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Author: John XXI, Pope, d. 1277.
Title: The treasurie of health contayning many profitable medicines, gathered out of Hipocrates, Galen and Auicen / by one Petrus Hyspanus, and translated into English by Humfry Lloyd, who hath added thereunto the causes and signes of euery disease, with the Aphorismes of Hipocrates, and Iacobus de Partibus, redacted to a certaine order according to the members of mans bodie, and a compendious table containing the purging and confortative medicines, with the exposition of certaine names and weights in this booke contained, with an epistle of Diocles unto Kyng Antigonus..
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Print source: The treasurie of health contayning many profitable medicines, gathered out of Hipocrates, Galen and Auicen / by one Petrus Hyspanus, and translated into English by Humfry Lloyd, who hath added thereunto the causes and signes of euery disease, with the Aphorismes of Hipocrates, and Iacobus de Partibus, redacted to a certaine order according to the members of mans bodie, and a compendious table containing the purging and confortative medicines, with the exposition of certaine names and weights in this booke contained, with an epistle of Diocles unto Kyng Antigonus..
John XXI, Pope, d. 1277., Desparts, Jacques, ca. 1380-1458., Diocles, of Carystus., Hippocrates. Aphorisms. English., Llwyd, Humphrey, 1527-1568., Pseudo-Mesuë.
[London: William Copland, ca. 1560].
Subject terms:
Medicine, Medieval.
Medicine -- Early works to 1800.
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¶ To the Gentle harted Reader Hum∣frey Lloyde.
¶ Places of scripture which seeme to make for the praise of Phisicke.
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¶ For the fallinge of the Heare
The Causes.
The Sygnes.
¶ Remedies. Capt. primo.
¶ To take away Heare.
¶ The Causes.
The Signes.
¶ Remedies. Cap. ii.
¶ Of the pustules or wheles in the head.
¶ The causes.
The Signes.
¶ Remedies. Cap. iii.
Against forgetfulnes and drow∣sines.
¶ The Causes.
¶ The signes.
Remedies. Capi. iiii.
For the frensye.
The Causes.
The Sygnes.
¶ Remedies.
For the head ache.
¶ The Causes.
The Signes.
Remedies. Capi. vi.
¶ Agaynst the Rewme.
¶ The Causes.
¶ The signes.
Remedies. Capi. vii.
¶ Agaynst the turne or daselynge in the heade.
¶ The Causes.
The Sygnes.
Remedies. Cap. viii.
Agaynst to much watching.
¶ The causes.
¶ The Signes.
Remedies. Cap. ix.
¶ For the falling euell.
The causes.
¶ The Signes.
¶ Remedies. Cap. x.
¶ Agaynst madnesse called mania.
The Causes.
The Sygnes
¶ Remedies. Capi. xi.
¶ Agaynst al deseases in the eyes.
¶ The Causes.
¶ The Signes.
¶ Remedies. Capi. xii.
¶ Of the payne the Eare.
The Causes.
The Sygnes.
☞ Remedies. Capi. xiii.
For the Morphew.
The Causes.
The Sygnes.
☞ Remedies. Cap. xiii.
¶ For the Tooth ake.
The Causes.
The Signes.
¶ Remedies Cap. xv.
¶ For bledynge at the Nose.
¶ The Causes.
The Sygnes
Remedies. Capi. xvi.
For the Palsey.
¶ The Causes.
The Sygnes.
¶ Remedies. Cap. xvii.
¶ Against all grefes in the flap be∣ing in the mouth which coue∣teth the wind pipe.
The Causes.
¶ The Signes.
¶ Remedies. Cap. xviii.
¶ Of the Squinancy.
¶ The Causes.
The Signes.
¶ Remedies. Cap. xix.
Against horlenesse and cough.
The Causes.
The Sygnes.
¶ Remedies. Cap. xx.
¶ Agaynst spyttynge of bloud.
The Causes.
☞ Remedies. Capt. xxi.
¶ Of ye sodain to syng of strength a debillitte of the vytall spirites.
The Causes.
The Sygnes.
❧ Remedies. Cap. xxii.
¶ Of yesking and lothing.
The Causes.
Remedies. Cap. xxxiii.
¶ Of the paynes in the lightes
¶ The Causes.
The Sygnes.
¶ Remedies. Cap. xxiiii.
¶ Agaynst the Pleurysy.
¶ The Causes.
The Sygnes.
¶ Remedies. Cap. xxv.
¶ To be laxatiue, or agaynst cost it nenesse.
¶ The Causes.
The Sygnes.
¶ Remedies. Capt. xxvi.
¶ Agaynst the Fluxe.
The Causes.
¶ The Sygnes.
¶ Remedies. Cap. xxvii.
¶ Of the Lolycke and the paine called yliaca.
¶ The Causes.
¶ The Sygnes.
Remedies. Capi. xxviii.
¶ For the wormes in the bely.
¶ The Causes.
¶ The Sygnes.
¶ Remedies. Capt xxix.
For the Hemorrhoydes.
The Causes.
The Sygnes.
Remedies. Capi. xxx.
