CHAP. III. Of AGVES.

I. A rare Secret to Cure all Agues whatsoever.

TAke Venice Turpentine half an ounce; incor∣porate it with as much Cam∣phire and Mastick beaten in∣to fine Powder, as will make it into a Plaister; then take of it, and spread it on a piece of Sheeps Leather, cut round, and lay it on the Stomach and Navel pretty warm, a day before the Fit cometh, Probat.

II. Against an Ague.

Take Posset-drink, a pint and half, put into it nine heads of Carduus, boyl it 'till half be wasted; to every quarter of a Pint, put in a quarter of a Spoonful of gross Pepper, stir it well, and take half a Pint an Hour before the Fit cometh; and be sure to Sweat him in his Bed up∣on the taking of it.

III. A Plaister against an Ague.

Take a piece of Leather pricked full of Holes, spread it over with Venice-Turpent. and on that spread all over Rue and Frankincense, bea∣ten into Powder, of each a like quantity, then bind it to the Wrist a little before the Fit cometh, and let it lie 'till the Fit be gone.

IV. Against a Tertian Ague.

Take (at the coming of the cold Fit) half a Pint of Page  9 expressed Juice of Ger∣mander; for Germander is styled by Physicians, the Scourge of a Fever.

V. Against all burning and pestilential Fevers.

Take of the Herb Fluellin cut small, and infuse it twen∣ty four Hours in White Wine, then Distil it, and drink of this Distilla ion, with three, four, five, or six Drops of Oyl of Vituol in every Draught, when Thirsty. This hath cured Old and Young that took it.

VI. An Excellent Process to Cure all Quotidian, Ter∣tiane, Pestilential and Burn∣ing Fevers and Agues.

Take Aloes three drachms, Myrrh one drachm, Saffron half a drachm, Sugar three drachms; beat them well to∣gether, then infuse them in a pint of White. Wine over Night, and give it two seve∣ral Mornings, half a pint at a time to purge with.

And for ordinary Drink, when-thirsty, use this. Take White-Wine-Vinegar, half a pint; Rose-water, Conduit or Fountain Water, ana, one Pint; seeth them together with a Pound of Sugar.

VII. Sleep to procure, in an Ague.

If he want Sleep, Take Syrup of white Poppy, one ounce; distilled Water of Lettice; Sal Prunella 15. grains: mix them, and take it at Night, for Sleep cools the Body, and prevents mo∣tion, and Motion is one of the principal Causes of heat.

VIII. An Ague, with a sore Mouth to Heal.

If the Mouth be sore, take of red Sage grosly cut, one handful: of French Bar∣ley beaten, Roach Allom, ana one ounce: Boyl all these together in a pint and a half of Spring-water, then dulei∣fie it before it be cold with Honey, and therewith wash the Mouth, and gargle the Throat.

IX. Against a new Ague.

Take one drachm of pine Tobacco in the Leaf, infuse it all Night in half a pint of White-Wine, then strain it, Page  10 and drink it, fasting two Hours after it. This will purge Phlegm and Choler throughly.

X. Against a burning Feaver.

Take Water distilled from Wall-nuts, a Week or two before Mid-Summer, and give of that Water one ounce and a half at a time, an Hour before the Fit. It Cures.

XI. An Excellent Julep in all Fevers.

Take Poppy-water, four ounces of Prune-water, Juice of Oranges, Syrup of Gil∣ly-flowers two ounces, a few drops of Spirit of Vitriol; mix them, and let the Pati∣ent drink two or three spoon∣fuls at a time often.

XII. A Specifick against all manner of Agues.

Take Quin-quina, or Je∣suits Bark, two Drachms; beat it into Powder, just a∣bout the time of using it; In∣fuse it in a good Draught of Claret, or other Generous Wine, for the space of two Hours; then give the Patient both Liquor and Powder at once, as they lye in Bed. Some advise to give it as the Fit is coming, others, as the Fit is going off; the latter way is best, if the Sick be very weak. Salmon.

