them togeather.Aliud. Or this is good. ℞. Euphorbium, salt peter. ana. ℈.ij. sope, quicke lime. ana. ʒ.j. mel anacardinum, as much as is sufficient, so that all being mixed togeather, may be of the thicknes of honie.Vict ratio. Let his diet be such, that his meate may be meanely thin, and easie of digestion. Let his exercise be walkinges, continuall writhinges, leapinges, or dauncinges and running. It is good always to haue the bodie soluble. And if the disease hath endured long, and cannot be driuen away with the aforesaide medicines, you must vse burning in three or foure places, after that sort, as Paulus teacheth in lib. 6. cap. 76. and Aetius. lib. 12. cap. 30.CAP. LXVI. Of the goute in the feete and ioyntes. DE PODAGRA ET ARTHRITIDE.PODAGRA & arthritis in Latine, be diseases of one kinde. And therefore they differ not, but in places diseased. For in both of them there is weake∣nes of the ioyntes, and an vnnaturall humour floweth to them. And if that the fluxe of the humour doe flow to the feate, that is called Podagra in Latine. But if the humour flowe to other ioyntes,Podagra. Arthritis. it is called in Greeke Arthritis, in Latine, articularis morbus, the ioint sicknes. Sometime, this euill doth rushe in sodainely, being equally dispersed throughout all the ioyntes. But for the most parte, the fluxe is wont to fall in priuilie, and by little and little. For in some, paine doth inuade the ioynte of the great toe, but in some the ende of the heele is afflicted. Againe in some other, the hollownes of the foote is grieued, either through chafeing of the shoe, or some such like thing. The goute taketh his beginning at the feete, whereupon it taketh the name, and it proceedeth vpward by little & little to the knees, & also to the ioyntes of the huckle bones, & the thighes. Afterward to the handes, euery ioint particularly being grieued. They that are taken extreamly with this disease, they haue paine in the backbone ioyntes, and in the ioyntes of the ribbes, and eye liddes, and to some paine in the throte also: neither is there anie connexion or knitting of boanes,Causae. which is free from this euill. This disease is engen∣dred of continuall crudities and drunckennes, and of immoderate vsing of lecherie, through vehement and swift deambulations and walkinges, through longe standing or often ry∣ding, by suppression and stopping of accustomed excretions and fluxes, and through inter∣mission of familiar exercises. Sorowes, cares, watchinges, and other perturbations of the minde do not onely engender this euill, but also doe breede hurtefull and corrupt humours. Also many times the cholicke being naughtely cured, is wont to be a cause, why the ioint sicknesse should follow. But, for the most parte, a disposition to this kinde of disease pro∣ceedeth from the parentes to the children, and their posteritie. Also vniuersally aboun∣daunce, of all rawe humours is the cause of this disease. The humours that do abound, and doe fasten them selues in the ioyntes, either be sanguine, or cholericke, or flegmaticke, or melancholious.Signa. Also sometime this euill is engendred of commixion of humours. The out∣ward causes may easely be knowen by the telling of the sicke, or them that be about him. The difference of humours you shall know by the signes following. The humour of blood, if it be much in quantitie,Signes if bloud do flow. it causeth fulnes, and great swelling, not onely of the veines, but about the skinne of the whole member that is grieued, and maketh it red in colour. They which are afflicted with this euill, cannot suffer remeadies to be applyed that be verie cold, or verie hote, and they are continually vexed with paine, because the flowing of the bloude doth chaunce continually and equally. Their vrines are yelowe and meane of substaunce. Also their veynes doe abounde with bloude, and are puffed vppe and swollen. The conuenient age for this euill, is youth. Also meates that engender good iuice, and nourish aboundantly were eaten before, and exercises were neglected. The time of the yeare in the which the patient is most afflicted is spring time.Signes of cho∣lericke fluxe. If the humour, that floweth into the ioyntes, be cholericke, you may knowe it by the yealowish colour of the skinne. Sometime rednes is mixed with the yealow colour, that is when choler is commixed with bloud. Also there is sensible heate and sharpe paine like launcing. Also moystnes sodain∣ly 0