A Practical TREATISE OF THE PLAGUE AND All Peftilential Infections that have happen’d in this Ifland for the laft Century, Laying down the Rules and Methods then ufed by the moft learned Phyficians of thofe Times, (as Butler, Atkins, Bate, Fobnfton, Fabritius, Regemorterusy Rudgeley, Rhede, Tulpius, Wetherburn, and other great Names) as well as what are now proper to be ufed, in order te prevent the fpreading of that Contagion, WITHA Prefatory Epiftle addrefs’d to Dr. MEAD, on Account of his fhore Difcourfe concerning Peffilential Contagion. By Joszen Browns, L. L, M.D. LONDON: Printed for}.W1.cox, at the Greens Dragon iz Little-Britain ; and fold by J. Roserts, én Warwick-Lane. 1720,To the Learned Dr. M E A OD, Fellow of the College of Phyficians, ic. ITH the utmoft re- gard to your Merit, and that great Name you have obtain’d in the World, this Prefatory Epiftle entreats a candid Reception ; and as your Difcourfe of Peffilential Contagion, is written from a real Concern you have for your Country and the publick Good, the fame laudable Views have ex- Aa tortedC4) torted the following Thoughts, which are more particularly ad- drefs’d to your felf; for as you have been pleas’d to write upon fo important a Subject, and as the Charaéter you bear will eftablifh whatever you fay for a Law, fo 1 thought it my Duty to caft in my Mite, if any Hints of mine can prove ferviceable to your good De- figns, as I am well affured you are capable of improving them to the Advantage of the Common-weal. What I offer to your Confidera- tion in the fucceeding Pages, is the Product of the moft learned Phy- ficians of the Age they lived in, whofe Names are far from being un- known to you, as Mayerne, Butler, Bote,Burvel,Pabritins, Folnfton,Rudge- ley, Rhede, Tulpius, Gzbfon, Harvey, Goddard and Scarburgh ; with many others throughout the Reigns of K. Games the Firft, King Charles the Firtt(5) Firft and Second ; from whofé ma- ture Confultations and DireCtions, thefe Sheets are colleéted and com- piled. I thought indeed when this Subject was firft ftirr’d in, that I had difpos’d of my Manufcripts of the Plague, among many others that I fold fome Years ago, to the worthy Prefident, Sir Hans Sloan, Bart. till I faw your Tra&, which put me in mind of my own Papers, which I have endeavour’d to bring, into as fhort a Compafs as I could, left I fhould prove burthenfome to you and the Publick. I was difappointed, I confefs, Sw, when I read your late Piece, notwithftanding your Endeavours to anticipate our ExpeGtations, when you fay, You had rather put down the principal Heads of Caution, than a Set of DireGtions in Form ; for I muft own, I expeéted from fo learned a Pen as yours, an elabo- rate(6) rate Treatifc, rather than a fhort Difcourfe upon this Subjeé, when all the Eyes of Burope are fixed on the terrible Confequences of the Plague, fhould the Difeafe fpread farther or break out afrefh ; and all the Eyes of the People of Great Britain look ftedfaftly on you, as one from whom they may expect Deliverance. You very rightly obferve in the Beginning of your Difcourfe, that Contagion is propagated by three Caufes; the Au, d:feafed Perfons, and Goods tranfported from infected Places ; and with Submiffion to the Judgment of the Learned, if you had added Two other Caufes, vx. Diet, and Difeafes that ave the Cau- fes of other Difeafes ; there are ma- ny Authorities, and a great-deal of Reafon to back them. For though the Air is univerfally allowed to be the firft Caule in propagating Con- tagion,C7) tagion, becaufe being too moift when Showers defcend during the fultry Heats of Auguft, efpecially in hot Countries near the Sea in A- rica, and Grand Cairo in Bg ypt, and in other low Scituations,~ thereby the Spring of the Fibres is more a- bundantly relaxed, which makes the Circulation flow, and from that Slownefs renders the Perfpirations languid, whence the Humours be- come apt for Corruption, one of the grand Caufes of Contagion : Befides, the Regulation or Obfer- vance of the external Air, is necef- fary tothe Body, as it hinders too great an Expanfion of the Fluids and Solids ; from whence it may be eafily judged, that a depraved Air is the Author of malignant Fevers. Now tho’ the Air, as I faid be- fore, be univerfally allow’d a Caufe; the Aliment or Diet, becaufe it affords(8) affords Matter to the Juices; does not JefS contribute to the Genera- tion of Difeafes; for the more a Man eats, the lefs he perfpires ;. the JefS he perfpires, the more Danger there is of a Plethora. Again, all Things that fubje&t to Fermenta- tion are bad, and all Things which relax the Tone, and incline it to Flatulencies, Diarrhea’s, and all putrid Difeafes which arife from too great Plenty of Serum. Part of our Diet we may reckon Water, which if it be fharp and chalky, cayfes Obftructions in the Glands; if putrid and corrupt, it produces amalignant Difeafes; but the -hard and ponderous Waters create flatu- dent Obftru€tions, and diminifh the Natural Excretions, : It is a general Obfervation, that the Spaniards, Italians, French, Ger- mans, Polanders and Silefians, are fubje& to burning and malignant Fevers,C9) Fevers, among whom we may place the Hungarian ; for what you mention concerning the Stweating Sicknefs in England, calld Sudor An- glicus and Febris Ephemera Britamie ca, Wedelius and Mayerne call Fe- bris Hungarica ; and in the Bibliotbe- ca Anatomica, you may find a De- feription of it as coming from Hin- gary, by fome Troops {ent thither againft the Turks by Henry the 6th. King of Angland. Now, the Rea- fon why thefe People abound fo much with this Difeafe is, becaute they delight in the hot acrid Diet of Onions, Garlick, Sallery, ic. Be- fide, the Air is more intemperate and ‘unequal with: them than us, from .whence the Tone of the Mulcles and Fibres become relaxe ed, Perfpiration is remitted, where- by their Bodies readily receive E- pidemical Difeafes, bloody Fluxes, Oe, : B 1€ to ) I have gone through the. Fourth Caufe, by which Contagion may be: propagated; 1 come now to hint. at the Fifth, viz. .of Dafeafes. that are the Caufes of other Difeafes y among thefe, the Progreflion of the Difeafe it felf towards another, is to be affign’d: too large an Ha- morrkoge from the Noftrils, difpo- fes the Parts to a Vertiga or Apo- plexy. Colliquative Sweats relax the ‘Cone of the Parts, hinder Di- geftion, and promote the Heétick : Obftructions of the Bilious Duéts, produce the black and yellow Jaun- dice, Inflamations of the Stomach, Vomiting, and fpafmodick Contrac- tions about the Heart. A Cachexia in acute Fevers, will beget a Ma- lignity, a Malignity in putrid ones the Plague ; for when the Stafis of the Blood and Serum are corrupted, there happens a DefeCtion or want of Strength and Spirits, Lofs of : Senfe,(11) ‘Senfé, Coldnefs of the extream Parts, aid Burning within, a weak, flow aiid unequal Pulfe. ‘There is another Malignity that fhews it felf by conftant Waking, Delirium, wild- nefs in the-Eyes, Leaping of the Tendons, anda trembling Pulfe. The next thing you are pleas’d to remark, as being of the fame kind of Fever with what you call Sudor Anglicus, and brought from Dunkirk “1713. 1 remember the Difeafe very well, and its Symp- toms, which I was feiz’d with in Augufi 1712, to the beft of my Remembrance ; for we had a very brisk Trade with Dunkirk the Year before the Soldiers came over, I am more confirm’d in this, by ap-: plying my felf to my Books; where- in [ find: feveral Patients at that time, who were afflicted not only with a Diarrhea and Vomiting, but were feized with Shiverings .and B 2 Dizzi-(12) Dizzinefs of the Head, and alfo with a Lofs of Pulfe, and Dejec- tion of Spirits. lam forry I cannot come into the Opinion which you cite from Hodges de Pejte, and fay, it was ge- nerally allowed, that the Contagion came by Cotton imported from Turkey ; and afterwards ftrengthen the Argument by your own Reafon and Authority : For if this Reafon was to be admitted, it muft create our Wonder and Admiration, how we have efcaped from Infection fo many Years as are paft fince 1665, contidering fo many Plagues as have happen’d in fo many diflerent Parts of Lvrkey, to which we trade, and from whence we bring Cotton, Mobair, and the like dangerous Commodities. Now it is hardly poflible to think, but in all this Time, confidering the Encreafe of Trade from thofe Parts within the laftC13 ) laft Fifty Years, but that fome Goods muft have been pack’d up by Perfons infected with the Plague, either at Conffantinople, Smyrna, Scandaroon, or Aleppo. Befides, the great. Quantities of Coffee we import from Grand Caro, by Way of Alexandria and Rofeita, muft fpread the Contagion here ; *tis notorioufly known, that Grand Cairo feldom or never efcapes being vifited with the Plague once a Year, and fometimes has it both in the Vernal as well as Autumnal Seafon ; and tho’ Coffee it felf may not be fo fufceptible of peftilential Ejftu- vias, as to be able to retain the In- fe€tion fo long, or that the Bfz- was of Coffce may come to att as a Counterpoifon againft this Infec- tion ; yet the Canvafs Bags, which the Coffee is brought in, feem to me to be a Body apt enough to con- vey the