(Hdixmll Wimvmii^ Jilrmg THE GIFT OF ^^H\m i^jm}^.. _ Cornell University Library R 128.7.E565 1914 Synopsis medicine; or, A compendium of Ga 1924 012 480 681 Cornell University Library The original of tiiis book is in tine Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924012480681 SYNOPSIS MEDICINE OR A COMPENDIUM OF Galenical and Chymical PHYSICK Showing the Art of Healing according to the Precepts of Galen & Paracelfus. Fitted univerfally to the whole Art of Healing. By ZEROBABEL gNDECOTT Physician of Salem in New England Introduced and Annotated By GEORGE FRANCIS DOW, Scriba. This Book's a Treafure much more worth than Gold, A Jewel's hid in ev'ry page and fold, Hyppocrates nor Galen ne'er did know, What here our author freely doth be/tow. SALEM: Printed by N. and G. for G. and D. at the Sign of the Prejs in City Hall Alley near the Main Street, 1914. %U (B&0tt Ctacttf #0. 9 TWO HUNDRED COPIES PRINTED FOR FREDERICK LEWIS GAY AND GEORGE FRANCIS DOW AND THEIR FRIENDS To THE READER. TJTT'Onder not, Courteous Reader, at the Appearance of rl^ this untimely fruit ; a Mijbellany only intended for private u/e : The ooeajion of its Publication was at the eame/t requeji of a /pedal friend who with many Words and Arguments gained at laft,Jofar upon us, as to give our con- Jent, that (although fhort of our intentions, or of the I/u/lre and Maturity, which thefulne/s of time might have gave it) it/hould he Emitted to the World. It hath been our care and diligence that herein we impofe nothing upon the World; every one may follow that which pleafes him; he that di/likes may pwr/ue his own Way, It is not to hejupposed that we fhould propofe all the particulars, which are eminent againft each Bifeoje; No, that was a work too great for our intended brevity ; it requires the farther diligence of the indu/lrious Student, whoje care in this kind may prove a double recom- pence for all Ms labour. Notwithjianding all our watchful- nefs and toyl in attending the Prefs, grojs errors may have been committed, the which we hope the Jons of Art will eajily correct' and pafs by; if any error be effential, we here pro- fefs it was never intentional, Jo we intreat all the lovers oj Learning either injilence to pajs it by, or elje candidly to dijcover thejame to our/elf. To thoje whojhall deal other- wife with us, wejerid that of Martial the poet, Let him that faults Jhall find, himjelf declare, Favltlefs to be, or dfe to carp forbear. And to thofe that may (through envy") thus carp againjt what we have done, or any part thereof, we here Jignifie, that although we bear no contentious Jpirit, but have made peace our way, yet we are, and ever Jhall be, a profejjfed enemy to every falje thing and way, accounting nothing elJe Jo dear to us in this world as VERITY. To his Ingenious Friend, Mr. ZEKOBABEL ENDECOTT, Upon his Treatife, entituled SYNOPSIS MEDICIN-^. TTZ'Elcome, my Friend, upon our Englifh/tage, f^*^ Who freely Art di/playa in this our Age, The Art of Healing mankind, who have need. Of able Dootorg, that can Qure, with/peed. All Juch Difecifes which ajffault usjbre, Andjpares no perfons, he they rich or poor ; Health ig a Jewel far more rich than O^old, More to be prized than Wealth ten thoufand fold ; How ought we then to prize our Author much, Whofe Labour and Induftry hath been Juch, That nothing in hig Book, ig wanting, which May help in greatejl danger ; and inrich. Tkankg therefore. Noble ENDICOTT, thou /halt JEterniz'd for thy Fame, admired of me, (be That injbjmall a Tract, thou ghould/i comprize Whole Volumes of the Learned ; But likewi/e Thoufheweji how to root Difeafes owt. As Feavers, Agues, Scurvey, Pox and GOUT. Let Great Apollo, therefore, crown thy Head, Andjpedk thy Praije long after thou art dead; Then though thy Body in the Grave may rot. Thy NAME /hall live, and never be forgot. Till Time doth cea/e, ag well ag Boohg, to be. And all thing g /wallow' d in Eternitie. Ita dixit, Compilat. Upon the Author and his SYN^OPSIS MEDICINE. Zerobabel Endecott, the author or compiler of the following collection of medical receipes, was the son of Governor John Endecott by his second wife Elizabeth Gibson, and was born about 1635. Mr. Endecott was married twice, his second wife being the daughter of Gov. John Winthrop and the widow of Kev. Antipas Newman. Where he received such medical education as sufficed for his time is not known, but undoubtedly he followed the custom that prevailed until the last century and read medicine in the home of some physician living in the Bay Colony and accompanied him while visiting patients. His brother John also was a chirurgeon, as appears from a bill preserved in the Massachusetts Archives, where under date of 1668 he charged five shillings for "a Vomit and atendans " on one John Clarke, " weak and sike by reason of a scurvy and a dropsy." The public records disclose but little information of Zerobabel Endecott. In 1659, with his brother John and Daniel Samons, he was fined in the Quarterly Court for excessive drink- ing, a not uncommon weakness in those days. In 1665 he was ensign of the military company in Salem, and on two or more occasions he served upon the jury. In 1676 he was impaneled on a jury of inquest upon the body of one Jacob Goodale, a servant of Giles Corey, who died suddenly. It appeared that the man was "almost a Natural Fool." The body was badly bruised, and Mr. Endecott performed a post mortem examination and found " dodders of Blood " about the man's heart. Mr. Endecott lived on the easterly side of what is now Wash- ington street, Salem, near the corner of Church street, and during the latter part of his life on " the orchard farm " in what is now Danversport. At his death in 6 Upon the Author and his Synopsis Medioince. 1684 he bequeathed to his son John, who also was a physician and who died in England, " al my Inftruments and books both of philicke and chirurgery." The inven- tory of the estate shows " a cafe of lances, 2 Rafors, a box of Inftruments, 10 bookes in folio, 16 in quarto, a faw with fix Inftruments for a chirurgion and a cheft of bookes & writings " in which undoubtedly lay the little volume of recipes here printed. Zerobabel Endecott was not alone in practicing the healing art in Salem. Soon after the settlement Deacon Samuel Fuller was called on several occasions from dis- tant Plymouth on the south shore. In 1629 Lambert Wilson practiced there. George Emery settled in the town in 1636 and had a useful and varied career not entirely free from shady practices. In those early days' much reliance was placed upon the powers of nature to expel impurities by way of the kidneyg, and a glass ves- sel to hold urine was considered a necessity in the sick room. In 1657 Mr. Emery was fined forty shillings " for changipg a bottle of water of Goody Lafkin." Unfortunately it does not now appear what effect the change had upon the patient. In 1668 he committed an unnatural crime and was sentenced to sit on the gallows with a rope around his neck. At an earlier period his name frequently appears in connection with the settlement of estates. He died in Salem, Feb. 20, 1687, aged seventy-eight. Eev. John Fiske, a graduate of Cambridge, who had studied divinity and physic as well, came to Salem in 1637, where he remained three years. Daniel Weld was living in Salem in 1664. He served as chief surgeon during the Narragansett campaign in King Philip's war, and died in 1690. His son Edward also was a physician. Bartholomew Gedney in 1662, while a young man of only twenty-two, was practicing medicine in his native town. Colonel Gedney was a man of many parts and became prominent in public affairs. He was colonel of the Essex County regiment, commissioner of war in 1695, member of the Council, Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, one of the judges in the memorable year 1692, judge of probate, and yet when he died in 1697, Upon the Author and his Synopsis Medicince. 