It cleanses old sores eats down proud esh it dries and is astringent the part affected âing washed with it Note When it is used to Ulcers in the throat it âust be mixed with water and the Patient must âresently after gargle his mouth and throat with âme cooling gargarism this water cures Chancres â admiration Compound Spirit and Water of Angelica in atin Spiritus Aqua angelicae magis Comosita Take of the Roots of Angelica of the Leaves Carduus Benedictus each six ounces of Balm âd Sage each four ounces of the Seeds of Angeâa six ounces of sweet fennel seeds nine ounces the dryed herbs and seeds grosây poudred add of the species called Aromatick Rosat and sweet Diamosch each an ounce and one half infuse them two days in sixteen quarts of Spanish Wine and then distill them with a gentle fire add to every pint two ounces of Sugar dissolved in rose-Rose-water the first three pints are called Spirits the rest is the Compound water Virtues It is Cordial and Alexipharmick and good in the Plague it provokes sweat and is good in malignant diseases Dose One ounce or two ounces may be taken at a time Note Once for all that Compound waters arâ generally taken mixed with simple waters and Syrups proper for the disease Bezoartick water in Latin aqua Bezoartica Take of the leaves of Celendine the greater with the Roots three handfuls of Rue one handful of Scordium two handfuls of Dittany of Creeâ and of Carduus benedictus each one handful and an half of the Roots of Zedoary and Angelica each three drams of the outward peel of Citroâ and Lemon each five drams of July Flowers onâ ounce and an half of Red Roses and of the flowers of the lesser Centaury each two drams câ those things that are to be cut and infuse them threâ days in Spirit of Wine and Malago Sack each threâ pints and an half of vinegar of july flowers and thâ juice of Lemons each one pint distil them in a bath iâ a glass vessâl to the distilled liquor add cinamon thre drams cloves two drams and an half mithridate aâ ounce and an half venice treacle three ounces camphor two scruples troches of vipers half an ounce mao two drams wood of aloes one dram yellow Sandeâ one dram and an half of the seeds of carduus benedictus one ounce of the seeds of citron three drams infnse them two days and distil them with a gentle fire twice or thrice and draw half Virtues This water isused to the same purposes as the former but is undoubtedly more effectual it also clears the heart and is good in melancholly Dose An ounce of it may be taken at a time Compound Briony water in Latin aqua Brioniae Composita Take of the juice of the râot of Briony two quarts of the leaves of Rue and Mugwort each two pound of Savin three handfuls of Fever-few catmint and penny Royal each two handfuls of Garden Basil and dittany of Creet each an handful and an half of the yellow peel of fresh Oranges four ounces of Myrth two ounces of Castor an ounce good Canary six quarts digest them four days and then distil them in hot water when you have drawn off half strain what remains and evaporate it to the consistence of an extract Virtues It is frequently used for mother fits and diseases of the womb the extract is much better than the water and Doctor Gideon Harvey 's Tincture of the Ingredients is much more powerful then either it is made in the following manner Take of dryed Briony roots beaten to a gross powder two ounces of the leaves of Rue and dryed Mugwort each half a pound of Savin dryed three quarters of an handful of fâverfew catmint and penny royal dryed each half an âandful of the fresh yellow peeâ of an orange of myrrh each half an ounce of Castor two drams of the âest Nants brandy one quart put thâm into a glass and let them infuse six days in warm ashes then strain âhe liquor off and keep it in a glass bottle well stopped Dose An ounce or two of the water may be taken at a time the extract is best taken in Pills or made up in a Bolus with some proper conserve that will make it more palatable ten grains of the extract may be taken at a time a quarter of a spoonfâl of the tincture may be taken morning and evening in Penny royal water sweetned with Sugar when it is used for womens obstructions bleeding and purging must go before The Heavenly water in Latin aqua Caelestis Take of the best Cinnamon one ounce of Gingeâ half an ounce of all the Sanders each six drams of Cloves Galingal and Nutmegs each three drams and an half of Mace and Cubebs one Dram of both the Cardamoms each three drams Zedoary half an ounce of the Seeds of Pepperwort three drams of anise sweet fennel and wild Carrot and of garden Basil each one dram and an half of the roots of Angelica Avens Liquorice lesser Valerian sweet smelling Flag of the leaves of Claây Thyme Calamint Penny royal Mint wild Thyme Marjoram each two drams of the flowers of red Roses Sage Rosmary Betony Stechas Bugloss and Borrage each one dram and an half of Citron peel three drams beat those things that are to be beaten and infuse them fifteen days in six quarts of Spirit of Wine in a glass well stopt theâ distill them in hot water then to the distilled wateâ add of the species Diambra Aromatick Rosat sweet Diamosch Diamargarit frigid Diarrhodon aâ batis of the Electuary of Gems each three dramâ of yellow Sanders bruised two drams of Moscâ and Ambergrease tyed up in a fine rag eacâ one scruple of the clear julep of Roses one pint shake them well together that the julep may be well mixed with the water then put them up into a vessel close stopped with wax and parchment untill the water be clear Virtues It is a good water for the head and Stomach Dose Half an ounce may be taken at a time Cinnamon water in Latin aqua Cinnamomi Take of Cinnamon bruised two ounces of rectified Spirit of wine a quart infuse them four days in a large vessel stopped with a cork and bladder shake it twice or thrice a day and dissolve a part half a pound of sugar candy in a quart of Rose water mingle both the liquors and put to them half a scruple of Ambergrease and four grains of Musk. Virtues It is an excellent Sâomach water it is âcordial and is very proper to stop Vomiting and is good for the Colick Gripes and Loosness Dose A spoonful of it may be taken at a time Cinnamon water hordeated in Latin aqua Cinnamomi hordeata Take of pure barly water eight pints of the best Cinnamon twelve ounces infuse and distil them in hot water Virtues This water is used for the same intentions with the former and is more proper than that when the patient is weak or an
infant or hath a fever Dose Three or four ounces of it may be taken at a time Epidemick water in Latin aqua Epidemica Take of the Roots of Angelica Masterwort Butterbur Peony each a pound and an half athamantick spignel scorzonera each four ounces of Virginian Snakeweed two ounces of the leaves of Rue Rosmary Balme Carduus benedictus Scordium Marygolds with the flowers Dragons Goats Rue Mint each four handfuls pour upon all duly prepared four gallons of fountain water and two gallons of brandy and after having infused them three days in a gentle heat distill off four gallons wherein hang half an ounce of Saffron tyed up in a rag to each pint of this water add an ounce and an half of white Sugar and strain it Virtues This is peculiarly good for the Plague and other malignant distempers Dose One ounce Gentian water in Latin aqua Gentianae Composita Take of the roots of Gentian sliced a pound and an half of the leaves and flowers of the lesser Centaury four ounces infuse them in six quarts of good white wine for eight days and then distill them in hot water Virtues This is a good stomach water and purifies the Blood it is proper in the dropsie and the jaundice and other diseases which proceed from an ill habit of body Dose Two spoonfuls of it may be taken at a time Aqua lactis alexiteria Take of the leaves of Meadow sweet Carduus Benedictus Goats Rue each six handfuls of Mint and common Wormwood each five handfuls of Rue three handfuls Angelica two handfuls bruise them and add three gallons of new milk and distill them in a cold still Virtues This water is commonly used as a simple water for the making of Cordials and Juleps it is a gentle Alexipharmick and may be conveniently used with other proper things to expell malignity and to prevent infection Dose Four or five ounces may be used of it a time Aqua Mirabilis Take of Cloves Galingal Cubebs Mace Cardamoms Nutmegs Ginger each one dram of the juice of Celendine half a pint Spirit of wine one pint white wine three pints infuse them twenty four hours and draw off a quart Virtues It 's excellent for the Stomach and expels Wind but the Apothecaries use it more for entertainment of their friends then for the sick therefore they ought to be careful not to take too great a dose of it Peony water in Latin Aqua Paeoniae Composita Take of the fresh flowers of Lilly of the Vallies one pound infuse them in four gallons of Spanish wine take of Lime Howâââ half a pound Peony flowers four ounces infuse them two days and then distill them in hot water until the ingredients are dry in the distilled liquor infuse two ounces and an half of male Peony root gathered in due Season of white Dittany root and of the root of longbirthwort each half an ounce of the Misteto of the Oak of Rue each two handfuls of Castor two scruples of Cubebs and Mace each two drams of Cinamon an ounce and an half Squills prepared three drams of the flowers of Rosemary six pugils of Arabian Stechas of Lavender flowers each four pugils of the flowers of Bettony July flowers and Couslips each eight pugils then adding two quarts of the juice of âback Cherries distil all in a glass vessel as above Virtues This is a head water and is used for aâ the diseases of it as Apoplexies Lethargies Head-aches Giddiness and the like it is also good for conâulsions and the palsy Dose An ounce of it may be taken at a time Queen of Hungarys water in Latin aqua Reginae Hungariae Fill a Glass or Earthen Cucurbit half full of Rosmary flowers gathered when they are at best pour upon them a sufficient quantity of Spirit of wine so infuse them set the Cucurbit in a bath and joyning its head and Receiver lute close the junctures and give it a digesting fire for three days after which unlute them and pour into the Cucurbit that which may have been distilled refit your Limbeck and increase the Fire so as to make the liquor distil drop by drop when you have drawn about two thirds of it put out the fire and unlute them and put the water so distilled into a viol well stopped Virtues It is good in ââaâââe Lethargie Apoplexy and for Hâââââick diseases it is likewise used outwards for burns tumors cold pains contusions palsie and in all other cases wherein it is requisite to revive the Spirits Ladies use to mix half an ounce of it with six ounces of Lilly water or bean-flower-water and wash their faces with it Dose A dram or two drams may be taken of it in some convenient liquor Horse Radish water In Latin Aqua Raphani Composita Take of the leaves of both the Scurvy-grasses gathered in the Spring and cleansed each six pound bruise them and press out the juice whereunto add of the juice of Watercresses and Brook lime each a pint and an half of white wine four quarts welve Lemons sliced of fresh Briony roots four âound of Horse Radish roots two pound of Wakobin root half an ounce of Winteran Baâk and âutmegs each four ounces infuse them three days nd then distill them in hot water Vertues This water is proper for the Scurvy and force Vrine Dose Two ounces of it may be taken at a time Saxony water in Latin aqua Saxoniae Cordialis Take of the juice of Borrage Bugloss Bistort âaulm Tormentile Scordium Vervain sharp pointd Dock Sorrel Goats Rue Chervil the greater âd lesser Blew-bottle Roses Marygolds Lemons âitrons each six ounces Burnet Cinquefoyl each âree onnces white wine vinegar a pint of the seeds â Purslain of the flowersof water Lilly each two ânces of the flowers of Borrage Bugloss Violets âd July-flowers each one ounce of the species of âe three Sanders six drams infuse them all rightly âepared three days then distill them in glass vesâs in hot water add to the distilled liquor three âams of Pearls finely powdered mix them well âd keep them for use Virtues This is a good coolng water fit to be used Feavers Dose You may take two or three ounces at a âe Scordium water in Latin aqua Scordii Composita Take of the clarified juice of Gâats Rue Sorrel ordium and Citron each a pint of London Treaâ two ounces infuse them three days and distil them in a glass Limbeck in hot water Virtues This is chiefly designed to expel Malignity and may be well mixed upon such occasions with the Bezoartick water or Epidemick water or thâ like Dose Is two ounces Snail water in Latin aqua Limacum Magistralis Take of the juice of Ground-ivy Colts-foot Scabious and Spotted Lungwort each a pint and aâ half of the juice of Plantain Purslain Capadocian oak Speedwell each a pint of fresh hogs blooâ and of white wine each two quarts of Garden Snails cut two pints of roots of Liquorice poudered two ounces of the roots of Elecampane haâ
an ounce of Florentine orris one ounce of Coton seedâ an ounce and an half of the greater cold seeds and of anise-seeds each six drams of Saffron one dram of the flowers of Red Roses six pugils of Violets andoâ Borrage flowers each four pugils infuse them warm three days and then distil them in a glass Limbecâ in hot water Virtues It is used for Consumptions and othe diseases of the Lungs and to help Expectoration Dose Two ounces may be taken at a time Doctor Stephan's water in Latin aquâ Doctoris Stephani Take of Cinnamon Ginger Galingal Cloveâ Nutmegs Grain of Paradice seeds of Anise Fennel Caraways each three drams leaves of Thyme and wild Thyme Mint Sage Pennyroyal Pellitory Rosmary flowers of red Roses Camomil wil Marjoram Lavender each one handful steep theâ in six quarts of Gascoign wine for the space of a day then distill them in hot water Virtues It is very good for the Stomach and expels wind Dose An ounce or two may be taken at a time Treacle water in Latin aqua Theriacalis Take of the juice of the green shells of walnuts two quarts juice of Rue three pints of Carduus Benedictus Marygolds and Baulm each two pints of the fresh roots of Butterbur a pound and an half of Burdok one pound of Angelica and Masterwort each half a pound of the leaves of Scordium four handfuls of old Venice Treacle and Mithridate each eight ounces of good Canary Wine six quarts of the sharpest vinegar six pints of the clarified juice of Lemons a quart digest them two days in warm water the vessel being well stopt then distill it of what remains may be prepared the extract of Treacle Virtues This water is much used to provoke sweat and to expel malignity Dose An ounce or two ounces may be taken at a time Compound water of walnuts in Latin aqua Juglandium Composita Take of the green shells of Walnuts one pound and an half of the roots of garden Radishes one pound of the green leaves of Asarabacca six ounces of the seeds of Radishes four ounces bruise them and pour upon them three pints of White-wine Vinegar digest them three days and distill them in glass vessels in hot water Virtues Two spoonfuls of this water will vomit Water of worms in Latin Aqua Spiritus Lumbricorum Magistralis Take of worms well cleansed three pints of Snails with the shells well cleansed two gallons bruise them in a Morter and put them into a convenient vessel and add to them of the leaves of stinking nettles with the roots six handfuls of wild Angelica four handfuls of Bears breech seven handfuls of Agrimony and Betony three handfuls of Rue one handful of common Wormwood two handfuls of the flowers of Rosmary six ounces of the roots of sharp pointed Dock ten ounces of wood-sorrel five ounces of Turmerick and the inward bark of the Barberry Tree each four ounces of the seeds of Fenugreek two ounces of cloves poudered three ounces of Harts-horn and Ivory each four ounces of saffron three drams of small Spirit of Wine four gallons and an half infuse them twenty four hours and distil them in glass vessels in hot water the first four pints are called Spirit the rest Magisterial water of Worms Virtues It is good for Consumptions good for the