23*2 MEDICAL REMAINS. 



Astringents, which by virtue of their glutinous substance 

 restrain a flux t and strengthen the looser parts. 

 KARABE,* mastich, spodium, hartshorn, frankin 

 cense, dried bulls pistle, gum tragacanth. 



Astringents purgative, which, having by their purga 

 tive or expulsive power thrust out the humours, leave 

 behind them astrictive virtue. 

 RHUBARB, especially that which is toasted against 



the fire: myrobalanes, tartar, tamarinds, an Indian 



fruit like green damascenes. 



Astringents which do very much suck and dry up the 



humours, and thereby stay fluxes. 

 RUST of iron, crocus martis, ashes of spices. 



Astringents, which, by their nature do dull the spirits, 

 and lay asleep the expulsive virtue, and take away the 

 acrimony of all humours. 



LAUDANUM, mithridate, diascordium, diacodium. 



Astringents, which, by cherishing the strength of the 

 parts, do comfort and confirm their retentive power. 



A stomacher of scarlet cloth : whelps, or young 

 healthy boys, applied to the stomach : hippocratic 

 wines, so they be made of austere materials. 



* Perhaps he meant the fruit of Karobe. 



