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.

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Title: 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.
Author: Collins, Thomas, Student in physick.
Publication: London :: Printed by J.T. for Francis Eglesfield ...,; 1658.
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Remedy for the flux in a childe.

First make a bath of Herbs that do restrain, as of plantain, St. Iohns weed called Hypericon, Knot-grasse, Bursa pastoris, and other such or some of them, and use to bath him in it as hot as ye may well suffer them, then wrap him in with clothes and lay him down to sleep.

And if in twice or thrice using the belly be ••o•• stopped, ye may take an eggs yelk hard rosted & grinde it with a little S••ff••on, Mirrhe and wine, made a plaster and lay to the ••a••il hot, if this succeed not,

Take powder of Knotgrass, or the juice there of in a posset drink, or a plaster of the same herb and of shepherds purse, Bolea••mony and the juice of plantain with a little vineger, and wheat slower is exceeding good in this case.