Jaundice and Scurvy Dose Half an ounce of the Spirit may be taken at a time or one ounce of the water Spirit and water of Wormwood Compound in Latin Spiritus Aqua absynthii Composita Take of the leaves of dry Wormwood two pound of Anise-seeds half a pound infuse them in six gallons of small spirit of wine twenty four hours then distill them in hot water and draw four gallons add to each pint of the liquor distilled two ounces of fine Sugar the first quart is Spirits the rest compound water of Wormwood by the same way without Anise-seeds may be drawn the Spirit and water of Angelica Baulm Mint Sage of the flowers of Rosemary July-flowers of the seed of Carraways of Juniper-berries of the barks of Oranges Citrons and Lemons Virtues This is a good Stomach water expels wind and helps concoction and is good in the dropsie Dose A spoonful of the Spirit may be taken at a time and two spoonfuls of the water Tinctures Tincture of Ambar Reduce into animpalpable powder five or six ounces of yellow Ambar put it into a bolt head pour upon it Spirit of wine the height of four fingers stop this bolt head with another to make a double vessel and having exactly luted the junctures with a wet bladder place it in digestion in hot sand and leave it there five or six days or until the Spirit of wine is sufficiently tinged with the Ambar colour decant this Tincture and put more spirit of wine to the matter you must digest it as before then having separated the impregnation mix it with the other filtrate them and distil from them in an alembick with a very little fire about half the Spirit of wine which may serve you as before keep the Tincture that you will find at the bottom of the alembick in a viol well stopt Virtues It is good for the Apoplexy Palsy Epilepsy and for Histerical women Dose You may take from ten drops to a dram in some proper liquor Tincture of Antimony in Latin Tincture Antimonii Take of the best antimony of salt of Tartar each what quantity you please melt them in a Crucible red hot for the space of half an hour then the matter being taken out and freed from its feces whilst it is hot reduce it into a powder whereupon pour the best Spirit of wine so much as may cover it the breadth of three or four fingers digest them together some time till the Tincture is extracted then evapourate the superfluous part of the Spirit of wine Virtue It opens obstructions of the liver and spleen it forces the courses cures the green sickness the jaundice and dropsy Dose Eight or ten drops of it may be taken at a time in Sack Tincture of Castor in Latin Tinctura Castorei Take of Castor powdered half an ounce of spirit of Castor half a pint digest them together in the cold for ten days strain it and keep it for use Virtues It is good for mother fits and diseases of the head and nerves it provokes the courses and is good for deafness Dose Ten drops of it may be taken inwardly at a time in some proper liquor Tincture of Roses in Latin Tinctura Rosarum Take of red roses dryed one ounce of warm water three pints of spirit of Sulphur or Vitriol one dram and an half infuse them six hours to the strained liquor add half a pound of white sugar Virtues It is good for a Rheumatism and the like Dose A draught of it may be taken twice or thrice a day Tinctura Sacra Take of the species of hiera picra one ounce of Canary Sack one pint infuse them in the cold for the
and an half or two ounces may be taken at a time Altering Syrups Syrup of Ammoniacum Take of Maudlin and Ceterach each four handfuls of common wormwood one ounce of the roots of Succory and Asparagus and of the bark of roots of Cappers each two ounces make an infusion of them for twenty four hours in three ounces of white wine and of simple Radish water and fumitory water each a quart boyl them to a pint and an half let the strained liquor stand until it clears dissolve a part in four ounces of the strained liquor warm two ounces of Gumm Ammoniacum dissolved first in the sharpest white wine vinegar boil the rest to a Syrup with a pound and an half of fine Sugar adding the dissolution of the Gumm towards the end Virtues This Syrup opens obstructions and is good for diseases of the Skin Dose An ounce of it or somewhat more may be taken at a time Balsamick Syrup in Latin syrupus Balsamicus Take of Balsam of Tolu two ounces Barly water a pint boil them over a gentle fire till the Barly water smells strong of the Balsam then add a pound of fine Sugar and make a Syrup Virtues This is good for Coughs hectick Feavers and Consumptions Dose A spoonful or two may be taken of it morning and evening Simple Byzantin Syrup in Latin Syrupus Byzantinus simplex Take of the juice of the leaves of Endive and Smallage each a quart of Hops and Bugloss each one pint let them boil together take off the froth and clarifie them with the white of an Egg add two pounds and an half of white Sugar to two quarts of the liquor make a Syrup by boiling iâ gently Virtues It opens Obstructions and is good for the Dropsy and Green-sickness Dose An ounce or an ounce and an half may be taken at a time Syrup of the juice of Citrons in Latin Syrupus e succo Citri Take of the juice of Citrons strained and clarified by standing one pint white Sugar clarified and boiled to the consistence of Tablets two pound make a Syrup by boiling it up once or twice Thiâ way are made other acid Syrups as of Oranges Barberies Quinces Lemons and Wood Sorreâ Mulberries and the like Virtues It expels Malignity is good in Feaveââ and strengthens the Stomach Dose An ounce of it may be taken at a time Syrup of Citron peel in Latin Syrupus Coâticum Citriorum Take of yellow ripe and fresh Citron Peeâ five ounces of Chermes berries or their juice brougt over to us two drams of fountain water thrâ pints infuse them a night in a Bath strain them and with two pound and an half of white Sugaâ boil them to a Syrup in a Bath keep the one half without Musk persume the other half with three grains of Musk tied up in a rag Virtues It resists poyson is cordial and good for the head and Stomach Dose One ounce or an ounce and an half may be taken at a time Simple Syrup of Coral in Latin Syrupus e Coraliis Simplex Take of the reddest Coral finely powdred four ounces dissolve it with the heat of a bath in a pint of the juice of Barberries clarified it must be put into a matrass well stopped and having digested it three or four days pour off that which is dissolved and pour on more juice as before and so proceed till all the Coral is dissolved add a pound and an half of Sugar to one pint of this juice and boil it gently to a Syrup Virtues It cools and refreshes the Spirits and is good in hectick Feavers and for all sorts of fluxes Dose Half an ounce of it may be taken at a time Syrup of Cup moss in Latin Syrupus Musci pyxidati Take of Cup moss one ounce boil it in a quart of Hysop water till half is consumed then strain it and make a Syrup with a pound of Sugar Candy Virtue This is reckoned a specifick for the hooping or chincough Dose A spoonful of it may be taken twice or thrice a day Diacâdium Take fourteen ounces of the heads of white poppeys well dryed inâuâe them twenty four hours iâ eight pinâs of fountain water boil them well thââ press them out and put a pound and an half of Sugar to the liquor then boil it to a Syâup Virtues This Syrup eases pain stops tickling coughâ and is in general a good anodyn medicine and much iâ use Dose Half an ounce an ounce and an ouncâ and an half may be given at a time in some propeâ liquor Note That such medicines as are of an opiat nature ought not to be given to such as are weak oâ whose Lungs are much obstructed or at the beginninâ of Feavers or Plurisies or the like they succeed besâ when evacuation by vomiting or purging hath wenâ before Women that are subject to vapours or meâ that are hypcchondriack must be sure to lye long iâ bed the next day after taking an opiat for otherwise their heads will be much disturbed when theâ rise Compound syrup of Elder berries in Latin Syrupus Sambucinus Compositus Take of ripe Elder-berries freed from the stalkâ two pound of Corinthian Currants cleansed and cuâ one pound of the dryed flowers of Borrage Bugloss Violets and red Roses each half an ounce Red wine a quart bake them in an Oven and to the clear liquor strained add as much fine Sugar as will equal it in weight and boil it to a Syrup Virtues This Syrup is Alexipharmick and Sudorifick is good in Dropsies for the Scurvy and heat of Vrine Dose A spoonful of it may be taken in ale or beer âr any other proper liquor every morning for the âpace of one month Syrup of Groundpine in Latin Syrupus Chamaepityos Take of the Herbs Groundpine two handfuls Marjoram Sage Rosmary Poly-mountain wild Marjoram Calaminth Hors-mint Penny-royal Hysop Thym of garden and wild Rue of Betâony wild Thym each one handful of the roots of âweet smelling Flag Birthwort long and round Bryony white Dittany Gentian Hogs-fennel Vaâerian each half an ounce of Smallage Asparagus Fennel Parsly Butchers Broom each one ounce pellitory of Spain half an ounce of Steâhas of the seeds of Anise Bishops weed Carrawaâs Fennel Lovage Sesely each three drams of Raisins of the Sun stoned two ounces after their âeing digested twenty four hours in five quarts of âountain water warm distil off five pints then âressing out the feces hard let a sufficient quantity of the clear liquor be boiled with two pound of the best Honey and two pound of fine Sugar to the consistence of tablets then adding the distilled water make a Syrup in a Bath and arromatize it with half a scruple of Oyl of Cinnamon and of Nuâmegs Virtues This Syrup is used for the Gout and disâases of the Nerves Dose Half an ounce or an ounce of it may be taken in some proper liquor Syrup of white Horehound in Latin Syrupus de Prasio Take of the fresh leaves of white Horehound two
of blood and all other fluxes Dose An ounce of it may be taken at a time iâ any proper liquor Syrup of the five opening roots in Latin Syrupus de quinque Radicibus Take of the roots of Kneeholm Fennel Asparagus Parsly and Smalage each two ounces of Fountain water three quarts digest them hot then boil them in a bath to two quarts of the liquor pressed hard out add eight ounces of Vinegar and five pound and an half of white Sugar make a Syrup in a bath Virtues It opens obstructions and forces urine Dose An ounce of it may be taken at a time Syrup of the oak of Jerusalem in Latin Syrupus Botryos Take of the Herbs oak of Jerusalem Hedge mustard Nettles each two handfuls Coltsfoot one handful and a half boil them in a sufficient quantity of Fountain water in a bath to a quart of the clear liquor strained add the juice of Turneps paired and boiled in Fountain water change the water twice and when they are soft press out the juice gently add of this juice having cleared it self by standing one pint fine Sugar three pound boil it to a Syrup in a bath when there is occasion to use it Virtues It is a good pectoral Syrup and cures ulcers of the lungs Dose An ounce of it may be taken at a time Compound Syrup of Peony in Latin syrupus Paeoniae Compositus Take of the fresh roots of both the Peonies gathered at full moon sliced and insused a day in fragrant white Wine each an ounce and an half of Contrayerva half an ounce Syler Mountain siâ drams of Elk's hoof one ounce of the herbs ãâã Rosmary with the flowers one handful of Bettony Hyssop wild Marjoram ground pine Rue each three drams of the wood Aloes cloves the seeds oâ the lesser Cardamon each two drams of Gingeâ and Spicknard each one dram of Stechas and Nuâmegs each two drams and an half after a warm digestion for a day in three quarts of the distilleâ water of the roots of Peony boil them to two in â bath strain it and with four pound and an half oâ white Sugar boil it to a Syrup in a bath Virtues It is excellent for diseases of the head anâ nerves Dose One ounce of it may be taken at a time Syrups of Pomgranats in Latin Syrupuâ Granatorum Take of white Sugar a pound and an half oâ the juice of Pomgranats clarified one pint make a Syrup in a bath Virtues It strengthens the stomach and is astringent and quenches thirst and is used for ulcers of thâ mouth Dose An ounce of it may be taken at a time Syrup of red Poppies in Latin Syrupus de Papavere erratico Take of the fresh flowers of red Poppies two pounds pour upon them two quarts of hot fountain water after they have stood a day make a new infusion of fresh flowers strain it clear and boil iâ to a Syrup in a bath with an equal weight of Sugar Virtues It is an excellent Syrup for plurisies ând inflamations of the Lungs and is somewhat aodyn Dose Half an ounce or an ounce of it may be âken at a time Syrup of Quinces in Latin Syrupus Cydoniorum Take of the clear juice of Quinces three quarts oil it gently till half is consumed take off the âum as it rises and add to it three pints of red aringent wine with four pound of white Sugar nd boil it to a Syrup add to it a dram and an half f Cinnamon of Cloves and Ginger two Scruples Virtues It is an excellent Syrup for the Stomach nd stops vomiting and fluxes of the belly Dose An ounce of it may be taken at a time Syrup of dryed Roses in Latin Syrupus de Rosis Siccis Take of Fountain water two quarts make it ery hoâ and infuse in it by degrees half a pound â red Roses dryed in the Sun strain it the next ây and with two pound of Sugar make a Syrup Virtues It is an astringent Syrup and good in âxes and strengthens the stomach and stops vomiâg Dose An ounce of it may be taken at a time Compound Syrup of Scabious in Latin Syrupus scabiosae Compositus Take of the roots of Elecampane Polypody of e oak each two ounces of Raisins of the Sun âned one ounce of Sebestens twenty of the leaves Coltsfoot Lungwort Savory Calaminth each an handful and an half of Liquorice cleansed hââ an ounce of the best Spanish Tobacco and of thâ seeds of stinging Nettles each three drams bo them all in a bath the first two roots being infusâ the day before in a sufficient quantity of White-wiâ diluted with warm water strain out hard two quarâ clarifie it and add of the juice of Scabious claâfied four ounces and an half of white Sugar fiâ pound make a Syrup in a Bath add to it twenâ drops of spirit of Sulphur by the bell Virtues It is a good Syrup for the Lungs whâ they are obstructed and it is also reckoned good in tâ itch Dose A spoonful of it may be taken at a time Syrup of Stechas in Latin Syrupus de Stâchade Take of the flowers of Stechas four ounces â Rosmary half an ounce of the herbs Thym Calâminth wild Marjoram each an ounce and an haâ of Sage and Bettony each half an ounce of tâ seeds of Rue Peony and Fennel each three draâ having digested them a day or two with a sufficiâ quantity of warm Fountain water boil it iâ Bath strain it and to five pints of the clear liqâ add five pound and an half of Sugar make a ãâã in a Bath add to it a few drops of the oyl Cinnamon Virtues It is good for the head and nerves Dose An ounce of it may be taken at a timâ Syrup of Turnep In Latin Syrupus Raâ Take of sliced Turneps and white Sugar ââ half a pound put them an earthen pot makâ a lay of one and a lay of one another coveâ âith paper and bake it with bread when it is drawn âess out the juice which will be of the consistence â a Syrup Virtues It is good for Coughs and at the beginâng of Consumptions Dose Take a spoonful of it morning and evenâg Syrup of Steel in Latin Syrupus Chalybis Take of the filings of Steel or Iron one ounce of âace two drams of White-wine a pint mingle âem and shake them every day for the space of a âonth with a pound of white Sugar make a Syâup Virtues It opens Womens obstructions is good for âypochondriack Melancholly the Scurvy Dropsy and ãâã like Dose A spoonful of it may be taken night and âorning for the space of a Month two or three Syrup of Violets in Latin Syrupus Violarum Take of fresh flowers of Violets cleansed one âound of hot clear water two pints and an half âeep it close stopped in a new glass pot a day âhen press it out in a quart of the liquor dissolve in â bath four pound of fine Sugar take off the scum âs it rises and
