A Collection of Seven and Fifty approved Receipts Good against the Plague: Taken out of the five books of that renowned Dr. Don Alexes secrets, for the benefit of the poorer sort of people of these nations.W. J.
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A Collection of Seven and Fifty approved Receipts Good against the Plague: Taken out of the five books of that renowned Dr. Don Alexes secrets, for the benefit of the poorer sort of people of these nations.
W. J.
Plague -- Prevention -- Early works to 1800
Take white Dittany, Turmentill, white Corall, Genitine, Bole Armoniack,
Terra ſigilata, and Endive, water of Scabius, and the Accedent coming
upon him, this muſt be made at leaſt four hours before it be uſed, take
of the ſaid things ſtamped each one by it ſelf, and put them ſeverally
in glaſſes, and make of all of them a drink at your own diſcretion,
making the Vineger mount in the glaſs a little above the other things,
and let the patient take it hot, covering himſelf hot in his bed untill
he ſweat, and by Gods help he ſhall undoubtedly be Cured.
CHAP. 5.
_A marvellous preſervative againſt the Plague._
To make this take white Ditany, round Ariſtolochia, with Crocodilium
otherwiſe called Cardina, or Cordua, with Voruine, Gentian, Zeduariſe,
an hearb called in _Latine_, _pes midi_, of each of them two Ounces,
ſtamp all theſe together with a Handful of Rue, then take a glaſs that
holdeth at leaſt three quarts, and fill it with the beſt wine you can
find, whereinto you ſhall put all the foreſaid things, and let it
ſtand ſo in your houſe, and in dangerous times take every morning a
glaſs full of the ſaid wine before you go out of your houſe, but firſt
obſerve to eat a Walnut a Fige and a branch or two of Rue, do this
every morning.
CHAP. 6.
_An approved good ointment to make an Impoſtume break and
the Plague ſore to fall off._
To make this take a quantity of Oyl of Olive and ſet it on the fire in
ſome firme veſſel, put thereto fine Cerus or White Lead well ſtamped
together, literage of ſilver very fine and thine, with a quantity of
Common wax, ſet it on the fire untill you may ſpread it with your
finger upon a ſmooth ſtone, then take it from the fire and power a
little Vineger upon it, but have a care of your face, then make a
Plaiſter of this ointment, as big as all the ſore, and make a hole in
the midſt thereof the breadth of a penny, make then a little plaiſter
of ſuppling ointment the bigneſs of the hole, then make another
plaiſter of the ſame bigneſs, and lay it on the ſuppling plaiſter, the
mortifying plaiſter be between both, let this lye twenty four hours,
then change onely the middle plaiſter, letting it ſo lye twenty four
hours longer, but remember to annoint the top of the ſore with ſome
Hogs ſuite, or Hen or Capons greaſe to mollifie it, ſo it will be hard
in the middle, and round about it will be tender fleſh, in ſuch ſort
that the ſore will break and come forth about the end of forty and
eight hours, take of the foreſaid plaiſters, and lay upon it another
plaiſter made with freſh Hogs greaſe, then will the dead fleſh fall out
with the core, like unto a round half Ball, but the hole will remain
which you muſt dreſs with healing ointment, you muſt ſtrow burnt Alum
beaten to powder to eat the dead or rather proud fleſh away.
CHAP. 7.
_Another remedy againſt the Plague._
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