584. “Adam in Eden : Or, a 
. | The Temperature, niece 
Mercury is hot.and dry, yet not above the fecond degree. it hatha cleanfing fa. 
culty and a digefting quality alfo, as Galen faith. . ie piste 
The Vertnes. et Of ath 
Hipocrates, whofe skillin Phyfick was incomparable, as appears by bis learned 
Aphorifmes, doth very much commend the ufe of the French Mercury for Womens 
aifeafes,for if it be applyed to the Secret parts by way of fomentation, it eafech the 
pains of the Aforher, and ifthe Deco@ien thereof be ufed, it procureth the Terms 
and expelleth the After- birth, as alfo for the Stangury, and difeafes of the Reines 
or the Leaves applyed spovacdines both: He ufed it alfo for fore and watring Eys, 
wae ¢ Ears, by dropping the jayce thereof into shed: B 
and bathing them afterwards ia White Wine. The decoction of the Leavesorthe 
juyce ofthem taken in broth or drink, with as much Sugar pucco it as willfweeten 
| Acute eat ri Humours. MR ote agate a 
Head 
tera 
up into the Noftrils, pay thithe Hea 
Two or three ounces of the difilled water pen Ms 
morning fafting, is ufed by fome.asagood — 
Aedicini Body of groffe,vi{cous 8 melancholy humours, Mate 
rhielus faith, that both the Seed of the Male, and Flowers of Female Mercury 
bed UPON Warts, taketh them away: The Jayce «— 
with fome elpeth all running Scabs,Tetters,Ringworms, andthe 
Itch, Beingapplyed in manner of a Pulris toany Swelling or Lnflammation,it dige- a 
' tech and {pendeth che swmoprs, which were the caufe thereof, and fo helpethic.ie 
_ is frequently, ufed with other things to evacuate the Belly. from offs. 
being givenina Ciifter. Though 1 wry be lefs ufed becaufe itis more com-— 
mon, yet it may ferve to purge wy, m ; 
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Ee ane 
ner as the former, and alfo for other 
on and that her Conrfes be paft, 
pubcte. 4 fees a 
