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A47661 Pharmacopoeia Lemeriana contracta Lemery's Universal pharmacopoeia abridg'd, in a collection of recepe's and observations compar'd with the London and with Bates's dispensatories, and also with Charas's Royal pharmacy : to which are added some remedies recommended by the members of the French Royal Academy of Science, most collected out of the history of that society lately published by John Baptista du Hamel.; Pharmacopeé universelle. English. 1700 Lémery, Nicolas, 1645-1715. 1700 (1700) Wing L1042; ESTC R26151 62,065 196

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Mithridate and a little quantity of Spirits of Wine There is a red powder design'd for the same end with this it contains besides these Ingredients Bole-Armoniack Brimstone Zedoary Ginger Cretan Dittany Harts-Horn Myrrh Camphire and Saffron it may be made into Pills as the other both so made are called Plague Pills The Golden Powder â„ž Opening Saffron of Mars refin'd Sugar of each two ounces Cinnamon and Galangal of each half an ounce Annis-seed two drachms four leaves of Gold reduce them into powder This Powder opens Obstructions provokes the Menses and cures pale Complexions it will be convenient to walk upon the taking this or any other Cachectick Remedy to promote its distribution It is given from a Scruple to a Drachm Powder of Ashes corrected â„ž Ashes of the Herb Kali and Roots of Colewort of each three drachms Seeds of Stone Parsley Marsh-mallows black Pepper tops of Penny-royal of each a drachm and a half sweet Flag prepar'd Goat's Blood Scorpions and dry'd Egg-shells of each one drachm mix and reduce them to powder This Powder is given to cleanse the Kidneys and Bladder from Gravel and troublesome roapy Mucus that sometimes obstructs the urinary passage A Carminative Powder â„ž Cummin and Annisseeds of each three ounces white Ginger six drachms Mace three drachms and Oriental Saffron one drachm reduce all into very fine powder This Powder is proper in the Wind Cholick and does help Digestion It may be taken immediately after Meals from half a drachm to a drachm and a half This Powder consisting of Salino-Sulphureous Volatile Parts is therefore proper to open the Obstructions of the Matrix part thereof being cast upon Coals and the Fumes receiv'd in the lower parts thro' a Funnel It also helps Women subject to Fits and is a quick Remedy and much rely'd on in Suffocations of the Womb. A drachm and a half of Red Roses well dry'd infus'd in three ounces of dulcify'd Spirit of Vitriol yield a most beautiful Red. This Spirit is given in Diarrhaea's Lienteries and in Bloody Fluxes in overflowings of the Menses vomiting spitting of Blood and all manner of Hemorrhagies It is also mix'd to a grateful Acidity in appropriate Liquors in Fevers Powder of Steel us'd by the Physicians of Paris â„ž Filings of Steel prepar'd two ounces Cinnamon six drachms Myrrh roots of Birthwort and the greater Madder tops of Time Wild-marjoram Feverfew Mountain Calamint Penyroyal Mugwort Hyssop Horehound Balm Mint Pimpernel Betony Savine of each two drachms Seeds of Lovage Rue Parsley great Cummin of each a drachm and a half Mace two Scruples reduce all into powder to be kept for use This Powder opens gently obstructions of the Bowels and is therefore a good Remedy against the Green-sickness Cachexies Jaundice and a coming Dropsie it kills Worms brings down the Menses It is given from a Scruple to a Drachm made into Pills A Hand Powder â„ž Dregs or Cakes of bitter and sweet Almonds Rice flower of each six ounces Roots of Florence Orice and prepar'd white Chalk of each one ounce Benzoin Sperma ceti Salt of Tartar of each two drachms Oyl of Rhodian Wood half an ounce reduce them into powder A Powder against a Pleurisie â„ž Prepar'd Goats Blood one ounce powder of Vipers Antimonium diaphoreticum flowers of Corn Poppies prepar'd Crab's-eyes Boar's-tooth seeds of Carduns Benedictus Olibanum of each one drachm reduce them into powder This Powder absorbs the Acids that fix and stagnate the Blood so helps to give it its due circulation and to throw off by transpiration the hostile matter The Imperial Powder â„ž Cinnamon ten drachms Ginger one ounce Cloves half an ounce lesser Galangal Mace Nutmegs of each two drachms Musk ten grains This helps Concoction expels Wind corrects the noisom Steams of the Stomach and ill smell of the mouth Powder of Cinnabar â„ž Native Cinnabar prepar'd half an ounce shaving of an Elks Horn three drachms Man's Skull Misletoe of the Oak of each two drachms dry roots and seeds of Peony of each a drachm and a half powders call'd Diamoschi and Diambra of each one drachm Oriental Saffron and volatil Salt of Amber of each one scruple powder all This is used as other Anti-epileptick Powders against the Falling-sickness and other Convulsions It is taken from one scruple to two Powder of Turbith with Rhubarb corrected â„ž Gummy Turbith two ounces choice Rhubarb ten drachms Hermodactyles one ounce Diagrydium Chrystals of Tartar and Violet seeds of each half an ounce reduce all into powder That may be given to a drachm Mort's Sudorifick Powder â„ž Roots of Contrayerva five drachms roots of Valerian Masterwort and Angelica of each half an ounce leaves of bless'd Thistle Crabs-eyes and Mussel-shells prepar'd of each two drachms Saffron four scruples Camphire two scruples Laudanum half a drachm reduce them into powder This Powder is a good Sudorifick and is therefore successfully us'd in malignant and intermitting Fevers it abates Hysterick Vapours it is given from a scruple to a drachm Trochisks of Ramich correct â„ž Cypress Nuts Myrtle Berries Gum Arabick of each an ounce and a half red Roses yellow Saunders of each ten drachms Sumach shavings of Ivory of each one ounce Cloves Mace Nutmegs of each half an ounce Camphire four scruples powder all and mix them into a Past with the inspissated Juice of Sorrel and form Trochisks according to art They are given to a drachm in Fluxes and Hemorrhagies and in all other cases where Astriction is proper They are to be finely powder'd and to be mix'd with Astringent Waters or Decoctions and to be taken at a distance from Meals Trochisks for a Gonorrhea â„ž Bole Armene two drachms prepar'd Amber shavings of Ivory of each one drachm and a half Seeds of Plantain four scruples Agnus Castus Lettice flowers of Pomgranate and red Roses of each one drachm Wood of Sassafras two scruples let all be powder'd and mix'd with Mucelage drawn from the seeds of Quinces in the Water of Nymphea or Water Lily and let them be made into Trochisks A drachm of these Trochisks may be dissolv'd in eight ounces of Plantane Water and an ounce of Honey of Roses added for an Injection but neither this nor any other Astringent is ever to be us'd until the Virulency is carry'd off by Stool and Urine and the running appears white and of a due consistence To use any sooner is a certain way to lodge the Infection and give the Pox. Trochisks of Pomgranate Flowers â„ž Pomgranate flowers one ounce red Roses Bole-armene Gum Arabick of each half an ounce true Acacia three drachms powder and mix them all with a sufficient quantity of the Mucilage of Gum-Tragacanth extracted in Rose Water then form the Trochisks These are us'd as the former and may be given where it is convenient to bind as in all Hemorraghies Belly Fluxes in the Diabetes Diseases of the Breast caus'd by Defluxions for they thicken Humours and qualify Acrimony Escharotick Trochisks â„ž Corrosive Sublimate Minium equal parts with
a sufficient quantity of the Mucilage of Gum Tragacanth that thence may be form'd hard and stiff Trochisks These are us'd for making Escars and to consume proud Flesh and Excrescencies about the Anus from illicit and preposterous Coition they are also apply'd to Venereal Cancers Scrophulous Tumours they do not spread and are quick in operating Trochisks of Arsenick ℞ White Arsenick four ounces Corrosive Sublimatte half an ounce powder both and form them into Trochisks with the Mucilage of Gum Tragacanth These Trochisks are us'd as the former and being apply'd whole or in Powder to Corns consume and eat them away The Arsenick contains a very corrosive Salt which being envelop'd in a great quantity of Sulphur would disengage it self but slowly without the addition of the corrosive Sublimate Tho' this Compound is an extraordinary Caustick yet it doth not cause great pain because the Sulphur of the Arsenick and Mucilage of the Gum do in a great measure curb the Salts and check their motion involving their points in the branchy parts of the one and slimy roapy particles of the other Trochisks to be us'd in a Diabetes ℞ Myrtle Berries seeds of Wood Sorrel of each three ounces Gum Arabick pounded Wheat-flower of each an ounce reduce them into powder and make them into Trochisks with a sufficient quantity of Mucilage of Fleawort seeds These are said to strengthen the Sphincter of the Bladder and thicken the Serum of the Blood which makes them not only proper in a Diabetes but also fit to be given in appropriate astringent Decoction in Hemorrhagies occasion'd by over-thin and sharp Blood on the other hand Aloes being a provoker of the Menstrua in thinning and inciding the Blood and opening the Womb Vessels is not to be given in the cases before mention'd Trochisks of Enula Campane ℞ Dry'd roots of Enula Campane two ounces flourr of pounded Wheat Gum Tragacanth Gum Arabick root of Florence Orrice Magistery of Sulphur of each two drachms flowers of Corn-poppy a drachm and a half flowers of Benzoin one scruple Balsam of Sulphur annisated ten drops with a sufficient quantity of Mucilage of Gum Tragacanth drawn in Corn Poppy-water form Trochisks to be dry'd in the shade These are us'd in inveterate Coughs and Asthma's they incide and attenuate tough roapy Phlegm and facilitate its Expectoration they are taken from a scruple to a drachm Trochisks of Orrice ℞ Roots of Florence Orrice white Pepper and Gum Armoniack of each half an ounce These attenuate and dissolve viscid Humours and facilitate their Expectoration they are also proper to open Obstructions of the Spleen and Womb and to cure pale Complexions They may be taken from half a drachm to four scruples Mynsichi's Hydragogue Pills reform'd ℞ Mineral Turbith half an ounce Trochisks of Alhandal roots of black Hellebore of each three drachms choice Rhubarb and Elaterium of each two drachms Saffron of Metals prepar'd with Salt of Wormwood one drachm Spirit of Vitriol dulcify'd half a drachm mix and make them into a Mass with Syrup of Buckthorn This Pill purges and vomits with some violence it is given in Dropsies Mania's the Pox Scurvy and King 's Evil and other like obstinate Distempers from half a scruple to half a drachm The Crocus Metallorum calcin'd with an equal weight of Salt of Wormwood and often wash'd with warm Water is less vomitive than the common because the fix'd alkaline Salt has destroy'd some of its irritating points This preparation of Antimony often purges and causes sweat it is given to eight grains The Imperial Pills of the Physicians of Lyons ℞ Extract of Aloes four ounces Rhubarb one ounce Mastick half an ounce and with the Juice of Roses form a Mass of Pills These Pills may be taken just before Meals that the Salt of the Aloes being dull'd by the particles of the Food may gripe the less These Ingredients mix'd with the Extract of Juniper-berries will make much such a Pill as Dr. Anderson's Bontius's Hydropical Pills ℞ Aloes Succotrine two ounces and a half Gambogia well powder'd dissolv'd in Malmsey and dry'd one ounce and a half Diagrydium prepar'd the same way one ounce choice Gum Ammoniack one ounce and half Tartarum Vitriolatum half an ounce make them into a Mass with Solutive Syrup of Roses The Tartarum Vitriolatum doth not only serve as an opener in this Composition but also fixeth the salin emetick Sulphur of the Gum. Gut and determines it to purge by Stool