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The great preservative of mankind or, The transcendent vertue of the true spirit of salt long look'd for and now philosophically prepar'd and purified from all hurtfull or corroding qualities far beyond anything yet known to the world being both safe and pleasant for the use of all men, women and children in a physicall laboratory in London where all manner of chymicall preparations are carried on ...
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Barker, Richard, Sir.
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exalted cannot but pour out its Rayes upon Mankinde as a famous Preservative and perpetual resister of Poyson since it is a Noble Symbole of Divine Eternity FINIS DIRECTIONS For the use of THE SPIRIT of SALT FIrst in GENERAL All sorts of Liquors are the Conveyes thereof as Water Beer Ale Syder Wine Broths Sawces c. more healthfully used than Oranges Lemons Vinegar or Verges and with Oyl is most pleasant Indeed its proper in all sorts of Cookery to be used by the healthy to prevent these Maladies mentioned in the Treatise of its Nature as well as for their Remedy and that so much as gives the Pallate a smart Rellish at the discretion of the User No Error can be committed by taking any quantity from 10 drops to 40 at any time mingled with Sugar may be doubled and taken in a Mornings-Draught is very Efficatious For it preserves not onely the Body but whatever it receives from all manner of Corruption by Restoring Nature to its Primitive State In PARTICULAR 20 Drops of this Spirit in half a Pint of any sort of Liquor is a good Standard And after the proportion of 60 Drops in a Quart it revives all sorts of Beer Ale Syder and Wine long preserving them both Strong and Generous And the like quantity being put into Barrels of Water for Marriners to drink at Sea it will be better Preserved have a gratefuller Taste and avoid that putrifaction which ariseth from Raw Water especially preventing the Worms and Scurvy And so also for preserving Meat in long Voyages 40 Drops hereof mingled with a Pint of Water and so proportionably covering the Meat will increase the Weight and make it wholsom In dressing all sorts of Fish Flesh and Fowl being old and Tough they are made Tender and nourishing by so much hereof mingled with any Spices Water or Butter and sprinkled on them as may give a quick taste in their Sauces and any cold Meat also sprinkled therewith is preserved from detriment And to make a harsh tender amongst the curious Pallates dissolving a little Argall with this and some SALT makes most dainty wholsom food In Pickling any Sallets as Cucumbers Capers Fennell Purslain Broom-buds c. being mingled with Water and Salt so as to make it sharp and quick is very healthily pleasant To prevent the Toothach to cleanse and preserve the Teeth white Put 6 Drops in a spoonful of running Water or for the Curious into Rose-water and with a small Linnen-Ragg rub the Teeth and its impossible they should corrupt or putrifie It cleanseth them from their Corrosive Gravel As for WOMEN in most cases its fit to give private directions But for such as give suck let them with 60 Drops turn a Pint of Milk into a Posset and take the Whey mingled with Sugar if they please and drink a reasonable draught thereof in a Morning fasting an hour after it and their Children will be kept thereby from the Scurvy small Pox Feavers Convulsions and the like Diseases In CHILDREN Who desire to prevent the Stone and Gravel which by Experience destroys them as well as others who are not capable to take other Medecines by reason of the Nauseousness and great quantities may give them of this sort of Posset drink and they will find it both preserving and cleansing those parts of the Body subject to these Afflictions and also promise good Naturall Rest to them In want of Water a Drop or two of this mingled with Sugar put on the Tongue will refresh the Pallate and quench Thirst Wherefore to avoid the hazard of Glasses breaking it shall be Compos'd also into a BALSOMICK SALT Portable in any Box Purss or Paper which will not onely accomodate the Rich who travel with Coach and Horses at their ease but also the Poor and Infantry of Armies who travelling on foot in the heat of Summer are often forc'd to drink Puddle-water wherein Filth and Carryon lye by which they are subjected to Surfeits and such other Diseases as make them dye like Flies Almost infinite other Advantages As preserving dead bodies intire c. are hidden in this Spirit which in success of time by Gods grace shall be manifested And if any desire more exact instructions in their particular Cases they may repair where it s made and be more fully directed But if any Persons of Honour or Quality do more esteem this Spirit of SALT prepar'd sweet and separated from all its sharpness they may be pleasured with it freed from any Flegmatick Quality being prepared from the pure Essence of that Spirit by the assistance of a Learned famous Grecian who hath travelled most parts of Christendom and experienc'd the same And being recommended from both Universities is now entertained in a Laboratory whence several other Chymical preparations for the good of this Kingdom it s hoped ere long shall appear Besides the places published afore being much enquired after this Spirit in several and great Quantities may be also had in small Glasses from one Shilling to six Shillings sealed up At Horsly-down with Margaret Alleyn neer the Gate of the Artillery-ground And at Mr. Samuel Watsons at the sign of the Turks Head a Coffee-house in Friday-street neer Cheapside Also by the Tower at the Lyon in the Den. Despicit nescit POSTSCRIPT Courteous Reader ALbeit in the former Sheet of this Book the Authors name is spoken of as being suppressed yet upon further consideration however void of all Osteutation in the thing he hath made a mature retractation of his then thoughts and doth now own himself to be the Author of this Book by whom this Apologitick Epistle is subscribed Not doubting but that hereafter he shall suddenly hint something to the World which shall be more for the Publick good than this hoping in the Interim that this shall meet with all due and favourable acceptance as being intended by him for the good of others more than his own who now doth subscribe himself Thine in the Bond of the surest Engagements R. BARKER Sheet 1. Page 5. line 5. for Huchinson read Hutchison Sheet 1. Page 5. l. 22. for Nobilae read Nobile FINIS
