A relation of some notable cures accounted incurable as followeth. Faber, Albert Otto, 1612-1684. 1663 Approx. 11 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 3 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2007-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A41104 Wing F68 ESTC R37759 17010204 ocm 17010204 105776 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. 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WHereas the Vertue of the Ens primum Acidularum Germaniae , that is ( as it were ) the Quintessence of the ( Swalbacher ) Sower-springs in Germany , hath by its good effects to mens health been made known in and about London , and in several Counties of England , and many people desirous to be helped , being stil ignorant of it : The multitude of such as vaunts themselves ( under the Name of Doctors and Physicians ) with store of placards affixed about the streets , having by such a manner , ( that prostitutes its Masters to a vulgar discredit , and over-scrupulous contempt , in prejudice upon the innocent Art of Physick ) made for a long time a stop to any farther intimation concerning the said Ens primum : Yet upon the earnest desire of several persons , the Cures hereafter mentioned , being in truth effectively performed ; it hath been resolved , hereby once more to give publick notice of it , and its particular virtues , according to late experience , since that general account given of it about 2. years past . By the blessing of God it is an universal preserver of mens bodies & every sublunar creature whatsoever , against all kind of putrefaction , corruption and infection ; more particularly , the Ens primum has been found beneficial to many that wanted appetite and digestion . Also it has been found good in the stopping of the stomach , in Consumptions , in Agues , in Vomiting , Surfeit , Ulcers , Scurvy , Feavers , Worms , Cough , Spleen , Flux of blood , shortness of breath and stitches , great colds , Colick , fits of the Mother , Obstructions , Convulsion-fits : in the Small-pox it hath been very effectual , and exceeding successful ; it is also a good preservative against the Gout , and hath been administred in many other diseases , restoring some persons to perfect health that were given over by Physicians . Women subject to barrenness and miscarriage , and also those whose children after birth usually dyed , having taken of the Ens primum all the time of their being with child , brought forth sound Children , not subject to the Rickets or Scab because as it purifies the whole body from all corruption , so consequently the Womb. Oleum de Lapide Butleri . THat this Oyle is an Universal Medicine as well as the Stone it self , is publikely known by the Writings of Van Helmont : And therefore having for many years tried divers things concerning it , I have of late found something near it , whereof the Oyle into which this stone is dipped , hath given these proofs , viz. By annointing the limbs it has cured the running Gout : And by annointing the feet it gave present ease to a painful Gout : It hath cured the Kings-Evil , Lameness of long continuance , Apoplexie , Spleen , Melancholly , strange pains in the body : Also a great imposthume , that after many applications in five years was not cured , was rendered curable . Another in a Consumption , having a hard lump on the side of her belly , and all over her body , as it were an entire scab , was perfectly cured in a short time with the said Oyle . A hand as it were venomed , and swelling up to the shoulder with blew spots , being annointed , the pain immediately ceased , and the swelling asswaged . A great swelling on the head and face , neck and shoulders with much pain , and the Kings evil , was eased and advanced to a cure by this Oyle . Feet swelled and very sore , and lameness on the huckle-bone , have been cured . A man overtaken with a painful distemper over all his body , for the space of five days , not knowing what it was , was cured immediately . Another being brought very low , first he was afflicted with knobs in a strange manner , and his flesh was much consumed of a sudden , and his appetite quite lost , presently after he had touched this stone twice on the tip of his tongue , the knobs fell in a wonderful manner ; and using it in the same manner 20 days , his flesh came again , and he grew pretty strong . Likewise many being troubled in mind , and many troubled with head-ach have been soon refreshed with some few drops upon the tongue . A very dangerous and desperate Fistula entring into the body , was brought to a cure with the same , &c. Epilepsia , Hydrops , Pustulae & Podagra . PAracelsus ( in sine Libri II. de Praeparationibus ) is declaring something concerning the Cure of the