which it doth with some vehemency It is given from half a scruple to two to purge off serous Humours particularly in Dropsies for the cure of which it was chiefly studied Mercurial Pills ℞ Choice Rhubarb Trochisks of Alhandal Diagrydium sweet Sublimate of each one ounce Venice Turpentine wash'd in its own distill'd Oyl a sufficient quantity to make them into a Mass for Pills Tho' these Pills are properly design'd against Venereal Distempers yet they may be successfully given in the King 's Evil and in obstinate Rheumatisms Mr. Lemery is of opinion that they would prove more effectual in Venereal Distempers if instead of the sweet Sublimate an equal quantity of crude Mercury be put kill'd as they call it in Venice Turpentine for this reason that the Pores of the crude Mercury not being satiate as those of the sweet Sublimate are they would load themselves with a greater quantity of the Venereal Venom and carry it off either by Stool or Transpiration They that shall like this reason may use the following Pills Pills of Barbarosse corected ℞ Mercury well kill'd in a sufficient quantity of Venice Turpentine six drachms Agarick trochisc'd half an ounce choice Rhubarb two drachms mix and make them into a Mass of Pills In this the Spices are left out as being useless in the other common Prescription and Turpentine is us'd instead of the Juice of Roses it being scarce possible to kill the Mercury in this latter as Barbarosse directs These Pills are given from a scruple to a drachm and may be taken at Night going to Bed or in the Morning fasting Quercetan's Tartarous Pill reform'd ℞ Succotrine Aloes four ounces Cream of Tartar and yellow Myrobalans of each two ounces pickt Senna one ounce roots of black Hellebore Turbith of each half an ounce Salt of Wormwood and Ash of each two drachms mix and make them into a Mass with the Syrup of Apples of King Sabor The Dose from half a scruple to half a drachm These Pills purge Tartarous heavy Humours and tough Phlegm they are prescrib'd in Mania's Hypochondriack Affections and also in the suppression of the Menses The greater Pills of Bdellium ℞ Best Bdellium one ounce and a half Annis Seed three drachms Myrobalans yellow Indian Emblick and Bellerick Porcelain-shells burnt Amber of each two drachms and a half with the Juice of Leeks make a Mass This is given as an astringent to stop ●he overflowing of the Menses Hemorrhodies c. There is a Pill call'd the lesser Pill of Bdellium
it consists of 15 drachms of Bdellium and of 5 drachms of the Myrobalans mix'd and made into Pills with Juice of Leeks Pills of Gambogia â„ž Aloes Succotrine two ounces and a half Gummi Gutta Gum Ammoniack of each an ounce and a half Rosine of Scammony one ounce Tartarum Vitriolatum half an ounce make them into a Mass of Pills with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of Buck-thorn Gambogia is of it self both Emetick and Purgative but being mix'd with the Tartarum Vitriolatum purges only by Stool It is given from half a scruple to half a drachm in which Dose it powerfully carries off watry humours without any considerable gripes The Spaw Pill â„ž Crystal of Tartar three ounces Diagrydium half an ounce Salt of Steel two drachms with Mucilage of Gum Tragacanth drawn in the Spaw-water make Mass for Pills This is call'd Spaw Pill not only because the Mucilage is extracted in Spaw-water but chiefly because they that drink the Waters do often make use of it Henricus ab Heer in his Spadacrene commends this Pill and the Waters against many Distempers especially Hemicrania's Vertigoes Obstructions and even Scyrrhus's if not inveterate of the Liver and Spleen and the Diseases springing thence as Jaundice Melancholy Hypochondrianism Dropsies c. as also against Gravel Ulcers of the Kidneys Caruncles in the Urethra and resembling Affections Leprosie Cancers and Scyrrhus's of the Womb Fluxes Sterility Worms c. They may be given from a scruple to a drachm and may be taken with good success by such as drink Tunbridge Waters Pill Rudii corrected â„ž Aloes succotrine one ounce Trochisks of Alhandal six drachms Agaricks Scammony roots of black Hellebore Turbith of each half an ounce soluble Tartar three drachms with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of Buckthorn make them into Pills Mr. Lemery says That when we evaporate our Tincture for the Extract we lose a great deal of the purging Particles of the Druggs in the exhaling Steams and prefers the soluble Tartar for reasons mention'd before There may be somewhat in this last Remark but there is but very little in the other for since the Pill made according to our Dispensatory works as well as any can do and as strong as upon most occasions is requir'd what need we be concern'd at the loss of some gross foetid Sulphurs that in making the Pill stronger would render it more rough and churlish in the operation I have added this to shew upon what grounds some will correct and reform as they call it but must do Mr. Lemery Justice he is generally civil to the London and to Bates's Dispensatory from both which he has taken several Receipts and gives them for the most part unalter'd always quoting the Books which he has forgot to do to others especially to Charas from whom he has borrow'd considerably but seldom mentions him â„ž Juice of Liquorice Frankincense of each half an ounce Myrrh best Saffron Opium of each four scruples make them into a Mass of Pills with Syrup of Corn Poppies These Pills thicken and allay thin sharp Humours stay Defluxions and cause Rest they are given to a scruple in dry husking Coughs a scruple contains two grains of Opium Turpentine Pills â„ž Venice Turpentine boil'd in Water of Radishes or of Pellitory of the Wall four ounces Liquorice finely powder'd one ounce mix them for Pills â„ž Good clear Turpentine four ounces roots of Marsh-mallows dry'd and powder'd Crabs-eyes prepar'd of each an ounce purify'd Nitre and Hogs-lice prepar'd of each an ounce Salt of Amber two drachms make them into-a Mass for Pills In this last Preparation the Salt of Turpentine is preserv'd part of which in the former is evaporated in the boiling and part dissolv'd in the Water The Powders also do better second the Intention of the Pills than Liquorice can do but the Mass will hardly keep of due Consistence especially in Summer Both Pills are Diuretick and are of good use to carry off Gravel to cleanse the Kidneys and Bladder they may be given in the beginning of a Gonorrhea from one scruple to four They loosen and carry off the Viscous and Tartarous Concretions that stop the urinary passages and for that reason are helpful in suppressions of Urine The Diuretick Pills of Clossaeus â„ž Venice Turpentine and white Vitriol reduc'd into very fine powder of each equal parts mix into a Mass Turpentine in this Composition checks and destroys the emetick quality of the Vitriol for being wholly Viscous and Sulphureous it does so intangle and embarass the volatile acid Salt of the Vitriol by its branchy parts that it cannot sufficiently irritate or excite that kind of Convulsion wherein vomiting consists but being carry'd with the Turpentine into the Mass of Blood it incides and attenuates its gross roapy Serosities and so proves a great Piss-driver These Pills discharge the Reins and Ureters of gravelly and tenacious Concretions and make the urinary passages slippery and easie Astringent Pills to stop a Running or Gonorrhea â„ž Mineral Diaphoretick seal'd Earth Amber Dragon's Blood prepar'd Coral binding Extract of Steel of each half an ounce red Roses rinds of Granates Mastick Seeds of Meadow Rue of each three drachms Salt of Saturn four scruples Opium one scruple with a sufficient quantity of Turpentine half boil'd make them into a Mass These Pills absorb and suck into their Pores the viscous saline Humour that gletes from the Vessels and strengthens their relax'd Fibres But whereas it often proves very difficult to stop inveterate runnings especially where the parts affected have been much impair'd by irregular living hard riding or other violent exercise we must second the Pills with proper Injections with astringent fomentations on the Perineum and with drying Diet-drinks Tincture of Roses in dulcify'd Spirit of Vitriol c. These Pills are to be taken twice a day for a considerable time Le Mort's sweating Pills â„ž Gum Guajacum one ounce Extract of Contrayerva six drachms Myrrh five drachms and one scruple Saffron half an ounce Camphire two drachms and two scruples Laudanum Opiatum two scruples mix them according to art into a Mass with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of Clove-gilliflowers This Pill is commended against Poison and Infection it eases pain causes rest and provokes Sweat quiets the inordinate motion of the Blood and Spirits it is given in malignant Fevers from a scruple to a drachm Hysterick Pills â„ž Extract of Aloes prepar'd with the Juice of Mugwort ten drachms Faeculas or Dregs of Bryony choice Myrrh Vitriol of Mars Salt of Mugwort of each two drachms Castoreum Camphire leaves of Rue of each two scruples make them into Pills with the Juice of Mugwort These Pills provoke the Menses suppress Vapours and carry off the Impurities of the Matrix they are taken for several days together the Dose not above half a drachm if they be continued for any time Pills consisting of two Ingredients â„ž Trochisks of Alhandal Scammony of each equal parts Syrup of Buckthorn
Berries a sufficient quantity to make them into Pills These Pills purge Phlegm and gross roapy Serosities they are given in the Gout and Dropsies from eight grains to a scruple Anti-epileptick Pills corrected â„ž Dry'd roots of Male Peony six drachms fecules or dregs of Briony three drachms mineral Cinnabar eight scruples Castoreum Amber Solar precipitate of each two drachms leaves of black Hellebore Oyl of Antimony of each four scruples Oyl of Angelica Spirit of Vitriol of each twenty drops make them into a Paste with the Juice of Leeks This Pill is given from half a scruple to half a drachm The Solar Precipitate is made thus one part of Gold cut small and five parts of Mercury are put into a Matrass into a Lamp-fire until they dissolve and become a red Calx Anti-hypochondriacal Pills â„ž Succotrine Aloes half a pound roots of black Hellebore one ounce Hermodactyles Gum Ammoniack depurated Salt Armoniack sublim'd with Mars Vitriol of Mars of each three drachms make them into a Mass with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of Buckthorn This Pill purges the gross tartarous Humours that cause Obstructions in the Bowels and send gross nasty Effluvia into the Blood that disorder its Circulation and discompose the Brain they may be given to two scruples or a drachm Chalybeat Pills â„ž Best succotrine Aloes one ounce opening Saffron of Mars five drachms Scammony Gum Ammoniack of each half an ounce Saffron Tartarum Vitriolatum of each a drachm and a half make them into a Paste with Oximel of Squills These Pills carry off tartarous and mucilaginous Humours open Obstructions of the Liver Spleen and Matrix and cure the Diseases that proceed from thence Angelick Pills â„ž Extract of Aloes half a Pound Rhubarb half an ounce Agarick trochisk'd two drachms Cinnamon one drachm make them into a Mass with Syrup of Roses These Pills require no regiment at all they purge gently may be taken at meals or a little before eating that the Aloes may gripe the less They are given to a drachm Pills of Savine â„ž Venice Borax Mass of Pilulae Foetidae of each one ounce and a half leaves of Savine and Salt of the same six drachms Juniper Berries and Essence of Savine of each three drachms Saffron one scruple make them into a Mass with Syrup of Mugwort These Pills provoke the Menses dissolve the gross viscid Humours that obstruct the Womb Vessels and clog the Blood suppress Hysterick Vapours they may be given to a drachm Gout Pills â„ž Resin of Jalap half an ounce Diagrydium Rhubarb of each four