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

LEECH BOOK. TI. 2o7
and for tenderness of the naturalia of women. There r.ook ir.
is a disorder of the wamb, such that a desire cometh
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upon the sick man for discharging his bowels, and he
is not able, when he is shut into the outhouse. For r,,, •
that, one must seethe in oil, or in butter, or in wine, tion is found
the slough of a snake in a tin vessel, and let him !"_|.
smear the wamb with that. If the discharge be windy,
and watery, and bloody, let one foment the back gut
on the gang stool, with fenugreek and marsh mallow:
some smoke and foment with pitch : some work 1)rewits
from rye meal, and cookings with salt : some chew
pennyroyal and lay it on the navel.
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Of the dangerous disorder, in which a man, they
say, unnaturally speweth his fseces through the mouth.
He, they say, oft belcheth, and all the body stinketh
foully: let dill sodden in oil or in water be given him
to drink, and put a hot loaf of bread into the drink.
The blood of a reremouse or hat cut up, smudged on
the sick mans wamb, also withstandeth this disease.
For bowel wounds and sore of small guts ;
into good oil
sweetened, put the southern wormwood, that is, abrotanum,
and other wormwood, and seethe it ; let the
man take that as he most easily may. Again, for inwards
wounds ; melt harts marrow in hot water, give
it to be drunk. For broken and sore inwards ;
cleanse
part of wild mint well, as much as a man may take
up with three fingers, add a spoon measure of the
seed of fennel, and of marchc, put all together, rub
small, then add four bowls full of the best wine, then
heat it so hot, as thy finger may bear, then give it liim
to drink; do so for three days. For broken inwards;
put into sharp wine, seed of coriander well rubbed,
and a little salt; put these in, and warm with an iron
glowing hot, give it the, man to drink. For inward