7 his stock of " druggs and inftruments and other utenfils belonging to phyfick and chirurgery " was valued at the large sum of £Q0. John Barton came to New England in 1672 and lived in Marblehead until 1676, when he removed to Salem, where he was physician, chirurgeon and apothe- cary. He died in 1695 at Barbadoes, of yellow fever, while on a voyage to England. His drugs and books were inventoried in May of that year and valued at £S1, 19, 11. His son Thomas and grandson John also were well known physicians and apothecaries in Salem. John Swinnerton, whose name has been made famous by Nathaniel Hawthorne, was practicing in Salem in 1680. He died in 1691, aged 57. In his will he pro- vides " in cafe my fone John inclyne to fludy and folow my calling Then I order all my utenfells and books and manufcripts be keept for him as part of his portion." The coUedtion of medical recipes that is here printed was compiled by Zerobabel Endecott and bears his name and the date 1677 upon the title page. The vellum binding is badly torn and many of the leaves are much stained on the upper margins, and some of the writing has disappeared. Only the recipes are here printed, but the manuscript also contains imperfect and unimportant observations on obstetrical operations^ mainly relating to the removal of a dead foetus by instruments. On one page he writes : — " Thare is alfo another Inltrument which is to be fownd in fom Awthers & by them vfed which when I Came to make vfe of I fownd not foe fitt nor profitable for y* workes af I did expect which fom Call a Griffins Tallon with a f harp poynt but by y" good provi- dence of God who doth defigne every man to his worke & Inftruct them theirto & thirein alfo I was by my former employment enabled or Inftructed to mak my owne Inftruments fitt for prefent vfe that was before me." This manuscript was purchased in Boston a num- ber of years ago by Frederick Lewis Gay, of Brookline, Mass., and it is still in his possession. To the verbatim copy have been appended as footnotes various other med- ical recipes of a curious nature which in the main have been culled from a Compendium of Fhysick published in 8 Upon the Author and His Synopsis Medieince. London in 1671 by William Salmon. This volume con- tains over eight hundred pages and was formerly owned by Edward Augustus Holyoke, the famous centenarian physician of Salem and founder and first President of the Massachusetts Medical Society. Dr. Salmon's esti- mate of the necessary qualifications of the 17th century physician, which follows, applies equally well to-day, but his inventory of the implements of the profession, well illustrates the intimate and necessary association at that time of the physician and the apothecary in one individual. " He that would be an accomplished Phyfician, ought to be furnished with three things, 1. honefty and a good confcience: 2. a fubstantial, real, and well grounded underftanding through the whole Art of Medicine : 3. with all fuch luftruments and Neceffaries which are ordi- narily made ufe of in the performance of any medical operation," and thefe inftruments are lifted as follows, viz : — "The Parafcuological Inftruments, wherewith medi- cines are prepared, whether Galenical or Chymical, are chiefly thefe: A brafs Kettle; an Alembick ; a Circu- latory ; a Sieve ; a Gourd ; a Balneum Mariae ; Tongs ; a Cauldron ; a File; a Hippocras Bag ; an Iron Mortar; a Peftle ; a Pitcher ; a Marble ; a glafs Mortar and Peftle ; a Seperator ; a Funnel ; a Seirce ; a Prefs ; a Tile ; a pair of Sheers ; Vials ; Boxes; Gally-pots; Corks; Spoons; Strainers ; Retorts ; Crucibles ; Receivers ; Bags ; Spatu- las ; Weights and Scales ; together with a pair of Gold- fmiths Bellows ; and convenient Furnaces fitted for any operation. " The Chyrurgical Inftruments with which the Artift ought to be f urnifhed, are chiefly thefe : A Plaifter Box ; an Incifion Knife ; a pair of Scizzors ; a Spatula ; two small Probes ; an Uvula Spoon ; a Levatory ; a Director ; a pair of Forceps ; a Spatula Lingua ; a Fleme ; a fmall Rafour ; a ftitching Quill ; three fquare pointed Needles ; with a Cafe of good Launcets ; and a Salvatory; letting all be kept very f harp, clean and bright." ZEROBABEL ENDECOTT His Booeb 1677 Cohobated or Imbibed The Volatile salt of Lead Tak Lead oar difTolue it in Deftilled Viftegar & Defolue fait in Water ; mix them & prefently there will be fubli- mated a white powder ; Sweeten & Dry well. Note this fait Laid vpon a wedge of Jrou or file, melts Like wax and fumes not. Langelot Being good foe y* [ ] Plague Beuses Poysons cb Tak Clene wax a quarter of a li Cut it into fmale pecef Put it into a Pint of good fack Put it all into an earthen Pott & fett it ouer y° fire melt the wax then Put into it i li of Venus turpintine & a Pint & half of Sallat oyle Let y" Tirpintine be waf hed in Rofe water, boyle al together till they be Jncorpor** or till half a Pint or more be wafted, Powr of y* water & p[ut] into it an ounce of Red Sanders [of] very fine [p]owder then ftir y" together till they be Colde, the dofe is af much as a Nutmeg or an ounce acording to y" age ftrength of y° Patient or y* difease giuen in a Cup of good fak, thif is good alfo for fmale pox or meafels for ftrangury or Vlcers in the Blader. Another Rboeit of A Plague* wateb Giuen me of a speoiall feeind who said Keep it as toue Life and peefeee it aboue all Eaethly Teeasuee, •The Powder of Crab's Claws compounded of crab's daws, crab's eyes, white amber, Bezoar stone, red coral, saffron and hartshorn, (9) 10 Zerobabel JEndecott His Boohe. Take three pints of muskadine and boil in sage & rue of Each a Handf ull till a pint be wasted. Then straine it & set it ouer the fire againe & put into Jt half an ounce of Ginger and a quarter of An ounce of nut- megs beaten to fine Powder & half an ounce of Mithriolab & half an ounce of Treacle & a quarter of A Pint of Angelica water and Let it boyle a little while & put it Jn a glafs being Clofe stopped [ ] it for your vse Take of this water 3 or 4 spoonf ulls morning & Euening (warme) or when [you] find your felfe not well. Fob woemes oe A Puegb ob Vomit Take pure tartar Puluerized Si Sugar or honey Si & Spring water Si or Svi Boyle all in A Cleane Copper vefsel A little time = halfe a quarter of An Houre. Scum it well in the Boyling. Taie it from y* fire and Let [ ] then [ ] Keep you [ ] in y* hours time it will [ ] working. For children take lefs according to their Age and strength. To Deivb out wobmes By Purging Take a little Lefs quantitie of the things above men- tioned and boile it in a Cleane Jron vefsell and Let it boile a little Longer and Giue is as abouefaid And Jt will was commended by William Salmon, " Compendium of Fhysiclc," London, 1671, as " powerful! againft the Plagne, and all malign Feavers, as alfo Poyfon, and the biting of venemons Beafts; it brings forth the Meaf les and fmall Fox, and expels both birth and afterbirth. Dofe to gr. xii. more or lefs, according to the age and fex." " What is nfed, is only fo far of the tip of the Claw as looks black; the reft is thrown away. The Crabs-Eyes are a ftony Con- cretion in the Head of the Craw-flfb, and not the Eye of the Orear ture. Compound Powder of Crab's Claws. — Take of prepared Pearls, of Crabs-Eyes, red Coral, the whiteft Amber, Calcined Hartf horn, and oriental Bezoar, of each 1 ounce; of the Powder from the black Part of Crabs Claws, the weight of all the other; and make them into a fine Powder, which is to be formed into Balls, with a Solu- tion of Gum Arabic. This is alfo known as Gafcoign's Powder. It was in a former Difpenfatory ordered to be formed into Balls, with a Jelly made of Viper's ikins; but that Difference is of no great moment." — English Dispensatory {Quincy), Londont 1742. Pla&ub. To the Bubo apply dryed Toads, pricked through, and fteeped in Vinegar.