Kitchin-physick: ... 1676
Cock, Thomas.
SS # __ —_— _—_og My (A © + ws a. - -Phyſick. 51 ot Di <a =F Tis m ade thus 5 ake three | pi « uo : of two quarts, of Milk, bolt in it about two peny wotth of Tamarinds C which, ,you may buy at the Apothecaries) until Tt turn the Milk ,_ then ſtrain it-from' Its Curds: Thus is made White- wine, Rheoiſh; Lemon, Orange, Sorrel, Pippin, and all Poſlets ' made of lowre things , which are excellent in Fevers, and all ' Diſeaſes coming of Choler; Vi- negar Poſſers will dv'as well as , WY Apples qodled, and eaten with Water , Su ar, and Ver- Juyee, are gratefil if to'a hot nd onltitution :, So Prtieus Red with Sotrel, Verjuyce, .or. Juyce of Lemon , Endive , . Sugcory, Dandelyon, Spinage, Beets, .Purſlain, Bortage,'Blg- . ok, Violet, Strawberries ,Cynq- toyh Raſpeberrics, Mulberries, 2 Burnet, 52 , KitchinPhyick. Burget , Quince ,, Plantain;, _ Dampfons,Lettice, Cucumbers, . Eggs potch'd into Water, Vi- .negar or Verjuyce, and 'caten with Sorrel fipits or Vinegar,and fine Sugar may be permitted _ perſons, ; whoſe Diſcale* is not acute,, or Eggs beaten it a Plat- ter with Butter-milk. to a mo- derate thickneſs, and ſugar'd is allo excellent. Two-Milk Poſlet : that is, ..boil a. quars of Milk, to thi: put a pint of Butter-milk, take .. off the, Curd, and you have . Pleaſant Poſlet : This, Bocheet + made of, Iyory is allq excel; lent. 98 Was: Take Spring - water three pints; boil it away to. twoz when it js cold, put to it one ounce. of ſhavings of Ivory, : few Coriander, or , Cafry way: Seeds3. you may addalſoas ma ny bruiſed Currants is Ivory p< Pay nx FA, & Fy png @ A frws ff, aw as eos os Kitchn-PbyCc>. . .53 put them all in a_Tin Coffee- pot,addjog as you thiok fir,a lit. tle quari | fimpering by the fire, four of five hours, then ſtrain them,ant keep. the liquor in, the pot to' drink when you will Coffees to make ;it a more pleafan re-. paſt, you may put a little Rhe-' niſh-wine to it, and dulcifie it with a little powder of white Sugar- candy.Cullis,atid Jelly of Ivory and Harts-horn is x good Reſtoratiye Diet z for hot ma-, ciated perſons, make it thus: - Take 'a Chicken or yo , and let them ſtand © $ % ". 7%; Cockerel, Pheaſant, Snipe, or | Wood cock ; thofe that have not too much money, may take Hogs feet, Lambs, Calves, Pigs- pettitges or Trottersz.or take the bones of Veal; Mutton, Hens, Pullets Cipons”, EF. which have ſinews ſticking 'to them 3: Boil all, or any of theſe $9: in $4 Kfribin\6hptics: in, the” wat er whertin" French: es Rey firft been'' botled, throw away, the Birley, and d tor the Water ſome ſhavings rIorys, and. a few. Ciitrants,' qr, eſtoy ailins;* when the broth Ierfroughty botled. ſtrain! an ;whe a, it is cold it will Tally; tak e, from it when 'tis' wig Il, She op fron the top, res bottom; 5 "and _. ; Na og cub is melted , of a new Hid wy DaayI9l fo FX the Juyce of an Fant A od a little, Jy! ar, and let it % w,gently 2 Title while, and ſa riak it. , "Note, That all i zh, and bittes, #34 ves | ry ſweet things : Z and al hot and dry things, are to be. 4- poided while you uſe this dier, and are 2avi. a jo to do by your Phyſtcian _ Kitchin-Pl 4 (! >») | Phyſician, as Pepper, Ginger, Cynamon, much Salt, Tobacco, Brandy, end wine unleſs mix'd with Water , flrong Beer and Ale, and meat eſpecially much” roſted, and very fat : But cooling Odours , as Vinegar or Water, wherein Roſe leaves, Violets, or any [weet temperate Herbs have been fleep'd 5, or & turf of freſh earth often ſmelt fo 3 or to receive muth the ſent of Cow-dung is good and neceſſary for hot blooded peo» ple, 4008 F1-4y dC. at oYoT; : $504 b- 56+ - Kitchin-Phyſick. — es, ” :OQHAP.: IL Txeats of a Hot Diet, for Cold ' Diſeaſes #nd Conſtitutions. He intent of hot; Aliments 'J is to heat andidry a cold and moiſt + Conſtitmion 3 to cheriſh and-reſtore our- Native heat, when it is deficient, (by any cold accident or diſeaſe. If Food vertually hot, exceed theſecand degree 6f heat; as Garlick, Onyons, Muſtard, Ra- diſh, Brandy, ec. It may not then improperly be called Phy - ſigks; and more .fit to be uſed ſo, than as food; and though our bodies are beſt preſerved Dy things con-natural, or .mo» derately - Kitchin-Phyſick.” 57) derately hot 3/ yet'whenwe- do ' accuſtom them to things -im-// moderate, as'much Wine,'Bran- dy, Tobacco, &c. We'ſeldom long eſcape death, or ſome great : diſeafe ; But away with - theſe - diſtintions' of qualities; ſays Mempſis : * All that concerns this Chapter, 'is'_to_ mind you "of: \uch things as are contrary to: a” cold diſeaſe” 4 faint, * Weak, va- pid and, watery blood z -and is endleſs-tb affert all that may be ſaid'on this fubje&t* I thall therefare only ffingle' out':ſuch as are ſufficient. This Cullis is counted exceHlent. 