Potion â„ž Syrup of Marsh Mallows Oil of sweet Almonds drawn without fire of each an Ounce and a half bost white Wine 3 Ounces water of Radishes and Pellitory of the wall of each 2 Ounces Crystal Mineral 1 Dram Spirit of Turpentine and of Salt of each 8 drops mix them all for 2 Doses This mixture is us'd in Nephritick Colicks It s oily slimy parts smooth and lenifie the urinary passages dull the edge of the sabulous matter and facilitate its Excretion A Diuretick mixture â„ž Spirit of Turpentine one Ounce rectified Spirit of Salt dulcified Spirit of Nitre Spirit of Cresses Amber and of Elixir proprietatis of each 2 Drams mix all together This Mixture is taken in white Wine and in other appropriate Liquors from 4 to 15 drops it is usefull in Suppression of Urine Nephritick Cholicks it attenuates and incides the gravelly matter and cleanses the Kidnies An Antiepileptic Mixture â„ž Imperial water Cinamon water of each one Ounce rectified Spirit of Man's Skull 2 Drams rectified Oil of Amber Volatile oleous Salt and Tincture of Salt of Tartar of each one Dram mix all together This Mixture is proper in the falling-sickness and other Distempers of the Brain it is taken in and out of the fit to two Scruples Of Gargarisms Masticatories Errhines or Tents put up into the Nostrils Injections and Pessaries GArgarisms are liquid mixtures designed for Diseases of the Throat Mouth Palate and Gums they are also us'd sometimes to stop a Salivation they are to be held in the mouth and not swallowed Masticatories are sharp hot Drugs that being chew'd in the Mouth open the salival Ducts incide gross Humours that stop the Glands and so provoke spitting Tabaco Ginger Pellitory of Spain Mustard-Seed Pepper Orrice-root and such like may be us'd as Masticatories Errhines are akin to these they are put in the Nose to make it run or to provoke sneezing they may be either of a liquid or solid form Injections are us'd upon several occasions especially in venereal cases to allay pain to stop a running c. and in deep Wounds Pessaries are us'd only for Women to provoke the Menses stop undue Fluxes or heal Ulcers we add but a few Formules because those are to be seen in most practical Books A Gargle to stop a Salivation rais'd by Mercury â„ž Whole Barley 1 Ounce leaves of Plantain knot Grass red Roses of each half an handfull Cypress Nuts Rinds of Granates Flowers of Sumach of each half an Ounce Berberry-Seeds 2 Drams let them be boil'd in a quart of red Wine and Water to the Consumption of a third part then strain'd dissolve in a pint of the Liquor 2 Drams of the astringent Extract of Mars half a Dram of Salt of Saturn and 2 Drams of Honey of Roses This Gargle deterges and dries the Ulcers of the Mouth fastneth the loose Teeth strengthens the Gums Cheeks and if often used entirely stops a Salivation that continues over long Pastills to be held in the Mouth and chew'd â„ž Roots of Orrice Stavesacre of each half an Ounce long Pepper Pellitory of Spain and Mustard-Seed of each 2 Drams let them be all powder'd and mix'd with a sufficient quantity of the Syrup of pale Roses that they may be made into Pastills These being put into a piece of fine Linen and slightly chew'd open the salival Glands and excretory Ducts and by stimulating the parts cause a great discharge of tough viscid Phlegm Sneezing Powder â„ž White Hellebore Tabaco-roots of Florence Orice of each 2 Drams Flowers of Lilies of Vallies leaves of Betony Marjoram and Sage of each one Dram powder all together This Powder may be made stronger by adding a Scruple of Euphorbium to it It may be of good use in Apoplexies Lethargies and other soporiferous Distempers An Injection to stop a Gonorrhoea â„ž Plantain and rose-Rose-water of each 4 Ounces Honey of Roses 1 Ounce medicamental Stone 1 Dram mix them for an Injection When it 's proper to use this Injection it will be convenient to take astringent Pills to strengthen the relax'd parts if instead of the Stone you use the Trochisks of Rasis the Injection will be the milder but not so drying detersive nor astringent A Vulnerary Injection â„ž Roots of round Birthwort 1 Ounce let it boil in a pint and a half of white Wine to the Consumption of a third part then add to the Liquor strain'd and press'd out an Ounce and half of Honey of Roses Tincture of Myrrh and Aloes of each half an Ounce This Injection being squirted or syring'd into Wounds cleanses and deterges them resists putrefaction and prevents in a great measure a Gangrene the Pledgets and Compresses may be drenched in it A Lotion to kill Vermine in the Head â„ž Stavesacre 2 Ounces Worm-Seed 1 Ounce Wormwood Tansey Betony lesser Centaury of each 2 handfulls let them boil in 2 quarts of water to the Consumption of a third part bath and wash the head with Sponges drench'd in the strain'd Liquor They that would have this Lotion stronger may boil the Ingredients in Urine A Lotion against the Itch. â„ž Roots of sharp-pointed Dock Elecampane of each four Ounces white Hellebore 1 Ounce leaves of Wormwood Water-Cresses of each 1 handfull boil them in two quarts of water to the Consumption of a third part in the straining made with expression dissolve 6 Drams of Salt of Tartar If the Ingredients were boil'd in the Lotions of white Precipitate the Liquor would prove much more efficacious against the Itch running Sores Scab Tettars c. A Wash to make Hair black â„ž Rinds of green Wall-nuts half a pound Bark of Oak Alder Galls of each 2 Ounces leaves of Myrtle Pomegranate of each 1 handfull boil them in three pints of water untill a third part is consumed then strain with a strong expression and dissolve in the Liquor an Ounce and a half of Rock-Alum and the like quantity of English green Vitriol This darkens red hair wonderfully if often moistned and left to dry of it self without rubbing The common emollient Mucilage â„ž Roots of Marsh Mallows 4 Ounces Lin-Seeds Seeds of Fenugreek of each 1 Ounce let them be infus'd for 12 hours in two quarts of common water over hot embers then boil'd in a slow heat to the Consumption of half the water and the Mucilage strain'd with expression This is not only us'd as a Mucilage but also as a Fomentation to allay Pains soften Tumours and to dispose them to Dissolution or Suppuration A Mucilage to stop Hemorrhagies â„ž Seeds of Flea-wort and of Quinces of each half an Ounce infuse them for 12 hours over hot embers in a pint of the distill'd waters of Plantain and Roses then boil them slowly untill a third part is boil'd away and let them be strain'd and press'd out This Mucilage being mix'd with an equal quantity of Syrup of Quinces or some other astringent Syrup is taken often and by large Spoonfulls in all sorts of Hemorrhagies it causes