juâctures increase the ââre by little and little till yoâ make the Retort red hot continue it so three ãâã four hours then let the Retort cool and break ãâã you 'll find a Cinnabar Sublimed and adhering ãâã the neck separate it and keep it Virtues It is a good Remedy for the Pox and fâling sickness it forces sweat Dose It may be given from six to fifteen graiâ Note The Butter of Antimony distilled in tâ first part of this Operation is Caustick like the âthâ before described Mercury Cârrâsive in Latin Mercurius sublimatus Corrosivus Put a pound of Mercury revived from Cinnabar ãâã a Matrass pour upon it eighteen ounces of âe spirit of Nitre âet your Matrass in sand a litâe warm and leave it there till it be all dissolved âour your dissolution which will be clear as water ãâã a glass or âarthen pan and evaporate the liâor gently in sand until there remains a white âlass which you must powder in a glass Mortar ââd mix with a pound of Vitriol calcined white and â much salt decrepitated put this mixture into a âatrass two thirds whereof must at least remain âpty Place your Matrass in sand and begin with âvâng a small fire which you must continue so for âree hours then increase it with Coals to a pretty âod strength there will rise a sublimat to the top â the Matrass the operation must be ended in six â seven hours let the Matrass cool then break it âoiding a kind of light powder that flies in the air ââen the matter is stirred you 'll have a pound of âry good sublimat keep it for use the red Scoââ that are found at the bottom must be flung aây as useless Virtues This sublimat is a powerful Escharotick âeats proud flesh and cleanses old ulcers very well half a dram of it be dissolved in a pint of Lime âer it turns yellow and makes that which is called ãâã Phagedenick water which is used for she same purââs but is more gentle Mercury Water Take of the roots of white Lillies two dramâ boil them in a sufficient quantity of Fountain wateâ to a pint strain it and add to it two drams of biâter Almonds blanched dissolve in it in a glass Moâtar two drams of Mercury sublimat make a whiâ water Virtues This is good to take off spots or pimplâ from the face and to beautisie it Sweet Sublimat in Latin Mercurius ducis Powder sixteen ounces of Sublimat Corrosive ãâã a Marble or glass Mortar mix with it by little anâ little twelve ounces of Mercury revived from Ciânabar stir this mixture with a wooden pestle uâtil all the quicksilver becomes imperceptible theâ put this gray powder into several Viols or into Matrass two thirds whereof remain empty plaâ your vessel in sand and give a little fire at firsâ then augment to the third degree continue it ãâã this condition until your Sublimat is made whiâ usually happens in four or five hours break your vâols and fling away a little light earth that is fouâ at bottom separate also that which sticks to tâ neck of the Viols or Matrass and keep it for Oynâ ments against the itch but gather up carefully aâ that is in the middle which is very white and haâing powdred it resublime it in Viols or a Matraâ as before separate once more the matter that is ãâã the middle and resublime it in other viols as beforâ Lastly separate the earthy matter at the bottoâ ând the fuliginous that lies in the neck of the Viols ând keep the sublimat that is in the middle for it ãâã sufficiently dulcified Virtues It is used for all sorts of venerial diseasâs it opens obstructions and kills worms it purges âently by stool Dose It may be given from six to thirty grains âin Pills or the like White precipitat in Latin Mercurius praecipitatus albus Dissolve in a glass Cucurbit sixteen ounces of Mercury revived from Cinnabar with eighteen or twenty ounces of Spirit of Nitre when the dissolution is made pour upon it salt water filtrated made of ten ounces of Sea salt in two quarts of water add to this about half an ounce of the volatile Spirit of Sal Armoniack there will precipitate ãâã very white powder that you must leave for a sufficient time to settle then having poured off the water by inclination wash iâ several times with Fountain water and dry it in the shade ãâã It is used to raise a flux with and to âure tettars and the itch Dose It may be given inwardly from four to fifteen grains in Pills when it is used outwardly a dram or two drms of it may be mixed with an ounce of Pomatum Red Precipitat in Latin Mercurius praecipitatus Ruber Take eight ounces of Mercury revived from Cinnabar dissolve it in eight or nine ounces of Spirit of Nitre pour the dissolution into a Viol oâ Matrass with a short neck set it in sand and evaporate all the moisture with a gentle heat until there remains a white Mass then quicken the fire by little and little to the third degree and keep it in this condition till all your matter is turned red theâ take it off the fire let the Viol cool and break it to obtain your Precipitat which weighs nine ounces Virtues It is a good Escharotick it eats proud fiesh and is used for laying open of Chancres mixed with burnt Alum Aegyptiacum and the common Suppuratives some give four grains of âit inwardly to raise a flux but unless rectified spirit of wine be burnt upon it two or three times it is dangerous to be given inwardly Turbith Mineral in Latin Turpethum Minerale Put four ounces of quicksilver revived from Cinnaâar into a glass Retorâ and pour upon it sixteen ounces of oyl of Vitriol set your Retort in sand and when the Mercury is dissolveâ ãâã fire ânderneath it and distil the humidity make the fire strong enough towards the end to drive out some of the last Spirit of all afterwards break the Retort and powder in a glass Mortar a white Mass you 'll find within it which weighs five ounces and an half pour warm water upon it and the matter will presently change into a yellow powder which you must dulcifie by a great many repeated lotions then dry it in the shade You 'll have three ounces and two drams of it Virtues It purges strongly both by vomit and stools it is given in Venerial diseases Dose Six or nine grains of it may be given at a time in Pills Aethiops Mineralis Take of the flowers of Sulphur two parts of crude Mercury one part mingle them well together in a glass Mortar then fire it and so make a black Powder Virtues It is used in the French Pox for a dropsy and for old sores Dose Half a dram of it may be taken night ând morning mixed with a little syrup of Gillyâowers or made into a Bolus with Conserve of Roâs for the space of three weeks or a
Lapis Medicamentosus Powder and mix together Colcothar or red Vitriol that remains in the Retort after the Spirit is drawn out or for want of it Vitriol calcined to a redness two ounces of Litharge Alom and Bole Armonick each four ounces puâ this mixture into a glazed pot and pour upon it good Vinegar enough to cover the matter two fingers high cover the pot and leave it two days in digestion then add to it eight ounces of Nitre two ounces of Sal Armonick set the pot over the fire and evaporate all the moisture Calcine the Mass that remains about half an hour in a strong fire and keep it for use Virtues It is a good remedy to stop the running of the reins a dram of it being dissolved in eight ounces of Plantain water or Smiths water to make an injection into the yard It is also good to cleanse the âyes in the small Pox seven or eight grains of it must be dissolved in four ounces of Plantain water or Eye-bright water it 's also good to stop blood being outwardly applied to wounds Styptic water in Latin Aqua Styptica Take Colcothar or red Vitriol that remains in the Retort after the Spirit is drawn out burnt Alum and Sugar Candy each half a dram the urine of some young person and rose water each half an ounce Plantain water two ounces stir them altogether a good while in a Mortar then pour the mixture into a viol and when you use it separate it by inclination Virtues If you apply a bolster dipt in this water to an opened artery and hold your hand a while upon it it stops the blood In like manner you may wet a pledget in it and thrust it into the nose when an hemorrhage continues too long taken inwardly it cures spitting of blood the bloody flux and the immoderate flux of the Hemorrhoids and Courses Dose When 't is taken inwardly half a dram or a dram may be given at a time in Knotgrass water Spirit of Vitriol in Latin Spiritus Vitrioli Fill two thirds of a large earthen Retort or glass one luted with Vitriol calcined to whiteness place it in a close reverberatory Furnace and fitting to it a great Receiver give a very small fire to warm the Retort to make the water come forâ that may still remain in the Vitriol and when there will distil no more pour the water out of the Receiver into a bottle this is called Flegm of Vitriol it 's used in inflamations of the eyes to wash them with Refit the Receiver to the neck of the Retort and luting the Junctures exactly increase the fire by degrees and when you perceive clouds to come forth into the Receiver continue it in the same condition till the Receiver grows cold then strengthen the fire with wood to an extream violence until the flame rises through the tunnel of the reverberatory as big as ones arm the Receiver will fill again with white clouds continue the fire after this manner three days and so many nights then put it out unlute the Junctures when the vessels are cold and pour the Spirit into a glass body set it in sand and fit to it quickly a head with its Receiver lute the junctures close with a wet bladder and distil with a very gentle fire about four ounces of it this is the Sulphureous Spirit of Vitriol keep it in a viol well stopt Virtues It s good for an Asthma Palsy and diseases of the lungs Dâse Six or ten drops of it may be taken at a time in some convenient liquor Change the receiver and augmenting the fire distil about half the liquor that remains in the body this is called the acid spirit of Vitriol Virtues It 's mixed with juleps to give an agreeable acidity That which remains in the body is the most acid part of the Vitriol and is improperly called oyl Virtues It may be used like the acid Spirit for continual Fevers and other difeases that are accompanied with violent heat Salt of Vitriol in Latin Sal Vitrioli Take two or three pounds of Colcothar that remains in the Retort after distillation of the Vitriol âet it infuse in eight or ten pints of warm water âor ten or twelve hours boil it a little while and âhen let it settle separate the water by inclination ând pour new water upon the matter proceed as âefore and mixing your impregnations evaporate âll the moisture in a sand heat in a glass or earthen âessel there will remain a Salt at bottom Virtues It 's used to vomit it works gently safây and quickly Dose Half a dram or a dram of it may be âiven at a time dissolved in Posset drink Spirit of Nitre dulcified in Latin Spiritus Nitri dulcis Put into a large bolt head eight ounces of good Spiâit of Nitre and so much Spirit of Wine well deâegmated set you bolt head in the Chimney upon â round of Straw the liquor will grow hot withâut coming near the fire and half an hour afterwards or an hour it will boil very much have a âare of the red vapours that come out a pace at âhe neck of the bolt head and when the ebulition s over you 'll find your liquor clear at the bottom ãâã to have lost half what it was put it into a glass Retort and ãâã ãâã âââeiver distil it off till it is dry Cohobat it twice put it into a viol and keep it for use Virtues It is good to expel wind for the Cholick and Nephritick pains Hysterick diseases and all âstructions and being added to cordials it gives âem a fragrant smell and revives the Spirits Dose Eight or ten drops of it may be taken at a âe in some proper liquor Spirit of Wine rectified in Latin Spirituâ Vini rectificatus Take four Gallons of Brandy put it into aâ Alembick with half a peck of ordinary Salt or bay Salt well dryed lute on the head and make a gentle fire draw off as long as you find it will burn all away which you may know by trying a little now and then in a spoon if it be good Brandy half of it will burn away this is rectified Spirit of Wine that which distills after and will not burn all away must be kept for other uses Virtues It is used in Chymistry to draw Tinctures and the like outwardly applied it discusses tumors and cures burns if it be presently used Cream of Tartar in Latin Cremor Tartari Boil in a great deal of water what quantity of white Tartar you please until it be all dissolved pass the liquor hot through Hippocrates's sleeve into an earthen vesâââ and evaporate about half of it set the vessel in a cool ãâ¦ã three days and you 'll ãâã ãâã âriâtals on the sides which you are to separate evaporate again half the liquor that remains and remit the vessel to the Cellar as before there will shoot out new Cristals continue doing thus till you have gotten all your Tartar Virtues Crystal
to âe in an Egg or Lozenges Tincture of Benjamin in Latin Tincture Benzoini Take three ounces of Benjamin and half aâ ounce of Storax powder them grosly and puâ them into a Bottle or Matrass half empty pouâ upon them a pint of Spirit of Wine stop the vessel close and set it in warm Horse dung leavâ it in digestion for a fort-night after which filtratâ the liquor and keep it in a viol well stopt somâ add to it five or six drops of Peruvian Balsam to give it a better smell Virtues It is good to take away spots in th face Dose A dram of it is put into four ounce of water and it whitens it like Milk thâ water serves for a wash and is called Virgin Milk Ens Veneris Take of the best Hungarian or of the beâ Dantzick Vitriol calcine it in a strong fire ti it be of a dark red dulââtie it by such frequeâ effusions of hot water that at length the water that has passed through it appears full â tastless as when it was poured on dry it an grind it with an equal weight of Sal Armoniack put this mixture into a glass Retort either in â strong a heat as can conveniently be given in Sanâ or else in a naked are force up as much of as you can to the top or neck of the Retort an this sublimation being ânded break the Retort âay aside all the Caput Mortuum and take all the Sublimate and grind it well again that if any part of the Sal Armoniack appears sublimed by it self it may be reincorporated with the Colcâthar resubâime this mixture per se in a glass Retort as before and if you please you may once more eleâate the second sublimate but it is not always nesessary that that which is reddest is best Virtues It provokes sweât and gently urin it âs good for the Rickets and disposes to sleep Dose Little children may take two or three ârains for many nights together grown personââay take five or six grains at a time it may be âaken in two or three spoonfuls of Sack or in some Cordial Lapis Prunellae Bruise two and thirty ounces of purified Salt Petre and put it in a Crucible which you must set ãâã a furnace among burning Coals when the Salt Petre is melted throw into it an ounce of flowâ of Sulphur a spoonful at a time the matter will âresently flame and the more volatile spirit of Salt Petre fly away when the flame is over the mater will remain in a very clear fusion take the Crucible out with a pair of tongs and turn it upâe down into a very clean bason a little warmâ Virtues It is given to cool and work by uâine in ârning fevers Quinsies and other diseases that proâed from heat and obstructions and for the running â the reins Dose Half a dram or a dram of it may bâ given at a time in some proper liquor Volatile Salt of Ambar in Latin Sal Volatile Succini Put two pounds of Ambar powdred in a largâ glass or earthen Cucurbit three quarters of thâ Cucurbit must remain empty set the Cucurbit in sand and after you have fitted the head to â and a small Receiver lute well the Junctures and light a little fire under it for about an hour theâ when the Cucurbit is grown hot increase the fire bâ little and little to the third degree and there will distâ first of all a flegm and spirit then the Volatile Sa will rise and stick to the head in little Crystals aâterwards there distils an oyl first white and the red but clear When you see the vapours rise â longer you must put out the fire and when tâ vessels are cold unlute them gather the volatile Salt with a feather and because it will be bâ impure as yet by reason of a little oyl th is mixed with it