7 2 © ** Take 4 Yarge Cock, Eapon, NparroVs, Partridge; Snipes or o0d-Eocks, boil all, or any of then, in a palſlon-of Spring-wa- ter, till they” Fall: in ?pieces,” or come to4Pottle': then take off #1 the fat when "tis cold; and eT&35, put 55 RKitfchin-Obyſick. Pat to-it two. quarts of, Whits- wiae, and:then bqil it, again to, a Pottle: then clarific it with. two: or three Whites of Eggs; then. dulcitde and.- Aroma- tize it, with about a quarter of. an ounce. of Cingrapy grolly beaten, and about fgur ounces, more-.or Jeſs, of, fine Sugar: colour it-with Saffran, and per- fame it- with a, grain.or two of Musk , or. Amber-greeſez and to make it. more cordial and. coſtly, add to. it conlep, of Al- ohermes, and Hyacynt V. ſtrain it chrough a; gelly & No two or three times, and cat, If alone 3 or mix it vith other broths, Or, Take Calves-feet,Cow-heel, freſh Pig-POrk, Puke ar Trot- ters , let .them er ten qr ewelye hours by ny — ing | (ſufficient quantity; of Sprjng- water, Lifehſn.2a yt am. = - 39 water, -wichy Mary pode; Roſe- mary, Titte, - Savory», Sweet- marjoram, 'Mace; or'/Cinamon 2 when 'tiatmoſft boif'd'enough;: add to/ir a cruſt of bread; ther ſtrain' it : To make it more: | nburiſhitiy plit' to It; 'as/ you: eat it, the yolk-of- an- Egg: and. Supar. Or, Takea quart of Sack, burh i it ith \Rofemary , Nutmegs or: Mace, then temper two or three new Jaid Eggs, withfour or five ſpootifuls of it: Give ira'walm or two with the Eggs, andadd fo it Stgar to yony content 2 Thus alfo for cheapnefs it- may / be made with Ale, ſtale; beer or Sider : Or, Take tw6 of three ſpoonfuls of Braridy : put to it &'pint of Ale, boil the Ale and ſcum it, then put to it Sugar and drink it; Or, AN 744 Aahſe WET | Takethiec or four leaves of _ Sages twelve leaves of Garden, or Sea«{cutvy-grals, lhavings of Horſe-radiſh. root, as; much as; will lye-on. a hilliog.. Raiſins. of the Sun) eſton'd, Num. 20. put them jnto a quart«bottle of, Ale orBeer,. after two. qr three. days you may drink 1t conſtagt-- ly for ' your" ordinary drink a- gain the: -Scurvy , Dropfie , 4 — > Of, any cold- Diſeaſe; rr Kaguodadle, and all ſorts of broths; Bacheets, Candles, Cul- tices, . Jellies, and liquid Alt, ments;i made. with Fleſh, Eggs, Sugar-,' S&et-fruit:,, Wine,, on Aromatick Spices, nouriſh. more and ſoogerihan things that are ſolid ;;and; in the ſybſtatice, and -on! this. account, ; no diet can [exceed Eggs. eaten any Ways. Ie Take Kitchin-Phylick. 6x Take any fleſh reer-roſted or boil'd ( Mutton is beſt ) -prefs from it the Juyce or. Gravy': let it ſfimper over a 'ſoft fire, with ſo much white: or Rhe- niſh Wine, as there is Gravy : to which add the yolk of Eggs as you ſee occaſion, Sugar, and a lirtle -Cinarhon, Nutmeg or Mace; drink often four ot five ſpoonfuls: of it, or eat \it with: crums of fine Manchet, or Na» -ptes Þisket : :The bottom of a- - ny well-ſeafin'd Veniſon Paſty, or meat Pye; ſtew'd. in a ſuffi- - cient 'quantity of Wine and Water, .or Ale and Water, or _ Water only makes a good ſto- - mach Potage. OY All Aromatick Plants, all ex- alted Sauces: . with: Anchovaey, Saffron, Shalots, Pepper,Ginger, : *Cloves, :Cinamon ,- Nutmeg , Mace, Muſtard, or Herſe-radiſh ni, roots, 62 .Kifehin-byſick. -roots ,. Chervil, Crefles, ' Mint, 'Peny - royal , ,Taragon, ec. :Steept, flic'd or ſhred, into Sack, .are:good ,Sauces for cold and .crudeftiomachs. "Note. That '\Ambroſyopea's, .or our Cor- dial Spirits, much Fleſh , and - good Wine moderately taken, may be uſed while you are uns der this . diet : Rich groma- tick ſcents, odours, and per- fumes are alſo excellent > Ga- lea counted them the ſolace and ſupport. of his life : The ſauce and food of his Spirits and that Reverend Divine , the learned Hooker , found \ them'ſo to fortifie nature, that he could not live without them : And certainly, moſt diſtempers incident to 4 cold' and moiſt brain = = D "5 4 + £ 7:47 $4; > 4 2 brain (the original and prime cauſe-of moſt diſeaſes) are pre- vented, relieved or cured by Aromatich Odonrs : theſe and good Air, are ſays, ('tis Hip- poctrates, 1 1h1%kY the «qoe/a falw xoxay, charms againſt all *T { 'evil. CHAP. Il, Treats of a moiſt diet for dry" difeaſes and conflitutions. Olſt of thoſe things men- tioned in the firſt Chap- ter againſt hot diſeaſes, may be uſeful alſo againſt dry, becauſe ſuch diſeaſes as are hot, are ge» nerally alſo dry; and therefore it 1s, that- moiſture and dryneſs are counted paſlive qualities: But beſides what are already mentioned in that Chapter , there's nothing can come 1n competition with 41k : and had Gods providence confined us only to this Aliment, and bread. "—y a—< tw FYy Kt. —_— goo bd. ie Kitchin Phyſick. 65 bread we had*no cauſe to com- plain of his bounty. 