Of Physical Experiments . LIZ

Ground'*,: for if ycu sc rch and dig there, you may easily finde them.; windehim,being alive, about y >ur Finger, and there hold him till he be dead, which vriil bewithin an hour. The pain will presently cease, the matter dry away , and in a shoretime be cured: Indeed I do noi know a more admirable Remedy.

Fora Tie strife.

I found out a most powerful Remedy made of the Flowers of wilde Poppy. Ga-ther them iu the Month of Maj , before the rising of the Sun, and their openingfor, being thin Leaves, they are easily dried with a little hear, and sh d : dry themin rhe shade, and lay them up for your use. Or else, still the Flowers , and keepthe water. If any onerakech a drachm of the powder in Wine , and some of thewater ; or in the water alone : or shall apply a Piaister of the Powder to the place,the pain wiil presently ceale, to the admiration of the Beholders. Mistleto of theOak infused in Wine, and drunk, doth the fame. There is a Stone also broughtout of the West-Indies, called in Spanish, Delia Hijada ; much like au Emerald :which being worn in Silver, upon the Arm, is accounted a preservative against thisDisease.

Against the Colicky

Civet is most excellent in this Disease: for the quantity of a Pease, applied to theNavil, and a hot Loaf out of the Oven clapt over it, presently easeth the pain: thePatient must ly on his Belly upon the Bread before it be cold.

Againf Crab lice.

The Dust which falls from the Curry-Combs, while the Ostler dreffeth Horses, orsuch kinde of Beasts, enreth them without any pain. Or the Powder of Lithargy,Aloes,Frankincense,Verdegrcese, and Alome, beaten and mixed together with Oylof Mattick, and anoync the place. The Powder of Mercury precipitate, is best byfar, being applied.

To bring attaj the Stene t

Take Saxifrage, Maiden-hair, Pel lit or y of the wall, Parfely, Pimpernel and Cete-rach ; distil them ia Balnco Marie, and let the Patient drink of it every other day:for it corrodes and eats away the Stone,though never lo great; and by daily experi-ence , you will see in bis Urine, Gravel and Fragments ok the Stone voided one.Moreover, the Fruit tad Leaves of the Mulberry gathered before Sun rising, anddistilled or dried in the shade ; if it be drank in Wine, or a proper water, early inthe morning, doth wonderfully remove the Stone. Mushromes growing on a Rock,reduced into Powder, or dried in the shade, or a warm Oven, and drank with Winein a morning, is very Soveraign against the Stone. If the Keroels of a Peach-Stonebe bruised, and macerated two dayes in the distilled water of Bean-Cods, and thendistilled again , and drunk, bringdown the Stone. The Hedge-Sparrow, whichAetitu mentionetb, I know to be good against the Stone in the Kidney or Bladder.It is the least of all Birds, liveth in Hedges, carrieth his Tail upright ; on the topof his Wings,there are some streaks of Ash-colour; of a short flight: and lastly,much like a Wren. He hath a vertue against the Stone beyond all the rest, eateneither raw dt boyled, or dried or salted, or taken any way • also reduced into Pow-der,being made up dose in a Pot covered and clayed up, that the vertue may not ex-pire 5 and so set over the fire. I have also tried a water against this Disease, runningout of a certain Vein, described by Vitruvius .* which when I had diligently soughtafter, and found cut , made me exceedingly rejnyce. The words of Vttrttvittt arethese: There are also some Vetns of acide Springs, as at Lyncestum; and in Italy, acTheano in fertile Campania ; and many other places : which being drunk, have avertue to diffolve Stones which breed in the Bladders of men. And this seems tobe naturally done, because there lieth a sharp and acide juice under the Earth,through whicB, these Veins passing, receive a tincture of sharpness ; and so - whenthey come into the Bodies of Men, they dissolve whatever they finde there