scruples Tartarum Vitriolatum and Diaphoretick Mars of each one scruple make them into a Mass with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of Apples This Pill is us'd in the running and fix'd Gout in Rheumatisms old Aches and Pains it may be taken from a scruple to a drachm See the Preparation of Mars Diaphoreticus in the Third Edition of Lemery in English Sweating Pills â„ž Crystals of Tartar Cinnabar of Antimony of each six drachms Myrrh and Aloes of each three drachms make them into a Paste with a sufficient quantity of Oyl of Guajacum These correct the Acids that fix the Blood and hinder its Rarefaction quicken the Circulation and dispose the Serum to pass by the cuticular Glands they are given from half a scruple to half a drachm Schroder's Tartar Pills â„ž Best shining Aloes wash'd and impregnated with the Juice of Strawberries two ounces Gum Ammoniack purg'd from all filth seven drachms purging Magistery of Tartar dissolv'd several times in Bugloss-water and again coagulated half an ounce Extract of Gentian three Drachms Salt of Steel and Tincture of Saffron of each two drachms with Tincture of Tartar make them into a Mass These Pills purge off the tartarous earthy Humours that create Obstructions in the Bowels and are successfully us'd in Cachexia's suppression of Menses c. The purging Magistery of Tartar consists of the fix'd Salt of Tartar well satiate with distill'd Vinegar and then mix'd with Spirit of Wine which being twice or thrice distill'd from it leaves this purging Magistery Anodine Pills â„ž Laudanum half an ounce Indian Pepper infus'd a whole Night in Vinegar and dry'd two drachms Saffron four scruples Myrrh two scruples Musk six grains mix and make them into a Mass with Sack These Pills are proper to stay Defluxions upon any part procure Sleep c. but were chiefly design'd against Cholicks and Belly-fluxes they may be taken to six Grains Sweet scented Pills â„ž Best Syrian Storax one ounce Benzoin half an ounce root of Florence Orrice Trochisks of Gallia Moschata yellow Saunders of each four scruples Chymical Oyl of Rosemary two scruples mix and make them into a Mass with the Mucilage of Gum Tragacanth prepar'd in Cinnamon-water The use of this Pill is against a stinking loathsom Breath which it corrects being put into a hollow Tooth or otherwise held in the Mouth Tablets of Manna â„ž Calabrian Manna one ounce and a half refin'd Sugar one pound make them into Tablets These are pleasant to the taste keep the Body soluble they are most proper for Children and such as are a verse to less grateful Physick Treacle Tablets reform'd â„ž Old Treacle one ounce Balsam of Sulphur seeds of Sorrel Elk's hoof roots of Enula Campana and Angelica wood of Aloes bone of a Deer's heart white Amber Camphire and Myrrh of each one drachm Oyl of Cinnamon eight drops refin'd Sugar one pound mix them in a Marble Mortar and with a sufficient quantity of Mucilage of Gum Tragacanth drawn in Carduus Water make a solid mass of which form the Tablets These Tablets strengthen the Noble Parts resist the Infection of the Air they may be taken in time of Sickness from one drachm to three Emetick Tablets or Lozenges â„ž Emetick Tartar Liquorice-ras'd Wheat-flower of each two ounces refin'd Sugar half a pound with Mucilage of Gum Tragacanth make Tablets of half a drachm each These Lozenges both vomit and purge by Stool they are pleasant to the tast if they should chance to work with too much violence fat Broth or Oyl of sweet Almonds will check it two Tablets will prove a full Dose Compound Tablets of Marsh mallows â„ž Pulp of Marsh-mallow-roots two ounces seeds of white Poppies powder of Florence Orrice Liquorice and of the powder call'd Diatragacanthum frigidum of each three drachms refin'd Sugar boil'd in Rose water one pound make Tablets according to art These are us'd in inveterate Coughs and Asthma's to cut and loosen the impacted Phlegm and facilitate its Expectoration they are held in the Mouth to dissolve slowly Mort's purging Tablets â„ž Seeds of Zedoary Corallina of each three drachms root of Jalap two drachms Diagrydium one drachm sweet Sublimate one scruple best refin'd Sugar boiled in the Infusion of Tansey to the consistence of Tablets one pound form the Tablets They purge mildly kill and expell Worms hinder the corruption of Humours They may be taken from a drachm to an ounce The
three last days of the Moon are made choice of in giving this and other Medicines against Worms tho' no reason appears why they should prevail then more than at any other time Mercurial Tablets â„ž Mercurial Panacaea two ounces sharp biting Cinnamon Florence Orrice Ginger of each one drachm fine Sugar four ounces with the Mucilage of Gum Tragacanth form a solid Mass of which make your Tablets of a drachm weight each They are to be chew'd by those in whom it is difficult to raise a Salivation the Ginger and Mace heat the Mouth and open the salival excretory Ducts and serve as a Vehicle to the Panacaea The Salivation they raise when us'd alone is but slight and may be stop'd almost at pleasure by the use of an astringent Gargle The Panacaea is sweet Sublimate thus prepar'd Take what quantity you please of sweet Sublimate beat it into fine Powder put it into a Matrass upon a Sand-bath lute on a Head after it has stood in that heat an hour augment the Fire by degrees until all is sublim'd then take it off let the Vessel cool then break it powder your Sublimate again and do all as before repeat this seven times then having reduc'd your Sublimate into fine Powder pour on it Spirit of Wine alkoliz'd four Fingers high leave it to steep fifteen days stirring it pretty often with an Ivory Slice at last place it in Baln M. draw the Spirit off and dry your Panacaea in a Sand-fire This is a most noble Medicine in wary Hands against all foulness of Blood whether Venereal or Scorbutical against Itch Tettars Scabs Scald-heads See a fuller account in the third English Edition of Mr. Lemery's Chymistry Rotules of white Poppies â„ž Syrup of white Poppies newly made what quantity you please and having boil'd it to the consistence of a solid Electuary form the Tablet They have the same vertue with the Syrup that is by their slimy Mucilage they allay the sharpness of thin corrosive Phlegm hinder the too great expansion of the Spirits and the inordinate agitation of Humours Mort's hot Philonium â„ž Annis Fennil and Carraway seeds of each five drachms Cinnamon half an ounce Ginger and Extract of Opium of each three drachms Nutmegs two drachms clarify'd Honey ten ounces make them into an Opiate according to art This tho' less compound than others of this name yields to none in goodness it eases Pain resists the maliguity of Humours and causes Rest it is given from a scruple to a drachm Some make an Extract of new made Treacle in Spirit of Wine and call the Preparation Laudanum tutissimum but old Treacle having in its longer fermentation subtilized and exalted its active parts more than the new seems the fitter to rarifie and dissolve the Coagulations caus'd in the Blood and Humours by the bite or sting of Venomous Beasts coagulating Poisons infected Air or a too great quantity of Acids accumulated in the Body He commends the Apothecaries of Paris for leaving out Silk in their Confectio Alkermes asserting that neither wrought nor raw Silk can communicate the least vertue to that or any other Composition But Dr. Lister could inform him otherwise and tell him as he did Dr. Turnfort That Silk yields a noble Spirit the finest he says that ever was tasted with an incredible quantity of Volatil Salt which being refin'd and often cohobated with rich Aromatick Chymical Oyls he thinks makes that call'd King Charles's Salt However Silk being a dry Gelly of the Insect kind which for the most part consist of extream active parts is not so despicable for physical uses as Mr. Lemery and Zwelfer would insinuate Among the Remarks made upon Electuarium de Ovo Quercetani we have this method of preparing the Diaphoretick Sulphur of Gold call'd by Chymists Potable Gold or the true Tincture of Sol. Dissolve what quantity of Gold you please in Aqua Regalis evaporate the Dissolution over a gentle Fire and there will remain a Calx of Gold which moisten into a Liquid Past with the Essence of Cinnamon and having put the mixture in a Matrass pour upon it Spirit of Wine tartariz'd until it appears an Inch over then having stop'd the Vessel very close put it to digest until the Liquor seems fully tinctur'd which done pour it off and add new until the Spirit ceases to draw a Tincture then mix the Dissolutions together and keep them for use This Preparation is a Dissolution of some parts of the Substance of the Gold in the Sulphurs of the Cinnamon and of the Spirit of Wine for if it were quite divested of its Sulphur as some Chymists foolishly pretend the Calx could be never reduc'd into Gold again which it easily can being well dry'd and adding a small quantity of Borax to it Mort's cold Philonium â„ž Red Roses one ounce Cassia Lignea six drachms Bole-armene roots of Snake-weed of each half an ounce Extract of Opium two drachms and a half clarify'd Honey nine ounces mix and make them into an Opiate according to art This is proper in all losses of Blood in Diarrhaea's Lienteries and Bloody-fluxes it allays Pain and causes rest it is given from half a scruple to a drachm Mr. Lemery justly suspects the truth of what is said of King Mithridates's having been poison-proof and to have ow'd this to the Composition that bears his Name whereof he himself is said to have been the Inventor It might indeed have been of good use against Coagulating Poisons such as Hemlock Wolf's-bane the biting of Vipers or Serpents stings of Scorpions and the Tarantula but is of little efficacy against Corrosive Sublimate and Arsenick The Confection of Jacinth corrected â„ž Jacinth Stones prepar'd red Coral seal'd Earth of each one ounce shaving of Hart's-Horn six drachms of the Bone of a Deer's Heart roots of Tormentil and Dittany leaves of Cretan-dittany Saffron Myrrh red Roses Seeds of Sorrel Purslain of each three drachms Crab's Eyes prepar'd outward rind of Citrons and bitter Oranges dry'd of each four scruples Oriental Musk and Ambergrease of each ten grains Syrup of Kermes one ounce Syrup of Clove-gilliflowers three pound mix them according to art In this Reformation the Gold and Silver are left out as uncapable of alteration in our Bodies They dry Kermes grains as effete and worthless and the Syrup of Clove-gilliflowers made use of because the Syrup of Coral commonly used destroys in great part the Alkaline Ingredients of the Confection whose chief Cordial vertue consists in the Disposition of their Pores and texture of their parts that fit them to sheath the points and edges of the hostile peccant Acids which the Syrup of Clove-gilliflowers does in no wise do but being a strengthener of the Heart and Brain and other noble parts does considerably second the good effects of the Composition If it should be objected That the Juice of Limons the foundation of the Syrup of that name is useful in opening the Stones and Earth we will answer That this
