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water_n	boil_v	ounce_n	rose_n	6,183	5	9.9129	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61132	The natures, uses, & doses of several approved and experienced medicines, faithfully prepared by John Spire, junr. medicinæ professor. To which is added, a catalogue of various chymical preparations, by him always ready prepared	Spire, John, apothecary.	1698 (1698)	Wing S4988; ESTC R219129	12,326	26

and absterge all Preternatural Coagulations for which reason I call it Sal. Lenitivum it is endowed with these 4 general properties viz. Cathartick Dieuretick Deobstruent and allaying of all Preternatural heat and Acrimony besides it is a general easer of pain and extinguisher of Venom as is manifest by what it effects in alleviating the Pains of the Gout Rheumatism Collick griping of the Guts 1st It Purgeth the gross Excrements and most viscous humours of the first passages without nauseating the Stomach or the least Griping Pains 2ly It is singular in opening Obstructions of the Vessels and Viscera It is of great use in Fevers especially those that proceed from Surfeits occasioned by Eating or Drinking It also dissolves all Stagnant and Obstructing matter in the Viscera This Medicine doth not only dissolve and expurge the Excrements of the Stomach and Guts but it also corrects the violence of all Preternatural Purges if you put but two drams of it in their Infusion or drink the same quantity in a draught of warm Ale or Posset-drink after any Potion that will Gripe or Operate Churlishly c. This admirable Salt never leaves the Belly bound as the common Purges do but always Soluble therefore excellent against a Costive temper of Body The 2d intention of this Salt is to alter and open Obstructions in the Liver Spleen Mesentery Pancras Reins Bladder and Womb from which proceed many tedious and stubborn Diseases as the Scurvy Dropsie Jaundice Hypocondriack Melancholly Vapours Green-sickness Rheumatism inveterate Head-Ach Restlesness Sleepiness Vertigo Frenzy Cramps Convulsions internal Inflammations and Aposthumes Piles Exulcerations of the Kidnies and Bladder Gravel stoppage of Vrine c. Together with many others arising from Obstructions and Acrimony of the Blood and Vital Juices This excellent Salt may be taken at all times of the Year and in all places without loss of time or hindrance of business and although it be of great Use and Service in very many Diseases yet I have by experience observed that in some it is Specifically Potent as in the Scurvy Jaundice Dropsie Suffocations Green-sickness stoppage of the Menses Piles Cholick Diarrhaea Bloody-flux Worms Inflammations and Rheums of the Eyes Itch and other Cholerick Eruptions of the Skin heat of Vrine in all which cases it hath signaliz'd it self It 's Vse and Dose FOr any of the aforenamed Diseases to a Man or Woman is from half an Ounce to three quarters of an Ounce a Child of a Year Old one Dram to two Drams and so on according to Discretion of the Parent and Age of the Child always to be dissolved in Spring water plain Posset-drink or thin Water-gruel and in Summer-time in Whey which the Patient fancies best to take it in In the Scurvy it ought to be taken daily or every other day for a Month or six Weeks together taking in all their Drink a pure Spirit of Salt to the quantity of 40 drops in a Day which may be had at my House for 12 d. the Bottle For the Jaundice I give it in Summer in Water or Whey in Winter in warm Gruel or Posset drink 5 or 6 drams while the Jaundice cease observing to take it every other Day in the Dropsie in the same manner as the Jaundice only in a less quantity of the Vehicle continue it for a Months time In the Green-sickness in Maids it is necessary to dissolve an Ounce of the Salt in a Quart of pure Spring-water and to take half a pint every Night and the same quantity early the next Morning continue taking if need be a Month or 5 Weeks In the Piles a quarter of an Ounce of the Salt dissolved in Water or Whey and taken for some time In the Cholick or griping of the Guts take one Quart of Spring-water and boyl therein two Drams of each of the Seeds of Annis Fennil Caraway and Coriander then dissolve therein an Ounce of the Salt and let the Patient drink frequently thereof a small draught that the whole Quant may be drank in a Day if the Party Vomit continue the Dose while the Vomiting ceaseth In a Diarrhaea or common Loosness boyl Wheat-bran in spring-Spring-water and take half an Ounce in the Decoction thereof daily or every other Day according to Strength In a Diassenteria or