you must put it into a vâol big enough that the Salt may fill only a fourâ part of it place the viol in sand after you haâ stopt it only with paper and by means of little fire you will sublime the pure Salt in ãâã Crystals to the top of the viol when you perceiâ the oyl begin to rise you must then take yoâ viol off the fire and letting it cool break it to â parate the Salt keep it in a viol well stopt you have half an ounce Virtues This Salt is a very good aperitiâââ is âsed for the jaundice ulcers in the bladder the scurây fits of the mother and to force urine Dose It may be taken from six to eight grains ân some proper liquor Rosin of Jalap in Latin Resina Jalapii Put a pound of good Jalap grosly powdred into a large Matrass pour upon it rectified Spirit of Wine four fingers above the matter stop the Matrass with another whose neck enters into it and luting the junctures with a wet bladder digest it three days in a sand heat the Spirit of Wine will receive a red Tincture decarât ât and then pour more upon the Jalap proceed âs before and mixing your dissolutions filtrate them through brown paper put that which you have filtrated into a glass Cucurbit and distil in â vaporous Bath two thirds of the spirit of Wine which may serve you another time for the same âperation Pour that which remains at the botâom of the Cucurbit into a large earthen pan filâed with water and it will turn into a Milk which you must leave a day to settle and then separate the water by inclination you 'll find the Rosin at the bottom like unto Turpentine wash â several times with water and dry it in the Sun â will grow hard like common Rosine powder â fine and it will become white keep it in a âiol Virtues It purges watry humors and is good foâ dropsies it is ordinarily given with other purging medicines to quicken them Dose It is given from four to twelve grains with other purgatives Saccharum Saturni Take three or four pounds of Geruss powdeâ ir and put it into a large glass or earthen vessel pour upon it distilled Vinegar fouâ fingeâ high an ebulition will follow without any sensible heat put it in digestion in hot sand for two oâ three days stir about the matter every now and then then let it settle and separate the liquor by inclination pour new distilled Vinegar upon thâ Ceruss that remains in the vessel and proceed aâ before continuing to pour on distilled Vinegar and to separate it by inclination until you havâ dissolved about half the matter mix all your impregnations together in an earther glass vessel evaporate in a sand fire with a gentle heat abouâ two thirds of the moisture or till there rises a little skin over it then set your vessel in a Cellaâ or some cool place without jogging of it therâ will appear white Crystals which you must separate evaporate the liquor as before and set iâ again in the Cellar continue your Evaporation and Cristalizations till
Cinnamon Mace Rooâs of Asarabacca âpiknard Mastich and of Saffron of each six drams of Aloes not washed twelve ounces and an half of Clarified Honey one pound and three ounces make ân Electuary Virtues It opens obstructions and purges gently ând strengthens and cleanses the stomach Dose Two or three drams of it may be taken ât a time Pills Pills of Agarick in Latin pilulae de agarico Take of Agarick Trochiscated three drams of âe roots of our Orris with the sky coloured flowrs of Mastich and Horehound each one dram f Turbith five drams of the species of Hiera piâa half an ounce of the Troches of Alhandal of Saâocol each two drams of Myrrh one dram of âpa a sufficient quantity make a Mass for Pills Virtues It is good for purging the Breast and âungs Dose Half a dram or a dram may be taken t a time Aggregative Pills or Pills that have many Virtues in Latin pillulae aggregaâivae five polychrestae Take of Citron Myrobalans and Rhubarb ach half an ounce of the thickned juice of Hemp âgrimony Maudlin and Wormwood each two rams of Diagridium five drams of Agarick Troches of Alhandal and of fresh Polypody eacâ two drams of the best Turbith and Aloes each siâ drams of Mastich red Roses Sal Gemma Doddâ of Thyme Anise and of Ginger each one dram with the Syrup of pale Roses make a Mass ãâã Pills Virtue It is a general purging Pill Dose A dram or four scruples of it may be taâen at a time Pilulae Aloephanginae Take of Cinnamon Cloves the lesser Cardamoms Nutmeg Mace sweet smelling Flag Carpâ balsam or berries of Juniper Scenanth yelloâ Sanders Goats Rue red Roses each half an ounce powder these grosly and draw a Tincture wiâ Spirit of Wine in a glass Vessel well stopt in thrâ pints of the strained liquor infuse a pound of pâ Aloes to which when it is dissolved add of Mstich and Myrrh powdred each half an ounâ of Saffron two drams of peruvian Balsam one drâ then evaporate the superfluous humour over aââ or in a bath and make a mass for Pills Virtues It purges the Head and cleanses the Smach and procures an appetite Dose A dram or a dram and an half may taken at a time Aloes Rosat in Latin Aloe Rosata Take of clear succotrine Aloes powdred four oâces of the juice of Damask Roses clarified one piâ mingle them digest them in the Sun or in a Bââill the superflous moisture is evaporated repeat âgestion and evaporation four times and make a âass for Pills Virtues It cleanses and strengthens the head and âmach and helps digestion Dose Half a dram or a dram of it may be takâ at a time Take of Aloes Rosat half a scruple of the ice of Liquorice eight grains of the Pills of Stoâx and Hounds-tongue each three grains make âree pills to be taken at bed time These Pills do âod in a Catarrh Golden Pills in Latin Pilulae Aureae Take of Aloes Diagrydium each five drams red Roses and the seeds of Smalage each two ams and an half of Fennel and Anisâ each one âam and an half of Mastich Saffron Troches of âhandal each one dram powder them and make âm up into a Mass with Honey of Roses strainâ Virtues They purge the head expel wind and â good in the dropsy Dose Half a dram or a dram of them may be âen at a time Pilulae Cochiae Majores Take of the species of Hiera picra ten drams âoches of Alhandal three drams and an half of agrydium two drams and an half of Gummy ârbith of the flowers of Arabian Stechas each e drams with a sufficient quantity of the Syrup Stechas make a Mass Virtues It purges the head breast and Stoâch Dose A dram of it may be taken at a time Pilulae Cochiae Minores Take of clear Alces of fine Scammony and ãâã the pulp of Coloquintida each one ounce powder them and mix them with a sufficient quantiââ of Syâup of Wormwood and Buckthorn of eaââ equal parts make a Mass add to it of oyl ãâã Cloves two scruples Virtues They purge water powerfully Dose A scruple or half a dram may be take at a time Pills of Hounds-tongue in Latin Pilulae Dâ Cynoglosso Take of the roots of Hounds-tongue dryed ãâã the seeds of white Henbane of prepared Opiââ each half an ounce of Myrrh six drams of Oâ banum five drams of Saffron Castor and Stoâ Calamit each one dram and an half the roots Hounds-tongue the seeds of Henbane and ãâã Castor must be powdred together but the Myâ Saffron and Olibanum by themselves the Opâ cut small must be dissolved in Rose water aâ wards add the powders and with Syrup of Steâ make a Mass Virtues It is good for Rheums and tickling Couâ and causes sleep Dose Ten or fifteen grains of it may be taâ at a time Pills of two in Latin Pilulae ex duobus Take of Coloqintida and Scammony each one âunce of oyl of Cloves a sufficient quantity to moiâen them then with Syrup of Buckthorn make a âass Virtues It is a very strong purge and therefore to be used only in strong bodies unless it be mixed âith some gentler pill it purges the head and is good ãâã the pox and running of the reins Dose Fifteen grains a scruple or half a dram âay be taken at a time Fetid Pills in Latin Pilulae saetidae Take of Aloes Troches of Alhandal Opopanax âmmoniacum Sagapenum Myrrh the seeds of Rue âpithimum each five drams of Scammony three âams of the roots of Turbith half an ounce ând of the lesser Spurg prepared and of Hermoâctiles each two drams of Ginger one dram and â half of Spicknard Cinnamon Saffron Castor âch one dram of Euphorbium prepared one scruâe of oyl of Ambar rectified half a dram the âums must be dissolved in juice of Leeks strain âem and boil them then add the powders and âix them well make a Mass with syrup made of âe juice of Leeks and Sugar Virtues They are peculiarly proper for Womens âstructions Dose Two scruples or a dram of them may be âken at a time Pills of Hermodactiles in Latin Pilulae dâ Hermodactilis Take of Sagapenum six drams of Opoponax thrââ drams dissolve them in a sufficient quantity of ãâã juice of Colworts and strain them through a Linnâ rag then boil them to a moderate consistence and takâ of Hermodactiles Aloes Citron Myrobalans Tuâbith Troches of Alhandal and of soft and fresh Bâdellium each six drams of prepared Euphorbiuâ a dram of the seeds of Rue Smalage Castoâ and Sarcocol each three drams of Saffron oââ dram and an half make a Mass with the Syrup madâ of the juice of Colworts and Honey Virtues They are a proper purge for the Gout aâ pains of the joints Dose Two scruples or a dram of them may bâ taken at a time Pills of Hiera with Agarick in Latin Pâlulae de Hiera cum Agarico Take of Hiera Picra of Agarick each half â ounce of the best
Aloes one ounce of Honeâ of Roses aâufficient quantity make a Mass Virtues It is much of the same nature with Hâera Picra Dose Two scruples or a dram of it may be taâen at a time Imperial Pills in Latin pilulae Imperiâles Take of Aloes two ounces of Rhubarb one ouncâ ând an half of Agarick of the leaves of Senna âeansed each an ounce of Cinnamon three drams âf Ginger two drams of Nutmegs and Cloves âf Spicknard and Mastich each one dram mix âem with Syrup of Violets and work them to a Mass with the hands besmeared with oyl Virtues They purge gently and bind after they âurge and cleanse the Stomach and stop Vomiting Dose A dram or a dram and an half may be âaken at a time Pilulae de Lapide Lazuli Take of the Azure stone powdered and often âashed five drams of Dodder of Thyme Polypoây Agarick each one ounce of Scammony and the âoots of black Hellebore of Sal Gemma each two ârams and an half of Cloves and the seeds of Aâise each half an ounce of Hiera picra fifteen ârams with syrup of the juice of Fumitory make mass Virtues They are peculiarly proper for mad and âelancholy people and are good for diseases of the âkin as Itch Leprosie and the like Dose Half a dram a dram or a dram and an âalf may be taken at a time Pilulae Macri. Take of the best Aloes two ounces of Mastich âalf an ounce of the leaves of Marjoram dryed âwo drams of Salt of Wormwood one dram âowder them all together and with the juice of Colworts and Sugar make a mass Virtues They are good for the stomach and head Dose Half a dram or a dram may be taken at a time Pills of Mastich in Latin Pilulae Mastichinae Take of Mastich two ounces of Aloes four ounces of Agarick trochiscated and of species Hiâra Picra each one ounce and an half make a mass with syrup of Wormwood Virtues They strengthen the head and strengthen and cleanse the stomach Dose Two scruples or a dram of them may be taken at a time Pilulae Rudii Take of Coloquintida six drams of Agarick Scammony the roots of black Hellebore and Turbith each half an ounce of Succotrine Aloes one ounce of Cinnamon Mace and Cloves each two scruples the Coloquintida must be cleared from the seeds and cut small the Agarick rasped the Hellebore Turbith and spices powdred grosây then pour on so much spirit of Wine as will rise six fingers breadth above the matter infuse them four days in a gentle heat then strain it hard and dissolve in it the Scammony and Aloes well cleansed then put the liquor into a glass alembick and distil it till what remains becomes of the consistence of honey of which make a mass Virtues It is an excellent general purging Pill Dose A scruple or two scruples may be taken at a time Pilulae Ruffi Take of fine Aloes two ounces of choice âyrrh one ounce of Saffron half an ounce with e Syrup of Wormwood make a mass Virtues They help digestion are good in surfeits engthen the head cleanse the breast and strengen and cleanse the stomach and force the courses Dose Half a dram or a dram of them may be âen at a time The stomach Pill with Gums in Latin Pilulae stomachicae cum gummi Take of fine Aloes one ounce of the leaves of nna five drams of Gum Ammoniack dissolved in âer Vinegar half an ounce of Mastich and âyrrh each one dram and an half of Saffron and ât of Wormwood each half a dram with Syp of Buckthorn make a mass Virtues They open obstructions strengthen the âd cleanse the lungs cleanse and strengthen the stoâch and are good in surfeits Dose A dram of them may be taken at a time Pills of Storax in Latin Pilulae e Styrace Take of storax Calamit of Olibanum Myrrh d the juice of Liquorish thickned and of Opium âh half an ounce of Saffron one dram with up of white Poppies make a mass Virtues These Pills are used for Coughâ and âarrhs Dose Ten or sixteen grains may be taken at time Pills of Amber in Latin Pilulae de Succino Take of white Amber and Mastich each tw drams of the best Aloes five drams of Agariâ trochiscated one dram and an half of long birâ wort and of Hartshorn burnt each half a draâ of Nutmegs half a scruple with syrup of Woâ wood make a mass Virtues They purge the head and womb Dose A dram or a dram and an half may â taken at a time Pills of Tartar in Latin Pilulae Tartariae Take of Chrystals of Tartar three ounces Polypody of the Oak two ounces of Corinthiâ Currants an ounce and an half of the flowers Bugloss Borrage water Lillies each one pugâ boyl them in a sufficient quantity of Fumitory aâ Harts tongue water till half is consumed Take of this Decoction clarified two pints the juice of fragrant Apples one pint add to the three ounces of Senna cleansed of Turbith the roots of true black Hellebore each an ouâ and an half of choice Myrrh an ounce of Maâ Cloves Cinnamon and dodder of Thyme eâ half an ounce infuse them in a glass stopt fâ days then press them out and dissolve in the â quor four ounces of prepared Aloes and set it ver a gentle fire and reduce it to a due consistenâ when it is almost cold add of the species Laetifins and Dialacca each a dram of salt of Wormâod and of the Ash each two drams of the âence of Saffron two scruples of Oyl of Anise few drops make a mass for Pills Virtues They are good in melancholy and for âeases of the skin Dose Half a dram may be taken at a time Laudanum Take of Thebaick Opium extracted in spirit of âine one ounce of Saffron extracted the same ay a dram and an half Castor one dram ake them up with a Tincture made of half an ânce of the fresh species of Diambra in spirit of âine then add presently of Ambergrease and Musk ch six grains oyl of Nutmegs ten drops evapote it in a bath to a due consistence Virtues It is used to ease pain in general and to âp fluxes and is much better then Liquid Laudanum â all Tinctures loose of their virtue by standing and they cannot be so easily dosed Dose One two or three grains may be taken â a time Troches in Latin Trochisci Troches of Agarick in Latin Agaricus Trochiscatus Take of white and light Agarick rasped small and âted three ounces infuse it in a sufficient quantity â white Wine wherein two drams of Ginger ath been infused make Troches Virtues They are good for an ill habit of body and the jaundice provoke urine and the courses they purge gently Dose A dram or a dram and an half may be taken at a time Trochisci albi Rhasis Take of Ceruss washed in Rose water ten drams of Sarcocol three drams of white Starch two drams of Gum Arabick and Tragacanth each
