English Medical Notebook, 17th Century

Cough Consumption, Cough of the Lungs f.16r

The Lady Hoptons drinke for

the Cough in younge or old

most Approved.

Boyle posset ale a pretty quantity and

boyle it Cleere then put a pretty quan-

titive of Liquoris Anise seeds penyroy-

all and hysop with some reisms washed

and stoned boyle all these well in

the posset ale, and drinks of it war

me Morninge and Eveninge, or as often

as you fee Cause

An Exellent Syrupe used by

The Lady Hopton against the

Consumption and Cough of

The Lunges

Take hysop water and Coltsfoot wa-

ter of each a quart to which put two

pound of sugar. of the herbs of Colts-

foote sytrach maiden haire scabious

hysop penyroyall of each one handfull

boyle all theise herbs till you perceibe the

Consumption : Cough : rheume f.16v

the virtue of them to be out then

power the water from the herbes and

Let it Coole, then put the sugar to the

water and so make a sirupe and take

a Little of it in a spoone as often as you

are troubled with the Cough or rheume

Master Bakers Medicine for the

Cough of the Lungs, most

Approved.

Take three pints of runninge water

halfe a pound of Portugall Sugar with thyme

figgs and halfe a spoonefull of reisms of

the Sun Clean washed and the stones

pickt out, a penyworth of maiden

haire let all these boyle togeather

till the one halfe or more be Consumed

then straine it through a fine Cloth and

Every morninge drink two Spoonfulls

of it Luke warme, and you shall find

present remedy.

For griping panic in the gutts

and belly, a present remedy

gripings belly. stoppage stomak f.17r

Take possett ale ale boyle it, then take

of Cammomill a pretty quantetye

with anise seeds and Licoris bruse them

a Little then boyle them a while

in the posset ale and so drinke it

For winde and stoppage

in the stomack

Take a little draught of Sack

put into it a branch or two of worm

wood & so much of Spearmynt, steep

them a few hours in the wyne then

heat it very warme and drinke it

eyther goeinge to bead or fasting in

the morninge. /

Probatum by diners

For the Same

Take mynts dry them to pouder

the inner kernells of Ashen keys dryed

into pouder, with Sugar Candy beaten

mingle all togeather and keep it in a

box, and at night goinge to bed take

a little quantety on the point of a knife

Feuer. Melancholy a Purge. f.18r

Take of distilled water of Suc-

cory Burage, Endine or Sorrell and

also of Sirupe of Violets and of

oyle of vitriol unto Euery 3 spoonfulls

of water put one spunfull of the Syr-

rupe and of the oyle of vitryol two

or three droppes.

An Excellent purging whey

against Melancholy by

Dr. Burges and it is especi-

ally to be taken in May

Take of Burrage & of Buglosse of

Each two handfulls of Balme hearts

ease fumitory Agrimony of Each one.

handfull of Betony Scabious hearts fong

St Johns wort the blevings of it of each

one handfull of Seny Cowslip flowers

rosemary blevings and pollipody rootes

of each one ounce also of reisms of the

sun one handfull and a Little whole mace

And halfe an ounce of Sweet fenell seeds

first Clarefir your what and then boile

all these things in it one hower, but

Canseth neither vommit nor purge.

For the wind in the stomack /a julip/ f.19v

Take possett drinke and boyle there on some broad tyme some sweet fennel seeds some Coriander seeds, and so drinke it as you please

A good julippe in a feaver

Take small ale barley c\Creame or the juice of sour oranges or lemons

f.21r

One dragme of this powder mixed with the Juice of marigolds and nt some sweet wyne as muscadell or matheglyn, doth Cure the epylepsis, Also with white wyne and Mirhe it helpeth the dropsie, the Jaudis with new wyne, as also the stone and ulcers in the reines or bladder, it stays with the loofenes of the belly, helpeth barrenness, & expetheth the secondine, Aswageth the paine of the Sciatica, openenth the obstructions of the liver taketh away Tertian Agues, & expetheth all wormes bred in the guts begine given and takes with the decoction or def[s]tilled water Of Germander wormeword southernwood Garlic Censtory or such like, See Topfell his history of inpentix [appendix] in the end concepninge earth wormes where is noted the maner how this pouder [powder] is to be made Fol:3io

An approused speciall Medicine for the stone

Take Cherrystone kernells one spoonfull six Almonds blanched three tymes Beater and strained then take a pint of white wyne & six spoonfulls of Red rose water, & as much of beane flower water let them all simber vpon [upon] the Embers for a quarter of an hour then put to it 3 vnces of sugar and to drinks it warme morninge and evenige

f.21v

For makinge of the beane flower water you must at the tyme of the yeare take halfe a peck of beane flowers & as much of wild tyme & steepe them a whiles in milke & so let it be distilled

Aglister for the stone

Take of Beets of mallows of violet Leaves of pellotiry of the wall & Calamite of each one handfull, boyle all theise in a pinte of milke & turne it with some white wyne, which beinge strained put thernato the yolks of two eggs one spoonful of honey 10 & a little bay salt fennel seed & a little Anyse

Approached medicine for the Ague

Take one handfull of red nettle topps and as much spyders Cobwebbe and Crummes of wheaten bread with a little red vinegar and a little bay salt binde this to both handwrests and bottoms of the feete