Physicall and chymicall vvorks,: composed by Geor. Phædro, sirnamed the Great, of Gelleinen; viz. [brace] 1. His physicall and chymicall practise. 2. His physicall and chymicall cure of the plague. 3. His lesser chirurgery. 4. His chymicall fornace. Being the chymicall way and manner of cure of the most difficile and incurable diseases: as also the preparing those secrets; with the elucidation of the characteristicall cœlestiall physick. Selected out of the Germane and Latine language; by the industry of John Andreas Schenckius of Graffenberg, Doctor of Physick.

The judgement and expe∣perience of Doctor GEORGE PHAEDRO of Rodoch, in some Chymi∣call Medicaments.

In the Herculean disease or Epilepsie.

I used against this disease the sweet oyle of Vitriol, per se without any other addition, very successefully. For the Dropsie I used the rectifyed essence of Hellebore.

Against Consumption, a dissolutum of Pearles of the Indian oysters.

Against the Stone I used the atereall juice of Crystals.

Against barrennesse, the red extract of Sa∣tyrium of Erithonzum.

Against the venereall disease, the sweet oile of Mercury. Against the Gout, Phaedro did use that excellent and noble Corallois, that is, the Chymicall Hermaphrodite, and took it three times inwardly, and caused himselfe to be annointed with the rectifyed Spirit of Tartar, and made it penetrate: In a fortnights space he was healed. He was then also troubled with a great swelling in his legs, accompianed with a fervent rednesse. Against Cancer he used butter of Saturne, Against the Cramp and great Convulsions. He cured one, who was tormented with a running paine of his members, with a pur∣ple colour'd tumour joyned, running from one place into another, he used no other me∣dicament, then twice the sanguin essence of Antimony. The Patient was recovered the fifth day.

In contractures and Consumption.

FOR the expelling of these diseases he ministred the sweet dissolution of Micro∣cosme, ministring it inwardly ten times, out∣wardly he annointed the party with Bad∣gers grease, mixed with the Philosophers oyl. These parties were cured within three weeks.

Against the Imposthume in the head.

IN this occult disease, which puts the Phy∣sitian to great troubles, he gave to take of Ophirizum, which being taken, a Histeri∣call obstruction was opened, and the Im∣posthume of the head broken; the patient was healed in a moneths time.

Against the Venereall disease and Pox.

ONE was molested with such a Pocki∣ness, whose teeth were loose, and troubled with great paines in the joints, the joints began to look black, full of scabs and contractures. He cured the party with the oyl of Mercury, mix'd with mans grease, and the oyle of Arceutides, with this every other day he annointed these Knots; and he annointed or rubb'd the teeth with the aro∣matized Oleum Moschocarium or of Mules. in fourteen dayes the party was recovered unto health.

Against the Dropsie.

VVHen I intended to cure this disease with Catarcticum Mercuriale, and to strengthen the Patient, I restored the Pa∣tient very well with distill'd water of Cina∣mom, which came over in xxiv hours time, or the Diacubebe of Seplasii, which was ministred in Rhois of the most vertuous and much praised essence of Gold in Wine of Pomegranates.

Against the gripings and torments in the belly.

HE used the anodin Sulphur, of the Vi∣trioll of Venus and Mars, reduced unto a more sublime degree.

Against the Jaundies.

IN this disease my Panchimagogum is of great efficacy, the extract of Rhubath, the Spirit of Tartar: The Stigian liquor: All which are singular mysteries for this disease.

Against Ʋlcers and open sores.

THE sweet oyle of Saturn, with Ca∣phuncleum.

Against excrescencies of the body.

AGainst the great scales and excrescen∣cies of the body, which attract to them almost all the alimentary, substance, where∣by the body commeth into decay, he used the ointment o……ilum of A……an•…•…um As∣bestinum, or ……chois, joyning thereto Chalcanthum, annointed, and tyed to the places.