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A57364	The secrets of the famous Lazarus Riverius, councellor & physician to the French king, and professor of physick in the University of Montpelier newly translated from the Latin by E.P., M.D.; Selections. English. 1685	Rivière, Lazare, 1589-1655.; Prat, E.	1685 (1685)	Wing R1565; ESTC R12068	37,235	136

THE SECRETS Of the Famous LAZARVS RIVERIVS Councellor Physician To the FRENCH KING And PROFESSOR of PHYSICK In the UNIVERSITY of MONTPELIER Newly Translated from the Latin by E. P. M. D. LONDON Printed for Daniel Brown at the Black Swan and Bible without Temple-Barr MDCLXXXV THE PREFACE TO THE READER Reader THou art here presented with the Secrets of that ever renown'd Physitian Lazarus Riverius whose other Works publish'd first in Latin and then in our own Language I believe thou art very sensible that they were like good Wine needing no Bush for at the first comming forth of his Practice of Physick in the Latin Language many eminent Physitians in England and other parts made it their Cynosura and steer'd their Practice wholly by it as the Mariner sails by his Compass for in those days before it was translated into English you might see the Apothecaries files fill'd with Recipe's transscrib'd out of his Book almost verbatim ad amussim scarce any alteration at all or what 's worth the taking notice of being made in their prescriptions and at this very day I can assure you there are very able Physitians in England and other parts without making comparisons that still adhere to and have a greater esteemation of and veneration for him than for Willis the London Practice of Physick c. and other later Books Now as concerning these his Arcanum's they were publish'd in Latin as it seems by an Honest Ingenious and Conscionable Scholar of his who was not willing the World should be depriv'd of such a rich Cabinet conteining so many precious Jewells and if any one shall object any thing as to the laboriousness of these above other operations yet extant they are desired to consider that their excellent Virtues and eximious Qualities will countervale equally ballance and recompence all that always remembring the old saying Dii laborantibus omnia vendunt labor improbus omnia vincit And this is all Reader I hope I need to say in behalf of this piece little truly in it self but will 't find without doubt to be great in its worth so I bid thee Adieu as also because I would never have too great Gate made for a little City and so I say again Farewell THE SECRETS OF Laz. Riverius c. CHAP. I. His Tincture of GOLD SINCE there are more then a good many Recipés of Aurum potabile extant in the World which by some are denominated the Essences of Gold c. I have a mind in like manner to describe one after my most Honoured and Learned Master Riverius's method and manner as one of those to whom I doubted not in the least to stand by and trust to after the example of my aforesaid Master and also of the very Learned and excellent Artist Peter John Faber under whose Discipline I first learned my Chymical Operations and many of his very excellent Secrets Other Artists dissolve Gold making not in the least any preparation or disposition thereunto before hand but our method is performed after this manner Take of the purest Plate-Gold and calcine it thrice with Antimony always adding thereto Crude Antimony then separate it from the Cinders which will be very apparent and being mundisied dissolve them in Aqua regia after the usual manner of dissolutions Upon the dissolutions sprinkle Oil of Tartar made by del●q●i●m drop by drop and so the Gold will be precipitated to the bottom then the water being drawn off by decantation see you take away the acrimony by often ablutions with clear sweet common water Then dry it either in the Sun or upon warm Cinders but be sure you beware of the Fire for it 's now Aurum fulminans Afterwards dissolve the Powder in Spirit of Salt and our Spirit of Vitriol keeping it in a heat for the space of one month and by that time it will communicate its whole Tincture to the said Spirits Separate the half adding a new Spirit till it be tinctur'd and to every Ounce of the tinctur'd Spirit add a drachm of the volatile Salt of Tartar dissolv'd digesting it in a warm place for the space of fifteen days then add all these again to the Powder which then remains in the bottom of the Vesel put it into a Glass-house Furnace for 〈◊〉 sp●ce of two months with a gentle Fire at first augmenting the hear by litle 〈…〉 for at fifteen days end they will all become of the consistence of a stone then after two months let them be put in a moist place in an Egg as the custom is till they be dissolv'd thus you have the true exact and genuine process of our Aurum po●●●●le Virtues Vses and Doses THE Virtues of this our so great a Secret very far excel all others for it corroborates the Heart the Brain the Liver and all the parts of our Body but those parts especially whose duty faculty and functions are to attract alter ●nourish separate expel c. By this the pture Balsame of life is upheld by this it 's preserv'd in its Youthful state its Spirits are augmented and old Age retarded and lastly it so orders affairs that the Humors corrupt not one another So that it 's proper in all kind of Diseases both by reason of the Gold and also of the six'd Salts which dissolves all impurities of the Body by transpiration it 's given in certain appropriate Liquors from five drops to eight for one dose CHAP. II. His Tincture of SILVER BEcause what 's written of Gold challengeth to its self the First place in Value and Vertue In the next place I put our Tincture of Silver as coming nighest to the other not only in Price but in Virtue also It s process is perform'd after this manner and method following Take of the purest Plate-Silver and dissolve it in Aqua fortis and see you precipitate it with Oil of Tartar then shall you wash it with common Water then dry it and extract a Tincture with the aforementioned Liquors after the very same manner and method as aforegoing in the process of Gold and at length dissolve it as abovesaid Virtues Vses and Doses INnumerable are the Virtues of this Tincture of Silver especially in Capital Diseases for it is very effectual in the ●pilepsie although it be of a long standing in the Vertigo in the Megrim Pally and all other Diseases proceeding from ●●s●●●●ion of the Brain For as it the Macrocosm or great World Sibver is called ●he Brain of the World So this Tinc●ure is a true and powerful remedy against Diseases of the Brain It more over wonderfully helps Hectical and Pthisical persons if it be given with other specisies especially with our potable Gold before describ'd it 's given in Waters appropriate to the Disease as for example in the Falling-sickness in Swallows Water from five to seven drops c. CHAP. III. His Tincture of Jupirer or TIN. COncerning Tin many write of a Salt made thereof but few have had the happiness to