being much weakened by addition of the Sugar it rather clogs than opens besides they being Natural Alcalies as is apparent by their great effervescence with this Syrup there is no necessity of opening them otherwise than in multiplying their absorbing Superficies by fine grinding certainly the best Preparation of such Concretes for Medicinal use as was said before in our Discourse upon Coral He substitutes Syrup of Kermes to the Grains because these grow worthless and effete by the loss of their inward succulent substance which is spent and turns into little Worms as it dries The shavings of Harts-horn are deservedly preferr'd to the burnt because the shavings retain all the valuable parts that the Horn loses in the ustion for they not only contain the Mucilaginous and Cordial parts which the Horn affords to Gellies but also the Volatile Spirit Salt and Oyl which it yields by Distillation all which are quite lost in Calcination Crab's-eyes he says are every whit as good as Pearl tho' considerably cheaper Gold he says tho' never so thin beat into leaves is uncapable of alteration in our Bodies and truly considering the compact texture of that Metal and how few known dissolvents can disunite its parts I should be apt to think it more ornamental than useful in Physick did I not consider how many Substances and of how differing natures are dissolv'd by the ferment of our Stomach Besides what Mr. Boyle says of a Menstruum drawn from Bread that entirely dissolves Gold and what Monsieur Couder a skilful Apothecary of Milhan in Rouvergne affirms of Capons fed for a considerable time with a Paste made of Vipers leaf Gold and Wheat viz. that having carefully preserv'd their Dung all the time and calcin'd it at length adding Mercury to amalgamate with the Gold exhal'd the Quicksilver and fus'd what was left with the addition of a small quantity of Borax he recover'd not above two parts in six or a third of what the Fowl had eat and this too very much paler than ordinary Gold This Confection is said to repair and recreate the Vital and Animal Spirits and is therefore recommended in palpitations of the Heart and in swooning fits to resist Putrefaction and to re-establish languishing and decay'd Strength It is given from a scruple to a drachm in Wine Broth or Cordial Liquors and is mix'd with Epithemes for the Heart A part of the Composition is to be kept without addition of Musk or Ambergrease because those Perfumes do not agree with Hysterick and several other Patients The Tholouse Hydrotick Opiate â„ž Conserve of Eglantine and flowers of Enula Campana or French Orrice of each two ounces powder of Rhubarb pickt Senna of each two drachms Resin of Jalap and Scammony of each one drachm Salt of Wormwood and Tamarisk of each two scruples Extract of Hedge Hyssop prepar'd with Spirit of Wine half a drachm Syrup of Buckthorn as much as is requisite to make them into an Opiate This Preparation as well as many other is improperly call'd Opiate not containing the least quantity of Opium It purges serous Humours both by Stool and Urine is prescrib'd in Distempers of the Spleen and Mesentery to open Obstructions in Retention or Irregularities of Women's courses It may be taken every other day to the quantity of two drachms Our Author prefers the leaves of Gratjola dry'd and reduc'd to powder to its Extract because the Spirit us'd in preparing the Extract carries with it in the Evaporation much of the purging particles of the Rhubarb c. The Cordial Opiate of Lyons â„ž Juniper-berries four ounces powder of Vipers Mace roots of Angelica long and round Birthwort Suakeweed Carline Thistle Contrayerva Cretan Spignel of each one ounce with Narbonac Honey boil'd in Water of Scordium make an Opiate according to art This Opiate is us'd with success in Malignant Fevers Epidemick Diseases and is not only a Cure of Pestilence but also a good preservative against it It resists Putrefaction and is therefore successfully taken against Worms Crudities c. It is taken from a scruple to a drachm in a Bolus or dissolv'd in Wine or some Cordial Liquor An Opiate against Worms â„ž Wormseed one ounce choice Rhubarb sweet Sublimate of each half an ounce Syrup of the Juice of Purslain boil'd to the consistence of a soft Electuary half a pint mix them into an Opiate Sylvius's Diascordium corrected â„ž Dry leaves of Scordium roots of Masterwort Cinnamon of each one ounce roots of Gentian leaves of bless'd Thistle Cretan Dittany Bole Armene Gum Arabick of each half an ounce Nutmegs three drachms roots of Angelica Opium Saffron of each two drachms true Acacia one drachm and a half Honey of Rosemary boil'd to the consistence of a soft Electuary two pound make them into an Opiate according to art This Electuary is a good Sudorifick is us'd with good success in Malignant Fevers Fluxes Cholick and against Worms it is given to half a drachm A Camphir'd Electuary â„ž Camphire Ginger prepar'd Pearl of each half an ounce roots of white Dittander Tormentil bone of a Stags heart of each two drachms Treacle of Andromachus four ounces refin'd Sugar boil'd in the Water of Wood Sorrel one pound make it into an Electuary according to art This Electuary provokes Sweat is a good Hysterick and powerfully resists the malignity and corruption of Humours it owes its chief vertue to the Camphire and Treacle both experienc'd Remedies in Epidemick Distempers It is given to two drachms An Electuary of the Juice of Rue â„ž Roots of long and round Birthwort Dyers Madder Berries of Laurel and Juniper Savine seeds of wild Carrot Agnus Castus and Rue of each one drachm pithy part of Piony-seeds two scruples Cretan Dittany half a drachm Saffron Myrrh Castoreum of each one Scruple mingle and reduce the whole into powder and with three ounces of refin'd Sugar dissolved in the Juice of Rue make them into an Electuary according to art This provokes the Menses suppresses Hysterick Vapours hastens Delivery and the coming away of the After-burthen It is given from one scruple to four The Royal Electuary â„ž Pine Kernels one ounce and a half sweet Almonds half an ounce red Roses two drachms yellow Saunders two scruples Ambergrease half a scruple Musk three grains white Sugar dissolv'd in Rose-water one pound make them into an Electuary This is said to strengthen the Stomach and Breast to raise the Spirits and provoke Lust Hoffman's Orvietan â„ž Roots of Swallow-wort Zedoary Carlina Angelica Butter-bur Valerian white Dittander Enula Campana Celandine of each three ounces leaves of Cretan Dittany Scordium Rue of each three hands full powder of Vipers two ounces Oriental Saffron one ounce or six drachms Galbanum an ounce and a half choice Myrrh Sulphur and seal'd Earth of each one ounce volatile Salt of Vipers six drachms Cinnamon Cloves of each half an ounce Opium corrected or laudanum Opiatum three drachms Oyl of Amber and of Citrons of each one drachm and a half Honey
little holes in the Lid is carry'd in the Pocket to be smell'd to in Sickness-time Mr. Lemery who attributes the good effects of this Compound to the Volatile Particles of its Ingredients would change the Vinegar which fixes too much for white Wine but since the Experience not only of Sylvius Diemerbroeck and Deker but of many other considerable Practitioners has found this Preparation efficacious I should not alter it for the sake of a specious notion especially Vinegar and such like mild Acids proving extraordinary Remedies in Distempers wherein the Texture of the Blood is deprav'd and the Mass inclines to a Dissolution Water of Magnanimity ℞ Two handfulls of Ants Spirit of Wine a quart digest them in a cover'd Vessel until they putrefie into a Liquor then distill them in B. M. and aromatize the distill'd Liquor with a small quantity of Cinnamon This Water raises and quickens the Spirits in dissolving the clammy cold Humours that clog'd and depress'd them increases and ferments the Seed its Dose is from one drachm to two An Apoplectick Water ℞ Tops of Marjoram Tilet or Lime-tree flowers of Lily of the Valley Rosemary Lavender Sage Primrose of each a handful and a half let them macerate eight days in the Sun or in a Stove in a pint and a half of Spirit of Wine and an equal quantity of Orange-flower-water then distill them in a Sand Bath according to art and put it up for use This Water corrects the Acids that fix the Blood and hinder its due Rarefaction and so quickens its Circulation The Ingredients being of the number of Cephalicks it is chiefly recommended against Distempers of the Brain as to prevent Apoplexies Lethargies Palsies c. Charles the Fifth's Cephalick Water differs from this by an addition of Cinnamon Cloves Mace Cardamoms Cubebs and grains of Paradise which make his much hotter and more stomachick A famous sweet-scented Water ℞ Root of Florence Orrice and Benjamin of each one ounce and a half choice Storax six drachms lignum Rhodium half an ounce yellow Saunders two drachms Aromatick Reed and Labdanum of each two scruples flowers of Benjamin one scruple all reduc●d into powder and put into a Matrass well stopt let them macerate 24 hours in a lukewarm B. M. in a pint of Rose-water and half a pint of Orange-flower-water then draw them off in the same bath somewhat hotter and dissolve six grains of Musk and the like quantity of Ambergrease in the distill'd water The use of this Water is only external to perfume Linen Gloves the Musk and Amber may be left out by such as are subject to Vapours what is left at the bottom of the Cucurbite being dry'd may serve to burn upon occasion Some content themselves with a Tincture of the Ingredients without giving themselves the trouble to distill them A Stomachick Water ℞ Outward rind of Oranges one ounce lesser Galengal five drachms Ginger three drachms Aromatick Reed Enula Campana of each two drachms Cardamoms Cloves of each a drachm and a half Spirit of Nitre two drachms good Brandy twenty ounces let them stand in digestion for six days then separate the clear from the thick according to art This Water strengthens and warms the Stomach helps Digestion breaks and expells Wind in rarifying and attenuating the flatulent viscous matter it meets with The Spirit of Nitre is mixt to help to draw off the better Tincture and to give the Water a more agreeable smell He advises to dissolve a drachm and a half of the Salt of Guajacum in Bates's Aqua Syphilica to make it more efficacious for the end it is design'd for A Water for a Consumption ℞ Snails flesh parted from the shells two pounds boil it well in rough austere Wine and Plantain-water then filter the Liquor with a strong expression and having dissolv'd in it a pound of Conserve of Roses and the like quantity of Conserve of the greater Comfrey distill them in an Alembick then strain the Water through a woollen Cloth first having added to it two ounces of Sugar dissolved in Plantane-water Saunders and Spicknard of each half a scruple This Water is commended in the decay and ulcers of the Lungs it is given in Pectoral Decoctions or may be taken alone an ounce at a time A Water to break or crumble the Stone ℞ Juice of Leeks Onions Radishes of each a quart Juice of Lemons and Pelitory of the Wall of each half a pint let all the Juices be mix'd digested and fermented then distill'd The fermentation of the Juices loosens and disengages their essential Salts which would otherwise hardly rise in the Distillation This Water by addition of two drachms of Spirit of Salt will be of greater efficacy against the Gravel and Stone and will better cut and attenuate tough roapy Humours and discharge them by Urine A Diuretick Water drawn from Kernels ℞ Peach and Cherry Kernels of each one pound bitter Almonds and flowers of Elder of each half a pound being cut and grosly beaten let them macerate in three pints and a half of white Wine for 24 hours then distill'd in B. M. according to art Most of the oily substance of the Ingredients remaining in the Cucurbite after the Distillation it would be convenient at the time of using this Water to beat a few Kernels and some Almonds in a Mortar and make a sort of Emulsion with the Water which tho' it would not be so opening as the former would by washing the Ureters with its slimy mucilaginous parts secure them from sharp Cholerick Urine smooth and secure the passages from the Gravel He distills a Water from the Flowers and Cups of Blue-bottle or Corn-flower macerated for some time in Snow Water which he says is wonderfully effectual not only to cure all inflammatory and hot Infirmities of the Eyes but also to clear and strengthen the Sight of old people for which reason it is call'd Eau de casselunettes or Spectacle breaker because they that use it stand in no need of those Glasses the manner of use is only dropping some of it into the Eyes Morning and Evening The Divine water of Fernel ℞ Corrosive Sublimate half a drachm Plantane-water half a pint mix and boil them over hot Embers in a Glass Viol to the consumption of one half part then put up the Water for use It drys and deterges powerfully it is us'd in Venereal Ulcers and to resist Mortification the Wound or Sore being wash'd with some Lint soakt in it A Water us'd against Mortification ℞ White Sugar eight ounces roots of round Birthwort four ounces white Wine two quarts mix and let them stand in Infusion for six hours then boil them in an Earthen Vessel well cover'd until a third part is consum'd This is not only us'd outwardly to cleanse and deterge as the other but is also syring'd into Wounds to resist a Gangrene and to attenuate gross and viscous Humours that hinder a kind digestion of the Sore He is for leaving out
