of Juniper ten pound mix them well and leave them to ferment for some Months in a close Vessel This is the best Preparation of the kind and has been prefer'd as such to all others by the Apothecaries of Paris in 94 it is us'd in Malignant Fevers and all Epidemick Diseases as Plague c. where it proves a cure and preservative as also against the stings and bitings of venomous Creatures Fluxes Indigestion c. It is given to a drachm and a half A Chalybeat Electuary â„ž Opening Extract of Mars half a pound Cinnamon Nutmegs of each six drachms best Rhubarb half an ounce clarify'd Honey and Sugar of each one pound mix and make them into an Electuary according to art This Electuary opens Obstructions of all sorts is given with good success in Hypochondriacal Distempers and cachexies Green-sickness c. It may be taken along with Mineral Waters or other deobstruent Liquors Zwelfer's Hydrogogue Electuary â„ž Middle rind of Elder roots of dwarf Elder of each three drachms wild Cucumber two ounces seeds of dwarf Elder one ounce and a half Colefoot leaves of black Hellebore and Hedge Hyssop of each one cunce being all cut small and pounded let them boil in a sufficient quantity of common Water to a quart then filter with expression and having clarify'd the strain'd Liquor add refin'd Sugar and clarify'd Honey of each ten ounces powder of Jalap three ounces Cinnamon six drachms Cloves Nutmegs Gambogia and Elaterium of each half an ounce make them into an Electuary This Electuary purges Serosities powerfully and is therefore of good use in an Ascites if taken in hand before the Liver Spleen and other Bowels become corrupted and if it be closely follow'd It may be given to half an ounce dissolv'd in White-wine or some opening Liquor or may be made into a Bolus Sylvius Delboe's Hydrotick Electuary â„ž Extract of Juniper Pulp of Tamarinds of each four ounces Jalap one ounce and a half choice Scammony one ounce Cinnamon sweet Fennel seeds of each two drachms white Sugar dissolv'd and boil'd in common Water ten ounces make them into an Electuary Mr. Lemery's Hydragogue Electuary â„ž White Sugar ten ounces boil them in a sufficient quantity of common Water to the consistence of Honey then add four ounces of Extract of Juniper Berries as much Cassia Fistula powder of Jalap one ounce and a half Scammony one ounce soluble Tartar half an ounce make them into an Electuary This and Sylvius's Electuary are not only recommended for all sorts of Dropsies but are also proper to cleanse the Kidneys and Bladder from a slimy and gravelly Mucus that often counterfeits the Stone they are also proper in Hypochondriack Affections Cachexies suppression of the Menses or Urine in the Gout Rheumatism c. they are taken to six drachms An Electuary of Garlick â„ž Eight cloves of Garlick to which fried and mash'd with Honey add four scruples of Castor Sperma Ceti Juniper-berries and dry'd leaves of Pellitory of the Wall of each two scruples Mithridate five drachms Oxymel of Squills boil'd to the consistence of an Opiate four ounces make them into an Electuary according to art It is proper in Nephritick and Wind Cholicks in running and fixt Gouts in Asthma's Dropsies and most sorts of Cachexies for it cuts and attenuates tough roapy Humours that obstruct both the Conglobate and Conglomerate Glands and so hinder the due Secretion of the useful and the discharge of Excrementitious Humours It is us'd in time of Pestilence The Dose from a scruple to a drachm A Terebinthinate Electuary â„ž Good clear Turpentine one pound roots of Mallows of Grass rest Harrow Butchers Broom Liquorice of each one ounce Gum Arabick Tragacanth prepar'd Crab's-eyes Nitre purified Salt of Sulphur Cheslops prepar'd of each three drachms Volatile Salt of Amber and sweet Sublimate of each two drachms make them up into an Electuary according to art This Electuary attenuates and wears by degrees the Stone in the Kidneys and Bladder carries off the Gravel and all gravelly Slime or Tartareous Concretions by Urine and is therefore proper in Nephritick Cholicks It deterges and heals Ulcers in the Urinary Passages and in the Matrix wherefore it is successfully prescrib'd in Gonorrhaea's and in suppression of Urine A Wound Water â„ž Leaves and roots of great Cumfrey leaves of Sage Mugwort Bugle of each four handfulls Betony Sanicle Ox-eye Water Betony lesser Consound Plantain Agrimony Vervein Wormwood Fennil St. John's Wort Birthwort Sengreen Paul 's Betony lesser Centory Yarrow Tabacco Mint Hyssop of each one handful let all be beaten mix'd and macerated for three days in six quarts of White Wine over hot Embers then distill them in B. M. and keep the Water for use This Water is much us'd in France for Contusions Dislocations and the Resolution of Tumours to cleanse Wounds and Ulcers and to resist Mortification they call it Eau d'arquebusade The Nephritick Water corrected â„ž Narbon Honey half a pound Venice Turpentine two ounces Nephritick Wood Rest Harrow of each an ounce and a half Wood of Aloes one ounce Galengale Cloves Cinnamon Mace Cubebs Mastick of each half an ounce beat and pound what is to be pounded and let the whole be macerated in two quarts of Brandy then distill'd with a gentle fire It discharges the Kidneys Ureters and Bladder of a gravelly tenacious Mucus and helps in Wind and Nepritick Cholicks it may be given to half an ounce in white Wine or some appropriate Decoction Clossaeus's Cosmetick Water with Myrrh â„ž New Goat's Milk two quarts Spanish Wine three pints Juice of the greatest Housleek a pint and a half Water of Water-Lilies and white Roses of each one pint whites of twelve Eggs distill them in B. M. â„ž Of the above describ'd Water a quart best Myrrh finely powder'd two ounces let them stand in digestion for 24 hours then distill again You may dissolve in half a pint of this myrrh'd Water Sugar-candy two drachms Borax one drachm burnt Alum one scruple This Water smooths beautifies and preserves the Complexions of Ladies takes off Sun-burning Freckles or Spots it is to be us'd with a Linen Cloath or Spunge Sylvius's Prophylactick Water â„ž Green unripe Wallnuts cut small two pound fresh Cirrons slic'd one pound leaves of Garden-Rue four ounces Balm Scabious Marygold-flowers roots of Butter-Dock of each two ounces Setwall Angelica of each an ounce pour upon all lâ—…ten together sin quarts of distill'd Vinegar let them stand a whole Night next Mornign distill with a gentle fire almost to a dryness This Water or rather Vinegar is highly commended against the Plague and in all Contagious and Epidemick Distempers It resists Poison and the Contagious Effluvia of an Infectious Air cures the biting of venomous Beasts kills Worms and in attenuating gross viscid matter quickens Digestion It is mingled in Potions and in liquid Epithems put up into the Nostrils and apply'd to the Temples Stomach and Wrists A Spunge soak'd in it put into a Box with
