Furthermore, these Topical or outward Medicines are to be accompany'd with others taken inwardly, which serve to prepare the Humours for convenient Evacuations; Such are Crab's-Eyes, the Decoctions of _Sarsaparilla_, the use of good Wine, and light Meats of easie Digestion. _Of _Scirrhous_ Tumours, and their Remedies._ _What are the Tumours that partake of the Nature of a _Scirrhus_?_ They are the _Polypus_, _Carcinoma_, _Sarcoma_, _Natta_, and _Cancer_. _What is a _Polypus_?_ It is an Excrescence of fungous Flesh arising in the Nostrils: But _Hippocrates_ confounds the _Carcinoma_ and _Sarcoma_ with the _Polypus_, of which he says they are only a _Species_. _What is the _Natta_?_ It is a Tumour or Excrescence of Flesh that appears in the Buttocks, Shoulders, Thighs, Face, and every where else, the various Figures {125} of which cause it to be call'd by different Names. For one while it resembleth a Gooseberry, at another time a Mulberry, and at another time a Melon or Cherry. Sometimes also these Swellings are like Trees, Fishes, Birds, or other sorts of Animals, according to the ardent desire that Women with Child have had for things that they cou'd not obtain when they longed for 'em. _What are the Remedies proper for the _Polypus_, and other kinds of Excrescences of the like Nature?_ The _Polypus_ may be cur'd in the beginning, but it is to be fear'd lest it degenerate into an incurable Cancer, when it hath been neglected or ill dress'd. Besides the general Remedies, which are letting Blood a little, and reiterated Purgations, with an exact Regulation of Diet, there are also particular Medicaments which dry up and insensibly consume the Excrescence; as a Decoction of Bistort, Plantain, and Pomegranate-Rinds in Claret-Wine, which is to be snuff'd up the Nose many times in a Day, and serves to soak the small Tents that are put up therein, as also often to cool the Part, adding a little Allum and Honey. The Patient must sometimes likewise keep in his Mouth a Sage-Leaf, sometimes a piece of the Root of Pellitory of _Spain_; and at another time Tobacco or some other thing of this Nature, which causeth Salivation. If the Tumour continues too long, and doth not yield to the above-mention'd Remedies, it is necessary to proceed to a Manual Operation, {126} which is very often perform'd with good Success. As for the _Natta's_, it is most expedient not to meddle with 'em at all; nevertheless these Marks which Infants bring along with 'em into the World, are frequently defac'd by an Application of the After-Burdens, whilst they are as yet warm, as soon as their Mothers are deliver'd. _What is a Cancer?_ It is a hard, painful, and ulcerous Tumour, produc'd by an adult Humour, the Malignity whereof can scarce be suppress'd by any Remedies. _How many sorts of Cancers are there?_