Volume 2

The practice of physick. In seventeen several books. Wherein is plainly set forth, the nature, cause, differences, and several sorts of signs; together with the cure of all diseases in the body / By Nicholas Culpeper ... Abdiah Cole ... And William Rowland ... Being chiefly a translation of the works of that learned and renowned doctor, Lazarius Riverius ... To which are added, four books containing five hundred and thirteen observations of famous cures. By the same author. And a fifth book of Select medicinal counsels. By John Fernelius ... As also a physical dictionary.

  • Lazare Rivière
Date:
1668
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Credit: The practice of physick. In seventeen several books. Wherein is plainly set forth, the nature, cause, differences, and several sorts of signs; together with the cure of all diseases in the body / By Nicholas Culpeper ... Abdiah Cole ... And William Rowland ... Being chiefly a translation of the works of that learned and renowned doctor, Lazarius Riverius ... To which are added, four books containing five hundred and thirteen observations of famous cures. By the same author. And a fifth book of Select medicinal counsels. By John Fernelius ... As also a physical dictionary. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    thev than roafted; of fuppings rather then folid things, becanfe the Eyes are moved in chewing; ; let him avoid fharp things. Salt and Pepper: As alfo thiiigs that fume and will fill the Head vvith vapors, as alfofuch as quickly turn into Choler, as Milk, Sugar, Honey, and all fvveet things; Wine efpecially is not good, but inftead thereof ufe Barley-water with Liquoris and cooling things. Sleep is very profitable, becaufe then the Eyes reft from motion which is apt to ftir up pain and defluxion • befides pain is affwaged by deep, and the matter caufing the Difeafe is concodfed ; Let the Patient fleep with his Head high, and more inclined to that fide which is leaft af- fedfed. Let him avoid all motion of his Body, for reft is fo profitable, that commands that the firft day of Cure they fpeak not, left by that motion matter be carried to the Head. The Belly muft be kept foluble, for Hyper at es faith, It is good for him that hath fore Eyes to fall into a loofnefs. Let him avoid palfions, efpecially Anger. Let the Air be temperate and pure, without Smoke, Duft and Winds, and fomewhat dark; for the light by moving the Spirits caufeth defluxion ; Let him have a black, green or sky-coloured cloth before his Eyes, and keep not onely his fore but his found Eye fnutor covered ; for while the found Eye is moved towards the Objedfs the fore is moved alfo, whence the pain increafeth ; and this is the reafon why men have greater pain when one Eye is affedled, than when both. • The Diet being thus ordered, let us lay down the Cure of the Difeafe; and fince it comes for the moft part of external Caufes; firft let them be removed left they nourilli it: Next make a Col- /jmw, or Eye-water, of Rofe and Plantane-water, with the White ofai^Eggand Womans-milk, and let that be inftilled into the Eye often in a day, as alfo let a linnen clout be dipped therein and applied. ' At the fame time let him fleep as much as he can, for fleep is very profitable to concodl and dif- cufs the matter caufing the Difcafc. If it yield not to thefe, you muft ufe the Remedies proper for a true Ophthalmy in this Order. Firft open a Vein ( having given a Clyfter ) on the contrary Arm, and do it often, till you have made fuflicient Evacuation and Revulfion ; For Avicen teacheth. That in a true Ophthalmy you may let blood till they faint. But Galen^ lih.de carat, pr fangn. mif^.capi']. tells a ftory of a Steward which was freed of a great Ophthalmy by blood-letting, firft three pound, and four hours after one pound: And in his i6. caf. of the fame Book heaffirmeth,That Ophthalmies are often cu¬ red in an hours fpace onely by Phlebotomy : which could not be but by loofing of a great quantity, as they did in thofe times in that cafe. Phlebotomy muft be regulated and moderated according to the temper, age, fex, ftrengtb, and kind of the Difeafe; for in a Plethorick body, and when it comes from blood, you muft take a grea-. ter quantity £ but in a cholerick body, or melancholy, orflegmatick, and other Circumftances whicnprohibitblood-letting, you muft take lefs. If the whole Body be full of blood, firft open the Liver or Medun-yek\,^ after the Head-vein; but if you intend to lofe but little blood, begin with the Head-vein. But in them who have a ftoppage of any ordinary accuftomed. Evacuation by the Terms or He¬ morrhoids, you muft open the Veins beneath, or apply Leeches to the Hemorrhoid-veins, . After you have bled enough, you muft labour to make Revulfion by applying of Cupping-Glaf- fes to the Shoulders and the back, both dry and vvith fcarrification. Fridfions are good for the fame, and Ligatures in the lower-parts. To the aforefaid Revulfions you muft add means to derive, which are by the opening of the Veins ofthe Forehead and Temples; to which fome add the opening of the Veins in the corners of the Eyes; others apply Horfleeches to the Temples, others behind the Ears; all which derivations are very profitable after fufficient Evacuation. Galen 13. Meth. Cap. 22. Commended the opening of an Artery in the Temples, when the Dif¬ eafe comes of very hot blood : And though this way of Practice is not ufed in our times, yet it is very excellent and profitable,without any danger; for in thofe leffer Arteries the blood is ftauched by good Ligature and bondage only ; nor is the Plaifter mentioned by Galen in the fame place neceffa- ; ry, which is made of Bole, Maftick, Frankincenfe, and the Hair of an Hare, vvith the White of an Egg: yet for the better fecurity, they who are afraid ofthe opening of an Artery, may make ufe of it ; you may fee what we have faid concerning the opening of Arteries in the Cure of the Headach. Veficatories alfo are very profitable in this Difeafe, both applied to the Neck and be¬ hind the Ears. When you have bled fulflciently you muft purge, that the Cholerick Humors, efpecially fuch as make the blood hot, may be evacuated ; And Hyperates inith, it is very requifite, Aphor.iy* SeB.