Natura exenterata: or Nature unbowelled by the most exquisite anatomizers of her. Wherein are contained, her choicest secrets digested into receipts, fitted for the cure of all sorts of infirmities, whether internal or external, acute or chronical, that are incident to the body of man. / Collected and preserved by several persons of quality and great experience in the art of medicine, whose names are prefixed to the book. Containing in the whole, one thousand seven hundred and twenty. Very necessary for such as regard their owne health, or that of their friends. VVhereunto are annexed, many rare, hitherto un-imparted inventions, for gentlemen, ladies and others, in the recreations of their different imployments. With an exact alphabetical table referring to the several diseases, and their proper cures.

The Oyntment for the Spleen.

• Take OYle of white Lilies, Oyle of Ireos, Oyle of Capers, of each one ounce and a half.
• Take Meal of Barley, Meal of Lin-seed, Meal of Fennygreek, of each one dram and a half.
• Take The bark of the root Capers and of Spleenwort, of either two drams.
• Roots of Althea three drams▪
• Take Gums of Bdellium, Gom. Ammoniacum, Gom. Galban▪of each four scruples▪
• TakeGum of Appoponax, Myrrhe, Frankincense, of each one dram:
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• Oyle of Capons six drams.
• Neats-foot oyle two drams.
• Badgers grease one dram and a half.
• Goose grease, Capons grease, of either two drams.
• The bark of Capers, Costus, Centaury the less Capers, of each two scruples.

Dissolve the Gums in Vinegar, and beat those in powder which will be beaten, then melt yellow wax so much as will suf∣fice to make your Oyles into an Oyntment, and so work them together according to art.

If you will have sooner ease and help, before you do annoint your side, bath well the same with two round Spunges one after the other, dipped in the decoction of those herbs and roots, e∣very Spunge two times; Viz.

Take Centory the less, Rew, Fumitory, Tyme, Sage, flowers of Camomile, either of them two handfull, the bark of Capers four ounces, seeth all these together in a quart of Vinegar, and one of Smiths water, and use it with Spunges as often as you may, and as conveniently as you can suffer, and this is a good and certain remedy.