being much weakened by addition of the Sugar it rather clogs than opens besides they being Natural Alcalies as is apparent by their great effervescence with this Syrup there is no necessity of opening them otherwise than in multiplying their absorbing Superficies by fine grinding certainly the best Preparation of such Concretes for Medicinal use as was said before in our Discourse upon Coral He substitutes Syrup of Kermes to the Grains because these grow worthless and effete by the loss of their inward succulent substance which is spent and turns into little Worms as it dries The shavings of Harts-horn are deservedly preferr'd to the burnt because the shavings retain all the valuable parts that the Horn loses in the ustion for they not only contain the Mucilaginous and Cordial parts which the Horn affords to Gellies but also the Volatile Spirit Salt and Oyl which it yields by Distillation all which are quite lost in Calcination Crab's-eyes he says are every whit as good as Pearl tho' considerably cheaper Gold he says tho' never so thin beat into leaves is uncapable of alteration in our Bodies and truly considering the compact texture of that Metal and how few known dissolvents can disunite its parts I should be apt to think it more ornamental than useful in Physick did I not consider how many Substances and of how differing natures are dissolv'd by the ferment of our Stomach Besides what Mr. Boyle says of a Menstruum drawn from Bread that entirely dissolves Gold and what Monsieur Couder a skilful Apothecary of Milhan in Rouvergne affirms of Capons fed for a considerable time with a Paste made of Vipers leaf Gold and Wheat viz. that having carefully preserv'd their Dung all the time and calcin'd it at length adding Mercury to amalgamate with the Gold exhal'd the Quicksilver and fus'd what was left with the addition of a small quantity of Borax he recover'd not above two parts in six or a third of what the Fowl had eat and this too very much paler than ordinary Gold This Confection is said to repair and recreate the Vital and Animal Spirits and is therefore recommended in palpitations of the Heart and in swooning fits to resist Putrefaction and to re-establish languishing and decay'd Strength It is given from a scruple to a drachm in Wine Broth or Cordial Liquors and is mix'd with Epithemes for the Heart A part of the Composition is to be kept without addition of Musk or Ambergrease because those Perfumes do not agree with Hysterick and several other Patients The Tholouse Hydrotick Opiate â„ž Conserve of Eglantine and flowers of Enula Campana or French Orrice of each two ounces powder of Rhubarb pickt Senna of each two drachms Resin of Jalap and Scammony of each one drachm Salt of Wormwood and Tamarisk of each two scruples Extract of Hedge Hyssop prepar'd with Spirit of Wine half a drachm Syrup of Buckthorn as much as is requisite to make them into an Opiate This Preparation as well as many other is improperly call'd Opiate not containing the least quantity of Opium It purges serous Humours both by Stool and Urine is prescrib'd in Distempers of the Spleen and Mesentery to open Obstructions in Retention or Irregularities of Women's courses It may be taken every other day to the quantity of two drachms Our Author prefers the leaves of Gratjola dry'd and reduc'd to powder to its Extract because the Spirit us'd in preparing the Extract carries with it in the Evaporation much of the purging particles of the Rhubarb c. The Cordial Opiate of Lyons â„ž Juniper-berries four ounces powder of Vipers Mace roots of Angelica long and round Birthwort Suakeweed Carline Thistle Contrayerva Cretan Spignel of each one ounce with Narbonac Honey boil'd in Water of Scordium make an Opiate according to art This Opiate is us'd with success in Malignant Fevers Epidemick Diseases and is not only a Cure of Pestilence but also a good preservative against it It resists Putrefaction and is therefore successfully taken against Worms Crudities c. It is taken from a scruple to a drachm in a Bolus or dissolv'd in Wine or some Cordial Liquor An Opiate against Worms â„ž Wormseed one ounce choice Rhubarb sweet Sublimate of each half an ounce Syrup of the Juice of Purslain boil'd to the consistence of a soft Electuary half a pint mix them into an Opiate Sylvius's Diascordium corrected â„ž Dry leaves of Scordium roots of Masterwort Cinnamon of each one ounce roots of Gentian leaves of bless'd Thistle Cretan Dittany Bole Armene Gum Arabick of each half an ounce Nutmegs three drachms roots of Angelica Opium Saffron of each two drachms true Acacia one drachm and a half Honey of Rosemary boil'd to the consistence of a soft Electuary two pound make them into an Opiate according to art This Electuary is a good Sudorifick is us'd with good success in Malignant Fevers Fluxes Cholick and against Worms it is given to half a drachm A Camphir'd Electuary â„ž Camphire Ginger prepar'd Pearl of each half an ounce roots of white Dittander Tormentil bone of a Stags heart of each two drachms Treacle of Andromachus four ounces refin'd Sugar boil'd in the Water of Wood Sorrel one pound make it into an Electuary according to art This Electuary provokes Sweat is a good Hysterick and powerfully resists the malignity and corruption of Humours it owes its chief vertue to the Camphire and Treacle both experienc'd Remedies in Epidemick Distempers It is given to two drachms An Electuary of the Juice of Rue â„ž Roots of long and round Birthwort Dyers Madder Berries of Laurel and Juniper Savine seeds of wild Carrot Agnus Castus and Rue of each one drachm pithy part of Piony-seeds two scruples Cretan Dittany half a drachm Saffron Myrrh Castoreum of each one Scruple mingle and reduce the whole into powder and with three ounces of refin'd Sugar dissolved in the Juice of Rue make them into an Electuary according to art This provokes the Menses suppresses Hysterick Vapours hastens Delivery and the coming away of the After-burthen It is given from one scruple to four The Royal Electuary â„ž Pine Kernels one ounce and a half sweet Almonds half an ounce red Roses two drachms yellow Saunders two scruples Ambergrease half a scruple Musk three grains white Sugar dissolv'd in rose-Rose-water one pound make them into an Electuary This is said to strengthen the Stomach and Breast to raise the Spirits and provoke Lust Hoffman's Orvietan â„ž Roots of Swallow-wort Zedoary Carlina Angelica Butter-bur Valerian white Dittander Enula Campana Celandine of each three ounces leaves of Cretan Dittany Scordium Rue of each three hands full powder of Vipers two ounces Oriental Saffron one ounce or six drachms Galbanum an ounce and a half choice Myrrh Sulphur and seal'd Earth of each one ounce volatile Salt of Vipers six drachms Cinnamon Cloves of each half an ounce Opium corrected or laudanum Opiatum three drachms Oyl of Amber and of Citrons of each one drachm and a half Honey