contagious Seeds of the PlagneC14) Plague from the Mediterranean hi ther. / That we may trace the Origine of thisfrom Affa, you obferve right from your Author, as taking its Rife in China ; tho’ I beg leave to think it rather came from Tar- tary, except the Hiftorian reckon’d Chma as Tastary, they being united into one ; for the Plague has rava- ged that Country in all Ages : And feveral Authors are of Opinion, that it proceeded from the great Quan- tities of Horfe-Flefh eaten by the Inhabitants, from whence proceed an innumerable Produétion of In- fe&ts and other verminous Animal- cula that infe&t the Air; and this Contagion is diffufed through the Country, according to the Seafons of the Year, and the fittings of the Winds ; tho’ you are pleas‘d to fay, That fome Authors have imagined In- fection to be performed by the Mean: of neC13) Infects, the Eggs of which may be ee from Place to Placesviand make the Difeafe, when they come-ta be hatch’d ; that this is a Suppofition grounded upon no manner of Obferva- ‘tion, fo yau think there is no need to have vecourfe to wt. If fo, Valhif- nevius in his Tra€t, De ? Origine de Vermi, and Bidloe, De Animalculis, would not have taken fo much Pains about the Matter : For tho’ Bidloe denies thofe Ammalcula to proceed from Putrefa&tion or Corruption, according to equivocal Generation, yet fays, Omne vivens Animatum 8 Vegetans ex poi finilibus, atque ita ex ovulis vel femine nafct. But | humbly beg leave to be in- dulged a little further, in relation to this Point of Infection being con- veyed by the Means of Infeéts. The Power and Efficacy of Worms and InfeGts, to procure Difeafes, faith Wedelius, is very extenfive ; and( 16) and the Vulgar have not only err’d in this, if it be an Error, but many learned Phyficians and Naturalifts have been, and are ftill of Opinion, that the Plague arifes from an ani- mated or living Putrefaction. K7r- cher, in his Treatife of the Plague, brings this upon the Stage ; from whence the Learned at that time aflerted, that the Air might be de- monftrated to be Verminous by the Microfcope ; which feems to ftand confirmed by Malbighius, Lewwen- boock, Morgagni, Red and Mange- tus. : I do nat fay, that this Hypothe- fis, properly ipeaking, does explain the Nature of the Plague; for as it cannot be denied, but that Worms are frequently generated in the Plague and Peftitential Difeafes ; fo it does not follow from thence, that thofe Worms are Authors of them ; or, as Conringius, in his Differtation ofC17) of the Plague afferts, is there any Force or Confequence in what Kz- cher faith, that Worms are often generated in the Plague, and there- fore that they are the Seminaries of the Plague. A verminous PutrefaGtion is not always found in all Difeafes arifing from Corruption,and therefore can- not obtain ; tho’ what Langius, who publifh’d Kircher, fays, is remarka- ble, That in all Difeafes proceeding from Putrefaétion; there may be _ found a verminous Corruption ; whence come Epileptick Convulfions, and the like Symptoms. So he concludes from thefe Principles, that the Swall-Pox, Meajles and malignant Fevers, ave nothing but Worms. 1 have’ not the Opportunity of fuch. a curious and uteful Library as Dr. Mead, &c. therefore fub- mit my_felf to thofe who. have Cc the( 18 ) the Advantage to fhine in Title Pages : However, I have not made ufe of an Author contrary to his Meaning, if I may be allow’d the Favour to underitand the Text. But left I fhou’d be thought guilty of Miftakes, pray take the fur- ther Confirmation of the Univer- fality of the Opinion concerning Infeéts, applicable to this Subjeét, from the Author, (See Vallifnerius, de I’ Origine de Vermi, 6c. pag. 5, 6.) “ Infetta ipfa quorum or- “ tus caufe equivoce, (ut eam vocant {chole) putredini nem- pe, acceptus antea referabatur, ex ovis, vermiculorum forma, primo prodire, ac: tandem mi- ra_metamorphofi, alarum re- migio, coelos petére, apud om- nes in confeflo eft. Verum confpicua hec doétrina _ tene- “ bris offundi incipiet fi viri s Dodi, de Infectis intra homi- 7 “ nem. « a Ga a 8 6 An C “ a “ 4 a(19) “nem aliave animantia, occtir- “ yentibus differentes, quibus o- « vis hee nafcantur non determi- “ nent. Satis effe putant, fi his “ terris omnia overum, cum vi- “ fibilium tum invifibilium plena “ effe affirmant, que, cum ali- “ mentis imo aere ipfo; in quo © volitant infeii hauriamus.” ‘ Now fuppofing from your own Words, thele contagious: Paiticles are drawn in with the Air we breath, ds ino doubt they are; they could not fix their Maligni- ty upon thie Stomach, or conve it fo immediately’ to the Blood, fo make that Havock and De- firu€tion in fo fhort a Time uperi the vital Parts; were there not fome Jatent Seeds of the fame malig nant Nature inherent in the Bo- dy before ; which whether they proceed from a Verminous, or what other Principle, } leave to your a - C4 more( 20 ) more accurate Decifion.’ But that Diteafes have in them fome fuch Influence or Magnetick-like Attrac- ticn, feems to me plain trom fome Hereditary ones that are propaga- ted from Father to Son, ana which lie a long time unteen, unfelt, and clofely coucl’d within the Bed of Nature ; that is, are lock’d up inthe Vilcidity of the Blood, Lympha Su- liva, or other Juices of the Body, and at laft break out according to the Force and Power of the attive Principle ; agreeable to your own Notions, fuppofing the Matter of Contagion to be an aclive Subffance, in the Nature of Salt; elfe how is it poffible to conceive, that the Small Pox fhou’d be Latent Twenty or Forty Years, or communicate it felf at the Diftance of Fifty or an Hundred Miles, from the many Ine {tances we have of Perfons of the fame Family and Blood, who have been(21 ) beén -feized.with the fame Diftem- per, much about the fame Time, without the Knowledge one of the other ; this is frequent in Families, and therefore mutt be communica- ted either by Sympathy,- as Sir Ke- nelm Digby once taught, or elfe fome Mognetick Eftuvia in the Air; which are capable of being attraéted at fuch.a Diftance. - | muft carry-this a little farther, to be able to account. for the Force of Imagination, which is fo often met. with in-the Small Proper ctetanittren at - The very Thoughts of an ap- proaching Mifchief will of a fad- den, caule {uch ‘a ftupendious Me- tamorphofiy, that by too quick an In- flux of the Spirits rufhing in upon the Brain, or the Blood fetting the Heart, as the Millers fay by their Wheels, a back Water, turns all Topfy-turvy in the Body. A groundlefs Fright will bring that to : a(22) areal Exiftence, which otherwife would never have been: witne& the ftrange Productions of Fancy in breeding Women ;and it is too ap- parent in this Cafe, when a timo- rous Perfon hears a Relation of a malignant Smal Pox or Plague, and the terrible Symptoms attending them, he immediately forms to him- felt a perfect Idea of that Difeafe, which rouzes in his Blood a malig- nant Ferment or.contagious Seed, which feizes on the vital Spirit, and there the Confliét is begun and carried on, till one or the other conquers. We eat and drink and deftroy our felves: Do we not exaétly Pa- trizaye, that is, follow our Father’s Vices? For Externals do not fimply, ot of themfelves, contaminate us, but ’tis the Domeftick Enemy with- in, a broken Conftitution and an ill Habit of Body ; by which ae "the( 23 ) the ambient Air and Diet hath fuck Influence or Effect upon us, that we are forced to court them, in or- der to fupport this brittle Frame. The contagious Atoms that are dif fus’d through the Air, and are wafted up and down with every Blaft in Peftilential Seafons, and infeGted Places, tho’ flightly en- tring into the Body unfelt, unfeen, cannot of themfelves make the Plague, unlefs the Conftitution of the Body happens to favour the In- feCtion ; which, with humble de- ference to your learned Judgment and Opinion, is quite oppofite to your Affertion; which I think Ex- petience and Example will quite throw to the Ground. ‘You fay, That when the Conflitution of the Air happens to favour Infection, it rages there with great Violence, If you mean by: the Conftitution of. the Air, the Conftitution of the Air upon( 24) upon human Bodies, we mean the fame thing: If you mean the In: fection of the Air; then, I fay, the Conftitution of the Body will re- fit the Infection of the Air, as is evident from fo many Enolifh and ether European People, who are yearly in Grand Cairo, in Peftilen- tial Times, without receiving In- fection ; or if any of them are feiz- ed, they make very flight of it. See Pomet’s Hiftory of Drugs, But this is confirmed by all merchantile People, that trade to thofe Parts :, Tf this be fo, as the Fa& is, I won- der why you intit fo ftrongly upon Goods being open’d, and expos'd as much as may be, to’ the frefh Air, and performiog Quarentine, which will be fo de- trimental to the Merchant, and the Ruin of the Trade ; when your Af- fertion is but-a bare Say-fo, wz. That the contagious Matter lode’d im ' Goodsie) Goods of a loofe and foft Texture, which bemg pack’d up and carried into other Countries, let out when open’d the ims prifoned Seeds of Contagion: Reftat ad probandum. What.I have faid