XIII. Another Remedy for the same.

If you give my Catharti∣cum Argenteum to forty, fifty, sixty, or one hundred Drops, according as the Patient is in Age and strength, as I have directed in my Phylaxa Medicinae, Lib. 1. Cap. 3. and continue it for five or six times taking, it will go near to Cure any Ague whatso∣ever; more especially, if af∣ter such universal Purging, you give either my Guttae Vitae, or my Volatile Lauda∣num, in such due Dose as in my said Phylaxa is prescribed, about three Hours before the coming of the Fit, so as the Sick may be in a good Sweat, about the coming of the cold Fit; by this means used five or six times the A∣gue goes off, and comes no more. I scarce ever fail of Curing an Ague by this me∣thod. Salmon.

Page  11 XIV. Agues Cured by another Medicine.

I have Cured hundreds of Agues exactly by the former method, except only that instead of the Catharticum Argenteum, I have used either my Tabulae Emeticae, or Vo∣miting Lozenges; Or my Vinum Emeticum; and some∣times some other proper E∣meticks and Catharticks al∣ternately: But before either Quin-quina, or Opiates be given, if you would do like an Artist, you ought to pre∣mise Universal Cleansers. Salmon.

XV. A violent burning Fea∣ver, with Vomiting and Bloody Flux.

Where the Disease has been long, the Patient wasted, and brought as it were to Death's door, there is nothing in the World bet∣ter than our Pulvis Antifebri∣ticus, mentioned in Phylaxa Medic. Lib. 1. Cap. 45. You may give it to half a drachm or a drachm, in any conve∣nient Vehicle, an Hour and half before the coming of the Fit. Salmon.

XVI. Agues (chiefly Quartans) Cured by the following Ar∣canum. Rolfinc. Lib. 5. Sect. 6. Cap. 12.

Take Leaf-gold a drachm, dissolve it in Aqua Regis; Glass of Antimony a drachm, dissolve it in Aqua Fortis, Quick-silver six Drachms, dissolve it in Aqua Fortis: mix these Solutions together, and Distil them by an A∣lembick, cohobating twelve times; at last to the Powder left in the bottom put Spirit of Wine, which abstract from it six times; then Cal∣cine it upon a Tile, or in a Hascican Crucible, in a Cir∣culary Fire; so have you one of the best Remedies for an Ague, chiefly a Quar∣tane, yet commonly known. Take of this Powder six Grains, Scammony twelve Grains, mix for a Dose, give it in the Morning the day before the Fit, or in the Morning the same day, if the Fit falls towards Night. Salmon.

XVII. Riverius his Ague Frighter.

Take Flowers of Antimo∣ny, Page  12 thrice sublimed with Sal Armoniack, and Dulci∣fied; Perlucid Hyacinth, Glass of Antimony, ana half an Ounce: Aqua Fortis, (made of Nitre and Alum) 4 Ounces; Praecipitate the said Antimony in the said Water: Again, Take Quick∣silver, revived from Cinabar six Ounces; Aqua Fortis, (made of Nitre, Alum, and Vitriol) q. s. in which dis∣solve and praecipitate the Mercury: Take also fine Leaf-Gold one Ounce, dis∣solve it in Aqua Regia. All these three Menstruums, with their Praecipitates, put into a well Luted Retort, and with a gradual Fire di∣stil to dryness, which re∣peat by Cohobation twelve times; then wash the Pow∣der five times with some Cordial Water, and dry it; put to it of the best Spirit of Wine a Quart, and distil it from it, in a well Luted Glass Retort, Cohobating six times; and the remaining Powder put into a strong Crucible, well Luted, which place in a Circulary Fire for three Hours; remove it from the Fire, and being cold, burn off the best Spirit of Wine from it. Dose à Gr. six. ad twenty, with Scammony from twelve Gr. to twenty five, the day be∣fore the Fit, or the same morning, if the Fit salls to∣wards night. Salmon.

