In that detestable and venemous Disease of Whoredom usually called the French Pox, there is nothing can be administred safer and securer than this Medicament, if the Dose be but so much augmented, as not onely to cause Sweat strongly, but also to provoke Vomits and Stools; and you are so long to go on with using this Medicine every other day, untill the Sick be well, which may be in some eight or fourteen days.
He that is overwhelmed with the Dropsie, may take one Dose every Day, and forbear eating (for some hours after the use of this Medicine, (the which is necessary to be done in other Diseases also) but let him that takes it so as to work strongly, proceed gradually from one grain to two, &c. untill it causeth a kind of nauseate (but without vomiting) in as big a Dose as is needfull, and as the Patient can well bear. Which being thus done, the Dose is afterwards to be lessened one or two grains, and the lessening to be continued untill all the Water be cast forth by Sweat, Urine, and Stool, and the Sick become as healthy as he was before. Nor is there any reason why any one should doubt of radically taking away this Disease, (except it be plainly deplorable or desperate) by this my Panacæa onely, forasmuch as experience demonstrateth it more clear than the Noon-day Light.
In the Gout (a Disease accounted by the common Physicians for incurable, as well as the Leprosie and Dropsie) doth this Medicament perform wonderfull things, and doth effect more in a short space of time than any one would either imagine or believe, provided it be rightly administred. For it doth in a short time draw back the affluence of noxious humours, and brings them forth out of the Body after an invisible manner; so that, Day after Day, the pains do by little and little remit and abate, the tumours lessen, and the Fit becomes more tolerable, comes the slower, and at length vanisheth for altogether. As for the Dose, you are to observe the same instructions that we gave you but now for the Dropsie, viz. that you daily make the same addition unto one grain so long till you cause a nauseate (but no vomit) and then must you again lessen it one or two grains. The Patient must do thus daily on a fasting Stomach, (and keep himself warm and abstain from Food four hours, after the use of this Medicament) as long as need shall require. Haply the things which I here mention, will meet with many incredulous Men, and such as will not believe it possible, for such a Disease as hath been hitherto esteemed incurable by almost all Men, to be rooted out by the aforesaid Medicament; the Opinion of such Men I confess that I cannot take in bad part, forasmuch as even I my self was but a few years since (before I had experienced the wonderfull efficacy of this Medicament) of the very same Opinion. But after my experience had taught me to judge otherwise I do truly and faithfully affirm, that this Disease is in no wise incurable, but may (provided it be not too inveterate, and that the strength of the Sick, either through old Age, or Debilities, hinder not the Medicines operation, or that God himself withdraws not his own blessing) by a good and sutable Medicament, be, if not radically rooted out, yet for the greatest of it expelled. Now it is not to be thought, that he who useth this Panacæa may be at his choise to live as he list, viz. either soberly, or to stuff his Stomach daily with hurtfull and forbidden Food, and to swallow in Wine as he pleaseth. No such matter, such Men err most hugely, for even the Philosophers Stone it self, that is, the so much famed rooter out of Diseases would not help there. For whatsoever those most excellent Medicines do mend in the Fore-noon, and correct, the After-noons Surfeiting and Gluttony, and the so large excess of Meat and Drink, will again destroy and corrupt. Nor is there any room for the Opinion of those Men that think to be freed of this Disease, by a bare Abstinence from Wine: No, this Disease comes not always from drinking of Wine, for it is most evidently known, that sometimes even the poorest of Men that never drank Wine are afflicted with this Disease. And therefore the fault is not wholly to be imputed to the Wine. Every kind of repletion or overfilling whether with too much Wine or Ale, may procreate and encrease a Disease, but that is not the onely or sole cause. For there are many other causes, from whence this Disease is wont to arise. Verily, often being wrathfull doth most vehemently disturb the Family, as it were, of the internal Bowels. Lust, and an often use of Venery (which is the usual attender and follower of Drunkenness) doth vehemently enervate and debilitate the strength of the body. From hence nature being enervated and debilitated, is not able to expell out of the body the copious relicts and excrements, remaining of the too much abundance of meat and drink, and therefore those excrements abiding in the body and exercising their powers without controll, do produce most grievous Diseases. For that part which nature is weakest in, there doth the Enemy make his first attempt, according to the usual German Proverb, every one climbs over the Hedge in that place where it is lowest. The same doth for the most part fall out in the procreation of this Disease, viz. when the body is loaden and filled with overmuch Food and Drink, for the body being overwhelmed with overmuch Wine, and then an immoderate coition or act of venery presently following thereon, doth most exceedingly weaken the body. For nature being by this means weakned, hath not strength enough to expel those remaining excrements, which soon get Head, to the great hurt and detriment of the whole body, and do make themselves a fixed seat, the which is to be well headed in this Disease.
