Tes iatrikes kartos, or, A treatise de morborum capitis essentiis & pronosticis adorned with above three hundred choice and rare observations ... / by Robert Bayfield ...

CAP. XVII. De Memoriae Laesione.

MEmoriae laesio, The hurting of the memo∣ry, is a diminution, or utter abolition of the same, arising from causes that hurt the dry∣ness of the brain, conjoyned with a moderate heat, (very necessary as to the memory) and so by means rendring the Animal spirits either tor∣pid, that is, over-dull and sluggish; or else (which is as bad) inordinately moveable.

oblivio quae aetatis ratione accidit, incarabilis est. If the hurting of the memory come on a sudden, and proceed from coldness and moi∣sture,

it is an imminent sign either of the Apo∣plexie, Lethargy, Epilepsie, or Palsie; for it de∣notes much plenty of flegm contained in the head. Oblivio à caliditate & siccitate contracta difficilior curatu est, quàm ea quae à frigidite & humiditate contrahitur.

The Anacardine confection is exceedingly commended by all for the strengthening of the memory, weakned by coldness and moisture, the dose is, ʒ ss vel. ℈. ii. in conserva de staechade: For the same purpose, this mixture following hath been often used with most happy success.

℞ Conservae betonicae, rorismarini, ana ℥ i. cons. rosarum rubr. ℥ i. ss. Nucis muschatae, dianthos, Macis, ana ℈ i. Cinnamomi, ʒ i. syrupi betonicae ℥ i. Mix them, and take the quantity of a small Walnut at a time.

Plura de hoc affectu vide in meo Enchiridio Medico, lib. 1. cap. 9. & etiam in meâ Scholâ Phy∣sicâ, Rec. 87.