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-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
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-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-water â„ž Prepar'd Tutia 2 Ounces Mace finely powder'd 1 Ounce white Vitriol 1 Dram Fennel and Rose-water of each a pint and half a pint of 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
Questions he ask'd see what he gave and the Success who observing that his Powder did only vomit and purge mix'd emetick Tartar and Rhubarb which curing two or three slight Dysenteries they concluded the Secret was some such common Mixture but further tryal soon disabus'd them and made them own they knew nothing comparable to his which seldom fails if timely given or unless the Patient is diseas'd in his Lungs under considerable decay Hydropick disorder'd in his Head has a Hiccough vomiting pains in the lower Belly accompanied with Stools resembling the washing of Flesh and smelling like Carrion Gulielmus Piso in his Medicina Brasiliensis describes two sorts of Ipecacuanha one a thick stringy white Root call'd by the Portuguese Ipecacuanha Blancha to distinguish it from the other it is the milder of the two and may be safely given to Big-bellied Women and to Children the other is a small crooked knotty Root of a darkish colour of an ungrateful bitter hot and acrimonious tast It is given in Powder to a Drachm in Infusion to about two Drachms the Natives use the Infusion most The Powder that has stood in Infusion is not to be despised for tho' it purges but weakly it is a very good Astringent and Strengthener of the relax'd Fibres of the Stomach and Guts Georgius Marogravius in his Historia rerum naturalium Brasiliae says That this Root is not unlike Tormentil in Colour that it has a white Pith in the middle easily separable from the other part says that when it is fresh it has a very bitter biting tast and adds that a Drachm or two of its Powder steeped all Night in a Mixture of Wine and Water slightly boil'd in the Morning the Infusion filter'd and drunk is not only an excellent Remedy in Dysenteries obstinate Obstructions and Disaffections of the Stomach but also a great resister of Poison I have dwelt the longer upon this Root because it begins to be pretty much prescrib'd now with us and will not fail of growing into greater use A Powder to help Digestion â„ž Sweet Fenil-Seeds Annis-Seed and Coriander-seed of each an Ounce and a half Cinnamon outward Rind of Citron and Orange of each three Drachms Cloves and Rhubarb of each one Drachm Sugar-candy eight Ounces powder all according to art This Powder helps Digestion creates an Appetite strengthens a weak cold Stomach expells Wind. It will correct the noisom Steams of the Stomach and Lungs and so sweeten stinking Breath if a few Grains of Ambergrise be added It may be taken to two Drachms Hartman's Simple Cachectick Powder â„ž Of the opening Saffron of Mars half an Ounce Cinnamon or Cassia Lignea one Ounce and a half Sugar-candy two Ounces reduce all into Powder It is given to raise Obstructions and is commended against the Retention and Irregularities of the Menses Jaundice and all manner of ill habits of Body proceeding from or fomented by want of due Secretions It is taken from half a Drachm to two Drachms and continued a considerable time the Patient must walk and exercise during its use At Toulouse and in several other places about it are found Bodies still entire that have been buried two hundred Years agoe but it is observable that Lime has been formerly kept in the Cellars wherein they are found they appear so little altered that many are seen with their Beards It is also observable that Embalming succeeds better in hot than in colder Countries because the Moisture of Vaults in cold Climates makes the Drugs give and run whereas in those that are warmer the Earth being dry and abounding more with Salt helps to preserve Bodies from Corruption In hot Countries are also sometimes found dead Bodies on the Sea-coasts which being salted by the Sea-water and afterwards dry'd by the Sun may be us'd for Mummy A Powder that hastens the Birth â„ž Cinnanton Cretan Dittany Saffron Borax of each two Drachms Trochisces of Myrrh one Drachm Savine half a Drachm reduce them into Powder It quickens Labour brings on the Pains and expells the After-burthen It may be also given with success to bring down the Menstrua The Dose from 15 Grains to two Scruples in White-wine or Mugwort Water A Diuretick Powder â„ž River Crab's-Eyes the stony Bones found in the Heads of Pearches and lesser Whitings dry'd Cheslops or Hogs-lice Goat's Blood prepared and Seeds of Gromel of each an Ounce powder them for use This Powder is aperitive proper in Nephritick Cholicks stoppages of Urine from slimy Gravel c. It is given to a Drachm in White-wine or in an appropriate opening Decoction The Solutive Powder of Sarsaparilla â„ž Sarsaparilla an Ounce and a half Leaves of Senna one Ounce Hermodactyles Turpethum Jalap of each half an Ounce Diagrydium and white Tartar of each two Drachms Olibanum and Annis-seed of each one Drachm reduce them into Powder according to art This Powder purges serous watry Humours is used not only in Dropsies Suppression of the Menses Sciatica's and such like Distempers but also to carry off by Stool and Transpiration the Dregs of an inveterate Clap or Pox it is given from one Scruple to sour â„ž Warts that grow on the inside of Horses Legs taken off in the Spring one Ounce Assafaetida Horn and Hoof of a Goat of each one Drachm reduce them into powder The Dukes Compound Powder â„ž Cinnamon two Drachms Ginger lesser Galangal Cloves Nutmegs Cardamoms Cubebs long Pepper of each one Scruple Saffron half a scruple Sugar-candy half a Pound reduce them into powder This Powder rarifies and dissipates gross viscous Humours that adhere to the inner Coat of the Stomach and hinder Digestion The simple Powder consisting of half an Ounce of Cinnamon and half a Pound of Sugar-candy is more palatable than this but is not of equal efficacy the Seeds of Wild Carrot Gromel Sweetfennil Parsley and such like other with Juniper Berries Leaves of Cretan Dittany Powder of the Roots of Florence Orrice may be added to the Compound Powder to extend its Vertue to expel Wind and Gravel and to make it more convenient in Nephritick Cholicks These Powders may be made up into an Electuary with a convenient quantity of Sugar or clarify'd Honey An Ophthalmick Powder â„ž White Sugar-candy two Drachms prepar'd Tutty one Drachm Aloes Salt of Saturn White Vitriol Sarcocolla of each half a Drachm Florence Orrice half a Scruple This Powder is blown into the Eyes to cleanse them from Filth and Corruption to dissipate Cataracts and consume outward Films The Grey Imperial Powder against the Plague â„ž Roots of Burnet Gentian Tormentil Serpentwort Juniper Berries Leaves of Rue and Wormwood of each one Ounce Castoreum half an Ounce reduce them into Powder according to art This Powder is given in Malignant Fevers and as well to cure as preserve from Infection in time of Pestilence from ten Grains to two Scruples It may be made into Pills with equal parts of Treacle and Vinegar of Roses and a Paste of beaten Nuts or with Treacle
