Wellcome Collection: Saint John, Johanna (MS4338)

For a Blow or other Bruse in a Brest First let Blood then foment it with sage boyld in vinegar dip therin Flannels & apply them hott for an hower when yr first are hurt & nights for a week after Dr Willis

For milk Quard in the Brests wch causeth sicknes in the stomach Dr Symcotes The stomach of a Hare taken as much as will lye on a shiling in any Licuor night & morning in Powder

A Plaster for paine in the Back Tacamahacha caranna Burgundy Pitch each alike mixe them well & spread it on leather & lay it to the Back

X For any venomus stinging S Anoynt the Place with oyl of scorpions also if it be an Adder bruse the Head & lay it to the place will draw out the venome & to hold it to the fire or hold a red Hott Iron to the place as neare as you can suffer it alsoe saffron rue & venes Treacle made into a poltis will cure & the Head of the Adder

For him that spitteth Blood Let him take the Powder of mulberys in all his broths alsoe Juyce of Bittony mingled with Goats milk drink 3 mornings of it

For Bleeding at the nose The wool of a Hare wett in the white of an egge & role them in powder of suger & powder of a [burnt] burnt spung mingled & stop the nostrel therwith

For a Blast or the poyson of a Toad Plaintain & Parsly each a handful stamp & strain them & mingle the Juyce with Raw cream & anonyt therwith methridate layd to it is good

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To draw a Bile from one place to another Oculus christi & verven stamp them together & lay it on 2 fingers from the bile & so on till it comes to the place wher you would have it break

For Bleeding at the nose A dryed Toad hang it about the partyes neck in a silk bag this alsoe Dr Willis used for flooding also hogs dung Hott smelt to

To take out the fire of a Burne speedyly Burnt Alome & the yolk of an egge & oyle beat all thes together & apply it cold & shift it often

To ripen a sore Brest The cream of new milk manchitt grated very fine the yolk of a new layd egge gilgoby the ground a handful shreed very fine stir them all the while til ther be like cream on the Top of it then spread it and apply it as hott as may be in'dured shifting it 2 times a day when it is broke Tent it

For to disolve a Brest tho never so hard A pint of urin a good handful of marsh mallows if yu cannot git them ordinary malows boyle it till halfe is con sumed then put in as much barlye meal as will make it into a Poltis let it boyle a while then put into it a bitt of Hoggs greace as big as a walnutt take it ofe & put in a sponful of Hony, lay it on as hott as can be suffred let the part take 12 Hoglice brused in white wine 3 sponfuls every morning

4:B: For Broken Bones or Thornes to drawum out Oxe Ferne stamp it with Hoggs grease & lay it to the places Ashes made of earth wormes soden in Honey draweth out broken bones

syrops of comphry for a weak back Dr Willis for one had a sprain in her Back A pound of comphry roots scraped & sliced put them into a gally pot with a pound of hard suger & a half pint of Alagant couer & set in an oven not over hot but as y u would dry pares take of it morning & afternoon & 2 or 3 slices of the comphry

Dr Bates oynment for burnes or scalds {yu need noe other for tis most excellent} Take of the freshest Goos dung half a pound salet oyl halfe a pint Oynment of marsh mallows & oyl of red roses each 2 ounces cam phir a qtr of an ounce snow water 5 or 6 spoonfuls boyle it till all the watry moys ture be consumed then strain it & keep it in a pot anoynt it many times in an hower till the fire is out & it will never scarr if yu takeit at first you need nor other medson

For sharpness of Blood & Bleeding Conserve of hipps as much as a walnutt night & morning & this will be for a lose nes or any thing comes from sharpnes of blood

B:5: A Drink Dr Willis prescrived one that had a sore Brest Agrimony Horehound sanacle mouseare colts foot Bugle Plaintaine tops of cyprus each in i raisins halfe a pound Licorish halfe an ounce boyle thes in 3 qrts of water til a 3d part is wast ed put to it a pint of white wine strain it & whn it is cold Bottle it drink halfe a pint fasting & at 4 in the Afternoon if yu cannot git cyrpus & Horehound use St Johns wort & Tamaris insteed of them

* To make Conserve of Hipps * cut them in halfe & with a pen knife scrape out all the seeds & downe let them lye 2 days couer ed in a erthen bason beat & pulp them throw a Hare seive take the weight of the pulip in suger beat them till they are well mixed take as much as a nuttmeg night & morning

For the Bitting of a mad Dog never failing Leaves of Rue clean picked 6 ounces peeled garlick 4 ounces methridate or London Treacle 4 ounces shaveings of Pewter 4 spoon fuls a pottle of strong Ale a 4d part more a strong Jugg & boyle thes in the Jug (in a kettle of water) close stopt 4 howers on a gentle fire strain it & give 9 spoonfuls 9 days more or lesse according to the age of the person wash the place with some of decoction & lay some of the Dreggs upon it

