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CHAP. XI. Of the Emeroids, and their cure.

THe Emeroides are an alteration in the Emeroidall veines, caused of a corrupt and putrified humor, whereof nature being willing to discharge her self, sendeth forth by those veines unto the extream or outward parts, where it cannot pass through, and causeth the alteration and inflammtion that is cal∣ed the Emeroides. This corruption and putrifaction is caused of the evill quality of the Liver, which corrupteth the bloud, and is the cause of all this inconvenience. Commonly the originall and beginning thereof is caused of the Pox, a thing that must be considered of in the cure. Now for the cure, it were necessary to help the Liver, to purifie the bloud, to alter

the Emeroides, and to discharge nature of that impediment. First, therefore give them our Electuario Angelica, the next day they shall take our Sirrupo solutivo, whereof they shall take five or six doses. Then let them annoint the Emeroids with our Caustick, once or twise, and they shall soone after bee cured.

Of the divers sorts and divers effects of the Emeroides, and their cure.

BY reason of this disease that cometh alwaies at the end of Intestino, or Longanon, some have marvelous paine about the fundament, some burn wonderfully, and others do scald: which commeth because of the good or bad qualities in some, more then in other some, as experience sheweth. For (as I said) some have such a burning, that they can take no rest, some have such paine as they cannot sit, some have it so scalding hot that it is intollerable. Though this infirmity is more hurt∣full in one complexion then in another, and the cure hard, yet you shall cure them in this manner.

First, give them Aromatico, then purge the body five or six times with our Sirrupo solutivo. Then give him our fume at the lower parts, three or four times, and then annoint the parts with our Balsamo Artisiciato, for that will dry and take away the paine altogether, and the Patient shall be surely healed.

There are divers kinds of Emeroides, but two in principall. The one sort is in the fundament, and causeth great paine when they go to the stoole. The other sort commeth forth of the fundament and are not so painefull as the first. To cure those within the fundament, you shall give the Patient eight or ten daies together our Sirrupo magistrale warm, then let them take our Aromatico once, and use Glisters, wherein is put half an ounce of Aqua reale Phioravante at a time, and so thou shalt help them. The best way for those that are come forth, is to make incision, or to make a little hole in them, that the bloud which is putrified may come forth, and so by evacuation thou shalt help them. Also you shall understand that vomiting is very necessary in the cure of both sorts, because it openeth

the veines. Also Oleum ovorum doth ease the paine of the Emeroides very greatly; so doth the oyle of Figs if you an∣noint them therewith. The tooth of an horse-fish being worn in a ring on the finger, after the body is purged, taketh them away by a secret and hidden quality, a thing proved more then an hundered times.