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-Spaw-water make Mass for Pills This is call'd Spaw Pill not only because the Mucilage is extracted in spaw-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
Potion â„ž Syrup of Marsh Mallows Oil of sweet Almonds drawn without fire of each an Ounce and a half bost white Wine 3 Ounces water of Radishes and Pellitory of the wall of each 2 Ounces Crystal Mineral 1 Dram Spirit of Turpentine and of Salt of each 8 drops mix them all for 2 Doses This mixture is us'd in Nephritick Colicks It s oily slimy parts smooth and lenifie the urinary passages dull the edge of the sabulous matter and facilitate its Excretion A Diuretick mixture â„ž Spirit of Turpentine one Ounce rectified Spirit of Salt dulcified Spirit of Nitre Spirit of Cresses Amber and of Elixir proprietatis of each 2 Drams mix all together This Mixture is taken in white Wine and in other appropriate Liquors from 4 to 15 drops it is usefull in Suppression of Urine Nephritick Cholicks it attenuates and incides the gravelly matter and cleanses the Kidnies An Antiepileptic Mixture â„ž Imperial water Cinamon water of each one Ounce rectified Spirit of Man's Skull 2 Drams rectified Oil of Amber Volatile oleous Salt and Tincture of Salt of Tartar of each one Dram mix all together This Mixture is proper in the falling-sickness and other Distempers of the Brain it is taken in and out of the fit to two Scruples Of Gargarisms Masticatories Errhines or Tents put up into the Nostrils Injections and Pessaries GArgarisms are liquid mixtures designed for Diseases of the Throat Mouth Palate and Gums they are also us'd sometimes to stop a Salivation they are to be held in the mouth and not swallowed Masticatories are sharp hot Drugs that being chew'd in the Mouth open the salival Ducts incide gross Humours that stop the Glands and so provoke spitting Tabaco Ginger Pellitory of Spain Mustard-Seed Pepper Orrice-root and such like may be us'd as Masticatories Errhines are akin to these they are put in the Nose to make it run or to provoke sneezing they may be either of a liquid or solid form Injections are us'd upon several occasions especially in venereal cases to allay pain to stop a running c. and in deep Wounds Pessaries are us'd only for Women to provoke the Menses stop undue Fluxes or heal Ulcers we add but a few Formules because those are to be seen in most practical Books A Gargle to stop a Salivation rais'd by Mercury â„ž Whole Barley 1 Ounce leaves of Plantain knot Grass red Roses of each half an handfull Cypress Nuts Rinds of Granates Flowers of Sumach of each half an Ounce Berberry-Seeds 2 Drams let them be boil'd in a quart of red Wine and Water to the Consumption of a third part then strain'd dissolve in a pint of the Liquor 2 Drams of the astringent Extract of Mars half a Dram of Salt of Saturn and 2 Drams of Honey of Roses This Gargle deterges and dries the Ulcers of the Mouth fastneth the loose Teeth strengthens the Gums Cheeks and if often used entirely stops a Salivation that continues over long Pastills to be held in the Mouth and chew'd â„ž Roots of Orrice Stavesacre of each half an Ounce long Pepper Pellitory of Spain and Mustard-Seed of each 2 Drams let them be all powder'd and mix'd with a sufficient quantity of the Syrup of pale Roses that they may be made into Pastills These being put into a piece of fine Linen and slightly chew'd open the salival Glands and excretory Ducts and by stimulating the parts cause a great discharge of tough viscid Phlegm Sneezing Powder â„ž White Hellebore Tabaco-roots of Florence Orice of each 2 Drams Flowers of Lilies of Vallies leaves of Betony Marjoram and Sage of each one Dram powder all together This Powder may be made stronger by adding a Scruple of Euphorbium to it It may be of good use in Apoplexies Lethargies and other soporiferous Distempers An Injection to stop a Gonorrhoea â„ž Plantain and Rose-water of each 4 Ounces Honey of Roses 1 Ounce medicamental Stone 1 Dram mix them for an Injection When it 's proper to use this Injection it will be convenient to take astringent Pills to strengthen the relax'd parts if instead of the Stone you use the Trochisks of Rasis the Injection will be the milder but not so drying detersive nor astringent A Vulnerary Injection â„ž Roots of round Birthwort 1 Ounce let it boil in a pint and a half of white Wine to the Consumption of a third part then add to the Liquor strain'd and press'd out an Ounce and half of Honey of Roses Tincture of Myrrh and Aloes of each half an Ounce This Injection being squirted or syring'd into Wounds cleanses and deterges them resists putrefaction and prevents in a great measure a Gangrene the Pledgets and Compresses may be drenched in it A Lotion to kill Vermine in the Head â„ž Stavesacre 2 Ounces Worm-Seed 1 Ounce Wormwood Tansey Betony lesser Centaury of each 2 handfulls let them boil in 2 quarts of water to the Consumption of a third part bath and wash the head with Sponges drench'd in the strain'd Liquor They that would have this Lotion stronger may boil the Ingredients in Urine A Lotion against the Itch. â„ž Roots of sharp-pointed Dock Elecampane of each