The Kitchin-physician, or, A guide for good-housewives in maintaining their families in health wherein are described the natures, causes, and symptoms of all diseases, inward and outward, incident to the bodies of men, women, and children : prescribing natural, useful and proper medicines, both in physick and chirurgery, as well for the prevention as speedy cure of the said distempers : adorned with sculptures ... / published for the common good ... by T.K., Doctor in Physick.

7. How to take away Warts off the Face or Hands.

The juice of Lemmons killeth Warts, but better the water of the same juice, di∣stilled through a glass. Or the juice which is pressed out of the Flowers and Leaves of white Wool-blade.

Also the juice of the Leaves of great Spear-herb. Also wart-Cicory, either ea∣ten in Sallets, or laid upon the face or hands, or other parts, cures the same to admiration.

Also the Milky juice of Woolfs Milk, and that of the wild fig-tree, Oyl of Red Copper, or Spanish Green, Brimstone, the grease which is gotten from the old Cask of an Oyl-Vessel, made hot before a great fire, the juice that is pounded out of the sprouts of Purslane, (without the leaves) in a little Morter, adding thereunto a little Salt; this will cause the Warts to vanish away in four or five days, when they are anointed therewith.

Or, lay on the Warts the Powder of Savil, or white-Daffadil (Hermodactyl) with Honey, Vineger, and Sea-Onion, mix'd with the juyce of Marigolds: sheeps-dung soaked in Vineger, cureth hanging-Warts, being laid thereupon.