Adenochoiradelogia, or, An anatomick-chirurgical treatise of glandules & strumaes or, Kings-evil-swellings : together with the royal gift of healing, or cure thereof by contact or imposition of hands, performed for above 640 years by our Kings of England continued with their admirable effects, and miraculous events, and concluded with many wonderful examples of cures by their sacred touch / all which are succinctly described by John Browne.

Title

Adenochoiradelogia, or, An anatomick-chirurgical treatise of glandules & strumaes or, Kings-evil-swellings : together with the royal gift of healing, or cure thereof by contact or imposition of hands, performed for above 640 years by our Kings of England continued with their admirable effects, and miraculous events, and concluded with many wonderful examples of cures by their sacred touch / all which are succinctly described by John Browne.

Author

Browne, John, 1642-ca. 1700.

Publication

London :: Printed by Tho. Newcomb for Sam. Lowndes,

1684.

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Subject terms

Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric.

Royal touch.

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Contents

• frontispiece
• illustration
• title page
• approbation
• copyright privilege
• To the Most Sacred Majesty, CHARLES II. By the Grace and Providence of GOD, KING Of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c.
• To the most Noble and most Illustrious Prince, JAMES, Duke, Marquess and Earl of Ormond; Earl of Ossory and Brecknock; Viscount Thurley; Lord Baron of Arclo and Lanthong; Lord of the Regalities and Liberties of the County of Tiperary; Chancellor of the Universities of Oxon and Dublin; Lord Lieutenant General, and General Governour of His Majesties Kingdom of Ireland; One of the Lords of His Majesties most Honourable Privy Council of His Majesties Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland; Gentleman of His Majesties Bed-Chamber; Lord Steward of His Majesties Houshold; Lord Lieutenant of the County of Somerset; Lord Lieutenant and Lord High Steward of the City of Bri∣stol; Lord Steward of the City of Westminster; And Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter.
• AN Introductional PREFACE To the Studious READER.
• To the AUTHOUR Mr. JOHN BROWNE.
• title page
• The First Book.
  • CHAP. I. Of the Glandules in general, and their uses allowed by the An∣cients.
  • CHAP. II. Of the Brain, and its glandulous parts.
  • CHAP. III. Of the Glandulous Caruncle of the Eye.
  • CHAP. IV. Of the Palpebrae, or Eye-lids, and both the Canthi, or corners of the Eyes.
  • CHAP. V. Of Tears, and whence they do pro∣ceed, as also of the Glandula Lachrymalis.
  • CHAP. VI. Of the Parotidal Glandules.
  • CHAP. VII. Of the Jugular Glandules. (Wharton.)
  • CHAP. VIII. Of the Tongue, and its Tonsils.
  • CHAP. IX. Of Wharton's Salival or Maxil∣lary Glandules, together with Steno's new Salival Glan∣dules.
  • CHAP. X. Of the Thorax, and the glan∣dulous parts thereunto belong∣ing.
  • CHAP. XI. Of the Thymus.
  • CHAP. XII. Of the Aesophagus, or Gulet, and its Glandules belonging to it.
  • CHAP. XIII. Of the Omentum or Kell.
  • CHAP. XIV. Of the Mesentery, and of its glan∣dulous Affects.
  • CHAP. XV. Of the Pancreas.
  • CHAP. XVI. Of the Liver.
  • CHAP. XVII. Of the Spleen.
  • CHAP. XVIII. Of the Kidneys.
  • CHAP. XIX. Of the Renal Glandules.
  • CHAP. XX. Of the Testicles both of Men and Women.
  • CHAP. XXI. Of the Epididymis or Parastatae.
  • CHAP. XXII. Of the Prostates.
  • CHAP. XXIII. Of the Glandules of the Artus, or Articulations.
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• To the Right Honourable, HENRY Earl of Arlington, Lord Chamberlain of His Majesties most Honourable Houshold, Knight of the most Noble Or∣der of the Garter, One of His Majesties most Honourable Privy Council, and Lord Lieu∣tenant of the County of Suf∣folk, &c.
• To the Industrious Reader.
• The Names of the Authors concerned in this Treatise.
• The Second Book, In which are contained Seven CHAPTERS.
• The Second Book OF THE Kings-Evil,