Some who think this Ratafia too strong weaken it with the juice of Apricocks other with the expression of Muscadine-Raisins and some perfume it with Musk and Ambergreese Some Ladies put in the Kernels whole because when they beat them they find the water thick and heavy but this fault is corrected by repeated Filtrations thro' a Wine Sack and the beaten Kernels load the Menstruum more The mixture must be often shook whilst in digestion A preparation of Verjuice â„ž Sugar-candy 2 ounces roch Allum Magistery of Bismuth prepared Porcelain Shells of each an ounce Salt of glass 3 drams these being powder'd mix'd and put into a glass bottle pour on six quarts of distilled Verjuice then stop the bottle and let it stand in the Sun for 15 days stirring and shaking it often then let it be filter'd and kept for use This preparation of Verjuice is recommended to smooth whiten and preserve the complexions of Ladies It takes away Freckles Morphew and Sun-burning A preparation of Ox-gall â„ž Sugar-candy 2 ounces Roch-Allum half an ounce Borax and Salt of glass of each 3 drams powder all and put them into a glass bottle pour upon them 3 quarts of distilled Ox-gall stop the bottle and expose it for 15 days to the Sun shaking it often then filter the liquor and keep it for use This has much the same vertues with the other but is somewhat more detersive and cleansing A Conserve of the roots of Enula Campana â„ž Roots of Enula Campana what quantity you please boil them in fountain water to a due softness then mash and pulp them through an inversed Sieve Let the Decoction be boiled over a gentle fire with a double weight of Sugar to the root to the consistence of a solid Electuary and when it grows a little cold add the pulp and put it up for use This Conserve is of good effect in Asthma's because it consists of sulphurous saline parts proper to incide and attenuate the gross Phlegm that is impacted to the Lungs The Conserve of Violets is somewhat loosning by reason of sharp Salt envelop'd in its mucilaginous and slimy parts The Ancients preferr'd the stale Conserve of Roses to the fresh made because the first had fermented more and had therefore its parts more loose and disengag'd Some sprinkle their Roses with a few drops of Vitriol which rarifying and dividing the parts that yield the colour render the Conserve much more beautifull He makes a Conserve of the tops of Parsely of the roots of Enula Campana and of the roots of Althaea to be us'd in Distempers of the Lungs Before Sugar was so common as now Honey was much in use and is still on several accounts preferr'd to Sugar It purges more in glisters deterges and cleanses Wounds better for which reason it is mix'd with Digestives unites and preserves the great Compositions of Treacle and Mithridate much better than Sugar would do The Honey of Dauphiné Languedoc and Narbonne is commended beyond all other because those Provinces abound in flowers of Thime Rosemary Violets Lilies of the Vallies and other odoriferous Plants from which this Balsom of life is gather'd for Democritus was of opinion that the best method to prolong life was to moisten the inwards with Honey and to anoint the outward parts with Oil. Yet such as are of a bilious hot Constitution ought to forbear the use of it because it is apt to change into Choler the too great heat of the Bowels turning it bitter as Sugar liquorice and other sweet things when boil'd too long acquire that tast Honey of Tabaco â„ž Depurated juice of Tabaco and common Honey equal parts let them boil to the consistence of a Syrup This Oil purges violently it is used in Glisters for Apoplectick and Lethargick Patients Syrups being but liquid Conserves the Syrup of Maiden-Hair may be very well made of the Conserve of Maiden hair brought from Canada besides the Herb having fermented with the Sugar in that composition it s more active parts are loosen'd and disengag'd and the more adapted for the Syrup which is thus made Take a pound of Conserve of Maiden-hair infuse it in two quarts of warm water for four or five hours then filter the Infusion with expression and mix therewith three pounds of fine Sugar and having clarified it with the white of an Egg boil it to the consistence of a Syrup There are some at Paris that sell well clarified Sugar for this Syrup which by reason of its more agreeable tast takes with most Patients preferrably to the genuine Syrup of Maiden-hair Mr. Lemery is much against Spice as corrective in the Syrup of Succory with Rhubarb because they heat the body and clog the Menstruum so that it cannot receive so many particles of the Rhubarb as otherwise it would whereas fix'd Alkali salts as that of Succory helps to draw a more saturate Tincture from the Rhubarb and renders the Syrup considerably more deobstruent He recommends soluble Tartar for a general corrective of purgers because being a Salt it is much more proper to attenuate and rarifie viscous roapy Substances that otherwise would be apt to adhere to the inward Membranes of the Bowels and gripe in their passage In the composition of the Syrup of Peach flowers may be used the more tender leaves of the tree and the Infusion of both is to be repeated untill they come out undiscolour'd then the Menstruum is as much impregnated as it can be from these Substances The Syrup of dry Roses becomes of a much fairer colour by adding to it when boil'd to its due consistence tenâ—… twelve drops of Spirit of Vitriol or 〈◊〉 Sulphur or a dram and a half of the Spirit of Sugar or 2 ounces of the Syrup of Berberries or of Pomegranate Experience teaches that the surest corrective of the Syrup of Buck-thorn-berries is to eat soon after taking of it Syrup of Scammony â„ž Choice Scammony grosly powder'd 6 drams Liquorice rasp'd and beaten 3 drams infuse them for three days in a pint and a half of good Brandy then filter the Tincture add 2 pound of Sugar and evaporate it into a Syrup Diagridium Glycyrrhisatum is made after this manner Half an ounce of slic'd Liquorice being infus'd for 2 hours in 9 ounces of hot water the Liquor is pour'd into an earthen glaz'd Pipkin upon 4 ounces of Scammony and put upon a gentle fire untill the moisture being consumed the Scammony becomes solid and firm as before this given from half a Scruple to a Scruple purges briskly without griping in the least Syrup of wild Saffron â„ž Seeds of wild Saffron bruised 4 ounces leaves of Senna cleansed 1 ounce and a half choice Rhubarb 6 drams Agaric trochisk'd and soluble Tartar of each half an ounce infuse them over hot embers for 24 hours in 3 pints of distill'd bugloss-Bugloss-water then having boil'd them a little filter with expression In the strain'd Liquor clarify'd by setling and a second filtration dissolve a pound