in Bates's Aqua Epidemica the Celandine Mugwort Scabious and Agrimony with the Liquorice and Tormentil Roots because they contain but few if any Volatil Parts and that the essential and fixt Salt to which they owe their chief vertue remains in the bottom of the Cucurbit which nicety is the more remarkable in our Author because he often uses the distill'd water of Plantane in his Remedies which by his own reasonings should be worthless as containing as few Volatile Parts as any of the Herbs he finds fault with in ours besides had he consulted the Registers of the French Royal Academy of Sciences he would find that Scabious analyz'd yields some Urinous Spirit and Concret Volatil Salt and that it is not only recommended there as Detersive and Vulnerary but also as Alexiterial and Sudorifick Compound Queen of Hungary's Water ℞ Fresh flowers of Rosemary a pound and a half tops of Rosemary Time Lavender Cost-mary Sage of vertues Marjoram of each two ounces let all be bruis'd and put into a Glass Cucurbit with half an ounce of Sal Armoniack and the like quantity of Salt of Tartar powder'd a-part being well mix'd pour upon them two quarts of the best Brandy and having fix'd a Head and Recipient and luted the Junctures macerate and then distill This is preferable to the ordinary Queen of Hungary's Water to rarifie and penetrate gross Humours and to give a brisker motion to the Blood and Spirits in Soporiferous Distempers yet it may be made considerably stronger by adding a drachm of the Essence of Rosemary to each pint of the Water and dissolving three drachms of Camphire in the like quantity will make it more prevalent against Vapours and Gangrene The Womens Aqua Vitae ℞ Leaves of Sage of Vertue crispt Menth Balm of each one handful Cinnamon Nutmegs Mace Ginger Cloves grains of Paradise Cubebs Cardamoms of each an ounce and a half Galangale one ounce long Pepper half an ounce reduce all into gross powder and let them infuse for fourteen days in three quarts of strong White-wine in a close Vessel then be distill'd in B. M. The Hysterick Water of the Amsterdamers ℞ Dry roots of Briony ripe and dry Elder-berries of each two ounces the outward peel of Oranges an ounce and a half leaves of Mugwort Cretan Dittany Feverfew Cat 's Mint Basil Penny-royal Rue dry Savine of each half an ounce Myrrh and Castor of each three drachms Saffron one drachm all being powder'd let them stand for 8 days in two quarts of very good Spirit of Wine then distill them according to art This and the foregoing Water are proper in Hysterick Passions and Suppression of the Menses which they provoke and render regular they are also given in Palsies and Apoplexies they are given to two drachms An Anti-scorbutick Water ℞ Roots of Garden and Horse Radish 〈◊〉 each one pound Juice of Scurvy-grass Water-cresses Brook-lime Navelwort Mint Bawm Fumitory of each half a pound let them macerate together for 24 hour● then let them be distill'd in a modera●… Sand heat This Water is a great opener of a●… Obstructions not only proper against t●… Scurvy but also against Gravel Neph●…tick Colick suppression of Urine ● It is a great purifier of the Blood if take● for some considerable time ℞ Roots of Florence Orrice leaves 〈◊〉 Cretan Dittany and dry Mint of each 〈◊〉 ounce Seeds of Agnus Castus Rue a●… Lectuce of each six drachms Venice Turpentine and White-wine of each twenty ounces bruise what is to be bruis'd and distill them in B. M. This Water does cleanse and deterge the Spermatick Vessels and Urethra it is given after the use of Emulsions and necessary Purgations in virulent Gonorrhaea's A Mercurial Water ℞ Venice Ceruss two ounces crude Allum an ounce and a half Litharge corrosive Sublimate of each one ounce Salt of Nitre Armoniack of each two drachms Ginger one drachm and a half Vinegar one pint Water of Knot-grass four ounces Nightshade Plantain and Rose-water of each three ounces mix and boil them a little This Water kills the Itch Tettars scruffy dry Scabs that deform the Skin it also cures scald Heads Venereal and other obstinare Ulcers or Sores the Parts are to be fomented with it but bleeding and purging ought to precede A Water of three Ingredients ℞ Treacle Water camphorated five ounces rectify'd Spirit of Tartar three ounces Spirit of Vitriol one ounce put them to digest until they unite perfectly This hardly differs from our Mixtura simplex It is an extraordinary Remedy in Malignant Fevers it resists the Putrefaction of Humours and provokes Sweat given from half a drachm to a drachm Water of Castor ℞ Fresh Castor four ounces green leaves of Lavender one ounce Cinnamon six drachms leaves of Sage and Rosemary of each half an ounce Mace and Cloves of each two drachms rectify'd Spirit of Wine three quarts let them stand in digestion for two days then distill them in B. M. This Water suppresses Hysterick Vapours provokes Womens Menses gives life and quickness to the Blood and Spirits in Palsies Apoplexies and Lethargies it may be given in some Cephalick or Hysterick Julep from half a drachm to two drachms A Water to allay Gouty Pains ℞ Dry Cows Dung and Frogs Spawn of each equal parts mix and put them into a Glass Alembick and distill them with a moderate heat in B. M. This is us'd in inflammatory Gouts a Spunge or Flannel drench'd in the Water is laid upon the painful parts A Carminative Water ℞ Anise-seeds well pounded four ounces Cinnamon two ounces seeds of wild Carrots one ounce Nutmegs Mace Galangale Cloves of each two drachms having powder'd all grosly infuse them for two or three days in some hot place in two quarts of Malmsey then distill them according to art This Water attenuates gross viscous Humours expells Wind strengthens the Stomach and helps Digestion it is given from one drachm to an ounce A Water to take away Spots and Freckles of the Face ℞ Strawberries a pound and a half flowers of Lilies and Bean flowerrs of each half a pound Roach-Allum half an ounce Sal Gem Nitre Verdigrease of each two drachms let them macerate for ten days in three pints of Malmsey White-wine Vinegar and Narbonne Honey then distill'd in a moderate Sand heat This Water smooths preserves Ladies Complexions takes off Freckles Sun-burns and other such Deformities of the Skin The Elixir of three Ingredients ℞ Roots of Enula Campana and Angelica newly dry'd Juniper-berries of each four ounces having cut and beaten them grosly put them into a Matrass and pour on them a pint and a half of rectify'd Spirit of Wine let them stand in Infusion in a moderate heat until the Spirit is fully tinctured then filter and put it up for use It is commended against Pestilence Asthma's Palsies Apoplexies and Lethargies given from a scruple to two drachms in a convenient Vehicle Crollius's Pestilential Elixir ℞ Balsam of Sulphur prepar'd with Juniper and Amber four
ounces Tincture of Treacle impregnated with Myrrh and Camphire three ounces a drachm and a half of the Elixir of three Ingredients put them into a Matrass and let them stand in B. M. for 14 days until they are perfectly united This proves a preservative in time of Pestilence and other Contagious Distempers it is excellent in Asthma's it deterges and heals inward Ulcers is given from a scruple to a drachm An Epileptick Elixir ℞ Spirit of Coral and Tartar of each three ounces and a half Volatil Spirit of Man's Skull human Blood and Amber of each two scruples mix and let them stand to digest fourteen days This Elixir is Sudorifick a great strengthener of the Brain and purifier of the Mass of Blood it is given in Epilepsies Palsies and Apoplexies from tendrops to thirty An Elixir us'd against the Stone and Gravel ℞ Strawberries one pound Sugar-candy half a pound seeds of Gromel bruis●d three ounces Alkekengi Berries an ounce and a half tops of Golden-rod leaves of Ground-Ivy Saxifrage of each half a handfull being all cut small and pounded put them into a Matrass and pour on good Brandy until it is the breadth of four fingers over the Ingredients then stop the Vessel close and put it to digest in a Sand Bath or other moderate heat for four or five days stirring it every day which done filter it with expression and when it has settled pour it from the subsiding dregs and having strained it a second time put it up in a Glass Vessel well stop'd This Elixir or Tincture is much us'd in Languedock against Gravel and difficulty of Urine also in windy and nephritick Colicks suppression of the Menses Hysterick Passions c. it may be taken to two ounces An Elixir of Garlick ℞ Twenty heads of Garlick wash'd very clean and having beaten them in a Mortar put them into an Alembeck pour on Spirit of Wine to the height of four fingers then distill in B. M. pour the Spirit upon fresh Garlick and add in the last Distillation a scruple of Camphire ty'd in a knot The Elixir of Garlick recovers Appetite decay'd by viscid crude Phlegm clogging the Stomachical Ferment attenuates and incides the gross Phlegm impacted on the Bronchiae and streightning the Breath and is of good use in time of Pestilence and Sickness An extraordinary Anti-epileptick Elixir ℞ Opium cut very small half a pound put it into a Matrass and pour on Spirit of Wine to the height of four fingers over the Opium and having carefully stop'd the Vessel put it in digestion for three days in some moderate heat then distill by a Glass Alembeck in B. M. and you will have a clear Spirit ℞ Of this Spirit and of the Spirit of humane Skull of each equal parts mix and let them circulate the space of two days then put up the Liquor for use Some call this Elixir by the name of the English Drops but unjustly if Doctor Lyster says right see Notes upon Confectio Alkermes However this Preparation is commended much against Convulsions Vapours Pains troublesome Hiccoughs c. It may be taken to 30 drops The Opium that remains in the Cucurbit after Distillation may be made into the usual Extract An Anti-hysterick Elixir ℞ Best Castor Assa foetida of each half an ounce distill'd Oyl of Amber one drachm Oyl of Savine half a drachm Rue and Camphire of each one scruple well rectify'd Spirit of Wine ten ounces leave them to digest together for a while then distill and pour again the Spirit that shall come off on the Ingredients adding two ounces of rectify'd Spirit of Hart's Horn then distill them again and draw off half This Elixir is proper in disaffections of the Womb it brings down the Catamenia hastens Birth suppresses Vapours is us'd in the Falling-sickness in Malignant Fevers and in the Plague it may be given to two scruples Oyl of Ants of A. Mynsicht ℞ Live Ants and seeds of Rocket of each what quantity you please mix and beat them into a kind of Paste put it into a Glass expose it to the Sun until an Oyl appears which is to be separated by expression and kept for use This Oyl is us'd in venere languida the Perinaeum and Reins are anointed with it to excite the Spirits and raise a gentle fermentation in Semine The Apoplectick Balsam ℞ Oyl of Nutmegs by expression one ounce and a half best Syrian Storax three drachms Balsam of Peru two drachms Benzoin