Pharmacopoeia Lemeriana Contracta: LEMERY's Universal Pharmacopoeia abridg'd, IN A COLLECTION OF Recepe's and Observations, Compar'd With the London and with Bates's Dispensatories; and also, with Cha­ras's Royal Pharmacy.

To which are added, Some Remedies recommended by the Members of the French Royal Aca­demy of Sciences, most collected out of the History of that Society, lately published by John Baptista du Hamel.

LONDON, Printed for Walter Kettilby at the Bishop's-head in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1700.

THE PREFACE.

THE Choice, due Preparation and Mixture of Medicines are of such known consequence to the welfare of Mankind, that I should lose time, if I spent any in recommending Pharmacy; and it be­ing little less obvious, that a Skill in Chymistry is indispensably necessary to make an able Apothecary, I shall think it needless to insist upon any Praises of Mr. Lemery in this particular, since his Ingenious and Learn'd Treatise upon the Subject, so well receiv'd over all Europe, that it has been printed nine times in French, thrice in English, and several times in Latin, is an unquesti­nable proof of his Ability. Therefore I take the only thing incumbent on me, to be, to account why I have taken so lit­tle [Page]from a Book which I take pains to insinuate, is valuable; for which I shall offer these reasons. 1. That upon com­paring his to the London and Bates's Dispensatories, and with Monsieur Charas's Royal Pharmacy already English'd, I have found very many good Remedies borrow'd from the two first, and not a few taken from the lat­ter, which I thought as needless as dis­ingenuous to insert in this Collection, those Books being in most peoples hands already; if I take notice of any, it is very seldom but where some alteration is made, or to vindicate our Compositi­ons from faults my Author pretends to find in them. 2. I do often abridge into ten or a dozen words what I find spun out uselesly into twenty or thirty lines: It is in telling what quantity of different Ingredients are contain'd in a determinate portion of a Composition; my Author is not content to say, that there is so much contain'd in a Scruple or in a Drachm, but begins a-new, and tells there is so much contain'd in two Scruples, and in two Drachms, and [Page]commences again, and goes on often to an Ounce and a half, and that some­times in such ordinary Compositions as Lenitive Electuary for Glisters. For my part, I believe neither this nor any other Book would be of use to such as should want Brains to calculate, that if a Drachm contains so many Grains of an Ingredient, two Drachms of the same Composition must contain twice so many Grains; and so any other assignable quantity thereof, more or less as it is contain'd in, or contains a Drachm. 3. I avoid what does considerably aug­ment the Bulk of this great Pharma­cy, viz. a frequent Repetition of tedi­ous Remarks, design'd for the Instructi­on of Novices, but altogether useless to such as are under the direction of Ma­sters to learn their Calling, and far short of Sufficiency to render any other an Artist; for there is a certain Mo­dus, a nice secundum Artem in duely preparing Medicines, which is as im­possible to be learn'd by dry Precepts without Manual Operation directed by a viva voce Instruction, as it is unlikely [Page]to become a famous Fencer by Contem­plation and serious Study of Agrippa's or any other great Artist's Posture-Book. And truly it is wonderful, that in such a Nation as this is, where plen­ty affords due means to preserve Health, people should risque this Comfort of Life, in making use of the adulterate, dilite­rious, slovenly Compositions of ignorant pretending Quacks, whose number grows daily upon us thro' the Dissention of Physicians among themselves, and the unhappy Difference of the College with the Apothecaries, whereof there can likely be no prospect of Accommoda­tion, when Methods are taken to widen the Breach to the considerable detriment of Physick in general, and no less dis­reputation of English Physicians, hi­therto deservedly famous over all the Learned World. To heal a Wound by irritating it, and putting its sever'd parts at a greater distance, was never learn'd [...] Hippocrates, and will be al­ways as unsuccessful as the attempts of a late ingenious Author to ridicule Men into Conformity. Such Constraints are [Page]too like Dragooning to take in this free Nation, and it is pity he has thrown a­way so much truly noble Verse, Claudi­an-like, on so mean a Subject. As for the anonymous Author that has so disin­geniously labour'd to lessen Apothe­caries, they set so little by his mighty Performance, that upon discovery of his Name; they have only cut off the Initial Letter, and it's said, the best of them are so little averse to a fair Accommodation with the College, that they would not be against a Subordination, equally distant from vying with approv'd able Physici­ans and a too servile dependance on them. It is more than probable, that such a tem­per would prove to the Credit and Interest of both. But I must leave this Subject to acquaint the Reader, that I generally prefer the less Compound when larger Compositions are not recommended by ex­perienc'd Practitioners; for all Plants and Minerals are in themselves Compo­sitions where Nature has regulated the Doses and Mixtures of Principles with an exactness unattainable by Art, if we were but fortunate enough to hit upon [Page]them and to apply them right; on the other hand, the over-nice uncompounded­ness sought after by laborious and tiresome Analyses, seems an equal Error, many Quintessences, Elixirs, Ethereal Oyls, and such others, call'd, the Souls of Mixts, proving short of the efficacy of the grosser parts, witness the Kinkina. Let Experience guide here as in cases of this nature it ought, being the only Test that can be safely rely'd on in the use and choice of Medicines, for Tast and Smell (Dr. Floyer's Touch-stone) prove wofully deceitful on many occasi­ons, and do not reach some Sovereign Remedies, as the Ipecacuanha and Je­suit's Bark, that have no Smell at all, and Mercury and Antimony that have neither Tast nor Smell. Before I con­clude this Preface, I must take notice of a Method in Practice peculiar (for what I can learn) to Mr. Lemery, viz. leaving on or continuing Blistering-Plaisters to the same part for 16 or 20 days together, and that he says with success in young Children troubled with obstinate Defluxions on their Eyes. Tho' [Page]his Vesicatory is not so strong of the Cantharides as ours generally are, I be­lieve few will think it safe to prescribe it his way here, where there is a fresh Instance of that degree of prejudice a­gainst the foreign Fly, that some have been severely handled for ordering the internal use in a very small quantity and wary circumspect manner; the case so desperate, that ordinary Medicines prov'd ineffectual. In my Judgment the Reasons urg'd against the Practice, well consider'd, prov'd it safe. I will add my Thoughts, and humbly submit them to the unbyass'd Reader.

The Arguments us'd against the inter­nal use of the Cantharides ran most thus, That an external application raises Blisters, tears the Flesh, causes often a great pain in the Bladder, accompany'd sometimes with bloody Urine, &c. there­fore, if taken inwardly they will of ne­cessity excoriate the Stomach, tear the tender Blood-vessels in the Lungs, and endanger all the noble parts.

