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INTRODUCT I O N. 
*1 done by either a Balfamick Property ; or by a 
pecifick , of which Nature is Cinnabar of Antimo- 
n y, and all fweet Preparations of Mercury, which 
entry ng into the mafs of Blood, and being diffolved 
in it , give fuch a healing property to it , that by its 
continual pa If age thro ’ the Lungs , it does at length 
perfectly heal them. 2. Thole which regard the 
Matter ; and thefe are fuch as digejl and thicken 
the Rheumatick or pituitous Matter , fluffing them 
(which eaujes AflbmAs, Wheezing , lloarfnefs , lofs 
of V oice, Coughs, &c.) and cauje it to be expeflo- 
rated, and thofe arc they, zchich are moll ufually 
called Peftorals, Be fide s, they many times clear 
the Stomach of what flicks to it, cauflng it in fome 
mcafure to be fpit up. 
VII. s'. PLEURI TICKS. Thefe are 
fuch things as are appropriated to the Pleura; and 
generally give prefent eafe to Pains and Swellings 
in the Sides , Stitches , the Pleurifie, &c. and they 
are either Anodyns or Narcoticks. The Anodyns, 
are fuch things as are hot and dry, and abound with 
an admirable volatile Spirit and Salt, fuch as Salt 
of Urine, volatile Sal Armoniack, volatile Salt of 
Tartar, volatile Salts of Beans, Peafe , and other 
P ulfe St as alfo Sal Volatile Oleofum. The Nar- 
coticks, are fuch things as are made of the Wild 
or Corn Poppy Blowers and Heads, and of Opium ; 
fo that Opiates, efpecially fuch as arc repleat with 
volatile Sal- Armoniack, Salt of Hartfhorn, of Tar- 
tar, &c. all immediately aff ect the Pleura, and give 
prefent eafe in the dfaffcUions thereof. 
VIII. 6 . C A R D I A C K S , or Cordials. 
lheje are Medicines appropriated to the heart - 
the Yount ain of Life, and Scat of theVital Spirit - 
the Original of Innate Heat , and of Vigor and 
4 ft’ on. Amd therefore Cordials ought to abound 
with Subtil ty and Volatility, to revive the Spirits 
and with Heat to flrengthen the heart, and make 
it perform its sflion. Ihofe Cordials which revive 
and refrefh the Spirits, muft be Spirituous, as Wine, 
and Spirit of Wine : And thofe which llrengthen 
the Heart, are either Hot, when its natural heat 
is decayed or wafted : Or Cold, when it is heat' a 
bove Nature , by either Levers or any violent Paf 
flon, or by Poifon ; the fir ft of which are Antife- 
bri ticks. The Jecond, Confortatives. The third 
Alexipharmicks, or Antidotes againfl Poifon. 
IX. 7. HE PA TICKS. Thefe are 
Medicaments appropriated to the Liver. And 
thefe are con fide red in a threefold refpcfl, 1. As 
they open its Obflruflions. 2. As they reftfl its 
Difeafes. 3. As they flrengthen it. As to the 
firlt, hepatic k Aperitives are to be chofcn, which 
may open its V eft els, and keep them free from. Ob- 
ftruaton, without which it is impoffible that the 
P erf on Jhould be Well, but mu ft at long run fall in- 
to a Confumption Thefe cut and extenuate with- 
out any vehement heat, and yet deanfe. As to the 
lecond, hepatitis oppofite to the Vi f eafe affli fling 
the Liver, ire tn be chofcn : So if there is an In- 
flammation. cooling, clean fing, and extenuating things 
a f c J?? e U M, \ (f a Scirrhus, things foftening and 
diftolvmg. Wuh a Decoflion of Juniper-berries in 
Water , drank for a Tear together as ordinary 
Drink, I cured a vafllv great Scirrhus of the Liver ' 
outwardly to be felt, hard, and as large as a great 
twopenny Loaf. As to the third. The Liver after all 
is to be flrengthned ; and this Is done JyHepaticks 
gently Altringenr, for feeing its ufe is to help to- 
w ff ts J he perfection of the Blood , it needs fome 
adlrriction to preferve its heat, and Jhengthen it. 