little holes in the Lid is carry'd in the Pocket to be smell'd to in Sickness-time Mr. Lemery who attributes the good effects of this Compound to the Volatile Particles of its Ingredients would change the Vinegar which fixes too much for white Wine but since the Experience not only of Sylvius Diemerbroeck and Deker but of many other considerable Practitioners has found this Preparation efficacious I should not alter it for the sake of a specious notion especially Vinegar and such like mild Acids proving extraordinary Remedies in Distempers wherein the Texture of the Blood is deprav'd and the Mass inclines to a Dissolution Water of Magnanimity â„ž Two handfulls of Ants Spirit of Wine a quart digest them in a cover'd Vessel until they putrefie into a Liquor then distill them in B. M. and aromatize the distill'd Liquor with a small quantity of Cinnamon This Water raises and quickens the Spirits in dissolving the clammy cold Humours that clog'd and depress'd them increases and ferments the Seed its Dose is from one drachm to two An Apoplectick Water â„ž Tops of Marjoram Tilet or Lime-tree flowers of Lily of the Valley Rosemary Lavender Sage Primrose of each a handful and a half let them macerate eight days in the Sun or in a Stove in a pint and a half of Spirit of Wine and an equal quantity of Orange-flower-water then distill them in a Sand Bath according to art and put it up for use This Water corrects the Acids that fix the Blood and hinder its due Rarefaction and so quickens its Circulation The Ingredients being of the number of Cephalicks it is chiefly recommended against Distempers of the Brain as to prevent Apoplexies Lethargies Palsies c. Charles the Fifth's Cephalick Water differs from this by an addition of Cinnamon Cloves Mace Cardamoms Cubebs and grains of Paradise which make his much hotter and more stomachick A famous sweet-scented Water â„ž Root of Florence Orrice and Benjamin of each one ounce and a half choice Storax six drachms lignum Rhodium half an ounce yellow Saunders two drachms Aromatick Reed and Labdanum of each two scruples flowers of Benjamin one scruple all reducâ—d into powder and put into a Matrass well stopt let them macerate 24 hours in a lukewarm B. M. in a pint of Rose-water and half a pint of Orange-flower-water then draw them off in the same bath somewhat hotter and dissolve six grains of Musk and the like quantity of Ambergrease in the distill'd water The use of this Water is only external to perfume Linen Gloves the Musk and Amber may be left out by such as are subject to Vapours what is left at the bottom of the Cucurbite being dry'd may serve to burn upon occasion Some content themselves with a Tincture of the Ingredients without giving themselves the trouble to distill them A Stomachick Water â„ž Outward rind of Oranges one ounce lesser Galengal five drachms Ginger three drachms Aromatick Reed Enula Campana of each two drachms Cardamoms Cloves of each a drachm and a half Spirit of Nitre two drachms good Brandy twenty ounces let them stand in digestion for six days then separate the clear from the thick according to art This Water strengthens and warms the Stomach helps Digestion breaks and expells Wind in rarifying and attenuating the flatulent viscous matter it meets with The Spirit of Nitre is mixt to help to draw off the better Tincture and to give the Water a more agreeable smell He advises to dissolve a drachm and a half of the Salt of Guajacum in Bates's Aqua Syphilica to make it more efficacious for the end it is design'd for A Water for a Consumption â„ž Snails flesh parted from the shells two pounds boil it well in rough austere Wine and plantain-Plantain-water then filter the Liquor with a strong expression and having dissolv'd in it a pound of Conserve of Roses and the like quantity of Conserve of the greater Comfrey distill them in an Alembick then strain the Water through a woollen Cloth first having added to it two ounces of Sugar dissolved in Plantane-water Saunders and Spicknard of each half a scruple This Water is commended in the decay and ulcers of the Lungs it is given in Pectoral Decoctions or may be taken alone an ounce at a time A Water to break or crumble the Stone â„ž Juice of Leeks Onions Radishes of each a quart Juice of Lemons and Pelitory of the Wall of each half a pint let all the Juices be mix'd digested and fermented then distill'd The fermentation of the Juices loosens and disengages their essential Salts which would otherwise hardly rise in the Distillation This Water by addition of two drachms of Spirit of Salt will be of greater efficacy against the Gravel and Stone and will better cut and attenuate tough roapy Humours and discharge them by Urine A Diuretick Water drawn from Kernels â„ž Peach and Cherry Kernels of each one pound bitter Almonds and flowers of Elder of each half a pound being cut and grosly beaten let them macerate in three pints and a half of white Wine for 24 hours then distill'd in B. M. according to art Most of the oily substance of the Ingredients remaining in the Cucurbite after the Distillation it would be convenient at the time of using this Water to beat a few Kernels and some Almonds in a Mortar and make a sort of Emulsion with the Water which tho' it would not be so opening as the former would by washing the Ureters with its slimy mucilaginous parts secure them from sharp Cholerick Urine smooth and secure the passages from the Gravel He distills a Water from the Flowers and Cups of Blue-bottle or Corn-flower macerated for some time in Snow Water which he says is wonderfully effectual not only to cure all inflammatory and hot Infirmities of the Eyes but also to clear and strengthen the Sight of old people for which reason it is call'd Eau de casselunettes or Spectacle breaker because they that use it stand in no need of those Glasses the manner of use is only dropping some of it into the Eyes Morning and Evening The Divine water of Fernel â„ž Corrosive Sublimate half a drachm Plantane-water half a pint mix and boil them over hot Embers in a Glass Viol to the consumption of one half part then put up the Water for use It drys and deterges powerfully it is us'd in Venereal Ulcers and to resist Mortification the Wound or Sore being wash'd with some Lint soakt in it A Water us'd against Mortification â„ž White Sugar eight ounces roots of round Birthwort four ounces white Wine two quarts mix and let them stand in Infusion for six hours then boil them in an Earthen Vessel well cover'd until a third part is consum'd This is not only us'd outwardly to cleanse and deterge as the other but is also syring'd into Wounds to resist a Gangrene and to attenuate gross and viscous Humours that hinder a kind digestion of the Sore He is for leaving out
