A compleat practice of physick.: Wherein is plainly described, the nature, causes, differences, and signs, of all diseases in the body of man. VVith the choicest cures for the same. / By John Smith, Doctor in Physick.

TERMS of women flowing. It is made the same way as bleeding at the nose, &c. The signs are the same. It is of∣ten incurable. Diapedesis is most easy, A∣nastomosis easy, corroding is hard to cure

The Cure We must by times make Revulsion, by opening a Vein, Cup∣ping glasses set to the Brests. 5. Aph. 50. Cholerick humours must be tem∣perd, purged. We must bind by inward and outward means. A certain old wo∣man cured one that was incurable, gi∣ving nine times one dram of powder of mens bones with red Wine. If it be from ill humours, we must not stop sud∣denly.

Guainerius giveth for a great ex∣periment, one dram of the ashes of Goats dung. If such an irregular Flux follow child-bearing, women use this secret: they dry a Wal-nut, and pow∣der it, and give it at thrice in red Wine, or Martlemas flesh above a year old, tosted and dried in an earthen dish. For. used this that followeth with profit, Take red Coral, Bole Armenick, Datestones, of each half a dram; give it at twice in a rear Egg. Let all Topi∣cals be astringent, Injections are good, and the juyce of Yarrow, Plantain, Bloodwort, &c. Pessaries, washing the Legs with cold water, roots of Nigella held under the Tongue, Blood-stone, roots of Corn-Poppy, Tree moss, bound under the Arm-pits, Sanicle and Straw-berry leaves bound under the Feet.