Book III OF LENTICULAR FEVER——TVPHUS 297

fumitory,7? epithyme,'' citron, acetosa,7? hops, chicory, pim—
pinella,! which may be classed with the oenanths'! and called
oenantilla, and the Byzantine? species, eupatory, thyme, and
the like. 'The best waters are made with borage, melissa
(bee—wort), chicory, dodder, scabiosa, blessed thistle, calendula,
luiula7* (alleluia), trefoil, French acetosa, five heads of each;
hops, eupatory, chamaedrys, cinquefoil, dock (or sorrel?),77
marjoram, calamint, penny—royal.7* The best decoction is
made of agrimony, chicory, dodder, five fresh heads of each;
capillary,7? scordium, Cretan dictamon, one handful of each;
tormentilla and bistorta, each 14 oZz.3?; aloe wood, bark of cassia
tree, squinanth,5 aromatic cealamus, gum, each 2 drachms; canna
roots 3 drachms; let all these infuse for a day in 10 Ibs. of pure
water, then make as much decoction as you need, filter this, and
give in the early morning 5 oz., with 1 oz. citron syrup. The
best powders are Lemnian earth, Armenian bole, tormentilla,
secordium, unicorn's horn, or hartshorn; let him take 1 drachm
of each in 2 oz. rose—water and 1 oz. vinegar. Juice of luiula,
3 oz. has also been proved by experience. Another remedy,
cheaper but not less efficacious, is tormentilla and bistorta 12
drachm each, to be taken in an infusion of blessed thistle, made
with water.

Meanwhile observe what efforts nature herself is making and
by what path. For instance, if blood is flowing from the nose,
be the amount great or small, do nothing to aid or hinder it,
unless the vital energy is beginning to fail. And when there
is great evacuation of corrupt substance from the bowels, do
not check this either, unless a collapse of the patient's strength
obliges you to do so. However, when lentil spots are being
expelled to the surface, you ought, if nature is too lazy, to aid
this process by such means as will bring them out on the skin
and are at the same time opposed to the contagion; for instance,
dictamon, costus,9? root of personatia,* canna root and the
like. 'These fevers are accompanied by certain accidental
symptoms, among them delirium, and though frenzy (violent
delirium) very seldom follows, yet it must be averted, for the
reason that I have stated. i

I have now said enough about puncticular fevers, and shall
pass on to true pestilent fevers.