and a half of refin'd Sugar half a pound of solutive Syrup of Roses and then boil them in a gentle heat to the consistence of a Syrup This Syrup purges gently and carries off a great quantity of Serosity and may be us'd upon most occasions where purging is proper especially in Cachexies Dropsies and Rheumatisms Melancholy Mania from half an ounce to an ounce and a half in white Wine or some aperient Decoction Syrup of Spanish Broom corrected â„ž Depurate juice of Broom-flowers 3 pints tops of keys of Ash and Fumitory of each one pound add to them Senna 4 ounces Tamarinds 3 ounces seeds of Violets beaten 2 ounces Polypody of the Oak pounded 1 ounce and a half Salt of Broom 1 ounce let them macerate together for three days over hot Embers then being boil'd a little and strain'd depurated and setling and a second filtration dissolve in it two pound of refin'd Sugar a pound of the uncompound Syrup of Apples and boil it over a gentle fire into Syrup This Syrup is given with success to open Obstructions of the Liver Spleen Mesentery and Matrix it purges gently viscous and tenacious humours the Original of Cachexies Dropsies Melancholy and often of the suppression and irregularities of the Menses It is a great purifier of the blood may be taken alone from half an ounce to two ounces or mix'd with distill'd waters white Wine or some appropriated Decoction An Emetic Syrup â„ž Liver of Antimony finely powder'd an ounce and a half depurated juice of Quinces 1 quart put them to digest over hot embers for 6 days in a Matrass well stop'd shaking and stirring it often then filter the liquor and with a pound of refin'd Sugar boil it over a gentle fire to the consistence of a Syrup This Syrup empties the Stomach of humours that are sometimes so obstinately fix'd as not to yield to purgatives there is no preparation of Antimony that works with more gentleness or with less trouble but should it at any time prove rough and churlish in its operation either fat broth or oil will in entangling and involving its keen edges abate the irritation It is given to all Ages and Sexes proportioning the dose to the strength of the patient it may be taken alone or in white Wine broth or other convenient liquor and it is sometimes mix'd with Purgatives The usual dose when it is given alone is from 6 drams to an ounce and a half In the remarks upon the Syrup of Wormwood we find this method of making a Syrup of Wormwood at pleasure without fire viz. â„ž Wine of Wormwood and refin'd Sugar reduc'd into powder of each equal weight put a small quantity of cinnamon-Cinnamon-water to them and shake all together to the entire dissolution of the Sugar A good Tincture may be made thus put what quantity you please of dry tops of Wormwood into a Matrass pour on Spirit of Wine untill they are throughly humected then stop the vessel and leave them to digest 5 or six days afterwards filter the liquor with expression and when it has setled strain it a second time it strengthens the Stomach helps Digestion and provokes Womens Ordinaries being given from 6 drops to 30. Besides the Syrup of Verjuice there is a water which is nothing else but common water and Sugar put to the depurated or distill'd Juice and this will keep better if you add a small quantity of Salt to it It cools refreshes and provokes Urine He makes a Syrup of the white of 8 Eggs beaten and dissolv'd in 3 pints of water and boil'd with 2 pounds of Sugar unto the consistence of a Syrup to be us'd where mucilaginous Medicines are proper The compound Magisterial Syrup â„ž Roots of common Orrice Hermodactyles of each 2 ounces gummy Turbith Mechoacan Jalap of each 1 ounce and a half dwarf Elder and choice Rhubarb leaves of Senna soluble Tartar of each an ounce trochiskâ—d Agaric Seeds of Violets leaves of bastard Hedge-Hyssop of each half an ounce let all be pounded then infus'd for 4 days in 2 quarts of good white Wine filter the Tincture through Cap-paper or through Hippocrates 's sleeve and evaporate it upon a slow fire to the consistence of a Syrup Then let the drugs that were infus'd be boil'd in three quarts of common water to the consumption of a quart and then being filter'd boil the liquor with 4 pound of good Sugar and with 4 ounces of clarified Honey to the consistence of a Syrup mixing exactly the above mentioned Tincture with it as it boils to its due consistence This Syrup purges briskly and may be given with good success in hydropical and gouty cases It is taken in white Wine in an appropriate decoction or by it self from half an ounce to an ounce and a half They that mix Acids with their Syrup of Violets as Spirit of Vitriol Spirit of Sulphur Juice of Citrons c. do its true heighten its colour and render it more pleasant to the Palate but this mixture soon occasions a Fermentation that turns the Syrup reddish and makes it keep the less A strengthing Syrup â„ž Choice Rhubarb slie'd 4 ounces red Roses well pick'd and cleansed three ounces white Tartar grosly powdered one ounce let all infuse 24 hours in three quarts of steel'd water over hot embers then boil it a little which done strain the liquor from the gross Ingredients add 4 pound of Sugar clarifie it with the white of an Egg and boil it into a Syrup This Syrup is highly commended to strengthen the Stomach and to repair the impair'd Tone of its Fibres It is of good use in Diarrhoeas Lienteries and bloody Fluxes in the over-flowing of the Menses Whites troublesome Gleets c. It is taken fasting alone or mix'd with proper Decoctions from 1 to 2 ounces The Syrup of Coral is found fault with because the vertue of the Coral which wholly consists in its absorbing Acids is so much impair'd by the sowre Juice of Berberries that it can dull but few peccant Acids in the body the Pores wherein it might sheath them being already satiate And most certainly to powder Coral very fine is the best way to prepare it for medicinal use Syrup of Cinnamon â„ž Best Cinnamon grosly powder'd half a pound put it into a glass Cucurbit and pour on it a quart of Sack then place it in B. and having fitted a head and recipient let it stand in Digestion 3 days and then be distill'd with a moderate fire to 8 ounces when the Cucurbit is cold take out the remainder put a pint of common water to it and boil it a little then filter the liquor with expression and having added 2 pound of refin'd Sugar clarifâ—… it and let it be boil'd to the consistence of an opiate mixing with it as it grows cold its spirituous water and 6 drops of oil of Cinnamon By this distillation you preserve the spirituous-volatile parts that would be lost and by the boiling you have what is more
