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. LVI.

TYMPANITES, * 1.1 is also properly called Hydrops, as well as Anasarca: It is caused of wind and water, swelling the belly, so that it is stretched out.

The signe is, * 1.2 the belly is puffed up higher than that of Ascites, the navil is thrust forth, if one clap upon it, it gives a noyse or sound, and all the other parts of the body wax leane: this kind is most dangerous.

There diet is like the other, * 1.3 but more espe∣cially windy things are to be avoyded: exer∣cise is good, and thirst doth succour the pati∣ent. First purge as aforesaid: also clysters, * 1.4 as in Ascites, onely you may adde in the boyling,

roots of Apium, fennel, parsely, rew, melilote, in the streining Hierapicra, Electuarium è baccis lauri, and oyle of Dill: you must provoke urine, and dissolve windines, of this look into the Chap∣ter of the chollick, it will help much: for poul∣tises look into Anasarca, * 1.5 Emplastrum è baccis lauri, is good; also these lozenges, powder of Dianisum, * 1.6 and Diacuminum, ana ℈.j. powder of the Antidote of laurel berries ʒ.j. powder of Diagalanga, ʒ. ss. seeds of Anise, carrawayes, Dancus, and fennel, ana ℈.ss. rew, seeds of Api∣um, and lovage, ana ℈.j. sugar ℥.vj. with the distilled waters of fennel and Apium, make lo∣zenges. If they complain of pain in their body, apply this emplaster.

℞. * 1.7 Thuris masticis, myrrhae ana ℥.j. Baccarum lauri ℥.ij. Cyperi, costiana ℥.ss. mellis de∣spumati quantum sufficit. Fiat emplastrum. Mesue. de ung. & emp. pag. 153.

These pills following are very good.

℞. * 1.8 Mass pilul. de hiera cum agarico turbith. electi. rhabarb. an. ℈.ij. fol. soldanellae ʒ.ss. rad. asari ℈.j. trochisc. alhandal. elaterii, nucis moscat. galangae, cinamom. piperis, cubebar. an. ℈.ss. Pulveri sanda pulveri∣sentur & excipiantur omnia succo iridis, & fiat massa, cujus dosis scrup. ij. vel. Drach. j. cum oximel. scillit. ff. Pilulae mediocres. Sen∣nertus Tom. 2. lib. 3. cap. 4. pag. 1070.

℞. * 1.9 Fol. rutae, flor. chamaem. sambuci, summit. anethi, an. M..j. sem. anisi, faenic. cumin. carui, an. ℥.ss. coqu. in aqua simpl. Colaturae ♄ lb.j. vini maluatici ℥.iij. bened. lax. ℥.j. bac. lauri ℥.ss. ol rutacei, laurini an. ℥.j. fiat clyst.

Notes

• * 1.1

  〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. Causa.
• * 1.2

  Signa.
• * 1.3

  Curatio. Exercitiū.
• * 1.4

  Clyster.
• * 1.5

  Emplastrū.
• * 1.6

  Lozeng.
• * 1.7

  Emplastrū. Mesue.
• * 1.8

  Pilulae. Sennertus.
• * 1.9

  Clyster.