¶ Against desire to the stool without any sege.
¶ The Causes.
The Sygnes.
¶ Remedies. Capi. xxxi.
¶ Agaynst chynes and ruptions in the fundament.
The Causes.
Remedies. Cap. xxxii.
¶ Of the comynge furth of the foundamente.
The Causes.
Remedies. Cap. xxxiii.
¶ Of the oppilatyon of the lyuer.
¶ The Causes.
The Sygnes.
¶ Remedies. Capi. xxxiiii.
¶ Of the Hydropsye.
The Causes.
The Sygnes.
Remedies. Cap. xxxv.
¶ for them that be splenetike.
¶ The Causes.
The Sygnes.
❧ Remedies. Capi. xxxvi.
¶ For the yelow Iaundes.
The Causes.
¶ The Sygnes.
¶ Remedies. Capi. xxxvii.
Of the stone in the raynes or bladder.
The Causes.
The Sygnes.
¶ Remedies. Capi. xxxviii.
❀ Of the Strangury.
The Causes.
¶ The Sygnes.
¶ Remedies. Cap xxxix.
¶ Of the vlcers or pustules in the yarde.
The Causes.
¶ Remedies. Cap. xl.
Of them that cannot holde there water.
The Causes.
The Sygnes.
¶ Remedies. Capi. xli.
¶ Of inflatyon and swellyng of the Coddes.
The Causes.
The Sygnes.
Remedies. Capi. xlii.
¶ Of the inflatyon of the yarde.
The causes.
The Sygnes.
¶ Remedies. Cap. xliii.
Agaynst great desyre to fleshly lust. ¶
The Causes.
Remedies. Cap. xliiii.
¶ Agaynst an apostem or hard swellyng in the matrix.
The Causes.
The Sygnes.
Remedies. Capi. xlv.
¶ To prouoke the floures.
❀ The Causes.
The Sygnes.
Remedies. Cap. xlvi.
¶ To stope the flowers.
The Causes.
The Sygnes.
¶ Remedies. Capi. xlvii.
¶ for the Moder.
The causes.
The Sygres.
¶ Remediee. Capi. xiviii.
¶ To helpe conceptyon.
The Causes.
Remedies. Cap. xlix.
¶ Of the swellyng in the Pappes.
The Causes.
¶ The Sygnes.
¶ Remedies. Cap. l.
¶ Agaynst the paynes in chylde byrth.
¶ The Causes.
Remedis. Cap. li.
The paines after child-birth.
The Causes.
Remedies. Chap. lii.
¶ for the Gout.
The Causes.
¶ The Sygnes.
¶ Remedies. Cap. liiii.
¶ Against the chopping or ruptures.
The causes.
¶ Remedice. Cap. liiii.
¶ Of the Agew called ephimera which endureth but one daye.
The Causes.
¶ The Sygnes.
¶ Remedies. Cap. lv.
¶ Of a contynuall Agew.
The Causes.
The Sygnes.
Remedies. Capi. lvi.
¶ Of the tertian Feuer.
The Causes.
The Sygnes.
¶ Remedyes. Cap. lvii.
¶ Of the quotidian feuer.
The causes.
The Sygnes.
¶ Remedies. Cap. lviii.
¶ Of a quartayne feuer,
¶ The Causes.
The Sygnes.
¶ Remedies. Capi .lix.
For a Carbuncle, and a ve∣nemous bytyng.
The causes:
The signes.
Remedies. Chap. lx.
Of the Measels.
The causes.
Remedies. Chap. xj.
Agaynst a hollow vlcer or Fistula.
The causes.
The signes.
Remedies.
Of the scabbe, pockes, and Leprosie.
The causes.
The signes.
Remedies. Cap. xlij.
Of Glandules or kernels.
The causes.
The Sygnes.
Remedies. Chap. xliiij.
¶ Of Wartes.
The causes.
The signes.
Remedies. Chap. lxv.
Of the brenning with fyre.
Remedies. Chap. lxvj.
For the wylde fyre or créeping vlcers.
The causes.
The signes.
Remedies. Chap. lxvij.
To drawe out any thing fixed in the body.
Remedies. Cap lxviij.
A drinke for them that be hurte and brused. Remedies. Cap. lxix.
To cure beastes that are sicke or hurt.
Agaynst drunkennesse. Cap. lxxj.
Of them that take wéerinesse by Iorneying. Capi. lxxij.
A good drinke for wounded men. Capi. lxxiij.
A drinke agaynst the Fistule. Capi. lxxiiij.
To purge the cholerike humour downward. Capi. lxxv.
Of melancholie naturall, Capi. lxxvj.
Of purging burnt coller. Cap. lxxvij.
Of the Quotidian feuer. Capi. lxxviij.
To purge flegme in Quo∣tidian Feuers. Capi. ixxix.
Of a Quotidian Feuer through sweete flegme. Cap. lxxx.
Of a Quotidian, of sharpe flegme.
Of purging of choler in tertian Feuers. Capi. lxxxij.
Of Tertian of yellow choler. Capi. lxxxiij.
Of a symple or double Iertian. Capi. lxxxiiij.
