Acopium, a medicine applyed by fomentation, is compounded of warming and molifying things.
Acostira, a med: to help the hearing.
Aeromeli, is Manna or Aerial honey.
Alkali, Salt extracted from Ashes by boiling its Lixivium or Lie
Alexipharmacum or Acids, a med: to expel Poison.
Alexirerium, a med: to preserve the body against poison.
Alkchest, a menstrum or liquor which resolves bodies. It is taken of some to be prepared Mercury or Tartar.
Allioticum, or Alterintia, a med: which by fermentation cleanseth the blood.
Alchymia, see Chymia.
Amalotica, or Diureticks, whores physick to cause abortive births
Ambrosia, a med: pleasant to take.
Amalintum, a med: that defiles nothing that toucheth it.
Amigd. latum, Artificiall milk, an emulsion of Almonds.
Ana, a like quantity of each ingredient in the compound.
Anacatharsis, a medicine to cause Vomiting, Neesing, Salivation or Spitting.
Analeptica, med: that cherish and renew strength.
Animnestica, med: to restore the memory.
Anastomotica, med: to open the pores and passages.
Anodinum, a medicine to allay paine.
Antemetica, things that hinder too much vomiting.
Anthypnotica, medicins to hinder sleep.
Anthysterica, med: against fits of the Mother.
Anacollema, a dry medicine applyed to head or nostrils to stop bleeding.
Antarchiticum, a medicine for the Gout.
Antasthmatica, a medicine for Asthma, that have the cough and hissing respiration.
Antepileptiea, a med: against the falling sickness.
Antidotum, or Antipharmacum, an antidote, or medicine against Poison.
Antinephritica, medicines to cure the distemper in the Reines, or beginning of Morbus Gallicus.
Antipluriticum, any med: against the Plurisie.
Antispasmodum, a med: to hinder contraction.
Antipasticum, medicines that divers distempers to other parts of the body.
Aperiantia, opening medicines.
Apochylism or Apothermus, or Robub, is a boiling of any juice with sugar & honey to a thick substance or hard.
Apomeli, or Oxymel, a decoction of honey & viniger.
Apocrusticum, any thing that helps by virtue of binding, or repelling the distemper.
Apodacryticum, a medicine that provkes tears.
Apozema, a decoction of roots, barks, herbs, flowers, fruits, seeds, &c. which is either purging or drying.
Arteriotomia, an artificiall opening of an arterie for the letting of blood in an inveterate head ach, madness, falling sickness &c.
Astringentia, Astringent or binding medicines.
Attrahentia, drawing things.
Attenuantia, or Incidentia, things that open pores, and cut the humours.
Azoth, a universall remedy for all diseases.

Bamina, is a liquor, or tincture in which any thing is tinged or moistned.
Basilicum, a rich precious medicine excelling all others.
Bechica, a medicine good against a cough.
Bolus, a med: taken inwardly as thick as honey, one dose being a mouthfull.
Bacilli, are those medicines, or plasters, which are long & round, like a stick or pillar.
Balsamus, or Balsamum, Balsum, it is a thick consistance like an ointment.

Cardiacum, a medicine that corroborates the heart.
Catapotium, or Pillula, purging pills.
Catheretica, a medicine against superfluities.
Catharma, or Catharticum, medicines to purge the Stomach, and the Gout.
Catholicum, a common medicine that expels all humours.
Cataplasma, is a topicall medicine of the consistence of a Pultise.
Cementium, a Powder by which Cementatory calcination is performed. A Cement.
Cephalica, or Cephalartica, med: to purge the head.
Ceratomalagma, a softning composition made of Wax and other Ingradiences.
Ceratum, or Cereleum, a medicine made of Wax, Oyle, &c. and outwardly applyed, it is thicker then ointment, softer then a plaster.
Cerevista medica, Physick or Diet drink, wherein medicines proper for the disease are infused.
Chalastica, medicines of a moistning quality, which relax the parts that are hard bound.
Cholagoga, medicines that purge Sulphureous and Bilious humours.
Chymica, or Chymicalia, med: prepared of the Chymists.
Cicatrisantia, are such things as bind, dry up, and contract wounds, and fill up Ulcers with flesh.
Clyster, or Clysterium, or Enema, a fluid med: given inwardly, and injected into the Bowells by the fundament.
Codia, the tops of Poppies, of them Syrup is made.
Cohobatio, a distilled liquor, distilled againe.
Colletica, med: that conglutinate. From Colla, glue.
Collyrium, an oblong medicine taken from the distemper of the eyes.
Composita, are med: made up of many simple ingredients.
Conditum, a Lectuarie, or composition of conserves powders and Spices.
Coprocritica, are medicines which purge away excrements in the guts.
Cordialia, a Cordial or med: to comfort the heart.
Corrosivum, or Corrodemia, Corroding things which eate up excrement flesh. Corrosio, the same.
Cosmetica, medicines which whiten & soften the skin.
Crama, or Croma, or Chroma, a mixture of any thing of medicines.
Cucupha, a cover for the head made of Odoriferous and Cephalick Spices beaten to powders, and worn within a cap for a disease in the head.
Cylindrus, or Magdaleo, is an oblong plaster.
Cystica, med: against distempers in the Bladder.

Deleterium, a Poisonous medicine.
Diuretica, med: that part, dissolve, and fund the blood.
Diacopraegia, a medicine against Tumors, made of goats dung.
Diapasma, a med: made of dry powders.
Diaplasma, is an ointment or fomentation.
Diapyetica, a medicine to ripen the Pus, or crass snotty matter.
Diapalma, a white unguent for cooling an heat.
Dropacismus, an ointment to loosen and extenuate the members, wich is of two sorts, Simple & compound.
Dropax, the same kinde of ointment.