'Tis generally ſuppos'd.to be of a cold and moiſt temper ; but being 'nothing elſe but white-blood, I rather think it (as blood-1s): temperately hot and moilt, and fo like the blood of our bodies, that nothing can exceed it for nouriſhment, and therefore *tis that Milk in acute diſtempers is accounted offen- five , unleſs alaid with water : Aſſes Milk for Medicinal uſe 1s 1n greateſt repute, becauſe 'tis not ſo, thick, to obltruct, nor ſothia as not to nouriſh: both Which may be performed by Cow-milk, either by .caking from it the Cream, calld Fleet- milk, or putting to it a. due; pro- portion of Whey, eſpecially if the Whey. be firſt well boil'd, and put to it cold, and then it - F will 65 Kitchin-Phyſick, will anſwer all the intents of Afles-milk : But' ſuch as are ſound; and under no manifeſt diſtemper, ſtand in no need of theſe cautions and direCtions , nor can err in eating it, only obſcrving : I. That they do not eat'It raw and' cold, when they are hot : 2. Not to eat It on a full ſtomach, or mingled with” other meats: this makes children ſo ſubject to' Worms : . UE no violent motion im- mediately after it. A draught of warm Milk from any Cow: (tis but conceit and opinion " to count on a red-Cow, more thana red- Woman : the brown and*Back of both Kine are beſt, fo that they are young , well fed//and well eſt d) their Milk;T lay! taken th bed"dout an hour before you rife, is an abſolute refeqion for a' hot: - fea md W;, ww, OF, F2.U.. Kitchin-Phpſick. 67 lean and dry conſtitution, if you put a little Sugar, or Salt 1n it, you need not fear its curdling or carrupting. This trifle made of Milk 1s pleaſant : Take a quart of Milk; boil 1n it a blade of Mace : ihen rake it from the fire, and dillolve in it two or three ſpoonfuls of fine Sugar : then when 'tis blood-warm, put to it about a ſpoontul of Run- net, ſtir it, and diſh it out for a wholeſome repalt: ſome do it with Cream inſtead of Milk, they are both 'good : There are many of the like nature, which this ſhort Eſſay will not permit of. Fiſh of all forts 1s allo cold and moilt, eſpecially rhoſe that live in freſh waters , but Fiſh that dwell in falt waters, and among Rocks, and gravel Ri- vers are belt, . Freſh-cod , F 2 Whiting 63 KitchinPhplick- Whiting, Shads, Place, Floun- der, Sole, Bream,Barbel, Smelts, Carps, Gudgeon, Pearch, Pikes, Roche, Mullets, Jacks, or broths made with theſe, and Oyſters, Cockles , crums of bread, and yolks of Eggs are fine feed- ing for ſick maciated peo» le. Fruit of all forts, Pears, Ap- ples, Prunes, &c. Stew d, rolt- ed, boil'd or bak'd., are good alſo againſt dry Dtleafſes 3 Car- rots, Gowſlips, Purſlain, Letice, Aſparagus, ripe Mulberries, Spi- nache.Strawberries, Dates, Vio-! let leaves, Sweet-almonds, Mal-| lows, Beets, Endive, Succory, Borage, Burnet, Eiquoriſh,Scor-] zonera., Raifins, Currants , Whey, Wheat, French barley, Oatmeal Puddings, Frumety 3 but above all things Flumory, the worth of which is known to dts an _ EEE EEE. SETS WEL te Kitchin'-Phyſick. 69 to few : 'tis made thus: Take half a .peck of Oatmeal, take from it the ſuperfine flowre , put it to ſoke three or four days in a ſtand, or any earthen Veſſel, with ſo much water as will more than cover it, ſhift the | water every day to take away the bitterneſs of the Oatmeal , let it (tand in the laſt water till it ſowre : and when you would uſe it, ſtirit well together, and {train ſo much as you would uſe at once: then boil it upto the conliſtence of a gelly, and | eatit at any time cold or hot, with a little White-wine or Sn- gar, Sack, Claret, Sider or Oat- Alez though it ſeems worlt , . that ſort of Flumory is beſt which looks cleer and ſheer, and taſtes ſharp and fowre: Thus alſo may be made Flu- mory of Wheat, Rice, French | barley 70 Kitchin-Bhyſick. barley, &c. . Frogs and Snailes are counted good food in France, ſo may Toads, Spiders, or any Vermine, if they come from thence : Our Englilh Hens, Cocks, Veal, Lamb, Chickens, Kid and Capons, are, I think, every whit as good for ſaline, hot and dry bodies: If your Lamb and Veal be very young, you ought to ſtick it with Cloves or Roſemary , as you do Beef; and it eats more pleaſant , and 1s more waole- ſome, The brains of moſt A- nimals are over moiit and Phlegmatick : But the Rumps, Tails and Tongues of all Bealts, ( but one) are temperate and re- ſtorative, The Lungs allo of Fleth and Fowl are good for not and dry conſtitutions : So are the Eyes, Gizards, Sweet- breads, and feet of moſt crea- tures, »S& WW mn B&H Kitchin-Phyſlck- 71 tures, eſpecially boil'd, Caſha or Currants boil'd in Chicken or Veal-broth, coals, moiſtens, and looſneth the belly : This is allo a good, . cool, moiſt, cheap and nouriſhing potage; boil any Mutton or Veal in water, with or without Oat- meal ; when the Meat 1s a little more than half boiPd, put 1n it a bundle of ſweet Herbs, and the green leaves of Mary- golds, Sorrel, Spinage , Let- tice, purſlain , Violet , and Strawberry leaves : add to theſe a ſufficient quantity of the tender part of Aſparagus, or a good quantity of green Peaſe will do as well, eſpecially it you bruiſe ſome of them be- fore you put them in: Or boil