a smoothness in the Palate defends the Throat from the sharpness of Rheums and by its slime and roapy parts check the violent motion of Humours inviscating their sharp saline Particles Mucilage or Gelly of Isinglass â„ž Isinglass out small 1 Ounce infuse it in a pint of water and boil it gently to a Gelly It may be made in Milk It is good in most Fluxes in Whites and proves effectual when many other Medicines fail in stopping an inveterate troublesome Gleet A Powder for quilted or spice Caps â„ž Cloves Cinamon Aromatick-Reed sweet Rush Orrice Marjoram Rosemary Betony Sage Cassidonie of each 1 Dram Laurel Berries Storax Benjamin Tacamahac of each half a Dram powder all grosly and put them into Cotton for spice Caps Quilted spice Caps were formerly much more in use than they are now they were believ'd to strengthen and refresh the Brain and were therefore commended against Epilepsies Lethargies Palsies and Apoplexies they consist of subtil volatile parts which may in some small quantity get through the Sutures of the Skull and by attenuating and rarifying tough and viscid Humours render them more flux'd and easier of discharge Musk and Amber may be added if the patient be not subject to Vapours The Powders are not to be beaten fine that they may not spend themselves too soon nor pass thro' the thin Taffities the Caps are made of The same or like Powders may be quilted in Stomachers which if they do not comfort and fortifie the Stomach will at least keep it the warmer Perfumes MEdicinal Perfumes are not all equally agreeable there being many scarce supportable that are nevertheless very beneficial on several occasions where the more pleasant would prove destructive Perfumers mix Florence Orrice Benjamin Storax Lignum Rhodium yellow Saunders Aromatick-Reed Somes Flowers of Benjamin and a few Cloves moisten them with Orange-Flower-Water and keep them in the cold in a Matrass and when they have occasion to use the mixture they pour some into Cassolets or perfuming Pans which plac'd in a gentle heat yield a most pleasant sweet smell A Fumigation to raise a Salivation in the Venereal Pox. â„ž Cinnabar an Ounce and a half Juniper-Berries Frankinsence Mastick Ladanum of each a Dram and a half let them be powder'd and kept for use This way of receiving Mercury is dangerous being often attended with grievous Accidents whether because it is all receiv'd into one part or affects the Nerves more Most certain it is that it will prove far safer to proceed by Friction and other preparations of Mercury to raise a Flux and that where these do not prove unsuccessfull fuming with Cinnabar is by no means to be attempted It is used with less danger for stubborn venereal Ulcers that lie remote from the Head and Throat This Powder when used is to be cast into a Chafingdish of live Coals and the Fume to be receiv'd and this to be repeated at different times untill the Mouth begins to be sore then is to be discontinued Women troubled with Suppression of their Menstrua's and labouring under hysteric Passions may sit over the Fumes of fit and appropriate Pomanders to slaken and dissolve the sluggish gross Humours that stagnate or circulate but very slowly in the Womb-Vessels Some Asthmaticks also receive Fumes and Smoke at the Mouth and Nose to cut and attenuate the thick and viscous Phlegm that obstructs but this method ought not to be recommended to such as have spit Blood or have Ulcers in the Lungs D. Brunis's Collyrium or Eye-water â„ž Aloes Succotrine 1 Dram white Wino and white rose-Rose-water of each an Ounce and a half after they have stood some days filtrate the water and keep it for use Madam Fouquet's eye-Eye-water â„ž Prepar'd Tutia 2 Ounces Mace finely powder'd 1 Ounce white Vitriol 1 Dram Fennel and rose-Rose-water of each a pint and half a pint of plantain-Plantain-water mix them together and expose them for some days to the Summer Sun in a well-stop'd bottle then keep the Collyrium for use These Collyrium's are of good use in infirmities of the eyes they deterge and dry small Ulcers cure Redness and Inflammations and either entirely consume Webs and Pins or check their growth A Water to preserve the Eyes against the Small Pox. â„ž Oriental Saffron 1 Scruple infuse it for three hours in an Ounce and a half of Rose Plantain and Eye-bright-waters dissolve-sixteen grains of the medicamental Stone in the filtrated Liquor This clears the sight and by drying and consuming the filthy sharp Ichor of the Small Pox hinders its making an impression upon the eyes â„ž Orpine two Drams Verdigreece one Dram Myrrh Aloes of each a Dram dissolve all finely powder'd in a pint of white Wine and six Ounces of Plantain and rose-Rose-water This is us'd in Injection to cleanse and dry Ulcers in the Urethra and to stop runnings or a Gleet the Virulency being corrected by precedent proper Medicines It may be weaken'd by addition of a greater quantity of Plantain-water Notwithstanding what many famous Physicians and Chymists have writ in commendation of red Coral Mr. Lemery pretends that they are not to be prefer'd to other Alcaline bodies whose whole vertue consists in dulling Acids by destroying their sharp points or sheathing their cutting edges and says the so much fam'd Tincture of Coral is owing altogether to an inconsiderable quantity of worthless Bitumen contain'd in that mixture and concludes that white Coral is every whit as good as the red Rob of Speedwell â„ž Depurated juice of Speedwell 2 pound Sugar or clarified Honey 1 pound let them boil on a slow fire in an earthen glaz'd vessel to the consistence of Honey Speedwell or Fluellin is recommended by many good Practitioners as an extraordinary purifier of the Blood and healer of Ulcers in the Lungs Doctor Elles of Hartfordshire is a great admirer of it as having often us'd it with good success The French Acacia is made as the Germans make their juice of Sloes inspissated in B. M. It is substituted for the true Acacia Lotions and boiling deprive Turpentine of a great part of its essential Salts and consequently of much of its vertues wherefore it is better to mix it with opening Powders viz. Millepedes crystal Mineral c. to give it the consistence chiefly design'd in boiling it Because chymical Oils and Essences do nâ—… dissolve in nor mix with Water through the disproportion of the Texture of their minute parts with this Menstruum they are mix'd with Sugar wherein they divide themselves into imperceptible parts and this Intermedium readily dissolving in water keeps the Oils and Essences so divided that though they make the Liquor look somewhat more white they can never unite so as to appear what they were There is no need of Sugar to make these Essences mix with Spirit of Wine or other sulphureous Liquors for here being a conformity of Texture they readily unite Here followeth the description of a Drug sold for the juice of Liquorish tho' it is
