Enchiridion medicum: containing the causes, signs, and cures of all those diseases, that do chiefly affect the body of man: divided into three books. With alphabetical tables of such matters as are therein contained. Whereunto is added a treatise, De facultatibus medicamentorum compositorum, & dosibus. / By Robert Bayfield.

CHAP. XLVIII.

HEPATIS INFLAMMATIO there is, * 1.1 as well as in other members, and through the same causes that they be ingengred of.

If the liver be vexed with inflammation, * 1.2 there is felt pain and heavinesse all over the right side, with swelling in the place; he hath a sharp fever, a small and drie cough, insatiable thirst, abhorring of meats, difficulty of breath∣ing, the tongue is first red, and after that black, vomiting pure choller; the body is costive, the colour of the body is changed like Icterus: they have the hicket. In their fit they rave, voyding forth sharp urine: The inflammation that chan∣ceth through causes in the crooked and hollow parts of the liver, have the foregoing symptoms, but if ingendred in the outward and round part of the liver, it causeth greater pain in draw∣ing breath, and a greater cough than the other: And sometime the Muscles leaning upon the liver be inflamed, causing the skin round about

to be stretched with swelling, sometimes a swel∣ling fashioned like the liver, which is a true signe

In the beginning open the liver vein, * 1.3 which hath society with vena causa, draw out a large quantity, * 1.4 if nothing forbid: the next intention must be to administer a cooling clyster: foment with oyle of Quinces, and Roses, putting to it odoriferous wine: * 1.5 Ceratum Santalinum, is good: remember that restrictive things do exceed those that mollifle and loosen when the heat is vehement: on the contrary, when it decreases, let those that mollify exceed the other: beware you do not apply things cold, but warm them a little: * 1.6 foment with the decoction of worm∣wood, mellilot, red roses, cammomel, dill, plantin, endive, and in vehement pain, juyce of liqueris in hot water, or juyce of endive with honey: * 1.7 for their diet Ptisan, and chicken broath; in the first boyle Apium, in the second parsley, also barley broath is good.

If the inflammation change to suppuration, the aforesaid signes will increase, as paines, fe∣ver, * 1.8 ravings, &c. for this boyle figges in water, and give him of it to drink: Also take the root of Althaea ʒ. i. ss. fenegreek, and linseed, ana ʒ.ij. leaves of Althaea and mallows, ana M. ij. dry figges N^o. vj. boyle them in water untill they wax soft, bruise them, and make a cata∣plasme: you may adde root of white lillies, flow∣ers of cammomel, and mellilot, to help break it: so we use doves dung and mustard seed, &c. that draw to the superficies: some with the deco∣ction of polya, sumitory, roots of Camedrios, &c.

when its broken, minister water of honey, or decoction of Cicers: If the matter avoyd by the veines, provoke urine: If by the belly, purge gently with Goats whey, and Cassia fistularis, and clysters: after that, glutinate and joyn up. Outwardly, apply this Cataplasme.

℞. Farinae hordei ℥.iv. rosa, rubr. santal. * 1.9 omni∣um, seminis endiviae scariolae, absynth. mino. an. ʒ.ij. succi endiviae, q. s. fiat cataplas∣ma. Ʋt artis est, applicandum regioni jecoris.

Vel

℞. Oleirosati & myrthill. an. ℥.ij. olei anethi ℥.j. * 1.10 aceti parum, foveatur pars tepide.

Vel

℞. Succi endiviae aut cichorii, * 1.11 vel utriusque ℥.i.ss. nenupharini ℥.iij. cerae albae & aceti parum, fiat linimentum. Fonta. lib. 3. cap. 15.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Causa.
• * 1.2

  S••gna.
• * 1.3

  Curatio. Venae sectio
• * 1.4

  Clyster.
• * 1.5

  Ceratum.
• * 1.6

  Fomenta∣tio.
• * 1.7

  Vietus ra∣tio
• * 1.8

  Decoctio. Cataplas∣ma.
• * 1.9

  Cataplas∣ma. Fontanus.
• * 1.10

  Fomenta∣tio. Fontanus.
• * 1.11

  Linimen∣tum.