— Compendium of Physick (Saimon), London, 1671. Zerobahel Endecott Ms Booke, 11 worke downwai'ds and sometimes vomit very Gently & very safe 3i of white vitrioll taken and a good draught of ale or beer drunke after Jt purges by stool which w'^out the drink will vomit only. Fob Costiveness An Easy & a Rare Medicine Stewed Pruines & theyr Syrup 2 hours Before dinner and wine and [ ] mixed together a little before the [ ] and a Little after. [ ] Take y® Leaues or Roots of fiue finger & brambles & the Boots of ftrawberys & plantens, boyle them in water straine them out & put to it a Litle hony & gargle y* mouth & throte & fwallow a Litle of it 2 or 3 or 4 times a day as hott as may be Fob y* bloudy Flux Stone horfes Liuers* dried in an ouen being heat for houf hould bread, made into powder & giuen a spoonfuU at a time in milk Foe y* oveeplowing op y« mensteuis . Take y® fine Red powder of Shumak as much as will Ly on a f hilling at twice in good wine, Tent wine if it be to be had, Doe this once or twice or 3 times if need be, it haue done great Cures. [ ] Take 3iij of [ ] 6 make it to very fine powder put it into a strong t^i & put to it as much Rectified spirit of wine as will Couer y* 6 a fingers bredth then fitt a tile to y* mouthe of y* ►{< & Lute it well with potters earth & sett it in hot ashes 12 bowers then creafe y* fire till it be *Fox Lungs for the mending of human longs hardly able to re- spire, and BoNB of a Staq's Heabt are mentioned in the English JOispentaiory (Quinc2/), London, 1742. 12 Zkrohabel JEndeoott His Booke. all Red hott then will y" 6 be turned Red if y® prepara- tion be not to your mind you may Repeat this operation 2 or 3 times, y* Dofe is from 1 graine to 10 or 12 : This is Gapt Barefoots* Panacea. Foe a Spkainb Take ftronge here efte & honye of equall quantyty & boyle them to the Confiftanty of honye & fo apply it hott to y* place greeued. A [ J Y« Black [ J Tak a quart of y' beft Sallet oyle & a li of Red Lead beat & fift y® Lead ftir it well into the oyl fet it over a foft fire & Keep it ftirring & when it begins to boyl put into it Beeswax y" quantity of a Large walnut Cut in Smale pieces & when it begins to Look black take it of y' fire ftill ftirring it till it hath done boyling then put in af much Saffron made into fine powder [af] will Lie on a Sixpence then powr it into wooden dif hes firft dipt in water. [ J Take of good 5 li 1 beat it Smale take alfo 2 li of pure Niter make y* aKo to fine ponder mix them well then take a Large Cruf ible set it vpon hot Coles till it be Red hott then Caft in your mixture with a fpoon a Little at a time till it be all fpent Let it ftand vpon y° fire of a good Red heat for half an howre then take it of y" fire & with a fmall Spattula take it out of the Yeffell into a Smale quan[ti]tie of warme water break it & waf h it well then Lett it ftand & f[ink] to the bottom then powre of the Cleer & Keepe it for Vfe put on more hott water waf h it well & breake & grind all y* Clods So waf h and Decant the water Till y[ ] then dry it & [ ] & ad to it li 1 of good © fine pouder mixed af before & put it into a hott Crufible & vfe it in all Refpects as befor waf h & grind y® Clods till y* *Oapt. Walter Barefoot, gentleman, of Newcastle, N. H., an official in the Provincial government who took an active part in the controversies of the period. Zerohabel Endecott Bis Booke. 13 water is no more fait then put it in to warm water ' ftir it abont that the water may be thik as milk then poure it of into another Veffel Doe this till all your 6 that is prepared be poured of Lett it ftand & fettle & powr of ye Cleere water till it be all off Let y" pouder dry & Keep it for Vfe. The Dofe is from 3 graines to 24 in feauers or any f ik- nes or paine that Requires fweatt it is a flrong Cordiall & may be fafly Vfed for maids f iknes & for women in Child bed though y® perfon be Very weak Let your work be Done [ ] for 9 will [ ] Vomit Fob y" Fltjx of ye belly Take Aniffeeds Liquerif h & Ellecompaine Roots beaten to powder & made into an electuary with hony & tak of before meat euery an hour as much as a Nutmeg or wal- nut if need be M' Alcok* For Extreme thirst & Vomiting in a malignant PEAXJBR Take salt of wormwood 'Si and a spoonfuU of the Juce of Lemonds mix them in a fpoon & giue it the patient For stone in the Kidnes and Blader or to pkouent it Take wild Garret feeds & boyle in Ale & drinke Dofe 5ii euery Night An other Take 3 Drops of oyle of Fenill once a day For th[ J L[ Jets Take Raf ins of the fun ftoned and figgs of Each a pound mother time maiden haire Liuerwort, Oomfree, Elder buds, Knot grafe fheperds pouch Egrimony of Each a handfull harts home Rafped a handfuU boyle all in a gallon of good wort till 3 pints be wafted ftraine it out Drink of it 3 times a day *Dr, John Alcock, a celebrated physician of Boston, who died in 1667. 14 Zerohdbel Undecott His Boohe. Foe y" Dropsie often prou* & espbtially vpon one MAN, OTHER MEANES VSED BY MEN OF SkILL PAYLBD THIS "WAS AfpECTUALL Tak good flore of Elder roots waf b tbem & make them very Cleane then fplitt them & steepe tbem in ftrong ale wort & Lett them ftand together while y" Ale is working then when it is 2 days old drinke of it morning Noone & at night till health be obtained Lett there be as many of y* Roots as Can well be fteeped in the Ale The flow- ers are of the fame vfe & more powerfuU An OTHER Take Rie flower make pail with water Role it thin and with y* greene Leaues of Sage & a Littl Rofemary fill it as pye bake it very dry beat altogether & take halfe a fpoonefuU at a time in a wine Cupf uU of your beere For t" Souruy* by Galbnious the Duke of Venus Drink a ftrong Decotion of Wormwood for many dayes together. For a Sore throtej or Kings Euell Take Guaiacom fliced Siij y" bark of Guaiacom Si infufe in 6 quarts of fair water on hott af hes 24 hours then boyle it ouer a gentill fire till a third part be wafted then add of Epithimum PoUepodium ana §ii fumitory borrage & buglofe Roots flowers of Rofmary Prim Rofe *Some bare got a Notion of Urine being good for tbe Scurvy ; and drink tbeir own Water for that end; but I cannot see with what ceafon, — English Dispensatory (Quiney), London, 1742. tQuiNSBT. Firft bleed, and purge with DincaJ/ia, after vomit with Vinum Antimonii ; rub the tongue with the jayce of Orab- fif h and Houfleek, taking a little inwardly; » • • af hes of burnt Crabs, of Swallows, and Tincture of Corals, are excellent in the hajlard Quin/ey ; the afbes of an owl (feathers and all) blown into the throat, opens and breaks the Imposthame wondeifnlly.— Com- pendium of PhyHck {Salmon), London, 1671. Dog's White Dang. This is faid to cleanfe and deterge; but it is ufed in little elfe but Inflammations of the Throat, with Honey; and that outwardly, with Honey spread as a Flafter, more than any other way, but feldom, as appears, to any great yxxtyoie.Sngliah Dispensatory (Quince), Londorit 1742. Zerdbahel Undecott Sis Boohe. 15 Cow f Kps Violets «& fweet fenill feeds of Each Sfs boyle it till a quart be wafted then add Sena Siij boyl it a Litle & ftraine it & Clarifie it with whits of Eggs fweeten it with Spgar Qiue 2 or 3 fpoonfuUs euery morning to a child more to a groune Perfon : enough to give 2 or 3 Louf flooles in a daye for 8 days together this aLone haue Cured the Kings Euill Fob [ ] WHITS Take Cleere turpentine 5i and Ruberb 1-2 3 in fine powder mix them & Take for many Days together Fob Paine in t* Eaeb.