If we duly examine how Blistering-Plaisters apply'd to the Neck, Arms, or [Page]other external parts, cause the Pain and Bloody-Urine complain'd of, we will find, that both are occasion'd by an ad­hesion of some Corrosive Particles of the Cantharides to the inner Membrane and Neck of the Bladder; and if we examine how such Particles come to these parts from the Back or Arms, we will find, they must of necessity pass through the Lungs and Heart, and that pro­bably several times before they are car­ry'd off by Urine; for passing gradually with the refluent Blood to the Heart, it is not unlike they impregnate the Mass equally; and if so, there can be no more carry'd to the Kidneys in one Circulati­on, than what the Blood of the Emul­gent Arteries happens to be then loaded with, which must bear the same pro­portion to the whole, as this quantity of Blood doth to the entire Mass, the rest of the Cantharides at the same time, being carry'd to those call'd Noble, as well as to other parts, as they receive more or less of the impregnated Fluid. Since thus it is manifest, that the Acri­monious Salts of the Cantharides pass [Page]through the Lungs and Heart when from an external application they affect the Bladder, and that it seems more than probable, that some portion is at the same time convey'd with the Blood to all the other Noble Parts, it follows, that either the fear of giving them inwardly in a small quantity and with good cor­rectives is groundless, or that there must be evident danger in a frequent External Application, which is contrary to daily Experience. If Cantharides were so pernicious as some imagine, what dread­ful effects would they not work when ap­ply'd in Vesicatories to such as are apt to spit Blood, or are subject to Dysenteries? What a condition must they be in, that have half a dozen Blisters on at a time? can it be suppos'd that there is not more of the Fly circulating among their Noble Parts than would be in one that should take in half a Grain at the Mouth; cer­tainly the great benefit found by Vesica­tories in the fusion of a gross sluggish Serum, and the consequent excretion of that with the Peccant Matter by Urine and copious Sweats, is an unquestiona­ble [Page]proof of the intimate mixture of a considerable part of their Acrimonious Particles with the Mass of Blood if there were no other Argument to prove it. Much more might be alledg'd on this Subject from matters of fact, but that would make the Preface as big as the Book, so I shall end here, and beg the Reader to pardon some false pointings and literal errors, and to take the words Filter and Filtration (which are often us'd in this small Col­lection) in their larger Sence, for ordi­nary straining, not for passing Liquors through Cap-paper as Chymists use them.

OF INFUSIONS AND Decoctions.

HEre they are deservedly cen­sured, that overcharge their Liquor with too great a quantity and number of Drugs, it being manifest, that neither Infusion nor Decoction becomes thereby the stronger, because no assignable Men­struum can load it self, nor take up more of any substance, than fills its pores, or can adjust it self to its insensible constituent parts. But these intercepted Interstices varying in Figure and Capacity, it fol­lows, [Page 2]that when a Liquor is so satiate with a certain substance, that it will not dissolve one Grain more of it, though it should stand never so long thereon; yet it will readily take up another body, whose minute parts are more proportio­nate to its unpossess'd Pores, or can adjust themselves better to its inconspicuous Principles. I add this last, because it is demonstrable, that the parts of the dis­solv'd body are not all receiv'd into the empty spaces that lie interspers'd in the dis­solving Liquor; since this does often con­siderably increase in Volume, and that sometimes proportionably to the bulk of what is dissolv'd therein, which could not be, if only vacuola, or intercepted empty spaces, became satiate. What is here advanc'd, is manifestly prov'd by the following easie and unexpensive Ex­periments. Take 6 or 8 Ounces of wa­ter, throw common Salt into it, untill it will dissolve no more, then pour off the Liquor, and add Sugar untill that re­mains unalter'd: then take Nitre, Sal-Armoniac, Alum, Vitriol, Borax, and you will find, that your water will still dissolve a small quantity of each, because the Receptacles commensurate to the fi­gure and size of their minute parts did [Page 3]not admit the undissolv'd part of the com­mon Salt and Sugar, by reason of their different shape and bulk. You may ob­serve, that water will take up four times as much Sugar as of green Vitriol, and twenty times the quantity of Sugar that it will dissolve of Borax, that what dis­solves soonest raises the water less; and è contra.

It is by the proportion of the Figure, Size, and Site of the parts of the dissolu­ble bodies to the dissolving Liquors, that we can account why common water is a fit Menstruum for Senna, Rhubarb, and Tamarinds, but altogether improper for Jalap, Turbith, and such other resinous Mixtures as require sulphureous Liquors, as Spirit of Wine, &c. Hence it appears how absolutely necessary it is for Apothe­caries to know the various Substances of medicinal Drugs, both that they may chuse the properest Menstruums, and duly regu­late their Infusions and Decoctions, as to degree of fire, length of time, and other circumstances, left by prescription solely to their Prudence and Discretion.

When several Drugs are us'd in a De­coction, the most solid, such as Woods, are first put in, then Roots, Barks and Fruits; next Herbs, Berries and Seeds; [Page 4]Flowers the last of all. The Woods, Roots and Barks are rasp'd, bruis'd or cut small, Fruits slit, Herbs chop'd, Ber­ries and Seeds slightly beat, and Flowers put in whole. However this method, though pretty general, admits of excep­tion, for thin and fpungy Wood requires less boyling than one that is more close and solid. Barley whole endures as much boyling as Wood. On the other hand, Aromatic Roots and Woods will not bear long boyling, but their better and more essential parts will dissipate. Barks, Fruits, and Aromatick Seeds require on­ly a bare Infusion. Liquorish-Roots is put in after the Herbs. The Maiden-Hairs or Capillaries at the same time with the Liquorish or immediately after. The cold Seeds at the same time as the Flow­ers.

Cephalic Decoction.

℞. Misletoe of the Oak, Roots of Male Peony, Avens, of each six Drams; shavings of an Elk's hoof, Juniper-Berries, of each three Drams; leaves of Sage, Betony, Mar­joram, Basil, of each an handfull; Flowers of Cassadonie, Lilies of the Vallies, Clove-Gilly-Flowers, Lime-tree, of each one Pugil; [Page 5]let them be boil'd according to art, in 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.

℞. Of Sarsaparilla 2 Ounces, China­root [Page 6]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.

℞. 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.

[Page 7]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.

℞. 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 i [...] 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.

℞. Choice cleans'd Senna 3 Drams, Salt [Page 8]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, [Page 9]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.

℞. 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 [Page 10]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 [...] Drams: then let the Infusion be strain'd and press'd out, in which diffolve Syrup of solutive Roses, compounded with Agaric an [...] 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.

℞. 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.

[Page 11]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.

℞. 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 Potion.

℞. Syrup of Marsh Mallows, Oil of sweet Almonds drawn without fire, of each an Ounce and a half; bost white Wine 3 [Page 12] Ounces, water of Radishes, and Pellitory of the wall, of each 2 Ounces; Crystal Mine­ral 1 Dram, Spirit of Turpentine, and of Salt, of each 8 drops, mix them all for 2 Doses.

