_What are the kinds of these Tumours?_ They are the _Steatoma_, the _Atheroma_, the _Meliceris_, the Wen, the _Bronchocele_, and the _Scrophula_ or King's-Evil. _How is the difference between these Tumours discern'd?_ The _Steatoma_ is known by its Matter resembling Suet; as that of the _Atheroma_ resembleth Pap; and that of the _Meliceris_ is like Honey: These three Tumours cannot be well distinguish'd on the outside, in regard that they do not change the natural Colour of the Skin, which {129} equally retains in all three the print of the Fingers that press it. But the _Bronchocele_ is discover'd by the Place and Part which it possesseth; that is to say, the Throat; as also by its somewhat hard consistence without the Alteration of the Skin. The _Scrophulæ_ or King's-Evil Swellings are known by their unequal Hardness, and their situation in the Glandules, either in the Neck, Arm-pits or elsewhere, without alteration likewise of the Skin. _REMEDIES._ _Want is the Method to be observ'd in curing these sorts of Tumours?_ An Attempt is to be made to dissolve 'em, as in all the others; nevertheless the safest way is to bring 'em to Suppuration, and to extirpate the _Cystes_, which are apt to be fill'd again after the Dissipation of the Humour. _What are the Medicines proper to dissolve these Tumours?_ They are all such as may be us'd for the _Oedema_ and _Scirrhus_; but the Specificks or particular Remedies are these: Take Rosemary, Sage, Wormwood, Elder, great Celandine, Camomile, Melilot, St. _John_'s-Wort, and Tobacco; boil 'em in White-Wine with Soot and Mercurial Honey, adding, thereto Cummin-seeds beaten, and _Oleum Lumbricorum_, to make a Cataplasm, which is to be renew'd twice a Day. Afterward if the Tumour be not dispers'd, you may apply the following Plaister, which hath an admirable Effect. {130} Take an equal Portion of the Plaister of _Diachylon_, _Devigo_, and four times as much _Mercury_, and _Emplastrum Divinum_; let 'em be dissolv'd together; then intermix Saffron, and Oil of Tobacco, to make a Plaister with the whole Mass, which may be spread upon thin Leather, and apply'd to the Tumour, without taking it off only once every eighth Day, to cool it; so that it must be laid on again after having wash'd and bath'd the Part with warm Urine or Brine. But it is to be always remember'd that external Remedies take effect only imperfectly, unless they are assisted by internal, such as in this case are reiterated Purgations, join'd with a regular Diet. _What are the Remedies proper to excite Suppuration?_