Damask Pruens in two quarts of water 3 after they have Boil'd a quarter of an hour, F 4 put 72 Hitchin-Phyſick. put to them a ſancer full of wheaten bran; let your bran only ſteep in the hot water till*tis' cold, then ſtrain it, and ſweeten it with Sugar, and drink it frequently : Or ſteep a pound of Pruens, and a ve- ry littl: Eiquorilh 1n three or four pints of cold water, thirty br forty hours 7 and drink it for common drink : Or this Emulfion : Take Raiſins of the Sun ſton'd , and Currants of each a {mall handful , Lettice . and Purſſain feed of each bruiſed two or three drachms, boil them in a Gallon of Spring water to a Pottle 3 then blanch two or three ounccs of Almonds, and bray them in a ſtone Morter : ſtrain the li- quor., and put into it the Al- monds; then ſtrain it againg, and with fine Sugar make an Al- | Kitchin-Phyſtek. 73 Almond Milk , and drink it blood warm , as often as you well. In (ſhort, nothing mot- ſtens the body more than much ſleep, eaſe and reſt, and living in ſuch a moiſt Air as Lambeth- marſh, Hackney, or Dengy hun- dreds : And though that Air is imply beſt, which 1s moſt ſerene, clear, ſharp and dwy 5 Nay, our Native Air , though by its ſimpathy with our firft matter, often times molt re- pairs and mends our decayed Natures ; yet ſometimes a grols, thick and moiſt Air, or in- deed any Air oppolite to the Diſeaſe we labour under, muſt by us always be reputed beft : it being a ſure rule that all things cure beſt by -comtraries, be it Air, Aliments, Food, Phy- ſick,or any of the non-naturals. Note 74 Kitchin-Phyſtck. Note. That while you are direFed this Diet , all things are to be a- voided , which are forbidden in the firſl Chapter. Kitchin-Bhyſick. 75 — ———_ OE... GHAT:. -IY: _ Treats of a drying diet, for moiſt Diſeaſes and C onſtilutions. Read, is ſo inſeparable a companion of life , that neither ſound nor fick can ſub- {iſt without it 3 and did I not ſtand in awe of time, and feared prolixity : I would write its Paragraph, and make man-» kind ſenſible, how with this, Milk or Water, and very lit- tle elſe, we might contermn the curiolities of a Court, and en- counter with death it (elf, Þ- picurus (that Cormorant and Monſter of men ) only with his 4&f% x, viwe could entertain himſelf ſo well ; that he could diſpute felicity with Kings : and 76 Kitchin-Phyſick. and in his morals tells us, that when he would entertain him- {elf more ſplendidly, he mend- ed his chear with a little Milk, and found ſo much fatisfaftion by it, that he bids defiance to the pleaſures, which the igno- rant and {gnſual world ſo much like, and cry up in magnificent fealts > great entertainments , rich Wines, coſtly Meats and Junkets: and certainly ſays our wiſe man, molt that have ad- dicted themſelves to variety , extravagancy and excels, have thereby either loaded them- ſelves with new cares, or con- tracted new vices; and ſo be- come obnoxious to various and great troubles, and frequently commit Rapines, Cheats, vio- Jating Juſtice, Faith and Friend- ſhip, and many times precipi- tate themlelves into grievous _ Diſeaſes Kitchinq-hyſick. 77 Diſeaſes, loſſes and diſparage- mentsz which by Frugality , Temperance and Sobriery they might have avoided : Nature requires little , opinion much, and he that has not this faculty of abdicating from his deſires, his mind is like a Veſſel full of holes ever filling , but never. fall ; and to him, that 18 not (a tished with a little , | nothing will ever be enough: and who» ſoever covets no more, than that little he enjoys 3 however the world (deceived by vain o- pinion } may account him poor, yet he really is the richeſt man alive; and the way to make ones ſelf truly great and rich, 1s not by adding to ones riches, but by detrafting from our de- fires; and what reaſon is there, then ſays our brave Philoſo- pher, that any man ſhould ſtand n 73 AKitchin-Phyſick. in fear of Fortune, or court it's favour, ſince few or none are ſo poor, as to want long theſe things, or ever was re- duced to a lower ebb, than Sallets, Bread and Water ; nor know I , whether more than this, with a quiet mind, and good appetite, (without which none need eat) is worth con- tending for. How many by high drinks and dyet, riot, and luxurious compotations have dyed on their Cloſe-ſtools, ex- pired in privies, and took their leaves of this baſe world over a Chamber-pot, or at leaſt, on- ly out-liv'd the conflict , with Gouts, Palftes, Catarrhs , Sur- feits, and many other ignomi- nious Diſeaſes: and what great matter can be expected in Church or State, trom that man whoſe joynts are infeebled, his JET Lan. 4 Kitchin-Phyſick. 