This mixture is us'd in Nephritick Co­licks. Its oily slimy parts, smooth and lenifie the urinary passages, dull the edge of the sabulous matter, and facilitate its Excretion.

A Diuretick mixture.

℞. Spirit of Turpentine one Ounce, re­ctified Spirit of Salt, dulcified Spirit of Ni­tre, Spirit of Cresses, Amber, and of Elixir proprietatis, of each 2 Drams; mix all toge­ther.

This Mixture is taken in white Wine and in other appropriate Liquors, from 4 to 15 drops: it is usefull in Sup­pression of Urine, Nephritick Cholicks; it attenuates and incides the gravelly mat­ter, and cleanses the Kidnies.

An Antiepileptic Mixture.

℞. Imperial water, Cinamon water, of [Page 13]each one Ounce, rectified Spirit of Man's Skull 2 Drams; rectified Oil of Amber, Vo­latile oleous Salt, and Tincture of Salt of Tartar, of each one Dram; mix all together.

This Mixture is proper in the falling-sick­ness, and other Distempers of the Brain; it is taken in and out of the fit to two Scruples.

Of Gargarisms, Masticatories, Errhines, or Tents put up into the Nostrils, Inje­ctions and Pessaries.

GArgarisms are liquid mixtures designed for Diseases of the Throat, Mouth, Palate and Gums; they are also us'd sometimes to stop a Salivation, they are to be held in the mouth and not swallow­ed.

Masticatories are sharp hot Drugs, that being chew'd in the Mouth, open the sa­lival Ducts, incide gross Humours that stop the Glands, and so provoke spitting; Tabaco, Ginger, Pellitory of Spain, Mu­stard-Seed, Pepper, Orrice-root, and such like may be us'd as Masticatories.

Errhines are akin to these they are put in the Nose to make it run, or to [Page 14]provoke sneezing, they may be either of a liquid or solid form.

Injections are us'd upon several occasi­ons, especially in venereal cases, to allay pain, to stop a running, &c. and in deep Wounds.

Pessaries are us'd only for Women, to provoke the Menses, stop undue Fluxes, or heal Ulcers: we add but a few Formules, because those are to be seen in most pra­ctical Books.

A Gargle to stop a Salivation rais'd by Mercury.

℞. Whole Barley 1 Ounce, leaves of Plantain, knot Grass, red Roses, of each half an handfull, Cypress Nuts, Rinds of Granates; Flowers of Sumach, of each half an Ounce; Berberry-Seeds 2 Drams; let them be boil'd in a quart of red Wine and Water, to the Consumption of a third part, then strain'd, dissolve in a pint of the Li­quor 2 Drams of the astringent Extract of Mars, half a Dram of Salt of Saturn, and 2 Drams of Honey of Roses.

This Gargle deterges and dries the Ul­cers of the Mouth, fastneth the loose Teeth, strengthens the Gums, Cheeks, and if often used, entirely stops a Saliva­tion that continues over long.

Pastills to be held in the Mouth and chew'd.

℞. Roots of Orrice, Stavesacre, of each half an Ounce; long Pepper, Pellitory of Spain, and Mustard-Seed, of each 2 Drams; let them be all powder'd and mix'd with a sufficient quantity of the Syrup of pale Ro­ses, that they may be made into Pa­stills.

These being put into a piece of fine Linen, and slightly chew'd, open the salival Glands, and excretory Ducts, and by stimulating the parts, cause a great discharge of tough viscid Phlegm.

Sneezing Powder.

℞. White Hellebore, Tabaco-roots, of Florence Orice, of each 2 Drams; Flow­ers of Lilies of Vallies, leaves of Betony, Marjoram, and Sage, of each one Dram; powder all together.

This Powder may be made stronger, by adding a Scruple of Euphorbium to it. It may be of good use in Apoplexies, Le­thargies and other soporiferous Distem­pers.

An Injection to stop a Gonorrhoea.

℞. Plantain and Rose-water, of each 4 Ounces; Honey of Roses 1 Ounce, medica­mental Stone 1 Dram; mix them for an Injection.

When it's proper to use this Injection, it will be convenient to take astringent Pills to strengthen the relax'd parts: if instead of the Stone [you use the Tro­chisks of Rasis, the Injection will be the milder, but not so drying, detersive nor astringent.

A Vulnerary Injection.

℞. Roots of round Birthwort 1 Ounce; let it boil in a pint and a half of white Wine, to the Consumption of a third part; then add to the Liquor strain'd and press'd out an Ounce and half of Honey of Roses, Tincture of Myrrh, and Aloes, of each half an Ounce.

This Injection being squirted or sy­ring'd into Wounds, cleanses and deter­ges them, resists putrefaction, and pre­vents in a great measure a Gangrene; [Page 17]the Pledgets and Compresses may be dren­ched in it.

A Lotion to kill Vermine in the Head.

℞. Stavesacre 2 Ounces, Worm-Seed 1 Ounce, Wormwood, Tansey, Betony, lesser Centaury, of each 2 handfulls; let them boil in 2 quarts of water, to the Consum­ption of a third part; bath and wash the head with Sponges drench'd in the strain'd Liquor.

They that would have this Lotion stronger, may boil the Ingredients in U­rine.

A Lotion against the Itch.

℞. Roots of sharp-pointed Dock, Ele­campane, of each four Ounces, white Helle­bore 1 Ounce, leaves of Wormwood, Water-Cresses, of each 1 handfull; boil them in two quarts of water to the Consumption of a third part; in the straining, made with expression, dissolve 6 Drams of Salt of Tar­tar.

If the Ingredients were boil'd in the Lotions of white Precipitate, the Liquor [Page 18]would prove much more efficacious against the Itch, running Sores, Scab, Tettars, &c.

A Wash to make Hair black.

℞. Rinds of green Wall-nuts half a pound, Bark of Oak, Alder, Galls, of each 2 Ounces; leaves of Myrtle, Pomegranate, of each 1 handfull; boil them in three pints of water, untill a third part is consumed; then strain with a strong expression, and dissolve in the Liquor an Ounce and a half of Rock-Alum, and the like quantity of Eng­lish green Vitriol.

This darkens red hair wonderfully, if often moistned and, left to dry of it self without rubbing.

The common emollient Mucilage.

℞. Roots of Marsh Mallows 4 Ounces, Lin-Seeds, Seeds of Fenugreek, of each 1 Ounce; let them be infus'd for 12 hours in two quarts of common water over hot embers, then boil'd in a slow heat to the Consumpti­on of half the water, and the Mucilage strain'd with expression.

[Page 19]This is not only us'd as a Mucilage, but also as a Fomentation to allay Pains, sof­ten Tumours, and to dispose them to Dissolution or Suppuration.