THE Great Preservative of Mankinde OR The transcendent Vertue of the true SPIRIT OF SALT Long look'd for and now Philosophically prepar d and purified from all hurtfull or Corroding Qualities far beyond any thing yet known to the World being both safe and pleasant for the use of all Men Women and Children By a Physicall Laboratory in LONDON where all manner of Chymicall preparations are carried on without any Sophistication or abuses whatsoever 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 LONDON Printed by R. D. in the year 1662. THE TRANSCENDENT VIRTUE Of the true SPIRIT of SALT THere have been so many false preparations of that commonly called The Spirit of Salt retaining most pernicious accidents as it will be a hard matter to have the worth of that which is perfect admitted into a vulgar Creed Yet when the noble and universall qualities of seasoning and preserving our Food by common Salt are weighed the ingenious must needs conclude that when separated from its dregs and scum and presented to us in its strength and vigour it cannot but be worth a welcome reception amongst modern intelligent persons as well as it had amongst many of the learned Ancients Therefore as Basilius Valentinus Paracelsus Helmont and many others most excellent Chymists have wrote in the commendation thereof it may well be hop'd the publication of three or four hundred persons fresh experiences of its virtue in some particular cases should not be unprofitable for the publick good who are ready to testifie the truth of these Assertions following against all opposers and objections And indeed it s of so inherent an excellency that it needs neither Epistle Dedicatory or Commendatory but that this famous City and Kingdome should not be ignorant of so great a mercy its inward and outward virtues must not be conceal'd And first as to the Inward Stomack THough it communicates not much nourishment to the Body it self yet procures good appetite helps digestion keeps the Body loose prevents putrifaction of any thing in the Stomack strengthnining and cleansing it from all raw and flegmatick humours whether they proceed from drinking or otherwise and prevents drunkennesse or sicknesse therefrom Feavers In Feavers of long continuance it s very good given in the Spirit of Wine quenches thirst in such as languish under Thirst hot distempers or from what cause soever drought doth arise in the well and healthfull in hot weather cooling the Blood and inflamed Liver Blood At all times it revives the Body and defies diseases that arise from a corrupted Blood by purifying it th at lay before idle and settled in the veins and makes it volatile and to proceed more regularly in its circulation Rheums It delivers the Breast and parts adjacent from Rheums and Distillations Cough A rooted Cough and the shortnesse of Breath proceeding from thence without much difficulty it perfectly cures Spleen It helps the Liver and the Spleen in its unnaturall weight and burthen Jaundise It stifles the Iaundise in the birth or kills it in its strength Wind. The hypochondricall Melancholly pains also in the Sides and Bowels and whatsoever hath its origine from Wind it easily disperses and removes Dropsie Most especially it cleares the Body from all hydropicall humours and those which the Legs bear with such regret and trouble Vrine It keeps the Vreteries from all filth or slime and sends away the water that lurks betwixt the skin and flesh by Stool and Urine Stone Gravell Persons afflicted with the Stone it helps whether in Reins or Bladder and forbids Coallition of the Gravell in time dissolves the Stone if not already congealed and hardned Lungs Falling-sickness Palsie It s good for healing the Ulceration and Consumption of the Lungs the Falling-sicknesse and the Palsie Scurvy And for the Scurvy it s a most approved Antidote and Remedy Wormes Prevents breeding of Wormes and kills them where they are Plague It s a received preservative against the Plague and doth very much help those already infected Poyson As also any that are poysoned by Opium c. or stung by Serpents Spiders or otherwise Women And as to Women it removes obstructions helps them to the benefit of Nature And those that have the Matrix clog'd with superfluous humours may use it with successe Thus much for the inward Benefits For the Virtue outwardly used IT keeps a good and lively Colour Any putrifi'd wounds or proud flesh being gently washed with it are cured and the place preserved by it clean and sound It brings life into benumm'd Members and is very good against the Cramp It may be outwardly applyed for the French disease as also in cold Gouts mixed with Oyl of Turpentine VVax Amber Harts-horn or the like It s good for the Kitchin in rendring meats gratefull and pleasant for instead of Vinegar Lemons or other sharp Sawces it s more healthfully taken mixt with Sugar its excellent Sawce for Rosted meats By it Raisins recover their former bignesse and beauty mixt with some fountain water are pleasing to the pallat and very cordiall to refresh a weak Stomaek Pigeons Chickens and all flesh seasoned with it are of a pleasing relish Beef steeped in or sprinkled with it is made tender It cleanseth the Teeth and makes them white as snow and takes all stains out of Linnen To say no more it s that which cuts the Sinews of all diseases and supports as well as restores weak Bodies One thing more cannot be omitted when at Sea water is scant a little of this prepared into a Salt laid on the tip of the Tongue in a small proportion takes a way all inclination to drink These are some of the rare advantages that attend this Spirit of SALT Others there be more secret which require Private impartment Who use it find these Effects If any doubt let them try in some one and by that judge the rest It s to be had near the Old Exchange with Mr HUCHINSON at the White Swan in Burching-lane At Grays-Inn with Mr THOMAS FIRBY under the Gate At St Dunstons-Church in Mr MARRIOT'S shop At New Exchange with Mr HENRY HARRINGTON in the Low Walk At Westminster with Mr HARMAN in Stephens Alley At Lambeth with Mr NEVITTS near the three Marriners Where Directions are for the several occasions and use of such as desire it on moderate Rates The Authors forbear their names and publishing the further Vertues that are almost wonderfull untill they see the kind reception of this one Product of their great expence and labour Veritas cum sit Lux Astrorum angulis non coarctatur Itidem SAL ex Astris Oriens exaltatus non potest quin radios suos hominibus effundat veluti Prophylacticum simul Alexipharmacum perpetuum cum sit Aeternitatis Divinae Nobilae Symbolum Truth being the Light of the Stars cannot be closed in Corners In like manner SALT also arising from the Stars being