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.

Medicines for the Gout.

An approved Medicine for the Gout.

TAke Wormwood, Smallage, Camomill, holy-Oak leaves, Horehound, of each a handfull, then take a pint of Neatsfoot Oyl, and half a pint of the Oyl of Shomakers patches, and boyl the Oyls together a little while, and scum it, and the herbs being well chopped, then put them into the Oyls, and let them all boyl together a quarter of an hour, and strain it through a cloth, and keep it for your use: to this must be added Deers sewet, and two spoonfulls of Aqua vitae.

There be four kinds of Gouts, named in Latin, Chira∣gra, Podagra, Scyatica and Artetica: the one is in the hands, fingers, and armes, the which is called Chira∣gra: The other is named Podagra, and that is the feet, toes and legs: The third doth keep the huckle bone, and doth run to the knee, and in processe of time descendeth to the ancle, and to the toe, and is called Scyatica: The fourth kind of the Gout, is named the Gout Artetick, the which doth run over all the joynts and parts of a mans body, and the Medicines of every one follow.

For the Gout in the hand called Chyragra.

THe cause of this impediment doth come of rheume, and evill dirt, and there be two kinds of Gout in the hands, the one is confirmed and cannot be made whole, for if it do come by kind, and the joynts be broken, the sicknesse is incurable, the other which is not confirmed, may be made whole, as followeth.

TAke of Colworts three handfulls, and seeth them, with a little Lie, with three spoonfulls of Vineger, and a little salt, stamp all these toge∣ther with the said little, and make a plaister there∣of. Or take and eat Treacle, and make a plaister thereof, and lay it to the place, and mark if the matter do come of a hot cause, you may minister hot Medicines, and if of a cold cause, no hot me∣decines but cold, and let the Patient beware of eating those things that be over hot or cold.

For the Gout, and all manner of Aches.

TAke of Clot roots two pound, and seeth them in pisse till they be tender, and then bray them and strain them through a cloth, and then take six Oxen galls, or Neats, and look that you have a pottle of urine or more well strained, and then put thereto a quart of Oyl Olive, and seeth this together till it do come to the quantity of the Oyl, for this will work wonders in the Gout.

To comfort the joynts and Synews.

TAke five or six handfulls of Walworts, and seeth them well in Wine, then strain them with a little wax, oyl of Spike, and Aqua vitae, make an ointment wherewith you must annoint the place morning and evening every day.

Medicines for the Gout appropriate in all causes.

TAste cow dung, and seeth it in sweet Milk, and lay a plaister thereof to the Gout: Also the yolks of Eggs, womans Milk, Lynseed, and Saffron all together in a plaister asswageth the dis∣eases of the Gout, and if you be disposed to break the skin, and to let the humor issue out (as by such means many a one is eased) you shall make a little plaister of black Sope, and Aquavitae, which will blister it without pain: Also very hare old cheese cut and sodden in the broth of a gammon of Bacon, and afterwards stamped with a little of the broth, and made in manner of a plaister, is a singular remedy for the diseases of the Gout, and was first practised by Galen the Prince of all Phi∣sitians.

For the Gout in the Feet.

TAke and stamp nettles, and lay them to the Podagra Feet or Legs, and this will joyn flesh to the bone that is risen; but you must mingle it with salt, for that drieth up evill humors in short time.

For the Gout cold.

TAke as much black sope as a Walnut, and as much herb grace made in juice to the quan∣tity of the Sope, and as much of the juice of Sa∣lendine, and mingle them all together, then take sheeps Leather, and on the fleshy side lay on the plaister, and so lay it to the Gout three daies, and it will help thee.

For the Gout.

TAke a pint and a half of good Ale, and half a pound of black Sope, and a handfull of bay Salt beaten small, then mingle them all together till half be consumed, then put four spoonfulls of Aqua vitae, and let it boyl a little more, then take a cloth and dip it in it, and lay it to the griefe as hot as he can suffer it, and be whole. Or take a pint of good Ale, and clarifie it on the fire, and put therein a handfull of Bay Salt, and stir it well a good while, put thereto two spoonfuls of black Sope, and before you lay on the medicine, take a linnen cloth, and rub it well a good while, and then lay on the medicine.

To take away pain of the Gout.

TAke the fattest Brach you can get, and scald him like a Pig, and take out the guts and garbadge at one of the sides, then take nettles and stamp them with

two ounces of Brimstone, four yolks of Eggs, four ounces of Turpentine, incorporate all toge∣ther, and put it in the whelps belly surely sowed up, that no composition come out, then rost him with a soft fire, and keep the dripping that doth come from him, and annoint the sore place therewith, for this is excellent; and will cease all manner of Convulsions of the Sinews or joynts, and pain of the Cramp that may be felt in any man: This medicine hath been tryed not only to heal the Gout, but to drive it away for ever.

Another for the same.

TAke half a pint of strong Vineger, and three Yolks of Eggs, and put them to the Vineger with a quantity of black Sope, and so let it stand three daies and three nights, and then mingle them together like a plaister, and lay it to the sore. Or take and stamp Walwort small, and seeth it with the lees of red Wine as thick as pap, and lay it to the sore wheresoever it be, if it be hot lay it on hot, if it be cold lay it on cold, and then annoynt it two daies after with Nerve Oyl upon the Si∣news:

For the festring Gout that maketh holes.