Besides this Medicament doth resist all the obstructions of the Milt and Liver, (which corrupt the Blood, and stir up most grievous Diseases, as the Scurvy, Joynt-Aches, Erisipelas, continued Headachs, weakness of the Limbs, a Stinking Breath; and in Women a suffocation of the Matrix, a suppression of the Months, panting of the Heart, Swounings, the Lipothimy, and many such known, and unknown Diseases) far more efficaciously than all other Medicaments do. All these aforementioned Diseases are healed by the said Medicine, being taken oftner or seldomer every Week according as the Disease is, and you will see wonderfull effects produced.
I commend also this Medicament to all those that employ themselves in Surgery, that they respect it as the chiefest Remedy that they can get. For being daily given in a small Dose to those that are wounded, it heals all new wounds in the Flesh, without the assisting help of any vulnerary potions, and external applications of Emplaisters that are compounded of so very many simples. For it withholds all Symptoms, and advanceth healing even from the very bottom, and so to the external parts, and doth also consolidate; but this is to be understood of those wounds in which are no hurt or broken bones, for as for these the manual Art is requisite, which may again set the Bones in their due order and place. Likewise deep Stabs are to have Tents used to them according as the Chirurgeons order is to apply them. But no external thing need to be used besides, save onely the Patients own Urine and Salt-Water, wherewithall the wounds are to be washed, and after washing, to be covered with pure or clean Linnen, that the coldness of the Air hurt them not.
But if wounds be dangerous and over great, then may also be applyed some vulnerary Balsam, and Plaisters made of the Flores of Minerals and Metals, and done up with Wax, Turpentine, and Oil: (Such Emplaisters I have taught the composition of in my other Writings.) So that there’s no need of so many Oils, Unguents, Emplaisters, and such like, to be applyed to new wounds, if this medicament of mine be daily administred to the wounded Patient.
This medicine doth operate even to admiration in open Fistulaes, rotten and stinking Ulcers, nor is there any need of outward remedies, save haply some Mineral Balsam to keep the Ulcer clean, and some Plaister made of common Wax and Turpentine to keep off the cold Air. For this Medicament doth begin its healing even from the very bottom, and carries it on very successfully even to the outer Skin, and doth throughly consolidate and perfectly cure all Ulcers, without any other external remedies than aforesaid.
Having then well considered these things, and that every one cannot prepare the prescribed Medicine, and yet very many may be found that would willingly partake of the same; It seemed good unto me to adjoin this admonition, that they that know how to prepare it, be entreated not to count it burthensome, but rather being moved by a Christian compassion, readily make such as are ignorant of the manner of preparing it, partakers of the same; And not to mind wholly their own profit, according to the custome of this perverse world, and the scraping up of store of wealth, but to be well content with an honest and just reward for their charges and labour which they have bestowed. And forasmuch as the often spoken of Medicament, if sent abroad either in a Liquid form, or in the form of Powder, into other parts, cannot be in due manner used by every body, because an Error may easily be committed in the measuring of Drops, and in weighing of Grains, and so more or less be given. I have therefore deemed it very necessary to reduce it into Pills, that so the less Errors may be committed in its administration; and one Pill weighs one Grain, and two Pills two Grains, and so on; so that the Patient needs neither to measure or weigh, but onely to use them as the disease requires, and as I have before prescribed, 1, 2, 3, 4, or more Pills at one time.
