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A57005 A medicinal dispensatory, containing the vvhole body of physick discovering the natures, properties, and vertues of vegetables, minerals, & animals: the manner of compounding medicaments, and the way to administer them. Methodically digested in five books of philosophical and pharmaceutical institutions; three books of physical materials galenical and chymical. Together with a most perfect and absolute pharmacopoea or apothecaries shop. Accommodated with three useful tables. Composed by the illustrious Renodæus, chief physician to the monarch of France; and now Englished and revised, by Richard Tomlinson of London, apothecary.; Dispensatorium medicum. English Renou, Jean de.; Tomlinson, Richard, Apothecary. 1657 (1657) Wing R1037A; ESTC R221578 657,240 890

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humour_n purgatur_fw-la frigidus_n &_o crassus_fw-la
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obstruction_n of_o urine_n for_o these_o cantharides_n right_o prepare_v and_o mix_v with_o fit_a medicament_n and_o administer_v in_o a_o small_a quantity_n do_v move_v urine_n without_o harm_n but_o in_o a_o great_a quantity_n they_o stay_v it_o and_o impens_o calefy_v the_o bladder_n rondeletius_n mineral_n also_o and_o all_o such_o as_o have_v more_o efficacious_a faculty_n must_v be_v take_v spare_o such_o as_o be_v more_o remiss_a liberal_o furthermore_o those_o that_o conduce_v to_o the_o dulcoration_n correction_n or_o deduction_n of_o other_o medicament_n must_v be_v mix_v always_o in_o a_o small_a quantity_n as_o cinnamon_n sanders_n or_o squinant_n to_o conciliate_v suavity_n of_o odour_n or_o sapour_fw-la in_o the_o medicament_n ginger_n to_o the_o castigation_n of_o agarick_n saffron_n of_o opium_n open_v and_o mcide_v medicament_n to_o the_o dilation_n of_o the_o quality_n of_o other_o medicament_n to_o the_o part_n to_o be_v cure_v but_o nothing_o do_v so_o much_o 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thirty_o simple_n all_o which_o be_v think_v by_o a_o certain_a propriety_n to_o break_v stone_n and_o clear_v the_o urinal_n passage_n to_o these_o be_v add_v honey_n and_o sugar_n in_o a_o different_a proportion_n that_o the_o electuary_n may_v acquire_v a_o convenient_a form_n and_o apt_a consistency_n and_o be_v fit_a for_o long_a preservation_n some_o portion_n of_o simple_a medicament_n be_v measure_v by_o number_n some_o by_o weight_n other_o by_o both_o some_o in_o measure_n some_o in_o handful_n other_o in_o pugil_n the_o quantity_n of_o root_n be_v various_o measure_v for_o their_o dosis_n according_a to_o their_o various_a virtue_n and_o efficacy_n in_o operation_n if_o their_o faculty_n gentle_o move_v the_o belly_n they_o be_v measure_v by_o dram_n if_o potent_o by_o scruple_n if_o they_o only_o alter_v by_o whole_a or_o half_a ounce_n and_o when_o they_o make_v up_o a_o bath_n by_o pound_n or_o handful_n in_o make_v syrup_n of_o a_o great_a quantity_n they_o may_v be_v exhibit_v from_o â„¥_o i_o to_o â„¥_o ij_o or_o â„¥_o iij._n in_o decoction_n for_o one_o dosis_n from_o