Mastich of Wormwoâ and Nard each one ounce of Mastich Miâ red Roses red Coral Cloves Cinnamon Woâ of Aloes Scenanth each one dram of Wax a sufficient quantity make an Oyntment Virtues It strengthens the head and nerves and stomach and is astringent The Naples Oyntment in Latin Unguentum Neapolitanum Take of Hogs Lard washed in the juice of Sage one pound of quicksilver strained through âeather four ounces of Oyl of Bays Camomel ând Worms each two ounces of Spike an ounce ând an half of Spirit of Wine one ounce of yelâow Wax two ounces of Turpentine washed in âhe juice of Elecampane three ounces of the powâer of Ground Pine and Sage each two drams âoil the Lard over a gentle fire with the juice of âage till the juice is evaporated then mingle the âyls of Camomel Wormes and of Spike and the âax stir them till the Wax is melted and well âixed then taking them from the fire add the âe Oyl of Bays in the mean while let the Mercury âe extinguished in a Mortar by rubbing it well âith part of the Lard and the Turpentine afterâards mingle them all and stir them about then ââd the powders and spirit of Wine and stir them âout again and so make an Oyntment Virtues It is used for raising of Fluxes Nerve Oyntment in Latin Unguentum Nervinum Take of the leaves of Cowslips with the flowâs of Sage Ground pine Rosmary Lavender âys with the berries Camomel Rue Smalage Melilot with the flowers and Wormwood each one handful of Mint Bettony Peny-royal Parsly of the lesser Centaury St. John's-wort each half an handful of the oyl of Sheeps feet or Bullocks feet five pints of Sheep or Beef Suet or the Marrow of either two pound of oyl of Spike half an ounce bruise and boil the herbs with the oyl and suet and so make an Oyntment Virtues It is good for the nerves and Palsies Convulsions Bruises and old Aches and for the Colick for the Palsy and the like the neck and back bone must be anointed with it The Pectoral Oyntment in Latin Unguentum pectorale Take of fresh Butter washed in Violet Water six ounces of the Oyls of sweet Almonds four ounces of Camomel and Violets each three ounces of Hens and Ducks grease each two ounces of the roots of Orris two drams of Saffron half a dram of white Wax three ounces the Orris and Saffron being finely powdred and the rest melted make an Oyntment Vertues It is chiefly used for Obstructions of the Breast for Plurisies and the like Oyntment of Poplar buds in Latin Unguentum Populneum Take of the fresh buds of black Poplar a pound and an half of the leaves of Violets Navelworâ of the Wall each three ounces of fresh Hogs Lard unsalted and freed from the skins and washed two pound to all of them being bruised mixed and infused together all the Month of May add the tender tops of Brambles of the leaves of black Poppies of Mandrakes or of the berries and leaves of Mountain elder of Henbane Night-shade Lettice Houseek the lesser and the greater of the greater Burdock each three ounces bruise them again and having mixed them all and having poured upon them after ten days a pint of Rose water boil them over a gentle fire stirring them continually till all the superfluous moister is consumed strain them in a Press and make an Oyntment Virtues It is very cooling eases pain and is used in fevers to give rest the temples being anointed with it Unguentum Splanchnicum Take of the Oyls of Capers one ounce of white Lillies Camomile new made Butter the juice of Briony and Sow-bread each half an ounce boil them till the juices are consumed then add of Gum Ammoniacum dissolved in Vinegar two drams and an half of Hens-grease Oesypus the marrow of Calves Legs each half an ounce of the powders of the barks of Tamarisk of the roots of Capers of the roots of Fern and Ceterach each one dram of the seeds of Agnus Castus and Broom each one scruple of Wax a sufficient quantity make an Oynment Virtues It is good for Obst uctions and hardness of the Spleen and Liver and for hard Tumors and Rickets in Children the parts being anointed with it Oyntment of Sumach in Latin Unguentum Sumach Take of Sumach unripe Galls Myrtle berries Balaustins Pomgranat peels the bark of Acorns of Cypress nuts of True or German Acacia and of Mastich each ten drams of white Wax five ounces of oyl of Roses washed often in Alum water one pint and ten ounces powder all those things finely that are to be powdred and infuse them four whole days in the juice of Medlars and unripe Services then dry them by a gentle fire and with the Oyl and Wax boil it to an Oyntment Virtues It stops Fluxes hinders Miscarriage the Reins and Belly being anointed with it Cerecloths Cerecloth of Galbanum in Latin Ceratum de Galbano Take of Galbanum prepared an ounce and an half of Turpentine one ounce of Assa fetida half an ounce of Bdellium one dram of red Myrth two drams of Wax two ounces of the seeds of Daucus one scruple of the leaves of Fetherfew Mugwort each half a dram dissolve the Gums in Vinegar except the Assa fetida which is to be dissolved with the Turpentine and make a Cerecloth Virtues Being applied to the Belly it killâ Worms expels Wind provokes the Courses and iâ good for Mother-fits and cleanses the Womb after Labour Cerecloth of Sanders in Latin Ceratum Santalinum Take of red Sanders ten drams of white and yellow Sanders six drams of red Roses an ounce and an half of Bole Armonick seven drams of Spodium of Ivory half an ounce of Camphor two drams of yellow Wax one pound of oyl of Roses Omphacin six ounces powder all the Sanders together the Roses the Bole Ivory and Camphor apart then melt the Wax over a gentle fire and when they are a little cold mix the powders and last of all the Camphor dissolved in oyl mix them well together and make a Cerecloth Virtues It is good for inflamations of the Stomach Liver and other parts it is good for pains and weakness of the back and reins Plasters in Latin Emplastra Plaster of Ammoniacum in Latin Emplastrum de Ammoniaco Take of Ammoniacum of Wheaten Bran well sifted each an ounce of the Oyntment of Marsh-mallows of Compound Plaster of Melilot of the powders of the roots of Briony and Orris each half an ounce of the grease of Ducks Geese and Hens each three drams of Bdellium and Galbanum each one dram and an half of the Rosin of the Pine and yellow Wax each five ounces of oyl of Orris and Turpentine each an ounce and an half boil the grease and the oyls with the Muciâ lage of Linseeds and Fenugreek seeds each threâ ounces till the Mucilages are consumed strain it and add the Wax Rosin Turpentine Oyntmenâ of Marsh-mallows with the Plaster of Meliloâ and when it begins to
câmâ used for dressing of Bââsters Red Lead Plaster in Latin Emplasââ de Minio Take of red Lead nine ounces of oyl of Roses a pint and an half oâ white Wine Vin six ounces boil them to a Plaster it is also pâ âd without Vinegar As Take of red Lead onââund of oyl of Roses a pint and an half of Wax âlf a pound make a Plaster the Wax also may â left out Virtues It is a good cooling healing and drying ââster Nerve Plaster in Latin Emplastrum Nervinum Take of oyl of Cammomile and Roses each âo ounces of Mastich Turpentine and Flax âch an ounce and an half of clear Turpentine âur ounces of the Suet of a gelded Calf and of hee Goat each two ounces and an half of the ârbs Rosmary Bettony Horstail and the lesser âentaury each one handful of Earthworms washâ and purged in Wine three ounces of the tops of ãâã John's-wort one handful of Mastich powdred âum Elemi and the roots of Madder each ten âams Ship Pitch and Rosin each an ounce and â half of Litharge of Gold and Silver each two ânces and an half of red Lead two ounces of âalbanum Sagapenum and Ammoniacum each âree drams boil the roots herbs and worms in pint and an half of Wine till half is consumed âen press it out and boil the liquor again with the âyl Suet Litharge and red Lead till the Wine â consumed then add the Gums dissolved in fraâant Wine then the Turpentine and lastly the Roân Pitch and Mastich powdred and make a Plaâer Virtues It is good for weakness of the nerves and âints Oxycroceum Take of Saffron two ounces and an half Ship Pitch Colophony yellow Wax each sâ ounces of Turpentine Galbanum Ammoniacâ Myrrh Olibanum Mastich each one ounce â three drams to the Wax melted add the Pâ cleansed from its filth and strained then the Colopny to these melted and taken from the fire a little cooled add the Galbanum and Ammoâcum dissolved a part in Vinegar and strained a boiled to the consumption of the Vinegar and miâ with the Turpentine then sprinkle in the Franckcense Mastich and Myrrh powdred finely apart lâly the Saffron finely powdred mix them well a make a Plaster Virtues It comforts the limbs is good for acâ is emollient and discusses cold tumors Plaster of Frogs in Latin Emplastrum Ranis Take of live Frogs number six of Worms waed in Wine three ounces and an half of oyl of âmomel Dill Spike or of broad leaved Lavenâ extracted by distillation and of Lillies each tâ ounces of oyl of Bay-berries one ounce and an half oyl of Saffron one ounce of the fats of a Hog anâ Calf each one pound of a Viper two ounces and half of Euphorbium five drams of FranckinceâÊ x of the juice of the roots of Elecampane and groâ Elder each two ounces of Scenanth Stechas a of Fever-few with the flowers each one handâ of fragrant Wine two pints of Litharge of Gâ one pound of clear Turpentine two ounces yellow Wax four ounces of Liquid Storax an ounce d an half of quicksilver four ounces boil the ogs the Worms and the Herbs with the juices d oyls of Cammomile Dill Lillies the grease d fat and with a pint and an half of the Wine the strained liquor add the Litharge the Wax â small and the remaining half pint of the Wine â them again till all the Wine is evaporated and âil it does not stick to the fingers then add the l of Saffron Bay-berries of Spike and the fat the Viper afterwards the powder of Franckinnse and the Euphorbium lastly when it is alost cold the Quicksilver well mixed with the orax and Turpentine and stir them altogether at they may be well mixed and make a Plaer Virtues It is chiefly used to dissolve hard swelâgs Emplastrum de Sandice Take of the oyls of Calves orof Neats feet of Flax âch one pound of white Lead and red lead each âght ounces of Rosin and yellow Wax each four ânces of Camphir half an ounce mingle them âke a Plaster Virtues It gives ease is drying and nd for inflamations Plaster of Soap in Latin Emplastrum e Sapone Take of common Oyl two pound red Lead one ound set them on the fire and stir them until they e mixed take it from the fire and mix with them half a pound of Venice Soap cut in small piâces whilst it is yet hot Virtues It is proper for the Gout and pains the joints Emplastrum Sticticum Paracelsi Take of Oyl of Olives six ounces of yelloâ Wax an ounce and an half of Litharge powdre four ounces and an half of Ammoniacum and B dellium each half an ounce of Galbanum Opâponax Oyl of Bays Lapis Calaminaris of boâ the Birthworts Myrrh and Franckincense eac two drams of pure Turpentine one ounce boil th Oyl and Litharge together keep them stirring an let them be well mixed when it will not stick t the fingers take it from the fire and melt the Wax then add the Turpentine mixed with the Gums afterwards add the Powders and when they are aâ cold add the Franckincense then the oyl of Bays and make a Plaster Virtues It is commonly used for bruises and aches The Magisterial Stomach Plaster in Latin Emplastrum Stomachicum Magistralâ Take of Mint Wormwood Stechas the leave of Bays each one dram Marjoram red Roses yellow Sanders each two drams sweet smelling Flag wood of Aloes flowers of Lavender Nutmegs Cubebs Galingal long Pepper Mace each one dram of Mastich three drams of Cloves two drams and an half of oyl of Mint an ounce and an half of Nard oyl one ounce oyl of Spike one dram Rosin Wax each four ounces Labdanum âee ounces Storax strained half an ounce make Plaster Virtues It comforts and strengthens the Stomach Chymical Medicines that are frequently used Bezoardicum Minerale Melt in hot ashes two ounces of the butter of atimony and pour it into a viol or bolt head drop âo it good Spirit of Nitre until the matter is perctly dissolved commonly so much spirit of Nitre requisite as there is Butter of Antimony during the solution there will rise up vapours that you must ave a care of and therefore will do well to place e vessel in a Chimney pour your solution into glass Body or an earthen dish and evaporate it a gentle Sand-fire until it is dry there will reâain a white Mass which you must let cool then our upon it two ounces of Spirit of Nitre set the essel again in the sand and evaporate the liquor s before once more pour two ounces of Spirit of Nitre unto the white Mass and having evaporated he humidity increase the fire a little and Calcine he matter for half an hours time then take it off he fire and you will have a white powder which ou must keep in a viol well stopt Virtues It is sudorifick and serves for the same ses as Diaphoretick Antimmy Dose Is from six to twenty grains in
month but â will be convenient to purge once a week although âhere is no fear of its fluxing Arcanum Corallinum Put red Prâcipirat into an earthen pot and pour âpon it Spirit of Wine well rectified then fire it ââd when the Spirit is consumed add more do so âx times Virtues It purgâs and sometimes procures a voâit it opens obstructions and dissolvâs a Schirrouâ ând cures the pox Dose Three or six grains may be given at a ââme Steel prepared in Latin Chalybs praeparatus Take of the filings of Steel separated from the filth by a Loadstone as much as you please moisten them twelve times with sharpe white Wine Vinegar and dry them in the sun or in a dry or warm air then grind them upon a Porphyry stone pouring upon them a little Cinnamon water and leâ them be reduced to a very fine powder and kepâ for use It may be also prepared by thrusting roleâ of Brimstone upon red hot Steel for then it wilâ melt by drops into a Bucket of water placed undeâ it dry it and powder it and keep it for use Virtues It is good to open obstructions anâ sweeten the blood and for Hysterick and Hypochondriack difeases Dose Eight or ten grains of it may be taken iâ a morning mixed with Conserve of Roman Wormwood for the space of a month drinking upon iâ a good draught of Wormwood Wine or Beer Opening Saffron of Mars in Latin Crocus Martis Aperitivus Wash well several Iron Plates and expose then to the dew for a good while they will rust and yoâ must gather up this rust set the same Plates again tâ receive the dew and gather the rust as before continue to do so till you have gotten enough thâ rust is really better then all the preparations of Iron that is called Crocus Virtues It is excellent for obstructions of thâ Liver Pancreas Spleen and Mesentery it is use very succesfully for the Green Sickness stopping ãâã the Courses Dropsies and other diseases that proceed from obstructions Dose The same with the former in Lozenges or Pills Astringent Saffron of Mars in Latin Crocus Martis Astringens Take equal quantities of filings of Steel and Sulphur powdred mix them together and make them ânto a Paste with water put this past into an earthen âpan and leave it a fermenting four or five hours âfter which put the Pan over a good fire and stir âhe matter with an Iron Spatula it will flame and when the Sulphur is burnt it will appear black but âontinuing a good strong fire and stirring it about âwo hours it will be of a very red colour then wash it five or six times in strong Vinegar leaving ãâã to steep an hour at a time then Calcine it in a âot or upon a tyle in a great fire five or six hours âfter that let it cool and keep it for use Virtues It stops a loosness the immoderate fluxes ãâã the Hemorrhoids and Courses Dose A scruple or a dram may be tâken a time ãâã Lozenges or Pills Salt or Vitriol of Mars in Latin Sal Martis Take a clean frying paâ and pour into it an eââal weight of Spirit of Wine and oyl of Vitriol ât it for some time in the Sun and then in the Shade âithout stirring it you will find all the liquor inârporated with the Mars and turned into a Salt that you must dry and then separate from the pan keep it in a viol well stopt Virtues It is an admirable remedy for all diseases that proceed from Obstructions Dose Six or twelve grains may be taken at a time in broath or some proper liquor Note Syrup of Steel may be made presently of it in the following manner Take of salt of Mars two drams of compound Gentian water one ounce of altering syrup of Apples nine ounces mingle them Volatile Spirit of Sal Armoniac in Latin Spiritus Salis Armoniaci Take eight ounces of Sal Armoniack and twenty four ounces of Quicklime powder them apart and when you have mixed them in a Mortar pour on them four ounces of water and