These now are the principal Vertues of my Panacæa made of Antimony. As for the rest that are besides these, and are (for brevity sake) omitted, they may be easily understood and known by every Judicious man, from the before described circumstances. I do therefore yet again testifie, that all the things that I have ascribed to this Medicament, yea far more than they, can be done and effected thereby, if it be rightly prepared and administred; And principally, if the Name of God be seriously invoked. For prayers and a trust in God do strengthen every Medicine, and make it happy by his benediction, though the wicked will neither believe it, nor hearken thereunto. Indeed some Medicament may, by God’s permission, restore one (without prayers) to his former health; And so may Bread allay hunger without giving thanks, and this we see daily done amongst the unreasonable Creatures: But this enjoying of the gifts of God is bestial, and not humane. But this now is truely Christian-like when (in our diseases) the help of God is invoked, and then after that, the Medicine used. And this way of using of Medicaments is necessarily accompanied with an happy event. But if thou wouldest perswade thy self, that every Disease, how inveterate soever, may, by the help of this Medicine, be certainly removed without any difference, thou extreamly errest. For we speak here of those Diseases, natural Remedies are able (by God’s help) to heal. For sometimes Man’s inward bowels or parts, are so stuffed and obstructed with gross humours, that they cannot be freed by even the most efficacious Medicaments. Sometimes the Lungs and Liver are almost wholly corrupted, e’er the true place of healing is sought after. And who, I pray, is able to restore the things that are lost? For Man’s inward bowels and principal members do not again grow, being once lost, as the Crab’s shells and Spider’s feet that are broken off and lost, doe. Farther, sometimes God inflicts a disease upon a Man, whom he will not suffer to be cured. Such like Diseases as these cannot be taken away with natural remedies. With God all things are possible; who alone is able to bring help and remedy in such kind of diseases, whensoever pleaseth him? but besides him alone none can help. There are therefore some incurable diseases, which cannot be cured by any Panacæa, yet not the Quartane, Leprosie, Gout, Epilepsie, and Dropsie, as most men think, though Experience (or the being put on trial) should witness the contrary. And although that all humane diseases be, in process of Years and Ages become worse, and more troublesome, and doe, together with the augmentation of sins, encrease; Yet the most bounteous God hath also bestowed thus much, that there are more and more efficacious and natural Remedies to be found out (by the Divine instinct) by diligent men.
It happened some few years ago, that an honest man’s child, of about some ten years old, had its Tongue perforated with many Exulcerations, which pained it very much day and night. To cure which, the Parents spared for no costs nor pains, and consulted with divers of their neighbouring Physicians, but they used all their Labour and Skill to no purpose, for the Exulcerations daily encreased with much pain, and grew worse and worse; and the poor child, being destitute of all help, wasted away. Then, at last, they called me to advise with them, and having told me how many, and otherwise famous Physicians, could not by all the labour and pains they bestowed for full two years do any thing to the purpose, but had at last left the poor child destitute of help and succour. I seeing the effect, considered that this was nothing else but a Corrosive Catarrh arising from infected bloud, which did so possess the Tongue, and perforate it, and was the cause of this burning, eating, and cancrous effect, and so hitherto refused any kind of healing, and gave the Parents such an answer, that in my opinion there was no better way to meet with this evil, than by some purging Minerals, which were capable of working, upon even the fix’d humours, and of bringing them away, and that to be done principally by an Antimonial Vomit. The Parents assented to my opinion, and requested me to begin the cure, the which I did, and first I gave a small Dose of my Antimonial Panacæa, not doubting but that it would stir up one Vomit at the least; but yet it fell out otherwise, for there succeeded no sensible operation at all: The following day I gave again the same Dose, but without any sensible operation too, but yet nevertheless all the pain vanished, and the Child could again move its Tongue, and use it, and also ask’t for Meat, which it had not done in a year before, but was forced to be content with Broths, because its Tongue could not brook any solid food. The third day I administred the same Dose again, and so the Exulcerations began to be consolidated, and all the whole Tongue was throughly healed in eight days space, insomuch that there scarce appeared any place where it had been ulcerated; and the Child daily grew better and better, its natural Colour returned, the which drew all that knew it into admiration as well as my self. By this Cure that I have told you of, the vertue and efficacy of my Panacæa did farther manifest unto me what I knew not before to be in it, nor should ever have believed it, (had I not perceived a manifest operation) viz. that the Bloud should, by the help of so little Medicine, which was not in all above six grains, be able in such a short space of time to effect so much; And afterwards I perceived the same effects in other Diseases likewise, and found that the daily use of this Medicine did not onely shew its operation upon the Tartar in the Reins and Bladder not as yet coagulated, but did by little and little lessen the already hardned Sand and Stone, and in length of time expell it: And did also in success of time resolve and root out even Podagrical inveterate humours.