XVIII. A most excellent Medi∣cine against all sorts of burn∣ing Feavers.

There is nothing better in the World, that I know of, than my Febrifuge, menti∣oned in my Phylaxa, Lib. 2. now in the Press. You may take about twenty Grains, to thirty, or thirty five Grains, in a Glass of fair Water, sweetned with Su∣gar, or in Wine well sweet∣ned, just at the coming of the Heat, and you may give another Dose about an Hour after; and if the Heat be vehement, you may give a third Dose in like manner; 'twill take off the Feaver as it were by Inchantment: This Course being taken for two, three, or four returns of the Fit, 'twill at length certainly vanish, If the Fe∣ver be Continent, you ought to give it every Day 4 or 5 Page  13 Doses a Day, as before di∣rected, 'till the Feaver is wholly taken off: 'Tis one of the best of Antifebriticks. I speak experimentally from (I veryly Believe) a Thousand Proofs; the greatest of all which, was made upon my own Person in the West-In∣dia's, when it was supposed there was scarcely an Hour betwixt me and Death. Sal∣mon.

XIX. Agues, chiefly Quartans, cured by our Aurum Vitae Cathartick, in Phylaxa, Lib. 1. Chap. 41. Sect. 1.

Tho' I did always know this Medicine to be a very good Antifebritick, yet my late Experience thereof, since the Writing of that Book, has much more confirmed me in the use of it; I have Cured many Quartans with it of long continuance, when the hopes of Cure were al∣most past, by a declivity in∣to other more dangerous Diseases. Dose is from two Grains to twelve, according to Age and Strength: Let it be given in a Bolus over Night, and a Purge the next Day; or it may be given in the Morning Fasting, in a simple Extract of Aloes. Sal∣mon.

XX. Another Remedy against all sorts of stubborn Agues.

Take of our Royal Pow∣der (in Phylaxa, Lib. 1. Cap. 44. Sect. 1.) from fifteen Grains, to thirty or thirty five, and mix it with the Pap of an Apple, or a stew'd Prune, or with a little Con∣serve of Roses, or a little Syrup; and so let the Sick take it early, the Day before the Fit, or the same Morn∣ing, if the Fit comes towards Night, Drinking warm Pos∣set Drink, or Broth, liberal∣ly after it; it is a good thing, and scarely ever fails, Sal∣mon.

XXI. A Tedious Quartan and Tertian.

I have oftentimes Cured Tedious Quartans and Ter∣tians, by giving half a Pint of the Crude Juice of Ca∣momil, an Hour before the coming of the Fit, and re∣peating the same Dose for four or five Fits. Salmon.

Page  14 XXII. A good Observation.

If in any Ague whatso∣ever, when any Concoction (though not perfect) appears in the Urine, then give a Purge on the Ague Day, so as it may have done Work∣ing before the Fit comes (viz. four or five Hours be∣fore the coming of the Fit) you will find the Ague will never return any more after the Fit, but will be quite removed, as if done by In∣chantation: It has been of∣ten tryed with answerable Success. In Tertians, do it after the third or fourth Fit: In Quotidians, you may tar∣ry longer: In Quartans, scarcely before the thirtieth Day. And in this case we may fly to Antimonial and Mercurial Medicines, espe∣cially if of long continuance. For as the Matter lies in se∣veral places, so chiefly in the Mesentery, whence, un∣less it be fetcht, the Cure seldom succeeds as it ought to do. If the Disease va∣nish not upon Purging, I always give my Volatile Laudanum before the Fit. Salmon.

XXIII. Another method in Quartans and long continu∣ed Agues.

Take Water half a Pint, Salt of Tartar 2 Drachms, Oyl of Sulphur half a Drach. Sena three Drachms, Jalop in Powder one Drachm. Make an Infusion for two Doses; the next Day Purge also with this. Take Ca∣lomelanos, Scamony in pow∣der, of each alike, mix them. Dose from half a Drachm to one Drachm. Salmon.