A treatise, vvherein is declared the sufficiencie of English medicines, for cure of all diseases, cured with medicines. Whereunto is added a collection of medicines growing (for the most part) within our English climat, approoued and experimented against the iaundise, dropsie, stone, falling-sicknesse, pestilence

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Canis, the Dogge. Feede a white dogge tyed vp for 14. daies together with bones onely, and the fif∣teenth daie take a spoonefull of the dung burnt, and giue it fifteene daies together, against the falling-sicknesse.

Alexander Trallianus.

Chamaedris, Germander, is verie good against the falling sicknesse.* 1.1 Mathiolus. Take Germander in May, as much as you please, let it bee dried in the shadow and reduced into pouder: then when you wil vse it, take one or two yolks of egges, and a spoon∣full of the saide pouder, with which being well mix∣ed and cocted, let it bee giuen to the sicke to eate for eight daies together, morning and euening, but in the meane time, let him abstaine from venerie, sallets, beanes and peason, and other meate, that breeds ill iuice and vitious: and this is a most noble secret and a good one. Alexis Pedemontanus.

* 1.2Cichorium, Cichorie. Some giue the sirrup of Ci∣chorie day and night to infants to licke thereof. Ci∣chorie of its owne propertie, is supposed to bee an enemie against the falling sicknesse. Nicholaus Pi∣so.

* 1.3Cornu Ceruinum▪ Harts horne, poudered & drunk with wine, cureth those that haue the falling sick∣nesse. Pet. Hyspan. Harts horne taken with wine is verie effectuall. Syluius.

The fume of hearts horne burnt, doth recreate those that are in the falling sicknesse. Adamus Loni∣cerus.

Cranium hominis, a mans scull: wee finde that by a naturall propertie the scull of a man,* 1.4 is good against the falling sicknesse. Gerardus hath this se∣cret, and he himselfe doth giue it against the falling-sicknesse, and they are deliuered, and so they take a mans scull for a man, and of a woman for a woman, the scull must be burnt vntill it bee verie white, and then poudered, and being drunke daylie, it cureth

the falling sicknesse. Gerardus a solo et Gal. Simpl. de ossibus lib. 11.

A medicine vsed against the falling sicknesse by Christian the third King of Denmarke: Take the scull of a man, especially of a theefe hanged, that di∣ed of no disease; broile this vpon a gridiron, and then reduce it into pouder, then take three grains of piony, with one drachme of the said pouder and a spoonefull of lauender water, and giue it to the patient early in the morning, also three daies after do the same, and take the pouder fasting, and for three daies let him keepe himselfe at home, with a small quantitie of meate and drinke, and such as is pure and easie of digestion, as newe laide egges: and it will not bee amisse, that the sicke euerie daie in the morning, take downe a spoonefull of lauen∣der-water. Henri••. Rausouius. Against the falling-sicknesse the pouder of a mans scull is approued, and especially the oyle distilled of a scul, doth verie much helpe. Vide Ossa humana.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Germander
• * 1.2

  Cichorie.
• * 1.3

  Harts horne
• * 1.4

  Mans cull.