four Ounces white Hellebore 1 Ounce leaves of Wormwood Water-Cresses of each 1 handfull boil them in two quarts of water to the Consumption of a third part in the straining made with expression dissolve 6 Drams of Salt of Tartar If the Ingredients were boil'd in the Lotions of white Precipitate the Liquor would prove much more efficacious against the Itch running Sores Scab Tettars c. A Wash to make Hair black â„ž Rinds of green Wall-nuts half a pound Bark of Oak Alder Galls of each 2 Ounces leaves of Myrtle Pomegranate of each 1 handfull boil them in three pints of water untill a third part is consumed then strain with a strong expression and dissolve in the Liquor an Ounce and a half of Rock-Alum and the like quantity of English green Vitriol This darkens red hair wonderfully if often moistned and left to dry of it self without rubbing The common emollient Mucilage â„ž Roots of Marsh Mallows 4 Ounces Lin-Seeds Seeds of Fenugreek of each 1 Ounce let them be infus'd for 12 hours in two quarts of common water over hot embers then boil'd in a slow heat to the Consumption of half the water and the Mucilage strain'd with expression This is not only us'd as a Mucilage but also as a Fomentation to allay Pains soften Tumours and to dispose them to Dissolution or Suppuration A Mucilage to stop Hemorrhagies â„ž Seeds of Flea-wort and of Quinces of each half an Ounce infuse them for 12 hours over hot embers in a pint of the distill'd waters of Plantain and Roses then boil them slowly untill a third part is boil'd away and let them be strain'd and press'd out This Mucilage being mix'd with an equal quantity of Syrup of Quinces or some other astringent Syrup is taken often and by large Spoonfulls in all sorts of Hemorrhagies it causes
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-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
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
the Colick pains He also recommends the Roots of Butter-bur as a powerful Sudorifick and the Leaves of the greater Burr dock dry'd in the Sun and reduc'd into Powder as Alexipharmick and efficacious in Malignant Fevers Mr. Bourdelin commends besides Scurvy-grass Cresses Buck-Beans an Infusion of Mustard-seed in Scorbutick cases Others were for a change of Air a third sort preferr'd Remedies that may allay the Heat and Effervescence of the Humours The Duke of Montasaire who was Governour to the Dolphin us'd to find a great relief from the Rheumatick pains he was frequently troubled with by rubbing the part well and then fomenting it with a strong Infusion or Decoction of Tansey Mr. Du Verney has experienc'd the Efficacy of Camphire not only in Rheumatisms and Malignant Fevers but also in the Kibes and Piles against which last he order'd an Ointment of Horse-dung fry'd with Suet and the Juice press'd out for use Mr. Bouleduc cures the Hemorrhoides with a mixture of the Juices of Henbane and Toads-flax incorporated with the Grease of an Eel The same commends a Conserve of Rue in Malignant Fevers Mr. Marchant the Tuberose Roots Birds-foot against the Stone and Gravel Others a Dissolution of Camphire in Cordial Potions against Cephalalgia's and Camphir'd Wine in Rheumatick and Erratick Pains Mr. Dodart observes That most that die of the yellow Jaundice are carry'd off with a Flux of Blood but with us they are more subject to fall out of incurable Jaundices into deplorable Dropsies The Juice of Bugloss is recommended in Pleurisies and a Panacaea consisting of Mercury Sea Salt and Vitriol in Malignant Fevers but the Process is not inserted Half a pound of Oyl of Tartar mix'd with two pounds of quick Lime and distill'd six times in a moderate heat becomes a good Remedy in Palsies and in Rheumatick pains An Extract made of Thea turn'd Veinous Blood into a darkish black colour but did not coagulate it in the least being mix'd with Arterial Blood this cak'd in the middle and appear'd of a lively vivid colour the rest look'd like common Serum Cows and Goats-milk analys'd yielded nothing that was ungrateful either in Smell or Tast four pints of both gave three ounces of Oyl and thirteen ounces of a fixt and very lixivial Salt All that was drawn from the Asses Milk was either ungrateful or insipid A Tincture of Gold may be prepar'd thus Dissolve one part of Gold in thirty parts of Spirit of Salt and then pour on essential Oyl of Rosemary and shake together until the Oyl becomes of a yellow colour which when you find it is separate the Oyl by a Funnel and pour on it a treble quantity of Spirit of Wine acuated with the Spirit of Sorrel and leave them in Digestion a considerable time I will conclude with some Remedies recommended by Doctor Turnfort the famous Botanist Royal Professor of Plants at Paris In Agues accompanied with Obstructions of the Bowels he advises to give the Kinkina in an Extract of the lesser Centory or in an Extract made of the leaves of Smallage He gives us a Remedy against the Nephretick or Stone-Colick which the Intendant of Languedock having found great Relief by printed for the good of the Publick â„ž Half a drachm of the outward Bark of the Root of Star-Thistle or Calcitrapa gather'd