* Take mithredate & put it into the eare with a Litle wool! & Keep it warme Foe a CouGHf Take eggs boyle them till they bee hard hold them in your hand one at a time as hott as you Can fuffer it & with y* heat & ftrenght of your hand preff out the oyle, take a quantity of this oyle & a Little powder of AUoef ds fine Sugar make it into a furrup take a Litle of this furrup as often as need Require this is Comended by G : as if non Could Equall it A Balsam ok Liqitbe that will heal sores as bob NEW IN MAN OE BeAST Tak very ftrong wort 3 gallons being all y* firft of a bouf hell of good malt then tak of Comfry roots & Elder *Di:AFNi!SS AND SLOW HEABiNa. The juyce of Badif hes, fat of a mole, eele, or Serpent, juyce of an Onyon foaked in Sperrit of Wine and roafted, effence of a mans or Bullocks gall, are all very excel- lent. In difBlculty of hearing, diftilled Boyes Urine is good; but better is the Oyl of Carawayes. — Compendiwm of Physick (Salmon), London, 1671. tCup Moss. This with fome other Moffes of like kind, have been mightily in vogue amongft the good Women for their Children's Coughs; but they have not obtained in official nor extemporaneous Prifcriptions. They are faid to be infallible in that which is com- monly called the Chin-Cough. — English Dispensatory {Quiney), Lon- don, 1742. 16 Zerobahel Undeeott His Booke. roots of each 2 handfuls the Leaues of Crud tobacko a handful Lett the Roots be brufed & boyled till half be wafted Put it into a Veffell & Keep for Vfe Put into it 3 li of hony before you take it of the fire, if it be a deepe fore tent it, if an open fore wett a Duble Clout & Lay on the fore Dress it always warme Fob y" Sciatica oe painb in y' back oe side* Take fmale fern & fteepe a handfuU of it in a pint of wine all night & drink it in the morning fafting Foe Dissines in the Head Tak Fetherfew & fteepe it in beer & drink firfl at morning & Lafl at night A POWDEE FOE Y® DISSINES OP Y* HEAD FALLING SIKNBSf & HAKT Qualms that haue bin oft vsed Whit amber 5ii Diarrhodian 5ii Seeds of Peony 3ii mifelto 5i the fillings of a Deadmans fkuU 9ij: mak all *Bariiiiig " Spanck," an excrescence growing out of black birch, in two or uiree places on the thigh of a patient, helps sciatica.-^ New England's Marities {Josselyn), London, 1672. tFALLiNa-SiOENESs. In Children. Af has of the dung of a black Cow 3i. given to a new born Infant, doth not only preferve from the Epilep/ia, but alfo cure it. In thoie of ripe Age. The livers of 40 water-Frogs brought into a powder, and given at five times (in Spirit of Bofemary or Lavender) morning and evening, will care, the sick not eating nor drinking two hours before nor after it. — Compendium of Physick (Salmon), London, 1671. Peacock's Dung is reckoned a fpeciflc in Epilepsias, and its ufe is commended in Vertigo. — Euglish Dispensatory (Quincy), London, 1742. tSALT OF Mans Skull. The skull of a dead man, calcine it, and extract the Salts as that of Tartar. It is a real cure for the Falling-f icknefs. Vertigo, Lethargy, Numbnefs, and all capital dif- eafes, in which it is a wonderful prevalent.— Compendium of Physick (Salmon), London, 1671. It is to be feared that this has obtained a place in medicine, more from a whimflcal Philofophy, than any other account. » * • J. dead Man's Hand. This is fuppofed, from fome fuperftitious Conceits amongft Common People, to be of great Efficacy in difperfing/cropfc- ulous Tumours. The part, forfootb, is to be rubbed with the dead Hand for fome time. And Report f urnif hes us with many Inftances of Cures done hereby ; fome of which may not improbably be true, both as the Imagination in the Patient contributes much to fuch Efficacies, and because the Senfation which ftroaking in that manner Zerobabel Endeeott Sis Boohe. 17 into very fine Powder & tak of it as much as will Ly on a f hilling 2 or 3 nights together bef or the new & befor the full moon take it in Saxony or bettony water Fob Rumatiok Paines & to Coole y' Litter Tak the Conferue of the frut of Sweet brier as much as a good nutmage morning & Evening Fob t* stoping of y® mbnstbtjs Tak nutmegs Si Cinamon 5ii fafron 5i Clones if you Pleafe 3i or 5^8 crocus martis Calfined the waight of all y* Reft al in fine Pouder, Dofe as much at a time as will Ly on a broad 3** morning & Euening & a Cup of good madera wine after it ther maye be added fait Abf inthiom or tobaco A.N EXELBNT MeDISBN TO BEEAK A SOKE WITH SPEED OB FEW HOWEBS Take the iner bark of the Roots of white thorne bruife it well & Laye it vpon the place whare you fe beft for y* fore to break & after a Litle while it will draw very ftrongly till y* fore break «& then will Ceace then you may drefs the fore with other medef in at your def ir Fob Vombting & Loosnbs in men women & childebn Take an Egg break a Little hole in one end of it & put owt y° white then put in about ^ spoonf uU of baye . fait then fill vp the egg with flrong Rom or fpirits of wine & fett it in hott ashes & Lett it boyle till y" egg be dry then take it & eat it fafting & fail an hour after it or drink a Litle diftilled waters of mint & fenill which waters mixed together & drank will help in moft ordinary Cafes cr gives, is fomewhat furprizing, and occafions a f huddeiing Cbilnefs upon the Part touched; which may in many cafes put the Fibres in fuch Contractions, as to loofen, f hake off, and dif lodge the ob- ftrncted matter; in which conf ifts the Cure. — English Dispensatory (Quincy), London, 1742. Mummy. This is the Fief h of Carcafes which have been embalm'd. But altho' it yet retains a place in medicinal catalogues, it is quite out of vfe in Prefcription. — English Dispensatory {Q^iney), London, 1742. 18 Zerobahel Undeeott His Boohe. Foe a Person that is Distrated Jf it be a Woman* Tak milk of a Nurce that giues fuck to a male Child & alfo take a hee Catt & Cut of one of his Ears or a peace of it & Lett it blede into the milk & then Lett the f ick woman Drink it doe this three Times An [ ] T® Gout Take Planten water hifop water & Brandy & Creame that is not too new boyle them together to an oyntment & anoint the place griued twice or 3 times a day Foe a bruse in ant paet op the Boddt Take of honey a SpoonfuU & yeft or barme or the emptings of ftrong beer twice as much warm them & mix them together & apply it to the place greened ad- mireable effects haue bin wroght by this means it hath feldom fayled in Caffes very Difficult in any part of y" boddy though y® bones haue femed to be brufed though it hath ben in head & in broken bones it eafeth paine & vnites the bones fodainly Foe y« [J]ANDis]t Take y® Juce of Planten and Camomell 3 or 4 fpoonf uls in warme Poffet ale morning & Euening it helps in few days *Goosi:-DniT&. The Exerements of moft Birds are accounted hot, nitrons, and penetrating; for this reafon they pafs for Inciders and Detergents, and are particularly reckon'd good in Diftempers of the Head; but they are now almoft quite laid af ide in Practice. MVa Hoof is alfo efteemed of mighty Efficacy in Diftempers of the Head. Naturalifts tell us that the Creature itfelf firft gave to Mankind a Hint of its Medicinal Virtues : for they fay, whenever it ails any- thing in the Head, it lies in fuch a Pofture as to keep one of the tips of a Hoof in its Ear; which after fome time effects a Cure. But this I leave to be credited by thofe of more faith than my self. — Engliih Dispensatory (Quincy), London, 1742. An Hyjleric Smul/lon. Take Affafoetida 2 drams, dlffolve cold in a mortar with a pound and half of Black-Cherry-water, and ftrain for Vfe. This is tolerable, for its ftinking Scent, but to few; yet where it can be got down, it is very prevalent in checking the inor- dinate Orgafm of the Spirits, and preventing thofe Convulf ions and Frenzies of Mind which arife therefrom; it may be drank in the quantity of 2 ounces, according to the Urgency of the Symptoms. — English Dispensatory {Quincy), London, 1742. +H0G-L10E Wink. Take Hog-Lice (i. e. Wood lice or Sow bngs), half a pound, put them alive into two pound of White Port Wine, and after fome Days Infufion ftrain and pref s out very hard, then Zerohabel Midecott His Booke. 