The charitable physitian with the Charitable apothecary. Written in French by Philbert Guibert Esquire, and physitian regent in Paris: and by him after many severall editions, reviewed, corrected, amended, and augmented. And now faithfully translated into English, for the benefit of this kingdome, by I. W.

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The charitable physitian with the Charitable apothecary. Written in French by Philbert Guibert Esquire, and physitian regent in Paris: and by him after many severall editions, reviewed, corrected, amended, and augmented. And now faithfully translated into English, for the benefit of this kingdome, by I. W.

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Guybert, Philbert, d. 1633.

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London :: printed by Thomas Harper, and are to bee sold by Willliam Sheeres, at his shop in Coven Garden neere the New Exchange,

1639.

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"The charitable physitian with the Charitable apothecary. Written in French by Philbert Guibert Esquire, and physitian regent in Paris: and by him after many severall editions, reviewed, corrected, amended, and augmented. And now faithfully translated into English, for the benefit of this kingdome, by I. W." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A02327.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 4, 2024. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• THE CHARITABLE PHISITIAN.
  • The manner to make Clysters.
    • A Clyster to purge the Belly which you may make at all times.
    • To make another Clister for the same.
    • An other Clyster.
    • An other Clyster.
    • To make a detersive Clyster.
    • A Clyster against the beginning of the Dissentery.
    • A Refreshing and detersive Clyster.
    • An Emollient Clyster.
    • A Clyster with Turpentine against the Stone-Collicke.
    • An Astringent Clyster.
    • Another Clyster for the same.
    • A Clyster for the Collicke of the Belly.
    • A Clister for the Apoplexie.
    • Another Clyster against the Collicke for the poore.
    • Another for the poore.
    • A natritive Clyster.
    • Another for the same.
    • Another for the poore.
    • The manner to make and prepare Suppositories.
    • Other Suppositories which are stronger.
    • Another Suppository.
    • Another Suppository.
    • A Certaine remedy for to loosen the belly of those which are hard bound, and will not take neither Clysters nor Suppositories.
    • For the poore which are solid and hard bound.
    • The manner to make Iniections.
    • An Iniection for the Gonorrhea.
    • To make Pessaries.
    • A pessary to provoke the monethly courses.
    • A Pessary to stay the monethly courses.
    • To make Ptisan Simplex to drinke ordinarily.
    • To make Barly water.
    • The manner to take Bezoar stone, and what it is worth a graine.
    • The manner to make Hydro∣mell Simplex.
    • To make compounded Hydromell.
    • To make Laxative Ptisan.
    • Another Laxative Ptisan.
    • A Laxative Ptisan, with Sene, Rubarbe, and Agaricke.
    • Another Laxative Ptisan with Cassia and Sene.
    • The excellency of these Ptisans.
    • To make water of Cassia.
    • To make water of Rubarbe.
    • To make a decoction of Sene purgative.
    • A purging decoction of Sene for the poore.
    • The manner to make and prepare Laxative and purging medicines of divers fa∣shions, and with little trouble.
    • Another Laxative medicine.
    • Another medicine Laxative compounded with Syrup of Roses, Sene, Ru∣barbe and Agaricke.
    • A Laxative medicine made with a decoction of Roots, Hearbs, Sene, Cassia, Rubarb, and Syrup of Damask Roses.
    • An easier manner to make the said medicine.
    • Another Laxative medicine.
    • A medicine for those which are strong bodies and rusticke.
    • A Laxative medicine for those that are soluble.
    • A Laxative medicine for little chil∣dren at nurse.
    • To make a Bolus of Cassia.
    • A Bolus of Cassia to purge the reines, and refreshing.
    • A Bolus of Cassia with Turpentine for the Gonorrhaea.
    • Another Bolus of Cassiae.
    • Another Bolus for children at nurse.
    • A Bolus for the poore.
    • Another.
    • Another Bolus for the poore.
    • To make Vomits.
    • A common Vomit.
    • Another Vomit.
    • A Vomit which is stronger.
    • To make Chewings or Masticatories.
    • Another.
    • Another.
    • To make Gargarismes.
    • Another Gargarisme.
    • Another.
    • A Gargarisme to mollifie the heart and mouth.
    • An Anodine Gargarisme for the poore.
    • A Gargarisme Astringent and Repereussive.
  • To make and prepare Emulcions.
    • An Emul∣cion for to refresh the reines, and for the sharpnesse of Vrine.
    • An easier way to make an Emulcion which is ordinary.
