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.

••eu••isie, A thing most certain to remedy the great∣est pleurisie possible.

TAke the delicatest Apple, that may be had, make an hole therein, pull out the 〈◊〉〈◊〉, if it may be, not breaking the Apple, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 which hole put in Olibanū of the best the ••••antity of three or four grains, and cover the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of the Apple, then put the Apple into 〈◊〉〈◊〉 embers, there to soken till it be tender but it must not burn,) then break the apple, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the Olibanum into four or five pieces, and give it, the patient to eat, and forthwith 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Impostume of the pleurisie breaketh, and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 patient recovereth Pro certo oyl of scor∣••ons anoynted often to the griefs vatet ••wrod••. See that you apply withal thin Cakes

made with the said oyl, and the fleying 〈◊〉〈◊〉 dryest hot, one after another, one at once and anointing the grief, before any cake 〈◊〉〈◊〉 laid on with the said oyl hot, and thus the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 cakes oyl and hot ashes breaketh the Impo∣stume of the Pleurisie.