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℞ CArnis Ciconiarum, Cor∣nicum, Corvorum, Hi∣rundinum, Lumbricorum, Pica∣rum, desiccatae; Cranii Humani grosso modo pulverizati, San∣gninis Humani siccati, ana un∣cias duas; Spiritus Nitri uncias triginta, misce ac dissolve: dis∣soluto addatur Alcohol Vini unciae sexaginta, filtratur, re∣ponaturque ad usum. Vel sic: ℞ Carnis Ciconiarum sicca∣tae, &c. pone in Retortam, & extrahatur Oleum foetidum &
Sal volatile: Oleo & Sali adde Spiritus Nitri quantitatem du∣plicem, digere per horas viginti quatuor; dein addatur Alcohol Vini quantitas toti duplex, di∣gereque ad usum.
Summo cum successu exhibe∣tur contra omnes Epilepsiae species, tam ad digerendam in Epilepti∣cis fluidam illam Pituitam (in istis enim hic Humor peccat) na∣turalem, calorem illorum confor∣tando, & corroborando Cerebrum; quam ad separandos & consu∣mendos in Centro acres aut ma∣lignos Vapores, qui ascendentes in Cerebrum, hunc causantur Mor∣bum in aliis. Valet etiam in Puerorum Epilepsia, quae vitio Stomachi à quadam, vel flatu∣lentia, vel Cibi corruptione, vel Vermibus exagitatis obtingit. Su∣mitur in aqua Peoniae, florum Papaveris sylvestris, aliove ap∣propriato liquore, ante vel post paroxysmum; ita etiam mane jejuno stomacho, & horâ somni. Dosis, à drachma semis ad dra∣chmam unam. Contra Paralysin est efficacissimum; singulare refu∣gium est in Apoplexia, (datum in principio, & reiteratum per in∣tervalla temporis, prout necessi∣tas requirat,) in Convulsionibus & morbis Hystericis. Non mino∣ris efficaciae est in Hypochondria∣cis, aut Melancholia flatulenta; quae variis modis affligere solet, idque pro diversitate Partium, quas Vapores isti maligni impetuosè exagitant. Ʋtlissimum est con∣tra Tremorem membrorum, ex∣ortum ex imbecillitate & relaxa∣tione nervorum, ob senilem aeta∣tem, aut Humores frigidos: in Tabe etiam, & Corporis Consum∣ptione,
à simplici Obstructione tam Mesenterii, quam aliorum Organorum principalium. Colicam passionem, Ventrisque Tormina, praestantissimè sedat.
℞ Aloes Succotrinae, Myrrhae optimae, Croci Anglici, ana uncias sex; rebus contusis, vel grosso modo pulverizatis, superfunditur Oleum Philoso∣phicum unciae octo vel de∣cem: digerit mixturam per ho∣ras viginti quatuor, vase aperto, ad siccitatem usque: tum super∣affunditur Spiritus Vini rectifica∣ti librae tres, fiat iterum digestio per noctem; dein sensim effun∣ditur Tinctura, fitque iterum digestio cum Spiritus Vini re∣ctificati libris tribus, & magma∣te per diem & noctem unam: decanta Tincturam, atque iterum Alcohol Vini novum affunditur, & procede ut antea, donec tota Tinctura sit exhausta: misce Tincturas, digere mixturam, reponaturque ad usum.
Virtutes & Ʋsus, vide in Se∣ctione undecima Capitis quinqua∣gesimi primi, paulò supra.
℞ Reguli Antimonii martia∣lis uncias duas, Stanni optimi Anglici, Veneris rubrae, ana un∣ciam unam; fundatur in Cruci∣bulo, igne strenuo, ita ut Cu∣prum totaliter dispareat, quô peractô, effundantur in Cono fusorio. ℞ Hujus massae unciam unam, Nitri purissimi uncias duas; terantur in pulverem exacte inter se, & successivis
vicibus conjiciantur in Crucibu∣lum candens, coquanturque simul, donec massa tua conversa sit in scorias ex caeruleo viridescentes, massaque tua igneam acquisivit acrimoniam; tunc massam tuam effunde, & antequam humidum Aëris attrahere queat, in pulve∣rem terito, iique affundito Al∣cohol Vini purissimi uncias vi∣ginti: stent in digestione per viginti quatuor horas, & Spi∣ritus tuus Vini rubello colore tingetur, & in gremio suo oc∣cultabit praedictorum Metallico∣rum Sales, resolutos primitus per Sales corrosivas Antimonii, & postmodum per fulmen Ni∣tri; habebisque potentem Tin∣cturam Metallorum.
