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water_n	let_v	ounce_n	pint_n	3,729	5	11.1697	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60463	Smith's experiments being a true direction how to prepare several medicines that have been daily experienc'd; and frequently sold, by James Smith, practitioner in physick and surgery	Smith, James, practitioner in physick and surgery.	1681 (1681)	Wing S4090B; ESTC R220072	2,806	18

SMITH'S Experiments BEING A True Direction how to Prepare several Medicines that have been daily Experienc'd And frequently Sold By JAMES SMITH Practitioner in Physick and Surgery LONDON Printed for the Author 1681. Gentlemen I Having Travelled most Parts of this Kingdom Chiefly to see the variety of Diseases and different wayes of Practice that thereby I might be more Capable of Serving that Part of the Countrey where I intend to Settle for it cannot be denyed a Person Travelling to and Practising in many places may see much more than he who is more Domestick or Lives altogether at home thought it a part of my Duty now I intend to desist from Travelling to leave behind me for your future Benefit some Receipts or Ways of preparing some Medicines as may be Useful in your Families And you have here not only Directions how to make those things which I sell from my Stages but several other as Useful and as much Experienc'd as they I know you have seen many Pamphlets of the like nature but never any so Real as this And though I may perhaps be malign'd by some who prefer their private Interest before a publick profit yet fear of Offending such shall never cause me to wave my Design or check my Undertaking in a thing that may be so generally Usefull And I hope it will be as Candidly Accepted as Faithfully Intended from your Friend and Servant James Smith 1. How to make the Brown Balsom for Wounds Aches or pain in the Limbs TAke Oyl Olive 1 quart Rosemary Thyme Cammomile Lavender and Winter Savory of each half a handful break or cut them and boyl them in the oyl Bees-wax and Rozin of each three quarters of a Pound Dogs-grease Bears-grease and black Pitch of each one ounce Dissolve all these over a gentle fire then as soon as it is taken off the fire add Venice Turpentine 2 ounces Storax Liquid 1 ounce Oyl of Earth-worms Oyl of Melliot and Oyl of St. Johns-wort of each half an ounce Oyl of Turpentine 1 ounce Oyl of Spike 2 drahcms stir these together till they are cold 2. How to make the Green Oyntment for Burns or Scalds Inflammation or Heat in any part Take Hemlock Henbane Nightshade Grondsill Housleek Dwarf-Elder Marsh-Mallows Chickweed and Plantain of each a handful Cut the herbs and put them to 2 quarts of Oyl Olive Boyl them till the herbs be crisp then strain it and put to the Oyl one pound of Virgin Wax dissolve the Wax and then let it cool by degrees 3. How to make an Excellent Water for any curable Disease of the Eyes Take Quick-Lime 2 ounces let it steep 12 hours in a pint of Spring water then take off the clear gently strain it through a thin Rag that the scum which will be at the top get not through Put it into a Brass Pan and put to it Sal Armoniack three drachms stir it with a Brass Spoon till it be very blew Drop of it into the Eye two or thre times a day 4. Another Remedy for the Eyes Take white Rose-water Plantane Water and Eyebright Water of each one ounce Powder of white Sugar-Candy half an ounce Olibanum one drachm Mix them by pouring the Water to the Powders in a Mortar by degrees stirring with the Pestle all the while Use this as the former 5. How to make the Excellent Powder for the Worms to be taken in Honey or Treacle in the Morning Take Tormentil Roots Coriander Seeds Coraline burnt Harts-horn all Pulveriz'd of each one ounce Salt of Wormwood one ounce mix them together very well and keep it dry Probatum est The Dose for a Man as much as will lye on a shilling 6. An Excellent Powder for Ruptures or Broken Bellies to be taken in Claret or strong Drink in the Morning Take the Roots of Bistort