Of the Iertian feuer of red choler. Capi. lxxxv.
Of the Quartayne Feuer that commeth of burnt choler. Cap. lxxxvj.
Of a Quartayne in haruest.
Of a Quartayne bred of naturall melancholie. Cap. lxxxviij.
A potion for a quartaine. Chap. lxxxix.
¶ A confection of pilles to purge all corrupt humores. Chap. lxxxx.
¶ Of heuynesse or drousinesse of the head. Chap. lxxxxj.
The Aphorismes of Hippocrates, redacted vnto a certaine order, according vnto the membres of a mannes bodie, and the diseases that may fal in any of them.
Of the disposition of the head. Chapter .j.
Of the Lethargie or forgetfulnes. Chap. ij.
Of the paynes in the head called Subeth. Cap. iij.
Of to much watchyng. Cap. iiij.
Of the Palsey. Chap. v.
Of the madnesse called Melail∣colie. Chap. vj.
Of raging madnesse. Chap. vij.
Of the Falling Euil. Chap. viij.
Of the diseases of the sinews. Cha. ix.
Of the drousynesse in the head. Chap x.
Of the members being set awrye. Chap. xj.
Of the disposition of the eyes. Chap. xij.
Of the disposition of the eares. Chap. xiij.
Of the disposition of the nose. Chap. xiiij.
Of bléeding at the nose Chap. xxv.
Of Néesing Chap. xvj.
Of the disposition of the mouth and toung. Chap. xvij.
Of the diseases in the téeth. Capi. xviij.
Of the gréefe in the throte. Cap. xix.
Of the brest and lightes. Cap. xx.
Of bloud spitting. Cap. xxi.
Of the plurisie. Cap. xxij.
Of the consumption or ptisick. cap. xxiij.
Of the dispositions of the hert. Ca. xxiiij.
Of the pappes. Cap. xxv.
Of the stomake. Cap. xxvj.
Of the diseases in the liuer. Cap. xxvij.
Of the gall and splene. Cap. xxxviij.
Of al kind of flurions. Cap. xxix.
Of the fundament. Cap. xxx.
Of the disposition of the raynes. Cap. xxxj.
Of the diseases in the bladder. Ca. 32.
Of the members of generation in men. Chap. xxxiij.
Of the members of generation in women Chap. xxxiiij.
Of the disposition of the outward mem∣bers. Cap. xxxv.
Of feuers and Agues. Chap. xxxvj.
Of the diet to be obserued in Agewes. Chap. xxxvij.
Booke conteining the names of the compound A medicines which be good for all kinde of disea∣ses that may chaunce in any member of mans body, in reading of which booke I would the gen∣tle Reader shoulde bee admonished of one thing, which is, that I doe commonly through all thys booke vse the Latin names, and haue not transla∣ted the same to the Englishe tongue, beeing mo∣ned ther vnto, bicause that many of them bee suche that they can not be well Englished, and also that the Apothecaries which haue such medicines to fell do commonly vse the Latin, or rather Arabike and barbarous termes, and not the En∣glish names thereof, vpon which con∣siderations I thought it best to vse the same through all this present booke.
For all diseases in the head. Capi. j.
For the payns & diseases in the eares, Ca. 2.
For all diseases in the eyes. Cap. 3.
For al diseases in the nose & face. Cap. 4.
For al diseases in the mouth & throte. Ca. v.
For the morphew, yellow iaundis, and all other deformities of the skinne. Ca. vj.
For all diseases in the stomake. Cap. vij.
For all diseases in or about the heart. Capi. vij.
For all diseases in the Lyuer. Chap. jx.
For all diseases in the lungs. Capi. x.
For all diseases in the splene. Cap. xi.
For all diseases and paynes in the backe and sides. Cap. xij.
For all diseases in the belly, guttes and intrayles. Chap. xiij.
For all paynes in the raynes and bladder. Cap. xiiij.
For all diseases in the matrix and priuy members. Chap. xv.
For the hemorhoydes and all diseases of the foundament. Cap. xvi.
For the goute, the sciatica, & all other vl∣cers & ach in the outward members Ca. 17.
For wounds and all diseases in the lynewes. Capi. xviij.
For all agues. Cap xix.
For all corruption and diseases in the foure humors, bloud, choler, flegme, and melancholie. Cap. xx.
A Table conteyning the weightes whiche Phi∣sitians do commonly vse, and the interpreration of the names of the compounde medicines heerem conteyned, with the quantitie and time that they ought to be receyued in.
All compounde medicines bee eyther receyued within the body, or layde to the same without, and they which be receyued into the body be these.
Heere followe the compound medicines which be applied to the outwarde partes of the body.
A Table of comfortatines.
The colde medicines that comfort the raynes, do also comfort the matrix.
The Epistle of Diocles vnto king Antigonus, vvhich teacheth a man to preserue himselfe in health.
The vvinter turne.
The spring time equinoctiall.
The rising of the seuen Starres.
The Sommer turning.
The haruest equinoctiall.
The setting of the seuen Starres.
The Table of this booke.
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The table of the compound medicines.