79 his ſinews relaxed , his head clowded, eyes bleered , and mouth full of curſes and cla- mours, and all by reaſon of debauchery , exceſs and luxu- ry 3 which chokes rather than cheriſheth Nature, and clogs the Veins and Veſlels with ſuch ſuperfluous moiſture , that no Meats nor Medicines can com- mand thoſe unmanly Diſcales, that are the effects of it : and though Bread will do as much as any thing, yet, unleſs tem- perance, abſtinence, or a fpare diet be joyned with' it , all that Phyſick or Food can do 1s in vain. No. perſons are more offended with Crudittes, Worms, Fluxes, and Defluxi- ons: than 'thoſe that eat nane, or too little Bread : No Fleſh, Fiſh or Fruits that we can feed on, bur putrifie and convert to 85 Kitchin:Phyſick. to [lime and water for want of it : No country, no place, no people; (in ſome fort or o» ther ) are without it : Some bake it, ſome broil it 3 others fry , tolt and boil i it 3 ſome make it of dry'd Fiſh,ſome with roots of Plants, and Barks of Trees : ſome with Seeds, Nuts Acorns : Among our ſelves *tis made of Barley, Rye, Oats, Miſceline, Wheat ; of all which Barley Bread is worlt, and Wheaten beſt, eſpecially if it be not too Gne , and without leven, or ſpoil'd in making or baking : The crum is beſt for Cholerick, the cruſt for Phleg- matick and moiſt conſtitutions 3 or they may eat it toſted : the newer 1t 1s; the more 1t nou- riſhethz the older it is , the more it drys: I-have known Children cured of the Chins cough, -— SS, el. Aeaws.. tas 4 A aa tweal Af © wm £A © ty x, i eo Oo&5 Kitchir Phyſick. 8%. cough, by drinking little, and eating much Bread ; 'tis good alſo againſt the Rickets : and the redſon why Fluxes , Sur- feits ; Fevers and many other Diſeaſes, are ſo rife m Fruit- time, is, becauſe Bread is not eaten With them : the more moiſt atid liquid our meats are, the tnore Bread is to be eaten with theth + dry houſhold Bread, Manchet or Bisket, ea- ten for a Breakfaſt , Gr Supper or laſt at meals, with a little Wine, is the only refuge for. Rheumatick and moiſt cotſt-- tutions. Galen, by much ſtu- dy, was troubled with diſtil- lations, but preſeryed himſelf many years by eating no other Breakfaſt or Supper, than Bread dipt in Wine, and with good Odours. Rice made into Bread, or dry'd in an Oven,and ſteep'd G in 82 SKitchin-Phyſick. in Wine or ſtale [ſtrong Beer, and then boil'd or'bak'd with a little Pepper, Seeds, or Cina- morn is. good, ſo are all ſpiced, and Aromatick Aliments : Eggs roſted and eaten with Pepper, much} Salt,ar Cinamon; and a glals of; Wine or good Drink after.,them.,, nourifhi-and: :dry much 2 AY Wild Fowl, Par- tridge 11 old Pigeans :,; Ducks and -Geefe ;. Stares ,Tliruſhes and, Blagk- birds' 3 Earks, Spar- rows 5 (tel and; Widgeon , \Rabbets,, Beef; Mutton, Veni- fon.and Hare 'dry roſted, dry up Rheum : Broth made with .Rabbets., Rice,” Sorrel, Sage , Sparrows, &*c. All (owre things alſodry.much, as Vinegar, Ver- Jayce, Orange, Lemon.; Allum poilct is. incomparable, for a gargel to: hinder defluxions , or ,take ,,it- lawardly '. in hot and 4c 4 a 22a _" haut 5 A 39 cw 6 35 AD£4H haks = Mais ps kk, as BA Kitehin-Phyſick. 23 and moiſt diſtempers : Make it thus : Take a lump of Roch- Allum, put 1t*1nto a quart or two of boiling Milk, ſtir it till It 1s very, well curdled 5 take off the curd, and drink, it hot, in malignant and pytrid Fe- vers : Broths made" of 'China and. Sarſ(a 3::0r let all yonr Beer and Wine: be drank ,aut of a Lignum .Vite cup : Some have abſtain'd from all manner of drink, for many months * there are many . other things (that might be added to dry a moilt Diſeaſe and Conſtitution , which we omit, becauſe moſt of the Diet in the ſecond Chapter: againſt cold . Diſeaſes, may be uſed, here as a drying Diet. G 2 . -. Note 94 Kirehli-Phylics- of Note. Th1t our Ambrofiopzas, or Cordigl Spirits, at,after, or before meats may bs uſed, while you are un- der thit diet : But Milk, much $ ugar,mucb Drink, and all moiſt things , mentioned in the third Chapter muſt be omitted ; But Abſtinetice, a ſpare diet much exerciſe, lit- tle ſleep, eſpecially in the day-time', aud preſently after feeding is pernict- ous, for fat, Phlegma- tick, and moiſt bodies ; for Kitchin-Phyfich. 9; for bot, lean and dry bodies tis neceſſary , e- ſpecially in Summer aud bot Seaſons. The Conclu fron. _ And the ſumm of all 1s this : when a Pauper and ſick perſon comes ro me.; [ direct him (it any) no more Phyſick than is abſolute- ly neceſfary ; next 1 bid hjm keep a proper diet, or take a proper Cordial a+ gainſt his Diſeaſe. If his Diſeaſe comes from a hot cauſe, I bid him keep (till he Fo iechin-Phyſiek: he recavers ) to 'the Me- dicines and diet belonging to the firſt Chapter. If from a cold caule, then to uſe no other Diet and Me- dicines. than is contained in the ſecond Chapter. If from a moiſt or dry cauſe, then to the Diet, and Di- rections .in- the third and fourch Chapter. If Diet and our Cordial Drinks donot do, then:I recom- mend them to the Stove and Artificial Bath , men- tioned 1n- the ſecond part of thele Dialogues 3 .and if then, and there they mend not, you may con- clude Kitchin-Phyſick. #7 