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.

The Terms or flowers, their R••••medies.

F••r suppression or retaining of the flowers or M••••struus.

If the blood be too gross and thick you mu•• every month give her the syrup of sumito•••• with the decoction of borage and bugloss a••••

••ther bath her self with fresh water hot. And ••hen she goeth out of the bath into the bed ••e must receive the afor••said Syrup and de∣••••tion of the Herb called Rubea tinctorum or ••••adder, s••dden in clear water. In stead of Sy∣••ps ye may take the very juice or decoction the Herbs.

And if the womans blood be slimie, cold, ••nd Phlegmatick, then she must drink Syrup of ••••echados and of oxymel diuretick and after∣••••rds take the pills called Faetidae and of Aquae ••••rick, and every morning after she must ••••ke a dram of Trochiskes of M••rrhe with two ••••nces of the decoction of Iuniper berries ••d thereupon drink two ounces of water of ••••gwort.

Moreover it is a proved & expert Medicine, •• give the first day of the new Moon a ••••im of powder made of Borax, which the••••ldsmiths do occupie, with asmuch Cinnamon ••••d a little water of smallage.

It is good to help and provoke the said pur∣tion by such things as open, which must be ••en at such time of the Moon as the said wo∣••••n were wont to have the same.

•• the overflowing of the menstruus and for the retaining of the same.

To provoke the termes a most expert ••••dicine, and secret. A certain herb called ••••ri••n, not that with co••s and stones in the ••••t, but that which hath a root like the hand •• man with fingers, and the root of one •••• drieth and groweth in the end of the ••••r, the other a green root; Take three

leaves, otherwise one or two, otherwise thre•• green roots of that Herb dayly and give it fo•• nine dayes in broth, or rosted or fryed with∣out broth as you will and it shall eff••ct, an•• give of the dry roots in the same and the•• shall cease, &c.

A most approved Experiment to provoke the Men∣struiss.

Take of tryphera magna the quantity of great Nut, and put to it the Sal gem the quan∣tity of a filbird nut, let them be mixed an•• tempered with white wine, or eat it with Rue••

For the dropsie and to provoke the flowers a•••• urine.

Cantharides (the head and other things t••¦ken away,) burnt and brought to a powde•• the dose is a dram with white Wine in th•• evening, Probatum est.

Item, a gum called Serapine, mixed with t•••• juice of Savine or Centory, and it causeth a dea•• childe to issue forth.

To bring down womens termes.

Bruise the roots of Celendine and wear the in your socks, next to your bare feet, and will cause them to break and come down wit•• in four dayes or lesse in plentiful manner which then presently take away.

A medicine for the green sickness and to cause•••• flowers.

Take Nep, unset Hyssop, Lavender Cotte••

••ngelica leaves, mother of time, French Mal∣••wes, Germander, Fetherfew, of each a good ••ndful, boil them in two gallons of spring ••ater to one gallon, then strain it, then put to two good sticks of Liquerice scraped and ••uised flat, and one pint of pure clarified ••••y, then boil it again four or five walmes ••••d drink thereof fasting and one hour before ••pper, and use exercise.

A medicine to stop over much abundance of Flowers.

Take Shepherds purse, knotgrass, and red ••changel, a little quantity, pound them a∣••der and not all together, then take the juice each of them, and put one spoonful of ••••e juice of every one of them into six spoon∣•••••• of stale Ale, for Ale is better then Beer this case, and drink it of, and use this drink ••orning and evening.

To make this Electuary, take red Coral in ••••e powder two ounces & a half, white Coral fine powder two ounces, Sanguis Draconis fine powder three ounces, put to it two ••••nces of conserve of red roses and mingle ••••em well together; of this Electuary, first take ••••e quantity of three beanes morning and ••••ening to bedward, and within one quarter of hour after take of the drink aforesaid cold, warm will hinder the force of it, this is a ••••ble Electuary and drink in that case.

For the red Flux in women.

Take a dram of Persicum Philonium in a suf∣ficient

quantity of plantain water to carry down as a Vehiculum, which is the Physician•• word to carry things down, drink this fasting and anoint the Navel and the belly about the Navel and all the back over with Vnguentum Comit••ssae, & make two plasters the one for th•• belly about the Navel, and the other, for th•• other for the whole back parts and appl•• them thereto and wear them nights and day•••• for a good while, you must take the Phy oniu•• Persicum divers dayes together in manne•• aforesaid for four or five dayes together and stay to see what good you finde, if you hav•• not found it stay before, and if it be n•••• stopped, then you must take it again and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the ointment and plaster still until it sto•• and if this will not help it and stop it, n••∣thing will do it, as one Master Ber••ington •••• confidently assure out of his own practise.