Echolia, a medicine to help labour in childbearing, also to cause Abortion.
Eccarthartica, or Ecchoprotica, see Cartharticum.
Eclegma, a medicine between a Syrup and an Oppiate &c applyed inwardly. It is diversly called a a Linctus, Illinctus, Loch, or Lohoch.
Ecphracticum, medicines against obstructions in any part, opening and cutting medicines.
Ectillotica, medicines which consume callous parts, and pull out hair.
Elaterium, medicines to purge the belly.
Electuarium, an Electuary, A Confection made up of many pleasant ingredients with Syrup and hony.
Eleosaccharium, distilled oyle mixt with sugar.
Elixir or Tinctura, the essence of any thing extracted with the spirit of wine.
Emetica, or vomitoria, medicines to cause Vomiting, or an ejection at the mouth which offends the stomach.
Emmenagoga, medicines which excites the Courses.
Emmoton, medicines to inject into Ulcers.
Emollientia, softning medicines, which dissolve the parts, and make them loose and gentle.
Emulsio, an Emulsion, or drinking Medicine that hath Seeds infused in it.
Enaemon, a Medicine which stops the Blood.
Epsoma, a decoction of new Wine half boiled away.
Essentia Quinta, Quintessence, a Medicine made of intire energetical ingredients.
Emplastrum, A Plaster, a Medicine applyed outwardly to the sores of the Flesh, spread upon Cloth or Leather.
Emplattomena, or Emplastica, are Salves that constipate and shut up the Pores of the Body, that Sulphurous vapours cannot pass.
Epicarpium, a medicine like a Plaster applied to the Wrist, to drive away intermitting Feavers.
Epicerastica, medicines which obtund and temperate sharp humours.
Epithama, a medicine applied to the noble parts of the Body, as Head, Heart, Liver.
Epomphalum, a Plaster applied to the perturberances of the Navel.
Erodentia, medicines that gnaw and prey upon the flesh
Errhium, or Nasale, a medicine made like a Pyramid, and put up the Nose to cleanse the Head.

Faeculi, a powder which subsides to the bottom in certain strainings of Vegitables.
Fomentum, any thing which is applyed to the body to cherish and warm it, whether wet or dry.
Frontale, a medicine applyed to the head for a heat or pain.

Galreda, or Galatina, a Gelly made of Calves feet, &c.
Gargarisma, a Gargarism, a liquid medicine to cleanse the mouth, any pellucid glutinous Juice.

Hepatica, medicines for the Liver.
Hermetica Medicina, a noble medicine made from Vegetables, Animals, or Minerals.
Hidrotica, things that provoke sweating.
Hiera Picra, is a bitter kind of Electuary.
Holippa, Cakes or Wafers made of Medicinal infusion.
Hydropica, medicines that expel watery Humours in Dropsies.
Hydrosaccharum, a Syrup made of Water and Sugar.
Hysterica, medicines against the Diseases of the Womb.
Hordeatum, a liquid medicine, made of beaten Barley, and other Ingredients.
Humectantia, liquid or moistning medicines, such as can insinuate into the pores of the Body.
Hydragoga, medicines which by fomentations purge watery humours.
Hydroleum, a mixture of Water and Oyl.
Hydromel, Mead or Meath, a mixture of Water and Honey.

Ischaema, medicines to stop the Blood, which by cooling close up the Veins.
Inceratio, is a medicine made of moist and dry things to the consistence of soft Wax.
Incrassantia, thickning things mixt with liquid Juices.
Ischuretica, medicines to thicken the Blood, so that the Urine is stopped.
Julepus, a Julep, a sweet Potion, or a liquid medicine of a grateful taste made of Syrups, Sugar, &c. Julapium, or Juleb.

Laudanum, a medicine to allay insupportable pains and stop any Flux, called also Opiate Laudanum.
Laxantia, losening medicines.
Leptunica, cutting medicines or drink for a Consumption, of Almonds macerated in Rose water, and boiled Capons, &c.
Leucophagum, a medicine or drink for a Consumption, of Almonds macerated in Rose water, and boiled Capons, &c.
Lithrontriptica, medicines to break the Stone,
Loch, Lohoch, see Eclegma.
Losengae, Losenges, see Morsuli, Tabella.
Localia Medicamentum, are such things as are applyed outwardly, as Plasters, Salves, Ointments.
Linimentum, an Ointment thinner than an Unguent.

Magisterium, a powder prepared by Solution and Precipitation; properly called Extract.
Magistralia Medicamenta, medicines prescribed for several uses; called also usualia, common and usual, taken once a Week, or twice a month.
Malthacode, a medicine softned with Wax.
Malagma, a Pultice, see Cataplasma.
Malactica, see Emollientia.
Marmaleta, Marmalet, the Pulp or Juice of Quinces or other Fruit, made into a Gelly with Sugar.
Masticatorum, a medicine of Mastick to provoke Spitting.
Meconium, Opiate, or the condensed Juice of Poppies.
Medicamentum, a Medicine, any thing whereby Diseases are repelled, and health preserved.
Medicina, a Medicine, Physick, a remedy for Health.
Melanagoga, a medicine that expels black Choler.
Melicratum, a drink made of Honey and Rain water.
Miva, see Marmaleta.
Moretum, a sort of Drink used by Women conceived with Child, to strengthen a true Conception.
Morselli, Morsuli, Tabella, sweet Spices powdered, and Sugar dissolved mixt to a Paste, or poured on a Stone to be consolidated. See Lozengae.
Mucago, a viscous extraction made of Seeds and Water. Mucilago.
Mylpha, a medicine against the falling off of the hair.
Myron, see Unguentum.
Myracopum, an ointment that takes away weariness.

