_Take_ Woodsorrel Water, _and_ Dragon-Water, _of each Four Ounces_; Scordium Water, _two Ounces_; Treacle Water (_or_ Plague Water) _one Ounce and a half;_ Syrup of Gilloflowers (_or of_ Juice of Citrons) _two Ounces_; Pearle finely pouder'd _one Scruple_; Spirit of Vitriol _twelve Drops: Mix them_.
_Take of_ Harts-Horn rasp'd, _and_ Ivory, _of each three Drams; a_ Pear main _sliced_, Woodsorrel _half an handful: Boyl these in three Pints of Water, till a third part is wasted; Strain it on two Ounces of_ Conserve _of_ Gilloflowers, _or_ Woodsorrel, _or_ Red Roses: _Let it infuse an hour: then stir it, and strain it out: Give a Quarter of a Pint warm_.
Whereas we give _Emulsions_ made with such a Decoction and _Almonds_, and cold Seeds in Fevers, =Diemerbroek= affirms, upon his frequent Observation, _Emulsions_ never do well in the Plague.
_Take of the_ Conserve of Woodsorrel _four ounces, of the_ Rob of Goosberries _or_ Rasberries _two Ounces_, Species Diarrhodon Abbatis _two Drams_, Confectionis Liberantis _one Dram and a half, of_ Prepar'd Pearl _half a Dram_, Red Coral prepar'd _one Dram, with a sufficient quantity of_ Syrup of Juice of Citron: Let it be made an Opiate: The Dose is one or two Drams often in a day.
Sometimes the Plague is accompanied with dangerous Symptoms, to which if Remedies are not suddenly applied, all we do besides is to little purpose. Such Accidents, which call for respective ways of Cure, are chiefly _Fluxes of Blood_, and _Loosness of the Belly_, and _Vomiting_.
The first use to happen several ways, _viz._ at the Nose and Mouth, by Stool or Urine, by the _Hæmorrhoids_, and in Women by Menstrual Purgations: Some of which, as by Urine always, and ofttimes by Stool, are mortal; none of them ever tend to good. Therefore in all such cases, Remedies must be administred which may stop Bleeding: And though Sweating and Refection of the Spirits be still the principal intention of Cure; yet the other must come in as collateral with both of them; and Medicines that restrain Fluxes of Blood be mixed both with Sudorificks and other Cordials, and also be administred with Diet too.
In all _Hæmorrhages_ Sudorificks must be compounded of Medicines that are temperate, and not astringent.