Most excellent and approved medicines & remedies for most diseases and maladies incident to man's body, lately compiled and extracted out of the originals of the most famous and best experienced physicians both in England and other countries, by A. R. Doctor in Physick decesased. And since revised by an able practitioner in the same science, and now published for the universall good and benefi [sic] of this Common-wealth.:

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Most excellent and approved medicines & remedies for most diseases and maladies incident to man's body, lately compiled and extracted out of the originals of the most famous and best experienced physicians both in England and other countries, by A. R. Doctor in Physick decesased. And since revised by an able practitioner in the same science, and now published for the universall good and benefi [sic] of this Common-wealth.:
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Read, Alexander, 1586?-1641.
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London :: Printed by J.C. for George Latham Junior, and are to be sold at the signe of the Bishops head in St. Pauls Church-yeard,
1652 [i.e. 1651]
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"Most excellent and approved medicines & remedies for most diseases and maladies incident to man's body, lately compiled and extracted out of the originals of the most famous and best experienced physicians both in England and other countries, by A. R. Doctor in Physick decesased. And since revised by an able practitioner in the same science, and now published for the universall good and benefi [sic] of this Common-wealth.:." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A92202.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.

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Remedies for the Hemorrhoids.

TAke the third part of a pinte of Milk, and so much of Smiths-water, wherein quench Gads of Steel: Oftentimes put into the same 2 ounces of the juice of Clary; so inject luke warme. Take a pinte of Milk and boyl it, in boyling slack it often when it riseth with Plantine-water, so continue doing till a pinte of Plantine-water be put in, about the

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slacking of the Milk; Then take it off the fire, and put thereunto 3 ounces of Mel rosa∣rum, wherof drink at your pleasure.

Take the white of an Egge, 4 ounces of Fresh Butter out of a Chirne well washed, and of Saffron a scruple, work these together, where∣of at times put up a little into the funda∣ment for ceasing paine; but if the pain con∣tinue, to the aforesaid add 2 good handfulls of Night-shade, and then it will be much more effectuall for the said purpose.

Also take Mastick, and Frankincense, of each a good handfull, powder and straw it upon coals of fire in a Chafindish, put it into a close stool, so fit over it to take the fume thereof, and apply an Hagtaper-Leaf to the place.

Also take the Roots of Pilewort, and Mut∣ton-suet, and shred them both together small, then boyl the same and strain them, so keep them for use to anoint the Piles withall.

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