Haec Tinctura Cephalica, Car∣diaca & Stomachica est, ratione{que} Salium Pituitam potenter tenacem incidit, & Obstructiones pertina∣ciores resolvit; Fermenta acido∣austera peregrina Viscerum & Sanguinis extinguit; fermentatio∣nem Sanguinis suppressam, per acida coagulantia, elevat & re∣stituit: hinc in Scorbuto, Ca∣chexia, Chlorosi, Obstructionibus Mensium, passione Hysterica, in Epilepsia, Paralysi, Apoplexia; Morbis Soporosis, ut Lethargo, Coma, &c. vim habet insignem; malumque per Diuresin exterit, Ventriculum, Hepar, Lienem, aliaque Viscera confortat. Sumi∣tur etiam in dolore Nephritico, in Gonorrhoea, & Lue Venerea. Dosis est à guttis decem, sensim ascendendo, ad guttas quadra∣ginta, in Vino, aliove Vehi∣culo.
℞ Cranii Humani pulveri∣tati
uncias duas, Spiritus Nitri rectificati uncias quatuor; misce ac dissolva: quô peractô, ad∣datur Spiritus Vini rectificati unciae octo; misce, digere, fil∣traturque ad usum.
Epilepsiae, Apoplexiae, Lethargo, Vertigini, Cephalalgiae, Hemi∣craniae, Suffocationi Matricis, omnibusque Morbis Cephalicis & Hystericis ad miraculum usque medetur. Dosis, à guttis viginti ad sexaginta, manè ac vesperi, in Vehiculo appropriato.
℞ Pulmonum Vulpium, Ovi∣um, Bovium, vel Porcorum desecatorum & desiccatorum, quantum vis, Spiritus Nitri quantitatem duplicem; misce, ••atque Elixir, ut supra.
Flatus discutit, Sudores mo∣vet, & Menses, Cruciatus etiam circa Ventriculum ciet, in genere deobstruit, Circulationem San∣guinis adjuvat, Cachexiam Mu∣lierum tollit, Pituitam tenacem potenter incidit; ac in Obstru∣ctionibus Mensium, Passione Hy∣sterica, Febribus putridis, & Ventriculi Pulmonumque Fermento suffocato, maximarum est virium. Exhibetur in Vehiculis adaptis, à guttis viginti ad scruplas duas.
Fit ex Sanguine desiccato, ut supra.
In Lithiasi, Nephritide, Hy∣drope, Ischuria, Dysuria, Obstru∣•…•… Mensium, Epilepsia, Ca∣•…•… hoque suffocativo, valdè ju∣•…•… Insigniter conducit Asthma∣•…•… & Hyochondriacis, omni∣•…•… 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Pulmonum obstructionibus: 〈…〉〈…〉 infarctos reserat, ma∣teri•…•… 〈◊〉〈◊〉 impactam attenuat, Na∣turamque
adjuvat, ut per vias convenientes se ab hoc exoneret. Dosis, à scrupla una ad duas, manè ac vesperi. Eodem modo Elixir ex Sanguine Bovium, Ovium, Porcorum, &c. extra∣hes.
Fit ex Carne desiccata, ut Elixir Cranii Humani.
Massam Sanguinis mundificat, omnes Humores corruptos & pu∣tridos, Vermium semina, è Cor∣pore aufert: omnibus Morbis Me∣lancholicis, Vertiginibus, Epile∣psiis, Paralysibus prodest. Con∣fert etiam Scorbutis, Cachexiis, Febribus quartanis, similibusque Affectibus, qui ob contumaciam suam Eccoproticis vix cedunt. Tabidos item mirifiè ad bonam Corporis habitudinem reducit. In Affectionibus Cutis curandis com∣mendatur; cujus generis sunt Leuce, Lepra, Impetigo, Elephan∣tiasis, Alphos, & Scabies. Impoter∣tiam curat, exolutosque à lan∣guore perfectè reviviscere facit. Dosis, à scrupla una ad duas, bis in diem.
