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T he explanation of 4 
Luted, i. clofe ftopped with cley, dough, ot 
fuch hike. steers. Leer ee 
M 
M 4esratives be medicines that help toripen 
any {welling impoftume,bile,or borch. 
Maturities the ripeneffe thereof, 
Membranes, be fine skins which enwrap other 
" parts,as the brains, cyes,and mufcles of the 
fiefh. 
Metrenchyte,an inftrumentferving to infufe or 
injeCt a liquid medicine into the matrice of 
a woinan,in manner of clyftre. 
Mitigatives, be fuchremediesas doe affuage 
paine. : 
Mna or Minawas aRoman weight, which pot- - 
fed twentie ounces, thatis to fay, the ordi- 
narie pound, called Libra or Pondo, & two 
. third parts : forthe common Libra called 
Medica, weighed twelve ounces, fo that 
Mina feemed to an{were unto the meafure 
Sextarius. 
Mollitive, See Emollitives. 
Mordicative, is biting and ftinging,as Senvie 
feed, 
Mucilage,is aflimie liquor drawne from fome 
roots or feeds,as fromthe marfh Mallow or 
Althea root, the feed of Pfillium or Flea- 
wort and others, 7 
Jéufcles be the ficthie parts of thebodie, con- 
tained within their feverall membranes or 
skins. 
N 
Arcoticke medicines, bee thofe that be- 
num and ftupifie with their colduefle, 
as Opium,Hemlocke,andfuch like, | 
Nafalsbe Nofe-tents. See Erzhina. 
Nerves,t. Sinewes. So bertal: 
Nodbfities, hard kaubsand knots growing up- 
on the joints in. old gouts,, and in other 
palts. 
O 
Cehalea (criptule,orthe fixt part ofa 
Me dramas: p10 lis 
Obstructions i.Stoppings. 
Opiats, were ptoperly at the firftfiach eleGtuas 
2 ¥ies or confeQions , which had a good 
“ quantitie of Opium, 2. thejuice of Poppie 
ia them, -fuch‘as Philonium and Requies, 
“which were deviled to mittigat intolerable 
 paine, and to bring thepatienttofleepe: — 
howbeit,inthefe daies: all cleQuaries, even 
cordials,in aliquid forme be called Opiats, 
although there be not one grain of Opium 
~ in them. coghon i 
Opilation. See Obstruction, 
Orthopnoicke, are:thofe that have thedifeafe 
a: Ae a ah | 
ee ee 
- Orthopnoea, which isa difficultie of draw- _ 
ing their wind,unleffe they fic upright. 
O/éessbe words caft forth atunwares, prefaging 
. fomewhat, adignorn of 
Otenchyte, an inftrument, devifed for to infufe 
or pourefome medicinable liquor intothe 
eares, 
Oxycrate, a mixture of water and vinepretoge- 
ther. 
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Top Alliat,i.to cover. And fuch curesbe cal. 
led Palliative which {earch notto the 
root and caufe,but give afhew only of cures 
as whena fore is healed up aloft, and yet fe- 
ftereth underneath : and fo {weet Poman- 
ders doe palliat a ftinking breath, oceafio- 
ned by acorrupt ftomack or difeafed lungs, 
andfuch like. ; 
Paradoxes ftrange opinions. 
Pedtorals, i. {uch medicines as bee fit for the 
breaft and lungs. 
Pellicles, See Membranes, 
Penetravive,.Percing. 
Periodicall, {uch agues bee called,as retutne at 
their inft courfe from day to day, every third 
~ fourth or fift day,8c.. 
Peripneumonie , isthe inflammation of the 
lungs, 
Peffarze, is a devife made like a finger or fup- ° 
pofitorie;to be put up into the natural parts 
of awoman, | . 
Phlebotomie, i.bloud-letting, or opening of a 
veine by incifton or pricke, 21 
Phihyficke,to fpeake properly,is the confump- 
tion of the bodie occafioned by the fault of 
exulcerae and putrified lungs. But P&aie 
otherwhiles feemethto.take it for any other 
> .confumption. 
Pomonas.a deviled goddefle among thePai- 
» oohims;of applesandiisch fruits...) 
Prodigiesbe {traunge fights and wonderfull to- _ 
kens, prefaging fome fearetull ching to 
come. 
_ Propingquitie, nearencfleot affinitie, ||. 
Profeription; was a kind.of outlawingand de- 
priving a’man of she protection of capt 
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