For the whites proved.

Take a pint of spring water and stone the•• in half a pound of prunes and put ther•• with them two spoonfuls of sugar, and •••• mornings together drink three or four spo••••∣fuls of the water, and fast an hour after.

For rising of the M••ther.

Take some knops of Amber otherwise led Succinum, and cast them upon a chaf•• dish of coal•• until they make a great smot•••• and then hold your mouth open over chaffing dish and receive the fume 〈◊〉〈◊〉 as you can, and cast a good, linnen cloth ab••

your head and face to keep in the fume that as little go by as may be.

A specia medi••ine for the mother or winde or spleen which riseth about the heart.

Take Fenugreek, Liquerice, Fennel seeds, Anniseeds, Alisander seeds, co••••ander seeds pre∣pared, Parc••ly seed one ounce, and beat them together; then take Cinnamon half an ounce and saffron one scruple and beat them to pow∣der altogether, and temper with clarified hony or sugar making thereof an Electuary and eat of it morning and evening. Probat.

A medicine for the whites and weakness of nature.

Take the whites of four Eggs dryed and made into powder, two Nutmegs, ••he weight of six pence in Cinnamon, the weight of two pence in Mace, the weight of ten pence in ••ed Saunders make all these into fine powder and take of this powder asmuch as will lie on a six pence in a rear egg or with Muscadine or mace ale, and sometimes broath every morn∣••ng for a mone••hs space together; for your di••t forb••ar milk, butter, roots, and Herbs, claret and w••ite wine, and especially pigeons flesh.

To cure the Mother.

Take Gr.ii. of Musk in conserve of Gilliflowers ••nd it must be taken inward, It will melt in ••our mouth.

A good Medicine for one that feareth to misca•• with childe.

Take yarrow and stamp it and strain th•• juice and three spoonfuls of new milk war•• from the cow, mingle them together an•• sweeten with sugar.

To make a caudle to strengthen one that is with childe and is weak.

Make a caudle with whites of Eggs and •• y••lks, and boil in it a stick of Cinnamon, whic•• rose leaves, and white Archangel flowers, an•• har••shorn; boil all these together and so drin•• it.

To make a woman have a quick delivery and sma•••• pain.

Take leaves of Betony, stamp them an•• strain them, or else make powder of them an•• give the woman to drink in a little water.

To cleanse the matrix after the Childbirth.

Take a quart of Claret. Wine and burn i•• and set it on the fire again, and as it boileth p•••• into it 2. or 3. spoonful of Embers, then stra•••• it from the ashes this do two or three time•• then powder it with powder of Sugar and suc•• Syrups as are fit for the womans body, if s•••• be hot and costive, Syrup of Violets, but if s•••• be Laxative not that but Syrup of cowslips, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 good to give her in broth oyl of sweet A••∣monds.

To drive away the after pain of a woman.

Take mother time, picked clean from the stalke and shred small, the quantity of a spoonful, and put to it asmuch salt as the quan∣••ity of a hasell Nut, and put it in a draught of broth or caudle and give it the Woman to drink immediately after shee's delivered, the sooner the better, the Herbs must be raw.

A medicine to fetch away a dead childs after burden.

Take a handful or two of Mugwort stampt •••• chopt which you please, then take a quan∣tity of barly meal and mingle it with a little fair water set over the fire, and boil till it be ••o thick to spread on a cloth, then put into it some barrowes grease asmuch as an Egg, and so 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and spread it on a cloth and lay it beneath the Navel of the woman and not above in any ••••••e, and assoon as it hath brought away an••∣••hing, take it away, for it maketh that way as ••••ng as its on, and will bring away that which •••• should not bring, if it lie on after thats gone which you would have away.

A present remedy for a woman that travaileth with childe.

Take Hyssop, Vervine and Betony of each ••••e handful, stamp them well and temper ••hem with stale Ale, then strain it, and wring ••ut the juice and give a good draught thereof 〈◊〉〈◊〉 her to drink, and she shall be delivered with

speed, and the childe saved and she both, fo••••ts proved.

To deliver a woman of a dead childe.

Take Camomil and give it in clear posse•• drink, is good to ease t••e pain, colick or grip∣ing pain of the body, stamp it and strain it in•• to white Wine, and give it a woman that hath a dead childe within her and it will cause he•• presently to be delivered.