Tri the Liver requires not fo great aflringents as 
the Stomach, Jecaufe the paflages of the Stomach 
are larger, and more open , than thofe of the Liver 
Jo that if they be very Binding, they may be hurtful 
to the Lrver, and caufe Obftru&ions. 
X..8. SPLEME TICKS. Thefe are 
Medicines appropriated to the Spleen. 5 p/eneticks 
arc conjtdered m a threefold rejpell a Jo. i. To 
1 ’uch as open its Obftruftions, and they are Ape 
ritives, which ought to be fo powerful , as to pene- 
trate into its mof! inward rece/Jes-, for the whole 
Subftance oj the Spleen, is a kind o) Animal Honey- 
comb. 2. To refilt its Difeafes; and tbeje in an 
Inflammation, ought to be cooling and difeu/ftne ■ 
In a Scirrhus, to be highly Refolutive, not in the 
leall binding ; and outwardly Emollients may be ap- 
plied. 5. To flrengthen it. And thefe ere fuch 
as are temperate , in refpett to heal or dnnefs , yet 
they ought to have Jo much ad/lrittion , as to con- 
firm its natural and healthful Tone. 
, S’- ^ E S E N T E R I C K S, or Hypochon- . 
driacks. Thefe are Medicines dedicated to the 
Mefentery : Its grand failure is from Obltruai- 
ons, which are either front vifeous or clammy Hu- 
mors, or from Wind, which induce a profound Pi- 
ning, cr univerftl Confumption of the whole Mon ■ 
and in the end ( if not removed) Death. Upon thm 
Axle-tree, the whole Orb of Life turns ; and when 
it breaks, the Man finks, and the Body returns to 
yfifft Principles. And therefore the moft fewer- 
Jul DeobftruUoTs or Aperients, are fpccifck Me- 
f enter teks-, and thefe in the Mineral Kingdom are 
deduced from Chalybeates In the Animal, from 
Volant Salts, as Sal Volatile Oleofum Sylvii And 
in the Vegetable Kingdom, fuch things as have 
power to dtjjohe congelation of the Juices, as Vo- 
lau! Salts of Beans, and of Tartar-, or to cut the 
vifetd and clammy Matter, as Creffes, Horfe Ra- 
dtfh, Mujlard, Rocket, in cold habit? of Body ■ or 
Juices of Citron, Limons, or Lime Juice, and their 
Syrups, tn hot Confutations joined with other proper 
Aperients, which may have a power to penetrate 
into the moft inward receffes of this Bowel. Adi 
to thefe Carminatives, conjoined with Sylvius’r Spi- 
rits Anticolicus, where Wind /cents to lave the 
predominancy. 
XII. 10. NEPHRITICKS. Thefe are 
Medicines appropriated to the Reins and Bladder 
In the Rems, a feparation is made of the Serum 
from the Blood, without which Man could not live 
and the Bladder , of a fufficicnt magnitude is the 
receptacle to contain it. Therefore it is ncceflary 
by appropriate Medicaments, to keep thofe parts 
clear, and free from ObJlruSion , and to retain 
their ftrength, that they may the better perform 
t ^ft r Offices. The Difeafes affliHing the Rems and 
Bladder, are chiefly, 1. Obitruaions by a tartarous 
or vifcid Mucilage. 2. Stones, Gravel, or Sand 
?. Inflammation. 4. Pilling Blood. Ulcers. 
The firlt, is cured by Aperients and Diureticks. 
The lecond, by Lithontriptieks. The third by 
cooling Diureticks, as Sal Prunella: diffolved in a 
Dime tick Wine. The fourth, by Stypticks and 
Narcoticks, as Catechu, and Opiates prepared with 
Acids. And the laft, by Bolfan/icks, as Balfams of 
Chili, Gilead, Peru, Capivij, Venice, Strasburg, 
and Chio Turpentines, and Ivveet prepared Mer- 
cury, which tranfeends all other things. 
XIII. II. HYSTERICKS. Thefe are 
Medicines appropriated to the Womb. It is a 
Pare 