Falling-sickness , Dropsie , Morbus Gallicus ( vide Paracelsum in Chirurgicis , Libr. 2. De Pustulis ibi : De Pustulis seu Morbo Gallico ) and the Gout , exalting the excellency of the true Spirit of Vitriol in the diseases made mention of ; but he there speaks of the making of that Spirit according to the Philosophical manner . However I may say in truth , that a woman aged 45. years , having had the Falling-sickness sixteen years in a most cruel raging manner , had been wholly cured by this Medicine within six Weeks . Another woman 36. years of age ▪ being afflicted with the Falling-sickness for 30 years , hath been cured by the same within eight weeks . A Boy of twelve years being taken with this disease half a year after he was born , insomuch , that when the fit was upon him , he must be holden by two or three men ; & when he felt the fit was coming , in a strange manner he would seek to avoid it , sometimes by offering to run into the water , sometimes into the fire , sometimes against the wall , so that it was an exceeding great misery to behold such a poor creature ; he was at last cured within 6. weeks by this Medicine , and is still in good health . Another Maid of 22. years of age , had often such fits three hours long , was restored within four weeks . Also a woman being constantly afflicted with the Falling sickness whensoever she was with child , was perfectly cured by the use of this Medicine , and not troubled any more therewith . Thus it is manifest by such proofs , that Paracelsus is true in his promise or assertion concerning the excellency of that wonderful Spirit of Vitriol : And therefore we may safely conclude , that the said Paracelsus speaks truth also , concerning the cure of the Gout , Dropsie and French-Pox , with the self same Spirit of Vitriol ; which whether it be so or not , might be experienced without any harm , because this Spirit of Vitriol is not hurtful at all to the nature of Man , as being freed from all corrosiveness , that is ordinary to such like Mineral Spirits , its virtue and nobility being as it were derived from an Astral influence , by its artificial and secret preparation , which Paracelsus loco citato , describes under the figure of the ninth Alembique . As concerning Pustulas , or the French-Pox , which Paracelsus makes mention of , my Book in print , entitled , A Paradox of the Shameful Disease , may give larger satisfaction to him that desireth more information of it , together with its cure , under a parable in the second part of the same , wherein I have more particularly disclosed Paracelsus ground , whereof the said Medicine of that disease doth arise according to his intention . Calculus Vesicae , or stone of the Bladder . HAth been from age to age a very hard trial to Physicians , of which the cure by inward means , finally grown desparate , hath caused the cutting of the bladder-stone . Mercatus and Capivaccius do confess they were ignorant of any remedy for it . Erastus is perswaded , that by no means the bladder-stone is curable inwardly . Nevertheless the most authorized Philosophers do afford its cure by their experience . Basile Valentine hath performed the said cure with his Lapis Ignis , so called ; Paracelse with his Ludus , of which Van Helmont declareth something more plainly concerning its preparation , viz by the Alcahest . And so always such as being fitly qualified , have sought in a right manner , have found somewhat . A boy of six years pitifully tormented with the stone of the bladder night and day , I verily certifie , that he was cured entirely with a Medicine , whether according to Basilius by the Lapis ignis , or according to Paracelsus by the Ludus , I think needless to express more particularly , Curiosity being not satisfactory in this respect . Another boy of a bigger age was cured of the same , viz. Stone of the Bladder , after some years affliction therewith by this Medicine alone . So that I am convinced , Philosophers are true in their writings concerning this cure . RUPTURE . I Say more , An old man of 6● years having a Rupture on both sides , to the bigness of a mans fift , was restored by the self-same Medicine within ten weeks . Another about the same age burst at the one side alone , was restored to his health by the same within eight weeks , and this beyond all expectation . These things I thought fit to publish for the common good , that I might not by my silence be the cause , that any who may & would be helped , should perish , knowing not , that there was a remedy provided for his distemper under the blessing of God. Given forth at London , in Thames-street , over-against Baynards Castle , at the bottom of Adlin-Hill , 8. of 7 ber 1663. Sub Protectione REGIS . By Albertus Otto Faber , Medicus Regius Exercit. Suec .