nothing but a Gum impregnated with a few parts of that root The Adulteration is owing to Blois In a decoction of Liquorice they dissolve a vast quantity of Gum Arabick grosly powder'd add a little Sugar then filter the Liquor and evaporate it to a due consistence which though thus sophisticated is much better for the Lungs than a great part of that called Spanish Liquorice which being gritty and full of impurities must be rather obnoxious than beneficial The Ladies of Tours much fam'd for sweet Meats make their Gelly of Currants thus They boil 3 pounds of Sugar in common water to the consistence of Tablets to which they then put four pounds of fair ripe Currants and let them boil ten or a dozen Wambles untill the Currants burst without being touched with a Spoon then they pour them upon a hair sieve revers'd under which is placed an earthen Dish to receive the Gelly which is said to be the best that is made in France A purging Wine â„ž Cleansed leaves of Senna 6 drains Hermodactyles roots of Arum dried Seeds of Violets of each 2 drams Agaric trochisk'd choice Rhubarb of each a dram and a half Cinnamon 1 dram let all be infused for 24 hours in a quart of white Wine and then filter'd to be kept for use This Wine is proper for cold phlegmatick Constitutions it may be used a considerable time the dose is a glass in the morning fasting A Febrifuge Wine â„ž Jesuit's bark reduced into powder 2 Ounces good white Wine 2 quarts put them into a large Matrass so that a third part remain empty then having stop'd the Vesselelose shake it well and put it for 24 hours in a sand bath or in some other moderate heat stirring and shaking the mixture now and again which done pour off the Wine by inclination leaving the mark or dregs at the bottom As soon as the fit is over let the patient drink a glass of this Wine and repeat it every fourth hour The more turbid and less clear he takes his Wine the more effectual he will find it For this reason that the bark in substance being of greater efficacy than any known preparation of it that which contains most of this substance must work the greatest effects A Steel Wine â„ž Opening Saffron of Mars prepared without fire 4 Ounces Cinnamon outward rind of bitter Oranges of each 2 drams Mace 1 dram Saffron half a dram infuse and let them stand to digest for 15 days in 2 quarts of good white Wine then filter and keep the Wine for use This Wine being an extraordinary aperitive brings down Womens Menses opens the Obstructions of the Spleen and Mesentery it may be taken from one to three Ounces with a sufficient quantity of Sugar or Syrup of opening roots to make it palatable Wine called Hypocrate â„ž Refined Sugar reduced into powder two pound and a half sweet Almonds blanched and bruised 4 Ounces Cinnamon grosly powdered one Ounce and a half let all be mixed and put in infusion for 24 hours in 7 quarts of good Claret and a pint of the best Brandy then pass twice or trice through a Wine Sack or through Hippocrates 's sleeve and dissolve in the strained Liquor half a grain of Ambergreese and the like quantity of Musk. This Wine warms the Stomach and helps Digestion yet is oftner taken for Pleasure than as Physick It is called Hypocrate either because Hippocrates invented some such Liquor or that it is strained through such a cloth as he used in his Filtrations This is different from common preparation The compound Claret water â„ž Cinnamon Mace Cloves of each 1 Ounce Galangale half an Ounce lesser Cardamoms Aromatick-reed of each 2 drams Ginger half a dram Sugar powdered eight Ounces Brandy one quart leave them to digest together for 24 hours then filter the liquor three or four times through Hippocrates ' s sleeve and put it up for use This water being a Tincture of the Aromatic Ingredients sweetned with Sugar helps Digestion expells Wind and is a good cordial Water it will be purgative if you dissolve a dram of Resin of Jalap and Scammony in it and Emetic if you infuse an Ounce of Crocus metallorum in it for four or five days A purging Ale â„ž Roots of Polypodie of the Oak 1 pound Monk's Rhubarb leaves of Senna ston'd Raisins slic'd Rhubarb and horse-Radish of each three Ounces leaves of Garden Scurvy-grass and Sage of each four handfulls slic'd Oranges number four infuse them in 5 or 6 Gallons of Ale when it is working This purges mildly by Stool and Urine it is given in the Scurvy Gout Rheumatisms Defluxions of thin saline Humours to purifie the mass of Blood is continued for a fortnight or three weeks to be drunk in the morning Ratafia of Cherries â„ž Depurated juice of Cherries 6 quarts juice of Currants and Rasberries of each 3 pints good brandy 5 quarts infuse in these for two days 2 pound of Kernels or broken Stones of Cherries 8 pound of refined Sugar powdered Coriander-seed Cinnamon Cloves grosly powdered of each an Ounce and a half let them be stirred and shook together to the perfect dissolution of the Sugar then strained through Hippocrates ' s steeve and botled This Liquor is much in fashion now in France and is differently prepared according to the different fansies and palates of those that make it This preparation comes short of none either for tast or goodness and is abundantly better than the common Cherry-water which loses much of the strength of the Brandy in being set so long in the Sun as is usual Ratafia of Clove-gilly-flowers â„ž Flowers of red single garden Finks well pick'd and cleans'd from the green herby part 2 pounds infuse them for 8 days in 10 quarts of very good Brandy in a close stopt Vessel let the Infusion be filtrated with a slight expression then put to it 7 pound of fine Sugar Peach and Apricock Kernels a little bruis'd of each one dozen Cinnamon 1 Ounce Cloves grosly powdered half an Ounce let them stand for 6 days together shaking them sometimes that the Sugar may be entirely dissolved then strain the Liquor through a woollen cloth or Wine sack untill it appears fine and clear fit to be bottled for use This Ratafia is much stronger than the former because the Brandy is not weakned by the addition of so great a quantity of juices as the other is Some to have a deeper Tincture put into the infusion 7 or 8 Ounces of the flowers of Corn-Poppies dried in the Sun Ratafia of Kernels or Kernel-water â„ž Peach and Apricock Kernels beaten in a Mortar of each a pound and a half Cinnamon 1 Ounce Cloves and Coriander-seeds grosly powdered of each half an ounce fine powdered Sugar 2 pound and a half infuse the whole in five quarts of good Brandy in a close stop'd Vessel for 20 days then let the Liquor be filter'd untill it becomes clear then bottle and lay it up for use
