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CHAP. XVIII.
PROFLƲVIO SANGƲINIS ex naribus: flux of blood at the nose, * 1.1 is caused by a two∣fold meanes, as internal, and external; external, as some fall, a stripe, vehement exercise, and tarrying in the sun; of inward causes, as plen∣ty of blood, and thinnesse of the same, and sometimes great drinking of wine.
You may know if it come through plenty of blood, * 1.2 by a heavie pain in the head, much blood in the face, and by the rednesse of the eyes.
First open a vein on the arm, * 1.3 if nothing for∣bid, Then take a little bolearmeny, and Aqua sperm. ranarum; mix them together, and spread them on a double cloath, and apply it to the temples: and let the Patient snuffe up a little of the water aforesaid, often cold: If the Patient be ancient, and have lost much blood, comfort him with claret wi••e burnt, * 1.4 and sweetned with loaf-sugar. This course I did once take with an ancient woman of fourscore years of age (that had lost so much blood that I feared greatly she would die under my hands) and God cured her: There are many excellent re∣medies to be found in the Chapters of other fluxes. Yet this medicament following is of great use.
℞. * 1.5 Aquae plantag. ℥.viij. aceti ros. ℥.j. aqua ros. ℥. ss. duo ovi album. boli arm. veri ʒ. i. ss. concussa cum panno lineo fronti apponantur. Forest. * 1.6 To. 1. lib. 13. ob. 13.