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Bate.] Trochisci albi Rha∣si ʒiij. Camphir ℈j. Dissolve them in Frog-spawn Water ℥xij. S. A. It allays Inflamations and eases Pain, and is effectu∣al against Ulcers of the Yard, Gonorrhea's, &c.
Salmon.] § 1. You ought to have a short Syringe, much like an Ear-Syringe, but much less, and the Body of it all of a piece with the Spout.
§ 2. Before using of it, let the Patient make Water, if he has occasion, and then exhibit the Injection, inject∣ing three Syringes full at a dressing; and after, holding the end of the Syringe in, for about a Minute, before you suffer the Water to come forth.
§ 3. This ought to be done at first five or six times a day, afterwards as the Ulcer begins to heal, three or four times a day, and at last but twice a day, till it is well: and it ought to be continued for some time after it is seemingly perfectly well, lest it should return again.
§ 4. If it be Winter-time, and cold Weather, the Inje∣ction ought to be made Blood∣warm.
Bate.] ℞ Rosemary-flowers M. ij. boil them in Boys Ʋ∣rine lbiss. to lbj. strain out, and add Honey of Roses ℥iv. mix them. It is good against Deafness and pain in the Ears.
Salmon.] § 1. It is good a∣gainst Thickness of Hearing, Pain and Noise in the Ears: It alleviates the Pain in Apo∣stems, and brings them to maturation.
§ 2. After the Ear has been well syringed with this Inje∣ction, you ought to drop into it the following Oil. ℞ Oil of Ben. ℥ss. Oil of Amber ʒij. mix them.
§ 3. And the Ear is to be stopped with Cotton dipt in a strong Tincture of Musk and Ambergrise, made with S. V.
Bate.] ℞ Aqua Benedicta ℥viij. Mercurius dulcis in sub∣til Pouder ʒiij. mix them well S. A. It has all the Virtues of the Injection made of the White Troches, at Sect. 11. above.
Salmon.] § 1. It is an ex∣cellent thing against running Sores, old Ulcers, inveterate Fistula's, and other like Dis∣affections, being used two or three times a day.
§ 2. And it prevails against a Gonorrhea, being injected four, five, or six times a day, as directed at Sect. 11. afore∣going.
§ 3. Exhibited Clyster∣wise in a Colick. (℥ij. iij. or
iv. to twelve Ounces of Chic∣ken or Mutton-broth) it gives relief to a Miracle, and per∣forms that which no other Clyster in the World can do besides.
Bate.] ℞ Alum in fine Pouder q. v. Whites of Eggs beaten together q. s. or so much as may make the Pouder of the Alum into a Paste, of which form Suppositories, of several magnitudes and lengths, which dry for use. One of these be∣ing anointed with Oil, and put up pro re nata, provokes to Stool in several cases. They are of singular use in the Colick.
Salmon.] § 1. The ordi∣nary way which Country People have, is to take a good long piece of Alum, of about a Finger's length, and with a Knife to cut or scrape it into the shape of a Suppo∣sitory, and so put it up; and this will do full as well.
§ 2. But of the shavings or scrapings, (that they may not be lost) you may, if you so please, form Suppositories according to this Prescript.
Bate.] It is made of Chalk and Ʋnguentum Populneum, so as to make a stiff or hard Mass, S. A. It cools and stops the bleeding of the He∣morrhoids.
Salmon.] § 1. It is of good use, where there is a vehe∣ment heat, and withal, an untoward Costiveness of Bo∣dy, in which case it ought to be so long used, till all the hardened Excrements are come away.
§ 2. It is of a brittle sub∣stance, and therefore must be used with much tenderness, lest it break in pieces.