Narcotica, medicines to stupify and allay pains.
Nascalia, little globular bodies, to put into the neck of the Matrix to cure a Disease. See Pessarium.
Nectar, a medicinal drink, of a delicious tast and smell.
Nepenthes, a medicine against a disease in the Reins.
Opiate Laudanum, a medicine worthy of praise.
Nephritica, a medicine against a disease in the Reins.
Neurotica, a remedy against the diseases of the Nerves. Nevritica.

Oblatae, Laxativae & Purgantes, purging medicines.
Ochema, a liquor or vehicle wherewith medicines are mixt.
Odontia, against pain in the Teeth.
Odoramentum, a medicine applied for its smell.
Oenoides, is diluted Wine, or such a kind of liquor.
Oenomel, is Wine and Honey.
Oligophoros, a small Wine, with a few Spirits.
Opiata, Electuarium, are medicines made up of bitter things.
Opiatum, an Electuary with Opium, Mithiridate, or Diascordium mixt in it.
Opium, condensed Juice of Poppies.
Optica, medicines against distempers of the Eyes.
Otica, medicines against distempers of the Ears.
Oxelaeum, a mixture of Vinegar and Oyl.
Oxycratum, a mixture of Vinegar and Water, called Pusca or Posca.
Oxydercica, a medicine to quicken the Sight.
Oxymel, Vinegar and Honey made into a Syrup.
Oxyrhodium, Vinegar of Roses mixt with Rose-water.

Pachuntica, medicines of a thickening nature.
Palliatio, cura Palativa, a medicine (as much as is possible) to help incurable Diseases, by present application.
Panacea, a general sort of Physick for all Diseases.
Panchymagoga, purging medicines that expel corrupt humors.
Pandalea, a solid Electuary, taken like a Lambative, or in Morsels.
Paracelsistica Medecina, see Hermatica.
Pastillum, sweet Balls to smell at.
Pectoralia, Pectoral medicines, which allay Coughing.
Pepasmus, a Concoction, or fermentation, or ripening of preternatural humours.
Pepasticum, medicines to allay and digest crudities.
Periamma, a medicine tied about the Neck to expel Diseases, especially the Plague. Periaptum.
Pessarium, Pessus, Pessulus, oblong medicines thrust up the Neck of the Womb, to cure Diseases there.
Pharmacum, any sort of medicine against a Disease.
Phlegmagoga, medicines to drive away the Phlegm.
Phaenigmus, a medicine that makes the Skin red.
Pilula, Pills, Balls, solid medicines made of Pouders and glutinous liquor.
Plerotica, medicines that breed flesh, and fill up Wounds.
Polygophora, Drinks or Wines full of spirits.
Propoma, a drink made of Wine, Honey and Sugar.
Psilothron, medicines to take Hairs out of the Body. Psilothrum.
Psorica, medicines against the Scab.
Psyctica, a cooling medicine.
Ptisana, Ptisan, a decoction of Barly, Liquorish, and Raisins.
Pyrotica, or Urentia, hot and burning medicines, which cause redness, raise Blisters, pull up hair.

Resolventia, dissolving medicines, such as dissipate and scatter Particles.
Rhodium, Rose Vinegar, or anything made of Roses.
Rhyptica, scouring medicines which cleanse away Filth.

Succuli Medicinales, is a Bag quilted with several simples compounded and beaten together, put in and applyed to the place grieved.
Sarcotica, medicines which fill up and heal Wounds.
Sclerotica, sclerotick medicines, such as heal, cool, or are astringent. Scleruntica.
Simplicia, are simples uncompounded or unmixt.
Sinapismus, a medicine applied to the head.
Somnifera, sleeping medicines.
Spasmodica, medicines against Convulsions.
Splanchmica, medicines for Diseases in the Intestines.
Splenica, medicines against the Spleen.
Stagma, Juices of Plants mixt together in order to distillation.
Sparadropum, a piece of Linnen Cloth dipt or drawn through a thick Ointment or Plaster, a Sere cloth.
Suffitus, Suffimentum, pouder of Odiferous things, which Burnt produce a pleasant Smell.
Sumitates, the tops of Herbs.
Supplantalia, Plasters applied to the feet.
Suppositorium, a Suppositor, a compound of Honey and pouders, and made up into a Roll to thrust up the fundament.
Synactica, medicines that contract any part.
Syncritica, are relaxing or loosening Medicines.
Syrupus, Syrup of any thing, or Flowers extracted, and the Quintessence brought into a Liquor boiled up with
Sugar.

Tabella, a solid medicine, see Losenge.
Theriaca, Treacle, a Medicine to expel Poison.
Thorexis a generous Wire that warms the Breast.
Traumatica, a potion or decoction, which fetches sharp humors out of the Body.
Trochisci, Troches, round marked things, made of Pouders into Paste. Pastilli.
Tetrapharmacum, a medicine consisting of 4 ingredients, as Unguentum Basilicum.
Thermantica, healing Medicines.
Tinctura, see Elixir.
Tonotica, things externally applied, and rubbed into the Limbs to strengthen the Nerves.
Topica, medicines applied outwardly, as Plaster or Cataplasm.
Toxica, a poisonous Liquor wherein Barbarians use to dip their Brushes.
Turunda, Turundula, A Tent put into a Wound.

