LEECH BOOK. I. 127- 



liii. Book r. 



Ch, liii. 

 Against a boring worm ; let the man eat new cheese 



and beebread and wlieaten loaf. Again, burn to ashes 



a mans liead bone or skull, put it on with a pipe. 



liv, 



For a wormeaten and mortified body ; dust of oak 

 rind, dust of ash rind, dust of elder rind, taken on the 

 north of tlie tree, and the nether part, warm, dust 

 of the root of helenium, dust of root of dock, dust of 

 acorn meal, peppers dust, dust of rye, sulfurs dust, oil, 

 and horses grease for a liquid, and the least propor- 

 tion of ship tar, of all these equal quantities, and of all 

 the dusts equally much ; mingle all cold together, so 

 tliat by means of the liquids may be all well smudg- 

 ing, or tJiorougJily unctuous, smear therewith at night, 

 and in the morning lather. 



Iv. 



For slain, that is, stricken, body, broom, fel terrre,^ » Enjthraa 

 yarrow, hove, boil these in butter and in honey, smear '^(^"'""'^'^""'^ 

 therewith. 



Ivi. 



1 . Work a fomentation for a stricken body ; take 



the mickle fern,'^ the netherward part, and elm rind ^ AsphHum 

 green, pound them together, and for a liquor add mead'"'' 

 dregs, rub them up thoroughly together, lay on foi- 

 a long while, till tliat the sufferer be warm or walk 

 about. 



2. For a stricken body, a salve; heieniurn thorouglily 

 sodden, and the netherward part of hammersedge, and 

 old lard, pound all togetlier, warm through a cloth 

 at the fire, smear therewith ; then scarify continually 

 about the bruise for seven nights, set a horn ' upon 



' A cupping horn. 



