Leechdoms, wortcunning, and starcraft of early England. Being a ...

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blood, and for blood running ; and if a limb suddenly Book II.
ache, and for a blotch on the face.
Ixiv. A leechdom ; scamony for constipation of
the inwards, and ammoniac drops for pain in the
milt, and stitch, and spices ^ for diarrhoea, and gum
dragon for foul disordered secretions on a man, and
aloes for infirmities, and galbanum for oppression in
the chest and balsam dressing for all infirmities, and
petroleum to drink simple for inward tenderness, and
to smear outwardly, and a tryacle, that is a good
drink, for inwards tendernesses, and the white stone,
lapis Alabastrites, for all strange griefs.
Ixv. A leechdom if a horse be elf shot, and for pain
in evacuation of the fseces, and if the evacuation bo
stopped, and for the " lent disease,'' or typhus ; again
for pain in evacuation, and for poisons, and for the
yellow disease or jaundice, and if sudden evils come
on a man ;
and to preserve the bodys health, and
against itch and elf, and for " land disease " or nostalgia,
and for bite of the gangway weaver, spider, and
for diarrhoea and head salves.
Ixvi, Of the stone which agate hight.
Ixvii. Of the weight of oil, and of other various
things.
These are tokens of diseased maw
;
first, frequent
spittings or breakings, choiceness or a daintiness about
food, and for the man to spew frequently ; and he will
have a sense of swelling, and that the hot inflamed
humours are shut up within him by the inflation ; and
an uneasy thirst is contingent upon him. Also from
disease of the maw come many and various diseases of
bursten wounds, and cramps, and epilepsy, and fiends
disease, and mickle murmuriuii'S and uneasiness without
Cinnamon is much administered.