A new method of physick: or, A short view of Paracelsus and Galen's practice; in 3. treatises. I. Opening the nature of physick and alchymy. II. Shewing what things are requisite to a physitian and alchymist. III. Containing an harmonical systeme of physick. Written in Latin by Simeon Partlicius, phylosopher, and physitian in Germany. Translated into English by Nicholas Culpeper, Gent. student in physick and astrologie, dwelling on the east-side of Spittle-fields, neer London.

Afflictions of the Liver and Spleen, Gall, Reins and Bladder.

1 The afflictions of the Liver and Spleen are either Diseases, or Symptomes.

2 The Diseases are either of the Liver, or of the Spleen.

3 The diseases of the Liver are, distemper cor∣ruption of the substance, weakness, obstruction, hardness, swelling, inflamation, ulcers, impost∣humes.

4 The diseases of the Spleen are, swelling, ob∣struction, hardness, inflamation, imposthume, ul∣cers and wind.

5 The symptomes both of Liver and Spleen are yellow and black Jaundice, Hypochondriack Me∣lancholly, Atrophia, or pining away of Flesh, Cachexia, or Dropsie, which is three-fold.

• 1 Anasarcha, commonly called, a dry Dropsie.
• 2 Ascytes, or an ordinary Dropsie of water.
• 3 Timpanites, a Dropsie of wind.

6 The afflictions of the Gall are, obstructions, stone fulness, and emptiness.

7 The afflictions of the Reins are, stone, im∣posthumes, ulcers and pain.

8 The afflictions of the Bladder are, the stone, inflamation, imposthumes, ulcers, failings in ma∣king water.

9 Failings in making water and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 are, Diabets, or continual pissing; often and unsea∣sonable pissing, when men are not able to hold their water; Ischuria, or stoppage of Urine; Dysuria, or pissing with pain; Stranguria, or pis∣sing by drops, pissing blood.

10 These are the afflictions incident to the parts dedicated to Nourishment: Those which are incident to the parts dedicated to Generation follow.