Ambergrease and Civet of each half an ounce Musk one scruple Chymical Oyls of Cloves and Rhodian-wood of each one drachm and a half Oyl of Cinnamon Citron and Oranges of each two scruples mix them into a Balsam This Balsam is call'd Apoplectick because it is of great efficacy against Apoplexies and other Diseases of the Brain which it is said to strengthen as well as the other noble parts The Temples and Sutures of the Skull are anointed with it and part put into the Ears with musk'd Cotton It may be taken inwardly for the same Distemper and to excite the Seed Le Mort's Polychrest Balsam ℞ Roots of Sarsaparilla five ounces Spirit of Wine four pints and a half let them infuse in a Glass Vessel until the Spirit of Wine appears of a golden colour then filter it and add eight ounces of Gum Guajacum leave them to digest together stirring them sometimes until the Gum is throughly dissolv'd which when it is add a spoonful of Balsam of Peru. This Balsam is Sudorifick and is of excellent use in the Pox Leprosie Scurvy and tho' it was design'd for internal use it may be us'd outwardly in Palsies and Sciatica's It may be taken in Wine to two drachms Some add an ounce of Virginian Snake-weed in powder to the Infusion and two ounces of Balsam of Peru to this quantity The vulnerary Balsam of Mindererus ℞ Venice Turpentine one ounce and a half Oyl of St. John's Wort one ounce Gum Elami six drachms distill'd Oyl of Wax two scruples mix and make them into a Balsam This is a very good Balsam for Green Wounds the Pled gits are to be dipt in it it is also us'd in Apoplexies to strengthen the Nerves The Samaritan Balsam ℞ Common Oyl good strong Wine of each equal parts let them be boil'd in an earthen glaz'd Vessel over a gentle Fire to the consumption of the Wine and keep the Balsam for use This is the Balsam mentioned in the Gospel and tho' plain is of excellent use to cure fresh wounds The Balsam of the Florence Physicians ℞ Turpentine one pound powder of new well-bak'd Tiles eight ounces stale Oyl half a pound Oyl of Laurel Cinnamon Spikenard of each two ounces distill them through a Retort This Balsam is us'd outwardly in Palsies and pains of the Joints and is taken inwardly against Worms Stone and Gravel to ten drops The Spanish Balsam ℞ Whole Wheat roots of Valerian blessed Thistle of each one ounce White Wine one pint put all into
additition against the Scurvy and find that Sorrel is a great corrector of the Acrimony of Humours and of great benefit to the Scorbutick that are of a dry bileous Constitution Wine wherein the tops of Juniper have been boil'd is recommended as a Diuretick in Dropsies or Suppression of Urine wherein Pills made of two parts Aloes one part of the powder of Juniper-berries are very beneficial they purify the Blood by Urine and by Transpiration A strong Decoction of the great Burdock is not only commended as a purifier of the Blood from ordinary Feculencies but also to carry off the Dregs of the Venereal Disease Hollerius often prescrib'd it with good success in Pleurisies and Forestus says it cur'd Vastelius Pensioner of Maclin of the Gout It made him make a great quantity of Water that was as white as Milk Etmuller and many others are of Opinion That the Roots of Burr-dock and of that call'd Butter-burr may be well substituted to China Roots and to Sarsaparilla as Box-wood to Guajacum and Juniper-wood to Sassafras Mr. Turnfort affirms upon his own Experience the efficacy of an Infusion of the Roots of the great wild Valerian in most violent Hysterick Fits and Convulsive Asthma's and Coughs He also says he has seen Palsies cur'd in the Alps by the use of the Leaves of Alder especially when that Sickness was occasion'd by lying abroad on the Ground or in damp wet Houses The manner of use is thus they fill several Bags with the Leaves keep them in the Sun or put them in Ovens until they are throughly hot then they spread the Leaves on a Bed put the Patient in and cover him well who will not fail to sweat abundantly And this does not only relieve in Palsies but also in Rheumatisms Sciatica's and old Aches if not Venereal which are also sometimes much eas'd by a Linement of equal parts of Oyl of Chamomil St. John's-wort and Spirit of Wine Camphorated also by the Root of Pepper-wort powder'd and mix'd with Butter apply'd to the part and the Tincture of the same Root drawn in Spirit of Wine taken inwardly An excellent Mouth water proper in the Scurvy to cleanse the Mouth and strengthen loose Gums may be made of one part of the Tincture of Columbine-flowers drawn in Spirit of Wine and two parts of the following Dissolution â„ž Gum Lac two ounces tears of Mastick two drachms dissolve them over a gentle Fire in a pint of good Brandy An Oily Aromatick Volatile Salt or a Spiritus Volatilis Aromaticus Oleosus for both may be had by this method â„ž Cinnamon five drachms Mace and Nutmegs of each two drachms and a half Cardamoms one drachm Saffron and Cloves of each two scruples Citron peel Bark of Sassafras Anise-seeds and Caraway-seeds of each three drachms powder all and put them into a Matrass pour on a quart of the best dephlegm'd Spirit of Wine stop the Matrass close and leave them to infuse for eight days stirring them at least twice every day when they have stood eight days press out the Liquor and pour it into a Glass Retort upon half a pound of Salt of Tartar well dry'd pulveriz'd and mix'd with four ounces of Sal Armoniack and distill them in a mild sand heat and you will have not only an Aromatick Oily Spirit but also a great quantity of Volatile Aromatick Salt that will be very penetrating as consisting of the Vrinous part of the Sal Armoniack loosen'd and rendered easily separable from its other Principles by mixture of the Tartar so that it pass'd into the Recipient along with the Spirit of Wine loaded with the Essential Oyl of the Spice FINIS ERRATA PAge 21. l. 15. read some Flowers p. 25. l. 21. Eells p. 35. l. 9. r. this Honey p. 41. l. 6. r. settled p. 43. l. 18. r. whites p. 48. l. 20. r. from the insupportable p. 49. l. 4. r. of each half an ounce After the Powder made of Warts c. in p. 58. r. the Remark p. 62. l. 11. p. 81. l. 18. r. strengthen p. 97. l. 15. r. the dry p. 101. l. 6. r. of the Herb. BOOKS Printed for Walter Kettilby at the Bishop's-head in St. Paul's Church-yard A Course of Chymistry containing an easie Method of preparing those Chymical Medicines which are used in Physick with curious Remarks and useful Discourses upon each Preparation for the benefit of such as desire to be instructed in the Knowledge of this Art By Nicholas Lemery M. D. the Third Edition translated from the Eighth-Edition in the French which is very much enlarged beyoud any of the former Essays of Anatomy wherein the Formation of the Organs and the Mechanick Operations are clearly explain'd according to the new Hypothesis by Monsieur Beddevole Doctor of Physick Written originally in French The Second Edition The INDEX A. FRench Acacia what it is Pag. 25 A purging Ale 30 An Almond Milk 11 With addition call'd Orgeat des Limonadiers ibid. An Analysis of Cows Goats and Asses Milk 159 Antimony its Glass deprived of its Emetick Quality 155 A Cephalick purging Apozem 10 B. An Apoplectick Balsam 131 The Balsam of the Florence Physicians 134 The Italian Balsam 135 Mindererus's vulnerary Balsam 133 Le Mort's Polychret Balsam 132 The Samaritan Balsam 133 The Spanish Balsam 134 Bite of an Ape a Remedy 152 For the bite of a Mad Dog 151 Bodies buried some hundreds of Years past still entire 56 A Broth recommended in Distempers of the Breast Pag. 147 A Broth in Scorbutick Cases 162 C. Cantharides the internal use vid. the two last Leaves of the Preface Camphire recommended in Cephalalgia's Rheumatisms and Palsies 157 158 Spice Caps 20 Confection of Jacinth with Remarks 97 Confectio Alkermes remarks upon it 94 Conserve of the Roots of Enula Campana the Roots of Althea and of the tops of Parsley 35 36 Conserve of Rue in malignant Fevers 157 D. Decoction 1 Decoction how it differs from a Ptisan 6 A Cephalick Decoction 4 A Decoction of the great Bur-Dock 164 A Sudorifick Decoction 5 Notes upon the Decoctum Album and upon the bitter Decoction ibid. Diabotanum vid. Blondel's Plant Plaster 139 Diabotanum cerate with Mercury 140 Diagridium Glycirrhizatum 39 Sylvius's Diascordium corrected 102 E. A Camphir'd Electuary 102 A Chalybeat Electuary Pag. 105 An Electuary of Garlick 108 Mr. Lemery's Hydragogue Electuary 107 Sylvius's Hydragogue Electuary ibid. Zwelfer's Hydrotick Electuary 106 An Electuary of the Juice of Rue 103 The Royal Electuary 104 A Terebinthinate Electuary 108 An Anti-epileptick Elixir 129 An Anti-hysterick Elixir 130 An Epileptick Elixir 127 An Elixir of Garlick 129 An Elixir of three Ingredients 126 Crollius's Pestilential Elixir 127 An Elixir against the Stone 128 Of Embalming 56 An Astringent Emulsion 11 Errhines 18 Chymical Essences Notes upon them 26 Etmuller his Opinion of the Roots of great Bur-dock Butter-bur of Box-wood and Sassafras-wood 164 Extract of the lesser Centaury or of the leaves of Smallage given with the Kinkina when there are
Some who think this Ratafia too strong weaken it with the juice of Apricocks other with the expression of Muscadine-Raisins and some perfume it with Musk and Ambergreese Some Ladies put in the Kernels whole because when they beat them they find the water thick and heavy but this fault is corrected by repeated Filtrations thro' a Wine Sack and the beaten Kernels load the Menstruum more The mixture must be often shook whilst in digestion A preparation of Verjuice ℞ Sugar-candy 2 ounces roch Allum Magistery of Bismuth prepared Porcelain Shells of each an ounce Salt of glass 3 drams these being powder'd mix'd and put into a glass bottle pour on six quarts of distilled Verjuice then stop the bottle and let it stand in the Sun for 15 days stirring and shaking it often then let it be filter'd and kept for use This preparation of Verjuice is recommended to smooth whiten and preserve the complexions of Ladies It takes away Freckles Morphew and Sun-burning A preparation of Ox-gall ℞ Sugar-candy 2 ounces Roch-Allum half an ounce Borax and Salt of glass of each 3 drams powder all and put them into a glass bottle pour upon them 3 quarts of distilled Ox-gall stop the bottle and expose it for 15 days to the Sun shaking it often then filter the liquor and keep it for use This has much the same vertues with the other but is somewhat more detersive and cleansing A Conserve of the roots of Enula Campana ℞ Roots of Enula Campana what quantity you please boil them in fountain water to a due softness then mash and pulp them through an inversed Sieve Let the Decoction be boiled over a gentle fire with a double weight of Sugar to the root to the consistence of a solid Electuary and when it grows a little cold add the pulp and put it up for use This Conserve is of good effect in Asthma's because it consists of sulphurous saline parts proper to incide and attenuate the gross Phlegm that is impacted to the Lungs The Conserve of Violets is somewhat loosning by reason of sharp Salt envelop'd in its mucilaginous and slimy parts The Ancients preferr'd the stale Conserve of Roses to the fresh made because the first had fermented more and had therefore its parts more loose and disengag'd Some sprinkle their Roses with a few drops of Vitriol which rarifying and dividing the parts that yield the colour render the Conserve much more beautifull He makes a Conserve of the tops of Parsely of the roots of Enula Campana and of the roots of Althaea to be us'd in Distempers of the Lungs Before Sugar was so common as now Honey was much in use and is still on several accounts preferr'd to Sugar It purges more in glisters deterges and cleanses Wounds better for which reason it is mix'd with Digestives unites and preserves the great Compositions of Treacle and Mithridate much better than Sugar would do The Honey of Dauphiné Languedoc