    • To make Almond Milke.
    • To make a Hordest or mundified Barly.
    • To make Tablets or Lozinges of Sugar of Roses.
    • To make a frontall or binding for the paines of the head, caused of cold.
    • A frontall or binding to cause rest.
    • Another refreshing to cause rest.
    • Another.
    • Another.
    • To make Oxicrat.
    • To make Oxirrhodinum.
    • Another.
    • To make Hydreleum.
  • To make Epithemes.
    • An Epitheme refreshing the parts which are temper'd with heat.
    • A Corroborant and refreshing Epitheme, for hot bellies in lingring Feavers.
    • An Epitheme to lay upon the region of the heart in malignant and pesti∣lent Feavers.
    • Another for the same.
    • An Epitheme against the coldnesse of the heart.
    • To make Sternatutories or sneesing powder.
  • To make Fumes and Perfumes.
    • An excellent perfume to cast a sent in a cham∣ber and against the ill aire.
    • Another Perfume.
  • To make Fomentations and baggs.
    • A Fomentation against the Pleurisie.
    • Bags or Cataplasmes for the same.
    • A Fomentation Resolative and Emollient.
    • An Anodine Fomentation.
    • Baggs for the poore.
    • Baggs for the griefe of the stomacke.
    • A Cataplasme for Apostumes and Tumours.
    • An Emollient and Remolitive Cataplasme.
    • A Cataplasme for Gangrenes and Pe∣stilent boyles.
    • To make Linements.
    • Another.
    • An excellent oyntment for a burne, made by a charitable Gentlewoman in France.
    • To make a refreshing Cerat, and of a good odour.
  • To make Colyrium or Eye-waters.
    • A Colyrium against gravell or any filth in the eyes:
    • A Colyrium for the paine of the eyes.
    • A Refrigeretive Colyrium for the beginning of a fluxion or blacknesse.
    • To make Vesicatories.
    • Another.
    • Another.
    • An excellent preservative against the Plague.
    • Washings for the leggs and feete to provoke sleepe.
    • Of Bathes.
  • A Treatise or Catalogue of those Instruments which the rich ought to have in their houses.
  • A Catalogue of those Medicaments which the rich ought to have in their houses.
  • A Charitable and notable advertisement to the publike.
• THE PRICE AND VALVE OF MEDICA∣ments as well Simple as com∣pounded which are used in PHYSICKE
  • The Price of Medicaments Simple as they are sold at the Druguists.
  • The price of Medicaments compounded, and first of Syrups.
    • The second manner to make Syrup of Violets.
    • The third manner.
    • Syrup of Colts foote.
    • Syrup of Damask Roses.
    • Syrup of Poppies Simple.
    • Syrup of red Poppies.
    • Syrup of water Lillies:
    • Syrup of Maiden-haire.
    • Syrup of five Roots.
    • Syrup of Marsh Mallowes.
    • Syrup of Succory compounded with Rubarbe.
    • Syrup of Succory Simple.
    • Syrup of Endive simple.
    • Syrup of Femmatorie:
    • Syrup of the juyce of Buglosse.
    • Syrup of Vineger.
    • Syrup of Mulberries.
    • Syrup of Apples Simple.
    • Syrup of Apples compounded.
    • Syrup of Mints simple.
    • Syrup of dryed Roses.
    • Iulep of Roses.
    • Syrup of Wormewood:
    • Syrup of Staechados.
    • Syrup of Licorish.
  • Conserves.
  • Electuaries.
  • Of Electuaries solid.
  • Of Pills.
  • Of Powders and Lozinges.
  • Antidotes.
  • Trochisques.
  • Of Distilled Waters.
  • Of Roses.
  • Of Oyntments and Plaisters.
• title page
• THE CHARITABLE APOTHECARIE. The first Treatise.
  • CHAP. I. A Catalogue of all Instruments necessary to furnish an Apothecary.
  • Of Clarification. CHAP. II. The manner to clarifie Sugar and Honey:
  • CHAP. III. The manner to Clarifie Decoctions and Infu∣sions a part without Sugar.
  • CHAP. IV. The manner to clarifie Apozemes with Syruys and also to clarifie Whey.
  • CHAP. V. The manner to draw Iuices.
  • CHAP. VI. To draw the juice of Quinces.
  • CHAP. VII. To draw the Iuice of Red and Da∣maske Roses.
  • CHAP. VIII. To draw the Iuice of Gooseberries.
  • CHAP. IX. To draw the Iuice of Barberries.