clude their cafe deſperate and more fit for the Divine than Phyſician. Finis part the firft. [Ly M. iſcelanea Medica : A ſhort DISCOURSE OR, A SUPPLEMENT| T 0 Kitchin - Phyſick ; To which is added, STOVING BATHING: WITH | Some tranſient and occaſional |! Notes on Dr. George Thomp- | _Jons\ P&NwWo-Meulic. | | | Nec lex eft juſturr ts Quam Nnecis artsfices arte perire ſus. | VV —m—u———_ LONDON, Printed in the year 1675. er I Os AA ts A ts ms - —— — [ ——— — || 7” ———_ —— —_— —_— HiePoOcRATES & CG ALENT FAUTORIBUS, Speciatim Erudito viro,mihiq; obſervando, Thome AuSten Armigero , Mei amiciſhmo, Necnon Egregie Dodtis 7.N. & T. 8. Medicina Docoribas. = Juveni, Cultor 1 non {ufhicice unus— A 2 Duos ' Fpiltola Dedicatoria. Duos igitur tanto Heroz , giperſs generig , obtigiſſe , menmorie traditur , Crates rum ſcilicet, qnpgalix, gy Hepheſtionem,PAcMZad ogy, ab eodem appellatos. Quo- rum , ille quidem Regem hic wero Alexandrum, co» luiſſe dicitar : Mihi quoque, in publicum prodeunti, ana- logo quopiam, multa magis opus eſſe, quis dubitet ? Re- pertis enim libelli, & cauſce quam traGat juſtiſſmms pa- Fronts idoneis, alias ettam, Scriptoris Epiſtola Dedicatoria. Scriptoris proteGores, ex- quirendos facile perſenſ; : Nec mora, Vos enim, wars egregit, illico mihi in mens tem redjiftis, (unde quidem, ( ut werins dicam ) nun- quam abeſtis ) qui me, Vee Sira familiaritate , olim dignati, ſic me , ſic mea omnia, utcunque tenuia, ea flimatis, & wel laudare, vel ſaltem excuſare, parati eftis, ut aliis, bunc tracda- tum inſcribere , wel aliss, mei Defenſ(ores adeptare , nefas Epiſtola Dedicatoria. nefas auxerim. De meipſo ( more Chy- MICOrum ſ peciatim TB Noyacte Tels & Miuiranlus,C. TJ: multa promittere modeſtia non patitur ; &- quamvis mibhi non ſum tam ſuffenus ut quidquam de me magnos» pere pollicear, in utraq; ta- men Academia educato, ex- actis etiam wiginti prope annis in fiudio (© praxi Medicine, Chymie, &» A- natomic, liceat mihi dicere me non prorſus ignart!m eſſe plari- Fpiſtola Dedicatoria. plurimorum, five Dogmatin five Experimentorum , que alicujus in hac arte momenti ſunt. Quapropter navem ſolwendi Wh hunc oceanum diſcurrendi copiam facile mibi dandam confido, gra- tum aliquid & utile huma- no generi exponere ſiuden- ti, Valete wiri egpregie dof , Accipite hoc off e- rentem Tegzgyo ; Ferotte mt- bi ( quod ſemper facitis ) indulgere, meiq, patrocint- A 4 #11 Fpiſtola Dedicatoria. um ſuſcipere , dignemini : + perpetuo favete Addiciſſimo veſtri, F:.:C: Miſcelanea — — — »” EE Miſcelanea Medica : OR, A SUPPLEMENT T O Kitchin - Phyfick. mm. — _ The Second Part. LE Phyficians whom we ought moſt to confide A in, do conclude and have determined it as a moſt undoubted Truth, to care with con= 2 A Supplement contraries , and preſerve with Cordials , according to that confirm'd Aphoriſm of coxtraria contrariis curantur : Similia (i- milibus, conſervantur:. 4 Paracelſus, Theophraſtns, Bom- baitus, Van-Helmont, and ſome of their late conceited Diſci- ples, without taking any notice of this diſtinction, do morbur morbo curare : and venture to attempt the putting out of fire with fire: Or, curing hot Difſ- eaſes with hot Medicines, and conſequently cold Diſeaſes with cold. Hippocrates, Galen, and their more aged Ofi-ſpring z on the other hand judge it more reaſonable and practicable to put out fire with water 3 and to ſubdue the cold effects of water, by heat or fire: and to this end, if the Diſeaſe be hot and ry. as a Fever, they ad- | viſe to Kitchin-Phyſick. 3 viſe ſuch Food and Phylick, AS is cold and monrit; and hot and dry Mcats and Medicines to ſubdue a diſcaſe that is moiſt and cold 3 never neglecting (as 1s ſuppoſed by the Chymilt) to ſupply Nature. though not the Dijeaſe , with conventent, de- Iighttu]l, and proper Cordials, always remembring, not to 20s» riſþ, but to oppoſe a Diſeaſe, with things that remove, or al- ter it by their qualities. We are much beholden to the temperament and qualities of things, for the preſervation of our health, and curing Dil> _ eaſes, nor 1s there, through the benignity and bounty of God, any accident or diſtemper, but hath its remedy affigned it, by the matter, form, temperament Or qualities of Medicines, knew we but certainly how, and when to A Sapplement to apply them : and therefore it is, that Phyſiology, and all the five parts of Phyſick, are more abſolutely neceſſary, than the moſt exalted, and accurate Medicines of the Chymiſt : and though by ſome ( who know the vulgar neither do, nor will know any thing but what is vulgar) the Galenift and Chy- miſt are repreſented , as two diſtin&t, different and inconfi- ſtent things, yet *tis certain, they both ſerve but to make up - one intire Artiſt : And I could tell you Exgenius not only of ſome Phyſicians, but ſome alſo of your own profeſſion , that. can compare, if not out-do the greateſt Don and Heroes ( as they think themſelves) of the Chymical and Hermetick Se : And becauſe you may depend upon it for a Truth, that _ Dil- 4 to Kitchin-Phyſick. 