Bloody-flux give it in a Decoction of red Rose-leaves boyled in Water giving a Clyster daily made with the Broth of a Sheeps-head continue the use till the Party find Relief For Rheums of the Eyes take it daily in the ordinary manner In the Itch Botches Boyls and other Cholerick Eruptions of the Skin give half an Ounce or 5 Drams dissolved in Fumatory-water or Whey for a Fortnight or three Weeks together taking sometimes in their Beer a Spirit of Salt till the Cure be perfected The Price of this Noble SALT is one Shilling the Ounce XIII Vinum Vitae Or Our Anodine Drops BEing a soveraign Medicine against a Diassenteria or Bloody-flux Cholick Gripes Vomiting and Loosness in Young or Old and to procure quiet Rest The Vse and Dose FOr a Man or Woman take always at Bed-time half a spoonful in a draught of Mace-ale or Mul'd wine For Children in the Month from 4 drops to 20 in Brest-milk or Ale as they increase in Age so may the Dose be increased at the Discretion of the Nurse or Parent Price one Shilling the Bottle XIV Essentia Stomachia Or our Stomach Essence IS a great strengthner of the Stomach and expells Wind good against the Cholick Gripes Pains at the Stomach Stitches and Pains in the Side It helps indigestions and cures Surfeits and attracts cold watery Rheums from the Stomach The Dose is from 4 drops to 25 in a glass of Wine or Ale 2 or 3 times a Day as necessity calls for it Price Two Shillings Six-pence the Bottle XV. Spiritus Paragoricus Or Our Bathing Spirit WHich is a safe sure and ready Medicine it may be taken inwardly in Paralitick and Appoplectick Cases but I here chiefly design it for external Uses it being a singular Arcanum in the Erysipelas and Gangrenes it alayeth the Pains of the Gout Cloths being dipt in it and applyed if it be laid to the Pulse at the Wrists its good in ardent Fevers it helpeth strained Limbs Pains and Aches in any part of the Body with benumed Nerves the shrinking of the Sinews and is very good to smell to and Bath the Temples and Fore-head for the Head-ach warming and comforting the parts where there seems to be a decay of Life or want of Nutriment Price Two Shillings Six-pence the Bottle XVI Pul-vis Antivermis Or Our Worm-powder BEing a certain Remedy killing and destroying the cause of all sorts of Worms in the Bodies of Men Women and Children it ought to be taken generally at the New or Full of the Moon in the Morning Fasting it works moderately by Stool you may give it to a Child of a year old a quarter of a Paper for one of 3 years half a

with the use of the other Medicines takes off the Fever beyond Expectation 2. It is something Sudorifick but for the most part works downwards first and afterwards provokes Sweat it is a prevalent remedy against putrid Fevers Measles Small-pox Calenture Spotted-fever and other venemous Diseases 3. It is good against the Green-sickness Dropsie Melancholly Scurvy Jaundice and its profitable in Hectick Fevers 4. It resists Putrifaction fortifies the Stomach corrects Crudities purifies the Blood cleanses the Bowels of filth and viscous Humours by a gentle Purging way The Dose and manner of Vsing it 1. LEt the Patient drink plentifully of our Aq. Vitae Mag. according to the directions in its place give a Dose of pouder in the Morning and at Evening for 8 12 or 16 days as you see occasion more or less you may give it in form of a Bolus in a little Marmalade of Quinces or pulp of Pruens Jelly of Harts-horn or it may be exhibited in a Glass of Canary or a spoonful of Syr. of Saffron or Clove-Gilly flowers VII Aqua Ruba Mineralis IS an excellent Medicine of a preservative Nature of great benefit in the plague and other contagious distempers particularly against the burning thirst in Fevers Good against Coughs Shortness of Breath Ptysick the diseases of Throat and Mouth as Angimas Strumas Inflammations of the Pallate or Uvula of the Mouth Thrush in Children Quinsies and such like Inflammations as also for an unsavory Breath It 's Vse and Dose FOr Thrushes or sore Mouths in sucking Children or any foulness of the Tongue or Throat 2 3 or 4 drops dropped into a little White-wine or plantain-Plantain-water sweetned with a little Honey of Roses and so drink it and wash their Mouthes with the same for People of riper Years they must Gargle their Mouths with it it being composed to a Gargarism with White-wine or plantain-Plantain-water and dulcified with Syrup of Mulberries or Honey of Roses often taking from 6 drops to 40 or 50 in Beer White-wine or Plantain-water For the burning Thirst in Fevers give from 6 drops to 40 or 50 or half a Spoonful in so