Choice and rare experiments in physick and chirurgery, or, A discovery of most approved medicines for the curing of most diseases incident to the body of men, women, and of children together with an antidotary of experiments never before published / found out by the studie and experience of Thomas Collins, student in physick neer the city of Gloucester.

A powder against the Falling sickness.

Take of Christal prepared one dram. Of red Coral prepared two scruple••. Of Pearl prepared one scruple. Of O••iental Smaragd prepared half a dram.

The half part of which is one dose in the water of our Ladies thistle.

Cae••ar accounted this for a great secre••, and with which men that were somewhat aged, as also those which have been long subject to this disease after purgation, were cured.

Zacutus Lufitanus wi••nesseth and reporteth, de Prax. Med. adm lib. observat. 20. that he hath seen many, and also of great age, having this disease of the Falling sickness, having try∣ed many remedies, as well of an hidden as manifest quality, which nothing profited or availed them, onely with the syrup made of the green leaves of Tobacco and hony, to have been cured, taking of the same three ounces three hours after supper for fourty dayes; if gree•• Tobacc•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 wanting, dry of good note,

or the best, may be used instead thereof.