An excellent treatise teaching howe to cure the French-pockes with all other diseases arising and growing thereof, and in a manner all other sicknesses. Dravvne out of the bookes of that learned doctor and prince of phisitians, Theophrastus Paracelsus. Compiled by the learned Phillippus Hermanus, phisition and chirurgion. And now put into English by Iohn Hester in the spagiricall arte, practitioner.

The curing of the paines in the head of those that are Phlegmatick, and Mellancholick.

THe drinke for the Phlegmatick or Mellancholick per∣sons, must in operation be warmer and dryer then that aforesaid, and must therfore be made in this ma∣ner. Take of the wood three quarters of a pounde, bée∣ing broken as small as is possible, with sixe pound of water, and as much Wine, and put it in a stone Pot, and béeing ve∣rie close stopped, sette it to seeth tenne howres in a Kettle of water as is aforesaid, whereof the Patient shall drink mor∣ning and euening eyght ounces at a time, and at the ende of eyght daies, you shall purge him with the aforesaid Purga∣tion, vsing him in all points as is aforesaid, with sweating,

and otherwise, and he shall vndoubtedly be cured. But you must haue great regard in sweating, that you dry his heade well, for that shall much further his health. And heere you shall vnderstand, that the paine doth commonlie increase til it be at the strongest, and then it euery day decreaseth till at the last he feele it no more, therefore you shall not be dismaid though the paine increase in the cure, for that commeth to passe by the strength of the drink, and it is a very good signe, therefore let not the Patient be discomfited, but let him re∣ioyce, because it is a certaine signe of health.