SECT. VI. Gout.
TIs a Disease of the Joynts, where there is tormen∣ting Page 21Pains. It hath got five Names, according to those five Places of the Body it uses to torment. In the Shoulder, it is called Omagra; in the Hand, Chiragra; in the Hip, Sciatica; in the Knee, Gonogra; in the Foot, Podagra. If it be knot∣ted in the Joynts, or the Pati∣ent very old, Physicians count it uncurable. If the Pain run from one Joynt to another, 'tis then call'd a Rheumatism, or the Running-Gout. If this be with an Asthma, the Cure is difficult.
The Cure.
Take twenty Grains of sweat∣ing Antimony at Night, and twenty Drops of Tincture of Antimony in the Morning, or the like quantity of Spirit of Page 22Tartar. Take seven Grains of Salt of Lead, or twenty Grains of Ens Veneris at Night, or Be∣zoar Minerale. Sixteen Grains taken as the former, sweats ex∣cellently, anoynting the Place with the Oyl of Man's Blood, or with a Lye made of the Salt of Cow-dung, dissolved in the Air, and the Part bathed there-with. Take Pigeon's-Dung, Vinegar, and Mustard-Seed, of each a like quantity; beat it into the form of an Oyntment, and ap∣ply it (on Linnen) to the Place grieved: Then lay on Empla∣strum Arthriticum, till the Pain cease; then apply Emplastrum de Minio, spread on Linnen, and let it lie on a Month; and renew it six times.