of the Confti- tution of the Body being the great- eft Enemy to, or beft Prefervative againft Infection, will be fupported by the Methods made ufe of by the moft fagacious PraCticers of Phyfick in peftilential Times; wherefore, in general, they encouraged and kept up the. natural Strength and Tone of the Parts; purified the ambient Air; prevented all Sorts of irregu- lar Ferments ; fortified the Sto- mach ; encouraged the Equality and Freedom of the Pulfe ; morti- fied the Virus ; expell’d the morbi- fick Matter ; promoted the Secre- tions of the Body, and difpofed it to a continual Perfpiration. A- mong the Learned of thofe Times, fome{ 26°) fome ran into Notions of magne- tick AttraCtions, as appears from their Opinion of the Ute of Amber, taken from Van Helmont ; who fays, Nil fane Stomacho inteftinis, Nervis, imo i Cerebro eff gratius fuccino. TThere’s nothing more grateful to the Stomach, Bowels, Nerves, and Brain, than Amber. I beg Pardon for mentioning any Thing that is practical to a Gen- tleman, who is Mafter of fo large a Field ; J only did it to fhew they had an Opinion that the Malignity of the Air was to be attra¢ted by the maguetick Power of Amber. ; I beg the Favour of you, Si, in your next Edition, that you wou’d be pleas’d to give fome fur- ther Satista&tion, out of Regard to the Turkey Trade, why Cotton, im- ported from thence, fhou’d, at all Times, be kept in Quarentine, not- with{tanding no Mifchiefs, you your felf( 27 J felf fay, has been felt from it, by the Ship’s Company, hitherto ; and no Infection has ever been proved received from it, in this Ifland, at any Time: It’s hitherto but a bare Suppofition, and is as ftrong a- gainft Bales of Coffee, and other Goods, received indifferently by all Nations (efpecially in. the Mediter- ranean) from Turkey, ever in pefti~ leffial Seafons, without deriving a- hy Contagion to the People trading in thofe Goods. This is a Matter of great Importance and requires your utmoft Confideration ; for a rafh Judgment may prove of fatal Confequence, either to the Trade or Inhabitants of Great Britain, I am, SIR, With all Refpedt, Your moft Obedient, Humble Servant, J. BROWNEA Pradtical Toke fg OF THE PLAGUE Of the Name, Nature, and Canfe of the Pracug. a] HE Plague is a conta: gious Venom, or fubtlé Poifon, generated with- in the Body, or commu- nicated from without ; " being of a malignant epidemical Nature, that fuddenly affaults the vital Strength and Spirits of Man- Kind, in all Ages of Life; therein put- tingC 30) ting him in the utmoft Terror and’ Ap- prehenfion of Death. . This. peftilential 7 “Ts; ‘propagated 'ai- ther by the Air, Diet, infected Goods, - Houfes, or Converfation with difeafed Perfons, and, laftly, by Difeafes which are the Caufes of other Difeafes, is ei- ther a verminous Contagion, or noifome Exhalation contain’d in the Air, taking their Original from putrid Bodies, exci- ted to Fermentation; and fo rarify’d and open’d by the ambient Air, whereby the virulent Atoms expire, and are drawn in by the Lungs; or elfe, being pent up for a fhore: Time, break out, atid: fuffo- cate the vital Spirits, as flaming Brim- ftone does a living Infect. This material virulent Subftance, which is endowed with exceeding fubtle Parts, ° hath free Paffage thro’ the Pores of the Body, which are open both for Admif- fion and Emiffion of the minute Parti- cles of Matter, which pafs thro’ by Means of the Exerctions and Secretions that are either friendly or hoftile to Na- ture. Now Sympathy and Antipathy, tho”C 3) tho’ tiot fo eafy to explain, are evident- ly manifeft in this Contagion ; for what- foever is congruous and confiftent with another Body, eafily and readily unites with the fame Body ; what is difpropor- tion'd to it, is rejected, and cannot unite, Thus there is a continual Concourfe with Matter, like to Matter: Water, in an Inftant, unices with Water, not fo readily with what is heterogenous to it felf: How quickly do the many Glo- bules of Mercury co-incide and become One, making a larger fphexrical Body 2 How wonderous fertile fome Lands ap- pear, by being dung’d withManure, that is agreeable to their Condition ? How gree- dily the Air imbibes any Body, or Parts of Matter, attenuated to fuch a Degree, that they feem, as it were, to be con- verted to the fame Identity. The Elements are, in their own Na- ture, fimple, and {table, and never ca- pable of undergoing an alternate Viciflt- tude and Change of one into another ; fo that (according to Mechanick De- monftration(32) monftration) it is plain that there is not one Grain, more ar lefs, either of Air or Water, fince the firft Moment of theCrea- tion. ‘Tis certain the Air is not only a Se- parator, but likewife a Difperfer and Collector of all tangible Bodies what~ foever ; infomuch, that the more it ap- proaches nearer to any Thing, the more it breaks into atomical Parts, according to its own Conftitution, and the Difpo- fition of that Matter it furrounds.. Now, the Air being ready, according as it is qua- lify’d for Dilatation and Contraction, and as it is thus. modify'd, fo it penetrates.as far asthere is the leaft Paflage, infenfibly carrying off whatfoever is capable to be yolatilized ; hence all Concretes (that have the leaft Humidity) continually ex- pire, fending out various Emanations fuitable to the Matter from whence they are derived ; which, acquiring an inward Ferment, or being divided into invifible Parts, by Torture of Fire, are all gree- dily fuck’d up into the f{pungy Spaces, or magnetick Influence of the Air; which,C33 which, being liable to many Changes,. confequently produces healthy or fickly Gonftitutions ; Difeafes malignant or mild, acute or cronick, gentle or ra. ging. » Now, when the ambient Air fhall be erowded full of infinite fmall Particles, difagreeing to our Nature, in their Fi- gure, Crafis, Power; Texture and Pro- portion, making inceffantly a ftrong Im- pulfe upon the vital Spitics; how is ir -poffible but they muft be affected, al. ter'd, and at length overcome; fince from the Retarding, or an inordinate State of Excretion; arifes a Chilnefs or Trembling of the Body, Pains’ about the Heart, and Deliriums which are difcover'd by the fpafmodick Stridtures of the little Fibres? If a Putrefation or Virus follows, it is attended with a fud- den Decay of Strength, joined to a Lofs of Spirits, Faintnefs, Feeblencfs of Pulfes Urine without natural Sediment, Per: turbation of Mind, Want of Sleep and Reft; otherwife, there happens Vomit- ings, Diarrheas, Inflamations about the E Throat,( 34) Throat, Deliriums and Palpitation of the Heart, &c. Now, the venomous antecedent Mat- ter, which occafions the Plague, derives its Origine immediately, either from within the Body, or without, as laid down at the firft. Within the Circumference of the-Skin, an abfolute’ peftilential Poifon is fometimes generated, which being incubated by the external Heat, and fermented by feveral outward Acci- dents, is at aft maturated into’ this kind of virulent Matter that occafions the Plague; for, undoubtedly, were a Man feparated from all Society, and lived in never fo wholefome an Air, yet fuch a peftilential Seed may fpring up in the Body, capable of producing the fame Effect, which an extraneous Matter 6c- curring frequently doth; that is, receiy- ing the Infection without Commerce, Contact, or Converfation with oe Infected. Neither ought this to feem ae fince alt Things in the:Body, that dege- nerate from their native Purity, and ‘be- comeC 35 J come flagnant, are cither in fome fhort Time excluded thence, or elfe are recti- fied, and, if poffible, reduced to their priftine State ; and if Nature cannot per- form this, then, by little and little, they are infenfibly work’d up to what they are capable of. Hence, by the Power of different Ferments, arifes diftinét Difea- fes congruous to the firft Principles they were endud withal:. Thus Apo- plexies, Epilepfies, Vertigoes, Lethar- gies, Madnefs, and malignant Fevers, take their Original. ; The outward.antecedent: Matter ari- feth from forme:minute venomous Parti- cles,. or: Effluvias. of various Bodies, ei- ther received: in.at the Stomach, or im- mediately éntering: thro’ the.faall Pores! of ‘the, Skin, where. they perform fatab Effects, according to the Capacity of the Receiver ; for: it happens fometimes that a peftilential Virus is taken in, and by Virtue of a Robuft Conftitution forthwith excluded again; fo that what would prove detrimental to one Man’s Health, little impairs anoclier. . Ex Now( 36 ) Now the common Road, thro’ which this Poifon is convey'd, is chiefly the Mouth and Noftrils; Places obvious e- nough for the Reception of thefe viru- kent Atoms: Infpiration and Expiration, fo neceflary to Life, muft needs draw in with the Air, whatfoever is intermix'd therein. This we find iq Subterranean Damps, which quickly fuffocate Men, if not prefently removed into freh Air, and likewife extinguifh burning Lamps and Candles. i We commonly fee that a putrid or corrupted Body, being congeald by Frofts, emits no further any Odour, tho’ the Heat and Warmth of the ambien Air would quickly extract a noifome Exhalation ; we find cold Seafons fo efficacious