if lefs, then a fmaller quantities to ufe it, you muft ftcep the comb wherewith you comb your head in this water. fk.flumbiujti, ^ ii.gallarum nonferforat.cortic. nucum, ^ iii. terr£ ftgilferret, hiffan.an.l ii.vi- triol. rom. § vi. falk gem. f i p. caryofh. nuck mofeh. an. § Ifalk ammon. aloes, an. 3 jS. fiat fulvk fuh- tiliffimus : let this powder bee macerated in vinegar for three daies fpace, then diftil it all in an alembick,thewaterthat corn’s therefrom is good for the forefaidufe. The following medi¬ cine is good to mike the hairs of a flaxen color. .R./or. geniJi.fl£chad. ot cardamom, an. | i. lufk nor. conquaffat. rafur. buxi,cortick citri, rad. gentian, et herber, an. | i jS. cum aqua nitri fiat lenta deco- dio : herewith bathe and moiilen the hairs for manie daieS. CHAP. XL VI I. Of Pfilothra, orVefilatofies : and alfo of fweet-waters’ MEdicines to fetch off hair, which by the Greeks are termed Tftlothra, and Vefilatoria in latine vulgarly, are made as you may learn by thefe following examples. R. calck viv£, -r—- 2 j. i. let the lime bee quench’d in fair water,and then the orpiment added with fom aromatic thing : have a care that the medicine lie not too long upon the part otherwife it will burn -, and this medicine muft bee made to the confidence of a puffis #nd applied warm, firft fomenting the part with warm water s for then the hair will fall off '^ gentle rubbing or wafhing it with warm water : but if there happen anie excoriation thereU^ion, you may help it by theufe of orfomotherof thelike facultie. Another. R- calck viv. aurif. citrin. an.^ i. amyl. ffum£ argent, an. ^ terantur et incô>rf orentur cum aq. com. bulliant fmul: you fhall certainly know that it isfufficiendy boiled, if putting thereintoagoo- fes quill, the feathers com prefently of : fom make into powder equal parts of unquench d. lime and orpimentjthey tie them up in a cloth,with which beeing fteeped in water they bpmiear the part, and within a while after by gently ftroaking the head, the hairs fal s away of it left «.tm- The following waters are verie fitting for to walk the hands,face,and whole bodie, as alio lin- nen, becauf they yield a grateful find : the firft is lavander-water thus to bee nw^. R. pr. la- I*vender-wa. vend.Mv.aq.rofar.& vini alb an. ft ii. aq. vit£, ^iv.mifceantur omnia fmul, &fiat difmlaUo m balneo Mari£ : the fame water may alfo bee had without diftillation, if you put fom lavander-nowers in fair water,and fo fet them to fun in a glafs,or put them in balneo,a.ddinZ a little oil or Ipike ciove-witcr, 3nd musk.Clove-Water is thus made.R.crtryopb.^ii aq.rofar.fbii.macerentur jfatio Kxiv.borarum,et Sweet-warer. diftiHenturin balneoMari£.S’weet'V!atcv commonly fo called,is made of divers odoriferons things put together; as thus, R. menth£,majoran£,hyfofi,falvi£,rorifmarini,lavendul£,an.mii.radicisireos, ^ii.caryofhyllorttm,cinamoni,nuck mofchat£ ana,^^ limonum,nu.iv. macerentur.omnia irsaqua rofarum, Jfacio viÿfiti qiiatmr horarum^ dip lientur in balneo MarU, addendo Mofehi, ^ J>. “The end of the T'wentie ftxth Booh^