Vesicatoria, medicines which act upon and rarify the Spirits.

Vinum Cos, wine of a good colour smell and taste.
Vinum Medicatum, vine with medicines infused for sick and weak people.
Vinum Hypocraticum, wine with Sugar and Spices infused therein, a most pleasant liquor.
Unguentum, an Unguent, an Oyntment thicker then a Linimentum, it is outwardly applied.
Vomitorium, a medicine to provoke Vomiting.
Usnea, a moss that groweth on bones and trees.

All which variety of Phisical names may be reduced into English termes, under these three heads; thereby to avoyd a multitude of unheard words, which rather confound than give Instructions.
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Chapter 12, Item 35b
1. Inward medicines to comfort

Pectoralls.	Cordialls.	Stomachicalls.
Hepaticalls.	Spleneticalls.	Cephalitalls.
Iuleps.	Syrups.	Electuaries.
Infusions.	Emulsions.	Confections.
Conserves.	Preserves.	Losenges.
Pills.	Balls.	Rolls.
Troaches.	Bolus's.	Loches.
Potions.	Opiates.	Diet Drinks.

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Chapter 12, Item 35c
2. Medicines to purge

Vomits.	Purges.	Urines.
Sweats.	Sneesings.	Suppositers.
Glisters.	Gargarismes.	Antidotes.

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Chapter 12, Item 35d
3. Outward medicines

Oyles.	Oyntments.	Unguents.
Frontalls.	Caputalls.	Pastills.
Salves.	Plasters.	Searcloaths.
Liniments.	Pultesses.	Embroches.
Dentifrices.	Eye-Waters.	Frictions.
Fomentations.	Amulets, or Spells.

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Chapter 12, Item 35e
Apothecaries marks explained.
Re. Recipe. Take. This is ever set down at the begining of a Doctors bill, and is as much as to say, Take such & such things as follow, of each such a quantity as these marks signifie.

Liber.	A pound weight
Semis.	Halfe a pound, or Ounce.
Uncia.	An Ounce weight.
Drachma.	A Dram, is 3 Scruples.
Scrupulus.	A Scruple is 10 graines.
g. gr.	Granum. A Graine in weight.
g. Gutta.	A Gut, or a Drop.
g. iij.	Is 3 drops.
P	Pugillus, a Pugill, a little Handfull.
P. j.	is halfe a Handfull.
m.	Manupulus. a Manuple, or a great Handfull.
ana.	As much of each Ingredient.
s.	Siliquus. A Siliqua, or 4 Graines.
ob.	Obulus. An English halfe Penny, formerly marked after this maner
x.	A Roman Penny, it is a Dram.
no. or num.	Numerus. A certaine number.
Semi-Uncia.	Halfe an Ounce.
j. ij. iij. or iiij Ounces	1 2 3 or 4. An Ounce and Halfe. &c.

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Chapter 12, Item 35f
Medical terms
Other Practical Terms used by Phisicians, Chyrurgions, and Apothecaries.

Abstemius, he who abstaines from such meat & drink as is forbidden him.
Ablution, is exultation or reduceing of unclean things to more puritie of substance.
Abscission, is a cutting off a part of the body.
Acme, the height of a disease. Every distemper haveing 4 periods; the begining, the growth or increase, the full or compleat, and the declension or decrease. It is of Some termed Acros.
Agonia, is feare or sadness of minde.
Agyrta, a Mountebank.
Agrypnia, a watching or dreaming in slumber.
Alcohol, Alcol, is the pure substance of any thing seperated from the impure. a Rectified spirit.
Allagotrophia, a disproportion of the body, some part being larger then the other.
Albation, is the Brushing away of dust or gret with a feather or Hares foot.
Alcolismus, is an operation by calcination, reducing a matter into Alcol, the finest powder that is.
Amputation, is the cuting of a member that the whole body be not infected or corrupted.
Amalgamation, is puting of other mettals into Quick Silver. Gold, Copper &c.
Amulatum, Spells, that by which Witch-crafts are wrought, or driven away. see Peria.
Amethodicum, a thing done without any rule or orderly prescription therein.
Anaplerosis, a restoreing by Art, that which is decayed in nature.
Anabasis, is the increase of a disease.
Antecedentia signa, signes observed coming before a disease.
Antipasis, a revulsion of a disease out of one part into an other part of the body.
Antipathia, a loathing and abhoring of a thing without any ground or iust cause.
Aponia, a want of voice.
Apepsia, when the Stomach hath no concoction.
Aphaeresis, a part of Chyrurgery which teacheth to take away all superfluities in the body,
Arche, the beginning of a disease.
Aromatization, is an Artificial preparing of medicines.
Asitia, a loathing of meat.
Asaphia, a loudness of voice.
Assuefaction, things taught by use and custom.
Astringentia, binding things, such as close together the parts of the body.
Atomus, a body so small that it cannot be divided.
Attrition, is a preparing of an ingredient by grinding it on a stone to powder.
Automatos, That which moves of it selfe, as the heart and bowells, &c.

Balaneum, Balneum, Baths, or a washing in such waters which are made of phisicall decoctions.
Benignus Morbus, a favourable disease such as have no dreadfull Symptoms in it.
Blesus, Blesitas, a stammering in the speech.
Brachylogus, Brachylogia, is a giver or giveing of a positive oppinion in few words.
Branchus, an hoarsness in the throat.
Bulimus, an extraordinary appetite or desire of meat.
Bucellation, is dividing a thing into gobbets or peeces.

