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A toannointthe place once a moneth,and no oftener. The athes of vipers skins doch raifé hairs 
quickely againe and make it grow apace, where it was thed :{o doth hens dung thatis freth and 
_new, ifthe place be’plied with annointing. Takena ravens egg,and mixit withthe dung afore- 
faid ina veflell of braffe, and therewith rub and annoint the head(fo that it were {haven before) 
it willcaufe the new haire to come up blacke: but yntill chisunguent be dried upon the headsthe 
patient muft hold oilein his mouth, for feare leaf the teeth alfo by thismeans tune blacke:and 
withall, this onghtto be done in the fhade or within-houfe :and the forefaid oinementnet tobe 
wathed off in foure daies{pace. Ochers in this cure,ufe the bloud and brains of a raventogither 
-with fome thicke and.deepe coloured wine.Some boile a raven throughly, unull che Seth bepar- 
_ ted from the bones, and in the deadtime of the night when every bodie is found aileepe,put han 
B up into fome pot or veflell of lead. There be againe, who having prepared and rubified che skin 
with falnitre,do annoint the place where the haire is gone or gtoweth thin,with a linimient made 
of Cantharides and tar punned and incorporat togither.. Now forafmuch as Cantharides ke of 
a caufticke qualitie and corrofive; greatheed would be taken that'they doe not fret andeatinta 
theskin over deepe. Now when the place is thus prepared, andlightlyexulcerat,they ordaine to 
apply thereto a liniment made of mice heads and their gails, incorporat and wrought rogither 
with their dung, putting thereto ellebore and pepper. SHS hy Deb Hiss Hes Sfsio 
The head many times is peftered with nits; butfor to rid diem away, there is nota better 
thing than dogs greafe, Some forthis purpofe, make a dith of meat wich fnakes, dreffing and or- 
dering them as eels, and fo catthem ; or €ls they take their flough which they flip off in thefpring 
C time,and drinke thefame. 7 “ Stig | sf 
Ocherwhiles there be certaine brannie {cales called dandrutfe, which over-{pread the head: to 
cleanfeit from this {curfe and deforinitie, it were not amiffe to annoint the headwith fheeps gail 
tempered with fullers*{couring clay,and let it remaine on the head untillic bedrie. * Creve cimol't 
For the painefull head-ach, itis commonly thought, that the heads of nalied {nails Imeane ee 
thofethat bee found without fhells, and are unperfit yet and not fully made) plucked frora their iy 
bodies, are a fingularremedie to be hung about the necke or tied go the head; with this charge, 
that there betaken forth of their heads firlt, a certaine ftonie hard {ubftance, which is made flat 
and broad like a thin gravell {tone: and if thefaid {nails be but young and final] they ufe toftamp 
them, and in mannerof a frontall applythem tothe forehead. In like manner,the bones ofa 
D Vulturshead, whether itbethe common Geire,orthat whichthe Greeks call Agypios, hanged 
about the necke or fafiened to the arms :alfo the brains of the {aid foule tempered with the cile 
of Cedat-rofin, driveth away the head-ach, ifeither the head bee throughly anointed, or the 
noithrils withia-forth,therewith, The brains of a crow or of an owle, beeing fodcen and eaten, 
will doe as much, Some thinke itigood in this cafe,tolap the head and forehead with the fethers 
or plume plucked from abont the necke of acocke, or with hiscrciled combe, but it mult be of 
fuch a cocke as hath been clofe thucup asa prifoner and kept fromimeat and drinke a whole day 
andanighe; but take this withall,the patient who is troubled withthe headach,muft faft as long 4 
from all meat and diioke. The afhes ofa rat or weazill applied to the forehead, eaieth the paine: 
fo doth atwig or fticke taken froma puttocks neft, laid under the pillow of the fieke perfon: yea 
E andaliniment made of a moufe skin burntto afhes,mixed with vinegte,and fo applied. Many * itceribne 
doe fay, thatthe little bard bone in the head of f{nailes (fuch efpecially as are found between ewo tfr221m © 
catt-tracts) if it bee put through the eare, and hanged thereto within alittle box of Ivorie, or o- Oe SE 
therwile tied faft and,cartied about one within a peece of a dogs skin, isa remedie forthe head- barbsr would 
ach that never faileth, and may ferveto doe many good. Ifthe head be hurt,or thecrowncrackt, ep cuits 
lay tothe wound a copwebwith oile and vinegre, and fo let it lie, it will notlighdly goe oftuntill Biyuddlctdnes 
fuch time as itbee perfectly healed: this copwebis very good alfoto ftaunch the bloud:* of oF when one 
wounds in a barbars fhop.But {zy thatthe bloud gufhout of the head,and fromthe braine,whar 7 0% wy 
is to bee done in that cafe? Surely there is not a better thing to fay the flux, thereuf, than toin- meth frethy 
full and drop thereupon the bloud of a goofe or ducke, with the greace of the faid foules, fod. Ussing tbs 
F den togither with oile of rofes, Andtoreturne once againe to the cure of the head-ach : Take his owne rafor 
a {wallow feeding in a morning betimes, cut off his head (but letthis be done if poffibly youcan chsunce to go 
in the full of the moone) wrap it within a linnen cloth, and binditto the head of the patient with ee 
the yarne that goeth to the felfesedge or liftof apeece of cloth: and yetfome there be, who in- whileshe hath 
corporat the faid head within white wax, and therewith annointthe forehead; and withall,batt } ee 
ji itj dogs Sins 