5 Diſeaſes and Remedies, may as well and better be compre- hended under ſome of the fim- ple or compound Qualities, than any other invented Zdes, Name or Notion whatever of the conceited Chymilt , to this very end, the foregoing Chapters in the firſt Part, have given you a practical account of ſuch things, as do preſerve by their agreement with Nature, and cyre by their cortrariety to the Diſeaſe 3 and not to adviſe people to a Diet, that 1s an- {werable to their Diſeaſe and Phyfick they are preſcribed, 1s to ruine them nor are they by any but conceited Pradtiti- oners and Humorilts, to be left at large, to feed as they think fit on old Cheele, Red-herring, or to inflame themſelves with the more ſubtil and penetrating Spirits 6 IJ Dupplement Spirits of Brandy, Punch and Aqua Vite, which, though at friſt they ſeem to content Na- ture, and exalt the Archeus, or vital and natural heat of our bodies, yet they lo alter allo the natural tone, temper and fer- ments of the pancreas, blood and [{tomach, that (in a little time ) they leave them languid, faint and vappid : By theſe things the Chymilt may for a while, ſeemingly make his Ar- cheus or Nature blaze the bet- ter 3 but (like a Torch with often beating) it will certainly burn out the ſooner: and 'tis rare to find any 'accultomed Brandy, or Aqua vite Bubber, when once lick ever to reco- ver, becauſe the frequent uſe of ſuch things, make all other Cor- dials uſeleſs and invalid in time of ſickneſs, avd when Nature ſhould fo Iit nn Byyl $. 7 ſhould ſtand moſt in need of them. Beſides, they either at firſt ſo inflame the vital Spirits, as to produce (uch acute, ſharp, and ſudden Diſeaſes, as Fevers, Apoplexies, and the like, or elſe in time (as one fire puts out a- nother) they extinguiſh the vital heat and moiſture , and thereby occaſion ſuch chronick and fatal Diſeaſes, as Gouts , Dropfies , Palſies, Hedcticks , Scorbuts, Conſumptions , and death it ſelf. In ſhort, our blood and ſpi- rits may as well be too much 4- gitaied as idle, and the vola- til Salts may ſtand 1n as much need of fixing, as the fixed Salts of volatizing , nor 1s their leſs danger in one than the other : and how the Chymiſt, only with his hot fiery Cordial Spirits at one and the ſame time, can ſerve 8 I Supplement / ſerve two ck. different Ma-, ters, I underſtand not , and muſt herein ſubmit to better judgements than my own, and ſurely, ſuch a modelt and man- nerly condeſcention, as this woald have better become Mempſis, than an unmanly dif- daining others to magnihie him. ſelf z nothing being more in- tolerable and baſe, than inur- banity : Nor can [ but wonder with what confidence he can pretend (as he does, page 187) to ſubdue the irregular patſtons, and reform the ſeful inclinati- ons of others by his Medicines, when, after ſo many thouſand Doſes, as he ſays he has taken himſelf,Conly to animate others) as yet he has-not conquer'd his own: his prevaricating in this 1s enough on all occaſions, ro gall in queſtton his integrity , | and to Kitchin-Phyſick. 9 and to make him ſufpeted a— Chymiſt : Nor are we ſo much to confide in the loud Hyper- bolies of his Medicines,and great brags that are daily made of Parttamagogons , Alexi » ſtoma+ chons, &c. As to ſome few well digeſted inſtitutions, that may praQically relate to the fix non-Naturals, and a Directory for Diet. Like Food, like Fleſh, like Meat, like Medicine, was once almoſt grown proverbial : and ſome old Philoſophers, by the continual ſucceſſion of new mat- ter by Aliments 3 have ot only affirmed z that from fick men we may become ſound me - but of late the Chymiſts have ſo improv'd, and advanced the Notion in behalf of their Z- therial , and ſupernatural Spi- rits , that we may (lay they) allo 10 YJ Supplement alſo become mew men; and one of the beſt and moſt accom- pliſh'd of the Chymical Cabal (meaning Mempſis) has under- taken (on condition his Maje- fty will be gracious to that pro- feſſion) not 'only to cure his Subje&s of Incontinency , A- theiſm , Profaneneſs, and all. manner of Sin and Debauche- ry : But will make them alſo Juſt, Devout, Loyal and Reli- gious, only by cokeling, tame- ing , and tickling the Archens with his Hermetick and Chymi- cal preparations : and to grati- fe farther, his ſacred royal Ma- iter for fo great a kindneſs he engages (to uſe his own words, pag. 187. 