19 Mir Turmarik & fafron made into fine powder & drank twice or 3 times a day in Poffett ale is Exelent good Dofe 3i or Lett the f ik Perfon drink their own Vrin twice a day or y* Volatile fait of Vrin [ ] morning & Euening in PolTet ale To Eas Painbs in Featjers* Tak Cardamoms or Graines of Paradice gi Nutmegs 5fs Safron 3ij Sugar gii mak it to fine Pouder & giue at any time as much as will Ly on a f hilling at a time my pill is better if the boddy be Loos PoK [ ]iNG Cough Tak of anifeeds Liquerif h & Elecompaine Roots Ana gi make it to ' very fine Pouder, Loaf e fuger Ibi fearch them through a Lane f iue then take y® Kemainder y* will not go through the fine with Fenill fage broad time & finquefile of each a fmale handfuU ftamp them well & byle them in 3 pints of water till a pint be wafted then ftraine it out & ad fom more fuger to make it into fyrup then put it vp for vfe y^ vfe of it is take a peec of whit bread & make a tofte euery morning & euening & take as much of y® fyrup as will wett it then tak as much of y" Pouder as will Ly one a f hilling & ftrew it vpon the tost and eat it & drinke 2 or 8 spoonfuls of the Syrup pnt in Saffron, 2 drams, Salt of Steel, a dram, and Salt of Amber, 2 fcrnples, and after 3 or 4 Days ftrain and filter for Ufe. This is an admirable Medecine againft the Jaundice, Dropfy, or any cachectic Habits — English Dispensatory (Quincy), London, 1742. •Plaisteb of Spidbes. Venice Turpentine gili, melt it; then adde live Spiders No. zxx mix them with a Feftle till the Turpen- tine be of an Af h colour, and the Spiders appear not; then heat it, and adde of small Spiders Ko. xl. ftir them again, adding powder of Afphaltum, and white Sal Armoniack, giii. grinde them till the matter be cold and very black; keep it 14 dayes, then foften it at the fire, and with your hands dipt in oyl, make it up. Make Flaif- ters thereof, and cover them with leaf-silver or gold, and lay them to the pulfes of both wrifts an hour before the fit of a Feaver or Ague comes, leave them on nine dayes, then at the fame hour caft them into running water; by this means the Flaifter cures all Feav- ers or Agnes. — Compendium of Physick, {Salmon), London, 1671. Herring in Pickle is often preforibed in a Catapla/m to the Feet in Feavers; becaufe it is reckoned to draw the Humours downward and thereby relieve the Head. — English Dispensatory (Quincy), London, 1742. 20 Zerobahel UndecoU His Booke. FOK Y' I ] & LOOSNBS Rubarb f liced & made very dry & beten to pouder & giue half a Dram at a time ; oyl of Cinamon is very good 3 or 4 Drops at a time oyle of Fenill & mint is very good For y* Colik oe Flux in y" Bbllt* 1 the powder of Wolues guts 2 the powder of Bores Stones 3 oyle of Wormwood a drop or 2 into the Nauell 4 3 drops of oyle of Fenill & 2 drops of oyle of mints in Conferue of Rofes or Conferue of f ingle mal- lows, if y® Paine be extream Vfe it a gaine, & if need Require aply fomthing hott to the belly Foe Shaepe & Dipicult Teaubl in Women with Child By J C Take a Lock of Vergins haire on any Part of y* head, of half the Age of y® Woman in trauill Out it very fmale to fine Pouder then take 12 Ants Eggs dried in an ouen after y* bread is drawne or other wife make them dry & make them to pouder with the haire, giue this with a quarter of a pint of Red Cows milk or for want of it giue it in ftrong ale wortf A WONDEBFULL BalSAM FOE FISTXJLOS & VLSBES Take Borax ^ij put it into a ftrong flone botle of 2 quarts : stop it Clofe with a good Corke & then Couer it with fealing wax very Clofe & fett it into the bottom of a •FiiUX OF THE Bbllt. Burnt Harts'' Horn is reckoned a Sweetner and is mnch ufed in Decoction againft Diarrhoeas; and Fluxes of the Belly. Shavings of Hart/horn is much more in efteem amongft Family Doclre/jTes, than in the shops; bat what moft gives it a Title to this Place, is that Jelly which it is eaf ily boiled into in common water, and is accounted very nonrif hing and ftrengthning. Skav- ing$ (f Ivory is much of the fame nature as the former, and boils in the fame manner into a Jelly. Goafs Blood. This is in a few Compof itions under the fame Intention as the former; bnt it is not at all known in common Pre- fcription ; and is defervedly almoft forgot. — English Bi^ensatory (Quince), London, 1742. tBeaver's cods are much used for wind in the stomach and belly, particularly of pregnant women.— JTeto England''s Rarities {Jone- lyn), London, 1672, Zerobabel Endecott His Booke. 21 well or Cold Spring the Space of three yeeres then take it out [when it will] al be turned to a balfam whare with you may dreff Sores For a Cancer in a Womans Brest A woman at Cafko bay had a Cancer in bar breft which after much menes vfed in Vaine they aplyed ftrong beer to it with Duble Cloths which it drank in Very Greedyly & was fomthing eafed afterwards beer fayling they Vfed Rum in Like maner which feemed to Lull it a f leep after- wards they put Arsnik into it & dreff ing it twice a day it was Parfactly whol in the meane time har Kind huiband by Suking drewe har breft with y* Loffe of his Fore teeth without any farther hurt Re N Englands Experiences For Yg [ ]oDs Tak Roman Vitriall & difolue it in water till it Look blew then bathe y® Part affected Pretty warme with a Ragg or a bitt of Spunge twice a daye & when you haue done bathing f itt a while vpon a hott oake bord euery time you bath it Jl@°° Balfam of Peru is Exelent for wounds being aplyed hott with Lint & the Lips of y® wound kept Clofe its alfo as good for Brufes aplyed warme as foone as may be after the hurt To Stench Bleeding* in a Wound Take a peeo of Salt Beef & Roft it in the hott Afhes then make it Cleane & put it into the wound & the blood will ftop imediatly •Blebdinq at Nose. If the flux be violent, open a vein on the fame fide, and canfe the sick to fmell to a dried Toad, or Spiders tyed up in a ragg ; » * » the fumes of Horns and Hair is very good, and the powder of Toads to be Mowed up the Nofe; • « • in ex- tremity, put teats made of Swines-dung up the noftrils.-<-Compen- diumof Physich (Salmon), London, 1671. Cow^s Dung. This feems to be of a hot penetrating Katnre ; and is experienc'd to do good in Eryjipeloua Swellings. This Oataplafm is alfo highly commended by fome in the Gout. Pigeon's Dung is fometimes ordered in Cataplafms, to be applied to the foles of the Feet in malignant Fevers and Deliriums. Hog's Dung. Is alfo nfed by the Country People to ftop Bleeding at the Nofe; by being eier- nally applied cold to the 'Sottiils.— English Dispensatory (Qitincy), London, 1742. 