CHAP. XVI. Of local medicines to be applyed to hot or sanguin Gout.
HEre must we in the beginning make use of repercussives, such as are cold and dry,* 1.1 that they may contend with the morbifick matter by both their qualities; also let them be astrict∣ive, so to add strength to the part. But I would have you alwaies to understand that you must first premise general medicines. ℞. albuminum ovorum nu. iv. succi lactucae & solani an. ℥ i. aq. rosar. ℥ ii. incorporentur simul, & fiat linimentum saepius renovandum. Others take the meal of barly, lentils, acatia, oil of roses, myrtles, and with a little vinegar they make a cataplasm; Or, ℞. su∣ma••h. myrtillorum. boli arm. an. ʒ ss. acatiae, corticum granat. baulast. an. ʒ i. aq. plantag. & rosar. an. ℥ iii. ol•• rosati ℥ i ss aceti ℥ ii. far••nae hordei & lentium quantum satis erit, fiat cataplasma. This is very excel∣lent and effectual to stay or hinder phlegmonous and erisipelatous tumors. Also you may make a cataplasm ex mucagine Cydoniorum in aquâ rosarum extractà, cassia fistula, oleo rosato, & aceto: Or, ℞. pampinorum vitis viridum, m. ii. terantur & bulliant in oxycrato ex aquâ fabrorum, cuī adde sumach. c••••quassat. ℥ i. olei rosat. ℥ ii. farinae hordei quantum sufficit, fiat cataplasma. Or else,* 1.2 ℞. succi sempervi∣vi, hyoscyami, portulacae an. ℥ iv. corticum mali granati ℥ i ss. farinae hordie ℥ v. vini austeri quantum suf∣f••••i••, fiat cataplasma; this is much commended, for it hath entring thereinto wine and the pom∣granate pill, which both are very great astrictives; and the juices are exceeding cooling, the meal also hinders and thickens the sanguin humors that are ready to flow down, and make the medi∣cine of a good consistence. Another: ℞. fol. hyoscyami & acetosae an. m. i. involvantur papyro, & sub cineribus c••quantur, mox cum unguento populeon. ant. rosat. ℥ ii. incorporentur; and then lay this Cata∣pla••m thus made warm unto the part. Another: ℞. florum hyoscyami lb. ii. ponantur in phialâ vi∣t••eatà, & recende in fimo equino donec putruerint, accipe ex putredine ℥ ii in quibus dissolve olei de ju∣nipere ℥ ss. fiat linimentum ad usum. Others beat pulp of a Gourd or Citrul in a mortar, and so apply it. Another: ℞. mucilag. sem. psilii, & cydon. extract. in aq. rosar. & solani an ℥ iiii. olei rosati ••••phacini ℥ iii. vini. granat. ℥ i. vitell••s ovor. cum albumine nu. iii. camphorae ʒ i. encorporentur simul, siat li∣nimentum. Or else, ℞. ol. rosat. omphacini ℥ iv. album. ovorum cum vitellis nu. vi. succi plantag. et solani an. ℥ i. farinae hordei ℥ iii. incorporentur simul, fiat cataplasma. Or, ℞. farinae fabarum et hordei an. ℥ iii. ••lei rosati, ℥ ii. oxycrati quantum sufficit, c••quantur simul, fiat cataplasma. Another, ℞. mucilag. sent. psi∣lii. ℥ ii••i. ••l. rosati ℥ ii. acet. ℥ i. vitellos ovorum, nu. iii. croci ℈ i. misce. Pliny reporteth that Sextus Pom∣ponius the Governor of the hither-Spain, as he overlooked the winowing of his corn,* 1.3 was taken by the pain of the Gout in his feet, wherefore he coverd himself with the Whear above his knees, and so was eased, his feet being wonderfully dryed; and he afterwards used this kind of remedy. It is note-worthie, which often happeneth, that the pain cannot be altogether eased by such reme∣dies, by reason of the abundance of blood impact in the part; wherefore it must be evacuated:* 1.4 which I have done in many with good success, opening the vein which was most swelled and nigh to the affected part; for the pain was presently asswaged. Neither must we too long make use of repercussives; least the matter become so hardned, that it can scarce be afterwards resolved, as when it shall be concrete into knots and plaster-like stones: resolving medicines are to be mixed with repercussives conveniently applyed, so to discuss the humor remaining as yet in the part, whereof shall be spoken in the following Chapter.