  • CHAP. I. Of the Struma, or Kings-Evil in General.
  • CHAP. II. What the Kings-Evil-Swelling is, with its just Name and Na∣ture.
  • CHAP. III. Several Differences of the Evil, both from the Ancients and Mo∣dern.
  • CHAP. IV. Several Causes of Strumaes, or Kings-Evil-Swellings.
  • CHAP. V. The proper Signs of Strumaes, or Kings-Evil-Swellings.
  • CHAP. VI. The Proper Presages of Strumaes, or Kings-Evil-Swellings.
  • CHAP. VII. The Practical Curative Method of Strumaes, or Kings-Evil-Swel∣lings.
    • recipe
    • Vel,
    • Altera Potio.
    • Compound Potions may again be thus prepared for Strumous Affects.
    • Vel,
    • Bolus pro eodem.
    • Vel,
    • Vel,
    • Pil Vigonis pro eodem.
    • Pil. alter.
    • Vel,
    • Pil. Theodoric.
    • Pil.
    • Vel,
    • Vel,
    • Other Pills.
    • Powders for discharging this Strumous Matter.
    • Vel,
    • Decoctions.
    • Another.
    • A Purging Confection.
    • Another for the same.
    • A Purging Electuary for the same.
    • Powder.
    • Powder.
    • Another Specifick Powder.
    • Another both Specifick and Alterant Powder.
    • Opiatum Specificum & alterans.
    • An Alterant Decoction.
    • Another Specifique Decoction.
    • Specifique Pills.
    • A Specifique Opiate or Bolus.
    • A Suppurating Cataplasm.
    • A Suppurating Emplaster.
    • Another for the same.
    • An Emollient Unguent.
    • In stronger Strumaes.
    • Or this following.
    • Empl. Laurentii Emolliens.
    • Another.
    • Another Emollient Empl.
    • Another.
    • Resolving Emplasters.
    • An Emollient and Resolving Empl.
    • Another.
    • Another.
    • Another both Emollient and Discutient.
    • Another.
    • Empl. Dr. Bruni pro Strumis.
    • Or another of his is this.
    • Another.
• AN Elenchus Of the Things contained in The Second Book.
  • chapter - 1
  • chapter - 2
  • chapter - 3
  • chapter - 4
  • chapter - 5
  • chapter - 6
  • chapter - 7
• title page
• TO THE Right HONORABLE AND Right Reverend Father in God, NATHANIEL, Lord Bishop of Durham, AND Clerk of the Closet to His MAJESTY.
• To the Reader.
• THE THIRD BOOK, In which are Ten Chapters contained.
• AN ELENCHUS Of the things contained in
  • chapter - 1
  • chapter - 2
  • chapter - 3
  • chapter - 4
  • chapter - 5
  • chapter - 6
  • chapter - 7
  • chapter - 8
  • chapter - 9
  • chapter - 10
• THE Royal Gift of Healing.
  • CHAP. I. The Origination of this Healing Method proved.
  • CHAP. II. Herein is shewn what this Gift is, and when, and how often used.
  • CHAP. III. Whether Diseases Curable or Incurable.
  • CHAP. IV. How long this hath been in use, and when began to flourish.
  • CHAP. V. In this is shewn the Universality of its Cure, without any re∣spect either to Age, Sex, Temper, or Constitution.
  • CHAP. VI. Whether Kings and Queens of England, as Nursing Fathers and Mothers were thus parti∣cularly qualified with this Gift of Healing? and whether the French King doth cure by Stroaking the Evil, as well as our Kings of England?
  • CHAP. VII. Part of the Manner and Form of the Healing; wherein is de∣monstrated the Kings Excellent Piety, Humility, and Clemency in Curing Strumaes, with the Ceremonies thereto.
  • CHAP. VIII. This shews the Certainty of its Events, and the Admirable Ef∣fects of its Cure.
  • CHAP. IX. Several Doubts resolved about this Curative Method, made by Atheists, Sadducees, and ill conditioned Pharisees.
  • CHAP. X. Several Examples of Miraculous Cures performed by His Maje∣sties Sacred Touch.
• An Account of the Persons touched by his Sacred Majesty King Charles the Second, for the Cure of the Kings Evil, from May 1660. taken from a Register kept by Thomas Haynes Esq Serjeant of His Majesties Chappel Royal.
• An Account of Persons Touch'd by His most Sacred Majesty King Charles the Second, for the Cure of the Kings Evil, from May 1667. to May 1682. taken from a Book or Register thereof, kept by Mr. Thomas Donkley, Keeper of His Majesties Closet belonging to His Majesties Royal Chappel.
• Books Printed for, and sold by Samuel Lowndes, over-against Exeter-Exchange in the Strand.