A Mucilage to stop Hemorrhagies.

℞. Seeds of Flea-wort and of Quinces, of each half an Ounce; infuse them for 12 hours over hot embers in a pint of the di­still'd waters of Plantain and Roses; then boil them slowly untill a third part is boil'd away, and let them be strain'd and press'd out.

This Mucilage being mix'd with an e­qual quantity of Syrup of Quinces, or some other astringent Syrup is taken of­ten, and by large Spoonfulls in all sorts of Hemorrhagies: it causes 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.

℞. Isinglass out small 1 Ounce, infuse it in a pint of water, and boil it gently to a Gelly.

[Page 20]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.

℞. 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 [Page 21]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.

℞. Cinnabar an Ounce and a half, Ju­niper-Berries, [Page 22]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.

[Page 23]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.

℞. 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.

℞. 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.

℞. 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.

℞. 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-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 [Page 25]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.

℞. 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, [Page 26]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 n [...] dissolve in, nor mix with Water through the disproportion of the Tex­ture of their minute parts with this Men­struum, they are mix'd with Sugar, wherein they divide themselves into im­perceptible parts; and this Intermedium readily dissolving in water, keeps the Oils and Essences so divided, that though they make the Liquor look somewhat more white, they can never unite so as to appear what they were. There is no need of Sugar to make these Essences mix with Spirit of Wine or other sulphureous Liquors, for here being a conformity of Texture, they readily unite.

Here followeth the description of a Drug sold for the juice of Liquorish, tho' it is nothing but a Gum impregnated with a few parts of that root. The Adul­teration is owing to Blois. In a decocti­on of Liquorice they dissolve a vast quan­tity of Gum Arabick grosly powder'd, add a little Sugar, then filter the Liquor and evaporate it to a due consistence, [Page 27]which though thus sophisticated is much better for the Lungs than a great part of that called Spanish Liquorice, which be­ing gritty and full of impurities, must be rather obnoxious than beneficial.

The Ladies of Tours, much fam'd▪ for sweet Meats, make their Gelly of Cur­rants thus. They boil 3 pounds of Su­gar in common water to the consistence of Tablets, to which they then put four pounds of fair ripe Currants, and let them boil ten or a dozen Wambles, un­till the Currants burst without being touched with a Spoon; then they pour them upon a hair sieve revers'd, under which is placed an earthen Dish to receive the Gelly, which is said to be the best that is made in France.

A purging Wine.

℞. Cleansed leaves of Senna 6 drains, Hermodactyles, roots of Arum, dried Seeds of Violets, of each 2 drams; Agaric tro­chisk'd, choice Rhubarb, of each a dram and a half; Cinnamon 1 dram; let all be infused for 24 hours in a quart of white Wine, and then filter'd to be kept for use.

This Wine is proper for cold phlegma­tick Constitutions; it may be used a [Page 28]considerable time: the dose is a glass in the morning fasting.

A Febrifuge Wine.

℞. Jesuit's bark reduced into powder 2 Ounces, good white Wine 2 quarts; put them into a large Matrass, so that a third part remain empty; then having stop'd the Vesselelose, shake it well, and put it for 24 hours in a sand bath or in some other mo­derate heat, stirring and shaking the mix­ture now and again; which done, pour off the Wine by inclination, leaving the mark or dregs at the bottom.

As soon as the fit is over, let the pati­ent drink a glass of this Wine and repeat it every fourth hour. The more turbid and less clear he takes his Wine, the more effectual he will find it. For this reason, that the bark in substance being of great­er efficacy than any known preparation of it; that which contains most of this substance, must work the greatest effects.

A Steel Wine.

℞. Opening Saffron of Mars prepared without fire 4 Ounces, Cinnamon, outward [Page 29]rind of bitter Oranges, of each 2 drams, Mace 1 dram, Saffron half a dram; infuse and let them stand to digest for 15 days in 2 quarts of good white Wine; then filter and keep the Wine for use.

This Wine being an extraordinary a­peritive, brings down Womens Menses, o­pens the Obstructions of the Spleen and Mesentery; it may be taken from one to three Ounces, with a sufficient quantity of Sugar, or Syrup of opening roots to make it palatable.

Wine called Hypocrate.

℞. Refined Sugar reduced into powder, two pound and a half, sweet Almonds blan­ched and bruised 4 Ounces, Cinnamon gros­ly powdered one Ounce and a half; let all be mixed and put in infusion for 24 hours in 7 quarts of good Claret, and a pint of the best Brandy; then pass twice or trice through a Wine Sack, or through Hippocra­tes's sleeve, and dissolve in the strained Li­quor half a grain of Ambergreese, and the like quantity of Musk.

This Wine warms the Stomach, and helps Digestion, yet is oftner taken [Page 30]for Pleasure than as Physick. It is cal­led Hypocrate, either because Hippocrates invented some such Liquor, or that it is strained through such a cloth as he used in his Filtrations. This is different from common preparation.

The compound Claret water.

℞. Cinnamon, Mace, Cloves, of each 1 Ounce, Galangale half an Ounce, lesser Cardamoms, Aromatick-reed, of each 2 drams; Ginger half a dram, Sugar pow­dered eight Ounces, Brandy one quart, leave them to digest together for 24 hours, then filter the liquor three or four times through Hippocrates's sleeve and put it up for use.

This water being a Tincture of the A­romatic Ingredients sweetned with Sugar, helps Digestion, expells Wind, and is a good cordial Water; it will be purga­tive if you dissolve a dram of Resin of Ja­lap and Scammony in it; and Emetic, if you infuse an Ounce of Crocus metallorum in it for four or five days.

A purging Ale.

℞. Roots of Polypodie of the Oak 1 pound, [Page 31]Monk's Rhubarb, leaves of Senna, ston'd Raisins, slic'd Rhubarb and horse-Radish, of each three Ounces; leaves of Garden Scur­vy-grass and Sage, of each four handfulls; slic'd Oranges number four; infuse them in 5 or 6 Gallons of Ale, when it is working.

This purges mildly by Stool and Urine, it is given in the Scurvy, Gout, Rheuma­tisms, Defluxions of thin saline Hu­mours to purifie the mass of Blood, is con­tinued for a fortnight or three weeks to be drunk in the morning.

Ratafia of Cherries.

℞. Depurated juice of Cherries 6 quarts, juice of Currants and Rasberries, of each 3 pints, good brandy 5 quarts; infuse in these for two days 2 pound of Kernels or bro­ken Stones of Cherries, 8 pound of refined Sugar; powdered Coriander-seed, Cinnamon, Cloves grosly powdered, of each an Ounce and a half; let them be stirred and shook together to the perfect dissolution of the Su­gar, then strained through Hippocrates's steeve and botled.