the_o black_a which_o the_o roman_n call_v vermilago_n and_o carduus_fw-la niger_n assurges_fw-la with_o crasser_n and_o high_a caul_n long_a and_o broad_a leaf_n divide_v on_o each_o side_n with_o profund_a section_n out_o of_o its_o summity_n erupt_v certain_a round_a head_n co-act_a into_o umbell_n splendent_a with_o many_o little_a flower_n its_o root_n be_v crass_a black_a without_o flave_n within_o and_o very_o acrimonious_a to_o the_o gust_n the_o root_n of_o black_a chamaeleon_n vires_fw-la vires_fw-la participate_v of_o some_o malignant_a quality_n insomuch_o that_o it_o be_v never_o intrinsical_o assume_v but_o frequent_o and_o safe_o extrinsecal_o adhibit_v especial_o when_o mix_v with_o other_o medicament_n for_o its_o freity_n be_v retund_v by_o the_o concourse_n of_o other_o simples_n and_o it_o afterward_o pollicitate_v a_o salutary_a effect_n upon_o some_o affection_n as_o the_o sciatica_n and_o other_o infection_n of_o the_o skin_n chap._n lxvi_o of_o artichock_n or_o scolymus_n artichock_n which_o the_o greek_n call_v scolymus_n be_v of_o trivial_a dignotion_n whereof_o there_o be_v two_o special_a difference_n the_o one_o simple_o so_o call_v the_o other_o spinose_n and_o spanish_a which_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o thistle_n yea_o both_o indeed_o be_v deprome_v from_o that_o tribe_n and_o by_o culture_n and_o art_n have_v acquire_v a_o more_o specious_a form_n and_o gracious_a sapour_fw-la the_o leaf_n of_o artichoak_v be_v long_o broad_a laciniated_a on_o both_o side_n with_o profund_a incisure_n and_o of_o a_o cineritious_a colour_n whence_o it_o may_v be_v it_o be_v call_v cinara_n its_o surcle_n be_v bicubital_a who_o summity_n produce_v a_o kind_n of_o fruit_n with_o three_o triangular_a crass_a hard_a medullous_a leaf_n compact_v like_o scale_n this_o fruit_n coct_v till_o it_o be_v soft_a be_v most_o grateful_a meat_n but_o it_o be_v not_o so_o inservient_fw-la to_o venery_n as_o many_o think_v for_o it_o add_v very_o little_a genital_a matter_n or_o flatulent_a spirit_n but_o much_o melancholical_a succe_fw-la to_o the_o body_n gal._n l._n 6._o de_fw-la alim_fw-la facul_fw-la its_o flower_n conglomerate_v on_o slender_a and_o innumerable_a stalk_n be_v caeruleous_o purpureous_a which_o wither_v turn_n into_o down_o small_a long_a seed_n like_o they_o of_o carduus_fw-la remain_v therein_o wild_a scolymus_n be_v very_o like_o the_o spinous_a artichock_n the_o slender_a caul_n of_o cinara_n or_o artichock_n condit_v with_o sugar_n be_v grateful_a to_o eat_v and_o much_o celebrate_v in_o opsony_n the_o juice_n of_o artichock_n according_a to_o galen_n be_v very_o brave_a vires_fw-la vires_fw-la hot_a in_o the_o second_o degree_n bilious_a and_o melancholical_a move_a urine_n its_o root_n coct_v and_o drink_v in_o wine_n take_v away_o the_o graveolence_n of_o the_o whole_a body_n depel_v it_o through_o the_o bladder_n with_o urine_n chap._n lxvii_o of_o phu_o or_o valerian_n phu_o which_o some_o call_v wild_a spikenard_n and_o pliny_n cretian_a spikenard_n be_v valerian_n by_o some_o call_v marinella_n whereof_o there_o be_v five_o sort_n the_o first_o be_v the_o male_a the_o second_o the_o female_a the_o three_o the_o small_a the_o four_o the_o red_a and_o the_o five_o the_o grecian_a valerian_n the_o first_o whereof_o dioscorides_n alone_o make_v mention_n by_o knowledge_n have_v a_o cubital_a cawl_n geniculate_v concave_a and_o articulate_v with_o tear_v interval_n its_o leaf_n be_v long_o late_o smooth_a green_a sinuate_v very_o like_o wild_a parsnip_n leaf_n two_o whereof_o emerge_n out_o of_o each_o genicle_n of_o its_o surcle_n its_o flower_n be_v fair_a small_a umbellical_o collect_v on_o the_o top_n of_o its_o branch_n purpureous_a and_o odorate_a its_o root_n be_v of_o a_o digital_a spissitude_n transvers_o sect_v with_o many_o fibre_n and_o adherent_a to_o the_o surface_n of_o the_o earth_n it_o be_v calefactive_a and_o alexiterial_a vires_fw-la vires_fw-la whence_o some_o call_v it_o 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