A compendious enchiridion touching most distempers incident to the body of man, with the best and easiest cures thereof Wherein the author desires the reader seriously to consider the particulars before censure be passed. [I]n all my travels with Salvator Winter, and many years after with that famous phisitian and chirurgeon John Ponteus; I never exacted on, or denied the poor my skill and medicines gratis, but still my house to them was as free as an hospital; the like never hath been performed but by your friend and neighbor John Church. [Ge]ntlemen take notice, that besides the old tract I gave you; I have now added for the good and benefit of my countrymen, a true way of making some cheap and necessary medicines; as balsomes, plaisters. Oyntments, diascordium and mithridate. [Wi]th the number of all the bones, veins,, [sic] muscles and arteries in the body of man.

A Declaration of some Cures performed by J. C.

••irs, I will begin with the Eyes, being seated in the most noble and principal part, and are as Christal Windows to let light ••o all manual operations, For God hath hollowed out in the Scull ••wo Windows, into which the outmost Membranes of the Brain ••end two things fill'd like bags, with the Humours that come from ••he brain. In the midst of which there is a Pipe interwoven of an O∣••acous thin Membrane, yet full of a most pure and Christaline Hu∣••our, called the Apple of the Eye, in the which vision is made. This ••s compassed with a Net-work full of a watry or glassie humour. And

last of all that Membrane which is commonly call'd the White of th•• Eye: but Philosophers (because it is hard and polish'd over li•• horn) call it cornea; and this is transparent over against the Apple •• the Net-work. Elsewhere it retains its whiteness. Now under th•• Root of the Apple lies the Optick Nerve, by which the image of th•• thing perceived passeth straight to the center of the Brain. For sig•• is only the resiliencie of the species from the object to the eye, &c.

I couch'd Cataract's for Richard Smart a Hempdresser living •• Cow lane near Smithfield, and many others to their comfort and m•• credit.

I cured Mary Millard liveing within two miles of Chealtenham i•• Gloster-shire of the Falling sickness (who had been afflicted 14 years by anointing the Spundles of her back with my Balsom, and givin•• her my Essentia Mercurialis, &c.

I Cured Humphry Blackwel living in Eastwell in Stockly Parish i•• Oxfordshire (being shot through part of his head with a Rammer •• a Gun) with Linnimentum Archei, and Emplastrum magistpale cu•• Bitum.

I Cured Margaret Carter living within three Miles of Bracklie i•• Buckingham-shire, who had been Blind for the space of 15 year•• With many too long to nominate.

Also in the Diseases of the Eyes I commonly use Medicamen siv•• Collirium nostrum, made of Tutta Magistralis; wherewith I do not on¦ly cure watry eyes, but also the great pain of the Eye-lids: and als•• where there is flesh growing over the sight; that it seemeth to b•• past the cure of common Phisitians and Chirurgions that profes•• themselves to be very skilful in Occulism, or griefs of the Eyes.

I cured John Ball of Bloxom near Banburie. He was a Baker, wh•• did suck his meat through a Quill two years, by reason of a Cancer i•• his face. I gave him Flores Veneris, and did use Oleum Vitrioli; an•• with my Balsom & Plaisters finished the cure. I Cut and cured Mar¦tha William of Michael Deane on my Stage in Gloster-shire, a Broom mans Daughter of a Hare or cloven Lip, who had been cut and muc•• abused by one endeavouring to cure it before; but left her very de¦formed. With many others, whom I have perfectly cured which for brevities sake omit.

I Cured James Fisher, a Scholler of Oxford of a Fistula in his side between the Ribs and the intercostle Muscles, giving him inwardl••

my Golden Balm, and using Flos unguentorum about the said wound; with Emplastrum Stipticum, and injections with Mel Rosarum, and Tents dipped sometimes in Egiptiacum.

I Cured a Fistula in Ano for John Rogers living in Stratford on Avon. I Cured Robert Clements, living in a Village within a mile of Banbu∣••ie of an Vlcer in his Leg.

I Cured Anthony Michel living in Easom, who had 27 Ulcers or ••oles. Insomuch that it was threatned and doom'd to be taken off. Who I did perfectly cure, and others with the foresaid Remedy.

I Cured a Wry-neck for John Scot living in Sadbury in Glostershire. I Cut and cured David Harris living in Dounings Allie in Bishops∣••ate street, of a Wen being on the side of his neck, weighing above a ••ound and a half. And many others.

Also I cure all Ruptures, or burstings, commonly called broken-••ellies, either with, or without cutting, which are curable. And also ••l those tumours or startings out of the Navil.

Cut and cured Samuel West of the Stone in the bladder, Malmsbury

In the Dropsie, Ascites, I do sometimes use Tapping with good suc∣••ess. I Tap't, and did extract from one Joan Gamble at times, 2, or 3 ••d 20 Quarts of undigested Urine, or water. Also I do often cure the ••ropsie, Tinpanies and Anasarca, with my Balsom, Fomentations, & ••ataplasms, giving Elaterium: I use Sudorificks, according to the age, ••rength, and constitution of the diseased parties.

Cancers cut and cured 6 this year 1681 at Chippingnorton. I Cured John Prat of Keynton, Robert Savage of Long-compton, ••eorge Roberts of Shipton upon Stover, all of Cancers in the Lip.

I Cured John Cox of Uffington, near Farringdon of a Cancer in the ••ugh of his Mouth which had by its continuance eaten through his ••w.

Cured Richard Shirborn of Ascott near Burford, of a Cancer in his ••ongue left uncured by able Chyrurgions.

I Cut and Cured the Tongue of a woman of Chippingnorton which ••d a latge Stone in the middle, weighing half an Ounce, to the ••miration of all spectators: who is now alive and ready to justifie ••e truth of it.