An Ague, Which hitherto amongst all sorts hath been accounted the Physician's shame, both for definition and cure, (thus fare hath ignorance prevailed) but that the contrary is manifest, appeareth sufficiently by this following definition: and shall be cured whether Tertian, Quartern, or Quotidian, by me AARON STREATER, Physician of Arts in Oxford approved by Authority: the King's Majesty's Servant in Ordinary, and dwelling against the Temple, three houses up in Chancery-lane, next house to the golden Anchor.   printer's or publisher's device 
At London Printed 1641.   

An Ague,  
IS either interpolate or continual, engendered of a melancholic humour, or a splenitick effect, whose rigour is in the beginning not vehement: but like the cold, men feel in most vehement Frosts, which in process of time augmenteth, that the parties are like a stone, or other cold thing, which is the cause of so much intermission, why this day, and that day, and not continually: nature working out this coldness, causeth generally a most vehement heat, which being over, the Parties rest in ease, until such time, be it longer or shorter, the melancholic humour, putrified in the vessels, hath the predominance, and so returneth to his old biace again.  
Upon the obstruction of the liver, by an abundant of choler, proceeding from a salt rheum that cometh from the brain, converted into a putrified phlegm oppressing the stomach, and putrifying the empty veins adjoining to the heart; and well may they be so, when as the liver for obstruction sake cannot send his vital and Spring blood, to nourish and revive the most vital part, the heart; whereupon lieth a fast baked putrified matter, some green, some black, some yellow, as experience shows: and until this be dissolved and taken away, help cannot be expected, for if the rheum be salt, the liver obstructed, the stomach oppressed with phlegm, the adjacent veins to the heart putrified, the spleen decayed, the kidneys by their salt gravel wasted, the stone in the bladder engendered, the legs by the salt humour falling down, swollen; whereby the Dropsy, and Gout are engendered, with many more diseases.  
Say not therefore it is but an Ague, but a Fever, I shall wear it out: upon some violent Medicine, or three or four Fi●ts, s●me times by the great help of nature it may departed: but if it hath continued longer, and no remedy found, as thou lovest thy health and life dally not with this disease.  
We must much condemn those that stick not to say, an Ague is a spirit; for Agues and Fevers were diseases our Saviour cured, and so no spirit.  
Here we condemn all Charms in this case, with all those that go to Sorcerers, Witches, Cunning men, or Cunning women, as they are called, with the seaventh son: for in thus doing, they leave God in his ordinance, and embrace the devil himself. For be assured, i● you use lawful means in this disease, you may expect as fully and as really cure and health, as in any other sickness or disease what ever: so fare forth as it shall stand with God's glory, and your good.  
One word more by the way, but yet to the purpose, let Italians and French let blood as they please in th●ir hot Countries: but for our English that are there, and desire to see home again, I say let th●m beware of loss of blood, lest they come home by weeping cross, fall into dead Palsies, wh●ch is a customary thing for our Nation to do; and to frequent our own Nation here, by their often letting blood.  
Let neither any English Physician, Italian, French, Dutch, Doctor, or else, persuade you in an Ague or Fever, to be let blood, except th●re be a most eminent appearance of Death itself, which a judicious, and honest Physician will soon descry. Nor in any other disease but as seldom as may be, if you desire comfort and health in Age.  
And what is here written, I take God to record, is not written for vain glory sake, as to be seen of men; but only out of a grounded and experienced good success I have had in the curing of them that have had Fevers of long and short continuance; and as violent a● ever were, or I believe can be; yet did never draw blood, except it was by Leaches, until it was so, that the parties were recovered, their blood well purified, and bodies settled; then a week or fortnight after I have opened a vein, that they might stand in their more perfect health.  
And the reasons of this my good success, I shall be ever willing and ready to give unto any Doctor, or Patient that shall require of me.  
Gloria tibi Domine.   

BEing carried down from London to South-hampton by Master Thomas Mason September 1640. word was brought me of a Maid dead, 16 years of age: and being requested to see what Disease she died of, I took my Chirurgeon with me, and went, And after section or search, I found as followeth, a gallon and a half of green water in the belly, that stunk worse than carrion; under the lyver an Impostume as big as my fist, full of green black corrupted Matter, and the lyver black and rot: The spleen and kidneys wholly decayed; and the place as black as soot: the bowels they were fretted, ulcerated, and rotten. In the chess was two great handfuls of black  blood in dust or powder: the heart was all sound, but not a drop of blood in it: nor one spoonful in the whole body.  
Here was an Annatomy indeed, skin and bone: and I verily believe, that there was no brain left, but that she lived while that was moist: the scent was so ill, and I not well, that I forbore to search it.  
God that knows the secrets of all hearts, knows this is a truth, and nothing else here written.  
Arthur Fauset, Chirurgeon at South-hampton, was the man I employed to cut her up, as many there can witness that were present.  
And what of all this may some say: why this? An eight week's Ague in the neglect of 〈◊〉, breeds all these Diseases, and finally Death.  
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