A Plain and Easie Method for Preserving (by God's Blessing) Those That Are Well from the Infection of the Plague, or Any Contagious Distemper, in City, Camp, Fleet, Etc., and for Curing Such as Are Infected with It.Willis, Thomas
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A Plain and Easie Method for Preserving (by God's Blessing) Those That Are Well from the Infection of the Plague, or Any Contagious Distemper, in City, Camp, Fleet, Etc., and for Curing Such as Are Infected with It.
Willis, Thomas
Plague -- Early works to 1800
If a Blister is not rais'd on, or near the place already, 'tis good to
apply a _Vesicatory_ Plaister just below it, but on the Tumor it self
to apply some drawing Medicine, to attract the Venom outward; as at
first, the Fundament of some living Fowl, or else a _Colewort-Leaf_
dipt in scalding Water, and dried again, and smear'd over with _Oyl
of Lillies_ or _Scorpions_. To ripen the Sore, lay on Pultises or
Plaisters; or rather first Pultises, and then Plaisters, when it tends
to suppuration; which should be renew'd every twelve hours at least.
For =Pultises=.
_Take an_ Onion _and_ White Lilly Roots, _boyl them, or else wrap them
in a wet Paper, and roast them in the Embers, afterward stamp both
together, adding a little_ Treacle, _and_ Oyl of Lillies _as much
as is sufficient: Or else roast a_ Fig _with either or both these
above-nam'd, and make a Pultis in the same manner: Or else with
either, or all above-named Remedies, add an handful of_ Scabious _or_
Sorrel _wash'd; and after beat all into a Pultis_.
_Take_ Pimpernel roasted on the Embers, _mollifie it with_ Oyl of
Scorpions, _adding a little_ Pouder of Myrrh _and_ Venice Treacle,
_and lay it to the Sore_.
_Some do commend_ live Frogs _to be applyed, and renew'd as oft as
they die_.
_For a Plaister to break the Sore when it is open'd_, Diachylon _with_
Gums; _or else those two Emplaisters_, viz. Emplastrum Paracelsi,
_and_ de Fuligine, _mention'd by_ =Diemerbroek=, _pag._ 213.
=Paracelsus= his Plaister is there thus order'd to be made.
_Take of_ Gum Oppopanax _two Ounces_, Seraphin _or_ Sagapen _four
Ounces_, Bdellium _three Ounces_, Galbanum _one Ounce_, Olibanum _two
Drams; let them be dissolved in_ Vinegar, _and strain'd, and adding
the_ Pouder of a dried Toad and Frog, _of_ Natural Brimstone _one
Ounce, of_ Camphire _one Dram_: Let it be made a Plaister to be put
upon the Tumor, and renewed every six hours.
=Emplastrum de Fuligine=, or =Plaister of Soot=, is thus made.
_Take of_ Chimney Soot _ten Drams_, Leaven, Turpentine, Butter, _of
each one Ounce_, Venice Sope _one Ounce and a half, of_ Honey of Roses
_six Drams_, Common Salt _half an Ounce, the_ Whites of two Eggs,
Treacle _and_ Mithridate, _of each two Drams_: Let them be mixed.
_For the Poorer sort_, Shoemakers Wax _is as good as any_.
If when the Tumor is ripen'd, it do not soon break of it self, it is
best to open it by Incision; and when it is broken, put in a Pledget
dipp'd in _Turpentine_ mix'd with the _Yolk of an Egg_; or dress it
with _Basilicon_ alone, or the Liniment of _Arceus_.
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