'of his c:lw0-ptudas ) by the powerful operation of his i*Te,y (7. e. tn plain Eng- liſh his profound skill in Phy- lick) to convert Quakers, Cata= baptiits, to Kitehit-Phyſlek. rt baptiſt Independents Separatiſte, &$chiſmaticks & the wultitade of Phanaticks to the Church of Enge land. Do this,8& thou ſhalt have my conſent, hot only to be hos neſt George, Door George, and George theDoQtor: ButSir George, St. George,and Georpt the Saint. | But in good earheſt I wiſh, dear Doctor, thou hadſt con- ceil'd the Divine and Moral operations of thy Medicines , upon the hearts and conſciences of poor Mortals, becaule fn theſe his Majeſties Dominions thou canſt now never more hope for any pradice and employ as a Medicaſter : for ſurely the pro- fane Cavalier he'l not meddle with thee, for fear of being made a Schiſmatick, a religious Rebel or Round-head : Nor will 'm ſure the devout Phana- tick, for fear of being damn'd B 2 for 12 I Supplement for an Atheiſt, a debauch'd and honeſt Royaliſt : now then or never recant, and own the 'Do- Qrine of Contrarieties : now, now or never 1s the time to make it. appear and convince the ignorant Heretical, Repro- bate, and unconverted Galenii?, that thy Chymical and Her- metick Phylick, can at one and the ſame time work ſuch con- trary effects, as to make the Serpent (thy ſelf dear DoGor ) a Saintz a Royaliſt, a Round- head, and a Rebel a Royaliſt ; Now I fay is the time, the very time forthee,O Mempſes,to work theſe wonders ; or elſe, (with pity and compaſlion I ſpeak it) thou muſt,I, thou muſt pack up, and be gone into ſome of thoſe horrid regions , where people are neither for God nor the King 3 for King nor Parliment, no, to Kitchin-Phyſick. 13 no, nor for my Lord Mayor, nor Common-council. I wiſh alſo, that the Do@or had not intimated, and ſuggeſt- ed to his Majeſty that in good conſcience( for the good lervice he has done himſelf, and Royal Father of bleſſed Memory) he ought, or can'dono leſs than o- verthrow, or at leaſt new Mo« del, and purge with his reform- ing Phyſich, his College of Phy- ficians, and two famous Univer- ties, Cambridge and Oxford. But above all things, after all thy glorious boaſts and brags of Loyalty, thou wert be- witch*d to petition the Parlia- ment for no leſs (in effe&t) than his Majeſties 3 there own, and the peoples lives and liberties : for what difference 1s there be- twixt their being raiz*d, and their ereFing a College for Memp- B 3 ſis,” 14 A Dupplement fs, with immunities for him , his Heirs and Aftigns to diſ- penſe all the Medicines , that muſt be made uſe of in his Ma- jefties Dominmons. This George ,, however rea- ſonable, and neceſlary it ſeems to thy ſelf; yet, after thou haſt fluttered a little longer like a Feather in the wind, thon wilt find that the Parliament will let thee drop, and take no more notice of thy Phanatick Freeks and frisking Seminalities of thy brain, than if a Tom-tit-mous, an Owl, or a Jack-daw had flown over Weſtminſter. Let Wiſdom baul, and utter her voice never fo loud : let her ſcream and tear :her throat in pieces; 'tis (as thou ſaylſt George) all one, as if thou ſhouldſt vo+ ciferate Neptune to forbear ſwallowing up \Ships, fince 'tis | his to Kitchin-Phyſick. 15 his Nature to do ſuch dirty and miſchievous tricks: All which the Lord Mayor, and Court of Aldermen taking into their con- fideration, and .that there's no hope, that either the King or Pariiament will accommodate thee with a College; our Se- nators and 'City Heroes are at this time preparing one for thee at Moor-gate. And now , ſeeing he 1s fo hardly dealt with 3 let his Ma- jeſty, his two Houſes, his Nobi- lity and Gentry 3 the Biſhops and Clergy ; the Lawyers and Laity 3 the whole City, Town and Country look to it as the will ,*tis to be feared,that what- ever Chymick and Hermetick Phyfick can do, ſhall be done to have the ſame effects on them as on himſelf : and (if Heaven helps not) convert them all to B 4 non- 16 A Supplement non- conformity, faCion and (ee dition. This zealous Mempſys 1n a- nother place of his Evangeli- um Chymicurm (tor all he ſays is Goſpel ). has a hymn to his Creator (and by the way Jet me ſolemnly tell him, I wonder how he dare concern ſo great a God! in his little defigns) for putting it into the hearts of ruſticks and Mariners, with their Punch, Brandy, and A- ua vite battles, to teach lot- eiſh-Galenifts, the uſe and ex- cellencies of his well diſtilled Spirits, and the foolery of their dull Julips, fulſom and fruit- lels Apozems, Bochets, Cullices and Gellies, as you may read at large 1n ſeveral Paragraphs apd Pages of his Book. But to leave theſe extrava- gancies, and flurts of the Hy- pecondres to Kitchin-Phyſick. 17 pocondres : Lets hear what Ga- ' len upon Hippocrates ſays cons cerning this affair of Aliments: * This grave Philoſopher 1n his © Book De Elementis, tells us, <* that by a diſſent of the firſt * qualities (not from the Pun- & Tum laters, the little Atoms & in the Archenus, and Seminal + 14£as in the Materia prima, as our inſpired Mempſss will have it) but from the Jiſeot of theſe firſt Qualities, ſays our Author, which proceeds immediately from the Elements themſelves, and the Aliments; man is born for the Phylician, and were it not for the defects proceeding from theſe two, man could ne» ver dye. 