The treasurie of health contayning many profitable medicines, gathered out of Hipocrates, Galen and Auicen / by one Petrus Hyspanus, and translated into English by Humfry Lloyd, who hath added thereunto the causes and signes of euery disease, with the Aphorismes of Hipocrates, and Iacobus de Partibus, redacted to a certaine order according to the members of mans bodie, and a compendious table containing the purging and confortative medicines, with the exposition of certaine names and weights in this booke contained, with an epistle of Diocles unto Kyng Antigonus..

Against forgetfulnes and drow∣sines.

¶ The Causes.

¶ This disease is called in Greeke of the effect Lethargus, and in latin veternus and is caused of colde and

putrified flegme which hath made cold and filled the brayne.

¶ The signes.

The Lithargy cometh with great sluggishnes and such desire of s••epe as cannot be eschued, with greace obliuion, and forgetfulnes so that they can skant tell what they haue done nor make answere when they be spoken vnto.

Remedies. Capi. iiii.

Galen. Const. AGainst this disease of forget∣fullnes apply Rewe and red mintes wyth oyle and verye strong vineger vnto thy nosthrils. Burne thine owne heare and min∣gle it with vineger, & a little pitche and apply it to thy nosthrils, for it wonderfully stirreth & quickneth the persons diseased w^t forgetfulnes The lightes of an Hog. layde vnto the head being shauē is very good.

The bloud of a Tortoys annoyn∣ted on y^e forhead is of much valour

The gaul of a Craine, being made warme in a leaden vessell doth tho roughely and lyghtly stirre vp the deseased body, if y^e nape of his neck be anoynted therwith.

Fume made of Roeslether, doth myghtyly sterre hym vp.

Fume of Kyds skins, doth quic∣ken forgetfull persons, and those y^e be infected with the falling sicknes and wemen also that haue ther flou¦res stopte.

The sent or smell of Dogge fen∣nell, taketh away slepe.

Grynd Mustardsede wyth Vyne∣ger, & rub it myghtily on the plan∣tes of the feete, and it doth quicken forgetfull persons.

Sauery beaten, and sodden in Vineger, & layd in forme of a plas∣ter to the hynder parte of the heade doth merily awaken those that are heuy with sleape.

Nothing doth beter quicken for¦getfull persons then the smoke of a

mans heare.

Galen. A drincke made of Anacardiū is a peculiar remedy in this desease.

The inieke of Galbanum, or of an harts horne is best of al thyngs.

The skinne of an Hare burnte & the asshes therof droncke with cala¦ment healeth the Lytargie.