Ointments, or the ablution of ☿ dulcis in Lime-water, &c. with Pomatum, the Cure will be perfected.
XLIX. If it be the moist Scab, it is more easily cured than the dry Scab: first, by Evacuation with Epithymum, Polypody, Sena, whey of Goats-milk, and juices of Roses and Fumitory: secondly, by provoking Sweat, by Sect. 45, 46, 47. or thus: ℞ Spirit of Danewort ℥ ss. Fumitory-Water ℥ ij ss. mix them.
L. Thirdly, by Baths of sweet Water, Sulphur-baths, and Baths with Vinegar, with the middle-Bark of Frangula. With these Baths and Whey alone, (saith Sennertus) even the most contu∣macious Scabies is often cured.
LI. Examples of these Mineral-Baths, Sennertus has many, of which take these: ℞ Alum ℥j ss. Sulphur ℥ ij. Nitre ℥ j. Salt an handful: all being in pouder, cast it into a Kettle full of Water warmed.
LII. Or, ℞ Salt lbss. Alum ℥ iij. Vitriol ℥ iv. Tartar, Nitre, a. ℥ ij. being in a pouder, cast them into a Bath of Water. In these Baths you may before∣hand boil Camomil, Fennel, Fea∣therfew, Savory, Tyme, Mallows, Fumitory, Scabious, Mugwort, Beet, roots of Sharp-pointed-dock, Elecampane, Briony: after these are boiled, and the Minerals put in, add meal of Lupins, Orobus, and Beans, Wheat-bran, &c.
LIII. Outwardly, we commend anointing with these Ʋnguents; viz. Enulatum, ex Oxylapatho, Valentia Scabiosae: but if the Humor be confirmed and setled, you must use stronger; as, Ʋn∣guentum Enulatum cum Mercu∣rio, (in Our Pharmac. Londinens∣lib. 5. cap. 4. sect. 14.) or Our Oleum Cosmeticum, Ʋnguen∣tum Mercuriale, Ʋng. Nicotianae, Ʋng. Cosmeticum, or Ʋng. ad Scabiem.
LIV. Or this, ℞ Flowers of Sulphur ℥ ss. Nitre ʒ ij. juice of Limons ʒ iij. Oil of Roses and Nuts, of each ℥ j. mix them. Or this, ℞ Rooots of Elecampane, Dock, a. ℥ j. boil them in Vin∣egar, and pulp them; to which add, Sulphur vive ʒ j. Salt ʒ ss. juice of Limons ʒ vj. White Ʋn∣guent of Rhasis, Citrine Ʋnguent, a. ℥ ss. Oil of Roses and Oil of Tartar, A. enough to make an Ʋnguent, adding a little Wax.
LV. But by the leave of Sen∣nertus, the Oil of Tartar will be inimical to the juice of Limons; Alcalies ought to be used by themselves, and Acids by them∣selves.
LVI. He proposes this, as an experienced Remedy: ℞ Roots of Sharp-pointed-dock and of Ele∣campane, (both green) lbss. Hogs-grease ℥ iij. bruise them well in a Mortar, and boil them a little over a gentle fire; then press them hard out, and make an Ointment.
LVII. If it be the dry Scab, wherein little or nothing is voided, it is cured with much greater difficulty, but after the manner of the former; wherein also you must use stronger Purges, as Sena, Confectio Hamech, Extract of black Hellebor, &c.
LVIII. Lastly, after all the