in reftraining this peftilential Difeafe, that feldom any great Mortali- ty hath reigned among us in a very fharp Winter, but what hath been curb- ed by nipping Frofts. The Health of Man is not only en- danger’d by the corrupted Exhalation of inanimate Things, that make a {trong In-C37) Impreflion on our Spirits, by weakning the Tone of the Parts, and debilicating their Vigour ; but likewife the Refpira- tion and Effuvias of various Sorts of Animals’ do often prove’ obnoxious to eur Narutes; fone Man’s Body will eafily infect. another's, by Reafon of 2° Natural ‘Affinity between ‘one and ‘the other ; for there is an eafy Tranfinigra- tion of virulent Particles from Body ‘to Body, ‘whete ‘there is a\ proper Magie- tifm ;-And, doubrle{s,:theze are:fome Men. and Women, feemingly healthful, whofe Breathings and Effuvias are very perni- cious to others: Coriftirutions, tho’ nor fenfibly to be -difcover'd. Since then we are béfet on ‘every:Side with invifi- ble Spitits ; T mean the more refined fub- tle Particles ‘of Air's “how is it .poffible that Materials thowd: be wanting for the forming ‘contagious, and other innume- rable Difedfes > There ‘are diverfe Difeafes that are infectious, tho’ not fo deadly’ as the Plague ; as.the Black and Yellow Jaun, dice, ‘Tech, Leprofy, Meafles, Small- Pox,( 38) Pox, WVenereal Lues, all which infect by Touch ; nay,: putrid Lungs have convey’d their Corruption to others by the Breath: But the Plague infects by: all thefe Ways ; for there is a fubtle Venom that, being. very thin and fpi- rituous, joins it felf to the Air, and, pier- cing the Body, mixes with the Fluids thereof. For Proof of this, we fee that Cloaths, Houfhold-Gocds, nay, Walls of Cham- bers, will a long Time retain any flrong Scent givn: Now Scents are certain fubtle Effuvias of Matter, diftributed into the Air, which is the Vehicle wherein they are conyey’d; fo the pef- tilential Infection feizes Human Bodies, and. leaves Contagion. on inanimate Things ; for Cloaths,: and_ all. Sorts; of, Goods, not only. receive: Infections but, infect others. Fracafforius tells us of,a Furr’d-Gown that was the Death of 25 Men. in Verona, Anno 1511. who, .one after another, wore -it,’,thinking ftill they had aired it fufficiently : And, if Alexander Benedittus may be believ'd, Feather-( 39 ) Feather-Beds, will keep the Contagion many Years ; undoubtedly, withouc proper Care be taken to cure them of the Infection. Of the Signs, or Fore-runners, from whence we may apprebend or dread aPLacueE; according to Ludo- vicus Gardinius, and Eberhar- dus Gockelius. HE Plague is to be fear’d if the following Signs appear. rft, If Spring and Summer have been too-moift; if Winter and Autumn too wet, and not ‘cold enough. 2d, If the South Winds have blown without Tempefts or Hur- ticanes. 3d, If the Air, for fome Time together, changes often in a Day, and is fometimes hot,’and then cold, now cloudy, and then clear; yet the Clouds hang low, the Air is fultry, and the Heavens threaten Rain without any fall- ing. 4th, If there be an extravagance Quantity of ftinking Atoms, Infects, or Animals, as .of Flies, Frogs, Snakes, Locutts,C40) Locufts, de. or if Birds retreat to foli- tary Places, and forfake theit Nefts. 5. If Famine happen, or there be too great Plenty of corrupted Meats; or, if a Nation be affli€ted with Troubles and Poverty, that may throw them into 4 Confternation ; or if Wars have been among them, whereby, from Battles, or Sieges, their Dead lie unbury’d. . 6th; If unufual Fires or Comets have ap- pear'd in the Sky; if Chafms or un- common Meteors, falling Stars, and the like, have been feen in the Air; fince thefe make great Changes in natural Bodies, they likewife difpofe the Air and render it capable of receiving peftilential Impreffions. 7th, Jf Small Pox, putrid Fevers, and fuch like contagious Difeafes reign ; fince from hence the Air is often cor- rupted, we may very well judge them to be the Seminaries of Contagion. 8th, If the Plague rages in a neigh- bouring Country, we arc to be fearful of its f{preading Influence ; fince it is eafy to be communicated cither by Air, in-C 41 J infected Goods or Perfons. 9. But the Signs are certain that the Contagion is amongft us, if the following Symptoms appear. Of the Signs or Symptoms of Perfons infected with the PLaGueE, from the fame Authors. HE Signs of Infection are General and Particular ; the firft are, when . many Perfons die without any apparent Caufe or Sicknefs, much about the fame Time, and in the fame Condition, being affected with an equal Weight or Degree of Symptoms. The particular or fpecial Signs of In- fetion, are Horror and Coldnef$ in the outward Parts, and a preternatural Heat within; and’ this chiefly upon the firft Acceffion. 2. An unquenchable Thirft. 3. An Oppreffion or Heavinefs of the whole Body, and Laffitude of the Limbs, with a total Lofs of Strength. 4. Head- Ach. ¥. Sleep and immoderate Waking. F 6. De-C 42 ) 6. Delirium and Dimnefs of Sight. 8. Afthma. 9. Pain about the Heart, and a Profufion of cold damp Sweats. 10. Syncope and Delirium. 11. A point- ed Pain upon the Heart and Sides. 12. Frequent Vomitings and Naufea or Ab- horrence of Food. 13. The Pulfe either fmall, languid, and irregular, or elfe fwift, furious, and intenfe, or otherwife attended with large Intermiffions. 14. The Urine thick and muddy, and of an ill Scent. 15. The Stools fetid, frothy, often black and thin. 16. A ftrinking Breath, hoarfencfs of Voice, difficulr Breathing, with a Bitternefs in the Throat or Mouth. 17, In melancholy Confti- tutions, the Belly is fwell’d and puff’d up, asin aTympany: In many, Blood flows from the Noftrils, fometimes by Stool, from the Bladder and Mouth. 18. Cold ftinking Sweats will appear in fome ; but this is not always found. Shedlede Signs( 43 ) Signs upon the Body of an infected | Perfor. HESE Signs after Death, certainly thew any Perfon to be infected with the Plagne, viz. Buboes in any Part of the Body, Carbuncles or Blotches, and peftilential Wheales. The Face appears much more horrid than that of other dead Bodies. ‘The Body is not ftiff, as it is ufual to be in others, but foft and yielding; that is, as lankas a Rag dip’d inWater. If the Stench and Putrefaction be great, it prefently flows out of the Body, which in others it will not do of fome Days. The Prognoftick Sons of Health or Death, HE Plague in its felf is much more deadly or mortal, than it can be call'd falutary: As to the Signs of the laft, they are, 1. A firm or {trong Con- F2 fticucion,( 44) ftitution, vigorous enough to expel the Viras by copious Sweats ; whence Boils, Puftles, and Spots, are thrown out. 2. A Retention of fuch Medicines as are given, as well as that of Meat and Drink. 3. Buboes breaking out at the greareft Diftance from the Heart. 4. A Conftancy or Refolution of Mind, not interrupted with a Delirium or Giddi- nefs. 5. Vigorous Appetite. 6. An c- gual or regular Heat of Body. 7. Eafy Breathing. 8. Natural Refl. 9. Free Pulfe. 10. MoiftTongue. Butthere is no truft to be given to thefe promifing Symptoms, till the Difeafe is quite ma- fterd. On the contrary, we are not to defpair in the moft dreadful Appear- ances, as thefe are which follow. As 1. A profufe Flux of Blood from the Mouth, Nofe, Bladder, Womb, Funda- ment. And, 2. An irregular Flux of Nature in Women, upon the Infection. 3- Continual vomiting of Medicines giv- en, as well as of Meat and Drink. 4. No appearance of a Bubo, or elfea fud- den Difappearance and Difappointment in(45 ) in the Maturation or bringing it to a Head. 5. Minute black or green Car- buncles, which, when open’d, inftead of Matter or Pus, difcharge a Froth, or otherwife appearing dry, are of a livid Colour, and dry at-the Bottom. 6. Ic is a deadly Sign for Carbuncles to be feated under the Chin, towards the Pa- late ; they arealfo Mortal, that are found upon the Throat, Stomach or Region of the Breaft; as alfo Budoes behind the Ears, by reafon of their Situation, are of dangerous Confequence. 7. Deadly Sleep. 8. A fwell’d Belly, with Dei- rium. 9. The Body tinged with a blew Dye. 10.Black, livid, blewifh Spots or Puftles, ftriking inwards from the Skin tothe Heart. x11. Troublefome Dreams. 12. The Colour of the.Buboes being at firt livid and lead-colour’d, of a red- difh Brown from Black. 13. A cafting out of black bilious Matter. 14. Co- flivenefs, or elfe a Diarrhea or Bloody- Flux. 15. Dark heayy Urine, void of all Sediment, or an Excretion thereof, with great Difficulry. 16. An Inflama- ‘ tion( 46) tion of the ‘Liver, a fore Throat, Pleu: rifies or Phrenzy.:. 