in Bates's Aqua Epidemica the Celandine Mugwort Scabious and Agrimony with the Liquorice and Tormentil Roots because they contain but few if any Volatil Parts and that the essential and fixt Salt to which they owe their chief vertue remains in the bottom of the Cucurbit which nicety is the more remarkable in our Author because he often uses the distill'd water of Plantane in his Remedies which by his own reasonings should be worthless as containing as few Volatile Parts as any of the Herbs he finds fault with in ours besides had he consulted the Registers of the French Royal Academy of Sciences he would find that Scabious analyz'd yields some Urinous Spirit and Concret Volatil Salt and that it is not only recommended there as Detersive and Vulnerary but also as Alexiterial and Sudorifick Compound Queen of Hungary's Water â„ž Fresh flowers of Rosemary a pound and a half tops of Rosemary Time Lavender Cost-mary Sage of vertues Marjoram of each two ounces let all be bruis'd and put into a Glass Cucurbit with half an ounce of Sal Armoniack and the like quantity of Salt of Tartar powder'd a-part being well mix'd pour upon them two quarts of the best Brandy and having fix'd a Head and Recipient and luted the Junctures macerate and then distill This is preferable to the ordinary Queen of Hungary's Water to rarifie and penetrate gross Humours and to give a brisker motion to the Blood and Spirits in Soporiferous Distempers yet it may be made considerably stronger by adding a drachm of the Essence of Rosemary to each pint of the Water and dissolving three drachms of Camphire in the like quantity will make it more prevalent against Vapours and Gangrene The Womens Aqua Vitae â„ž Leaves of Sage of Vertue crispt Menth Balm of each one handful Cinnamon Nutmegs Mace Ginger Cloves grains of Paradise Cubebs Cardamoms of each an ounce and a half Galangale one ounce long Pepper half an ounce reduce all into gross powder and let them infuse for fourteen days in three quarts of strong White-wine in a close Vessel then be distill'd in B. M. The Hysterick Water of the Amsterdamers â„ž Dry roots of Briony ripe and dry Elder-berries of each two ounces the outward peel of Oranges an ounce and a half leaves of Mugwort Cretan Dittany Feverfew Cat 's Mint Basil Penny-royal Rue dry Savine of each half an ounce Myrrh and Castor of each three drachms Saffron one drachm all being powder'd let them stand for 8 days in two quarts of very good Spirit of Wine then distill them according to art This and the foregoing Water are proper in Hysterick Passions and Suppression of the Menses which they provoke and render regular they are also given in Palsies and Apoplexies they are given to two drachms An Anti-scorbutick Water â„ž Roots of Garden and Horse Radish 〈◊〉 each one pound Juice of Scurvy-grass Water-cresses Brook-lime Navelwort Mint Bawm Fumitory of each half a pound let them macerate together for 24 hourâ— then let them be distill'd in a moderaâ—… Sand heat This Water is a great opener of aâ—… Obstructions not only proper against tâ—… Scurvy but also against Gravel Nephâ—…tick Colick suppression of Urine â— It is a great purifier of the Blood if takeâ— for some considerable time â„ž Roots of Florence Orrice leaves 〈◊〉 Cretan Dittany and dry Mint of each 〈◊〉 ounce Seeds of Agnus Castus Rue aâ—… Lectuce of each six drachms Venice Turpentine and White-wine of each twenty ounces bruise what is to be bruis'd and distill them in B. M. This Water does cleanse and deterge the Spermatick Vessels and Urethra it is given after the use of Emulsions and necessary Purgations in virulent Gonorrhaea's A Mercurial Water â„ž Venice Ceruss two ounces crude Allum an ounce and a half Litharge corrosive Sublimate of each one ounce Salt of Nitre Armoniack of each two drachms Ginger one drachm and a half Vinegar one pint Water of Knot-grass four ounces Nightshade Plantain and Rose-water of each three ounces mix and boil them a little This Water kills the Itch Tettars scruffy dry Scabs that deform the Skin it also cures scald Heads Venereal and other obstinare Ulcers or Sores the Parts are to be fomented with it but bleeding and purging ought to precede A Water of three Ingredients â„ž Treacle Water camphorated five ounces rectify'd Spirit of Tartar three ounces Spirit of Vitriol one ounce put them to digest until they unite perfectly This hardly differs from our Mixtura simplex It is an extraordinary Remedy in Malignant Fevers it resists the Putrefaction of Humours and provokes Sweat given from half a drachm to a drachm Water of Castor â„ž Fresh Castor four ounces green leaves of Lavender one ounce Cinnamon six drachms leaves of Sage and Rosemary of each half an ounce Mace and Cloves of each two drachms rectify'd Spirit of Wine three quarts let them stand in digestion for two days then distill them in B. M. This Water suppresses Hysterick Vapours provokes Womens Menses gives life and quickness to the Blood and Spirits in Palsies Apoplexies and Lethargies it may be given in some Cephalick or Hysterick Julep from half a drachm to two drachms A Water to allay Gouty Pains â„ž Dry Cows Dung and Frogs Spawn of each equal parts mix and put them into a Glass Alembick and distill them with a moderate heat in B. M. This is us'd in inflammatory Gouts a Spunge or Flannel drench'd in the Water is laid upon the painful parts A Carminative Water â„ž Anise-seeds well pounded four ounces Cinnamon two ounces seeds of wild Carrots one ounce Nutmegs Mace Galangale Cloves of each two drachms having powder'd all grosly infuse them for two or three days in some hot place in two quarts of Malmsey then distill them according to art This Water attenuates gross viscous Humours expells Wind strengthens the Stomach and helps Digestion it is given from one drachm to an ounce A Water to take away Spots and Freckles of the Face â„ž Strawberries a pound and a half flowers of Lilies and Bean flowerrs of each half a pound Roach-Allum half an ounce Sal Gem Nitre Verdigrease of each two drachms let them macerate for ten days in three pints of Malmsey White-wine Vinegar and Narbonne Honey then distill'd in a moderate Sand heat This Water smooths preserves Ladies Complexions takes off Freckles Sun-burns and other such Deformities of the Skin The Elixir of three Ingredients â„ž Roots of Enula Campana and Angelica newly dry'd Juniper-berries of each four ounces having cut and beaten them grosly put them into a Matrass and pour on them a pint and a half of rectify'd Spirit of Wine let them stand in Infusion in a moderate heat until the Spirit is fully tinctured then filter and put it up for use It is commended against Pestilence Asthma's Palsies Apoplexies and Lethargies given from a scruple to two drachms in a convenient Vehicle Crollius's Pestilential Elixir â„ž Balsam of Sulphur prepar'd with Juniper and Amber four
