Tutela sanitatis sive Vita protracta. The protection of long life, and detection of its brevity, from diætic causes and common cutoms. Hygiastic præcautions and rules appropriate to the constitutions of bodyes; and various discrasyes or passions of minde; dayly to be observed for the preservation of health and prolougation of life. With a treatise of fontinells or issues. Whereunto is annexed Bellum necessarium sive Medicus belligerans the military or practical physitian reveiwing [sic] his armory: furnished with medical weapons munition against the secret invaders of life; fitted for all persons and assaults; with their safe and regular use, according to medical art and discipline by Everard Maynwaring doctor in physick.

For the Guts.

THe Retentive Powder, mittigates and stayes all Fluxes and violent excretions of the Guts, whether lienterial Dysenterial or diarrhaea's; not by an astrin∣gent or binding quality of the Medicine, that were injurious to nature and not subsidiary, to retaine what nature desires to expel; but by attracting and collecting the peccant humor that stimulates to expulsion and evacuating it, whereby one stoole that the Medicine pro∣cures, carryes with it more of the offending cause, then six other from the (oft times vain) irritations and struglings of nature with∣out assistance.

By the anodynous vertue, it allayes & charms the turgid aestuation of stimulating humors, by degrees evacuates and sends them forth, with less disturbance and danger; whether they be sharp, bilious, or acide serous humors; a saline irritating Phleme, a stinking corrupt Colliquation, or acrid and adust Melancholy; having also and astringent vertue to bind after wards, and to roborate the retentve faculty, the offending cause being removed; this is the safest way to stop the flux of what nature soever, and in any person; women with

child, in child bed, children or infants, and to prevent the danger that may ensue. If the Flux be bloody drink Whey wherein gads of Steel hath been quenched, for your com∣mon drink.

The Dose of the Powder for man or Wo∣man, is a dram or more: to a Child of twelve years old, half a dram. And so proportion∣ably to younger.

Take it in Posset-drink, in the Morning in bed, and sleep after it if you can. Do likewise the next day, if the occasion continue.

The Apperitive powder, is emollient ab∣sterfive and opening, appointed for costive, hot and dry bodys; whereby excrements be∣ing too long retained, are hardned and ba∣ked, sumes return up to the stomack, troub∣ling Concoction and offensive to the brain: it corrects the dry distemper of the Guts, or intemperate heat of the Liver (frequent cau∣ses of costiveness) humects and softens dry hard excrements, and procures two or three stools. It is a necessary preparative to Phy∣sick, making the body f••uid and fit for pur∣gation; opening obstructions of the bowels, mesentery, Liver, Spleen Pancreas and Ma∣trix; whereby any Medicine hath access to those parts, with more facility and speed and less abatement of its strength, before it comes

to operate upon the part intended; the du∣ctures and passages being laid open, by its Apperitive vertue.

The Dose for Man or Woman is a Dram: for fourteen years, two scruples.

Take it in a wine-glass full of the Liquor of stewed Prunes, in the morning fasting; half an hour after drink a good draught of posset drink, or Whey if you have a hot costive body: an hour after this you may eat your breakfast; spoon meat is best.

Thus you may do four or five mornings to∣gether.