put it quickly into a Retort half whereof must remain empty set your Retort in a sand Furnace and fitting to it a great Receiver and luting the Junctures exactly begin the distillation without fire for a quarter of an hour afterwards increase it by little and little unto the second degree continue it till nothing more comes forth take off your Receiver and pour out the Spirit immediately into a Viol turning away your head as much as may be to avoid a very subtle vapour that continually riâes from it stop the bottle close with Wax to keep the Spirit in you will have of it five ounces and six drams Virtues It is an excellent remedy for all diseases that proceed from obstructions and corruption of humors as malignant Fevers the falling Sickness Palsy Plague and the like it drives by perspiration or by urine Dose It may be taken from six drops to twenty in a glass of Balm or Carduus water Spirit of Salt in Latin Spiritus Salis. Dry Salt over a little fire or else in the Sun then powder finely two pounds of it mix it well with six pounds of Potters earth powdred make up a hard past of this mixture with as much rain water as is necessary form it into little pellets of the bigness of a nut and set them in the Sun a good while a drying when they are perfectly dry put them into a large earthen pot or glass one luted whereof a third part must remain empty place this Retort in a reverberatory Furnace and fit to it a large capacious Receiver without luting the junctures give a very moderate heat aâ ãâã ãâã ãâã the Retort and make an insipid water come forth drop by drop when you perceive some white clouds succeed these drops pour out that which is in the Receiver and having refitted it lute the junctures close increase the fire by degrees to the last degree of all and continue it in this condition twelve or fifteen hours all this while the Receiver will be hot and full of white clouds but when it grows cold and the clouds disappear the operation is at an end unlute the Junctures and you will find the Spirit of Salt in the Receiver pour it into an earthen of glass bottle and stop it well with Wax Virtues It is an aperitive and is used in juleps to an agreeable acidity for such as are subject to the gravel it is also used to cleanse the teeth being tempered with a little water and to consume the rottenness of the bones Sweet Spirit of Salt in Latin Spiritus Salis dulcis Mix equal parts of Spirit of Salt and Spirit of Wine set them in digestion two or three days in a double vessel in a gentle sand heat Virtues It 's esteemed better than the other to be taken inwardly because it 's less corrosive Dose It may be given from four to twelve drops in some proper liquor
and decant it so often as you find any feces at the bottom Virtues It is alexipharmick stomachick anodyn and uterine it cures Tertian Agues and is an universal Medicine fit for all ages for Men Women and Children it alters evacuates and strengthens Dose Two drams will purge when you do not design purging fifteen or twenty drops may be taken in a morning in a glass of Wine or a small draught of Beer Elixir Salutis Take of the leaves of Senna four ounces of Gujacum and of the roots of Elecampane dryed of the seeds of Anise Carraways and Coriander and of Liquorice each two ounces of Raiâins of the Sun stoned half a pound steep them in the cold in three quarts of Aqua Vitae for the space of four days strain it Virtues It is excellent for the Cholick and Gravel Dose Two three or four sponfuls more or less according to the Age and Strength of the Patient It may be taken in a morning Liquid Landanum Take of Spanish Wine one pint of Opium two ounces of Saffron one ounce of Cinnamon and Cloves powdred each one dram infuse them together in a Bath for two or three days till the Liquor has a deep Tincture strain it and keep it for use Virtues It is good in general to ease pain and to stop fluxes Dose Twelve or sixteen drops of it may be taken at a time Matthew's Pill Take of Salt of Tartar prepared with Niââe four ounces of oyl of Turpentine eight ounces mix them and let them stand in a moist and cold place eight nine or ten months or more till the Salt has taken thrice its weight of oyl and is become one thick Mass like Soap in the mean time you must stir it often and add the oyl as it incorporates Take of this Soap six ounces of the best Opium two ounces of black and white Helâbore powdred and of Liquorice each two ounces mix them exactly adding as much oyl of Turpentine as is sufficient to make a Mass for Pills which must be kept moist with oyl of Turpentine Virtues This is in general proper to give ease and is proper for pains of the back for the stone and gravel and ulcers of the bladder Dose Ten grains of it may be taken at a time Compound Spirit of Lavender in Latin Spiritus Lavendulae Compositus Take of the flowers of Lavender one Gallon pour on them three Gallons of the best Brandy stop the vessel close let them infuse in the Sun for the space of six days then distil them in an Alembick Take of the flowers of Sage Rosmary Bettony each one handful of Borrage Bugloss Lilly of the Vallies and Cowslips each two handfuls infuse all these flowers gathered in season in a gallon of the best Brandy and mingle with it the Spirit of Lavender above-mentioned adding the leaves of Baulm Feverfew Oranges Flowers of Stechas of Oranges and Bay berries each one ounce after sufficient digestion distil them again and at length add of Orange and Citron Peel and the seeds of Peony each six drams Cinnamon Nutmâgs Mace Cardamoms Cubebs and yellow Sanders each half an ounce of the wood of Aloes one dram digest them twenty four hours strain them add of prepared Pearl two drams of Ambargrease Musk and Saffron each half a scruple of red Roses dryed and red Sanders each half an ounce of yellow Sanders and the bark of dryed Citrons each two drams hang the species in a rag in the Spirit above mentioned Virtues It is good for diseases of the head and nerves Dose Half a spoonful of it may be taken at a time FINIS Books Printed for and sold by John Lawrence at the Angel in the Poultrey over against the Compter GEââs Remaines being sundry Pious and learned Notes and Observations on the New Testament opening and explaining it wherein Jesus Christ as yesterday to day and the same for ever is illustrated by that learned and judicious man Dr. R. Gell late Rector of St. Mary Aldermary London Christian Religions Appeal from the groundless prejudice of the Sceptick to the Bar of Common Reason wherein is proved 1. That the Apostles did not delude the World 2. Nor were themselves deluded 3. Scripture matters of Faith have the best Evidence 4. The Divinity of Scripture is as demonstrable as the Being of a Deity By John Smith Rector of St. Maries in Colchester Quarto The Jesuits Catechism according to St. Ignatius Loyola wherein the Impiety of their Principles Perniciousness of their Doctrines and Iniquity of their Practises are declared The Reverend Mr. Samuel Slater's Sermon on the Thanksgiving Day October 27 th 1692. at Crosby Square His Sermon at the Funeral of Mr. John Reynolds Minister of the Gospel who dyed in London December the 25 th 1692. His Sermon Preached Feb. 19. 1692. upon the Funeral of that late excellent Servant of our Lord Jesus Mr. Richard Fincher who finished his Course Feb. 10 th 1692. An Apology for the Ministers who subscribed only unto the stating of the Truths and Errors in Mr. William's Book Shewing That the Gospel which they Preach is the old everlasting Gospel of Christ and vindicating them from the Câlumnies wherewith they especially the younger sort of them have been unjustly aspersed by a Letter from a Minister in the City to a Minister in the Country The Answer of Giles Firmin to the vain and unprofitable Question put to him and charged upon him by Mr. Grantham in his Book intiâuled The Infants Advocate viz. Whether the greatest part of dying Infants shall be damned Which Advocate while he shuts all Infants out of the visible Church and denies them Baptism opens Heaven to all dying Infants justifying those of his party who admit them all as he doth into Heaven without Regeneration The Preface may be very useful for the Children of Godly Parents Some Remarks upon the Anabaptist Answer Sold by John Harris to the Athenean Mercuries and some upon his Answer who stiles himself Philalethes Pasiphelus By Giles Firmin A brief Review of Mr. Daviâ's Vindication giving no satisfaction being for the greatest part of it no direct Answer to what is charged upon him but meer Evasions to deceive the Reader Things that âend to practice are chiefly insisted upon other things but lightly touched to which is added Remarks upon some passages of Mr. Crisp in his Book intituled Christ alone exalted The Reason of the Authors ingaging in this Controversie is given in the Preface to the Reader by Giles Firmin one of the united Brethren A Proposal to Perform Musick in Perfect and Mathematical Proportions containing 1. The state of Musick in general 2. The Principles of present Practice according to which are 3. The Tables of Proportions Calculated for the Viol and capable of being Accommodated to all sorts of Musick By Thomas Salmon Rector of Mepsall in the County of Bedford Approved by both the Mathematick Professors of the University of Oxford with large Remarks upon this whole Treatise by the
THE London Dispensatory Reduced to the PRACTICE OF THE LONDON Physicians Wherein are Contain'd The MEDICINES BOTH Galenical and Chymical That are now in Use Those that are out of Use are Omitted And such as are in Use and not in the Latin Copy are Added with Vertues and Doses By JOHN PECHEY of the College of Physicians in London LONDON Printed by F. Collins for J. Lawrence at the Angel in the Poultrey 1694. THE PREFACE HAving for several years endeavoured to render the Art of Physick as plain and easie as the nature of it would allow by separating practice and experience from the vain fictions of a sort of men whose business it is to make every part of it obscure and misterious I thought among other things the reducing the London Dispensatory to the practice of the present times and the adding to it such medicines as are frequently used would be a work very acceptable to those that have not time or opportunity to peruse the prescriptions of the London Physicians To which end I carefully viewed the files of some London Apothecaries and the bills of the most eminent Physicians and reviewed the best modern Authors Now by this Treatise young Phisicians may know what Medicines are used and so prescribe accordingly whereas before the Apothecaries were wânt to discover and ridicule raw Practitioners for their obsolete and unfashionable Prescriptions and commonly upon reading such bills would say This or that Doctor was a Novice in Practice And Apothecaries in the Country may by this Dispensatory provide Medicines that are agreeable to the present practice and so save the patient the trouble besides the loss of time in sending to London for some Medicines prescribed by London Physicians as oft as they are called into the Countrey or advised with by letter in extraordinary cases Tho I know some of them in great Towns especially are well furnished with all things necessary But which is most considerable t is probable that many of the Simples and Compounds that are rejected and out of use either never had really the virtues assigned them or by a long tract of time the diseases for which they were used are now altered and some of them worn out and that others succeed which require other Medicines and Methods of cure As to the virtues of each Composition I have set down briefly those that I thought did peculiarly belong to the Medicine Lastly I have added a Table of diseases Reader Farewel From the Angel and Crown in Basing-Lane London John Pechy The INDEX of the Medicines A A Ethiops Minoralis 153 Aloes to purifie 176 Alum to burn ibid. Ambar Volatile Salt 170 Anacardiums to prepare 176 Antimony Diaphoretick 144 Antimony its Cinnabar 148 Antimony its glass 145 Antimony its Liver 144 Antimony its common regulus 147 Aq. Lact alexit 6 Aq. Mirabilis 7 Arcanum Corallinum 153 B Balsam of Sulphur 165 Benzoin flowers 168 Bezoarric 183 Bole armonick to prepare 177 Brass to burn 175 Briony lees 177 Butter May ibid. C Cerecloth of Galbanum 126 Cerecloth of Sanders 127 Conserves 49 Coral prepared 178 Crabs eyes prepared ibid. D Decoctions bitter 22 Of Dodder ibid. For a glister 21 Pectoral 23 Sennae Gerionis ibid. White 2â Of the Woods 24 Wound 23 E Earthworms 181 Electuaries Confection of Alkermes 61 Confection of Hyacinth 62 Caryocostinum 69 Catholicon 70 Diacrocuma 68 Diaphaenicon 70 Diasatyrion 63 Diascordium ibid. Of the egg 65 Extract of Cassia for glisters 69 Hiera Picra simple 73 Lawrel berries 62 Lenitive 71 Mithridat 64 Philonium Romanum 65 Of the juice of Roses p. 72 Sassafras 61 Treacle Venice 66 Treacle London 68 Elixir proprietatis 154 Elixir Salutis ibid. Extracts 173 F Fat 's to prepare 175 G Goats blood to prepare 180 H Hartshorn burnt 178 Hellebore roots to prepare 179 I Jalap rofin 171 L Lac to prepare 180 Lapis Calamminaris to prepare 177 Lapis Lazuli to prepare 180 Lapis Medicamentosus 158 Lapis prunellae 169 Laudanum 83 Liquid Laudanum 185 Litharge to prepare 180 Lucatellus Balsam 102 Lungs of a Fox to prepare 182 M Mars its opening Saffron Mars its astringent Saffron 155 Mars its Salt ibid. Mercurius vitae 146 Mercury water 150 Mercury corrosive 149 Mercurius dulcis 150 Mercury precipitat red 151 Merc precipitat white ib. Millepedes prepared 181 O Oesypus to prepare 181 Opium to prepare 182 Oyls simple by expression Of sweet Almonds 93 Of bitter Almonds ibid. Of the yolks of eggs 94 Simple oyls by infusion or decoction Of Cammomile 96 Of Castor ibid. Of Dill 95 Of Elder flowers 100 Of Euphorbium 97 Of water Lillies 99 Of Marjoram 98 Of Mastich ibid. Of Mint 99 Of Myrrh ibid. Nard 100 Of Orris 97 Of Roses compleat 95 Of Roses Omphacin 94 Of Rue p. 100 Of Savin ibid. Of Scorpions 101 Violet ibid. Of wall flowers 96 Worms 97 Wormwood 95 Compound oyls by infusion Oyl of Foxes 103 Of St. John's wort 102 Of swallows 101 Chymical oyls Of Ambar 104 Of Bricks 108 Of Cinnamon 105 Of Dill 111 Of Guajacum 106 Of Juniper berries ibid. Of Nutmegs 107 Of Sulphur by the Bell 109 Of Turpentine ibid. Of Wax 110 Of Wormwood 108 Simple Oyntments Aegyptiacum 112 Bayes 115 Basilicon ibid. Diapompholigos 113 Sharp pointed dock 116 Elecampane 114 Elecampane with Mercury ibid. For the eyes 116 Gum Elemi 112 Marsh-mallows 113 Nutritum 115 Pomatum 117 Red drying ibid. Tobacco 115 White 111 Oyntments more compound Of Alablaster 118 Apostles ibid. Aregon 119 Of the Countess 121 Martiatum 122 Mastich ibid. Naples 123 Nerve ibid. Pectoral 124 Piles 122 Poplar 124 Sowbread 120 Splanchnick 125 Sumach 126 P Pearls to prepare 178 Pills of Agarick 72 Agregative ibid. Aleophang 74 Aloes Rosat 8â Ambar 82 Coch. major 75 Coch. minor 76 Faetid 77 Golden 75 Hermodactiles 78 Hiera with Agarick ibid. Hounds tongue 76 Imperial p. 78 Lapid Lazuli 79 Macri ibid. Mastich 80 Matthews 185 Rudii 80 Ruffi 81 Stomach with Gums 81 Storax ibid. Tartar 82 Two 77 Plaisters Ammoniacum 127 Barbarum magnum 128 Bayberries ibid. Bettony 129 Blistering 135 Caesaris 130 Cummin 131 Diachalcitis ibid. Diachylon Simple 132 Diachylon with Orris ib. Diachylon the great 133 Diachylon the great with Gums 134 Frogs 140 Head 130 Hemlock with Ammoniacum 131 Hermodactiles 136 Hysterick 137 Lapid Calamminaris 135 Red Lead 138 Maââich ibid. Melilot simple ibid. Mucilages 134 Nerve 139 Flower of Oyntments 135 Oxycroceum 140 Ruptures 136 De Sandice 141 Soap ibid. Sticticum 142 Stomach ibid. R Robor Sapa Of Barberries 46 Juice of Liquorice ibid. S Salts fixed 174 Sacharum Saturni 172 Salt of Vitirol 160 Salts Volatile 174 Scammony prepared 182 Spirit of Sal Armoniaâk 156 Spirit of salt 157 Sweet spirit of salt 158 Spirit of Vitriol 159 Spirit of Nitre dulcified 161 Spirit of Wine rectified 162 Spirit of Hartshorn 163 Spurge roots to prepare 179 Squills to prepare 183 Steel prepared 154 Infernal stone 178 Styptick water 159 Sugars p. 51 Flowers of