fix'd After this method may be prepared Syrup of Cloves Sassafras-wood Anisa and Coriander Seeds Mace Juniper-berries c. It strengthens the Stomach helps Digestion provokes the Catamenia and is good against a stinking breath it may be taken to an ounce The Syrup of white Poppies is not given in as large a Dose in Provence Languedoc and other hot Climates as with us because they are more Narcotick there than in our colder Country their effect seems to proceed chiefly from their slimy glutinous substance which in thickning their humours stays Defluxions and takes off the Acrimony that often interrupts sleep they stop the violence of coughing and give great help to those that spit blood Syrup of Quina Quinae or Jesuits Bark â„ž Jesuits Bark grosly beat half a pound infuse it for 3 days over hot embers in two quarts of white Wine then boil it gently to the consumption of a fourth part then filter and add to the strain'd liquor 3 pounds of refin'd Sugar clarifie and boil it to a Syrup It may be to 2 ounces in a glass of Centaury water The Strawberry and Rasberry waters sold by the Limonadiers at Paris are thus prepar'd They mash the fruit in a Marble Mortar then they add as much Sugar and water as is necessary to render the liquor clear and palatable and having let it stand for some hours they pour it several times out of one vessel into another then they filter it through a woollen cloth untill it becomes clear which when it does they put it to cool in Ice Syrup of Mucilages â„ž Seeds of Althea Mallows Quinces of each one ounce Gumm Tragacanth 3 drams infuse them over hot Embers for 6 hours in a quart of Decoction of Mallow-seeds of white Poppies and Alkekengi-berries then press out the Mucilage and add to it a pound and a half of the best Sugar and boil it to the consistence of a Syrup This Syrup is deservedly commended in diseases of the Breast chiefly where sharp acrimonious and thin humours are to be stay'd and allay'd It defends by its slimy Mucilage the Throat from the sharpness of Rheums the Stomach from corrosive Humours and Medicines and the Ureters and Urethra from sometimes scarce the insupportable Acrimony of the Urine Syrupus Kermesinus without fire may be made thus beat grains of Kermes full ripe in a Marble Mortar and mix with them a triple quantity of refin'd Sugar finely powder'd stir them often together and leave them to digest in the cold ten or twelve Hours then strain them with expression through a clean Linen Cloth the filter'd Liquor is the Syrup and retains some Volatile parts that would be lost the ordinary way Syrup of Limons may be thus made and a Syrup of Peach Flowers by beating and mixing in a Marble Mortar some Pounds of the Flowers with an equal weight of Sugar as 4 Pound of each putting half a Pint of Water to them and stirring them together to the consistence of a Liquid Conserve then cover an Earthen Pot glaz'd with Linen or Taffety tie the Cloth round the Brim that it may bear down in the middle where put the Conserve cover it with another Cloth and place the Pot in a cold Cellar the Liquor that will drop into the Pot is the Syrup what remains being boil'd in Water and clarify'd will make the common Syrup of Peach-Flowers A Powder against Worms us'd by the Physicians of Paris â„ž Seeds of Tansey common Wormwood Purslain Aloes of each half an Ounce choice Rhubarb pickt Senna Corallina dry tops of Scordium of each 2 Drachms powder all together This Powder kills Worms and carries them off together with a nasty Slime it also brings down Women's Menstrua It may be taken to half a Drachm in Syrup Conserve or in the Pulp of a roasted Apple The Semen contra vermes or Wormseed is less nauseous wherefore it may be given Children without any addition Mynsicht's Powder of Jalap â„ž The best and most resinous Root of Jalap two Ounces and a half crystal of Tartar half an Ounce Oyl of Cinnamon one Scruple beat them into fine Powder This Powder is given in Dropsies â—urning and fixt Gouts Rheumatisms from one Scruple to four Some call 〈◊〉 Pulvis Solutivus Tartarisatus An Anti-epileptick Powder commonâ—… call'd Powder of Gutteta â„ž Roots of Male Peony Misletoe â—… the Oak unburied Human Scull Hoof of an Elke of each three Drachms Seeds of Basil and of Peony of each two Drachms Flowers of Betony Tyle of each 4 Scruples Powder of Diambra without Musk one Drachm Sugar of Roses equal weight to all the rest or two Ounces six Drachms ten Leaves of Gold powder all according to art Gutteta in the Languedoc Patois signifies the Falling-Sickness against which this Powder is of great efficacy as also against Apoplexies and Palsies It is usually given from half a Scruple to half a Drachm in Cephalick Waters Children born in the Southern Countries are more subject to Worms and consequently to Fits than those born in the more cold and Northern Climates A famous Anti-epileptick Powder â„ž Shavings of a Man's Scull dead of a violent Death Livers and Hearts of Vipers Elke's-hoof of each five Drachms Misletoe of the Oak Roots of Peony Valerian Contrayerva and White Amber of each half an Ounce Woman's After-burthen â—leans'd from its Membranes and dryed Bone taken out of a Deers Heart Peacocks Dung of each three Drachms Cinnabar of Antimony and Volatile Salt of Harts-horn of each one Drachm powder all according to art This Composition consists of choice and appropriate Ingredients and may be preferr'd to any yet publickly known not only against Epilepsies but against Convulsions of any kind It may be taken by Women without danger of raising Vapours a whole Month without intermission in Syrup of Peony or some appropriate Conserve in Cephalick Waters or Decoctions An extraordinary Powder against Dysenteries â„ž Root of Ipecacuanha two Ounces Yellow Myrabolans choice Rhubarb of each three Drachms Seeds of Meadow Rue two Drachms powder all according to art This Powder Vomits and works by Stool It owes its chief vertue to the Ipecacuanha the best and most Soveraign Remedy now known against Dysenteries and other Belly Fluxes It was brought into France in 86 by one Helvetius a young Dutchman and held a great Secret untill the King purchas'd it for his Soldiers and afterward charitably publish'd it for the publick good Being at Paris that Summer I do remember the College Physicians did what lay in them to hinder the use of this Remedy would not allow tryal to be made of it at L'Hotel dieu or other Hospitals tho' a great number died daily of a Dysentery that was very rife that Season until the King hearing that Fluxes began to sweep away a great many of his Swiss that were at work at Marli sent absolute Orders it should be try'd in the City Hospitals Then the Physicians delegated two of their number to attend Helvetius hear what