22 Zerobdbel Undecott His Boohe. M[atthbw ]s Pill Take equal parts of India Salt Peeter & the beft white Rhenif h Tartar & pound them & Driue them through a haire f ieue & in a yellow Pipkin or new Chamber pott of earth sett vpon charcoal, put it in by fpoonf uls till all be burned white This is C^led the fait of tartar, note if it will not fire, touch it with a Live Coal & it fires, while this is warme pound it to grofe pouder & put it into a well glazed dif h, or which is better a glafs body and Lett it ftand Couered with the oyl of Turpentine two fingers high aboue the Tartar ; ftir it with a wodden Spattula Supply it with Oyl that it be always Couered for fix moneths till it be [ ] to Sope or be of a body the thicknefs of greafe or an Electuarie this is the true Cor- rector of opium and all Vegetiue poyfons & the greateft Treafure in the world Take of this Corrector two pound of opium one pound of white hellebor in one pound Englif h Liquorifh one pound Lett all be Sif&ciently in- corporated at feuerall times by a ftrong arm in an Iron morter, be fure the Corrector haue thorough Ingres and haue a Care to Chuse Opium wrapped in the Leaf ells it may be Sofifticated, & then you will Lofe your operation For to make a man Vomit Pkbsbntlt that is Sick at HIS Stomack Take white Copperes 5i in powder in a Litle Beere or Water & it will Oaufe one to vomit prefently For y* plurisib* Take the Leaues of wild mallows & boyl them in Oyle & being taken out bray them in a morter & put them into a peece of Lining Cloth & applie it to the grefe and prefently it will Caufe the paine to Ceafe Don Alexis Foe the Plurisibs Take an Apple that is of a Sweete fente & tafte in it a hole taking out the Core fo that the hole goeth not *Plbubist. Stone-Hor/e Dung feems to owe its prefent Credit in medicine to the modern Practice. It is certainly of great Efficacy in Pleurijies, Inflammations, and Obstructions of the Breajl. In all these Intentions it is now very much prefcribed. — English Dispensa- tory (Qiiiincy), London, 1742. Zerobabel Undeeott His Booke. 23 thorow & put into the hole 3 or 4 graines of Frankincenfe of the male Kind Otherwife Called olibanum then Couer againe the faide hole with the Little Pece of Apple that you tooke of firft & Roll it apon the Embers fo that it burne not but that it may waxe tender then take it from the fire and breake it into fower parts with all the frankencenfe in it & fo giue the patient it to eate it will by & by make the Impoftume to break & heale him A WATER OF A MARDBLLOWS & EXELLBNT VBRTVE TO BRING THE SlGHT OF THE EIBS TO HIM THAT HATH LoST IT OR DeMINISHED BY SiCKNBS* Take 3iii of tutia mad in powder very Smale & as much Aloe Epaticum in powder, 3ii of white Suger and fix Vnces of Rofe water, fix Vnces of good white wine Rather fwete then other wine : but too fwete wine is not Commendable mix all thefe together & put it in fum Cleene Veffel or glaffe & being well clofed & ftopt fet it in the fun a moneth to- gether Continually mixing & ftiring together all the fayd things once a Daye at Least to the Jntent they maye Jncorporate well together this done take of the fame water & put Certaine Drops of it vpon your Eyes morn- ing & Euening & in Continuing fo a Certaine fpace it will Caufe the Sight to Coume againe as Cleere & as pure as Euer it was before Don Alexes For the Shingles Take howfe leeke Catts blodf and Creame mixed to- gether & oynt the place warme or take the mofs that groweth in a well & Catts blod mixed & so aply it warme to the plafe whare the f hingles be *Bi.ooB-SHOT Eyes. Breaft milk mingled with Rofe water and a little SafEron, is very good. — Compendium of Physick {Salmon), London, 1671. tGoAT's Blood is mentioned in the English Dispensatory of 1742 as " defervedly almoft forgot." 24 Zerobabel Endeeott His Booke. Fob the Goutb* Take Ligmamuita gxvi Sarflaparilla Sviii fennel Seeds Svi Boyle them in 2 Gallonds of water in a Pott Clofe Stopped till halfe be Confumed then put it vp in a glafTe Botte well Stopped & Every morning take Sumthing LefT then a gill & fo in the Euening Then take thofe Jngredients «& Boyle it ouer againe in 2 or 3 Gallonds of water more & So Keepe it for your Continiall Drinking at any time During the time of your JUnes Proued Very Affeotiall apon a man at Dunkerck Clefts of the hands & feet m Db Lub Venbeia Hercules Saxonia De Lue Vener Chap 30 writes that he has obferued a certaine woman who for Eight years together had Clefts in har hands & had vfed y® help of all the Venetian and Padua Doctors to no purpofe, was in a fhort time eaf ily Cured with the Juce of an herb which Some Cal mugwort others tanfie being Carefully dropt •Quintessence of Vipbbs. Fat Snakes, Adders or Vipers in June, caft away their headsi bowels and gall, cnt them into bits, and dry them in a warm Balneo; then put them into a bolt head with Alcohol of Wine, fo much as may overtop them eight fingers breadth ; feal the glafs Hermetically, and digeft for twenty days in Balneo, then decant, etc. etc. This Quinteffence is of wonderfull virtue for purifying the blood, flef h and skin, and taking away all difeafes therein; it cures the falling-sicknefs, strengthens the brain, fight and hearing, preferv- eth from gray hairs, and renovates the whole body, making it be- come youthfull and pleafant; it hindereth mifcarriage, provokes fweat, is good againft the Plague, and all malign Feavers; it cutetb the Grout, Confumption, and French Fox, and ought to be efteemed of the Sons of Men as a Jewel. Dose 5'- morning and night. — Compendium of Physlck (Salmon), London, 1671. Take any number of Vipers, open and cleanfe them from all Worms and Excrements, and the Females from their Eggs: Take out their Hearts and Livers; dry them in the f hade feparately from their Bodies, etc, etc. * * « This reminds us of another celebrated Property of thefe Animals, viz. That they, in a wonderful manner, invigorate the Organs of Generation, and render prolific those conjugal Inter- courfes, which might have been often repeated in vain without their help. For this purpofe the Viper- Wine is in prodigious ef teem. The Skinks, a kind of amphibious lAzard found in Egypt upon the River Nile, and fcarce above five Inches long, hath an Alexiphar- mic Quality afcribed to it, and a tendency to excite Venery. They ongbt to be chofe large, plump, heavy, dry, entire, and if poffible untouch'd by the Worm,— English Dispensatory (Quiney), London, 1742. Zerohaiel Mndecott His Boohe. 25 with a feather into all the Clefts and forbaring to waf h har hands at all and that he hath, found the Same Juyce profitable in Ringworms and Crafty Vlcers Basilicon the Geeatee Take of white wax, pine Rozin, heifers Suet, Greek pitch, Turpentine oLibanum, mirrh, of Each one ounce : oyle fiue ounces powder the olebanum and mirrh, and the Reft being melted make it into an oyntment according to Art. Basilicon the Less Take of yellow wax, fat Rozin, Greek pitch, of each half a pound : oyle nine ounces : mix them together by melting them according to Art Both this & the former heat, moiften, & Digeft procure matter in wounds & bring the filth or Corrupted blood from green wounds : they clenfe and eafe Pain Vnguentum Dialthoea or Oyntment of Maesh Mallows Take of Common oyl four pound muff ilage of marfh mallows Roots Linfeeds and fenugreek Seeds two pound : boyl them together til the watry part of the muff ilage be Confumed then add wax half a pound : Rozin three ounces : Turpentine an ounce : boyle them to the Con- fiftance of an oyntment But Lett y* muff ilage be prepard of a pound of frefh Roots bruifed and halfe a pound of Each of the feeds fteeped and boyled in eight pound of Spring water and then preffe it out This heat and moyften helps pains of the Breafts Coming of Cold and Pleurifie back aches and ftitches and foftens hard fwellings Vngtjbnxum Egyptiactjm Take of vert de greece finely pondered five parts ; honey fourteen parts ; f harp vinegar feuen parts ; boyle them to a Juft thicknef & a reddif h Color Jt Clenfeth filthy Vlcers & fiiftulates forcibly & not without paiue ; it takes dead & proud flefh and dries 26 Zeroiahel Endeeott Ms Booke. Zebobabel Endecott 1679 Abcetjs his Liniment. Take of Gum Elemi, Tarpentine of the fir tree, of Each one ounce and an halfe : old f heep Suet Clenfed two ounces : old hogs greas Cleanfed one ounce ; mix them and make them into an oyntment according to art. Jt is vfed in fractures in the skull & for wounds & Vlcers in the skull, and Exelent for Vlcers if not too ferious in any part of the body though in the feet ; it gently Clenfeth & fiUeth yp an Vlcer with flefh it being of a mild nature & freindly to the Body Vngubntum Nicotiana or oyntment op Tobacco Take of Tobacco Leaues bruifed two pound : f teep them a whol night in Red wine ; in the morning boyl it in fref h hogs greas, Dillegently waf hed, one pound, till the wine be Confumed ; ftrain it, and ad half a pound of Juyce of tobacco Rozin four ounces boyl it to the Con- fumtion of the Juyce adding towards the End Round birthwort Roots in pouder, two ounces, new wax as much as is fufficient to make it in to an oyntment.