In Quartane Agues.
1. Spirit of Sal Ammoniack is an excellent Secret in a Quartane Ague. The dose is from 5 drops to 10 in Cichory-water.
2.* The powder of a Man's Skull given in drink to one when he knows not of it, has been experien∣ced to cure Quartane Agues.
3. Sal Ammoniack seven times sublimed,* and made quite spiritual, taken in a draught of Wine or Beer warm, let him Sweat 8 days in the morn∣ing. This is excellent good for Quartans.*
4. This is an experiment against a Quartane; Take of Seed of St. John's-wort 2 drachms, Ashes of Man's Skull 1 drachm. Mix them for 3 doses, 3 hours before dinner.*
5. Some reckon this for a great secret; They take 2 drachms of Leaves of Betony powdered in an Egg, four hours before the Fit, and they repeat it three or four times on other days. And certain∣ly it is admirable good in an inveterate Quartane.
6. After Universals,* I anoint the Chine with Oil of Chamaemil and Dill, each alike mixt and hot, beginning at the Neck, down to the Buttocks; and after anointing I wrap him in warm Linen, and when I have done this thrice, not onely the cold Fit, but the Ague ceased.*
7. A scruple, or half a drachm of crude Alume in the water or decoction of lesser Centaury, if it be given 5 hours before the Fit, and Sweat, if pos∣sible, provoked,* I cannot sufficiently commend it in a Quartane.
8. I use to drive away Quartane Agues with a Plaster of a few dissolving and abstersive things,* and it never failed me.
9. In a Quartane Ague the following Plaster was the Secret of the Prince of Anhalt, which sometimes so extracts the febrile Infection, that now and then it raises blisters; Take of Pepper, Salt, Saf∣fron, Garlick, which is covered with earth, of each alike, what is sufficient. Beat them in a Mortar to the form of a Cataplasm, put a little in a Rag, Page 241 and apply it to the out-side of the Ring-finger, of the left hand, take it off the same hour it is applied, and repeat it before the Fit.*
10. Flowers of Sal Ammoniack are excellent in a Quartane. ¶ Roots of crude Asarum, though crude, they provoke Vomit, with great perturbation, yet boiled in Water, and not in Wine, they are chang∣ed into a deoppilative Diuretick, which the Spici∣ness that lies in it, does shew. D. Oheimius fled to this, as to his last refuge, in tedious Fevers, depend∣ing on inveterate Obstructions of the Hypochondria.*
11. Against a Quartane, as a famous thing, I re∣commend distilled Oil of Pepper 4 drops, given with extract of Gentian. Also Flowers of Sal Am∣moniack, or the Salt thrice sublimed, with extract of Spleenwort, or lesser Centaury. Also Spirit of Nitre prepared with Sulphur. Also Spirit of Vitri∣ol of Mars and Venus, given in Gentian or Treacle-water. And outwardly I must highly commend Sage,* Rue, and Shepherds-purse with Vinegar, ap∣plied to the Pulses.
12. I was in fear of the Fourth Fit of a Quar∣tane, and before it came I drank a little Spirit of Wine, or Aqua vitae, sweetned with Sugar, and I saw no Fit, but had an end of my Ague, to my great joy.*
13. One that was ill of a double Quartane, was cured with 3 doses of an infusion of Senna in Aqua Riverii febrifuga, which is nothing else, but Spring-water with Salt of Tartar, whose wonderfull effects we experience continually in all long Fevers, and in diseases coming from Obstructions. ¶ Extract of Germander, with Salt of Tamarisk, made into Pills,* is commended as a most excellent Medicine for a Quartane.
14. I have often tried the following Medicine with success; Take of Leaves of Elder, Sage, Dovesfoot, Rue, each half an handfull, Marigold 2 handfulls, Salt and Wine alike, a third part. Beat them together,* apply it to the Wrists before the Fit. Remove them when there is occasion.
15. I can say from my own experience, that if Seed of St. John's wort be bruised,* and given in Wine before the Fit, it does much good.