an earthen glaz'd Vessel of a narrow Orifice and having stopt it leave it to macerate 24 hours over hot Embers then add half a pound of Oyl of St. John's Wort and boil them to the consumption of the Wine which done let them be strain'd and press'd dissolve in the filter'd mixture eight ounces of Venice Turpentine and two ounces of Frankensence reduc'd into fine powder The Spanish Balsam is much esteemed for the cure of all sorts of Wounds especially such as happen in the Nervous parts The Wound is first washed with warm Wine then the Balsam is put in or Syring'd if the Wound be deep then the sides bound with Ligatures and Bolsters and a Compress steep'd in strong Wine and press'd out again laid on the top The Italian Balsam â„ž Oyl of Olives half a pound Oyl of Laurel five ounces Turpentine two ounces Oyl of Juniper Spike Petrolaeum St. John's Wort of each half-an ounce yellow Wax two ounces mix them into a Balsan according to art This also is a good Wound Balsam and is proper to strengthen the Nerves An Ointment to consume Carnosities in the Urethra â„ž Red Precipitate one ounce burnt Allum half an ounce white Ointment of Rhasis three ounces mix them into an Ointment put a little on the end of a small Wax Candle and thrust it into the Vrethra This Ointment consumes the Carnosities or Excrescences of Flesh that happen in the Urethra occasion'd by the corrosion of an infectious Gleet An Ointment to be us'd when the Excrescence is eat away â„ž Oyl of sweet Almonds drawn without Fire two ounces clear Turpentine and powder'd Ceruss of each half an ounce mix them with a little white Wax and make them into an Ointment This Ointment asswages the pain caus'd by the other deterges and heals without much trouble both are to be us'd upon the extremity of a small Wax Candle An Ointment for Scabs and Tetters â„ž Salt of Lead half an ounce sweet Sublimate one drachm Ointment of Roses three ounces mix them into an Ointment This Ointment cures the Itch Tetters crusted Scabs and other Deformities of the Skin dissolves the viscid saline Phlegm that stuffs the Pores it will be proper to purge before its use A Linement for the Piles â„ž Pulp of Hog's-lice Ointment of Poplar Buds and Oyl of Eggs of each one ounce Extract of Opium half a drachm make a Linement according to art This Linement does wonderfully asswage the anguish of the Piles it is us'd after well fomenting the part with luke-warm Wine or some appropriate Decoction A Linement to hinder the Small Pox from seaming or marking â„ž Ceruse wash'd in rose-Rose-water Litharge of Gold prepar'd of each one drachm Oyl of the four greater cold Seeds sweet Almonds and Eggs of each half an ounce Nightshade and Plantain Water what is requisite to make them into a Linement The Face Hands and Neck are anointed with this Linement when the small Pox begins to dry to make them shell off the sooner and hinder the pitting Anodine and Soporiferous Ointment â„ž Ointment of Roses and Poplar Buds of each one ounce express'd Oyl of Henbane and the more liquid Extract of Opium of each one drachm make them into a Linement This is proper to quiet Head-aches and cause Sleep it is apply'd to the Forehead and Temples The Royal Plaster for Ruptures â„ž Ship-pitch one pound yellow Wax clear Turpentine of each four ounces dry roots of the greater Comfrey Mastick of each two ounces Labdanum an ounce and a half under-growth of Cystus seal'd Earth of each half an ounce Cypress Nuts No. 20 make them into a Plaster according to art This Plaster was held a secret by the Prior of Cabrieres until the King of France purchas'd it and other Remedies which that Clergyman us'd with great success in the cure of Ruptures It is not as Compound as other Plasters ad herniam are but yields to none in strengthening the relax'd parts not without a Truss Dr. Blondel's Plaster call'd Diabotanum or Plant-plaster â„ž Roots and fresh leaves of Bur-dock Butter-bur Hemlock Ground-pine Lovage the greater Valerian Angelica Enula Campana Horse-radish Sowbread both Brown-worts Stone-crop Hedge Hyssop both Celandines of each one ounce and a half all being pick'd well cleans'd and beaten in a Stone Mortar let them macerate for four days in nine pints of the Juices of the greater Celandine Clary and Hemlock then let them be boil'd to the consumption of a third part afterwards strain'd and strongly press'd Let the express'd Liquor be well boil'd with Oyl of Euphorbium Oyl of Earth-worms and Letharge of Gold prepar'd of each two pound and half a pound of the Juice of Stone-crop stirring them continually with a woodden Spatula to the consistence of a Plaster then melt and mix with them yellow Wax and Burgundy-pitch of each nine ounces liquid Storax well cleans'd from its Feculencies clear Turpentine Gum Tacamahac of each two ounces Ammoniacum Galbanum Olibanum Mastick Bdellium Opopanax Sagapenum Oyl of Bricks Laurel-berries common a Brimstone of each one ounce and a half Bitumen of India four ounces green leaves of Pistachio's dry'd in the shade one ounce Camphire dissolv'd in a sufficient quantity of Oyl of Cloves half an ounce Pidgeon's Dung roots of Florence Orrice Virgins Seal Sowbread round rooted Crowfoot Asara bacca Crown-Imperial Dragon's-wort Hellebore roots of long and round Birthwort Periwinkle Seeds of Male Peony Angelica or if that cannot be found Stavesacre Cresses and Cummin seeds of each a drachm and a half make them into a Plaster according to art This Plaster requires skill and care to be made as it ought but its goodness will make amends for the trouble there being scarce any that does either digest or dissolve obstinate Tumours like it such as the King 's Evil Nodes and Ulcerous Callosities It may be made of greater efficacy by an addition of Quicksilver The Diabotanum cerate with Mercury â„ž Plaster of Diabotanum Hemlock and Plaster of Tabacco of each one pound yellow Wax half a pound liquid Storax clear Turpentine Oyl of Palm and Laurel of each four ounces Quick-silver half a pound This Cerate is successfully us'd to asswage pains in the Shoulders Arms Thighs Legs or any other parts of the Body proceeding from Venereal Infection it also dissolves Nodes and Venereal Tumours obstinate cold Swellings it may be us'd alone or mix'd with other Plasters tending to the same effect A Plaster of Sperma Ceti â„ž White Wax four ounces Sperma Ceti two ounces Galbanum dissolv'd strained and boil'd in Vinegar one ounce mix and make them into a Plaster This Plaster is apply'd to Womens Breasts to keep their Milk from curdling and to dissolve what may be already coagulated and may be also put to Scrophulous Tumours It is too soft to be made up in Rowls therefore must be kept in a gally pot A Plaster for the Tooth-ach â„ž Gum Tacamahac Elami and Mastick of each two ounces Opium two drachms mix and make