and Narbonne is commended beyond all other because those Provinces abound in flowers of Thime Rosemary Violets Lilies of the Vallies and other odoriferous Plants from which this Balsom of life is gather'd for Democritus was of opinion that the best method to prolong life was to moisten the inwards with Honey and to anoint the outward parts with Oil. Yet such as are of a bilious hot Constitution ought to forbear the use of it because it is apt to change into Choler the too great heat of the Bowels turning it bitter as Sugar liquorice and other sweet things when boil'd too long acquire that tast Honey of Tabaco ℞ Depurated juice of Tabaco and common Honey equal parts let them boil to the consistence of a Syrup This Oil purges violently it is used in Glisters for Apoplectick and Lethargick Patients Syrups being but liquid Conserves the Syrup of Maiden-Hair may be very well made of the Conserve of Maiden hair brought from Canada besides the Herb having fermented with the Sugar in that composition it s more active parts are loosen'd and disengag'd and the more adapted for the Syrup which is thus made Take a pound of Conserve of Maiden-hair infuse it in two quarts of warm water for four or five hours then filter the Infusion with expression and mix therewith three pounds of fine Sugar and having clarified it with the white of an Egg boil it to the consistence of a Syrup There are some at Paris that sell well clarified Sugar for this Syrup which by reason of its more agreeable tast takes with most Patients preferrably to the genuine Syrup of Maiden-hair Mr. Lemery is much against Spice as corrective in the Syrup of Succory with Rhubarb because they heat the body and clog the Menstruum so that it cannot receive so many particles of the Rhubarb as otherwise it would whereas fix'd Alkali salts as that of Succory helps to draw a more saturate Tincture from the Rhubarb and renders the Syrup considerably more deobstruent He recommends soluble Tartar for a general corrective of purgers because being a Salt it is much more proper to attenuate and rarifie viscous roapy Substances that otherwise would be apt to adhere to the inward Membranes of the Bowels and gripe in their passage In the composition of the Syrup of Peach flowers may be used the more tender leaves of the tree and the Infusion of both is to be repeated untill they come out undiscolour'd then the Menstruum is as much impregnated as it can be from these Substances The Syrup of dry Roses becomes of a much fairer colour by adding to it when boil'd to its due consistence ten●… twelve drops of Spirit of Vitriol or 〈◊〉 Sulphur or a dram and a half of the Spirit of Sugar or 2 ounces of the Syrup of Berberries or of Pomegranate Experience teaches that the surest corrective of the Syrup of Buck-thorn-berries is to eat soon after taking of it Syrup of Scammony ℞ Choice Scammony grosly powder'd 6 drams Liquorice rasp'd and beaten 3 drams infuse them for three days in a pint and a half of good Brandy then filter the Tincture add 2 pound of Sugar and evaporate it into a Syrup Diagridium Glycyrrhisatum is made after this manner Half an ounce of slic'd Liquorice being infus'd for 2 hours in 9 ounces of hot water the Liquor is pour'd into an earthen glaz'd Pipkin upon 4 ounces of Scammony and put upon a gentle fire untill the moisture being consumed the Scammony becomes solid and firm as before this given from half a Scruple to a Scruple purges briskly without griping in the least Syrup of wild Saffron ℞ Seeds of wild Saffron bruised 4 ounces leaves of Senna cleansed 1 ounce and a half choice Rhubarb 6 drams Agaric trochisk'd and soluble Tartar of each half an ounce infuse them over hot embers for 24 hours in 3 pints of distill'd Bugloss-water then having boil'd them a little filter with expression In the strain'd Liquor clarify'd by setling and a second filtration dissolve a pound
Potion â„ž Syrup of Marsh Mallows Oil of sweet Almonds drawn without fire of each an Ounce and a half bost white Wine 3 Ounces water of Radishes and Pellitory of the wall of each 2 Ounces Crystal Mineral 1 Dram Spirit of Turpentine and of Salt of each 8 drops mix them all for 2 Doses This mixture is us'd in Nephritick Colicks It s oily slimy parts smooth and lenifie the urinary passages dull the edge of the sabulous matter and facilitate its Excretion A Diuretick mixture â„ž Spirit of Turpentine one Ounce rectified Spirit of Salt dulcified Spirit of Nitre Spirit of Cresses Amber and of Elixir proprietatis of each 2 Drams mix all together This Mixture is taken in white Wine and in other appropriate Liquors from 4 to 15 drops it is usefull in Suppression of Urine Nephritick Cholicks it attenuates and incides the gravelly matter and cleanses the Kidnies An Antiepileptic Mixture â„ž Imperial water Cinamon water of each one Ounce rectified Spirit of Man's Skull 2 Drams rectified Oil of Amber Volatile oleous Salt and Tincture of Salt of Tartar of each one Dram mix all together This Mixture is proper in the falling-sickness and other Distempers of the Brain it is taken in and out of the fit to two Scruples Of Gargarisms Masticatories Errhines or Tents put up into the Nostrils Injections and Pessaries GArgarisms are liquid mixtures designed for Diseases of the Throat Mouth Palate and Gums they are also us'd sometimes to stop a Salivation they are to be held in the mouth and not swallowed Masticatories are sharp hot Drugs that being chew'd in the Mouth open the salival Ducts incide gross Humours that stop the Glands and so provoke spitting Tabaco Ginger Pellitory of Spain Mustard-Seed Pepper Orrice-root and such like may be us'd as Masticatories Errhines are akin to these they are put in the Nose to make it run or to provoke sneezing they may be either of a liquid or solid form Injections are us'd upon several occasions especially in venereal cases to allay pain to stop a running c. and in deep Wounds Pessaries are us'd only for Women to provoke the Menses stop undue Fluxes or heal Ulcers we add but a few Formules because those are to be seen in most practical Books A Gargle to stop a Salivation rais'd by Mercury â„ž Whole Barley 1 Ounce leaves of Plantain knot Grass red Roses of each half an handfull Cypress Nuts Rinds of Granates Flowers of Sumach of each half an Ounce Berberry-Seeds 2 Drams let them be boil'd in a quart of red Wine and Water to the Consumption of a third part then strain'd dissolve in a pint of the Liquor 2 Drams of the astringent Extract of Mars half a Dram of Salt of Saturn and 2 Drams of Honey of Roses This Gargle deterges and dries the Ulcers of the Mouth fastneth the loose Teeth strengthens the Gums Cheeks and if often used entirely stops a Salivation that continues over long Pastills to be held in the Mouth and chew'd â„ž Roots of Orrice Stavesacre of each half an Ounce long Pepper Pellitory of Spain and Mustard-Seed of each 2 Drams let them be all powder'd and mix'd with a sufficient quantity of the Syrup of pale Roses that they may be made into Pastills These being put into a piece of fine Linen and slightly chew'd open the salival Glands and excretory Ducts and by stimulating the parts cause a great discharge of tough viscid Phlegm Sneezing Powder â„ž White Hellebore Tabaco-roots of Florence Orice of each 2 Drams Flowers of Lilies of Vallies leaves of Betony Marjoram and Sage of each one Dram powder all together This Powder may be made stronger by adding a Scruple of Euphorbium to it It may be of good use in Apoplexies Lethargies and other soporiferous Distempers An Injection to stop a Gonorrhoea â„ž Plantain and Rose-water of each 4 Ounces Honey of Roses 1 Ounce medicamental Stone 1 Dram mix them for an Injection When it 's proper to use this Injection it will be convenient to take astringent Pills to strengthen the relax'd parts if instead of the Stone you use the Trochisks of Rasis the Injection will be the milder but not so drying detersive nor astringent A Vulnerary Injection â„ž Roots of round Birthwort 1 Ounce let it boil in a pint and a half of white Wine to the Consumption of a third part then add to the Liquor strain'd and press'd out an Ounce and half of Honey of Roses Tincture of Myrrh and Aloes of each half an Ounce This Injection being squirted or syring'd into Wounds cleanses and deterges them resists putrefaction and prevents in a great measure a Gangrene the Pledgets and Compresses may be drenched in it A Lotion to kill Vermine in the Head â„ž Stavesacre 2 Ounces Worm-Seed 1 Ounce Wormwood Tansey Betony lesser Centaury of each 2 handfulls let them boil in 2 quarts of water to the Consumption of a third part bath and wash the head with Sponges drench'd in the strain'd Liquor They that would have this Lotion stronger may boil the Ingredients in Urine A Lotion against the Itch. â„ž Roots of sharp-pointed Dock Elecampane of each four Ounces white Hellebore 1 Ounce leaves of Wormwood Water-Cresses of each 1 handfull boil them in two quarts of water to the Consumption of a third part in the straining made with expression dissolve 6 Drams of Salt of Tartar If the Ingredients were boil'd in the Lotions of white Precipitate the Liquor would prove much more efficacious against the Itch running Sores Scab Tettars c. A Wash to make Hair black â„ž Rinds of green Wall-nuts half a pound Bark of Oak Alder Galls of each 2 Ounces leaves of Myrtle Pomegranate of each 1 handfull boil them in three pints of water untill a third part is consumed then strain with a strong expression and dissolve in the Liquor an Ounce and a half of Rock-Alum and the like quantity of English green Vitriol This darkens red hair wonderfully if often moistned and left to dry of it self without rubbing The common emollient Mucilage â„ž Roots of Marsh Mallows 4 Ounces Lin-Seeds Seeds of Fenugreek of each 1 Ounce let them be infus'd for 12 hours in two quarts of common water over hot embers then boil'd in a slow heat to the Consumption of half the water and the Mucilage strain'd with expression This is not only us'd as a Mucilage but also as a Fomentation to allay Pains soften Tumours and to dispose them to Dissolution or Suppuration A Mucilage to stop Hemorrhagies â„ž Seeds of Flea-wort and of Quinces of each half an Ounce infuse them for 12 hours over hot embers in a pint of the distill'd waters of Plantain and Roses then boil them slowly untill a third part is boil'd away and let them be strain'd and press'd out This Mucilage being mix'd with an equal quantity of Syrup of Quinces or some other astringent Syrup is taken often and by large Spoonfulls in all sorts of Hemorrhagies it causes