  • CHAP. X. To draw the Iuice of Mulberries.
  • CHAP. XI. To draw the Iuice of Cherries.
  • CHAP. XII. To draw the Iuice of Granates.
  • CHAP. XIII: To draw the Iuice of Citrons and Lymons.
  • CHAP. XIIII. The manner to Clarifie the aforesaid Iuices.
  • CHAP. XV. To draw the Iuice of Apples and to Clarifie it.
  • CHAP. XVI. The manner to boyle Sugar to the consistance; to make Sugar of Roses.
  • CHAP. XVII. To boyle Sugar to make Tablets or Lozinges with powders.
  • CHAP. XVIII. To boyle Sugar and Honey to the height to make Electuaries.
  • CHAP. XIX. Infusions to make Syrups.
  • CHAP. XX. To know when Syrups are boyled enough.
  • CHAP. XXI. To Remedie Syrups that are to much boyled, and those which are to little, and those which are Candied.
  • CHAP. XXII. To draw the pulpe of dates for Electuar: Diaphaenic:
  • CHAP. XXIII. To draw the pulps of Cassia, prunes, and Tamarinds, and to prepare them for molutive Electuaries.
  • CHAP. XXIII. Of Medicaments which are put into powder, and first of Sennae.
  • CHAP. XXIIII. The manner to dry certaine Medicaments, which are afterwards put in powder.
  • CHAP. XXV. How to put in powder, Aloes, Mirrhe, Ru∣barbe, Saffron, and Assafaetida.
  • CHAP. XXVI. The manner to powder Scammonie.
  • CHAP. XXVII. To put Masticke in powder.
  • CHAP. XXVIII. To put Trochisques of Agaricke in powder.
  • CHAP. XXIX. To put Campher in powder.
  • CHAP. XXX. To put Cinnamon in powder.
  • CHAP. XXXI. Of the Infusion of Oyles.
  • CHAP. XXXII. To know when Oyles are boyled enough.
  • CHAP. XXXIII. To know when Plaisters are boyled enough.
  • CHAP. XXXIV. The manner to wash the Barrow Hogges grease to make unguent: Rosat.
  • CHAP. XXXV. The manner to wash Ceruse.
  • CHAP. XXXVI. To wash and prepare Lytharge.
  • CHAP. XXXVII. The manner to burne Lead, and to powder and wash it for the unguent Pompholigos.
  • CHAP. XXXVIII. To prepare Tuttie Stone.
  • CHAP. XXXIX. The manner to Calcine Roman Vitrioll.
  • CHAP. XL. To make Creame and Salt of Tartar.
• THE CHARITABLE APOTHECARIE. The second Treatise of Syrups.
  • CHAP. I. The manner to make Syrup of Violets with the Iuice.
  • CHAP. II. The manner to make Syrup of Violets upon a cloath.
  • CHAP. III. To make Syrup of Violets of three Infusions.
  • CHAP. IIII. Mucharon of Violets and Damaske Roses.
  • CHAP. V. To make Syrup of Coltsfoot.
  • CHAP. VI. To make Syrup of Damaske Roses of nine Infusions.
  • CHAP. VII. To make Syrup of Red Poppies, Rhead:
  • CHAP. VIII. To make Syrup of water Lillies.
  • CHAP. IX. To make Syrup of Maidenhaire.
  • CHAP. X. The manner to make Syrup of Iujubes sim∣ple and compounded, and first to make the simple.
  • CHAP. XI. To make Syrup of Iujubes compounded.
  • CHAP. XII. To make Syrup of Marsh Mallowes.
  • CHAP. XIII. To make Syrup of Succory with Rubarbe.
  • CHAP. XIIII. To make Syrup of Rubarbe Laxative.
  • CHAP. XV. To make Syrup of Poppies simple.
  • CHAP. XVI. To make Syrup of Lymons.
  • CHAP. XVII. To make Syrup of Quinces.
  • CHAP. XVIII. To make Syrup of Sabor or Apples compounded.
  • CHAP. XIX. To make Syrup of Mulberries.
  • CHAP. XX. To make Syrup of Cherries:
  • CHAP. XXI. To make Syrup of dryed Roses.
  • CHAP. XXII. To make Syrup of Wormewood.
  • CHAP. XXIII. Of Syrups made with Honey. To make Despumd Honey.
  • CHAP. XXIIII. To make honey of Roses.
  • CHAP. XXV. To make Honey of Violets.
  • CHAP. XXVI. To make Honey of Mercury.