This Liquor is much in fashion now in France, and is differently prepared accor­ding [Page 32]to the different fansies and palates of those that make it. This preparation comes short of none, either for tast or goodness, and is abundantly better than the common Cherry-water, which loses much of the strength of the Brandy in be­ing set so long in the Sun as is usual.

Ratafia of Clove-gilly-flowers.

℞. Flowers of red single garden Finks, well pick'd and cleans'd from the green her­by part 2 pounds; infuse them for 8 days in 10 quarts of very good Brandy, in a close stopt Vessel; let the Infusion be filtrated with a slight expression; then put to it 7 pound of fine Sugar, Peach and Apricock Kernels a little bruis'd, of each one dozen; Cinnamon 1 Ounce, Cloves grosly powdered half an Ounce; let them stand for 6 days together, shaking them sometimes, that the Sugar may be entirely dissolved; then strain the Liquor through a woollen cloth or Wine sack, untill it appears fine and clear fit to be bottled for use.

This Ratafia is much stronger than the former, because the Brandy is not weak­ned by the addition of so great a quan­tity of juices, as the other is. Some to have [Page 33]a deeper Tincture put into the infusion 7 or 8 Ounces of the flowers of Corn-Pop­pies dried in the Sun.

Ratafia of Kernels or Kernel-water.

℞. Peach and Apricock Kernels beaten in a Mortar, of each a pound and a half, Cinnamon 1 Ounce, Cloves and Coriander­seeds grosly powdered, of each half an ounce; fine powdered Sugar 2 pound and a half; in­fuse the whole in five quarts of good Brandy in a close stop'd Vessel for 20 days; then let the Liquor be filter'd untill it becomes clear, then bottle and lay it up for use.

Some who think this Ratafia too strong, weaken it with the juice of Apricocks, o­ther with the expression of Muscadine-Raisins, and some perfume it with Musk and Ambergreese.

Some Ladies put in the Kernels whole, because when they beat them, they find the water thick and heavy; but this fault is corrected by repeated Filtrations, thro' a Wine Sack, and the beaten Kernels load the Menstruum more. The mix­ture must be often shook whilst in dige­stion.

A preparation of Verjuice.

℞. Sugar-candy 2 ounces, roch Allum, Magistery of Bismuth, prepared Porcelain Shells, of each an ounce; Salt of glass 3 drams; these being powder'd, mix'd, and put into a glass bottle, pour on six quarts of distilled Verjuice; then stop the bottle, and let it stand in the Sun for 15 days, stirring and shaking it often, then let it be filter'd and kept for use.

This preparation of Verjuice is recom­mended to smooth, whiten and preserve the complexions of Ladies. It takes away Freckles, Morphew, and Sun-burning.

A preparation of Ox-gall.

℞. Sugar-candy 2 ounces, Roch-Allum half an ounce, Borax and Salt of glass, of each 3 drams; powder all and put them in­to a glass bottle; pour upon them 3 quarts of distilled Ox-gall; stop the bottle and ex­pose it for 15 days to the Sun, shaking it often, then filter the liquor and keep it for use.

[Page 35]This has much the same vertues with the other, but is somewhat more deter­sive and cleansing.

A Conserve of the roots of Enula Cam­pana.

℞. Roots of Enula Campana what quan­tity you please, boil them in fountain water, to a due softness, then mash and pulp them through an inversed Sieve. Let the Deco­ction be boiled over a gentle fire, with a dou­ble weight of Sugar to the root, to the con­sistence of a solid Electuary; and when it grows a little cold, add the pulp and put it up for use.

This Conserve is of good effect in Asth­ma's, because it consists of sulphurous sa­line parts, proper to incide and attenuate the gross Phlegm that is impacted to the Lungs.

The Conserve of Violets is somewhat loosning by reason of sharp Salt envelop'd in its mucilaginous and slimy parts. The Ancients preferr'd the stale Conserve of Roses to the fresh made; because the first had fermented more, and had there­fore its parts more loose and disengag'd.

[Page 36]Some sprinkle their Roses with a few drops of Vitriol, which rarifying and di­viding the parts that yield the colour, render the Conserve much more beauti­full. He makes a Conserve of the tops of Parsely, of the roots of Enula Campana, and of the roots of Althaea, to be us'd in Distempers of the Lungs.

Before Sugar was so common as now, Honey was much in use, and is still on several accounts preferr'd to Sugar. It purges more in glisters, deterges and clean­ses Wounds better; for which reason it is mix'd with Digestives, unites and pre­serves the great Compositions of Treacle and Mithridate much better than Sugar would do.

The Honey of Dauphiné, Languedoc and Narbonne is commended beyond all other, because those Provinces abound in flow­ers of Thime, Rosemary, Violets, Lilies of the Vallies, and other odoriferous Plants from which this Balsom of life is gather'd, for Democritus was of opinion, that the best method to prolong life was to moi­sten the inwards with Honey, and to a­noint the outward parts with Oil. Yet such as are of a bilious hot Constitution, ought to forbear the use of it, because it is apt to change into Choler the too great [Page 37]heat of the Bowels, turning it bitter as Sugar, liquorice, and other sweet things when boil'd too long acquire that tast.

Honey of Tabaco.

℞. Depurated juice of Tabaco, and com­mon Honey equal parts, let them boil to the consistence of a Syrup.

This Oil purges violently; it is used in Glisters for Apoplectick and Lethargick Patients. Syrups being but liquid Con­serves, the Syrup of Maiden-Hair may be very well made of the Conserve of Maiden hair brought from Canada; be­sides the Herb having fermented with the Sugar in that composition, its more active parts are loosen'd and disengag'd, and the more adapted for the Syrup which is thus made.

Take a pound of Conserve of Maiden-hair, infuse it in two quarts of warm wa­ter for four or five hours, then filter the Infusion with expression, and mix there­with three pounds of fine Sugar, and ha­ving clarified it with the white of an Egg, boil it to the consistence of a Syrup. There are some at Paris, that sell well clarified [Page 38]Sugar for this Syrup, which by reason of its more agreeable tast, takes with most Patients preferrably to the genuine Syrup of Maiden-hair.

Mr. Lemery is much against Spice as corrective in the Syrup of Succory with Rhubarb, because they heat the body and clog the Menstruum, so that it can­not receive so many particles of the Rhu­barb, as otherwise it would; whereas fix'd Alkali salts, as that of Succory helps to draw a more saturate Tincture from the Rhubarb, and renders the Syrup con­siderably more deobstruent.

He recommends soluble Tartar for a general corrective of purgers, because be­ing a Salt, it is much more proper to at­tenuate and rarifie viscous roapy Sub­stances, that otherwise would be apt to adhere to the inward Membranes of the Bowels, and gripe in their passage.