{For the Bleeding at the nose Black wool burne it & mixe it with vineger & put some up the nostrel Lady Litchfeild}

For a Bruse in the Bone either by a Blow fal or cold

Rue Hemlock Ground gel chickweed smalage ana m:i: break them between yr Hands boyle them with clarified [vain] halfe an hower & some sheeps talow when the herbs grow yalow cast in some wheat brann Lay it on the place chang it often & when yu doe moysten it againe with the same [v.in]

{For the Biting of a mad Dog}

{ A Plant calad starr of the earth or Bucks Horne Plantain give 3 plants the first morning [fasting] 2 howers the next morning [7] tha next [3 c is] enough tis as good [fo B...] Beasts }

Susan Foot for a Burne or Scald Blast Blite or St Antonys Fire

Likked juie that runns upon the ground & gilgoby ground each 2 handfuls sinkfoyl the same chop all thes smal with a pound of hard Kidney mutton suit stop thes hard into a pipkin let it stand 3 days boyle it very gently putting in 3 sponfuls of snow water boyle it till the Herbs are crisp strain it hard into a pennyworth of salad oyle onoynt it stil as it drys up tel the paine be gone then lay on a rag dipt in to the burne or scald shifting it often

For Bleeding at nose

The Haire of the party burnt or the stink of a candle newly put out

A Draught to sweeten the Bloud

9 spoonfuls of milk from the cow 3 of red rose water 3 of succory water 3 of milk water & a little suger candy take this every morning

To stop the bleeding of Leeches

Burne a ragg & lay iy on the Holes

Mr Boyles Balsame of sulphire

Take one part of Flower of Brimstone & five of pure oyl olive mindle thes together well set them on agen the fire in an earthen or a silver pan not very deep but pritty flat & wide let it not boyle but simper & keep it still stiring with a silver or glasse spoon tell such time as the flower of Brimstone by fully melted in your oyl wch when it is it will look very Red then take it ofe the fire & let it stand a while & coole then set it on againe still stiring it tell it be thurowly melted & grown pritty thick like a Balsame or oyntment then keep it close conered for your use this mingled with oyle of Annus of Fennel seeds & fine powder of white suger candy a little taken on the poynt of a knife is an excellent remidy for a cough Alsoe one part of this & 3 parts of oxycrow shom plaster & applyd warme to the Kings evel swelling if not broken will disolve it & the Balsame alone when it is broken if dropt warme into it & some applyd on lint warme to it once or twice a day cures it for ulcers in the Lungues to take the fire out of Burnes the best war for inward takeing it is to make it with oyl of eggs & for outward applications with oyl of St Johns wort

For Bleeding at nose

A sheet of white Paper wett it in vineger & dry it in an oven when it is dry well it againe & dry it as before so doe 3 times then make it into powder & snuff up some of it into the nose oftin as well when it dos not as wen it bleeds

For a Cancer in the Breast A piece of a sheep skin taken off the flank of the sheep lay the skinn side to the breast changing it once in 12 hours & in hot weather once in 6 hours this was used to a woman whose breast was to be cut off & was broke & it kept her very many years without any pain or trouble & at last died of another disease a child knew the woman to whom it was taught by a French man

Another for a Knubb or hardness in a Breast A piece of Brown Paper dip it in Brandy dry it & spread it over with honey Lay it to the breast & in a months time it will disolve if it must be new ones in a day or two

For a Cancer in the Breast A print of chickin broth 12 or 15 crafish alive beat them in a morter & pat some of the broth to them beat them & strain them as you doe Almons to make almon milk beating & straining them til you have all the goodness of the crayfish out drink it every morning a pint

X For a Dropsey D Six Topps of wormwood steep them all night in a quarter of fair water drink of this water next day &an equal quantity of cla ret each wine with your meat & no other drink eats nor milk purg with carcinosinum once or twice a week it must be new every night made

Bleeding at nose Take a Rag & Dipp it in a little water wherin you have desolved a bitt of Roman vittriol warms the Rag & lay it cross the nose without side & let the party for 3 mornings drink 2 spoonfuls of juice of watercresses 2 of Juyce of nettles & 2 of Juyce of lemon

For a cancerous Knobb in a Breast The Brins that is in salt Butter dip a Ragg in it several times in a day & lay to it & have heard of one in whom it desolved the Knobb quite after it had been there many yeares

For the same The warts growing up on Horses Legs made into powder in take as much as will lie on a shilling in a little whitewine morning & night