diapompholygos, moistening diet of good juyce, chickens, veale, broths, sorbile eggs, mallows, borage, ptisan, and sweet almonds, abstaining from things sharp & salt.
10. The fistula of the neck of the womb, which is caused, when the matter of abscesses is not eva∣cuated, and corrodeth; it's cured, by universal evacuations, palli∣atives, sudorificks, detersive and roborant injections, diapalma, drying potions of centory, agrimony, and betony, &c. topicks, gentian roots and bryony, used as tents, things taking away cal∣lus, section, ustion, remedies, aegyptiack, sublimat, causticks, deter∣sives, incarnants, & cicatrizants.
11. The cancer of the womb, which is caused, by menstruous adust bloud, and torrified humours flow∣ing thether; it's cured, by a fit diet, universal purgations, and me∣lanagogons, taking the powder of bozoar, sapphir and emerald, cooling & astringent topicks, & fomentations of plantain and night shade water, diapompholigos, herb Robert, & fomentations of mal∣lows, &c. if painful, by corrosives of antimony and arsnick if need, and chickens dissected, & applied.
12. The gangreen & sphacelus of the womb, which is caused, by inflammation, cancers, and ulcers, it's cured, by things hindering putrefaction, scarrification, washing with the decoction of wormwood, lupines and myrrhe, using ae∣gyptiack, the powder of aloes and myrrhe, amputation, ustion, liga∣ture, cordials external and internal, injections of night shade and plantain, taking the decoction of sorrel, scabious, and damask prunes, little refrigerating acid diet, and cathereticks, &c.
XX. The diseases of the womb it selfe.
1. The distemper of the womb, which is a deflexion of the same, from its natural temper, so that which is preternatural, caused by things external and internal; it's cured, if hot, by refrigerants, cold hystericks, endive, violets, lettuce, dia∣trion santalon, the rose ointment, Galens refrigerant, the cerot of saunders, cataplasmes of barley meale, baths, fomentations, abstain∣ing from hot meats, and aromaticks, using barley water, &c. if cold, by heaters, mugwort, savin, rue, spices, diamoschum, triacle, mithridate, oile of bayes, rue, nutmeg, and diet of easy concoction and good nourishment, with aniseseed, fennel, and aromaticks; if moist, by dryers, sulphureous baths, and drying diet; if dry, by hume∣cters, borrage, mallows, satyrion & eryngo roots, conserves, emul∣sions, baths, fomentations, oile of sweet almonds, and the resump∣tive ointment, moistening and humecting diet, of good juyce, easy concoction, much aliment, & not excrementitious, fat broth, veale, hens, weathers flesh, sorbile eggs, milk, fresh cheese, almonds, dates, sweet wine, & rest; if with matter, sc. if cold & moist, by fit remedies, preparants, purgers, syrup of mugwort, betony, & hissop, agarick,