In the composition of the Syrup of Peach flowers, may be used the more tender leaves of the tree; and the Infusi­on of both is to be repeated, untill they come out undiscolour'd, then the Men­struum is as much impregnated as it can be from these Substances.

The Syrup of dry Roses becomes of a much fairer colour, by adding to it when [Page 39]boil'd to its due consistence; ten [...] twelve drops of Spirit of Vitriol or [...] Sulphur, or a dram and a half of the Spi­rit of Sugar or 2 ounces of the Syrup of Berberries or of Pomegranate.

Experience teaches, that the surest corrective of the Syrup of Buck-thorn-berries is to eat soon after taking of it.

Syrup of Scammony.

℞. Choice Scammony grosly powder'd 6 drams, Liquorice rasp'd and beaten 3 drams; infuse them for three days in a pint and a half of good Brandy; then filter the Tin­cture, add 2 pound of Sugar, and evapo­rate it into a Syrup.

Diagridium Glycyrrhisatum is made after this manner. Half an ounce of slic'd Li­quorice being infus'd for 2 hours in 9 ounces of hot water, the Liquor is pour'd into an earthen glaz'd Pipkin upon 4 oun­ces of Scammony, and put upon a gentle fire untill the moisture being consumed, the Scammony becomes solid and firm as before: this given from half a Scruple to a Scruple purges briskly without griping in the least.

Syrup of wild Saffron.

℞. Seeds of wild Saffron bruised 4 ounces, leaves of Senna cleansed 1 ounce and a half, choice Rhubarb 6 drams, Agaric trochisk'd, and soluble Tartar, of each half an ounce, infuse them over hot embers for 24 hours in 3 pints of distill'd Bugloss-water; then ha­ving boil'd them a little, filter with expression. In the strain'd Liquor clarify'd by setling, and a second filtration, dissolve a pound and a half of refin'd Sugar, half a pound of solu­tive Syrup of Roses, and then boil them in a gentle heat to the consistence of a Syrup.

This Syrup purges gently, and carries off a great quantity of Serosity, and may be us'd upon most occasions, where pur­ging is proper, especially in Cachexies, Dropsies, and Rheumatisms, Melancho­ly, Mania, from half an ounce to an ounce and a half in white Wine or some aperient Decoction.

Syrup of Spanish Broom corrected.

℞. Depurate juice of Broom-flowers 3 pints, tops of keys of Ash and Fumitory, of each one pound; add to them Senna 4 oun­ces, [Page 41]Tamarinds 3 ounces, seeds of Violets beaten 2 ounces, Polypody of the Oak pound­ed 1 ounce and a half, Salt of Broom 1 ounce, let them macerate together for three days over hot Embers, then being boil'd a little and strain'd, depurated and setling, and a second filtration, dissolve in it two pound of refin'd Sugar, a pound of the un­compound Syrup of Apples, and boil it over a gentle fire into Syrup.

This Syrup is given with success to o­pen Obstructions of the Liver, Spleen, Mesentery and Matrix, it purges gently viscous and tenacious humours, the O­riginal of Cachexies, Dropsies, Melancho­ly, and often of the suppression and irre­gularities of the Menses. It is a great purifier of the blood, may be taken a­lone, from half an ounce to two ounces, or mix'd with distill'd waters, white Wine or some appropriated Decoction.

An Emetic Syrup.

℞. Liver of Antimony finely powder'd an ounce and a half, depurated juice of Quin­ces 1 quart, put them to digest over hot embers, for 6 days in a Matrass well stop'd, shaking and stirring it often; then filter the liquor, and with a pound of refin'd Sugar [Page 42]boil it over a gentle fire to the consistence of a Syrup.

This Syrup empties the Stomach of hu­mours that are sometimes so obstinately fix'd, as not to yield to purgatives, there is no preparation of Antimony that works with more gentleness, or with less trou­ble; but should it at any time prove rough and churlish in its operation, either fat broth or oil will in entangling and involving its keen edges abate the, irrita­tion. It is given to all Ages and Sexes, proportioning the dose to the strength of the patient: it may be taken alone or in white Wine broth or other conveni­ent liquor, and it is sometimes mix'd with Purgatives. The usual dose, when it is gi­ven alone, is from 6 drams to an ounce and a half.

In the remarks upon the Syrup of Wormwood, we find this method of ma­king a Syrup of Wormwood at pleasure without fire, viz. ℞. Wine of Worm­wood and refin'd Sugar reduc'd into pow­der, of each equal weight, put a small quantity of Cinnamon-water to them, and shake all together to the entire dis­solution of the Sugar. A good Tincture may be made thus; put what quantity [Page 43]you please of dry tops of Wormwood into a Matrass, pour on Spirit of Wine, untill they are throughly humected, then stop the vessel, and leave them to digest 5 or six days, afterwards filter the liquor with expression, and when it has setled, strain it a second time: it strengthens the Stomach, helps Digestion, and provokes Womens Ordinaries, being given from 6 drops to 30.

Besides the Syrup of Verjuice, there is a water, which is nothing else but com­mon water and Sugar put to the depura­ted or distill'd Juice; and this will keep better, if you add a small quantity of Salt to it. It cools, refreshes, and provokes Urine.

He makes a Syrup of the white of 8 Eggs beaten and dissolv'd in 3 pints of water, and boil'd with 2 pounds of Su­gar unto the consistence of a Syrup, to be us'd where mucilaginous Medicines are proper.

The compound Magisterial Syrup.

℞. Roots of common Orrice, Hermoda­ctyles, of each 2 ounces, gummy Turbith, Mechoacan, Jalap, of each 1 ounce and a half; dwarf Elder and choice Rhubarb, [Page 44]leaves of Senna, soluble Tartar, of each an ounce; trochisk [...]d Agaric, Seeds of Violets, leaves of bastard Hedge-Hyssop, of each half an ounce; let all be pounded, then infus'd for 4 days in 2 quarts of good white Wine; filter the Tincture through Cap-paper, or through Hippocrates's sleeve, and evaporate it upon a slow fire to the consistence of a Sy­rup. Then let the drugs that were infus'd be boil'd in three quarts of common water to the consumption of a quart, and then being filter'd, boil the liquor with 4 pound of good Sugar, and with 4 ounces of clarified Honey to the consistence of a Syrup, mixing exact­ly the above mentioned Tincture with it, as it boils to its due consistence.

This Syrup purges briskly, and may be given with good success in hydropical and gouty cases. It is taken in white Wine in an appropriate decoction, or by it self, from half an ounce to an ounce and a half.

They that mix Acids with their Syrup of Violets, as Spirit of Vitriol, Spirit of Sulphur, Juice of Citrons, &c. do, its true, heighten its colour, and render it more pleasant to the Palate, but this mixture soon occasions a Fermentation that turns the Syrup reddish and makes it keep the less.

