Physical rarities containing the most choice receipts of physick, and chyrurgerie, for the cure of all diseases incident to mans body. Being a rich jewell, kept in the cabinet of a famous doctor in this nation; stored with admirable secrets, and approved medicines. Published by Ralph Williams, practitioner in physick and chyrurgerie.

A Medicine for the Scyatica.

THis Infirmity cometh of hard lying on the Huckle-bones, or lying upon the ground, or upon a forme, or such like: it may come by a stripe, or by a fall, and it will run from the Huckle-bone to the knee, and from the knee to the anckle, and from the anckle to the little toe, and then it is past cure; and otherwhiles this Gowt will have a reflexion ro the Reines of the back, and to the Flank; and it may come of a gross Flegme∣tique humour.

The chiefest remedy is, to anoint the place with oyl of Turpentine, and Aqua vitae com∣pounded together, and use to anoint the place often against the fire, and a searcloth of pitch is good.

For the Scyatica.

TAke oyl of Olive, May butter gall of a Bul, and red Onyons, and boyle these together and lay it to the hips where the paine is; this is a good Medicine: Or take a red cloth, and A∣noynt it with Clarified Honey and thereupon strew the powder of Cummyn, and as hot as you may, Bind it to the sore, and be whole.

For the Scyatica in the Hip.

Take a Pottle of wine Lees, and wine dregs and sower bread and Cow-dung, and boyl these well together, and make a plaister thereof, and lay it to the paine as hot as you may suffer it, and this will heal you.

For the Scyatica Passion.

TAke a Gallon of Urine, and seeth it well, and scum it well, untill it be cleer, and then take it downe, and let it stand untill it be cold and then put the cleer therof into a faire Pot, and put away the dregs, and then take the same cleer Urine, and put it over the fire, and put therein a quart of black dew Snails, and boyl them together until the Snails be wa∣sted,

then strain it through a hair sive, and keep the same liquor in an earthen pot, and aniont the hipp and the legg therwith before a hot fire, and let the liquor be warm.

For all manner of Gouts, and consumed mem∣bers, and for the Scyatica passion.

TAke a pound of Riote of red docks that men make brogys of, and wash them clean and dry them in the sun, untill the water be away, then cut them small, and bray them in a morter, and boyl them in a quart of strong vineger, untill half be wasted; and then with the same anoint the aking place, and it will a∣mend: then keep it in a vial of glass, or els it will dry away. This Medicine is very excellent for the diseases abovewritten, for it hath been very well proved.