Calx, is that which by Calcining is either turned to Alcool; or that which is made friable as Harts horn burnt.
Calcination, is a solution or dissolving of a mixt body into powder by fire, or any corroding things.
Calfaction, is a preparing Simple and compound medicines by moderate heat, or the Sun.
Catapasma, is fragrant powder which by reason of its scent is put among clothes.
Catalepsis, or Catochus, the abolishing of all the animal faculties.
Cathaterismus, one that Administers any thing into the Bladder by a Cathater.
Cementation, a cementing of things by degrees.
Ceratio, a mollification of an hard thing, till it be like wax before the fire or in the Sun.
Chymia, the Art of Chymistry, or drawing of Spirits.
Chymia, or Chemia, is also a resolution of Sublunary bodyes into their Elements; and by a Coagulation of the same Elements, turn them into their own bodyes again. It consists in Solution and Coagulation. This Art is also termed Alchymia, Spagiria, Hermetica Arts, and Ars Segregatoria, Seperatoria, or Distillatoria.
Chyrurgia, the Art of Chyrurgery or cureing of wounds.
Circulatio Chymica, is the exaltation of pure liquor by a circular distillation.
Cicatrix, are Scars or marks in the flesh after great Ullcers and wounds are healed.
Clarificatio, Clarification, is when juyces or thick decoctions become fine and cleare.
Coctio, Concoction or good digestion of meat.
Collation, the washing of the mouth to scour the teeth.
Colcothar, is the dry substance that remains after distillation, commonly called Caput mortuum.
Colara, is that which after boiling or infusion is percolated or strained through a Sive or cloth.
Contagium, is a poison or disease, which from one subject is propogated into an other.
Continens Causa, the internal cause of a disease.
Consolidantia, are those things which cleanseth and takes corruption out of a wound moderately.
Confecta, Confectures, Comfits, Seeds covered over or crusted with dry Sugar.
Confectio, is a composition of Powders, Gums, Sugar Hony Syrups &c. made into one substance.
Conserva, a Conserve, a Composition of Flowers and Herbs beaten together with Sugar.
Conformatio, is the essential part of Health or Sickness.
Corrodentia, Corroding things, such as eate excrescent flesh in wounds.
Corroberatio, a strengthening of the heart.
Corrosio Chymica, a Calcination of bodyes by Corrosives.
Corrosivum, Corrosives, corroding or eating things.
Crisis, a sudden chang in a disease either for life or death.
Critici Dies, Days which cause a change in diseases.
Critica Signa, Signes foregoing a Crisis.
Cinefactio, is a converting of Vegetables and Animals into ashes by heat.
Coadunation, see Coagulation.
Coagmentation, a glutination, whereby liquids are made hard by dissolved powders.
Coaction, a congealing of medicaments.
Coagulation, is that whereby disagreeing things are perfectly United.
Cohobation, is a drawing of liquor from any dry thing by the Art of distillation.
Colation, see Colatura.
Colliquation, or Colliquefaction, is the conjunction of many Liquids, or solids, to make one Compound.
Coloration, is whereby perfect Gold Silver &c. being obscured by sulphurous vapours, is renewed.
Combustion, is Ignition or burning of bodyes into Calx.
Comminution, is the reduceing of any matter into fine Powder, even as meal.
Compositio, is compounding, or mixing many things together into one body.
Concretio, see Divaporation.
Confriction, is a slight powdering of a thing by rubing it between the fingers and thumb.
Confusio, is a mixture of liquid things together, as are of the same nature, as Oyls with oyls, waters & waters.
Congelation, is a congealing of things made by decoctions as Jelly, Glue, also Coperas, Salt peter &c.
Contusion, is the beating of grosser bodies into smaller.
Cribration, a preparing things by a Sive or Searce.
Condensed, made thick.

Declinatio morbis, is the declining of a disease.
Deligatio, is part of Chyrurgery that concerneth the binding up of wounds.
Deliquium Chymicum, a distillation by fire, or a melting of Calx into a Lixivious humour.
Debilitas, a weakness proceeding from fainting.
Diagnosis, the knowledge of present signs, whereby a distemper is found out.
Diaeta, Diet, moderate feeding.
Diaclisma, a washing or cleansing of the mouth, to help and strengthen the teeth and gums.
Dilutum, see Infusio.
Distillatio, distilling, a drawing of water or liquor out of other Simples.
Disgestio, a Disgestion of meat in the Stomach by the natural heat therein.
Descensio, is the descending of juyce or other liquids.
Despumatio, the Scuming of spume or froth that floats on the top of boyled liquor.
Distractio, a disagreeing of things mixt together, each retaining its own nature.
Divaporation, is an exhalation by fire, till the vapour be evaporated, flowne or vanished away.
Dulcifie, a correcting of harsh medicines by sweet things.
Decoction, the boyling of a thing.
Duration, things mollified by fire, yet wax hard by cooling, or so hard by boyling.

