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. LVIII.

INFLAMMATIO RENƲM, is an in∣flammation of the reines, * 1.1 caused through corrupt humours and medicines, which ingen∣dreth inflammation of the reines, and espe∣cially continual and vehement ridings; also stripes may be the cause.

There is a beating pain behind about the joynt of the back, * 1.2 a little above the bastard ribs: the pain stretching inwards towards the liver; the right side reine most commonly is vexed, and also the bladder; privie members, loynes, hips, share, and thighs: weaknesse of limbs: their extream parts are cold, as the calves of the legs, and feet: there is difficulty of making urine: in the beginning it's thin and watery, but after∣wards more rubicund, gross, and filthy; a ve∣hement fever, a disposition to vomit, gnawing of the stomack, and vomiting of choller; this is when it comes to a Nephritick passion: some

are vexed with sweats and faintings, costive∣nesse of body, puffings up with wind, and ab∣horring of meat.

First, his diet must be of a cooling quality, * 1.3 and thin; Secondly, bleed the Basilica vein on the same side, and after the Saphena: beware of hot diureticks, and acrid medicines; as scam∣mony: use outwardly oyle of roses, and quinces: cooling clysters with Cassia is very good, * 1.4 or Cassia inwardly with syrrup of violets: also to drink Aq. sperm. ranarum, is excellent; * 1.5 fasting is hurtful; use diureticks (when the Absessus is bro∣ken) as parsley, and fennel: in clysters, put in oyls of roses, violets, and cammomel: If you want more, look into the Chapters of other inflammations; and the Chapter of ulcers in the reines; for the which honey and milk is good. This clyster following is proper in the inflam∣mation of the kidneys.

℞. Rad. althaeae ℥.j. fol. malvae, violar. * 1.6 lactucae ana M.j. prun. dulc. paria iv. hord. mundat. & flor. violar. ana P. j. fiat decoctio ad ℥.viij. vel x. In colat, dissolve cassiae, vel diapruni simplicis ℥.j. ol. violac. ℥.4. * 1.7 vitellos ovorum num. ij. Fiat clyster. Riverius. lib. 8. cap. 3.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Causa.
• * 1.2

  Signa.
• * 1.3

  Curatio. Victus ra∣tio. Phleboto∣mia.
• * 1.4

  Olcum.
• * 1.5

  Aq. sperm. ranarum.
• * 1.6

  Clyster.
• * 1.7

  Riverius.