17.. A ‘fwellitig -or fulnefs about the Heart, .with great Pul- {ation and Pain in the Bowels. . The Signs which threaten and denote nothing but Death,-are a frightful Coun- tenance of the Difeafed, Jofs of Sight and Memory, a gaping Mouth, falling Jaws, little trembling Pulfe, a thaking and coldnefs of the Hands and Feet, a livid Nofe with beating of the Noftrils; frequent finking ofthe Heart, cold Sweats and ftinking Breath: This is the Height of the Contagion, of which the Poet fays thus ; . Trifte fupercilinm furiafus vultus & acer Compreffe nares, nafi primoris acumen Tenue cavati oculi, cava tempora, frigida pellis Durag; in ore jacens vettum frons tenta meabat. sess of(47) Of 1 the. ufual Trdications relating to the Cure of the Plague, and: ihe nnecef- fary. Precautions: in order to pre- vent tt. “HIS. raging Malady, fince it isthe moft deadly of all Difeafes, feiz- ing the Heart and Head with fo much precipitation, tequires the quickeft Re- lief and urmoft Skill of the intelligent Phyfician, who is-to ufe all his Art and medical Artillery to vanquith fuch a powerful Foe: For which end the ufe of Medicines, which correct the Malignity, and open the Obftructions of the Body, is to be confulted, as likewife thofe which quiet and allay the Effervefcence and Fermentation of the Blood and Hu- mours: For the Heart and vital Parts be- ing principally attack’d, particular Re- gard muft be had for their fpeedy and cffeQual Relief. Now, as we have faid already, that Contagion is produced by an efficient Caufe ;(48) Caufe ; which efficient Caufe is either 4 verminous -Putrefaction--or peftilential Infection of thé Air, which ads intet- nally: and externally upon an human Body, either by entring the Pores, or paffing the contagious Particles into the Lungs, and fo communicating its deadly Ferment to the. Blood and Humours: Therefore, fince Mankind is the Subject of this mortal Difeafe, atid confequent- ly the Matter in which it is to ad, wé cannot be too much upon our Guard, to prevent the leaft Approach of this Enemy ; or if enter’d by Stealth, to drive him out with all the Caution and Expedition imaginable. Since the external Caufe‘of the Plague is demonftrated to proceed from the ex- ternal Air, infected with peftilential Va- pours, or verminous Exhalations ; wé are to enquire by what Means this con- tagious Air is to be purified, or the fa- tal Effects thereof prevented. Firft then, in the cooleft Seafons of the Night or Day, we are to cleanfe and free the Streets, Ditches, and Highways, from allC 49) all Dirt, Filth and Naftinefs- to bury all Carcafles or dead Bodies deep in the Earth; otherwife to burn them: ‘To take Gare that all Rags, any corrupted Meat; or the like, be removed at‘ a Diftance, or elfe committed to the Flames; thac every Thing be kept neat.and clean, as well without Doors as within; and that no Water be permitted to ftand long in Cifterns, Tubs, or other ‘Veflels. ‘All Commerce with infected Places muft be prohibiced; and-not only their Perfons, ‘bué -Goods, at that ‘Time, ought to perform Quarantine :' The Con- verfation afid’Communication with in- fected Perforis, or thofe wlio come from Places infected,- mutt be ftridly avoided and forbid : And what appears of the great- eft Confequence to large Towns and Cities, when vifited, is, thar the ftrid- eft Guard be kept upon Dogs, and Cats, from wandring from one Houfe to ano- ther ; efpecially the latter,- which ought to be cag’d, or otherwife fecured, be- caufe they are apt to rua wide from Home; and tho’ they enter not infected Houfes, they may have Converfation with Cats that come from fuch, and fo eafily communicate the Contagion to the whole Family ; which will-foon, by this Way, propagate it felf, where-ever . G thefe€ 5°) thefe Creatures come, which, in fome Families, are very familiar, and lie up- on Beds, and Ladies Laps; whence the Difeafe will be readily convey’d to all around ’em. : A good wholefome temperate Air is to be preferved in its Natural State and Condition ; and peculiar Care taken to keep the Houfes clean from all Kinds of Vermin, Duft and Cobwebs; and U- tenfils and Houfhold-Goods conftantly icour'd, wafh’d, dry’d, and expos’d to the Air, during the Time that the Sun is above the Horizon. Whatever Dr. Adead has urged againft Fires being made in the Streets, built upon Dr. Hodges de Pefte, the Experi- ence of all Ages, and all Authorities, are againft him; but had that not been jo, there is the flrongeft Reafon in Na- ture for Fire in peftilential Times, efpe- cially Coal-Fires, by Reafon of the great Quantities of Amber contain’d in that Body, as our Modern Chymifts know to their great Gain, and Abundance of Bituminous Earth, both which are great Enemies to Contagion, and Deftroyers of the malignane Virus, whether it be a _ Verminous, or any other kind of corrupt- ed Exhalation; for asFires diffipate the col- lected Atoms in peftilential Airs, by rari- fying(.5t } fying and attenuating the groffer Particles of the Atmofphere, within the Compafs: of their ACtivity; fo the Experience, both : of Soldiers and Seamen, will juftify, chac firing of Guns, efpecially Cannon, will: purify the Air, both by Concuffion, as well as by its conftituent Parts of Sulphur” and Niter, as it is frequently ufed in: Camps for that Purpofe ; as was practi- ced when that malignant Diftemper fell upon their Horfes in Flanders, and.fwept off fo many; and is, at this Day, by the Sailors, in the Southern Parts of the World, when the Clouds hang fo low, that they are ready to be fuffocated on Ship-board, and {mell as it were the’ Stench of Brimjffone; or elfe they are in fear of a Spout, as they call it. ‘ Befides the Ufe of Coal-Iires pub- lickly in the Streets, I would advife a conftant (tho’ moderate) Ufe of Fires in every Lodging Room, after Sun-fet ; for the Damps of the Air are greater in the Nights, during the Summer Seafon, than in Winter, by Reafon of greater Exhala- tions that are carry’d ip into the Air, and let fall in Dews, moft frequently in the Night-time, excepting now and then where no Dew falls, and then Rain ge- nerally fucceeds the following Day: G2 The~ (52). The next Thing to be taken Care of is, either Cloaths, or Merchandife: As to the latter, Dr. Mead fill (from the Authority of Hodges) charges upon Cot- ton, imported from Turkey; but Gocke- fs fays, that in that very Year 1665, which Dr. Hodges mentions, fome Soldiers returning then from Hungary, having been in the Turkifs Wars, fpread the Infecti- on about Ulm and Ausburg, where he then lived; and, befides the ‘Plague, they brought along with them the Hungarian, and other malignant Fevers,which diffus'd themfelves around the Neighbourhood, whereof many died. See Gockelius de Pefte, p. 25. : Among the Merchandizes that come from Abroad, the Doétor has well ob- ferv'd the greateft Danger:is from fuch Goods as are apt to return (and I think ic ought to have been receive too) In- fection ; fuch as Cotton, Hemp, and Flax ; Paper, or Books ; Silk of all Sorts; Linen, Wool, Feathers, Hair, and all Kinds of Skis, and Leather; as Kercher obferves in a Plague at Alcair, in Egypt, where all the Carriers, Shoes makers, and Coblers were infected withthat Difeafe, which they received fromLeather. The laf Thing, is Letters coming from infected Places, which muft be pu- rify'd(53) rify'd by Fumigations made over the Fire; tho’ this is contrary to Dr. Mead’s Opinion, who can fee no Reafon to ex- pect any Virtue to deftroy:the Matter of Infection from Fumes of hot Things, as Frankincenfe, Storax, &c. Ludovicus Cardinius advifes to fumigate Letters with hot Things, and Aromaticks; and alfo to fume Houfes, and Bed-Chambers, with Sulphur, Frankincenfe, Common Salt, and Pitch; nay, to make a Smoak.or Smother of Hay; or of Horns and eld Leather ; fetting the Windows open, whereby the infected Air is driven: out with the Fume, efpecially that of Su- phur: The Scent is indeed ungrateful, but not fetid. or putrid, but, on the contrary, fafe and falutary. ; Valefius de Taranta in Phylonio, Cap. Ill. Lib. VII. fpeaks alfo a Word on the fame Side; All ftinking Things, fays he, are to be avoided; and all good a- greeable Scents encouraged ; but,.if you fay that thofe hot Steems arifing from Aromaticks are Vehicles to carry. the ‘corrupted Air to the Heart, it. is really otherwife, becaufe, without thefe, the peftilential Air would enter the -vital Parts ; becaufe, whether we will, or no, we infpire and attraét the Air; there- fore ought to take Care that it be freed from( 54 J from’ noxious Particles, by Reafon the: finer ‘Aromatick Parts are fubtilized by: the Fire,‘and made. fit ‘to diffipate the malignant Qualities of the. corrupted’ Air. . I fhall not trouble my Reader with the ufual or cuftomary Provifion the Magiftrate makes in contagious Times ; but only obferve, that all publick Affem- blies, diforderly Livings, Tippling in Brandy-Shops, and Bagnios, are forbid, left the Contagion hereby be commu- nicated from one to the other ; and like- wife all thofe who are employ’d about the Sick, are order’d to avoid Commu: nication’ with found Perfons, left, by coming into Company, or even in their Sight, they fhould affect the Imaginati- on with too ftrong Impreffions: But, 4e that dwelleth in the fecret Place of the moft High, faall abide under the Shadow of the Almighty: Surely he fhall deliver thee from the Snare of the Fowler, and from the noifome Peftilence : Thou fbalt not be afraid for the Terror by Night ;. nor for the Arrow that flieth by Day: Nor for the Peftilence that walketh in Dark- nels; nor for the Plague that walketh at Noon-day. ofC55.) Of Prefervativess ‘or fuch Things as have Power; and’ are moft < ‘to! prevent the Eifetion in. Oe 7 THE firft Thing advifed by the cok Learned