A strengthing Syrup.

℞. Choice Rhubarb slie'd 4 ounces, red Roses well pick'd and cleansed three ounces, white Tartar grosly powdered one ounce; let all infuse 24 hours in three quarts of steel'd water over hot embers, then boil it a little, which done, strain the liquor from the gross Ingredients; add 4 pound of Sugar, clari­fie it with the white of an Egg, and boil it into a Syrup.

This Syrup is highly commended to strengthen the Stomach, and to repair the impair'd Tone of its Fibres. It is of good use in Diarrhoeas, Lienteries, and bloody Fluxes, in the over-flowing of the Menses, Whites, troublesome Gleets, &c. It is taken fasting alone, or mix'd with proper Decoctions from 1 to 2 ounces.

The Syrup of Coral is found fault with, because the vertue of the Coral, which wholly consists in its absorbing Acids, is so much impair'd by the sowre Juice of Berberries, that it can dull but few pec­cant Acids in the body, the Pores where­in it might sheath them, being already satiate. And most certainly to powder Coral very fine is the best way to prepare it for medicinal use.

Syrup of Cinnamon.

℞. Best Cinnamon grosly powder'd half a pound, put it into a glass Cucurbit, and pour on it a quart of Sack; then place it in B. and having fitted a head and recipient, let it stand in Digestion 3 days, and then be distill'd with a moderate fire to 8 ounces; when the Cucurbit is cold, take out the re­mainder, put a pint of common water to it, and boil it a little, then filter the liquor with expression, and having added 2 pound of refin'd Sugar, clarif [...] it, and let it be boil'd to the consistence of an opiate, mixing with it as it grows cold its spirituous water, and 6 drops of oil of Cinnamon.

By this distillation you preserve the spirituous-volatile parts, that would be lost and by the boiling you have what is more fix'd. After this method may be prepa­red Syrup of Cloves, Sassafras-wood, Anisa and Coriander Seeds, Mace, Juniper-berries, &c. It strengthens the Stomach, helps Digestion, provokes the Catamenia, and is good against a stinking breath, it may be taken to an ounce.

The Syrup of white Poppies is not given in as large a Dose in Provence, Languedoc, [Page 47]and other hot Climates as with us, because they are more Narcotick there, than in our colder Country; their effect seems to proceed chiefly from their slimy glutinous substance, which in thick­ning their humours, stays Defluxions and takes off the Acrimony that often inter­rupts sleep; they stop the violence of coughing, and give great help to those that spit blood.

Syrup of Quina Quinae, or Jesuits Bark.

℞. Jesuits Bark, grosly beat half a pound, infuse it for 3 days over hot embers in two quarts of white Wine, then boil it gently to the consumption of a fourth part, then filter and add to the strain'd liquor 3 pounds of refin'd Sugar, clarifie and boil it to a Sy­rup.

It may be to 2 ounces in a glass of Cen­taury water.

The Strawberry and Rasberry waters, sold by the Limonadiers at Paris are thus prepar'd: They mash the fruit in a Mar­ble Mortar; then they add as much Su­gar and water as is necessary to render the liquor clear and palatable; and ha­ving let it stand for some hours, they [Page 48]pour it several times out of one vessel into another; then they filter it through a woollen cloth, untill it becomes clear, which when it does, they put it to cool in Ice.

Syrup of Mucilages.

℞. Seeds of Althea, Mallows, Quinces, of each one ounce, Gumm Tragacanth, 3 drams, infuse them over hot Embers for 6 hours in a quart of Decoction of Mallow-seeds; of white Poppies, and Alkekengi­berries; then press out the Mucilage, and add to it a pound and a half of the best Sugar and boil it to the consistence of a Syrup.

This Syrup is deservedly commended in diseases of the Breast, chiefly where sharp acrimonious and thin humours are to be stay'd and allay'd. It defends by its slimy Mucilage the Throat from the sharpness of Rheums, the Stomach from corrosive Humours and Medicines, and the Ureters and Urethra from sometimes scarce the insupportable Acrimony of the Urine.

Syrupus Kermesinus without fire, may be made thus: beat grains of Kermes full ripe in a Marble Mortar, and mix with [Page 49]them a triple quantity of refin'd Sugar finely powder'd; stir them often toge­ther, and leave them to digest in the cold ten or twelve Hours, then strain them with expression through a clean Linen Cloth; the filter'd Liquor is the Syrup, and retains some Volatile parts that would be lost the ordinary way: Syrup of Li­mons may be thus made, and a Syrup of Peach Flowers by beating and mixing in a Marble Mortar some Pounds of the Flowers with an equal weight of Sugar; as 4 Pound of each, putting half a Pint of Water to them, and stirring them toge­ther to the consistence of a Liquid Con­serve, then cover an Earthen Pot glaz'd, with Linen or Taffety, tie the Cloth round the Brim, that it may bear down in the middle, where put the Conserve; cover it with another Cloth, and place the Pot in a cold Cellar; the Liquor that will drop into the Pot is the Syrup, what remains being boil'd in Water, and clari­fy'd, will make the common Syrup of Peach-Flowers.

A Powder against Worms us'd by the Physicians of Paris.

℞. Seeds of Tansey, common Wormwood, [Page 50]Purslain, Aloes, of each half an Ounce; choice Rhubarb, pickt Senna, Corallina, dry tops of Scordium, of each 2 Drachms, powder all together.

This Powder kills Worms, and carries them off, together with a nasty Slime; it also brings down Women's Menstrua. It may be taken to half a Drachm in Syrup, Conserve, or in the Pulp of a roasted Apple The Semen contra vermes or Wormseed is less nauseous, wherefore it may be given Children without any addition.

Mynsicht's Powder of Jalap.

℞. The best and most resinous Root of Jalap two Ounces and a half, crystal of Tartar half an Ounce, Oyl of Cinnamon one Scruple, beat them into fine Powder.

This Powder is given in Dropsies, [...]ur­ning and fixt Gouts, Rheumatisms, &▪ from one Scruple to four: Some call [...] Pulvis Solutivus Tartarisatus.

An Anti-epileptick Powder, common [...] call'd Powder of Gutteta.

℞. Roots of Male Peony, Misletoe [...] [Page 51]the Oak, unburied Human Scull, Hoof of an Elke of each three Drachms, Seeds of Basil and of Peony, of each two Drachms; Flow­ers of Betony, Tyle, of each 4 Scruples; Powder of Diambra without Musk, one Drachm; Sugar of Roses equal weight to all the rest, or two Ounces six Drachms; ten Leaves of Gold; powder all according to art.

Gutteta in the Languedoc Patois signi­fies, the Falling-Sickness, against which this Powder is of great efficacy, as also a­gainst Apoplexies and Palsies. It is usu­ally given from half a Scruple to half a Drachm in Cephalick Waters. Children born in the Southern Countries are more subject to Worms, and consequently to Fits, than those born in the more cold and Northern Climates.