℞ Radicum Symphyti majo∣ris & minoris, simul optimè mundatam, hanc in Mortario probè contunde cum Pistillo lignco, donec formam pulpae sortiatur. Ad quatuor libras hujus puplae adjice medullae
Panis Secalini & Triticaei, ana libram unam: omnia invicem probè mixta, & tantillo Vini albi irrigata, injiciantur in Ma∣tracium vitreum cum collo longo, Subere vel Cera Hispani∣ca optimè obturatum, ut nihil transpiret. Hoc Matracium col∣locetur in Fimo calido, sive in Balneo vaporoso, donec ma∣teria in Chyli sanguinei ac ru∣bicundi colorem convertatur: tunc illam fortiter Praelo ex∣prime, & expressionem hanc chylosam & sanguineam pone in Balneo vaporoso, illud in secunda digestione majorem ac∣quiret rubedinem; & faeces aliquot in fundo relinquet, quas separabis; continuando hanc digestionem & depurationem, donec materia clarissima & ru∣bicundissima apparuerit: separa ab illa tunc Liquorem clario∣rem per Alembicum ad ignem Balnei vaporosi, & remanebit in fundo Elixir rubicundissi∣mum, quod nominant Sangui∣neum Symphyti.
Medicamentum est ad Hernias, & omnia Ʋlcera interna Visce∣rum praestantissimum. Dosis est, à scrupla una ad drachmam unam, mane ac vesperi. Dissolven∣dum est in sua propria Aqua di∣stillata, vel in Vino albo, aliove liquore congruo; continuando ad plusculos dies, & egregios miros∣que effectus inde produci compe∣ries.
Eodem modo Elixir sive San∣guinem ex Satyrione, & Pasti∣naca alba, Battatisque parabis.
Singulare Matricis corroborans,
& specificum est Remedium ad Conceptionem, Prolisque generatio∣nem juvandam, sterilissimisque quantumlibet Mulieribus foecundi∣tatis donum impertit; Virique impotentiam ad pristinum vigorem reducit. Nota, verus Philosophus ulterius adhuc progredietur, & per eandem viam, tum ex Fru∣mento, tum ex Vino, educet sub∣stantiam quandam Sanguineam, alendi ac vivificandi facultate potentem; quâ causam generatio∣nis Carnis in Corpore nostro in∣dagabit. Dosis, à drachmis qua∣tuor ad unciam unam. Post haec Eli∣xira facta sunt, addatur Vini Che∣riensis unciae sex, vel Spiritus Vini unciae tres, ad libram unam Eli∣xiris, ut longè conserventur.
℞ OF the flesh of Storks, Crows, Ravens, Magpies, Swallows, Earthworms, dried; Man's Skull grossly poudred, Man's Blood dried, ana ℥ij. Spirit of Nitre ℥ xxx. mix and dissolve: which being done, add thereto the Alcohol of Wine ℥ lx. filter, and keep it for use. Or thus: ℞ Of Storks flesh dried, &c. put all into a Retort, and extract a foe∣tid Oil, and volatil Salt; to this Oil and Salt add a double quantity of Spirit of Nitre: di∣gest
twenty four hours; and then add again a double quantity of the whole Alcohol of Wine, and digest for use.