Round Birthwort Tormentil and the grear Comfry of each one ounce Red and yellow Saunders of each one drachm and half Dragons-blood and Harts-horn of e●ch 2 scruples Bole-Armoniack 2 drachms Pulverize and mix them all Dose from 12 grains to 2 scruples 7. An Approved Remedy forthe Epilepsie or Falling-Sickness to be taken in strong drink in the morning Take Peony Roots Round Birthwort and Sassafras of each one ounce Pellitory of Spain 2 drachms Caraway seeds sweet Fennel seeds and Rue of each half an ounce Leaves of Betony and Parsly of each 2 drachms Pulverize and mix them together Dose from 12 grains to 2 scruples 8. The Powder to purge the Head Take Rosemary and Betony of each 1 scruple black Hellebore of each 1 scruple Ireos 1 drachm and a half Mix them all in fine Powder and take of it at Night one grain at a time 9. The Remedy for the Tooth-ach Take Pellitory of Spain mix it with an equal quantity of Wheat-flower and with the strongest Spirit of Wine make a paste Roul it in thin Cakes and cut it into square pieces and dry it hold a bit of it between the Teeth or in the hollow of the Tooth Keep the mouth shut as long as you can 10 The Composition of the General Purging Pill being the Onely Purge for any Disease either Cronical or Acute where Purging is necessary ℞ Scammonii ℥ ss pulp Coloquint ʒ v. f. P. Et cum Ol. Caryophill Chim q. S. F. M. Cui adde Pil. Cochiae min. et Aggregativae an ʒ j. ss bene Contundantur simul et fiat massa pro Pilulis Dos gr 10. An Excellent PILL for the Stomach Take of Pill Ruffi call'd Pestilential and Pill Stomachici with the Gums of each on drachm Salt of Wormwood one scruple Elixir Proprietatis as much as will suffice to make a Mass for Pills 12. A good Remedy to stay Vomiting Take Malmsey six ounces Oyl of Vitriol 10 drops mix them and take an ounce every morning fasting 13. Another for Vomiting or Spitting of Blood Take 5 or 6 drops of Oyl of Mastich in Cinnamon water 14. A Notable Experienc'd Medicine to ease the pain of the Gout Take one or two of the foremost sucking Whelps of a Mastiff or Bear-Bitch kill them and take forth the Guts fill them with black Snailes Roast them and baste them with 10 ounces of Oyl of Spike coloured with Saffron Reserve that which droppeth from them and mix it with as much Oyl of Wax And therewith Anoint the part grieved 15. A Remedy for a Sore Mouth either in Young or Old Take Plantane water Honeysuckle water and Barley water mixt with Saccharum Saturni and gargarize with it 16. An Excellent Remedy for Consumption or Coughs Take Anniseeds Carawayseeds Coriander seeds Lycorice Elicampane of each half an ounce Flower of Brimstone 2 drachms Mix these with good Clarify'd Honey to the form of an Electuary then add Balsom of Sulphur one drachm and Oyl of Anniseeds 10 drops stirre it well and take of it Morning and Evening as much as a Hazel Nut. 17. The way of making Elixir Vitae Take Rosemary one handful Juniper Berries 2 ounces Angelica Roots and Elicampane of each half an ounce Zedoary and Cardamom of each 3 drachms steep all these 24 hours in 2 quarts of strong Spirit of Wine Then draw off in an Alembick very gently one quart and half a pint of the Elixir 18. To Blanch the Face Take the Meat of Lemmons the Kernels being taken away and a quantity of the first Sugar Still these and keep the Water to wash the Face every Night 19. A Powder for the Stone Sand Gravel or Flegm that Obstructs the Urine Take Sopewort Roots and Sea-Radish Roots of each half an ounce Juniper-Berries Bay Berries and Haws of each five drachms Gromel-seed Parsly-seed and Carraway-seed of each six drachms Gumme Arabick and Sal Prunella of each four scruples Pulverize and mix these and put to them oyl of Turpentine one drachm oyl of Juniper half a drachm The Dose from 10 grains to half a drachm 20. To stay bleeding at the Nose Take some Lint and make a Tent dip it in Ink and put up the Nostril and lay a Defensitive over the Eyes and Nose made with Sanguis Draco●is Bole-Armoniack and a little Vinegar Vale.