Phyficians, in the Two great Plagues before,that of 1665, the Principal, of which, were Sir Theodore Mayerne, Hammon, Butler, Atkins and Harvey, was the,Correction of the Air; and thefé, with their Fellow Collegues, were:all of Opinion that Bonfires fheuld be often made in the,Streets, and that fome time the Tower. Ordinance, might be fhot off; as alfo thar there . fhould be good Fires kept in and about the vi- fied Houfes, and thofé of their Neigh- bours. The fame Orders, were. obferv- ed, as direéted by the: Learned, in the Plague of 1665. . The fingle’ Tnftance Hodges .de Pefte brings. of making | Fires for Three Nights together in the Streets ; after which, fays he, there died, in One Night , following, no - Jefs chan, Four Thonfand ; he does not relate whether it was the Night immediately following, or what other Night ; but becaufe fome one Night after, fuch a large Number died,( 56) died, which is no ways conlufive that the Fire was the Caufe thereof, again{t the Experience of all before and fince that Time; yet Dr. Mead fays this is more than fifficient to difcourage any fur= ther Attempts of this Nature. But, in order to correct the Air yet more; take Rofe-mary.dry’d,-or Juniper, Bay-Leaves or Frankincenfe, caft the fame on a Chaffing-Dith of: Coals, and make a Fume or Smoak thereof; alfo make the Fires rather in Stoves to move about the Chamber, than in Ghimneys. “Drs. Butler and ‘Atkins’s Method to Fume the: Honfe. “Fake a Quantity’ of ftrong “Vinegar, and‘ put a little Rofe-water, -and a good deal-‘of Rofemary thereto; pur thém all in a Bafon; then take-Five or Six Flint Stones heated red hot, caft them into the Vinegar, and‘let the Fumes be con- vey’d over all the Houfe. Likewife {cent ic with Rue, Gentian, Angelica, Juni- per, ‘Lavender, Rofemary, Mint dry’d and burnt over the Fire; or elfe firft fteep’d in Wine Vinegar, and then burnt. Or fcent the Houfe and all -the Furni- ture with quick Lime flack’d in Vinegar. Or burn Pitch, Tar, Rofin or Frank- incenfe. Ano:€ 57 J .. Another way to Perfume the Houfe or Bed-chamber.” Take Wood of Aloes 3}j. Cloves, 3fs. Juniper and Bay Berries, of each %ifS. Sage, Rofemary and Marjo- ram, of each two handfuls, make a grofs Powder, which burn either in your Bed-chamber, or elfe-where in the Houfé. Scented Candles to burn in any part of the Lonfé, from Dr. Bate. » Take Gum Labdanum 3)j. Storax,Ben- Jamin, Olibanum, Gum Juniper, Myrrh, Cloves and Amber, of cach half an Ounce, make into a Mafs for Candles, with a Pound of Bees Wax. Dr. Goddard's Liquid Fumes or Va- pours, were made of Orange Peels, Cloves, Cinamon, Aloes Wood, Ci- triné Sanders, Enula Campana Roots, Red Rofe Leaves, and a little Camphore, fumed in Vinegar of Rofes, in the Bed-chamber, or by the Patient’s Bed- fide, by means of a Chaffing Difh of Coals, or a Lamp burning with Spirit of Wine camphorated, or Spirit of La- yender for Perfons of Diftinétion. Another for common Ufe. Take an Ounce of Methridate or Ve- nice Treacle, boil it over a common Fire in Vinegar, together with Bay and Juni- H per.¢ 58 ) pet Berries, Elicampana Roots, Mint, {weet Marjoram, Rofemary, and the like fragrant Herbs or Woods, and {nuff up the Vapour thereof once or twice a Day, as Occafion demands. The fragrant Odours which refrefh the Spirits, without the Affiftance of Fire, arc generally ufeful Abroad, as well as a’ Home, efpecially fuch as ex- pel the contagious Virus, and purify the infected. Air; fuch are Rofes, Violets, and other fragrant Flowers: befides which, are Sanders, Camphore, Orrice Roots, Elicampana, Cloves, Cinamon, Mace, Nutmegs, Lavender, Rofemary, Thyme, Hyffop, Origanum, Sage, Rue, Marjoram, Bay, Myrrh, Labdanum, Storax,, Orange and Lemon Peels, Juni- per, Cyprefs, Saffron, Calamus Aro- maticus, Vinegar, gencrous noble Wines, Rofe-water, Treacle-water, ¢e. A liquid Suuff from Ludovicus Gar- dinius. Take Treacle and Mithridate, of each 3i. Camphore half ; the Leaves of Rue, Wormwood, Rofemary and Lavender, of each Two Drams ; infufe them in a Pint of White-wine Vinegar Twenty Four Hours; ufe this Liquor with a Spunge as often as you pleafe. Or,M 4 4 C59 ) ‘Or, the following Powder: to. put in Bags, or firew upon your Hair, Wigs and Cloaths. : Take Citrine Sanders, Lemon and Orange Peels; Cloves and Orrice Roots, of each an Ounce, Benjamin half an Ounce, Camphore two Drams, Amber three Drams, make into a fine Powder. Other Perfumes to carry about, as diretted éy Butler, Bate, Wetherburn, and Re- gemorterus, Take Roots of Angelica 3ij. Rue and Wormwood, of each one Dram, Lab- -danum one Dram ‘and a: half, Camphore ten’ Grains, feep: intWine : Vinegar s put this with a Spuinge into a filver or woodén-Box to.fmell to, or have a Ju- niper Box made with Holes in it. It is ufeful for.fuch as go Abroad to carry Rue, Angelica, or Zedoary in their Hands to fmell to ; or they may chew a little, or top their Noftrils with green Rue or Tobacco Leaves of the largeft Cut." It is of ill Confequence to be o- ver fearful, and the.higheft:Prefumption to be too dating. . ieee Or, elfe-take Rue one handful, ftamp it in a Mortar; put thereto Wine Vine- gar enough to moiften it, mix them well, then ftrain-out the Juice ; wet either a H2 piece( 60 ) piece of Spunge or a Toaft of brown Bread therewith, to carry about, with you. - The following Recipe was communicated to me by Monfizur Mahew, a French Painter, by the Ufe of which he pre- ferved himfelf from the Contagion, du- ring Four feveral Plagues, in which he loved, and painted dead Bodies that cere infected, viz. Caen im Norman- dy, Bourdcaux iv Gafcony, Paris, and the laft Plague in London. Take Galingal fliced 3ij. infufe this in a Quart of White-Wine. Vinegar for three Days; of this take four Ounces every Morning, in which ftcep a Toaft. of Bread, and cat it; {nuff fome of the Vi- negar up your Noftrils, and wafh-your Hands and Temples with the reft. About his Neck and Arms, he wore Amulets af Amber, Camphore and Euphorbium fewed in Bags, and bound about the Parts. Pomanders inthe Nature of Amulets, di- rected by the College of Phyficians. 1636. Take Angelica, Rue, Zedoary, of each 3ij. Myrch 4ij. Camphore gr. vi. Wax and Labdanum, of each 31). more or lefs, as neceffary for the Compofition ef , a(61 ) a Ball or Balls to carry about, A Hole may be eafily made therein, that it may be wore about the Neck, or elfewhere. Another for the Richer Sort. Take Citron Peel, Angelica Seeds, Zedoaty, red Rofe Leaves, of each 3fs. Yellow Sanders, Aloes Wood an. 3i. Nutmegs Div. Storax, Benjamin, of each 3iCamphore gr. vj. Labdanum 3iij: Gum Tragacanth diflolved in Rofe-water e- nough.to formit. To this add of Spirit of Rofes fix Drops, (or the fame Quanti- ty of. Bergamot) put this in a Box, or wear it about the Neck. Dr. Goddard’s: s mulet to.be ware at the » Picofthe Stomach. ~ '.Take white Di@tamny, Saffron and Campliore, of eacha Dram, Gum Labr danunr;half a Dram, Balfam’ of, Peru, and: Oil of Nutmegs, of each fixDrops ; mix and. put them.into a Bag to, hang round the Neck witha String. Likewife Amber Necklaces, and Bracelets of the fame, were advifed by the moft Learned, and wore with good Succefs in all the Three laft Plagues. Dr.(62) "Dr. Scarburgh’s feented Bails for the Plague. Peet Ee ‘Take Nutmegs,- Mace, Saffafras; Cloves, Aloes Wood, Storax, of each 3i. Benjamin 3fs. Musk 3i. Amber- greafe 3{%. make a Ball or Balls to be wore about the Neck. For Summer. Take Sage, Rofemary and red Rofe Flowers, of each Zi. Yellow Sanders 3fs. dried Lemon-Peel 3ij. Ambergreafe fix Grains, with Rofe-water and Gum Tra- gacanth ; make aMafs. So fweetfcented Soaps were recommended as generally ufeful to wath the Hands and Face, Feet and Legs in Rofe-water, Vinegar or good Wine, that the Excretions of the Body might yield a grateful, pleafing, and refrefhing Odour. Herbs, Rufhes, and Boughs that are neceffary to be difpofed about the Houfe and Bed-chamber, which yield refrehhing Scents, and contribute much towards purifying the Air, and refitting the Infe- tion. OF this kind are all forts of Rufhes and Water.Flags, Mint, Balm, Camomil Grafs, Hyflop, Thyme,’ Penny-royal, Rue, Wormwood, Southern-wood, Tanfy Coftmary, Lime-tree, Oak, Beech, Walnut, Poplar, Ath, Willow, ¢e. Like:(63 ) Likewife Linen Cloths may. be dip’d in Vinegar and any fweet feented Water, as Fanfey, Angelica, dc. and’ thefe Cloths to be hung upon the Walls, ot upon Cords in Bed-chambers, being e- very Day waflrd and dip'd afrefh, as be- fore; by which means they will accra and imbibe the Vzrus which floats in pefti- lential Airs ; efpecially, if after wafhing and dipping, as before, the faid Cloths or Sheets hang: a little before a brisk Coal Fire till they fmoak, their Power of Attraétion will be much the greater : By this means the feminary Influence of the Plague is extinguifhed, fays Fraca- frorius. See L. 3. de Curatione Morb. Contag. A frequent Change of Cloaths, and a- careful drying or airing of them Abroad, with whisking orcleanfing of them from all Filth and Duft, which may harbour Infedtion, is of great Ufe and Advan- tage ; as it is likewife to keep the Win- dows-open as foon as the Sun rifes till he fets, efpecially to the North and Eaft; for the cold Blafts from the North tem- per the Malignicy of Peftilential Airs. Dr. Gliffon, Sit Tho. Millington, Dr. Charlton, and other learned Phyficians, T find, in the laft-Plague, recommended Fumigations to be made of Arfenick : Sy.