It is given with the greatest success against all kinds of the Falling-sickness, both to digest that natural fluid Phlegm (be∣cause in this Disease that Humor most abounds) by exciting their innate heat, and strengthning the Brain; and also to separate and consume in the Center, or Stomach and Bowels, those acrid and malign Vapors which ascend thence to the Brain, which causes this Disease in many. It is good also against the Falling-sickness in Children; which in some arises from a fault of the Stomach, or from Wind, or cor∣rupted Food, or from Worms. You may give it in Peony-water, or water of Corn-poppy-flowers, or other appropriate li∣quor, either before or after the Fit, in the morning fasting, and at bed-time. Dose, à ʒss ad ʒ j. It is an effectual thing against the Palsy, and a certain refuge in the Apoplexy, (being given in the beginning of the Disease, and reiterated in the inter∣vals of time, as necessity re∣quires) in Convulsions also, and Hysterick diseases. It is of as great power in Hypochondriack Dis∣eases, or a flatulent Melancholy; which are wont to afflict in divers manners, and that also according to the diversity of Parts which those malign Vapours impetu∣ously move. It is also of great use against the Trembling of the
members or limbs, arising from a weakness and relaxation of the Nerves; caused either by old age, or a coldness of Humors: so also in a Tabes and Consumption of the Body, coming from a simple Obstruction both of the Mesente∣ry and of other principal Organs. It powerfully eases the pain of the Colick, and Gripings of the Guts.
℞ Fine Aloes, best Myrrh, English Saffron, a. ℥ vj. the things being bruised or grossly poudred, affuse thereon Oleum Philosophi∣cum ℥viij, or x. digest the mixture for 24 hours, in an open vessel, or till it becomes dry; then affuse thereon rectified S.V. lbiij. digest again for a night: after which, gently pour off the Tincture; add S.V. lb.iij. more, and digest again for a day and night, and then decant the Tincture: the third time add to the magma Alcohol of Wine lbiij. more, and proceed as before, till you have extracted the whole Tincture: mix all these Tinctures together, digest, and keep it for use.
The Virtues and Uses, see in Chap. 5•• Sect. 11. afore∣going.
℞ Martial Regulus of Antimo∣ny ℥ ij. of the best English Tin, red Copper, a. ℥ j. melt them in a Crucible with a strong fire, so that the Copper totally disappear, which done, pour it forth into an iron Cone. ℞ Of this mass ℥ j. of fine Nitre ℥ ij. beat them into pouder, and mix them well together, and cast it into a Crucible red-hot, by spoon∣fuls or turns; which boil together
so long, till your whole mass it turned into a scoria of a greenish blew colour; so will it obtain a fiery acrimony: pour it then forth, and before it can attract the humidity of the Air; beat it into pouder, and affuse thereon Alcohol of Wine ℥ xxiv. digest 24 hours; so will the Spirit be tinged of a red colour; in the body or substance of which Tincture will be hid the Salts of the aforesaid Metals, before-hand resolved, by the cor∣rosrve Salt of the Antimony, and afterwards by the fulmination of the Nitre; thus have you the po∣tent Elixir, or mighty Tincture of Metals.
This Tincture is Cephalick, Cardiack, and Stomatick, and by reason of the Salts, powerfully cuts tough Phlegm, and resolves rebel∣lious Obstructions; it extingui∣shes forein, austere, acid Fer∣ments of the Bowels and Blood, restoring and enlivening the na∣tural Ferment of the Blood, sup∣pressed thro' coagulating Acids; for which reason it has a mighty power in curing of the Scurvy, Cachexy, Green-sickness, Obstru∣ctruction of the Courses, Fits of the Mother, Falling-sickness, Pal∣sy, Apoplexy; Sleepy Diseases, as the Lethargy, Coma, &c. it carries off the Disease by Urine, and comforts the Stomach, Liver, Spleen, and other Bowels. It is given also in Nephritick pai•…•… as of the Stone, in a 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and the French Pox. Dose 〈◊〉〈◊〉 gut. x, gradually ascending 〈◊〉〈◊〉 gut. xl. in Wine, or some 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Vehicle.
℞ Mans Skull in pouder ℥ 〈◊〉〈◊〉
Spirit of Nitre rectified ℥iv. mix and dissolve; which done, add rectified S.V. ℥ viij. mix, digest, and keep it for use.
It cures, even to a miracle, the Falling-sickness, Apoplexy, Le∣thargy, Vertigo, Head-ach, Me∣grim, Fits of the Mother, and all other Diseases of the Head and Womb. Dose, à gut. xx, ad lx. morning and evening, in some appropriate Vehicle.
℞ Of the Lungs of Foxes, or of Sheep, Oxen, or Hogs, cut into bits and dried, q.v. Spirit of Nitre, a double quantity, (in weight) mix, and make an Eli∣xir, as before.