it consists of 15 drachms of Bdellium and of 5 drachms of the Myrobalans mix'd and made into Pills with Juice of Leeks Pills of Gambogia â„ž Aloes Succotrine two ounces and a half Gummi Gutta Gum Ammoniack of each an ounce and a half Rosine of Scammony one ounce Tartarum Vitriolatum half an ounce make them into a Mass of Pills with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of Buck-thorn Gambogia is of it self both Emetick and Purgative but being mix'd with the Tartarum Vitriolatum purges only by Stool It is given from half a scruple to half a drachm in which Dose it powerfully carries off watry humours without any considerable gripes The Spaw Pill â„ž Crystal of Tartar three ounces Diagrydium half an ounce Salt of Steel two drachms with Mucilage of Gum Tragacanth drawn in the Spaw-water make Mass for Pills This is call'd Spaw Pill not only because the Mucilage is extracted in Spaw-water but chiefly because they that drink the Waters do often make use of it Henricus ab Heer in his Spadacrene commends this Pill and the Waters against many Distempers especially Hemicrania's Vertigoes Obstructions and even Scyrrhus's if not inveterate of the Liver and Spleen and the Diseases springing thence as Jaundice Melancholy Hypochondrianism Dropsies c. as also against Gravel Ulcers of the Kidneys Caruncles in the Urethra and resembling Affections Leprosie Cancers and Scyrrhus's of the Womb Fluxes Sterility Worms c. They may be given from a scruple to a drachm and may be taken with good success by such as drink Tunbridge Waters Pill Rudii corrected â„ž Aloes succotrine one ounce Trochisks of Alhandal six drachms Agaricks Scammony roots of black Hellebore Turbith of each half an ounce soluble Tartar three drachms with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of Buckthorn make them into Pills Mr. Lemery says That when we evaporate our Tincture for the Extract we lose a great deal of the purging Particles of the Druggs in the exhaling Steams and prefers the soluble Tartar for reasons mention'd before There may be somewhat in this last Remark but there is but very little in the other for since the Pill made according to our Dispensatory works as well as any can do and as strong as upon most occasions is requir'd what need we be concern'd at the loss of some gross foetid Sulphurs that in making the Pill stronger would render it more rough and churlish in the operation I have added this to shew upon what grounds some will correct and reform as they call it but must do Mr. Lemery Justice he is generally civil to the London and to Bates's Dispensatory from both which he has taken several Receipts and gives them for the most part unalter'd always quoting the Books which he has forgot to do to others especially to Charas from whom he has borrow'd considerably but seldom mentions him â„ž Juice of Liquorice Frankincense of each half an ounce Myrrh best Saffron Opium of each four scruples make them into a Mass of Pills with Syrup of Corn Poppies These Pills thicken and allay thin sharp Humours stay Defluxions and cause Rest they are given to a scruple in dry husking Coughs a scruple contains two grains of Opium Turpentine Pills â„ž Venice Turpentine boil'd in Water of Radishes or of Pellitory of the Wall four ounces Liquorice finely powder'd one ounce mix them for Pills â„ž Good clear Turpentine four ounces roots of Marsh-mallows dry'd and powder'd Crabs-eyes prepar'd of each an ounce purify'd Nitre and Hogs-lice prepar'd of each an ounce Salt of Amber two drachms make them into-a Mass for Pills In this last Preparation the Salt of Turpentine is preserv'd part of which in the former is evaporated in the boiling and part dissolv'd in the Water The Powders also do better second the Intention of the Pills than Liquorice can do but the Mass will hardly keep of due Consistence especially in Summer Both Pills are Diuretick and are of good use to carry off Gravel to cleanse the Kidneys and Bladder they may be given in the beginning of a Gonorrhea from one scruple to four They loosen and carry off the Viscous and Tartarous Concretions that stop the urinary passages and for that reason are helpful in suppressions of Urine The Diuretick Pills of Clossaeus â„ž Venice Turpentine and white Vitriol reduc'd into very fine powder of each equal parts mix into a Mass Turpentine in this Composition checks and destroys the emetick quality of the Vitriol for being wholly Viscous and Sulphureous it does so intangle and embarass the volatile acid Salt of the Vitriol by its branchy parts that it cannot sufficiently irritate or excite that kind of Convulsion wherein vomiting consists but being carry'd with the Turpentine into the Mass of Blood it incides and attenuates its gross roapy Serosities and so proves a great Piss-driver These Pills discharge the Reins and Ureters of gravelly and tenacious Concretions and make the urinary passages slippery and easie Astringent Pills to stop a Running or Gonorrhea â„ž Mineral Diaphoretick seal'd Earth Amber Dragon's Blood prepar'd Coral binding Extract of Steel of each half an ounce red Roses rinds of Granates Mastick Seeds of Meadow Rue of each three drachms Salt of Saturn four scruples Opium one scruple with a sufficient quantity of Turpentine half boil'd make them into a Mass These Pills absorb and suck into their Pores the viscous saline Humour that gletes from the Vessels and strengthens their relax'd Fibres But whereas it often proves very difficult to stop inveterate runnings especially where the parts affected have been much impair'd by irregular living hard riding or other violent exercise we must second the Pills with proper Injections with astringent fomentations on the Perineum and with drying Diet-drinks Tincture of Roses in dulcify'd Spirit of Vitriol c. These Pills are to be taken twice a day for a considerable time Le Mort's sweating Pills â„ž Gum Guajacum one ounce Extract of Contrayerva six drachms Myrrh five drachms and one scruple Saffron half an ounce Camphire two drachms and two scruples Laudanum Opiatum two scruples mix them according to art into a Mass with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of Clove-gilliflowers This Pill is commended against Poison and Infection it eases pain causes rest and provokes Sweat quiets the inordinate motion of the Blood and Spirits it is given in malignant Fevers from a scruple to a drachm Hysterick Pills â„ž Extract of Aloes prepar'd with the Juice of Mugwort ten drachms Faeculas or Dregs of Bryony choice Myrrh Vitriol of Mars Salt of Mugwort of each two drachms Castoreum Camphire leaves of Rue of each two scruples make them into Pills with the Juice of Mugwort These Pills provoke the Menses suppress Vapours and carry off the Impurities of the Matrix they are taken for several days together the Dose not above half a drachm if they be continued for any time Pills consisting of two Ingredients â„ž Trochisks of Alhandal Scammony of each equal parts Syrup of Buckthorn