* *Oti. of Whklps. Oyl Olive, or Oyl of Lillies lb. iv., in which boyl two Whelps newly whelped. Earth-worms cleanfed or waf hed in Spirit of Wine Ib.i, boyl all till the flefh of the Whelps parts from the bones : then ftraine all hard, and pnt to the Oyl, Venice Tarpentine giv, Spirit of Wine gi, mingle them S. A. It is of wonderfull force to affwage pain, to help old brnifes, and aches, to bring Qnn-f hot wounds to fuppnration, and to caufe the efcar to fall off. — Compendium of Physiek (Salmon), London, 1671. Oyl of Toads of Habtmait. Three or four living Toads, boyl them a whole honr in oyle, Olive Ib.ii, strain it, and keep it for nfe. This Oyl is of wonderfnll virtue againft Pimples, Morphew, Freckles, Sun-burning, Wheals, and rednefs of the skin or face; anoint the Skin or face once a day for certain dayes, after a little time the Wheals will fall ofE, and the Morphew or redhefs will be cured. May Dew. This is what falls in the Night, and hangs upon the Grafs next morning in fmall Drops. It is extremely fubtile and penetrating, from a volatile Nitre of the Air, with which it abounds. It has the repute, amongft the Women, of being a Co/metie, and fome Country People have learnt a way of mixing it with Powder of Brimstone, for the Itch, to be ufed outwardly. — Compendium of Phyiick {Salmon), London, 1671. Zerobdbel Endeeott Hi» Booke. 27 The Vertues of this oyntment is to Cure Tumors Apofthums wounds Vlcers Gun f hot botches Scabs Jtch ftinging with Nettles, Bees, wafps hornets Venemous beafts, wounds made with poyfoned Arrows, it helps fcoldings though made with oyle, burnings though with Lightning & that without fear it helpeth nafty Rotten f tinking putrifyed Vlcers though in the Legs, whether the humors are moft fubject to refort ; in fiftijlaes though the bone be Afflicted, it f hall fcale it without any inftru- ment & bring Vp the flefh from the Very bottom, a wound Dreffed with it will neuer putrify : a wound mad with fo fmale a weapon that no tent will follow anoint but with this & you need not fear any Dainger ; if your Headach anoint your temples with this & it f hall haue Eafe the ftomack being anointed with it no infirmity dares harbor there, no not, Afthmaes nor Confumtions of the Lungs : the Belly being anointed with it helps the CoUik and JUiack paffion & the worms it helps the Hemorrhoids or piles & is the beft oyntment for Gouts that is, of all forts. Joubertua PiLTTLA R[IT]FFI Take of AUoes two ounces mirrh one ounce : Saffron half an ounce ; with Syrup of the Juyce of Lemmons mak it into a mafs according to art A Scruple taken at nite going to bed is an Excellent preferuatiue in pef tilentiall times ; alfo they Clenle the body of fuch humors as are gotten by furfets, they ftrengthen the heart & weak ftomach & work fo Eaf ily that you need not fear following your buf inefs the next Day Oyl op Roses* Take Rofes and Jnfufe them in good oyle oUiue in a glaffe in the heat of the fun for fartaine Days while the oyl fmeles like Rofes ; oyl of Hipericon is made after the fame manner *Pabaoklsus his Pbrftjme. Cow-dung, and diftill it in Balneo, and the water thereof will have the fmell of Ambergreafe. It is a mdft excellent Perfume, abates the Heat of Feavers, and cures all inward inflammations. Dofe g'- — Compendium of Physick (Salmon), London, 1671. 28 Zerohahel Undecott Mi Booke. The Preparation of Steel Take fillings of Steel well Clenfed with a Load ftone moyften them well 12 times with good f harp white wine Vineger Dry it in the fun or a Dry air ; Beat it in an Jron morter [ ] it vpon a marble with a Litle Cinnamon water & fo bring it into a Very fine powder Crootjs Mbtallorttm Take of y* beft 6 and Sal Petrae of each equall parts beat them into Powder feuerally then mixe them together put them into a hot Crucible with a Ladle or other Jnftra- ment Let it be beaten while the noife feafeth then Remoue it from the fire & Coole it, then the Veffell being broken Separate it from the white Cruft at the top & Keepe it for Vfe Lapi[s] Inpernalis Take of Ly of which black Soap is made & boyl it to a Stone in a frying pan. Do not Confume all the humor, when it is Cold cut it in the form of a Dice & keepe it in a glafs Clofe flopped The Preparation of Opixtm Diffolue the opium in Spirits of wine Straine it & Euaporate it to its due Conf iflenoe Emplastrum De Meliloto Simplex or A Plaistbr op Melilot Simple Take of Rozein eight pound, yellow Wax fowr pound ; f heeps fuet two pound ; thefe being melted ad green mellilot Cut Smale fine pound make it a Plaifter accord- ing to art Jt is a gallant Drawing & healing Plaifter, no way offenf iue to any part of the body ; it Clenfeth wounds of their filth, Ripeneth fweUings & breaks them & Curs them when it hath Done ; it if Spectiall good for thofe Swell- ings Vulgarly in London Called fellons, in Suffex Andi- coms onely haue a Care of applying to the Legs becaufe of its drawing quality to any other part of the boddy in Zerohabel Endecott His Booke. 29 a Sore that hath any Putrefaction in it if none of the worft Plafter FoK A Fbactur of the Scull After the Scull is Layed open + and the Bones taken out By a Leuetur or Cut By a trapan then fitt a pece of Parchment of the fame Bignes that the fractur is and oynt it with mell Rofarie or huny of Rofes and afo the Edges of y* Bone & fo put it in gently on apon the Dura mater that Ciuers the Braines and apon that a good Plegen of tow & a good bolfter on that & fo Continue that dref ing while it is all mofl well & the bone hes Caft of & then finif h the Cure with Arfeaus his Linement ; your parchment muft haue a thrid faftened in the midle Balsam Water Take white Vitriole and put in faire Water in a Botle & flop it Clofe and when you aplye it to a wound mak it hott if you aply it to the Eyes aply it Cold Romen Vitriol! is Very good IS^ [ ] Great Swelling by a Spraine or HUMBR Take Brande and neats foote oyle and mixe them well, and Chafe it in Very hott and then put a pece of blew paper to it will take a waye the fwelling preffantly Ji®" For Cutts or Sores Take the Seine of Salt Beefe & fo Laye it to the Cutt or fore Jl®" For to heale or Dry Vp a sore Take Sallet oyle and Read Lead and boyle it well to- gether and dipe peces of Lining Cloath in it Keep them for ufe g@°- For The Ague Take the Drye f hell of a Turtell beat fmale & boy led in water while 2 thirds of the water be confumed & drinke of it 2 or 3 times when the Ague Cometh 30 Zerohahel Undeeott ffis Boohe. For y* Gonorba* Rec. Take y° Concerrue of Bettony flowers Svi : Bole, op* Dragons Blood ana gii Blood Stone 3ii Venef Tarpentine Si mix them to gether Spekrits op Vrinj Take a great quantity of Vrin & Lett it ferment & ftinke then Lett it freeze hart & then Drawe of that part which is not frozen & Diftill it in a Limbick three times taking euery time the one halfe in Diftilling then *Precipitate of Coral. Powder of red Coial; diffolve In Magick