a Plaster according to art This owes its vertue to the Opium which apply'd to the Temporal Artery may impregnate the Blood with some few anodine Particles or stay in some measure the Defluxion of a Saline Serosity that irritates the Nerve of the aking Tooth A Febrifuge Plaster â„ž Cloves of Garlick well cleans'd two ounces twenty live Spiders Bitumen of India Sal Armoniack Rosin Wax Turpentine Oyl of Spike and Mastick of each one ounce Camphire two drachms make them into a Plaster according to art The subtiler parts of these topick Medicines excited by the heat of the Body insinuate themselves through the pores mix with the Blood and either by fusing it or raising a gentle Fermentation sometimes happen to occasion the secretion of the morbile matter bleeding and purging ought to precede their use A Plaster of Cinnabar â„ž Plaster of Mucilages three ounces Burgundy Pitch clean Galbanum of each two ounces and a half Cinnabar one ounce and a half Ointment called Aegyptiacum half an ounce Euphorbium and Orpine of each two drachms and a half This Plaster is us'd to consume proud Flesh to deterge Venereal Ulcers and lay open Cancers It will be of a better Consistence if instead of the Aegyptiacum you use a drachm and a half of Verdigrease A Plaster to consume Excrescencies in the Urethra â„ž Emplastrum Diachalciteos half a pound Verdigrease Orpine burnt Allum red Precipitate of each three drachms mix them according to art into a plaster This Plaster consumes the Callosities and Excrescenties that grow sometimes in the Urethra It may be made more or less Corrosive by increasing or diminishing the powders after the small Wax Candle arm'd with this Plaster has been drawn out of the Urethra you must put in another besmear'd with the Ointment of Roses to asswage the pain caus'd by the corrosion of the other The Plaster of the four Gums â„ž Gum Ammoniack Sagapenum Galbanum Opopanax of each one pound Colophony half a pound make them into a Plaster according to art This softens and dissolves Tumours and brings them to due Suppuration Plaster of Vertues â„ž Common Oyl and Fountain Water of each two pound prepar'd Litharge one pound Ceruss four ounces boil them according to art to the consistence of a Plaster then add eight ounces of yellow Wax and the like weight of Turpentine This is call'd Polychrestum by reason of its general use but it is more especially recommended for Ulcerous Burns Chaps and Clefts in the Breasts Hands Feet proceeding from Chilblains c. It is apply'd to Wounds and to discuss the remaining hardness of Impostumes if spread thin it may serve for a Saradrap to lay upon Issues Setons c. Tinctura Martis Mynsichti being frequently prescrib'd and not describ'd in this nor in our Dispensatories I will add it here out of the Author â„ž Sal Armoniack two part filing of Steel one part mix and put them into a Retort distill first with a gentle then with a stronger fire so the Essence of Mars will remain in the bottom which take out and edulcorate very well from the sharpness of the Sal Armoniack then put it into a Cucurbit add Spirit of Wine and let them stand until the Spirit ceases to draw a deeper Tincture then pour off the Spirit draw off half in an Alembeck filter the rest through Cap paper and keep it for use Others use a more expeditious method for drawing this Tincture Having powder'd the Salt and Filings they throw them into a red hot Crucible let them stand until they are very hot then they cast them into a Mortar and having stirr'd and powder'd them a little pour them into a Cucurbit add Spirit of Wine and stop the Vessel thus they have a Tincture in four and Twenty hours This Tincture is esteem'd an extraordinary opener and is therefore used in Cachexies Hypochondriack Melancholy Suppression of the Menses c. It is given from six drops to twelve in Wine Bath-water or in appropriate Syrupâ— and Decoctions FINIS Remedies collected out of the History of the Royal Academy of Sciences publish'd some Months past by John Baptista du Hamel I Need say no more in praise of Mr. du Hamel than that he had the honour to be particularly esteem'd by our famous Mr. Boyle and that he has been Secretary to the French Royal Academy of Sciences since its first Institution He is Author of the Philosophca vetus nova ad usum Scholae accomodata and of several other excellent Works He inserted these Remedies in his History in hopes they might prove of some good to the Publick which is the design of adding them here Monsieur Galloy recommended the Decoction or Broth of Crab-fish in Distemâ—ers vulgarly call'd Defluxions on the Breast and Lungs he was advis'd to it by the famous Malpighius The same also recommended Urine and Salt boil'd to the consistence of Honey to dissolve obstinate Swellings when they do not yield to the best discussing Plasters Dr. Joly a Native of Dijon assur'd that in Burgundy and the Confines of Champaigne where the King 's Evil is very common they boil two handfulls of Flower in a quart of Vinegar over a gentle heat to a Gluish Consistence and apply it with new Flax-yarn never wash'd to the swelling which does discuss it wonderfully Mr. Du Verney recommends Mr. Lemery's Stiptick Water as an extraordinary Remedy in Wounds Hemorrhagies c. and says It is us'd with great success at Strasbourg Others offer'd the Phlegm of Vitriol cohobated on the Vitriol and distill'd from 〈◊〉 several times This may be safely takeâ— inwardly being not in the least Corrosive Some were for the Oyl of Vitriol dulcâ—fy'd by a long digestion with Spirit 〈◊〉 Wine then that Spirit drawn off anâ— fresh pour'd on this to be repeated several times Mr. Du Clos said He himself cur'd the spitting of Blood by the repeated exhibition of a grain of Opium in Syrup of Pomgranate The following slight Preparation is said to be of great efficacy in Wounds Incisions and Contusions â„ž Rose-buds two handfulls Sugar half an ounce Cinnamon one drachm put them into a pint of good Brandy expose the Bottle to the Sun for three Weeks They give it a mild Astringency to stop the Blood a Volatility to dissolve what is extravas'd and become grumous and say it Coats the Wound with a sort of Varnish or gluish clear Liquor that keeps it from the Injuries of the Air. Others commended the Balsam of Peru. Upon tryal which was most in the right Monsieur Redi that plac'd the Poison of Vipers in a yellow Juice or Saliva or Mr. Charas that affirm'd it consisted in their irritated Spirits there was discover'd a Bagg or Magazine of the yellow Juice at the Root of their Teeth and a natural hollow Channel in the Tooth through which the Liquor was forcibly shot out upon pressure of its Reservatory this yellow Juice was found to be a killing Poison On this occasion a Discourse was
