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Botanologia
Author
Salmon, William, 1644-1713. Other Author(s): Dawks, Ichabod, 1661-1730, Rhodes, Henry, Taylor, John, bookseller.
Date Added
10 January 2014
Language
English
Publish Date
1710
Publisher
London : Printed by I. Dawks for H. Rhodes ... and J. Taylor ...
Source
Botanologia
Alternate Title
the English Herbal, or, History of Plants : containing ... : Adorned with Exquisite Icons or Figures, of the most Considerable Species, Representing to the Life, the True Forms of Those Several Plants : the Whole in Alphabetical Order
Topic
Botany > Pre-Linnean works. Botany, Medical > Early works to 1800. Plants > Dictionaries > Early works to 1800.
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tNTRODUCTJON. . ix
Cure of an Ulcer, which conjoin: the jider. if an
'Uleer, before, brought together. And ’Uleer: re‘
guire a greater degree of drying than Wound:, not
only to confunte what-flow: out, but olhz what rev
main: [iguid in the Flejh.
XXIX. 1;. CICATRIZERS, or Epulo-
titks.‘ Thai: are fucb thing: a: .rkin o Wound,
' 'Sore, or “Ulcer. They dry and bind without biting;
abforhing the humidity of the Flefh, controlling it
with a Skin, or a thin Callus like unto a Skin, and
therefore are more drying than Incarnative: or
Glutinative: : For thefe bind, contratl, conjiipole,‘
and indurate; being cold, and of a thick Suhjiance.
There it ‘dw a fharp and biting Epulotick, which
conjicrne: ead Hefh, a: Catheretick:; and a third
1277f, which drie: without ajiriliion. The la]? part
qf the Cure of a Wound or Ulcer, i: to cover. it
with Skin, ’ond rejiore the place to it: prifhne
beauty.- Now thefe Medicine: meddle with the
Hell), no farther than only,to convert it into
Skin.
XXX. 14.. C0 SMETI C K S ., or Beautify-
erS. Theji: adorn the Body by adding beauty to it,
b abjierging or cleanjing it from defilement:, a:
prohe, Leuce, Scabt, Itch, Pimplex, Redneft,
Wrinkle:, Freckle:, Tellownelir, Tanntng, Sun-
burning, and the like. Tho e which proceed from
heat, are to be remedied by cooling thing: : If the
JWEMEIII, i: impaflcd in the Skin, extenuating
‘Medicinc: are to be a pl 'ed -, If Freckle: or Worm:
aftt? it, the Skin i115] i: to be objierged by Em.
plaRets of Soap, ‘or Oil of Tartar pet deliquium,
diluted with TVater; ichptzjie. Scab:, or Puliulec,
conjtantly breaking out, the uticula no]! be taken
of bvapifpaIiicks, U'c. - g .
.C'HAP.‘ V, .
Of the Third Qualities.
I. T again Qitalities of‘lliedicine: are fan or;
‘ .to be given 3o or'over-cooled, and then hot Stoma‘
are. A ptqptiate, that t: to fay which are
appropriated iii [hme principal and nolile Part: of
I
e Body, the knowledge of which ,Phyfcian: have i
learned and obtained, either, I. From the hgnature:
of ”the :Medicament: themji'lvetu , 2. Or from a
‘long fcrie: dVPra’EYice and Experience. '
r II. And therefore at Medicine: are [aid to be
appropriate, to the ”1qu noble and principal Part:
of the Human Frame, fa front'them they take their
Denomination: or Namet, and accordingly‘ore [aid
to be, I. Ccphalicks. 2. Neuroticks. ,3. Stoma;
chicks. 4. Pulmonicksi or EeEIorals. 5. Blew
.titicks 6. Catdiacks,orCotcttals. 7. Hepattcks.
8. Spleneticks. '9! Mekntencks, or Hypochon-
driacks. ’10- Nephtiticks’. t1. Hyikencks. 1.2..
‘ Atthtiticks. Of which in thetrrefpefltve order.’