( 64) 3ij- and Sulphur % §%. efpecially in Pla- ces infected ; but this was done in the empty Rooms, which were afterwards fumed with Cloves grofly pouder'd 3i, Rofe-Water 3iij, Vinegar 3ij, burn- ed in a Pan of Coals; or elfe by cafting a Pint of White Wine-Vinegar upon the Fire, in the Midft of the Bed-Chamber. Llox the Body is to be fortifyd againft the Force of Contagion ; and firft of Diet. Let your Meat be always good, {weet and temperate nor too moift and flafhy, but eafy of Digeftion, and fuch as creates good Blood; as Beef, Mutton, Lamb, Chickens, Turkey, Pullet, Ca- pon, Patridge and Pheafant; avoiding all Sea-Fow], with Duck and Pidgeon ; but Venifon is good, if freth, and well roafted, with the Hearts of all Crea- tures proper to be eat. Ler your Sauce confift chiefly of the cool acid and acrid Herbs and Roots, as Sallery, Endive, Lettice, Spinage, Creffes, efpecially Sor- rel, together with Oil, Verjuice, and a- bove all, Lemons and Oranges, which refift Putrifaction, and cool the intem- perate Heat of the Liver and Stomach: Salt Meat and hot Spices muft be cau- tioufly ufed. LetC65 ) Let your Bread be light, and not too mew ; drink but little Malt Drink, and et that be good, pure, and not too much upon the ferment, or over-hop’d ; fine Mead is of excellent Ufe, and good Wine is an Antidote againft all Poifons ; but beware of Excefs: See Celfus de Remedia, Lib. VIII. Cap. 27. Young hale and {trong Conftitutions muft noc be too free with Wine in contagious Times, for fear of Inflamations, which are of the laft Confequence in peftilenti- al Cafes. Let none go Abroad Fafting, but eve- ry Body eat according to their Cuftom and Circumftances, as Bread and Butrer with Rue, Sage, Sorrel, ¢¢. or a Toaft fop’d in Wine or Metheglin. The Cu- ftom that prevails now may be of excel- Jent Ufe, that is, to Break-faft upon Coffee, Bohea Tea, or Chocolate, with Bread and Butrer. If you fufpet a Child to have the Worms at fuch a Time, ufe not Trifles, buc order him as in Danger of Infection, that Difeafe having fuch a Tendency to Putrefaction, and confequently apt to receive Conta- gion ; therefore give a Scruple of the following Powder. Take of red Coral 3i, Lemon-Poel, Roots of Angelica, Tormentil and Rhubarb, of each 3f3; I Coralline-( 66) Coralline-Powder 3i; make all into a fine Pow der, and give the faid Quantity iia little Carduus Water, fweeten’d with fome Syrup of Succory, with Rhubarb. In Times of Infection, avoid all windy Things that are produced from the Gar- den, and fuch ‘as are fubje& to fudden Purrefaction, as all Kinds of Pulfe, Cab- bage, Collyflowers, Sproyts, Melons, Cucumbers, ge. as alfo a great many Summer Fruits had better be refrain’d, faving Cherries, Currans, Strawberries Rafpers, Mulberries, Quinces, and Pom- granates, which may be eaten moderate- ly with good Effect. Fifh in general is bad, and fhould be feldom eaten ; but the beft are Soale, Mullet, Plaife, Flounder, Trout, Gud- geon, Lobfter, Cray-fifh and Shrimps: Pond-Fifh are not good, neither Fith- Sauces made of hot Spices and Ancho- vy ; but the moft plain is the beft, as frefh melted Butter, with ‘Lemon, O- range, or Vinegar. Be fire to be tem- perate in ‘eating either Fith or Flefh, and always rife from Table with an Ap- petite ; but every Man’s Stomach is va- rious, ‘therefore ‘1 no Rule can be better given than thac of Hypocrates, Aph. 17. Lib. I. we maft fubmit to Seafon, Coun- tries and Cuftoms in thefe Things.(67) Of Medicines to be made ufe of, as well ‘or Prevention, as Cure of the Puacue. T fliall begin with Emeticks, and thew what Sorts of Vomits were ufed by the Ledtned in thofe Times ; and what may be thought proper, where fuch an Eva- cuation-is required; and as Nature oft- en indicates the Neceflity of Vomiting, a8 wliere there is'a Fulnefs of Stomach, from eating or drinking, Surfeit, Vomic- ing: without Blood, de. I-fhall fer down fome Forms. Take, either Vinegar or Oxymel of Squills, two Spoonfuls, Cinamon-Water, with Barley, three Spoonfuls, Angelus Salas Emeticks Syrup, one Spoonful, make a Draught. Or take half a Dram to a Dram of of Sal of Vitriol, calld Gia Theaphra- Sis or three ot four Spoonfuls of the Infufion of Crocus Metallorum, call'd the Emetick Wine. Angelus Sala’s Emetick Syrup. Take Glafs of Antimony, finely ground, 3i; Cinarnon, Zedoary, Aloes “Wood, Yellow-fanders, of each 3ij; “Saffron 3f$, Rofe-Vinegar 3xviij:. In- fufe 24 Hours, then filter, and add: Sugar diffolved in Rofe-water, the ‘ Iz Weight( 68 ) Weight of the Whole, which boil to the Confiftence of a Syrup; thé Dofe is from two Drams to a Child, to an Ounce to a grown Perfon; but chis Method feems too forcible and dange- rous in peftilential Contagions, by cauf- ing too great a Perturbation and Dejec+ tion of Spirits, which oceafions too fa- tal Confequences. : But, I find it was the Method of our Engilifo Phyficians, in thofe calamitous Circumftances, to give two Ounces of Juice of Goats-Beard, call Tragapogon, in Buglofs, Scabious, or Carduus Water, which had fuch Succefs, that, ina litele Time after the Vomit, Buboes or Boils would break out; after the Vomit was over, they order'd ftrong Gravy-Broth to be giv’n, with Létnon-Juice, or that of Garden orWood-Sorrel: And undoubtedly where the Vomit appears necéflary, the Modern Ufe of Brajfil: Root we call Epe- cacuana giv'n from Di to 3ij, muft ah- iwer the laft Intention either of Phyfi- cian or Patient, it having fo'great Pow- er to ftrengthen the Tone of the Sto- mach and Bowels, by which Means it might fupprefs the Vomiting the Diar- hea, both which Symptoms are fo come mon to the Plague, The( 69 ) ‘The next Evacuation is Purging, which ought to be skillfully taken, or carefully avoided ; tho’ it is good for Prevention to keep the Body foluble or reafonably open with gentle Medicines, but if the Infection ‘has feized the Pati- ent, then ufe proper Suppofitaries or Cly-” fters, .as.requifite ; bur for Prevention, take Aloes, Myrrh. and. Saffron, made into Pills, with Juice of Lemon or Pill Ruffi:. Hfjthe Patient be without a Stool two Days, give a Suppofitory of Honey. and Salt, or :a.Clyfter of the emolient Herbs. >... . For, thofe who cannot take any Aloe- tick:Medicines, or Pills of any Kind, the following Forins.are, prefcribed. Take Lemon-Peel %i, Succory,-Fennil and Li quorice-Roots, of each 3ij, Polipody of the Oak. 3fs, Annifeed 3ifs,. Peony 3s, Sorrel-Seed .5f8, ‘Endive, Betony, Agri- mony and Sorrel, of each an Handful ; Cardaus, -Fumitory, of each half, of the Cordial-Flowees, of each.a pugil, Sena Si; Raifons ftoned,. half, Sale of Tar- tar 3i; boil thefe in two Quarts of Suc- cory Water, to-a Confumption of a third Part, and then infufe‘-Rhubarb Jiv, A- garick 3i, Mace and-Cinamon, of each Di; ftrain off next Morning, and keep for Ufe. uy OfC79) Of this také Ziv, Mahna 3¥i, Syfup of Pomegranates, or Rofes, 3fs for a Potion. Or for young Perfons, take of the faid Infufion 3iij, Manna, 3vi, Syrup of Pomegranate or Violets 3fs, for a Po- tion. - For an Infant to one of Ten Years old; Take of this Liquor 3ifs, Manna 3fs; Syrup of Pomegranate 3iij,:make a Purging Potion. This Method is: froni Horftius, and much ufed by Giffen and Radgeley, in their Time ; ‘but tliis-was a general Rule throughout their Practice in peftilential Cafes, to ufe no Evacua- tion of Vomiting, Purging or Bleeding; after any Ircuption of Boil, Blaine, Sore, or Spots appeared ; becaufe it was the gencral Opinion, and ought to remain fo, that the contagious Virus, or. Poifon, was beft expell’d by Sweating. And firft, I fhall give you the Method of Sweating for the Plague, by:a French Hermit, communicated to Sir Theodore Mayerne, by Mr. lt Ambaffador de Sene- terre 3636 and 1637. : Make a Stove around tlie Patient’s Bed, either by Iron Rods, or fttong Ropes, whereon you can fix new Blan- kets the whole Height of the Bed, at about a Foot or Two diftance; sorts talCE take two fiew unglaz’d Pots or Pipkins, heated red hot in the Fire, and fill che fame with the beft Rofe-Vinegar, in which firft you have difloly'd an’ Hand- ful of Salt,’ and place them in the faid Stove wherein thé Infected lies, lettin, him remain fo half an Hour, or as long as he can bear the Fumigation, which will procure large Sweats; then dry the Patient well with hot Cloths, and ‘give him a flighter Fumigation of Benjamin and Myrrh, far a few Minutes, he’ ftill continuing in his Bed. Repeat this eve= ty Day as occafion requires. : After this, and at all times, nothing is better than to eat Marmalade of Quinces, acdated with a few Drops of Oil of Sulphur, made by the Bell; and frequently to chew Confeéts made of Berberries, Juniper-Berries, dye. which are always profitable to be ufed fafting; as alfo the following Lozenges to keep in your Mouth. Take Citron-Peel ij, Zedoary, Angelica, of each, prepared in Rofe Vinegar, 3fs, Citron-Seeds, Wood of Aloes, Orrice, of each 3ij, Saffron, Cloves, Nutmegs, 3i; Myrrh, Ambergrife, of each gr. vii, Sugar-Candy 3i, make into Lozenges, with Gum- Tragacanth and Rofe-Water, ; The(72) The following Sudorificks have been chiefly in Ufe. Take Carduus-Water 33, Angélica 38, Diafcord. 