It discusses Wind, provokes Sweat and the Terms, eases Pains in the Stomach; in general, opens Obstructions, helps the Circu∣lation of the Blood, removes the Cachexy in Women, potently cuts tough Phlegm, and is of wonderful force in stoppage of the Courses, Fits of the Mother, putrid Fevers, and a suffocative Ferment of Stomach and Lungs. You may give it (in a fit Ve∣hicle) à ℈ j, ad ℈ ij.
It is made of dried Blood, as before.
It wonderfully helps in the Stone, pain of the Reins, Dropsy, stoppage of Urine, scalding of Urine, stoppage of the Terms, Falling-sickness, and suffocative Catarrhs. It is famous for the curing of Asthma's, and such as are Hypochondriack, as also in all Obstructions of the Lungs. It
opens the Passages being stop∣ped, attenuates the impacted Matter, and helps Nature, so as it may discharge it self there∣from, by convenient ways. Dose, à ℈ j, ad ℈ ij. morning and eve∣ning. After the same manner you may make the Elixir of Ox, Sheep, or Hogs Blood, which has all the same virtues and uses.
It is made of the dried Flesh, as the Elixir of Man's Skull.
It purifies the mass of Blood, and takes away all corrupt and putrid Humors from the Body, which are the Seed of Worms. It is profitable in all Melancholy Diseases, Vertigo's, Epilepsies, and Palsies. It is good also against the Scurvy, Cachexy, quartan Agues, and other like Affects, which by their stubborn dispo∣sition, will scarcely yield to Gentle-purgers. It wonderfully restores such as are Consum∣ptive, to a good habit of Body. It is commended for the cure of Affects of the Skin; of which kind are the white Scall, Lepro∣sy, Ringworm, Elephantiasis, Morphew, and Scab. It cures Im∣potency, and perfectly recruits such as have a feebleness and in∣ability, from a languor or decay of natural strength and humidity. Dose, à ℈ j, ad ℈ ij. twice a day.
℞ Of the greater and lesser Comfrey-roots, cleanse them well, and beat them stoutly in a Mortar with a wooden Pestel, till they come into a pulp; to lbiv. of this pulp add crums of Rye-bread, and of Wheaten-bread, a. lbj. mix them
all well together, and sprinkle or moisten them well with White∣wine, put them into a glass Mattrass with a long neck, which stop well with Cork or Wax, that nothing may transpire. This Ma∣trass place in warm Horse-dung, or in Balneo vaporoso, till the matter is turned or changed into a blood-like and rubicund-coloured Chyle: then press it strongly out in a Press; which blood-like expres∣sed Liquor put into a second dige∣stion in Balneo vaporoso, that thereby it may acquire the greater redness, separating and casting away the faeces which fall to the bottom: continue this digestion and depuration, till the matter shall become very clear and red, sepa∣rate then the clear Liquor by an Alembick in Balneo vaporoso: so will you have in the bottom a very red matter, which is the Blood-like Essence of Comfrey.
It is designed against Ru∣ptures, and all sorts of internal Ulcers of the Bowels, for which it is a most excellent thing. Dose, à ℈ j, ad ʒ j. morning and eve∣ning. You may dissolve it in Comfrey-water, or in White∣wine, or other fit liquor; con∣tinuing the use of it for some few days, you will have from it mighty and wonderful effects.
The Elixir or Blood of Satyrion, Parsnips, and Potatoes, are prepa∣red in the same manner with the former.
An Elixir thus prepared from
any of those things, is said to be a singular and specifick Remedy for corroborating of the Womb, and to help Conception, re∣moving barrenness, and causing fruitfulness in Women; it helps impotency in Men, and restores them to their pristin vigor. Where note, that the true Phi∣losopher does go yet farther, and after the same manner, from Bread-corn and Wine, pro∣duces a certain Blood-like sub∣stance, which has strength and potency with it, and a property to nourish and vivifie, or restore; from which the cause of the generation of Flesh in our Bo∣dies is manifest. Dose, à ʒ iv, ad ℥ j. These Elixirs being made, (if you design them for any long keeping) you may add to them, for every ℥ xij. of Elixir, ℥ vj. of choice Sherry, or ℥ iij. of the best Brandy.