Spirit (that is, Spirit of May-dew) precipitate with Oyl of Sulphar per campanum, then Sweeten, and digeft with Spirit of Wine, ab- ftract the Spirit, and you have a magiftery will melt in your mouth like Butter. It cools, dryes and binds, ftrengthens the heart chiefly, then the ftomach and Liver, purifies the blood, is good againft Plague, Foy- fon, and malign Feavers; it makes men merry, ftops all Fluxes of the belly, womb, or yard; it cures Gonorrhaea's, and prevents the Falling-f ickness in Children, (if you give gr. x. to a new-born Child ■ in its Mothers milk, before it takes anything elfe) in a Collyrium it helps rheumatick and fore eyes, and refref hes the fight. Dofe a gr. vi. — Compendium of Physick {Salmon), London, 1671. It is a very good Aftringent, and given with fuccefs in Diarrhoea's and Defluxions of all kinds. Paracel/us fpeaks of Amulets made of Csral, againft Inchantments, Fits, etc., but fuch Impofitions are now defervedly laugh'd out of the World. — English Dispensatory {Quincy), London, 1742. Coral is also listed in the United States Dispensatory, Phila., 1854. tSpiBiT OF Ubine. Sound boyes Urine (or Mens Urine), purifle it in a glafs Veffel 40 dayes, decant it from the feces, and ftill it in a glafs Gourd in Sand till all be dry; cohobate the diftilled upon the Caput mortuum, and diftill it in a Gourd with a long Keck, and there will afcend a Spirit and volatile Salt, which mix with the Spirit, and digeft for fome dayes : rectefle this till it is fo pure and fubtil, that it will burn as fire, and diffolve Gold and precious Stones. It purifies the blood, and opens all obftruotions of the Spleen; it cures Feavers ; it expels malign humours, provokes the Termes, and helps fits of the mother. Externally it abateth all infiamations, and cures Gouts, Gangreens, and Tooth-ach. — Compendium of Phy- sick {Salmon), London, 1671. The Salt of Urine is extremely penetrating and is efficacious in- wardly in Rheumatifms and Arthritic Pains. Some have got a Notion of Urine being good for the Scurvy; and drink their own Water for that end ; but I cannot see with what resifon. Some drink Cow's Pi/» as a Purge. It will operate violently; but it is practiced only amongft the ordinary People. — English Dispensatory {Quincy), London, 1742. Zerobahel Endeeott His Booke. 31 mix in a Litle Sperits of wine twice deftilled it is Very good in paines of y* Stomack and in feauers to Eas paines in the flomack [ ] 2 or 3 Dropes giuen in Beere or Water to chilldren, to men or wimin 7 or 8 Drops at a time Spbbits op Venus Take ^s Veridis or Vardigres & put it in to a Retort of glaffe without any mixture & deftill of a fperits, it is very good Againft worms in children or Elder people 3 or 4 or 6 Drops giuen in Beere or water in a morning falling or at nite after fuper • Ji@°- [ ] Pills Take Amber and Maftike of Each one quarter of an S AUoways 3v Agriok 3ij Ariftalochia 3i and beat them Very fmale and f ift them through a very fine f iue and temper them with Sirup of Wormwood and make it Vp in pills about the bignes of a great pea and Take 2 or 3 of them as often as you Pleafe when you goe to Bed which will Prefarue the Stomache from all defeafes and Suffer nothing to Putrify in it and Strengthen the head and the hart and Clenens the Baines and the Wombe Peobatum Eastb Ianuaey the 10 1681 The Greene Oyntment that m^ Feeld did Vfe to make* *8ympatheUck Oyntment. Boars greafe, brains of a Boar, powder of wafhed Earth worms, red Sanders, Mnmmy, Blood- f tone, a. gi, mofs of a dead mans Sknl not bnried 5'> make an Oyntment, S. A. All wonnds are cured by this Oyntment, (provided the nerves and arteries be not hurt) thus : Anoint the weapon that made the wound daily once, if there be need, and the wounds be great; otherwife it will be fufflcient to annoint it every other day. Where note. 1. that the weapon be kept in clean linnen, and in a temper- ate beat, left the Patient be hurt; for if the duf t fall, or it be cold, the f ick will be much tormented. 2. that if it be a ftab, the weapon be anointed towards the point defcending. 3. if yon want the weapon, take blood from the wound upon a ftick, and use as if it were the weapon; thus the Tooth ach is cured by pricking the Gums, and anointing the inftrnment. — Compendium of Physiclc (Sal- mon), London, 1671. 32 Zerobabel Mideeott Sis Boohe. Jt Gureth all Spraines and Aches Cramps and Scald- ings and Cutts healeth all wounds it doth fuple molyfy Ripen & Difolues all Kind of tumors hot and Cold and it will heals olde Rotten Sores and bites of Venemos Beafls itch and mangenes and stench bloud it Eafeth Swelling and paines of the head and throate Eyes and Eares Gout and Seattica and all outward Greefes Take baye Leaues, Wormwood, Sage, Rue, Cammem- oyle, mellelote, groundfell, Violets, Plantaine, oake buds or Leaues [ ] Suckery Purfline, Lettue, Red col worts, Saint Johns wort, mallows, muUin, Jfop, Sorrell and (jomfrye, yarrow, and Dead Nettles, and Mint, mug- wort, Rofe leaues, gather them all in the heat of the Daye, pick them Cleene but wafh them not, Beat them well then take Sheepe Suett three Pound Picke it Cleene and Shrid it Smale Pound them all well together, then take 2 quarts of Sallet oyle then work them all together with your hand till it be all a Like then put it in an Earthen Pott and Couer it Clofe and Lett it Stand 14 Dayes in a Coule Place then Sett it ouer a Softe fire and Lett it Boyle 14 howers Stiring it well then put into it 4 ounces of oyle of Spicke then Straine it through a Corfe Cloath & put it into [ ] Pott and Couer it Cloafe and Keepe it for your vfe Earth Worms. Thefe are often ufed in Compof itions for cooling and Cleanf ing the Vifcera. They are good in Inflammations and Tubercles of the Langs and in Affections of the Melns and Urinary Faffages. Syrup of Snails. Take Garden-fnails early in the morn- ing, while the dew is upon them, a pound; take off their f hells, flit them, and with half a pound of fine Sugar put into a Bag hang them in a Cellar, and the Syrup will melt, and drop through, which Keep for Ufe. This is not kept in the f hop, but is worth making for young Children inclining to Hectics and Gonfamptions. A Syrup of Earth-worms may be made in the fame manner for the like Intentions. JFVoff's Spawn. This another Cooler, but it is an inf ipid Phlegm, and good for nothing more than common Bain- water; and will not Keep long without mothering and ftinking. — English Dispensatory (Quincy), London, 1742. Zerobaiel Endeeott Bis Booke. 33 Z E Pbobatum Fob t* Toothe Ache* Take a Litle Pece of opium as big as a great pinnes head & put it into the hollow place of the Akeiug Tooth & it will giue preafant Eafe, often tryed by me apon many People & neuer fayled Zei'obabel Endeeott [ ] Bloody Flttxe Take the harts of Dolfins and Dry them, and grate them to powder and giue a spoonefuU of the powder in Rome or Brandy and it is a prefant Remedy alfo the harts of other fif h is Verry good Vfed in the fame manner Probatum Z E Doc' [ ] WOTER ^ take three quarts of Muscadine & boyle in Jt sage Rue of Each a handfull untill one pt be wasted Straine it ; Set it ouer the fier ading their to a draghm of long peeper ginger nutmegs of Each 1-2 oz wel brused boyle it a lettle ad 1-2 oz Th Andromichus three draghms of Metheratate 4 oz of Aq Angelica ; and a sat[i8factory] quantity of the rootes This water as Saith the author Should be Kept as y' life or as the moft pref hes thing in the world ; the dofe is halfe a spoone fall *TooTH AOHE. Picking the gams with the bill of an ofprey is good for the tooth-ache. Scarifying the gums with a thorn from a dog-fish's back is alfo a cute. — New Englands Jiariiiea (Joaaelyn), London), 1672. LwMS?i^^^^!i£^M