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Show 974.0 OfTIJc Difmfcr of the Ear and their Carer. Book III a . r 3&3th crelnenl's, or by an unnaturl thick fubi'cance, or by a double Membrane, Wm which hath been obferved in {'ome perfons. Little Infeé‘ts are bred fometimes in the Cavity of the Ear, which gives great trouble in their confiant motion, making a high difcompofure and noife in the Ear; Thefe minute Animals are killed by the inyeéiion ofbitrer Medicines, as juyce of Wormwood, or Centaury the lefs into the Ear. The Hearing The fenfe of Hearing is depraved by the noife of the Ear ; and as the Eye Egglfilfff,fi§§ the Organ of Sight, ought to be deflitute ofall Colour, that it may dueli‘hc E" perceive variety of Colours as its proper ObJeét; ( Whereupon an lé‘terich Eye, prepoflefl'ed with Yellow, fpoileth the Sight ) f0 upkmdly Sounds Iodg. Thmurmf ed in the Ear, do hinder the perception of external Sounds, and depraye a mundin‘hc the Senle of Hearing. EM" A Sound arifeth in the Ear by the violent motion ofthe innate Air, which is gently moved when the Objeét is duely difcerned by the influence ol Sounds embodied with Air, making {oft appulFes upon the Tj/mpmmm; And the implanted Air is more vehemently moved by {ome unnatural caufe, which ( as I humbly conceive) are Vapours and Wind, which being endued with an Elal'tick difpofition, do firongly agitate the inward Air of the Eat, and produce unnatural Sounds in the Ear, diflurbing the auditory Fibrils, which may come from a. vaporous marks of Blood, tranfinitted by the corotide Artery to the inf'trument of Hearing, which is very frequent in Hypocondriacal and Hyfterick indifpofitions of Body. This diiafléétion may alfo proceed from a purulent, or fanious Matter, The cures of the noifcs, Off/96 Dlfl'zfit of the Ear land that Curcr. An Inflammation borroweth its rife from a quantity of Blood, brought: by carotide Artery, either into the fubltance of the outward Auricle, or in. to the Tympanum, or other Membranes, (lodged in the inward Cavity of the Ear ) into which {0 large a quantity of Blood is imported by the terminations of the carotide Artery, that the Purple Liquor cannot be received in» to the {mall Extremities of the jugular Veins, which is produced either by [he plenty, or grofiiefi of the Blood, loofing its motion in the Interltices ofthe Veiiels', whereupon it ferments and acquircth an Inflammatory indifpofitj, on, giving a great pain to the nervous and membranous parts of the out- ward and inward Ear, accompanied with a troublefome pulflttion of the Arteries, caufed by the intercepted motion of the Blood, in the fubltance of theEar, comptefiing the Artery, and hindring its free pulfati n, which is alfo produced by a vehetnent motion of the Arteries, labouring to make good the hindred circulation of the Blood. As to the cure of this Inflammation, aClyfier being premilEd, a Vein is to Attmrorai be opened in the Neck or Arm 5 and if the Diléafe be very high,accompanied cgtgiahiiirym with intolerable pains, a temporal Artery may be opened, and Cupping~ hiin‘iiiiiilh' glafles applied to the Shoulders and Neck; and after gentle Purgations have ii been ulEd, Topicks may be applied and a Fomentation made up of the Leaves of Mallovvs, Violets, the Seeds of Qiinces, and Mallowes, of the Flouers of Elder, Chamaemel, Melilot, and Red Rofes. Afterward a Cataplafme may be adminiflred, prepared with Chickweed, Lentitula paluflrir, boiled in Milk, and made into a due confifience with and from pituitous Recrements, out of which Vapours may arife, givinga crums of White Bread. diflurbance to the motion of the inward Air. Variety of unnatural Sounds, are produced by the multitude or paucity, by the thinnefs or grofsnefs, or by the Stone, or violent motion of Vapourr7 if they be crafs, and moved with a turbulent {tream they feem to refemblc the noife of rapid torrent of Water, if the vapours be thin and be moved with quicknefs, they make a hifling noife, f0 that the greater or leis proportion, or more or leis thinnefs, or grofsnels, and the violence or flownefs of motion of Vapours, are productive of variety of Sounds, difaffetfiingthe , And rolied Onions mixed with Oil of Elder, or Rolbs, and a little Saffron may be applied to the Eat, in the form ofa Pultice, Warm. Womans new Milk, beaten up with the White of an Egg, may be put into the Ear Warm, with fome Wooll or Cotton: As alfo Oil ofVVater~ Organ of Hearing. ‘ Ifthis Bilbafe be derived froma hot and fpirituous indifpofition ofthc , aficiiiiiimi Blood, difafi'efling the Eat, it denoteth cooling and moif'tning Decoétions :iiliiéiiii mar; prepared with Barley , Violets, Lettice, Water Lillies, Seeds of Melons: ' Pumpions, White Poppy, eye. If it takerh its rife from grofs and numerous Vapours, after purging CVi‘ cuations have been celebrated, attenuating and delctltient Medicines ( KCCi‘ ted, before) may be applyed to the Ear, by way of Fomentation, Suifumigation 5 as alfo a little of the Decoétion of Millepedes, in Water and Wine, may be adminiltred with a Spunge; and Medicines compofed of the Gills of 3 Pike, prove very efficacious in the cure of this Difeafe. , Decofiions of Calaminth, Majoram, Centaury the lefs, Cranes ofJunIper, Bay-berries, and Worms, waihed in White-wine, and tied up in a rag» are Proper in this cafe, ufed by way of Fume or Bathing, in reference toil1c norle ofthe Ear. Theinflam- Book III. Othertimes the Tyinpanum groweth thick, as incraflated with grofs Re. The Ear is alfo ainéted with more troublefome Dil‘eafes of an Inflam- Lillies, or Rofes, mixed with fome drops of juyce of Night-made; or Plan- , tain may be ufed after the fame manner. , Inflammations of the Ear (coming from a quantity of Bloodfifiagnating An Ulcer F0]. in the Interl‘tices of the Vefiels, lodge in the coats of the Ears, often de- $253,353; generate into an Ulcer, as the fetous Particles of the extravafated Blood, be- ""5"mg not difcharged by Bleeding, Diaphoretick and difcutient Medicines, do acquire a putrid Nature, and corrode the Filaments of the auditory Membrane, through which they employ themfelves into the Cavity of the Ear. ,Ulcers of the Ear are alfo produced by {harp faline Recrements, tranf- Ulcers flow, mitted with the Blood, by the extremities of the carrotide Arteries, into $23,;me the fubl'tance of the Membranes 5 whereupon they grow exulcerared, by the ""0" acrimony of the ferous faline parts of the Blood. . In this Difeafe, afliiéting a Plethorick, and Cachochymick habit of Body, Th: CW 0, Bleeding and Purging may be advifed, and then Topicks may be applied, th: raidUl- . made of cleanfing and healing Medicinss, as Wine, in which Flowers of "n Rfid Roies have been boiled ; as alfo the juyces of Beets, Horehound, and Hfmey have been boiled together, and mixed with Syrup of dried Rofes, wrthwhiich afterward a little of the Call of 2 Pike, Lamb, or Calfe, may emixe . Frankincenfe and Honey, or a little White-wine, or Vinegar, may be mmm, 0m, matron and Ulcer; The Firfi is known by a violent beating pain, 3 gm‘ Er"heat, and rednefs of the Ear, which is extended fometimes to the Checks and Temples, borled together, and form: drops may be applied to the infide of the Ear with Wooll or Cotton. ' An CHAP. |