much Beer or Ale that it may tast sharpish of the Medicine if the Fever be violent it may be given 3 or 4 times in 5 or 6 hours space but in continual Fevers it may be given as often as the party desires to drink observing in such cases to take often to procure Sweat of my Elix Magnum Cordialis and at Night to take a Dose of Vinum vitae to cause rest and expell the venom of the distemper for shortness of Breath the Ptysick and Cough give it in Hysop-water with a little Liquorish and 5 Figs decocted therein for a stinking Breath and to create an Apetite take it Mornings fasting and 2 hours before dinner and an hour before supper about 6 or 8 drops in Beer or Wine Price One Shilling Six-pence the Bottle VIII Potestates Succini Or our Powers of Amber 1. IS a most admirable Remedy against Cold and moist diseases of the Head Brain Nerves and Womb. 2. They Cure Head-achs Lethargies Dulness and Sleepiness and other pituitous distempers of the Brain 3. They are admirable against Cramps and Convulsions 4. They are excellent in Palsies Rheumatisms and Gouts 5. Against Fits of the Mother in Women and takes away pains after their Deliveries cum multis alijs The Dose and manner of Vsing them FOr outward uses bath the place affected very well twice a day till you find Relief inwardly take them from 15 drops to 30 40 or 60 in a Glass of Sack Night and Morning Continue the same for 40 days or more as you see occasion Price one Shilling six-pence an Ounce IX Tinctura Hysterica Or our Hysterick Drops against Fits THese Drops are composed against those called Hysterick Fits viz. Suffocation of the Matrix alias Fits of the Mother for which its a most excellent Remedy as also against the Collick Megrim Falling-sickness palpitation of the Heart Obstructions and Weaknesses of the Head Nerves and Womb It attenuates opens Diseases resists Poyson provokes Urine and the Terms and is profitably given in the Green-sickness in Virgins Rickets in Children The Dose and manner of takng it IN any of the aforesaid diseases you may take it in White or Rhenish-wine or in Shery or Canary or other proper Hysterick Julep give it when the Fits is off and in a Morning fasting and last at Night but when any Fit comes give it in the time of the Fit For young Virgins let them take in White-wine For the Rickets in Children give it in Canary or old Malago Bathing the Joynts and Back-bone with our Vnguentum Rachitidem or Oyntment for the Rickets twice a day before the Fits The Dose is from 20 drops to 30 40 or 60 according to Age and Strength Price three Shillings the Ounce X. Arcanum Chalybeatum Or our Steel Drops WHose Virtues are powerful in removing and carrying off all Obstructions of what kind soever they be which are incident to young Virgins and also a very safe Remedy in the Dropsie provided it be taken with the other It 's Vse and Dose WHich is from 10 or 12 drops to 20 or 30 according to Age and Strength Mornings fasting in a draught of Water-gruel warm Broth or Mace-ale keeping the Body stirring by some moderate Exercise always observing to take every 3d Day a Dose of our Sal. Lenitium let it be continued for the space of forty Days Price Two Shillings Six-pence the Bottle XI Gutta Lythontripticae Or our Stone-Breaking Drops THese Drops are a most incomparable Remedy for the Collick and Stone being an Arcanum fit for the Closet of a Prince or any Noble Man and is herewith made publick for the benefit of those that are afflicted with that deplorable disease of the Stone Strangury Collick and difficulty of Urine The Vse and Dose of these Drops with necessary Observations THe Dose is from 20 to 40 or 50 Drops in a glass of White or Rhenish-wine every four hours and in the time of each four hours drink a Dose of our Aqua Vitae Magistralis as directed in its place and at the hour of Rest take a Dose of our Balsamick Pill as in the directions of the said Pill in its place and by the blessing of God upon this Medicine thou wilt find the Stone to break and dissolve coming away in small pieces and Sand proceed in the same manner for the Collick And I need say no more it being so effectual an Arcanum it will sufficiently demonstrate its own Praise Price Ten Shillings the Ounce Sal. Lenitivum Or A Famous Purging Salt BEing a Salt prepared of Mineral Subjects by apt mediums purify'd and reconciled to the Archeus and thereby becomes a Salutiferous Remedy enobled with Virtues sufficient for the Curing of many Diseases It is neither an Acid nor an Alcaly but a Salt of a midling Nature being able to pass the several Digestions unchanged and in its passage to resolve