started how those ought to be help'd who should have the misfortune to be bit by Vipers Some quoted Ambrose Parey Chirurgion to Charles IX and to Henry the Third of France who being bit in the Finger by a Viper at Montpelier escap'd by making a straight Ligature above the Wound Monsieur Charas was twice bit the first time besides a Ligature he took twenty four grains of the Volatile Salt of Vipers which cast him into a good Sweat the second time he trusted to the Ligature alone and did well The Inhabitants of Poictou who are frequently bit by Vipers that are very numerous in that Province use another sort of Remedy When stung they heat an Iron red hot with what expedition they can and hold it as near and as long as they can bear it to the Wound One so dangerously bit that his Arm swell'd up immediately heated the Blade of his Knife red hot held it close to the Sore for ten or twelve Minutes and the Swelling and other Symptoms soon disappeared Monsieur Blondel offer'd another Remedy which he had known to be us'd with good success by Huntsmen in America viz. When bit or stung they immediately scarify'd the part fill'd it with Gunpowder and set fire to the Powder Others fill the Wound with Cotton well soak'd in a Dissolution of Treacle in the best Spirit of Wine In Normandy they first press and suck out the Blood and then fill the Wound with Salt and this they do when hurt by mad Dogs A tryal was made of an Indian Stone given by Father Fontenay to Monsieur Cassini a Pigeon being wounded by a Viper the Stone was apply'd to the Wound with some success but a Stone that was said to have been taken out of a Serpent's Head was found to be of no effect for the wounded Whelp it was apply'd to died in nine Hours time The Stone was believ'd to be factitious it is commonly call'd The Stone of Camboja The Blood of this Whelp and of a Pigeon that died bitten by a Viper was fluid Monsieur Charas upon this Subject told he had cur'd his Daughter severely bit by an Ape by an Application of pounded Garden Parsley to the Wound And another offer'd That Bees stings are immediately cur'd by putting to them bruis'd Laurel Leaves and that the Powder of a Chamois-horn did the same and was Alexipharmick Upon the Analysis of Wolf's bane and some discourse of Poisons Mr. Charas affirm'd he had formerly found in a Chest that belong'd to one of the famous poisoning Ladies an insipid clear Liquor that kill'd whatever Animal drank it that the same Ladies Brother liv'd a long time by vertue of the Juice of Citrons he was of opinion that drinking Water in a large quantity was a good Remedy against Corrosive Poisons The same Monsieur Charas being some Years before he died reduc'd by a lingring Sickness to a very low state of Health troubled with continual Sweats and troublesome itching over all his Body bethought himself to take a grain of Opium every day which recover'd his Strength much and gave him great ease from his itching without dosing him in the least or abating his Appetite to Meat or Drink his Sweats continu'd for some time after he began to do well and he believing from the itch that follow'd them that they proceeded chiefly from a turgency of sharp corrosive Humours thought best to second Nature in the excretion took his Opium every day until he was perfectly recover'd This he observ'd that it had the same effect whatever time of the day he took it It is also commended in a Tenesmus and not only put into the hollow of the Tooth but also taken inwardly for the painful Tooth-aches Discoursing upon Sea water and the several methods try'd to render it sweet as Percolation Distillation and Precipitation they seem'd to conclude the latter impracticable because to precipitate the Sea-Salt another Salt must be us'd which will communicate an ungrateful Acrimony or Acidity to the Water What Glauber says of his Specular Stone ignited wants the confirmation of Experience Percolation requires a close light Earth Sand calcin'd and reduc'd into Powder would be very proper Sweetning Water by Distillation has been perform'd by some especially by D. Othon of Caen who by a serpentine Pipe or Worm of his own invention has drawn above forty Pints in forty Hours This Water thus distill'd mix'd in a small quantity with common Water preserves it from Corruption if we believe Fioravanti who delivers it as a considerable Secret Sea-water drank in a small quantity is no way hurtful Some take it against Worms others to prevent their being Sea-sick Zacutus tells of a Dropsical Man who being at Sea and forc'd to drink Sea-water having none that was fresh fell into a Looseness that cur'd him of his Dropsie Another was known to have been considerably reliev'd by wearing continually round his Loins a Linen Girdle stuff'd with dry Salt finely powder'd and whereas before he us'd it he seem'd to be at death's door through the vast bulk and extension of his Abdomen yet he liv'd two Years Hereupon some recommended Hemp agrimony in Dropsies another told how two Dropsical Persons found some relief in an Anasarca by going into an Oven immediately after the Bread was drawn out Monsieur Homberb related the History of an Hypochondriack that was cur'd by the use of this following Mixture â„ž Quick Lime slak'd in the Air two parts Sal Armoniack one part mix them well together He gave twenty grains of this Mixture at a time He says Lime dissolv'd per deliquium deserves to be plac'd among the best opening Remedies The same says That if you mix equal parts of Salt of Tartar and Sal Armoniack together draw off the Spirits or Urinous Flowers and then dissolve filter and coagulate what remains you will have Sylvius's Salt so much commended by the Dutch Physicians He deprives the Glass of Antimony of its Emetick quality by an Acid Spirit drawn from the Oak Tree The method is thus â„ž Glass of Antimony two ounces pour on it a pint of the Spirit of Oak-wood leave them to digest for eight days then change the Spirit for new and repeat this till the Spirit draws no more red Tincture from the Glass In this Operation not only the Glass of Antimony loses its Emetick Quality but also the Spirit is depriv'd of its natural Acidity the Spirit first us'd becomes sweet and somewhat astringent Dr. Mery assur'd That he has cur'd not only superficial but also deep flesh Wounds with a mixture of an inconsiderable quantity of good rectify'd Spirit of Wine with common Water He keeps the Wound clean drops in some of this Water or anoints the Wound with a Feather dip'd in it Mr. Turnefort commends Garlick in the griping of the Guts and a Gargle of Olive Pickle call'd Pinsolina in Provence against Quinsies Mr. Du Hamel has a great Opinion of the Powder of Acorns given in Wine in