about the latter end of September reduce it into powder and infuse it in a Glass of White Wine over Night which filter and drink off the next Morning early and neither drink nor eat for three hours after The same day prepare the following Remedy to be taken the next Morning â„ž A small handful of Pellitory of the Wall a drachm of Sassafras wood and the same quantity of Anise-seed and about half a scruple of Cinnamon infuse them all Night in a cover'd Vessel over hot Embers in six ounces of Water in the Morning set it over a clear Eire and let it hoil for half a quarter of an hour then filter and pour it into a Silver Poringer upon two ounces of Sugar-candy when the Sugar is dissolv'd drink it off as hot as you can bear it and abstain from eating or drinking for three hours He distills a Water from great Celandine River-Crabs and Honey which is very good in Consumptions Inflammations and Ulcers of the Eyes and powerfully suppresses Hysterick Vapours He knows no Remedy that gives more present ease in painful Cancers than to anoint them with a mixture of Butter and an Oyl drawn by a Cornue from common Flax-weed or Toad-flax this Oyl dissolves the Blood and extravas'd Humours in the Pores of the Flesh and so supples the Fibres whose extraordinary Tension caus'd the intolerable pains He prepares an Ointment which he also commends much He infuses Beetles and Hog's-lice in Oyl then puts in some Toad-flax and after they have boil'd for some time he strains them through a Linen Cloth adds equal parts of hard boil'd yolks of Eggs and fresh Bees-wax until he has brought them to the Consistence of an Ointment The Prince of Mirandole's famous powder against the Gout kept a great secret by many consists of equal parts of Germander Ground-pine lesser Centory roots of the greater Centory round Birthwort and Gentian reduc'd into fine Powder which may be taken in substance or infus'd over-Night in half a Glass of good old Wine It is to be continu'd a considerable time and may prove of good use in intermittent Fevers Dropsies and all such Distempers as are occasion'd by Obstruction of the Viscera A Fomentation made with the Decoction of Heath-flowers is also recommended against Gouty and Rheumatick Pains The following Partisan is very good in a dry husking Cough â„ž Roots of Bugloss and Dogs-grass of each three ounces boil them in two quarts of common Water pour the boiling Decoction upon an ounce of the flowers of Corn-Poppies and three heads of white Poppies cut small and bruis'd and tied up in a Bag that they may be press'd and squeez'd out the better let them stand in Infusion a little then filter with expression and sweeten it with some Pectoral Syrup A strong Tincture of the Flowers of Corn-poppies is us'd with success in discharges of Humours on the Lungs A strong Infusion of Mother-time well sweeten'd with clarify'd Honey drank warm is no unpromising Remedy in old inveterate Coughs proceeding from tough viscid Humours impacted on the Bronchiae An Infusion of the same Herb in White-wine or pale Claret with five or six drops of the Essential Oyl of Sassafras to each Dose taken fasting in a Morning for some time together is approv'd in Obstructions as is also Solanum Scandens Dulcamara or Bitter-sweet especially if infus'd in the distill'd Water or Decoction of the common greater Speedwell or Fluellen It is the middle rind of this Night-shade that is us'd in the Infusion In Greenland the Natives boil Sorrel and Scurvy-grass in their Broth and take large quantities of the Decoction of those Plants without any other
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
started how those ought to be help'd who should have the misfortune to be bit by Vipers Some quoted Ambrose Parey Chirurgion to Charles IX and to Henry the Third of France who being bit in the Finger by a Viper at Montpelier escap'd by making a straight Ligature above the Wound Monsieur Charas was twice bit the first time besides a Ligature he took twenty four grains of the Volatile Salt of Vipers which cast him into a good Sweat the second time he trusted to the Ligature alone and did well The Inhabitants of Poictou who are frequently bit by Vipers that are very numerous in that Province use another sort of Remedy When stung they heat an Iron red hot with what expedition they can and hold it as near and as long as they can bear it to the Wound One so dangerously bit that his Arm swell'd up immediately heated the Blade of his Knife red hot held it close to the Sore for ten or twelve Minutes and the Swelling and other Symptoms soon disappeared Monsieur Blondel offer'd another Remedy which he had known to be us'd with good success by Huntsmen in America viz. When bit or stung they immediately scarify'd the part fill'd it with Gunpowder and set fire to the Powder Others fill the Wound with Cotton well soak'd in a Dissolution of Treacle in the best Spirit of Wine In Normandy they first press and suck out the Blood and then fill the Wound with Salt and this they do when hurt by mad Dogs A tryal was made of an Indian Stone given by Father Fontenay to Monsieur Cassini a Pigeon being wounded by a Viper the Stone was apply'd to