TAke the juice of rib grasse, and as much of the white of an Egg, and Rie meal, and mingle them together, and stamp them, and make a thick plaister thereof, and lay it to the sore, and let it

lie still untill it fall away. Or take Rie flower, and mingle it with the juice of Walwort roots, and make thereof two cakes, and bake them, and then take one and do away the crust, and bind it to the sore as hot as you may suffer it, and when that cake is cold then take the other, and lay it to the pain, and this wil heal it.

For the Gout.

TAke Castle sope, and scrape it into the barm of Ale, but the Ale must not be sowre, and stir the sope and the barm together, and then lay it upon the ach, and with a little cloth rowl it on, and when it swells take red Fennell and seeth it, and put to it butter, and lay it to the swelling; it must be butter unsalted, and use this, for it is very good.

An approved medicine for the Gout.

TAke a quantity of unwrought Wax, and four times so much Boars Grease, and as much black Sope as the Boars Grease, then take the Boars Grease first, and seeth it in a skillet, and then clarifie it, and melt the Wax by it self, and put it to the grease, and then put them together with the sope, then take it firom the fire and stir it a great while till it be like a salve, then make a plai∣ster of sheeps Leather, and when your pain doth come lay on this plaister somewhat broader then the grief is, and let it lie on twenty four hours be∣fore it be removed, and you shall find great ease

in it. This salve wil be good a whole year, if it be kept close.

A speciall medicine for the Gout.

YOu shall buy at the Apothecaries Cantarides, which is a great fly, take of this a quantity, and twice so much sowre bread, the crums thereof stamped in a Morter with a little Vineger, so that you may make thereof a plaister, then stroke it upon a cloth, and cut it the bredth of a penny, and lay it to the place where the pain is for the space of six or seven hours, then lift up the plaister with a knife, and let it lie half an hour, then again pull it off, and a blister wil rise there, then let out the water with a needle, in the lowest place of the blister, and softly thrust it with your finger, and if the water be cold, it will be somewhat yellow, if the pain be new, it will be white like the gelly of a Pig, then take the leaf of an Oak tree, and cut a∣way the hardnesse thereof, and prick it full of holes, and lay it on untill it be whole, as soon as the blister is broken the pain is gone, but you must make the blister beneath the joynt.

For the Gout.

TAke six new laid Eggs, and rost them hard, and cut them asunder, take out the yolks, and where the yolks were, while the Eggs be very hot, put in myrrhe of Alexandria, it is to be

bought at the Apothecaries, and lay one side of the Eggs upon another as you cut them, and lay them in a row between two dishes, and thereof will come a water and be in the dish, then take it out, and put it in a glasse, and then dresse new, till you have some quantity of the Water, for six Eggs will not make above a spoonfull at once. This is a proved medicine to drive away the pain of the Gout when it cometh.

For the Gout.

TAke the milk of a Cow of one color, and small Planten Leaves, and flower of clean Wheat∣meal, and boyl them together, and make a plai∣ster, and lay it to the sore, and this will help thee in short space.

A speciall medicine for the Gout.

TAke a young Whelp in the moneth of May, and strip him out of his skin, and dresse him clean, then take a quantity of Water-frogs, and put them in his belly when his guts be out, and sow up his belly, then rost him, and take the drip∣ping in an Iron Vessell, and when it is cold put it in a glasse, and therewithall annoynt the disease, and you shall be whole, by Gods grace.

For the Gout a proved medicine.

TAke Civill sope, and two penniworth of Camphire, a sawcer full of womans Milk,

of a man child, then put the Sope and Camphire into the milk til it be thick, then put it into a clean box or vessell, and let it stand twenty four hours, and then annoynt the Patient therewith cold, and ever lay the medicine above the sore to draw it downwards. This was proved upon Sir John Wilton and many others.

For the Gout.

TAke Cows horn coming of a red or brinded Cow, a good quantity, and make it warm in a frying pan, and put thereunto half a spoonfull of the powder of a rotten post, or pole of Older wood, and stir them together, and bind them on the place aggrieved hot or bloud-warm, and lap it with a woollen cloth next to the medicine, and a linnen cloth over all to keep in the me∣dicine: wash off this medicine when you take it off with Farrow Cow milk warmed.

Another for the Gout.

TAke four ounces of the Oyl of Lineseed, four ounces of Oyl of Worms, and the like quanti∣ty of the best Treacle, and mix them well toge∣ther, and annoynt the place aggrieved, and also spread it on a linnen cloth, and bind it on all night.

For the Gout.

VAlerian, Coltsfoot, Oylof Shomakers patches, Deers sewet, and as much of Neatsfoot Oyle as the other two, melt the Oyls and Deers sewer, and then put in the two herbs, being chopped small, and boil them all together with a gentle fire half an hour, and then strain them through a course cloth, and keep this oyntment in a box. Annoynt the place aggrieved with this oyntment and lay it on a plaister of the Oyl of Shomakers patches only spread upon thin brown paper war∣med.