BUT if the Body be too open, the _Lapis Contrayerva_ is very suitable, and ’tis thus made: ℞ _Pulv. radic. contrayerva res. +℥ j.+ serpentariæ virgin. +ʒ ij.+ +[ss.]+ extract. radic. Angelicæ, tormentillæ ana +ʒ ij.+ pulv. C. C. philosophicè calcin. chelarum Cancrorum præp. pulv. Corall. rubr. ana +ʒ j.+ +[ss.]+ Antimonii Diaphoret. vel potius Diaphor. Jovis +ʒ iij.+ cuchianellæ +ʒ [ss.]+ croci +℈ j.+ (aliqui addurat lapid. bezoar. orien. +℈ ij.+) ambræ grys. +℈ [ss.]+ cum gelatinâ spoliorum serpentum, vel C. C. fingantur globuli s. a. exiccandi, Dos. ad +℈ ij.+ vel +ʒ j.+ è vehiculo idoneo, +&c.+_ FOR the same Purpose also is the celebrated _Orvietan_ thus compounded, and given ʒ ij. at a Dose. ℞ _Cardui bened. totius eupatorii mai. & min. ana +℥ [ss.]+ scordii, aristolochiæ utriusque ana +ʒ v.+ viperinæ, h. e. echii, gentianæ, bacc. Junip. bistortæ ana +℥ j.+ bacc. lauri, tormentillæ, dictamni albi ana +℥ [ss.]+ carlinæ, angelicæ ana +℥ j.+ +[ss.]+ rhabarb. imperatoriæ, scorzon. hispan. valerianæ ana +℥ [ss.]+ morsus diaboli, calami aromat. ana +℥ iv.+ Theriac. Androm. opt. +℥ iij.+ corda, & jecinora 12 viperarum, terantur terenda subtilissimè, & cum s. q. mellis despumati fiat Elect. per tres menses fermentand._ IT is to be observed, that these and the like Medicines, whether _Galenical_ or _Spagyrical_, which cannot be prepared as soon as _Asparagus_ can be boiled, ought to be always in Readiness. THE general Remedies being thus provided, the exact Way of Living and Diet comes to be considered: And first of all whensoever the Patient is taken, he must immediately be put to Bed; wherein we have found it much more serviceable to be covered with Blankets, than Linen Sheets, because the Woollen much better encourages Sweating, and also absorps it, and keeps the Body cleaner all the while; for Linen being not suited to drink up the Sweat, the Pores of the Body, at such Times as open as possible, will be choaked up and obstructed by the Moisture hanging upon the Skin, and giving also a Chilliness to the Flesh: To all therefore who sweat thus, Change of Cloaths is to be denied, for the Patient takes Harm by clean Coverings, not so much from any prejudicial Quality of the Soap abounding in them, (according to the Opinion of _Diemebrooeck_) as from a Dampness which is inseparable from them, and the Approach of Air which is unavoidable in the Shifting; both which will check the Sweating. UNLESS the Patient hath Occasion for a Vomit, or Purge, or a Clyster, immediately upon his going to Bed, _Alexipharmicks_ ought to be given, and if thrown up by Vomiting, repeated until the Stomach if strengthned, and can retain them; and I have always observed, that such Nauseousness goes off as soon as Sweat breaks out.