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and for tenderness of the naturalia of women. There r.ook ir. 

 is a disorder of the wamb, such that a desire cometh ^''- ^^^"• 

 upon the sick man for discharging his bowels, and he 

 is not able, when he is shut into the outhouse. For r,,, • 

 that, one must seethe in oil, or in butter, or in wine, tion is found 

 the slough of a snake in a tin vessel, and let him !"_|. ^^'^^ "■'^' 

 smear the wamb with that. If the discharge be windy, 

 and watery, and bloody, let one foment the back gut 

 on the gang stool, with fenugreek and marsh mallow: 

 some smoke and foment with pitch : some work 1)rewits 

 from rye meal, and cookings with salt : some chew 

 pennyroyal and lay it on the navel. 



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Of the dangerous disorder, in which a man, they 

 say, unnaturally speweth his fseces through the mouth. 

 He, they say, oft belcheth, and all the body stinketh 

 foully: let dill sodden in oil or in water be given him 

 to drink, and put a hot loaf of bread into the drink. 

 The blood of a reremouse or hat cut up, smudged on 

 the sick mans wamb, also withstandeth this disease. 

 For bowel wounds and sore of small guts ; into good oil 

 sweetened, put the southern wormwood, that is, abro- 

 tanum, and other wormwood, and seethe it ; let the 

 man take that as he most easily may. Again, for in- 

 wards wounds ; melt harts marrow in hot water, give 

 it to be drunk. For broken and sore inwards ; cleanse 

 part of wild mint well, as much as a man may take 

 up with three fingers, add a spoon measure of the 

 seed of fennel, and of marchc, put all together, rub 

 small, then add four bowls full of the best wine, then 

 heat it so hot, as thy finger may bear, then give it liim 

 to drink; do so for three days. For broken inwards; 

 put into sharp wine, seed of coriander well rubbed, 

 and a little salt; put these in, and warm with an iron 

 glowing hot, give it the, man to drink. For inward 