  • CHAP. XXVII. Of Conserves. To make Conserve of Violets.
  • CHAP. XXVIII. To make Conserve of Roses.
  • CHAP. XXIX. To make Conserve of water Lillie flowers.
  • CHAP. XXX. To make Conserve of Coltsfoote.
  • CHAP. XXXI. To make Conserves of the flowers of Bur∣rage, Buglosse, Rosemary, and Betony.
• THE CHARITABLE APOTHECARIE. The third Treatise of Ele
  • CHAP. I. The manner to make Electuary ¦tive for the rich.
  • CHAP. II. To make Electuar: Lenetive for the poore.
  • CHAP. III. To make Dicatholicn.
  • CHAP. IIII. To make Diaprunes simple and compounded.
  • CHAP. V. To make Electuary of Dates or Diaphaenicon.
  • CHAP. VI. To make Benedict: Laxative.
  • CHAP. VII. To make Tablets or Lozinges of Mechoacan.
  • CHAP. VIII. To make Trochisques of Agaricke.
  • CHAP. IX. To make Trochisques of Athandal:
  • CHAP. X. To make Trochisques of Mirrhe:
  • CHAP. XI. Of Pills. To make stomack Pills or ante Cibum.
  • CHAP. XII. To make Pills without the which, or sine quibus.
  • CHAP. XIII. To make Pills of Agaricke.
  • CHAP. XIIII. To make Pills of Rubarbe.
  • CHAP. XV. To make Somniferous Pills.
  • CHAP. XVI. Of Powders. Powder of three Saunders, the which one may use in the place of Diarrhodon: abbatis Dia∣margarit: frigid: and de Triasuntali.
  • CHAP. XVII. To make the powder called Diambra, the which you may use in the place of Diambra Are∣maticum Rosatum, and the Trochis∣ques of Gallia Moschata.
  • CHAP. XVIII. To make the powder Diatragagant.
  • CHAP. XIX. The manner to make powder of Licorish.
  • CHAP. XX. The manner to make Tablets or Lo∣zinges with the aforesaid Cordiall powders.
  • CHAP. XXI. Of Confection Alkermes and Hyacinth: with Venice Treacle.
• THE CHARITABLE APOTHECARIE. The fourth Treatise of Oyles.
  • CHAP. I. To make Oyle of Roses three wayes.
  • CHAP. II. To make Oyle of Violets.
  • CHAP. III. To make Oyle of water Lillies.
  • CHAP. IIII. To make Oyle of Cammomill.
  • CHAP. V. Oyle of Lillies.
  • CHAP. VI. To make oyle of Dill, Rue, and Marjoram, and Wormewood.
  • CHAP. VII. To make Oyle of Masticke.
  • CHAP. VIII. To make Oyle of Capers.
  • CHAP. IX. To make Oyle of Castor.
  • CHAP. X. To make Oyle of Wormes.
  • CHAP. XI. To draw Oyle of sweet and bitter Almonds.
  • CHAP. XII. Of Vnguents: or Oyntments. To make unguent Basilicon.
  • CHAP. XIII. To make unguent: Aureum.
  • CHAP. XIIII. To make unguent Aegyptiacum.
  • CHAP. XV. To make mundificative of Smalladge.
  • CHAP. XVI. To make unguent: Album or white oyntment.
  • CHAP. XVII. To make red Dissicative.
  • CHAP. XVIII. To make unguent Pompholigos.
  • CHAP. XIX. To make oyntment of Populeon or Pop∣lar buds.
  • CHAP. XX. To make oyntment of Roses.
  • CHAP. XXI. To make Plaisters. To make white Diachilon.
  • CHAP. XXII. To make Diachalcyteos or Diapalma Plaister.
  • CHAP. XXIII. To make Emplastrum Divinum.
  • CHAP. XXIIII. To make Emplastrum de Ianua sive de Betonica.
  • CHAP. XXV. Of the distillation of waters.
  • CHAP. XXVI. Of Treacle water.
  • CHAP. XXVII. To make Cinnamon waters.
  • CHAP. XXVIII. Another Cinnamon water.
  • CHAP. XXIX To make excellent Hipocras.
  • CHAP. XXX. Another manner to make Hipocras.
  • CHAP. XXXI. To make Hipocras of water.
• title page
• The manner to Embalme a dead Corps.
  • To Embalme the Heart.
  • A Description of the Vineger compounded, the which is to wash and soake the parts being warme, before you apply any of these Balmes following.
