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 effects of this medicine followeth.

This medicine is good for any strong disease, as for the falling evil, for those that be vexed with an evil spirit, for the headach, for the diseases of the brest, for the plurifie, shortness of winde, the inflammation ••r Apostumation of the ••••ngs, And those that have sowre bel∣••hing and also for ••hose that have an evil disease about their stomack or belly, It is pro∣fitable also to those that have a languish∣ing after a long disease, and that have an ill colour, It helpeth those that have the yellow Jaundise, and that have the drop∣sie proceeding from the Lungs, It helpeth the tissick and pain of the reins of the back, And the continual grief of the colick, it strengthneth them that be troubled in all

their body, it helpeth also the inordinate strange and long diseases and agues that cometh by course, and with order, if it be given between the courses, It eas••th the gout of the feet if it be given before the accidents come••, and in especial it profi••eth much for womens diseases, in which number are ac∣c••unted the Strangury or the purching that happeneth throug•• the mother, or the suffo∣cation of the mother or troubles of the same, And it profiteth also those women with childe that are in danger of abortion, It looseth also the belly, It healeth the stirring or rising of the mother, the inflammation also and raging of it; And to speak a••solutely and in ••ew words it is the gift of God, for whos••ever shall use it to eat of it shall finde good successe. And any shall use it once or twice in the spring time and harvest, so he offend not over much in diet, he shall not be subiect to diseases, for taking fasting the quantity of a filberd nut, it will soon dissolve all evil humours.