such a reluctancy in nature though most at take them find at first some disorder in their Boes Before any one enters upon a Steel course âey must be well purged but whilst he is in the âurse purging is not allowed only care must be ken that the body be not too much bound up Wormwood wine in Latin vinum Absynthites Take of dryed Wormwood one handful to each âllon of wine stop it well up in a vessel and let remain in infusion the same way Rosmary flowâ wine and eyebright wine may be made Virtues Wormwood wine is used to strengthen the âmach to procure an appetite and for a dropsy Note This Wine and Wormwood beer are better the cases above mentioned then any other preparaâon of Wormwood Medicated Vinegars in Latin aceta Mâdicata Distilled Vinegar in Latin acetum Distâlatum Put six quarts of strong vinegar into an earthâ pan evaporate about a quart in a bath which is th phlegmatick part and pour that which remains iâ to a glass or earthen Cucurbit and distil it in a stron sand heat until there remains nothing at bottoâ but a substance like honey keep this vinegar wâ stopt some call it spirit of Vinegar Virtues Its principal use is to dissolve or precipitate bodies it is sometimes mixed in cordial potion to resist putrefaction it is mixed with water this â called oxycrate which is used to stop Hemorrhagies aâ being outwardly applyed it asswages inflamations Dose Half a spoonful of it may be taken at â time in some proper liquor Rose Vinegar in Latin Acetum Rosaceum Take of red Roses before they are full blowâ the white being cut off one pound they must bâ dryed in the Sun add to them six quarts of Vinegar set them in the Sun for the space of forty days theâ strain the Vinegar repeat the infusion with fresh Roses after the same manner is made Vinegar of Eâderflowers Rosmary flowers and clove Gilly Flowers Note That these Vinegars are prescribed foâ sauces according to the various diseases of the sick as vinegar of Rosmary flowers for instance in diseases of the head and the like Treacle Vinegar in Latin Acetum Theriacale Norimberg Take of the roots of the greater Celandine one nce and an half of the roots of Angelica Masterort Gentian Bistort Valerian Burnet White Ditây Elecampane Zedoary each one dram of the ot of the greater Plantain one dram and an half the leaves of Mousear Sage Scabious Scordium ittany of Creet of Blessed Thistle each half an ndful of the bark and seeds of Citron each one am and an half of Bole armonick one dram of âffron three drams of Hartshorn one dram and an âif of these let the Saffron Hartshorn Dittany âd Bole be tyed up in a rag and infused with the her ingredients for many days in five pints of the arpest vinegar you must infuse them in a glass ell stopped in a moderate heat strain out the viegar and dissolve in it six drams of the best Treae shake it often and keep it for use Virtues This is proper to be used in the Plague me and against Malignity and to prevent infection Dose Half a spoonful of it may be taken at a âne in some proper liquor Decoctions Common Decoction for a Glyster in Latin Decoctum commune pro Clystere Take of the leaves of Mallows Violets Pellitoâ Beet Mercury each one handful of the flowâs of Camomel two Pugils of sweet Fennel seeds alf an ounce of Linseed two drams boil them in sufficient quantity of water to a pint Virtues This is used in general to empty the Bowels but it will not work well unless you add to it quarter of a pound of brown Sugar Decoction of Dodder in Latin Decoctâ Epithymi Take of Myrobalans called Chebulae and In of each half an ounce of Arabian Staechas Raisins of the Sun stoned of Dodder of Thyâ and Senna each an ounce of Fumitory half ounce of hemp Agrimony five drams of the roâ of Polypody of the oak six drams of turbith hâ an ounce of whey made of Goats or Cows Mâ two quarts boyl all but the Dodder to a quart the add the Dodder and make it just ready to boâ after then take it from the fire and add of the roo of black Hellebore a dram and an half of Agariâ half a dram of sal Gemma a dram and an half iâ fuse them ten hours and press it out strongly Virtues This is a proper purge for mad or melaâcholly people Dose Four ounces of it may be taken at a tim Bitter Decoction in Latin Decoctum â marum Take of the tops of the lesser Centaury of th flowers of Camomel each one pugil of the roo of Gentian half a scruple of the leaves of Senâ cleansed and of Carduus Benedictus seeds each oâ dram boyl them in a sufficient quantity of fountai water to four ounces Virtues This is much used to strengthen the Stâmach and to purifie the blood Dose Four ounces of it may be taken for sever mornings together Note Ten grains of salt of Wormwood is comonly added to this decoction and thereby it s made ear and more agreeable to the Stomach Decoctum sennae Gereonis Take of the leaves of Senna two ounces of the oots of Polypody of the oak half an ounce of inger one dram of Raisins of the Sun stoned two ânces of Sebestens and Damask Pruns each numâr twelve of the flowers of Borrage Violets red oses Rosmary each two drams boil them in two âarts of Fountain water till half is consumed Virtues This is used as a common decoction for ârging potions Dose Four ounces of it may be taken at a time ut to make it work well you must add some purgâg syrup viz. an ounce of syrup of Roses soluve Buckthorn or the like The pectoral Decoction in Latin decoctum Pectorale Take of Raisins of the Sun stoned one ounce f Sebestins and Jujubes each number fifteen of âates number six of fat figs number eight of barly âeansed one ounce of Liquorice half an ounce of âe leaves of Maidenhair Hysop Scabious Coltsâot each one handful boil them in three pints of ountain water to the consumption of a third part Virtues This is good for diseases of the breast and elps expectoration Dose A quarter of a pint of it may be taken âorning and evening The wound decoction in Latin Decoctum Traumaticum Take of white and pithy Sarsaparilla an ounce and a half of the roots of China one ounce of thâ roots of Fennel of the tender roots of Burdock neâ tles Rhapontick Comfry Liquorice Avens eaâ six drams of long Birthwort half an ounce oâ white Dittany two drams of the leaves of Bettony St. John's wort Agrimony Rib'd Plantaiâ Ground Ivy Bugles Wintergreen Sanicle each haâ a handful of raisins of the Sun stoned one ouncâ of the seeds of Anise Coriander and Nettles eaâ two drams of Juniper berries one dram of Harâ horn and Ivory Rasped five drams boil them in sufficient
Cinnamon Cloves bone ãâã a Stags Heart of the roots of Angelica Avens âormentile each a dram and an half of prepared earl six drams of raw silk tosted of both the âorals each two drams of Hyacinths Emeraulds âd Saphyrs each half a dram of Saffron one scruâe of the leaves of Gold and Silver each ten ãâã Ambargâease and Musk each half a dram âake a powder according to art Virtues It is reckoned good for melancholy and ârevives the Spirits Dose A scruple or half a dram may be taken a time Species of Calaminth in Latin diacalaminthes Simplex Take of Mountain Calaminth Pennyroyal wilâ Marjorâm the seeds of Stone Parsly English and Macedonian of sesely each two drams of the seedâ of Smalage and of the tops of Thyme each haâ an ounce of the seeds of Lovage and of whiâ Pepper each one ounce make a powder according to art Vertues It expels wind forces urine and tâ courses and strengthens the stomach Dose Half a dram of it may be taken at a timâ Compound powder of Wake-Robin roots â Latin Pulvis Radicum Ari Compositâ Take of the powder of the roots of Wake-Robâ two ounces of common water flag and of Burnâ Saxifrage each one ounce Crabs eyes half an ouncâ of Cinnamon three drams of Salt of Wormwooâ and Juniper each one dram mingle them anâ make a powder Virtues It is reckoned an excellent powder for tâ Scurvy it is said to be good to provoke the courses aâ to expel Malignity Dose Half a dram of it may be taken at a timâ Species of Urris roots simple in Latin Speciâdiaireos Simplex Take of orris roots half an ounce Sugar Candy anâ the species Diatragacanth frigid each two draâ make a powder Virtues It is good for âoughs and colds hâaâness and shortness of breath Dâse A dram of it may be taken at a time Species of Gum Lac in Latin species dialaccae Take of Gum Lac prepared of the roots of âhaponticum each three drams Schenanth of Spike ândian and Nard and of Mastich of the juice âf wormwood and Agrimony thickned of the âeeds of Smalage Bishops-weed Fennel Anise âavin bitter Almonds cleansed Myrrh Zedoary âhe roots of Madder Asarabacca Birth-wort round ând long Gentian Saffron Cinnamon dâyed Hysâop woody Cassia Bdellium each a dram and an âalf Black Pepper and Ginger each one dram âake a powder according to art Virtues It purifies the blood it opens obstructiân of the Liver Spleen and Gall Bladder it is good âor the Dropsy and Jaundice and expels wind Dose Half a dram of it may be taken at a time The Cordial Magisterial Powder in Latin Pulvis Cardiacus Magistralis Take of Orientale Bezoar stone of the Bone of â Stags Heart each a dram and an half of white ând red Coral prepared of white Ambar of prââared Pearls of Hartshorn prepared of Raâped âvory of oriental Bole of German Samos and Lemnian Earths of Elks hoof Rasped and of the âoots of Tormentile each one dram of the wood of Aloes and the bark of Citron of the roots of Angelica and Zedoary each two scruples twenây leaves of Gold a scruple of Ambergrease Six grains of Musk mix them and make a powder Virtues It is good for Malignant and Pestilential diseases it stops fluxes is cordial cures melancholly and revives the spirits Dose Half a dram of it may be taken at a time The species Diamargarit frigid in Latin Species Diamargariton frigidae Take of the four greater cold seeds cleansed â the seeds of Purslain White Poppy Endive Woodâ Sorrel Citrons of the three Sanders wood of Aloâ Ginger the Flowers of red Roses the whites being câ off water Lilly Bugloss Violets Myrtle-berries of the bone of a Stags Heart Ivory the roots o Contrayerva Cinnamon each one dram of both the Corals each half a dram of clear Pearles threâ drams of Ambergrease and Camphor each siâ grains of Musk two grains make a powder Note The greater cold seeds and the poppy seedâ are to be added when this species is to be used and theâ you are to add a scruple of the seeds to every dram ãâã the species the like is to be observed in the rest of the species whereof these seeds are ingredients Virtues It is good in Fevers for Coughs and for Pains of the Stomach Dose A scruple or half a dram of it may be takeâ at a time Species Diambrae Take of Cinnamon roots of Angelica Cloves Mace Nutmegs Indian leaf Galingal of each three drams of Indian Spick the greater and lesser Cardamoms each one dram of Ginger one dram and an half of the wood of Aloes yellow Sanders and long Pepper each two drams of Ambergrease one dram and an half Musk half a dram make a powder Virtues It expels wind strengthens the Stomach and the spirits Dose Half a dram of it may be taken at a time Species Diamoschu dulcis Take of Saffron Galingal Zedoary wood of Aâes Mace each two drams of white Pearls of âw silk dryed and powdered of white Ambar nd red Coral prepared Gallia Moschata of the âeds of Basil each two drams and an half of Giner Cubebs and long Pepper each one dram and n half of Nutmeg Indian leaf or Cinnamon nd of Cloves each one dram of Musk two scrules make a powder Virtues It strengthens the stomach it is good âr diseases of the head and revives the spirits Dose A scruple or half a dram of it may be aken at a time Species of Rosmary flowers called species dianthos Take of Rosmary flowers one ounce of red Rââs Violets and Liquorice each fix drams of Cloves ndian Spike Nutmeg Galingal Cinamon Ginger âedoary Mace wood of Aloes the lesser Cardaâoms the seeds of Dill and Anise each four scrules make a Powder Virtues This is good for diseases of the head exels wind and strengthens the stomach Dose A scruple or half a dram may be taken t a time Diarrhodon abbatis Take of White and red Sanders each two drams nd an half of Gum Tragacanth Arabick Ivory each wo scruples of the roots of Asarabacca Mastich Inian Spike Cardamoms juice of Liquorice Saffron âood of Aloes Cloves Gallia Moschata the âeds of Anise Fennel Cinnamon Rhaponticum of the seeds of Basil Barberries Succory Purslaââ of the four greater cold seeds cleansed of whrâ Poppy each one scruple of Pearls and of the boâ of a Stags heart each half a scruple of ãâã Roses the white cut off an ounce and three draâ of Camphor seven grains of Musk four grains make a powder Virtues It is cooling and good for Coughs aâ helps expectoration Dose Half a dram of it may be taken at a tiâ Species Diatragacanthi frigidi Take of Gum Tragacanth two ounces Gum Arabick one ounce and two drams of white Starâ half an ounce of Liquorice of the seeds of Mâlons white Poppies each three drams of Citruâ Cucumbers Gourds each two drams penidiat Sâgar three ounces of flowers of water Lilly oâ scruple make a powder Virtues It is used in Coughs
Spanish Wine a pint If you take so much May butter as âou do of Oyl and boyl the ingredients above mentioned in it it will have the name and consistence of an Oyntment Virtues It is good for lameness and old aches and for pains and weakness of the joynts Oyl of St. John's-wort in Latin Oleum Hyperici Take of fragrant White-wine one pint of the tops of St. John's-wort with the Flowers and Seeds four ounces infuse them three days in a glass well stopt in a pint of old Oyl of Olives in the Sun or in a Bath in the same manner repeat the infusion of St. Johns-wort after the third infusion boyâ away almost all the Wine and strain it and adâ three ounces of Turpentine and one Scruple ãâã Saffron boyl it again a little and put it up for use Virtues It is an excellent cleansing and healiââ Oyl and comforts the limbs and joynts it is good foâ bruises and old aches Lucatellus Balsam in Latin Balsamum Lâcatelli Take of the best yellow Wax one pound mâ it over a gentle fire in a pint of Canary-wine then add of the best Oyl of Olives and of Veniâ Turpentine washed till it is white in Rose-wateâ each a pound and an half boyl them gently till thâ Wine is evaporated then take it from the fire ãâã sprinkle into it two ounces of red Sanders finâ powdred continue stirring of it till it is cold Virtues This is an excellent Balsam cures ulcers either within or without the body is good ãâã bruises and old aches and is good for coughs and ãâã beginning of consumptions but of it self it is a nauâeous medicine and offends the stomach The following Composition makes it more agreable to the stomach Take of Conserve of Hips and of this Balsam each equal parts Dose The quantity of a nutmeg may be taken morning and evening Oyl of Foxes in Latin Oleum Vulpânum Take a Fox as fat as you can get him of middle age catched by hunting in the Autumn kill him and take out his guts flea him and cut his flesh in pieces break his bones boyl him in White-wine and Fountain-water each three quarts add three ounces of Salt the tops of Dill Thyme ground Pine each one handful boyl half the Liquor away strain it and add to it two quarts of the best old Oyl of the Flowers of Sage and Rosemary each one handful then evaporate by boyling the watry humor and the wine strain it again hard and separate in a tunnel the Water from the Oyl which keep for use Virtues It is good for pains of the joynts sciatica and aches and is good for convulsions and palsies Chymical Oyls in Latin Olea Chymica Oyl of Ambar in Latin Oleum Sâcâiââ Fill with Ambar grosly beaten two thirds of aâ earthen Retort or glaâs one luted place it in â Furnace on two iron bars sit to it a large Receiver and luting the juncture close give under it a small fire to warm the Retort and to drive out the ãâã afterwards augment it by little and little there well come forth a Spirit and an Oyl continue the fire until there comes no more then let the Vâssel cool and ânlâte them pour about a pint of warm Water iâto the Receiver stir it well dissolve some volatââ Salts that often stick to the sides of the Receiver pour all the Liquor into a glass Alembick fit to it a Receiver aâd luting well the junctures make a small fire to heat the Vessel then augment it a little the Water and Spirit will rise and carry with them a little white Oyl