Ecchyloma, see Extractum.
Elementa Principia, meer simple bodyes without any mixture of other ingredient.
Emperica Medicina, Quacking, or Mountebanks way of cureing the sick by guess.
Epidemicus, an Epidemical or common disease, proceeding from a common cause.
Essentia, the Essence or quintesence of a thing.
Exultatio, is when a thing is changed in his one nature, and brought to a higher degree of virtue. or when the Spirit of any thing is elevated through heat, and vanisheth into the aire.
Extractum, an Extraction of some purer part from a more grosser body.
Emollientia, Softning things, such as with a moderate heat dissolve the parts which were close.
Emetologia, a description of things that provoke vomits.
Exulceretion, a solution of continued parts proceeding from Gnawing matter.
Embrion, the rudiments of a child in the womb.
Embrocha, is a distilling of a Bath water gently and by drops upon any grieved part of the body.
Encheiresis Anatomica, a readiness indissection, when the Artist shews parts of a Carcase dexterously.
Elaboration, a manual operation whereby the Ignoble part is removed, for the more excellent matter.
Elevation, is when the spiritual part is drawn from the corporall, the Subtill from the gross.
Elution, is the preparing of several Ingredients, whither it be by Powdering Calcineing or Washing.
Evaporation, see Divaporation.
Expression, is the extraction of Juyce out of herbs by a Press.
Extension, the drawing out of a dislocated joynt to put it in its right place againe.
Eliquation, a melting to mix things together.

Facultas, the facultie or action or a man, which is performed with the body and minde, or either.
Fasciculus, an Arme full of any sort of Herbs.
Fasciation, the binding of Swathes about a limb that is to be cured of wounds or being broken.
Fecula, the dust or dross that subsides in the squeesing of certaine Vegetables.
Ferula, Chips or Splents made to tye about broken bones when set again in their places.
Fementatio, a motion in the body tending to the perfection or chang of it.
Filtartio, is the Percolateing, straining; or runing of any liquor through a cloth to clarifie it.
Fomentatio, a Foment or Sweet smell that cherish the spirits and revives the senses.
Formula is the Phisitians prescription, which the Apothecary prepareth accordingly.
Frictio, a rubing or chafeing of some part of the body.
Fusio, is a melting with heat.
Fumigatio Chimici, is an erosion of mettle by Smoak or vapour.
Ferrumination, the joyning together of a fracture in one and the same peece of mettle.
Fission, see Section.
Fixation, is preserving volatill and Spirituall bodyes to the fire, that they endure it, and not fly away.
Fluid, Liquid moist or flowing matter for medicines.
Fraction, is the breaking of any thing with ones hand.
Frixion, is the quallifying of some harsh medicines with oyle, Butter or wine &c.

Gradation, is an exultation of mettles to the height of their fineness and purity.
Granulation, is the casting of mettles into small drops or graines, like Hail shot.
Gercomia, is part of that part of Phisick which is for the preservation of health.

Haustus, a liquid thing taken inwardly.
Hedisma, any thing that gives a medicine a good scent.
Hygieia, soundness of Health.
Hydrocritica, Critical Judgings of Distempers.
Humectation, see Irrigation.
Humidity, a moistness.

Ignition, see Combustion.
Illiquation, is a commixture of Terrene Bodies with Metalline, earthy with metal.
Imbibition, is when a liquor is forced from a Body, and not finding vent to elevate, it falls on the body again, and bedews it with drops.
Incineratio, is the reducing of the Bodies of Vegetables and Animals into Ashes by Fire.
Incoporatio, is a mixture of moist things with dry into one Body.
Indicantes Dies, are such days in which a Crisis will happen in a distemper, which usually are the 4, 11, 17, 24.
Indicatio, is that as demonstrates what is to be done in Diseases.
Infusio, is an extraction of the virtue of medicinal things with a convenient liquor.
Injectio, is a forcing of any fluid medicine into the Bowels at the Fundament. See Clyster.
Intercalares Dies, or Intercidentes, or Provocatorij dies, those days in which through the vehemency of the Fit, the Sick expels their Excrements unseasonably.
Incisio, incision, a cutting of the skin and flash.
Incineration, is a mixture of liquid and dry things to the consistence of mollified Wax.
Inhumation, is a distillatory transudation by descending of the liquor, through a circular Fire made about the Pots in which the body or matter is put to be distilled.
Insolation, is a preparing of Simples or Compounds in the heat of the Sun in Summer.
Irrigation, is an aspersion of moisture on things to be dissolved, to make them more liquid.

Laquens, Bands or Tyes to bind up broken Bones.
Levigatio, is the reduction of hard and ponderous things by beating, into fine pouder. Limation, the Dust or Filings of Metals.
Liquation, is that which being in one Body is dissolved, that it can flow aboard lik water.
Liquefaction, is the dissolution of Metal by gentle fire.
Lotion, is a preparation of Medicaments by Water or other liquor, to remove some hurtful thing in them.
Loimographia, is a description of Contagious Diseases.
Lutatio, Lutation, a Cementing of Chymical Vessels.
Luxatio, a disjointing of a Bone going out of its place.
Lyteria, a sign of the loosening of a great Disease.
Litho====, a Chyrurgion who is skilful in cutting out the Stone.
Libra Medica, a Phisicians pound, which is 12 ounces.

Manipulus, an handful of any sort of Herbs.
Manus Christi, a sort of fine refined Sugar put into Cordials for very weak people.
Mastication, the action of chewing Meat.
Maceratio, a preparation of things by infusion or steeping in Liquor for a certain time.
Maturatio, is of a rude and crude substance, to exalt it to a mature and perfect Body.
M econologia, a description of Opium.
Medicus, a Phisician, a Man practising Phisick.
Medicinales Dies, see Critici Dies, are the vacant days between the Crisis fit to administer Medicaments.
Menstruum, a liquor that dissolves Metal or Stone, or the dregs after distillation.
Magma, dregs left after the straining of Juices.
Metasyncrisis, the operation of a Medicine externally to fetch out humours.
Metallurgus, or Metallicus, a Chymist, or one that searcheth after Metals.
Metaptosis, is the degenerating of one Disease into another.
Methodus, the method or rules whereby Phisick and Medicines are found out for preservation of Health.
Metastasis, is the removing of a Disease out of one part into another.
Mitella, a swathe that holds up the Arm when it is hurt or wounded.
Mistion, a composition of Bodies, as in Incineration, Incorporation, Colliquation, and Contusion.
Mineralogia, a description of Metals.
Mixtura, is a solid or liquid substance of several Medicines mixed together.
Morbus, a Disease, such a Constitution of Body, as renders it unapt to perform any action.
Mollition, is the beginning of bringing a matter to Liquation.
Mollification, a softning of any thing.
Mundification, the purging of any thing from that which is sordid and vicious.
Mutilated, a wounded part by putrifying.
Myologia, a description of the Muscles.
Myropola, one that sells oyntments.