three quarts of common water This Decoction strain'd and settled will hardly keep above two days in Summer if not plac'd in a cold Cellar nor above four in Winter It is recommended against Epilepsies Apoplexies Lethargies and other distempers of the head occasion'd chiefly by stoppages in the passage and small Channels of the Animal Spirits of from the turgency of crude Humours that press over-much the substance of the Brain He boils River-Crabs in his pectoral Decoction borroweth Sydenham's decoctum album which he sweetens with Syrup of Comfrey instead of Sugar when he designs Astriction His bitter Decoction is the same with ours only that he uses equal parts of Wine and Water this and other Bitters are Febrifuges because the saline and sulphureous parts they consist of attenuate and dissolve gross viscid Humours and so raise the Obstructions that occasion Fevers A Sudorific Decoction or Diet-Drink â„ž Of Sarsaparilla 2 Ounces China-root 1 Ounce Contrayerva and Holy-wood of each half an Ounce crude Antimony grosly beat and tied in a knot 4 Ounces let them be infus'd hot in 4 quarts of common water for 12 hours then boil'd to the consumption of a third part add towards the latter end 6 Ounces of slic'd Liquorish with 3 Drams of Sassafras Wood. This drink is taken three or four times a day about six Ounces at a time and continued for some days in Rheumatisms to attenuate the viscid roapy Serum and in the close of the cure of a Gonorrhea to correct and carry off the peccant Humours by Transpiration Prisans and Decoctions differ only in this that the first are less loaded with Ingredients for being design'd for the ordinary drink of sick persons the less they are clog'd with Drugs the more agreeable and palatable they prove They are much us'd in France the following is the common Ptisan â„ž Pick'd Barley cleansed from all filth one handfull let it boil in 2 quarts of common water to the consumption of a third part then add slic'd and beaten Liquorish half an Ounce and make the Ptisan according to art The Liquorish is but slightly boil'd because otherwise it would communicate an unpleasant bitterness especially if new There may be added Citron Peel Coriander Seed Cinamon c. to please those that love these things The Prisan makers that sell it all Summer long in the Streets of Paris content themselves with a bare Infusion of Liquorish in fair water Ptisans may be made Pectoral by addition of Raisins Jujubs c. aperitive by making use of openning roots or binding thus â„ž Whole Barley 2 Ounces shavings of Harts-horn 1 Ounce Tormentil roots half an Ounce Berberries one handfull boil them in three quarts of water untill a third part be consumed They that would have iâ— more astringent may instead of common make use of steel'd water They use the following Infusion at Paris as we do the decoctum Sennae Gercinis here The common purging Infusion â„ž Choice cleans'd Senna 3 Drams Salt of Tartar 1 Scruple infuse them hot a whole night in 8 Ounces of water then strain and press out the Liquor for a Dose Three Drams of Senna will impregnate six Ounces of water so that the Tincture will not become stronger by addition of a greater quantity since a Menstruum as was said before cannot load it self but with a determinate portion of any substance This Infusion in water is esteemed preferable to others made in Decoctions because the Liquor in these is already so charged with Particles of other Ingredients that there is little or no room left for those of the Senna The Salt of Tartar doth not only render the Menstruum more penetrating and consequently fitter to draw a Tincture from the Senna but also attenuates and rarifies the viscid substance drawn from the leaves and so prevents the griping pains that would be occasion'd by the adhesion of this gluish substance to the inward Membrane of the Intestines Instead of Salt of Tartar may be us'd Sal Polycrestum crystal Mineral or soluble Tartar commonly called Vegetable Salt but of all Salts the Alkaline are the most proper to dissolve the viscous slimy Substances that yield the Tincture and to prevent Gripes The Antients unacquainted with these Salts made use of Cinamon Citron and Orange-Peel Ginger and Carminative Seeds which in all respects come far short of the other Senna is said to purge off Melancholy more than other Humours which if true is perhaps because it consists of fixt parts that have a greater disposition to unite and adhere to this Humour which is fixt and earthy and by irritating the parts wherein it is chiefly lodg'd cause its excretion Instead of Spirit of Vitriol in drawing a Tincture from Roses he sometimes uses Spirit of Sugar sometimes the Juices of Barberries and Currants making amends for their lesser acidity in the greater quantity These Tinctures are us'd instead of Prisans in Diarrhoea's Hemorrhagies Gonorrhoea's Whites c. A Cephalic purging Apozem â„ž Roots of Avens Male-Peonie Misletoe of the Oak of each half an Ounce leaves of Betony Rosemary Sage of each half a handfull let them be boil'd according to art in two quarts of water to the Consumption of a fourth part in this Liquor strain'd without expression infuse for 15 hours pick'd Senna 6 Drams choice Rhubarb Agaric trochisk'd of each two Drams Juniper-Berries 1 Dram soluble Tartar â— Drams then let the Infusion be strain'd and press'd out in which diffolve Syrup of solutive Roses compounded with Agaric anâ—… Syrup of Peach Flowers of each 2 Ounces This Apozem is taken for some days together a glass or two a day adding to or lessening the quantity according as it works The quantity of the Ingredients is the lesser in the Decoction that there may be more room left for the Particles of the purging Drugs in the Infusion An astringent Emulsion â„ž Sweet Almonds blanch'd 6 couple Seeds of Cotton-tree Plantain Meadow-Rue white Poppies Quinces Sumach of each a Dram and a half beat them in a Mortar pouring in by degrees a quart of the Decoction of Barley Roots of Plantain and great Comfrey then strain and add Syrup of dry Roses and Barberries of each 2 Ounces and you have an Emulsion to be taken in four doses This is us'd in spitting of Blood in Dysenteries Hemorrhagies Gonorrhoea's Whites or where-ever Astriction is proper which it causes probably in correcting the sharpness of the blood by its aqueous mucilage and checking its brisk Circulation by mixture of its sluggish spiritless parts An Almond Milk â„ž Sweet Almonds blanch'd 2 Ounces beat them in a Marble Mortar pouring in by degrees a pint of Barley-water and when you have strain'd the Liquor dissolve therein an Ounce and a half of the best refin'd Sugar If you put to this half an Ounce of orange-flower-Orange-Flower-Water perfume it with Musk or Ambergreece and keep it in Ice it will drink deliciously It is much esteem'd at Paris and called there Orgeat des Limonadiers An Antinephritic