continue the fire until there rises no more and the thick Oyl remains at the bottom of the Cucurbit without boyling separate the white Oyl that swims above the Spirit and Flegm and keep it in a Viol well stopt Virtues It is used inwardly for the falling sickneâ apoplexy and palsie and for hysterick diseases Dose Two three or four drops of it may be taken at a time in some proper Liquor The black Oyl which remains in the Cucurbit is good to anoint the Nostrils and Wrists in Hysterick Discases Note The water and spirit being evaporated over a gentle fire to the consumption of two thirds is an excellent Aperitive and is used for the Jaundice Stopage of Vrine Vlcers of the neck of the Bladder and the Scurvy Dose Ten or twenty drops of this spirit may be taken at a time in some convenient liquor Some think that the oyl of Petre in Latin Paetroleum is a liquor drawn from Ambar by means of Subterranean fires Oyl of Cinnamon in Latin Oleum Cinnamomi Bruise four pounds of good Cinnamon and infuse it in six quarts of hot water leave it in digestion in an earthen vessel well stopt two days pour the infusion into a large Copper Limbeck and fitting a Receiver to it and luting the Junctures with a wet bladder distil with a pretty good fire three pints of the liquor then unlute the Limbeck and pour into it by inclination the distilled water you 'll find at bottom a little oyl which you must put inâo a viol close stopt distil the liquor as before then âeturning the water into the Limbeck take the âyl you find at the bottom of the receiver and mix â with the first Repeat this Cohobation untill there âises no more Oyl Virtues The oyl of Cinnamon is an admirable Corâoborative and strengthens the stomach it eases womens âelivery forces the coââses and encreases seed Dose A drop of it is commonly mixed with a ittle Sugar Candy to make the Elâosacharum which is easily dissolved in Cordial or Hysterick waters Oyl of Gujacum in Latin Oleum Guajaci Take the shavings of Guajacum fill a large Retort with them three quarters full pláce it in a reverberatory Furnace and join to it a great capacious receiver begin the distillation with a fire of the first degree to warm the retort gently continue it in this condition until there comes no more drops which is a sign that all the flegm is distilled throw away that you find in the receiver and fitting it again to the neck of the Retort lute well the junctures you must afterwards increase the fire by degrees and the Spirit and Oyl will come forth in white clouds continue the fire untill there comes no more let the Vessels cool and unlute them pour that which is in the receiver into a tunnel lined with brown paper set in a bottle or some other vessel the spirit will pass through and leave the thick and very fetid Oyl in the tunnel pour it into a viol and keep it for use Virtues It is an excellent remedy for rottenness of the bones for the tooth-ach and it will cleanse old ulcers Oyl of Juniper-berries in Latin oleum â baccis Juniperi Take of fresh berries of Juniper fifty pounds bruise them and put them into a wooden vesseâ with ten quarts of Fountain water and one pounâ of sharp leaven keep them in a
are soft then strain without pressing then heat it again a little and ash it with fresh Rose water and add to every âund of the Oyntment twelve drops of Oyl of âodium Virtues It is cooling and eases pain it takes off â roughness of the skin and pimples and heals chaps the hands and lips and the like The red drying Oyntment in Latin Unguentum Rubrum desiccativum Take of Oyl of Roses Omphacin one pound â white Wax five ounces melt them and sprinkle âo them of Lemnian Earth Bole Armonick â Lapis Calamminaris finely powdred each four ânces of Litharge of Gold and Ceruss each ree ounces of Camphir one dram make an yntment Virtues It dries heals and skins sores and stops âxes of humours Oyntments more Compound Alabastrin Oyntment in Latin Unguââtum de Alabastro Take of the juice of Cammomile four ounces red Roses and the roots of Marsh-mallows eaâ two ounces of fresh Rue and Bettony each â ounce and an half of Oyl of Roses Omphacâ one pint and an half of pure Alabaster finely poâdred three ounces mingle them and let theâ stand till the next day then boil them till the juicâ are evaporated then with six ounces of white Wââ make an Oyntment Virtues It is good for head-aches the foreââââ and temples being anointed with it The Apostles Oyntment in Latin Unguââtum Apostolorum Take of Turpentine Rosin yellow Wax Aâmoniacum each fourteen drams of the roots â long Birthwort Male Franckincense Bdellium eââ six drams of Myrrh Galbanum each half â ounce of Opoponax three drams of Verdegreââ two drams of Litharge nine drams Oyl a quâââ of Vinegar a sufficient quantity to dissolve the Aâmoniacum the Opoponax and Galbanum the Bdellium Galbanum Ammoniacum and Opopânax must be infused twelve hours in Vinegar upâ hot ashes then boil them and when they are melteâ strain them and with a gentle heat reduce them â the thickness of Honey put in the Turpentine whilâ ây are hot mix the Litharge finely powdered with ârt of the Oyl over a gentle fire then add by âgrees the rest of the Oyl and then melt the Wax the same and the Rosin grosly powdred then ke it from the fire and mix first the Gums then e Birthwort Myrrh and lastly the Franckincense âd Verdegrease powdered stir it well and make â Oyntment Virtues It cleanses old and sinuous ulcers and eats ân proud flesh Unguentum Aregon Take of the flowers and tops of Rosemary Marâam wild Thyme and Rue of the roots â Wake-robin and wild Cucumber each âr ounces and an half of the leaves of Bays âge Savin and of the roots of Briony each three ânces of Flea bane Spurge Lawrel each nine ânces the leaves of wild Cucumber and of Calaint each half a pound they must be all gathered âsh in May cleansed and bruised and infused seân whole days in five pints of the best Oyl and in âe pint of Spirit of Wine boil them gently till e watry humor is evaporated strain out the Oyl âd melt in it fifteen ounces of yellow Wax of âars Grease and Oyl of Bays each three ounces â Moscheleum half an ounce of Petroleum one ânce of Butter four ounces stir them and sprine in the following powders of Mastich and Oliânum each six drams of Pellitory of Spain Euâorbium Ginger and Pepper each one ounce âke an Oyntment Virtues It is good for all cold diseases for Palsies Convulsions Cramps Stifness of the joints it ' good for the Colick pains of the Back and Reins Oyntment of Sow-bread in Latin Unguentum de Arthanita Take of the juice of Sow-bread or for wantoâ it a strong decoction of the roots three pints oâ the juice of wild Cucumbers and Cows Buttââ each one pound of Oyl of Orris a quart of thâ pulp of Coloquintida four ounces of Poly podâ six ounces of Euphorbium half an ounce powdeâ finely the Poly pody and Euphorbium and cut smalâ the Coloquinâida infuse them in a glazed pot eighâ days afterwards boil them in a double vessel tiââ the juices are almost evaporated strain it and dissolve in the liquor five ounces of yellow Wax anâ while it is yet hot mingle with it Sagapenum dissolved in Vinegar and Bulls Gall boiled to the consistence of Honey in a Bath each one ounce theâ sprinkle in the following things powdred of Scâmony Turbith Coloquintida the berries or leaveâ of Mezereon and of Aloes each seven drams â Sal Gemma half an ounce of Euphorbium loâ Pepper Myrrh Ginger and the flowers of Cammâmile each three drams make an Oyntment Virtues It purges the Belly being anointed wiââ it below the Navel but anointed above the Navel â the Stomach it occasions Vomiting The Countesses Oyntment in Latin Unguentum Comitissae Take of the middle bark of Acorns Chesnuts ââd of Oak of small black Beans Myrtle berries âorse-tail of green Galls without holes of Grapeânes and unripe Services dryed unripe Medlars âe leaves of wild prunes the roots of Bistort and âormentile each an ounce and an half powder â grosly and boil them in five quarts of Plantain âater till half is consumed then take of new yelâw Wax eight ounces and an half of simple Oyl of âyrtles two pound and an half of the juice of âypocistis half an ounce melt all these and wash âm nine times in the decoction above mentioned âided into so many parts when they are washand dissolved sprinkle into them the fine powders the middle barks of the Acorns Chesnuts and Oak of the Galls without holes of the ashes of the âes of Ox legs of Myrtle berries of Grapeâes unripe of unripe Services dryed each half ounce of the Troches of Ambar two ounces âgle them and with a sufficient quantity of âl of Mastich unwashed make an Oyntât Virtues It is very astringent and strengthengood for Luxations Ruptures and prevents the âng of the fundament and miscarriage the Belly Reins being anointed with it it also stops all â of Fluxes Oyntment for the Piles in Latin Unguentum Hemorrhoiââle Take of the Mucilage of the seeds of Psyllium of the seeds of Quinces extracted in the water of Night-shade each half an ounce Oyl of Roses compleat one ounce the yolk of one Egg of Hens fat two drams let them be mixed together in a leaden Mortar with a leaden Pestle by adding a little yellow Wax make an Oyntment Virtues It is peculiarly proper for the Piles the fundament being anointed with it Unguentum Martiatum Take of fresh leaves of Bays three pounds oâ Garden Rue two pounds and an half of Marjoraâ two pound of Mint one pound of Sage Wormwood Costmary Garden Basil each half a pounâ of Oyl of Olives ten quarts of yellow Wax foâ pound Malago Wine a quart bruise them infuâ them boil them and press them out and so maâ an Oyntment Virtues It discusses cold swellings strengthââ the nerves and joints and takes away aches and good for the head Oyntment of Mastich in Latin Ungueâtum Mastichinum Take of the Oyls of
you have gotten all youâ Salt dry it in the Sun and keep it in a glass Virtues It is commonly used in Pomatums foâtettars and inflamations and dissolved in water is gooâ for disâases of the skin taken inwardly in is reâ koned good for Quinsies for the fluxes of the Hemorrâoids and Courses and for the Bloody Flux Dose It may be given from two grains to four in Knotgrass or Plantain water or mixed with Gargles The general way of making extracts They may be prepared of any thing almost that belongs to the Materia Medica or of any Medicine whether it be simple as Herbs Flowers Seeds and the like or compound as Species Pills and the like which is wont to communicate a Tincture to the Menstruum wherein it is infused wherefore take as much as you please of any thing of the Materia Medica cut it bruise it or otherwise prepare it as is necessary for the infusion pour upon it a sufficient quantity of Spirit of Wine or any distilled Water that is agreeable to the Phyficians intention let them remain in infusion in a Bath or some other gentle heat two days more or less as the density or the tenuity of the matter requires until the liquor has a sufficient Tincture then separate the Tincture by inclination put in more liquor as before and after infusion separate it as before mix the Tinctures and fiâter them through paper and then evaporate the moisture till the matter at the bottom of the vessel be reduced to the consistence of Honey Keep it for use whereunto may be added two scruples or half a dram of some proper Salt to every ounce of the extract to keep it from drying The way of making SALTS The way of making Volatile or Essential SALTS Take a sufficient quantity of any fresh succulent Plant beat it in a wooden or Stone Mortar then pour a large quantity of clear fountain water upon it boil it till half is consumed strain it hard and boil it again to the consistence of Honey put it into a glass vessel or glazed Pot and set it in a cold place for eight days at least and a Crystal Salt will grow together in the manner of Sal Gemma which by pouring out the decoction may be collected it must be washt in its own water and dryed for use This way is made the Salt of Wormwood Carduus Benedictus Mugwort and of other bitter Herbs easily but of others very difficultly The way of making fixed or Elementary Salts The Method of preparing consists in these four things Calcination Solution Filtration and Coagulation first the Medical matter must be reduced into ashes by Calcination but care must be taken that the ashes be not turned into glass by too great a fire then by pouring clear hot water upon the ashes to extract all the Salts make a Lie filtrate and boil it in an earthen vessel over a gentle fire till all the water is evaporated and only Salt remains which must be dissolved filtered and coagulated once and again till it is free from all its impurities and becomes white and so are made Salts from Plants parts of Animals calcined and the like of these the following are best Salts of Wormwood Thyme Rosmary the lesser Centaury Mugwort Carduus Benedictus Masterwort Parsly Rest-harrow Ash Dwarf Elder Gujacum Box Cammomile St. John's-wort Succory Celandine Scurvy-grass Bettony Hemp Agrimony Baulm Ceterach and the like The preparation of some simple Medicines The way of preparing Fat 's Fresh Fat the little veins fibres and skins being taken out must be washed in fair water till it is freed from blood afterwards being well bruised it must be melted in a double vessel then strain it into water and there let it remain till it is cold then drain the water from it and keep it in an earthen pot in some cool place it will keep a year The same way is prepared Marrow taken out of the bones in the Autumn chiefly The burning of Brass Make a lay of small Brass plates in an earthen âpot and a lay of common Salt or Sulphur powdred which is called Stratum super Stratum burn then sufficiently and dulcify the ashes with hot water by pouring hot water often on them The way of purifying Aloes Take what quantity you please of Aloes finely powdred put it into a glazed pot and pour as much Spirit of Wine on as will rise three fingers breadth above the matter stir it with a Spatula till the purer part of the Aloes is dissolved by the Spirit of Wine then pour it off and pour on more as before and having stirred it about pour it off that the impure parts may be separated reduce it to a Mass by evaporating the moisture and so keep it for use The burning of Alum Take what quantity you please of Alum put it into a new earthen pot and burn it so long till it has done bubling and does no longer emit froth cool it and keep it for use The way of preparing Anacardiums Powder them and infuse them in a moderate quantity of Vinegar and when they have sufficiently imbibed it dry them by gently evaporating the Vinegar The preparation of Bole Armonick Grind the Bole Armonick and moisten it with May dew and dry it in the shade The Lees of Bryony in Latin Feculae Bryoniae Take of the roots of Bryony what quantity you please scrape them with a Knife and straiâ out the juice in a Press put them in a vessel and do not move it after a few hours it will put off a white Lee like Starch which must be dryed in a glass having first poured out the water In the same manner is made the Lees of Wake-Robin Horse-radish of our Orris and the like May Butter in Latin Butyrum Majale Take fresh Butter unsalted made about the middle or end of May put it into a large glazed por and place it in the Sun Beams that it may be âll melted and when the Sun shines hottest strain it without pressing through a thick linnen cloath and expose it to the Sun again and when it is white strain it again and keep it a year The preparation of Lapis Calaminaris Take of Lapis Calaminaris what quantity you please make it red hot twice or thrice and quench it as often in Plantain and Rose water then grind it upon a stone and with the same water make iâ into balls The Infernal Stone in Latin Lapis Infernalis Take the Lee of black Soap boil it to a Stone in a frying pan yet take care that all the moisture be not evaporated when it is cold cut it into small pieces and keep it in a glass well stopt This is a Caustick and is used to open tumors The way of preparing Coral Pearls Grabâ eyes and of precious stones Take of these any quantity you please grind them to a very fine powder in a Steel or Porphyry Mortar dropping upon them now and then a little Rose