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. V.

CAƲSOS: Ardens febris: continua Tertiana, * 1.1 a continual Tertian or burning fever.

It is caused when choller rotteth and putrifi∣eth within the veines; * 1.2 it agreeth with an exqui∣site intermitting Tertian, because it is ingendred of the same humour that the other is: But yet differs, in that in an intermitting Tertian the choller is carried all over the body (but in this causos, it is contained in the vessels with the blood) so that when the choller is stirred vehe∣mently, and driven about by nature, there is wont to follow vehement cold, and rigour: * 1.3 Hippocrates saith 4. Aphoris. 58. That if it hap∣peneth in a burning fever, the Patient is delive∣red from the disease.

It is known by these signes: * 1.4 their tongue is drie, grosse, rough, and black: also gnawing of the stomach, thirst, watchings, and many times ravings: their egestions of the wombe be liquid, and pale.

For his cure, use lettice, and sorrel, * 1.5 in his broath; strew his room with the leaves of the vine, flowers of roses, violets, and water-lillies: also sprinkle cold water in the roome.

But the first intention is to open a vein, * 1.6 from whence a large quantity of blood must be drawn. This Epithema is good.

℞. Aqua rosarum rub. lactucae, ana ℥.iij.ss. * 1.7 aqua endiviae, cichorii, an. ℥.i.ss. aceti ℥.j. triasan∣tali, ana ℥.ss. Sem. portulacae gr. iv. fiat Epith.

moysten rotten wool in it, and apply it to the liver: If you will make one for the heart, take the waters of Bugloss, Burrage, Pul. elect. dia∣marg. frigid. corall, saffron, &c. Lastly, cause the chollerick humour to be voyded, either by sweats, vomits, or egestions downwards; and labour to quench the heat with Aq. sperm. ranarum, or the like; or if you please, you may make a julep of barley water, * 1.8 wherein is boyled the strings of the vine a handful bruised; with a few pruines; to the streining adde sugar, syrrup of violets, poppies, or any other syrrup that is of a cooling quality. The manner of preparing barley water, * 1.9 according to Guibertus is thus. Accipe hordei communis manipulum unum. Bulliat in libris duabus aquae ad quadrantis consumptio∣nem. Extracta ab igne, refrigerata, coletur per lin∣teum mundum ad usum.

Notes

• * 1.1

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

  Causa.
• * 1.3

  Hippocrat.
• * 1.4

  Signa.
• * 1.5

  Curatio. Victus ra∣tio.
• * 1.6

  Venae-sectio
• * 1.7

  Epithema.
• * 1.8

  Julepus.
• * 1.9

  Guibertus. Aq. hord.