Cruditie, SeéIndigefion. -. 
Cyath, afmall meafate,both of liquid ss atic 
things; the twelft part ofa Sextarius, which 
-wastwentie ounces : whereby itappeareth, 
that acyath was one ounce, one half ounce, 
one dram,and one {cruple :irmay.goe with 
us for foure ordinariefpoonefuls... 
Cubit,a meafure,ftom the elbow to the middle 
finger ftretched forth at length, which went 
ordinarily for 24 fingers breadthor 18 in- 
- ches,which is one foot and an halfe: yet Pi- 
niein one place maketh mention ofa fhor- 
tercubit, namely from the elbowtotheend 
of the fift or knuckles, when the fingers bee 
drawne in clofeto the hand. 
Cutancan eruptions, bee fuch wheales,p uthes, 
orfcabs, asdoebreake out of the skin, and 
disfigure it, 
D 
Ebilitie Jweakenefle or feeblenefie. 
Decoction, aliquour wherein things have 
beene fodtien, 
Decretoriedaies, be fuchina afickneffe, as fhew 
fome chaunge or alteration in the patient, 
either for good or bad, 
Defenfative, in medicines taken.inwardly, are 
thofe which refift\venome or peftilent hu- 
mor:in oucward applications, fuch as de- 
fead the fore or place affected from the flux 
orfall of humours thither, 
Denarius,acoine of filver in Rome, and ino- 
ther countries of gald,the fame that Drach- 
mia Attica,/.a dram in weigt, which ts v7.4. 
06, ofour money; and the peece in gold an- 
fwereth neare rq a full French crowne, In 
poife it goeth for adram, 
Dentifrices, are meanes in Phyficke to pre- 
fervethe teeth, and make them white and 
faire. 
Depilatorie, are thofe medicines which either 
fetch off the haire, or hinder it from com- 
ming up againeatall, or at leaftwife from 
growing thicke, They were called in Greeke 
and Latineboth,?ilothra, 
Deficcativey drying. 
Digeflives,be thofe medicines,which taken in- 
wardly, helpe concoction of meat or hu- 
mors; or applied without untoafore, doe 
comfort the pladsjand make way for{peedy 
healing, 
Diflocations, when the bones bee either out of 
joint,or elfe difplaced. 
To Difopilate y.to open. 
To Difinatess to (eatter anddifpatch. 
Diftertioa, crookednefle or ising awiie Un- 
naturally. . 
Diureticall, fick things as provoke urine, 
Dofey i. that weight ot quantuti¢ of any mediz 
cine that may.be given either convenigntly 
or without daungex tothe. patient... 4, 
Dram,the eight parcol ai, ounce, waich is the 
weight of aRomane denier or Denarius. 
Dyf: nierzesis properly che exulcération ox fore 
intheg guts,whcrenpon entuerh h-befides the 
._ Panett wrings of the bellic, a duxalfo of 
bloud atthe feege,and therefore itis ulually 
taken forthe ploudic Ax, dais aoa 
fy 
1 Ene 
Ficheue See Eidyls,, : 
4 Elecivaries bee medicinable compofitic tions 
orconfections to betaken inwardly,made of 
choife drougs,either to purge the humorss 
to ftrengthen the priticipall parts, or to 
.withftand any infirmiziefor which they are, 
made. The fubftance is betweeneafyrrup 
anda conferve, but more eaclining tothe 
confiftence of eonleriet: 
Eidylls,ox Esdylla, bee fall Pogines or Pam- 
phiets written by Poets, fuch as Theocri tus 
th Greeke compiled, and much like unto 
the Paftorals or Eclogues of Virgél in La- 
tine. 
Embrochation,is adevife that Phyficians have 
for to foment the head or any other part, 
with a liquour falling from aloft upon it, 
in manner of raine ; whereupon it tocke 
the name in Greeke Embroche, and hath 
foundnone yerin Latine,uoleffey we {hould 
ufe Superfufio. 
Evmollitives, medicinesthatdo foften any hard 
fwelling. 
Empirickes,were thofe Phyficians , who withs 
out anyregard either of che ici in adif- 
eafe, or theconftitution and nature of the 
patient,went to worke with thofe medicines 
whereof they had experience in others, fall 
it outasitwould, 
Empiricke bookes of Diodorus, conrame re- 
ceits approvedand found ffetuall by CX~ 
perience, 
Emunctories,bee thofe kernellie places in the 
bodie, by which the principall and noble 
‘parts doe void their fuperfluities, or fuch 
thingsas offend. to wit, under the eares for 
the braine, the arme-pitsfor the heart, and 
the fhare for'the liver,&c. 
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