  • To make foure sorts of Balmes to powder and put into the parts of the body.
    • The Description of the first Balme.
    • A Description of the second Balme:
    • A Description of the third Balme.
    • A Description of the fourth Balme in case of necessitie.
  • A Description of the Linement to anoint the body after it is embalmed.
• A Treatise of Oyntments.
  • A Balme or Balsome for all wounds that are newly made.
  • Another for an old and new wound.
  • An oyntment for new and old wounds.
  • Another for Apostumes and Boyles.
  • For to eate dead flesh.
  • For a burne.
  • For paine in the head.
  • For blacke and blue eyes.
  • Against the swelling of the throat.
  • For to stay bleeding in what place soever.
  • A washing for a Fistula, upon wo∣mens Brests.
  • Oyntment or unguent: Martiatum.
  • A Stomachall oyntment.
  • Oyntment of Marsh Mallowes.
  • Galens refreshing Oyntment.
  • An Astringent Oyntment.
• A Treatis of Pretious Stones.
  • Of the Bezoar stone.
  • Of the Emeraud.
  • Of another Stone.
  • Of the Amethist.
  • Of the Saphir.
  • Of the Turqui Stone.
  • Of Christall.
  • Of Alablaster.
  • Of the Serpentine Stone.
  • Of the Stone of Arabia.
  • Of the Stone of Iudea:
  • Of the Chalcedine Stone.
  • Of the Sponge stone.
  • Of Corall.
• Of the vertue of Fruits
  • Of Temperate Fruits.
    • Of Figgs.
    • Of Raisons.
  • Of Fruits hot in the first degree.
    • Of Almonds.
    • Of common Nuts.
  • Of fruits hot in the second degree.
    • Of Capers.
    • Of Nutmegs.
  • Of Fruits hot in the third degree.
    • Of Iuniper Berries.
    • Of Cloves.
  • Of Fruits hot in the fourth degree.
    • Of Pepper.
  • Of Fruits cold in the first degree.
    • Of Citrons.
    • Of Quinces.
    • Of Peares.
    • Of Prunes.
  • Of Fruits cold in the second degree.
    • Of Cucumbers.
    • Of Oranges.
    • Of Lymons.
  • Of Fruits which refresh the stomacke.
    • Of Cherries.
    • Olives.
    • Respases.
  • Of Fruits which engender seeds.
  • Fruits which are good against Poyson.
• To make Preserves dry and liquid.
  • Of Preserves which comfort the Heart.
    • Preserv'd Oranges.
    • Citron peeles preserv'd or Candied.
    • Of Apples.
  • Of Preserves which comfort the Belly.
    • Of Ginger.
    • Preserv'd Quinces.
    • To make Marmalade.
    • Preserv'd Peares.
    • Preserv'd Wallnuts.
    • Preserved Cherries:
    • Of Drie Comfits or Candies.
• To make all manner of Fumes and Perfumes.
  • Of Perfumes and Aromatick smells.
  • Perfumes or suffumigations for the head:
    • A Suffumigation to stay and dry Catarhes.
    • Another Perfume of the same.
    • A Suffumigation of a good smell to strengthen the head.
    • Another Perfume.
    • Another.
  • Cordiall Perfumes.
    • A Perfume against the sincopes or fai∣lings of the Heart.
    • A Perfume to strengthen the animall and vitall spirits.
    • A Perfume against the corruption of the Aire.
  • Suffumigations for the Lungs.
    • A Perfume against the ulcers of the Lungs.
    • Another when there is any inflammation.
    • A Perfume against the Cough:
  • Suffumigations for the Matrix.
    • A Perfume against the Suffocation.
    • A Perfume for to dry the Matrix.
    • A Perfume to helpe conception.
  • Suffumigations for the Ioynts.
    • A Perfume against griefe and paine.
    • A Perfume against hard Tumors.
    • A Perfume to provoke sweat for the Poxe.
    • Another for the same.
    • Another Perfume for the Poxe.
  • Odoriferent Suffumigations.
    • Trochisques of wood of Aloes.
    • Trochis: of Gallia Moschata.
    • An Odoriferent Bag.
    • Powder of Violets.
    • Another powder of Violets.
    • A Pomander.
    • A Pomander against pestilentiall aire.
    • A Pomander which looseneth the belly by the smell.
    • Candles to perfume the aire.
    • Odoriferent Candles against Venome and the plague.
    • Musked Sope.
• A Table of that which is contai∣ned in the first Booke.
• A Table of Treatises and Chapters in the last Booke.