Sed.

14.

Of Anomalous Forms.

< White of Eggs well beaten, Oil of

* Rofes, ana 5 vi. and as much' Vinegar as is neceilary to make it' into a Confiftence to fpread upon« Cloth/

This is to be us'd to the Fore-head, when the Eyes are airliftedwith Rheums, and that for Preven-tion as well as Cure ; for Dr. Fullerfays it nicks very faft, comprefTes,and conftringes the little Tubuli,and internal Partages, and fo hinders, the Deflux of Humours. For theParts about the Çye are fo consti-tuted, both by their fpongy Fa-bric, and declining Situation, as tobe apt to receive whatever Humoursflow down from either the Peri-cranium, or neighbouring Mufcles ;infomuch, that it is not unufual fora Blow upon the Head to fettle downinto a black Eye.

Frontale Camphoratum, A Fron-tal with Camphire. ' Take Vine-' gar of Rofes, 5 ii. Compound Spi-

* rit of Lavender (in which has been

* diflblv'd Opium and Camphire,' ana 5 fs.) 5 i. Mix for ufe.*

The Camphire in this will fepa-rate, and therefore muft be wellIhook at the time of ufing. Thereare others of this Denomination,but feldom us'd ; and this laft is themod eafily made, the neateft andnioft effectual to wafh the Headwith in violent heating Pains ; or inthe burning Heat of a Fever attend-ed with a Delirium.

Suffimentum Hyftericum, An Hy-ßericFume. ' Take AíTafcetida, *¡¡.« beft White-Wine Vinegar, ft i.' boil them in a Pot with a narrow

* Mouth, and let the Patient hold' her Head over it with her Mouth

* open.'

This is an untoward Application,and fecms juftifiable only in cafeswhere other means cannot be us'd :

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tho in fome kind of Hyfteric Con-vulfions, Steams this way receiv'dup the Nofe, have very fudden andremarkable Effefts.

Suffimentum Catarrhale, A Fumefor a Catarrh. ' Take Olibanum, °' Amber, Benjamin, Storax, Gum' Guaiacum, and Balfam of Tclu,' ana 9 ii. Make all into a grofs' Powder to burn.'

Where the Defluxion is very thin,and has much of its Caufe in theLaxity of the Glands, fuch meansmay do fervice by conftringing theParts, and repelling the Flux, info-much that it may be thrown off" byother more proper Outlets 5 butwhere there is an Afthma, and veryweak Lungs, there is great reafon tofear Mifchiefs ; becaufe checking theRheum will thicken it, and make itpafs with greater difficulty thro' thepulmonary VeiTels, when in thecourfe of Circulation it comes thi-ther. The following therefore may-be lefs inconvenient, tho this ma»alfo be ufed in the fame manner,to burn upon Coals, only receivingthe Steams with a Cap before it isput on, efpecially at night going tobed.

Suffimentum -------- 4nother< %

1 Take Gum Guaiacum, Gum Ju-' niper, Maftich, Myrrh, ana 5 i.

* Cloves, 5 ii. Balfam of Peru, gut.

* xvi. Make intb a coarfe Powder.*

Filling a thick Cap frequently withthe Steam of this burn'd upon Coals,may, with fome time ufing, ftrength-en the Fibres, and particularly theGlands about the Head ; wherebythey will not be liable to thofe Suf-fufions of Lymph, which ought tobe remanded by other Secretions,and chiefly by Urine.

Suffimentum ad Procidentiam Ani,A Fume againfl the falling down cfthe Fundament. ' Take Frankin-

* cenfe, Ma(lich,Amber and Cloves,

' ana