the Wound with some success but a Stone that was said to have been taken out of a Serpent's Head was found to be of no effect for the wounded Whelp it was apply'd to died in nine Hours time The Stone was believ'd to be factitious it is commonly call'd The Stone of Camboja The Blood of this Whelp and of a Pigeon that died bitten by a Viper was fluid Monsieur Charas upon this Subject told he had cur'd his Daughter severely bit by an Ape by an Application of pounded Garden Parsley to the Wound And another offer'd That Bees stings are immediately cur'd by putting to them bruis'd Laurel Leaves and that the Powder of a Chamois-horn did the same and was Alexipharmick Upon the Analysis of Wolf's bane and some discourse of Poisons Mr. Charas affirm'd he had formerly found in a Chest that belong'd to one of the famous poisoning Ladies an insipid clear Liquor that kill'd whatever Animal drank it that the same Ladies Brother liv'd a long time by vertue of the Juice of Citrons he was of opinion that drinking Water in a large quantity was a good Remedy against Corrosive Poisons The same Monsieur Charas being some Years before he died reduc'd by a lingring Sickness to a very low state of Health troubled with continual Sweats and troublesome itching over all his Body bethought himself to take a grain of Opium every day which recover'd his Strength much and gave him great ease from his itching without dosing him in the least or abating his Appetite to Meat or Drink his Sweats continu'd for some time after he began to do well and he believing from the itch that follow'd them that they proceeded chiefly from a turgency of sharp corrosive Humours thought best to second Nature in the excretion took his Opium every day until he was perfectly recover'd This he observ'd that it had the same effect whatever time of the day he took it It is also commended in a Tenesmus and not only put into the hollow of the Tooth but also taken inwardly for the painful Tooth-aches Discoursing upon Sea water and the several methods try'd to render it sweet as Percolation Distillation and Precipitation they seem'd to conclude the latter impracticable because to precipitate the Sea-Salt another Salt must be us'd which will communicate an ungrateful Acrimony or Acidity to the Water What Glauber says of his Specular Stone ignited wants the confirmation of Experience Percolation requires a close light Earth Sand calcin'd and reduc'd into Powder would be very proper Sweetning Water by Distillation has been perform'd by some especially by D. Othon of Caen who by a serpentine Pipe or Worm of his own invention has drawn above forty Pints in forty Hours This Water thus distill'd mix'd in a small quantity with common Water preserves it from Corruption if we believe Fioravanti who delivers it as a considerable Secret Sea-water drank in a small quantity is no way hurtful Some take it against Worms others to prevent their being Sea-sick Zacutus tells of a Dropsical Man who being at Sea and forc'd to drink sea-Sea-water having none that was fresh fell into a Looseness that cur'd him of his Dropsie Another was known to have been considerably reliev'd by wearing continually round his Loins a Linen Girdle stuff'd with dry Salt finely powder'd and whereas before he us'd it he seem'd to be at death's door through the vast bulk and extension of his Abdomen yet he liv'd two Years Hereupon some recommended Hemp agrimony in Dropsies another told how two Dropsical Persons found some relief in an Anasarca by going into an Oven immediately after the Bread was drawn out Monsieur Homberb related the History of an Hypochondriack that was cur'd by the use of this following Mixture â„ž Quick Lime slak'd in the Air two parts Sal Armoniack one part mix them well together He gave twenty grains of this Mixture at a time He says Lime dissolv'd per deliquium deserves to be plac'd among the best opening Remedies The same says That if you mix equal parts of Salt of Tartar and Sal Armoniack together draw off the Spirits or Urinous Flowers and then dissolve filter and coagulate what remains you will have Sylvius's Salt so much commended by the Dutch Physicians He deprives the Glass of Antimony of its Emetick quality by an Acid Spirit drawn from the Oak Tree The method is thus â„ž Glass of Antimony two ounces pour on it a pint of the Spirit of Oak-wood leave them to digest for eight days then change the Spirit for new and repeat this till the Spirit draws no more red Tincture from the Glass In this Operation not only the Glass of Antimony loses its Emetick Quality but also the Spirit is depriv'd of its natural Acidity the Spirit first us'd becomes sweet and somewhat astringent Dr. Mery assur'd That he has cur'd not only superficial but also deep flesh Wounds with a mixture of an inconsiderable quantity of good rectify'd Spirit of Wine with common Water He keeps the Wound clean drops in some of this Water or anoints the Wound with a Feather dip'd in it Mr. Turnefort commends Garlick in the griping of the Guts and a Gargle of Olive Pickle call'd Pinsolina in Provence against Quinsies Mr. Du Hamel has a great Opinion of the Powder of Acorns given in Wine in