and a half of refin'd Sugar half a pound of solutive Syrup of Roses and then boil them in a gentle heat to the consistence of a Syrup This Syrup purges gently and carries off a great quantity of Serosity and may be us'd upon most occasions where purging is proper especially in Cachexies Dropsies and Rheumatisms Melancholy Mania from half an ounce to an ounce and a half in white Wine or some aperient Decoction Syrup of Spanish Broom corrected ℞ Depurate juice of Broom-flowers 3 pints tops of keys of Ash and Fumitory of each one pound add to them Senna 4 ounces Tamarinds 3 ounces seeds of Violets beaten 2 ounces Polypody of the Oak pounded 1 ounce and a half Salt of Broom 1 ounce let them macerate together for three days over hot Embers then being boil'd a little and strain'd depurated and setling and a second filtration dissolve in it two pound of refin'd Sugar a pound of the uncompound Syrup of Apples and boil it over a gentle fire into Syrup This Syrup is given with success to open Obstructions of the Liver Spleen Mesentery and Matrix it purges gently viscous and tenacious humours the Original of Cachexies Dropsies Melancholy and often of the suppression and irregularities of the Menses It is a great purifier of the blood may be taken alone from half an ounce to two ounces or mix'd with distill'd waters white Wine or some appropriated Decoction An Emetic Syrup ℞ Liver of Antimony finely powder'd an ounce and a half depurated juice of Quinces 1 quart put them to digest over hot embers for 6 days in a Matrass well stop'd shaking and stirring it often then filter the liquor and with a pound of refin'd Sugar boil it over a gentle fire to the consistence of a Syrup This Syrup empties the Stomach of humours that are sometimes so obstinately fix'd as not to yield to purgatives there is no preparation of Antimony that works with more gentleness or with less trouble but should it at any time prove rough and churlish in its operation either fat broth or oil will in entangling and involving its keen edges abate the irritation It is given to all Ages and Sexes proportioning the dose to the strength of the patient it may be taken alone or in white Wine broth or other convenient liquor and it is sometimes mix'd with Purgatives The usual dose when it is given alone is from 6 drams to an ounce and a half In the remarks upon the Syrup of Wormwood we find this method of making a Syrup of Wormwood at pleasure without fire viz. ℞ Wine of Wormwood and refin'd Sugar reduc'd into powder of each equal weight put a small quantity of Cinnamon-water to them and shake all together to the entire dissolution of the Sugar A good Tincture may be made thus put what quantity you please of dry tops of Wormwood into a Matrass pour on Spirit of Wine untill they are throughly humected then stop the vessel and leave them to digest 5 or six days afterwards filter the liquor with expression and when it has setled strain it a second time it strengthens the Stomach helps Digestion and provokes Womens Ordinaries being given from 6 drops to 30. Besides the Syrup of Verjuice there is a water which is nothing else but common water and Sugar put to the depurated or distill'd Juice and this will keep better if you add a small quantity of Salt to it It cools refreshes and provokes Urine He makes a Syrup of the white of 8 Eggs beaten and dissolv'd in 3 pints of water and boil'd with 2 pounds of Sugar unto the consistence of a Syrup to be us'd where mucilaginous Medicines are proper The compound Magisterial Syrup ℞ Roots of common Orrice Hermodactyles of each 2 ounces gummy Turbith Mechoacan Jalap of each 1 ounce and a half dwarf Elder and choice Rhubarb leaves of Senna soluble Tartar of each an ounce trochisk●d Agaric Seeds of Violets leaves of bastard Hedge-Hyssop of each half an ounce let all be pounded then infus'd for 4 days in 2 quarts of good white Wine filter the Tincture through Cap-paper or through Hippocrates 's sleeve and evaporate it upon a slow fire to the consistence of a Syrup Then let the drugs that were infus'd be boil'd in three quarts of common water to the consumption of a quart and then being filter'd boil the liquor with 4 pound of good Sugar and with 4 ounces of clarified Honey to the consistence of a Syrup mixing exactly the above mentioned Tincture with it as it boils to its due consistence This Syrup purges briskly and may be given with good success in hydropical and gouty cases It is taken in white Wine in an appropriate decoction or by it self from half an ounce to an ounce and a half They that mix Acids with their Syrup of Violets as Spirit of Vitriol Spirit of Sulphur Juice of Citrons c. do its true heighten its colour and render it more pleasant to the Palate but this mixture soon occasions a Fermentation that turns the Syrup reddish and makes it keep the less A strengthing Syrup ℞ Choice Rhubarb slie'd 4 ounces red Roses well pick'd and cleansed three ounces white Tartar grosly powdered one ounce let all infuse 24 hours in three quarts of steel'd water over hot embers then boil it a little which done strain the liquor from the gross Ingredients add 4 pound of Sugar clarifie it with the white of an Egg and boil it into a Syrup This Syrup is highly commended to strengthen the Stomach and to repair the impair'd Tone of its Fibres It is of good use in Diarrhoeas Lienteries and bloody Fluxes in the over-flowing of the Menses Whites troublesome Gleets c. It is taken fasting alone or mix'd with proper Decoctions from 1 to 2 ounces The Syrup of Coral is found fault with because the vertue of the Coral which wholly consists in its absorbing Acids is so much impair'd by the sowre Juice of Berberries that it can dull but few peccant Acids in the body the Pores wherein it might sheath them being already satiate And most certainly to powder Coral very fine is the best way to prepare it for medicinal use Syrup of Cinnamon ℞ Best Cinnamon grosly powder'd half a pound put it into a glass Cucurbit and pour on it a quart of Sack then place it in B. and having fitted a head and recipient let it stand in Digestion 3 days and then be distill'd with a moderate fire to 8 ounces when the Cucurbit is cold take out the remainder put a pint of common water to it and boil it a little then filter the liquor with expression and having added 2 pound of refin'd Sugar clarif●… it and let it be boil'd to the consistence of an opiate mixing with it as it grows cold its spirituous water and 6 drops of oil of Cinnamon By this distillation you preserve the spirituous-volatile parts that would be lost and by the boiling you have what is more
started how those ought to be help'd who should have the misfortune to be bit by Vipers Some quoted Ambrose Parey Chirurgion to Charles IX and to Henry the Third of France who being bit in the Finger by a Viper at Montpelier escap'd by making a straight Ligature above the Wound Monsieur Charas was twice bit the first time besides a Ligature he took twenty four grains of the Volatile Salt of Vipers which cast him into a good Sweat the second time he trusted to the Ligature alone and did well The Inhabitants of Poictou who are frequently bit by Vipers that are very numerous in that Province use another sort of Remedy When stung they heat an Iron red hot with what expedition they can and hold it as near and as long as they can bear it to the Wound One so dangerously bit that his Arm swell'd up immediately heated the Blade of his Knife red hot held it close to the Sore for ten or twelve Minutes and the Swelling and other Symptoms soon disappeared Monsieur Blondel offer'd another Remedy which he had known to be us'd with good success by Huntsmen in America viz. When bit or stung they immediately scarify'd the part fill'd it with Gunpowder and set fire to the Powder Others fill the Wound with Cotton well soak'd in a Dissolution of Treacle in the best Spirit of Wine In Normandy they first press and suck out the Blood and then fill the Wound with Salt and this they do when hurt by mad Dogs A tryal was made of an Indian Stone given by Father Fontenay to Monsieur Cassini a Pigeon being wounded by a Viper the Stone was apply'd to the Wound with some success but a Stone that was said to have been taken out of a Serpent's Head was found to be of no effect for the wounded Whelp it was apply'd to died in nine Hours time The Stone was believ'd to be factitious it is commonly call'd The Stone of Camboja The Blood of this Whelp and of a Pigeon that died bitten by a Viper was fluid Monsieur Charas upon this Subject told he had cur'd his Daughter severely bit by an Ape by an Application of pounded Garden Parsley to the Wound And another offer'd That Bees stings are immediately cur'd by putting to them bruis'd Laurel Leaves and that the Powder of a Chamois-horn did the same and was Alexipharmick Upon the Analysis of Wolf's bane and some discourse of Poisons Mr. Charas affirm'd he had formerly found in a Chest that belong'd to one of the famous poisoning Ladies an insipid clear Liquor that kill'd whatever Animal drank it that the same Ladies Brother liv'd a long time by vertue of the Juice of Citrons he was of opinion that drinking Water in a large quantity was a good Remedy against Corrosive Poisons The same Monsieur Charas being some Years before he died reduc'd by a lingring Sickness to a very low state of Health troubled with continual Sweats and troublesome itching over all his Body bethought himself to take a grain of Opium every day which recover'd his Strength much and gave him great ease from his itching without dosing him in the least or abating his Appetite to Meat or Drink his Sweats continu'd for some time after he began to do well and he believing from the itch that follow'd them that they proceeded chiefly from a turgency of sharp corrosive Humours thought best to second Nature in the excretion took his Opium every day until he was perfectly recover'd This he observ'd that it had the same effect whatever time of the day he took it It is also commended in a Tenesmus and not only put into the hollow of the Tooth but also taken inwardly for the painful Tooth-aches Discoursing upon Sea water and the several methods try'd to render it sweet as Percolation Distillation and Precipitation they seem'd to conclude the latter impracticable because to precipitate the Sea-Salt another Salt must be us'd which will communicate an ungrateful Acrimony or Acidity to the Water What Glauber says of his Specular Stone ignited wants the confirmation of Experience Percolation requires a close light Earth Sand calcin'd and reduc'd into Powder would be very proper Sweetning Water by Distillation has been perform'd by some especially by D. Othon of Caen who by a serpentine Pipe or Worm of his own invention has drawn above forty Pints in forty Hours This Water thus distill'd mix'd in a small quantity with common Water preserves it from Corruption if we believe Fioravanti who delivers it as a considerable Secret Sea-water drank in a small quantity is no way hurtful Some take it against Worms others to prevent their being Sea-sick Zacutus tells of a Dropsical Man who being at Sea and forc'd to drink Sea-water having none that was fresh fell into a Looseness that cur'd him of his Dropsie Another was known to have been considerably reliev'd by wearing continually round his Loins a Linen Girdle stuff'd with dry Salt finely powder'd and whereas before he us'd it he seem'd to be at death's door through the vast bulk and extension of his Abdomen yet he liv'd two Years Hereupon some recommended Hemp agrimony in Dropsies another told how two Dropsical Persons found some relief in an Anasarca by going into an Oven immediately after the Bread was drawn out Monsieur Homberb related the History of an Hypochondriack that was cur'd by the use of this following Mixture â„ž Quick Lime slak'd in the Air two parts Sal Armoniack one part mix them well together He gave twenty grains of this Mixture at a time He says Lime dissolv'd per deliquium deserves to be plac'd among the best opening Remedies The same says That if you mix equal parts of Salt of Tartar and Sal Armoniack together draw off the Spirits or Urinous Flowers and then dissolve filter and coagulate what remains you will have Sylvius's Salt so much commended by the Dutch Physicians He deprives the Glass of Antimony of its Emetick quality by an Acid Spirit drawn from the Oak Tree The method is thus â„ž Glass of Antimony two ounces pour on it a pint of the Spirit of Oak-wood leave them to digest for eight days then change the Spirit for new and repeat this till the Spirit draws no more red Tincture from the Glass In this Operation not only the Glass of Antimony loses its Emetick Quality but also the Spirit is depriv'd of its natural Acidity the Spirit first us'd becomes sweet and somewhat astringent Dr. Mery assur'd That he has cur'd not only superficial but also deep flesh Wounds with a mixture of an inconsiderable quantity of good rectify'd Spirit of Wine with common Water He keeps the Wound clean drops in some of this Water or anoints the Wound with a Feather dip'd in it Mr. Turnefort commends Garlick in the griping of the Guts and a Gargle of Olive Pickle call'd Pinsolina in Provence against Quinsies Mr. Du Hamel has a great Opinion of the Powder of Acorns given in Wine in