Naturalis facultas, natural endowments of the mind.
Natura, the natural inclination of a man to anything.
Noctambulo, Noctambulus, one that walks abroad in his Sleep.
Nosologia, see Pathologia.
Nutrimentum, Nutriment, nourishment through good digestion.
Nutrition, is a parmistion of moist matters by little and little to alter the quality of the Medicament.

Obstructio, is a shutting up of the passages of any part of the body.
Oligotrophia, a decrease of Nutrition.
Oligotrophus, meat that affords little nourishment.
Opiologia, a description of Opium.
Orexis, a natural appetite to meat.
Organum, or Organ, is a part that performs a right action to its constitution, and according to its office.
Oxyregmia, is an acid sour Belch from the Stomach.

Panicus, is a sudden fear or consternation.
Pathologia, that part of Phisick that teacheth the constitution of Mans Body.
Pepansis, a rectifying or bringing to order corrupt humours.
Politrophus, meat that affords much nourishment.
Pepasmus, a concoction or fermentation, or ripening of preternatural humours.
Pepsis, a concoction or fermentation of Humours and Meat in a mans natural Constitution; a good digestion.
Periodus Morborum, the space between the coming of Fits in intermitting Sicknesses or Diseases.
Periodus Sanguinis, a continued Circulation of the blood through the whole body.
Pharmacia, the Art of an Apothecary in compounding of medicines.
Pharmacopaeus, the Doctrine or description of Phisicall and operative medicaments.
Phlegmatici, those much troubled with Phlegme.
Phthisicus, a man in a Consumption.
Physiognomica, signes whereby things are conjectured by the countenance of a person.
Physiognomia, the Art of knowing natures by the face.
Physiologia, or Phytologia, that part of Phisick which teacheth the nature and constitution of persons.
Plastica Virtus, that which can form and fashion anything. That which could not be explained, the Ancients called a Plastick Virtue.
Pollutio Nocturna, Nocturnal pollution, an ejection in the night through Lecherous dreams.
Potio, a Potion, any liquid medicine taken inwardly.
Pori, Pores, little unperceiveable holes in the skin.
Praeservatoria Iudicatio, a way to prevent diseases.
Prognosis, or Signa Prognostica, Signes whereby it is known what will become of the Patient.
Praegumena, is an antecedent internall cause of a disease, occasioned by an other.
Prophasis, a fore knowledg of diseases.
Pugillus, a handfull of any herbs, or as much as three fingers can hold.
Prophylactia, or Prophylaxis, that part of Phisick that respects the preservation of health
Provocatorij Dies, see Critici Dies.
Pulpa, the pulp or substance of fruit or roots boiled and strained from its grosser parts.
Purgatio, Purging, an extraordinary and quick motion and frequent sending forth Excrements out of the body.
Pyretologia, a description of Fevers.
Plagula, a Plagilet. see Splenia.
Pulvis, see Species.
Phantasia, or Phantisma, Fancy, an internal sence or Imagination, whereby a thing is represented to the minde, as if the thing were really true.
Phlegma, or Pituita, Phlegme, or those clouds scume and froath, which appeareth on distilled waters, or other kinds of liquors.
Pulsus, the Pulse, the beating or motion of the heart.
Percolation, a straining through either a cloth or Sive.
Precipitation, is when bodyes corroded and dissolved into water are reverberated into calx.
Probation, is the proof of things, and to disearne what is good what is bad.
Projection, is giving mettle an other tincture by casting a medicine on it.
Prolectation, an extraction by parts, by which a rarified nature may be altered from the grosser.
Purgation, is a seperation of the pure liquor from thick Sediments or Spume.
Putrifaction, is the resolution of a naturall Putritude, to make it more excellent.
Parmistion, an equall and euen mixture of things.
Pollinctor, or Pollictor, an embalmer of dead bodyes.

Quartation, is the seperation of Silver and Gold mixt.
Quinta Essentia, a pure and well digested medicine drawn from any Substance.
Qualitas, quality disposition or contexture of particles according to qualities whereof our bodyes are denominated or known to pertake thereof.
Quid pro quo, is when a medicine of one nature is altered and changed into another.

Rarefacientia, Rarifying medicines.
Recidivus morbus, a relapse into a disease.
Rectificatio, a repeated distillation of liquors, to make them more pure. a double distilling.
Remissio Febrium, a remitting of fevers.
Repellentia, stoping or driving Humours another way.
Reverberatio Chymica, the Calcining or burning of bodyes or things by fire in a furnice.
Respiratio, a breathing, a delation and contraction of the Chest or breast.
Revulsoria, is the drawing of blood to a convenient place, that gushes out in an other, which is by opening a vein.
Ructatio, or Ructus, a Belching or depraved motion of the Stomach.
Rhegma, is a breaking or bursting of any part.
Rhodinum, Rose viniger, any thing made of Roses.
Ryas, is a too plentiful and preternatural falling of teares.
Rasion, is the Scraping or pareing of a thing.
Reduction, a restoring of a thing to its former condition.
Repurgation, whereby any thing is purged and cleansed from superfluities.
Resolution, is when things mixt, part one with another.
Restrinction, is a Gradation, whereby mettles Candified by fire, are drawn into a liquor of exaltation, and the more excellent by the Tincture or Gloss set on them.

