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breeding at the nose, it has been known; 

 lhat it hath been stopped by opening aj 

 vein in the ear. 



OF THE GUMS, AND THEIR INFIRMITIES. 



29. For a Scurvy in the gums. 

 Take Cloves, and boil them in Rose- 



i water, then dry them, and beat them to 

 OF THE MOUTH, AND ITS DISEASES. | powder? a , )d m the um the 



22. A Caution. land drink the decoction in the morning 



VVhosoever Avould keep their mouth, or ; fasting an hour after it. Use red Rose- 

 tongue, or nose, or eyes, or ears, or teeth, i water, for that is the best. 

 from pain or infirmities, let them often use : 30. For rotting and consuming of the gums 

 sneezing, and such gargarisms as they were : Take Sage-water, and wash your mouth 

 instructed in a preceding chapter; for, in-! with it every morning, and afterwards rub 

 deed, most of the infirmities, if not all, which I your mouth with a Sage-leaf. 

 infest those parts, proceed from rheum. OF THE FACE, AND ITS INFIRMITIES. 



23. -For extreme heat of the Mouth. 31. The cause. 



Take Rib-wort, and boil it in red Wine, ; It is palpable, that the cause of redness 

 and hold the decoction as warm in your i and breaking out of the face, is a venomous 



matter, or filthy vapours ascending from 

 the stomach towards the head ; where 

 meeting with a rheum or flegm thence des- 

 cending, mix with it, and break out in 

 the face. Therefore let the first intention of 

 cure be to cleanse the stomach. 

 32. Caution negative. 



mouth as you can endure it. 



24. For a Canker in the Mouth. 

 Wash the mouth often with Verjuice. 



OF THE TEETH, AND THEIR MEDICINES. 



25. A Caution. 



If you will keep your teeth from rotting, : 



oraching, wash your mouth continually every \ Let such as are troubled with red faces, 

 morning with juice of Lemons, and after- 5 abstain from salt meats, salt fish and her- 

 vvards rub your teeth either with a Sage-leaf, I rings, drinking of strong beer, strong waters 

 or else with a little Nutmeg in powder ; also j or Wine, Garlick, Onions, and Mustard, 

 wash your mouth with a little fair water i 33. For a face full of red pimples. 

 after meats ; for the only way to keep [ Dissolve Camphire in Vinegar, and mix 

 teeth sound, and free from pain, is to keep ] it, and the Vinegar with Celandine-water, 



and wash the face with it: this cured a 



them clean. 



26. To Jcecp Teeth white. 



Dip a little piece of white cloth in Vine- 

 gar of Quinces, and rub your gums with it, 

 fV>r it is of a gallant binding quality, and 

 not only makes the teeth white, but also 

 strengthens the gums, fastens the teeth, and 

 also causeth a sweet breath. 



27. To fasten the Teeth. 



Seethe the roots of Vervain in old Wine, 

 and wash your teeth often with them, and it 

 will fasten them. 



maid in twenty days, that had been trou- 

 bled with the infirmity halt so many years 

 34. To take away the marks of tin small poi. 



Take the juice of Fennel, heaf it hike- 

 warm, and when the small Pox -are well 

 scabbed, anoint the face with it divers limes 

 in a day, three or four days together. 

 OF THE THROAT, AND ITS INFIRMITIES. 

 35. A caution. 



Diseases in the throat, most commonly 

 proceed of rheum descending from the head 

 upon the trachea artcria, or wind-pipe; in 



Take the inner rind of an Elder-tree, and i such cases there is many times no other ' 

 bruise it, and put thereto a little Pepper, and } cure than first to purge the body of flegm. 

 make it into balls, and hold them between land then the head of rheum, as you were 

 the teeth that ache. taught in the first chanter. 



