ABSTRACT
It is alfo good to ftay bleedings at the Nofe, if it be layed to the Noftrils warm, and to ftay the bleedings of Beafts, if it be given them in Wine; the fame being mixed and covered with Hony, is anointed upon Horfes for the QJnf ie , or fwellings of the throat. If the breafts of a Woman do fwell after her delivery of childe, it is good to anoint them with water, and the dung of Hogs,alfo the powder thereof mixed with Oyl, is profitable for the fecrets of men and women. If a man have received any hurt by bruifes, fo as his bloud ftayeth in his body, or fuffer Convulfion of the Nerves through Cramps, thofe evils are cured by the dung of a Boar gathered in the Spring time, dryed and fod in Vinegar, and fome of the later Phyfitians prefcribe it to be drunk in Wa te r , and they fay that Nero the Emperor was wont to ufe that medicine,when he would try the ftrength of his body, in a running C h a r i o t : alfo the powder of the fame being drunk in Vinegar, is profi t table for the Rupture and inward bruifes, and warmed in Wine againft all manner of fluxes and T i ficks. For the paireof the Loins and all other things which need mollifying, rub them firft of all with Deers greafe, and then fprinkle them with old Wine mixed with the powder of Swines dung.