Scarificatio, the cuting or incision of the skin with a Pen-nife, or such like Instrument.
Sedementa, a Sedement, or a thick settling of dreggs in the bottom of any liquor.
Semeiotica, that part of Phisick which treats of Health and of Sicknesses.
Signum morbis, the signes and Symptomes of a disease.
Solutio Chymica, a resolving any body into its Chymical Principles, which are Spirit, Salt, Sulpher, water, earth.
Species, the powders, or those simples, designed to make compounded medicines off.
Spasmologia, a Treatise of Convulsions.
Spasmus, is any Convulsion motion.
Sphygmica, that part of Phisick which treats of Pulses.
Splenia, or Plagula, are bolsters made of linnen 3 or 4 double to be laid on wounds Ulcers or Fractures.
Sputum, a liquor thicker than ordinary Spittle.
Stalagma, is that which is distilled from the Juyce of many herbs mixed together.
Stermutation, a Sneezing, or driving out of the head some sharp matter that disturbs it.
Stigma, a Scar, Stigmatize, or set a marke on a person.
Stratificatio, a Corroding or eating of mettles by Corrosive powders.
Superfaetation, a double conception with Child.
Subsidentia, see Sedementa.
Stupor, Numness, a lack of sense or feeling.
Stymma, the thick mass or dross as remaines after the pressing out of Juice or Oyle.
Sublimatio, is an extract or moisture raised up above the drossy mass of things, and sticks to the sides or necks of the distilling vessells.
Symptoma, a Symptome, it is a preternaturall disposition of the body occasioned by some disease. Or a signe and token of such an approaching thing.
Syncope, a sudden deprevation of sense and motion.
Syndrome, is a concurrence of severall Symptomes in the same disease.
Synteretica, that part of Phisick which gives Rules to preserve health.
Setaceum, a Seton, a hole made in the skin of the neck, and a Silk tyed therein, for ill humours to vent out.
Sectio Caesarea, the cuting of a child out of the womb.
Section, is the cuting of great things into lesser parts.
Segregation, the solution of that which was whole and perfect; divided into parts.
Separation, whereby things distracted and not agreeing are seperated one from another.
Siccation, is the drying up of excrementall moistures in bodyes, either in the Sun or before the fire.
Subluction, is a drawing of Juyces, Oyles, or other Liquors downwards, by percolation, filturation, &c.
Sphacelus, the effect of a part or member already utterly corrupt and putrified.
Subtiliation, is dissolution, a seperating the Subtill part from that which is gross.
Stratification, or Stratum super Stratum, is a Cementing by strewing Corroding powders on Plates of Mettall by Course or degrees.
Spume, the Froth or Scume of any boyled liquor.

Tecmarsis, a conjecture of diseases.
Temperamentum, the Temper of the body.
Terra Mortua, is the earthy body that remains after the Elixivation, or essence thereof is taken away. A thing good for nothing.
Theorema, Theoria, Theoretica, the Speculative part of Phisick, or Chyrurgery.
Therma, a naturall Bath.
Tregema, Tregea, things not beaten so small as powder, yet differs not much from Pulverizing.
Trituration, a powdering of things thereby the better to mixe them up into one body.
Thrombus, Trombosis, a coagulation of milk and blood in humane bodyes.
Tab===, a thin sort of matter that comes from a wound.
Theraputica, is that part of Phisick which delivers the method of healing.
Torrefaction, it is drying a thing speedily, Parching or scorching it over the fire.
Transmutation, is the changing of the colour quality & Substance of a thing.
Transudation, is the discensory distillation, the essence drop by drop falling into the Receiver.

Vacui dies, those dayes wherein an imperfect or ill Crisis frequently happens, and those are the 6 8 10 12 16 18 to which some adde 22 23 25 29 30 32 33 35 38 39 called medicinal dayes, being fit to be given in.
Valetudo, either a good or ill disposition of body.
Vene Sectio, the opening or breathing of a Vein.
Vesica Distillatoria, any vessel of Brass or Copper that liquor is distilled into.
Victus Ratio, a way of liveing whereby health is preserv'd
Vitalis Facultas, the vitall faculty, is the Action by which man liveth, which is Respiration, and Motion of the Heart. &c.
Vitalis Iudicatio, a way whereby Vigor and strength is renewed and preserved.
Vomitus, a vomiting, a violent sending out at the mouth what is in the Stomach
Uricriterium, Urocritica, or Uromantia, is Iudment or signes observed from Urine.
Uroscopia, the Inspection of Urine.
Vlceratio, see Exulceratio.
Urina, Uron, Lotium, Urine, or Piss.
Usnea, moss that groweth on Bones and Trees.
Ulomelia, is a Soundnes of the whole Body.
Vitrification, is converting Calx and Cineres into transparant Glass like Christall.
Ustion, is a preparation of things for powdering, by the burning of them in a Crucible.
Volatill, Spirits that will fly away, airy, & vanishing.

Xerotes, a dry disposition of Body.

Zootomia, an Artificial dislection of Animals.
Zoogonia, a generation of perfect Animals born alive.
Zymoma, the Ferment or watery Juice in the mouth or in the Stomach.
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