3i, Bol-Armen. 3fs, Oliban 3fs, Spec. Liberant 3i, Flower of Brimftone gr. vi, Syrup of Woodforrel $s, for a Draught ; or take Carduus Water 3i, Poppy 3{8, Treacle- Water 3iij, Confec&t of Alkermes 3f, Sale of Wormwood, Lemnian Earth, of each 3fs, Syrup of Citron 3f8, for a Draught ; or take Venice-Treacle, and the Ele@tuary of an Egg, of each $s, diffolve in Scabious or Tormentil Wa- ter, of each 3fS, and fweeten with Syrup of Lemon 3ij. Or take Majerus’s Prefeription. Of Venice-Treacle 3i, Anglica 3fs, Sale of Wormwood, and Extraé& of Burter-Bur, of each 3i, Oil of Rue and Mint, of each three Drops, Camphore diffolv’d in Spirit of Niter four Drops, Oil of Sul- phurfix Drops, white Wine-Vinegar 3ij, Rofe-Water 3s, make a Draught, There are other various Sudorificks, the Forms of which will be coo tedious for this Defign; I fhall therefore fim them up; as Confect of Hyacinth, Ma: thiolus's great Antidote, Laugius’s Water, Conferve of Ebulum or Dwarf-Elder, the cold Cordial, temperate Species, El- der Vinegar. The Hungarian red oie er;(73) der, oriental Bezoar, the Contrayerva Stone, burnt Hart’s-Horn, Antimony Diaphoretick, Magiftery of Pearl and Coral. prepared, japan Earth, Sulphur wive Oe. : " Lheophraftus Sudorifick, which Querce- tat, Matthiolus, and many others, have own’d to excel all other galenical Pre- {criptions. Take Venice-Treacle 3vi, Myrrh ij, Coltsfoot. Ziij, Swallowwort-Root 3i, Spermaceti, feal'd. Earth, of each 3f3, Di@amny, Valerian, Pimpernel, of each 3ij, old White-wine one Gallon, let ‘em ftand in Infufion eight Days clofe ftop’d, then add Tincture of Salt of Tartar $i; Dofe from one Spoonful to two, in Car- duus, Scabious, Sorrel, or other appro- priate Water. For Women with Child, and Infants. ~ Take Species, Liberant, Diamagarit) Frigid, of each 3i, Conferv. Lujal 3fs, make .a Bole; or take Diafcord. $f, Juice of Kermes 3i, feal’d Earth, and Bol-Armen. of each 3i, the cold Cordi- al Species 3i, Syrup of Sorrel qs. for two Dofes, to be taken in any of the former fudorifick Draughts ; or the fol- lowing, Rofe-Water, and Treacle-Water, of each fix Drams, Syrup of Cowflips two Drams, ~~ K ” For(74) For the fame an Eledtuary; Take Bol-Armen. wafh’d in Rofe-Water, 3iij, lemnian Earth, red Coral, of each 33, candied Citron and Zedoary, of each ifs, Safton 3fs, Sugar of Rofes 3vi, Syrup of Lemons, enough for the Com- pofition, give the Quantity of a Nut- meg, twice aDay, in a'Glafs of Clarret, or Rofe-Water and Vinegar. For Children ;. make Lozenges .of burnt Hart’s-Horn, Bol-Arm. lemnian Farth and red Coral,,with a due Quan- tity of Sugar diffolved in Rofe-Water. Coiroborating and’ rofrething Medi- cines, after the Sweats are ‘over, ‘are Pearl Juleps, fweeten’d “with Sytup. of Lemons; ‘and fuch as are made with Al- kermes, ‘the cold Cordial “Species, Co- ral, Bézoar, de. Or take Conferve of Borage Ziv, Quiddony of Rafps, and Berberries, of each $i, Conferve of Violets 3ij, Bol. 3ij, Sanders, Coral, Citron-Seeds, Roots of eee and Pimpernel, of each 3i, with Juice of Citron make an Electuary, of which take at Pleafure. Or take Conferve of Rofes, Jam of Rafps, of each Zij, the,cold Species of Pearl .3ij, ‘Amber’ 3i, “Grabs-Eyes 3ifs, lemnian Earth 3ij,_ Syrup. of Wood Sorrel qs. Oil of Sulphur, by the Bell, . Or Di, make’an Eleétuary.C75) Or take the cold Species 3i, Amber- grife grij, fpec. Liberane 3fs, Hart's- Horn burnt 34j, feal’d Earth, Bole, an. 3f8, Fragments of the Precious Stones, of each 3i, oriental Bezoar 3f8, white ‘and red Coral, of each 3f$, Pearl pre- pared 3i, Oils of Citron and Nutmegs, of each four Drops, make a Powder of which, give a Scruple co a whole one, in Sack.Whey, Mary-gold Poflet Drink, or other Vehicle. Take yellow Sanders, red Rofe- Leaves, in Powder, of each 3ij, Borage Flowers, Lemon, or Orange-Peel 41, Cinamon, Mace, Cloves, of each 3i, make a Bag, or Bags, in which put the faid Powder, and apply the fame'to the Region of thé Heart, and bind: tlient upon the Pulfes of the Wriits. - The ved Bezoarick Powder, usd by the _ oft Eminent Phyficians in the laft PLAGUE 166553 as Sir George Ent, Dr. Gliflon, Sir Thomas Millington, | Dr. Wharton, and many others. Take Myrrh, Safiron, of each 3fs, the Bone in a Stag’s Heart Di, burnac Hart’s-Horn 3f%, Di@aramy of Crete, ‘Tormentil, Pimpernel, Geritian, of each Div, Zedoary; Ginger, of cach Zi, -Sul- phur viv. Bole-Arm. Dragon‘s-Blood, of . K2 eachC76 ) each 3ij, Camphore 3ij, Venice-Treacle 3{s, make into a Powder, and give from 3i to 3ifs, twice a Day. As to external Remedies, Veficato- ries, or Blifters and Cupping-Glafles, are of great Confequence, if judicioufly ap- plied, either to the Buttocks, Back, Thighs, the Bottom of the Calves of the Legs, éc. but Montanus feems of a contrary Opinion. as to the latter; zz peftilential Difeafes, he fays, where the Matter is great, if you endeavour to ex- tract it by Cupping-Glaffes; nothing can be worfe, becaufe you will draw out the Sine fubtile Parts, and the grofs will re- main, hereby the Heat will be diminifh- ed and Putrefattion eucreafe. See Mouta- mus, Lib. de feb. Peft. Cap. 50. For the Swellings under the Ears, Arm-pits, or in the Groin, they muft always be drawn to a Head, ripen’d and broke with all Speed: Thefe Tumours, and much more the Carduncles and Blains, require the Surgeon’s Care ; however the following Method will highly con- tribute. Pluck the Feathers of the Tail of a Cock, Hen, Pidgeon, or Chicken, and holding their Bills clofe, apply the Fundament of the Fowl! to the Botch or Swelling, and fo keep it on till, it dies, and this will draw out the Conta- gion 7(77) gion; Cupping Glaffes are alfo recom- mended, but with Caution. The Boil ot Bubo is an hard Tu- mour: rifing in the glandulous Parts, call'd the Emundtories ; which are in three Places on each Side the Body, viz. under each Ear or Jaw, in the Arm- pits or Groins; it lies fometimes very deep in the Flefh, eafy to be found by feeling, but if you touch the Part, there is Pain proceeding from a vencmous infeétious- Matter, that corrupts and poifons the’ Blood ; Nature therefore labours to drive this Virus to the E-~ munctories, which are the Sinks and Re- ceptacles of excrementitious Humours. - This Tumour is to be broke by an Onion hollow’d and ftop’d with Figs, Rue and Venice-Treacle, and roafted and apply’d hot; or Scabious and Sorrel roafted and mixed with Leaven and Hogs- Greafe ; or Lillies, Scabious, Figs, Rue, and Salt-Butter; made into a Pultife; or this, Take Elder-Flowers two Hand- fulls, Rocket-Seed bruifed one Ounce, Pidgeon’s Dung three Drams, ftamp thefe and mix with Oil of Lillies, when’ *tis broken, draw and heal it with the Yolk of an Egg, Honey of Rofes, Tur- pentine,. Wheat-Flower, and London Treacle ; change this twice a Day, or apply Diachylon cum Gumims. The(78 ) The Plague is a kind of Biter, fome- what like One of the Swene-Pocks, of a Straw-Colour, for the moft Part, but fometimes of a blewifh or Lead-Colour, but then it is apt to turn to a Carbun- cle, and when it runneth, yields a filthy ftinking Matter; which, when difcharg- ed, the Skin falls, and dries up to a crufty Scab: This fhews Nature is ftrong enough to expel the Poyfon fpecdily ; for many that have thefe are not fick ac all. The Carbuncle is a little venomous Puftle, wich a broad Compafs or Circle, of a deep Rednefs about it, wonderful angry, and burning like a Fire-Coal, whence ‘tis call’d Carbunculus. The Way to cure it is to apply an actual or potential Cautery, laying a Defenfative of Bole, mix’d with Vinegar and the White of an Egg, round about the Tu- mour, but not on it. Cr take three or four Cloves of Gar- lick, Rue, Figs, ftrong Leaven, and Muftard-Seed, with a little Oil of Ro- fes, ftamp ‘em, and apply hot to the Sore; or Onions and Garlick roafted and mix’d with Venice-Treacle and Mi. thridate, apply’d hot three times a Day; or Mallow-Leaves, Camomil-Flowers, Lind-Seed and Hog’s-Greafe, or Oil of Lillies;(:79 ) Lillies, beat into a Pultife, and apply’d hor to the Sore. So Valerian, Dwarf ‘Elder, and Smallage, may -be made into a Pultife, with Crumbs of Bread and Butter. N. B. TheReader: may. fhortly ex- pect a full Defeription of the great Pe- Stilential.. Antidetes :of Mayerne, Butler, Bate, &c. aid the various Preparations of the Contrayerva Stone, which cannot be brought within. the Compafs of this fhort Tract. ERRATA pe 4: for Gibjon, read Gliffon: P. 9. for Hungarian, vead Hungarians. P, 16. for Male highius, read Malpighins, P, 21, for turns, read surn,“HE Names of Authors, dnd othet eminent Phyficians, whofe printéd Works, ‘or-Manufctipts are made ufe of in this Tract. Atkins, Alexander Benedic- tus, Bate, Bidloe, Burrel. Butler, Conringius, Ei abrilius, Fracaftorius, Gardinins, Goddard, Gockelius, Harvey, Helmont, Kircher, Langius, Lewenhoeck, Mahen, Malpighius, Mangetus, Mayerne, Mergagni, Red: . Regemorterusy Rhede, Scarburgh, Tulpius, ; Valefeus de Tarantds Vallifnerius, Wedelins, Wetherburne