In. .I. CEPHALI CKS. Thefe tat-at.
cine: are [aid to be appro riated to the Head, and
have refpell'chietly to t e Brain , the Medulla
oblongm, End the Membrane: called Pta Bl Dura
Mater, but have very little to do with the Tongue,
fbr that i: a very unruly'Member. The Bram t:
the feat of Apprehenfion, Ytidgment, and Memory,
and b' Nature moderately hot; and [it i: very coh-
-(y a itled by either too much heat or cold , but
chiefi’y by the latter, and or the ma art I:
much .moijittre, and thereffre the Alfiifhment’: ti:
proprtated to the ‘Head and Brain, are generally
at and dry, and of very habtil, thin, and volatile
Pam, for otherwije they could have no otf‘E’llion
upon theft: Pam. To thej‘e home odd Prat’micks
and 'Sremutatories -, ’ti: true, thefe will purge the,
Bratn and Head from a world if pitttitour, cold
and moijt Recrementch but thtfe ore not proper,
Cephalicks, for what they do, i: by the Virtue of
their violent heat, and jirong attrac‘live power.
Whether there be any cooling Cephalicks i: a doubt,
tfcooltng thing: afet? the Head and Brain, they do
it hmply, either by their cold Quality, or by cooling
.other Part: over-heated, which by Sympathy or
Confem, afel? the Head.
IV'. 2. NEUROTICK S. my; are
Nervous Medicaments, and are all hot and dry,
from th'efecond even to the fourth degree, of a very
thin Subjiance and penetrative Partt, without which
they could not pierce and afell the Nerve:, to cafe
their extravagant Pain: a: in Cramp: and Convol-
fog, or‘ to warm, cont art, and jirengthen them,
a: in Palfie:, Soc. they ought to be very fubtil and
volatile, that they may agree with the Animal Spi.
rm, and a: it were recuperate them. Their ufe
t: both Internal, given in jonte proper vehicle; and
External, being applied to the Part: affetled, and
all along down the 5 inc or Back-Bone, front whence
all the JVerve: of? the extream Part:,. a: well
aehme other: fpring. They very much agree in
their Qualitie: with Cephalickg becaufe the Root or
Original of all the Aer-ye: thro’ the whole Body,
arife front the Brain.
V.‘ 3. SITOM ACHICK S, or Stomach
Medicamems. Thefe are fuch a: open Objirut'iion:
tn the Stomach, eaje it: Pain:, and firengthen it:
‘ Tone“ They maybe either hot or cold, and fit of-
el? the Part, f according to the,1ndi ottion which
intend: it. ' 1.5 When it i: obllrucflef tfbe Appetitd
i: diminilhed or depraved, with a kind of noufeoup
nejir concomitant : And thi: i: remedied chiefly by
acid Aperitrven 2. When it i: pained, or there i:
a hcknef: at Stomach, it i: commonly from being
either over-heated, and then cooling Stomachick: are
chick: are.to be exhibited, or front vehemently
acid or fharp Humour: in it, and then Abjhrbent:,
or fix: Alcalier, will'be‘chieliy of it e. 3. When
it: Tone 'i: weakned, or hurt, then the Digejiiott
it bad, the Concotlion is- weak, and fit a bad Chy-
lus‘ i: generated ; whence the Rercnzive Faculty i:
aye many time: prtjiigated, and tchence roceetl
fotnetirne: the Scurvy, and Rheumatick Paint, or
the Gout ; and If it be of long continuance, it in.
duce: a Confutnption, becaufe the Body will want a
fuitable Nourilhment. And thcfe thing: are reme-
died (after due 'evacuation) by Stomatickg of a
hot and dry Quality, of thin Pam, and Confhrtative
withall, which have power to warm, comfort, and
jirengthen it, and have likewife an Alhringcnt pro.
petty, which jifengthon: the Rctentive Faculty.
' ‘ v1. 4. P u L M o N to K s, or Peaomts.
Thefe are Medicament: appro riated to the Lung:,
and have regard either to f)! Part ohiitied, or to
the Matter Willing. I. Thofe which regatd the
Part atHiEIed, .ore fetch a: jiop bleeding, if any
Vejel i: broken tn the Lung:, and by a kind qutyp-
tick Quality, have power to conglutinate or heal it,
or if there be any Ulcer in the Lung, have the
power of cleanhng it, and healing it wuhall, which
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