A famous Anti-epileptick Powder.

℞. Shavings of a Man's Scull dead of a violent Death, Livers and Hearts of Vipers, Elke's-hoof, of each five Drachms; Misle­toe of the Oak, Roots of Peony, Valerian, Contrayerva, and White Amber, of each half an Ounce; Woman's After-burthen [...]leans'd from its Membranes and dryed, Bone [Page 52]taken out of a Deers Heart, Peacocks Dung, of each three Drachms; Cinnabar of Anti­mony and Volatile Salt of Harts-horn, of each one Drachm; powder all according to art.

This Composition consists of choice and appropriate Ingredients, and may be pre­ferr'd to any yet publickly known, not only against Epilepsies but against Con­vulsions of any kind. It may be taken by Women without danger of raising Va­pours a whole Month without intermissi­on, in Syrup of Peony or some appropri­ate Conserve, in Cephalick Waters or Decoctions.

An extraordinary Powder against Dy­senteries.

℞. Root of Ipecacuanha two Ounces, Yel­low Myrabolans, choice Rhubarb, of each three Drachms; Seeds of Meadow Rue two Drachms; powder all according to art.

This Powder Vomits, and works by Stool. It owes its chief vertue to the Ipecacuanha, the best and most Soveraign Remedy now known against Dysenteries and other Belly Fluxes. It was brought into [Page 53] France in 86 by one Helvetius a young Dutchman, and held a great Secret untill the King purchas'd it for his Soldiers, and afterward charitably publish'd it for the publick good. Being at Paris that Sum­mer, I do remember the College Physi­cians did what lay in them to hinder the use of this Remedy, would not allow tryal to be made of it at L'Hotel dieu or other Hospitals, tho' a great number died daily of a Dysentery that was very rife that Season, until the King hearing that Fluxes began to sweep away a great ma­ny of his Swiss that were at work at Marli, sent absolute Orders it should be try'd in the City Hospitals. Then the Physicians delegated two of their number to attend Helvetius, hear what 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 [Page 54]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 [Page 55]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.

℞. 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.

℞. Of the opening Saffron of Mars half an Ounce, Cinnamon or Cassia Lignea one [Page 56]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 [Page 57]dry'd by the Sun may be us'd for Mum­my.

A Powder that hastens the Birth.

℞. 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.

℞. 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.

℞. 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.

℞. 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.

℞. Cinnamon two Drachms, Ginger, les­ser Galangal, Cloves, Nutmegs, Carda­moms, Cubebs, long Pepper, of each one [Page 59]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.

℞. 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 [Page 60]cleanse them from Filth and Corruption, to dissipate Cataracts and consume out­ward Films.

The Grey Imperial Powder against the Plague.

℞. 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, Mithridate, and a little quantity of Spirits of Wine. There is a red powder design'd for the same end with this, it contains besides these Ingredients, Bole-Armoniack, Brimstone, Zedoary, Ginger, Cretan Dittany, Harts-Horn, Myrrh, Camphire, and Saffron; it may be made into Pills as the other; both so made are called Plague Pills.

The Golden Powder.

℞. Opening Saffron of Mars, refin'd Su­gar, of each two ounces; Cinnamon and Galangal, of each half an ounce; Annis­seed two drachms, four leaves of Gold; re­duce them into powder.

This Powder opens Obstructions, pro­vokes the Menses, and cures pale Com­plexions; it will be convenient to walk upon the taking this or any other Cache­ctick Remedy, to promote its distributi­on. It is given from a Scruple to a Drachm.

Powder of Ashes corrected.

℞. Ashes of the Herb Kali and Roots of Colewort, of each three drachms; Seeds of Stone Parsley, Marsh-mallows, black Pep­per, tops of Penny-royal, of each a drachm and a half; sweet Flag, prepar'd Goat's Blood, Scorpions and dry'd Egg-shells, of each one drachm; mix and reduce them to powder.

This Powder is given to cleanse the Kid­neys and Bladder from Gravel and trou­blesome roapy Mucus, that sometimes ob­structs the urinary passage.

A Carminative Powder.

℞. Cummin and Annisseeds of each three ounces, white Ginger six drachms, Mace three drachms, and Oriental Saffron one drachm; reduce all into very fine powder.

This Powder is proper in the Wind Cholick, and does help Digestion: It may be taken immediately after Meals from half a drachm to a drachm and a half.

This Powder consisting of. Salino-Sulphureous Volatile Parts, is therefore proper to open the Obstructions of the Matrix, part thereof being cast upon Coals and the Fumes receiv'd in the lower parts thro' a Funnel. It also helps Women subject to Fits, and is a quick Remedy and much rely'd on in Suffocations of the Womb.

A drachm and a half of Red Roses well dry'd infus'd in three ounces of dul­cify'd Spirit of Vitriol, yield a most beau­tiful Red. This Spirit is given in Diar­rhaea's, Lienteries, and in Bloody Fluxes, in overflowings of the Menses, vomiting, spitting of Blood, and all manner of He­morrhagies. It is also mix'd to a grate­ful [Page 63]Acidity in appropriate Liquors in Fe­vers.

Powder of Steel us'd by the Physicians of Paris.

℞. Filings of Steel prepar'd two ounces, Cinnamon six drachms, Myrrh, roots of Birthwort, and the greater Madder, tops of Time, Wild-marjoram, Feverfew, Moun­tain Calamint, Penyroyal, Mugwort, Hyssop, Horehound, Balm, Mint, Pimpernel, Beto­ny, Savine, of each two drachms; Seeds of Lovage, Rue, Parsley, great Cummin, of each a drachm and a half; Mace two Scru­ples; reduce all into powder to be kept for use.

This Powder opens gently obstructions of the Bowels, and is therefore a good Remedy against the Green-sickness, Ca­chexies, Jaundice, and a coming Drop­sie; it kills Worms, brings down the Menses: It is given from a Scruple to a Drachm made into Pills.

A Hand Powder.

℞. Dregs or Cakes of bitter and sweet Almonds, Rice flower, of each six [Page 64]ounces; Roots of Florence Orice and pre­par'd white Chalk, of each one ounce, Ben­zoin, Sperma ceti, Salt of Tartar, of each two drachms, Oyl of Rhodian Wood half an ounce; reduce them into powder.

A Powder against a Pleurisie.

℞. Prepar'd Goats Blood one ounce, pow­der of Vipers, Antimonium diaphoreticum, flowers of Corn Poppies, prepar'd Crab's-eyes, Boar's-tooth, seeds of Carduns Bene­dictus, Olibanum, of each one drachm; re­duce them into powder.

This Powder absorbs the Acids that fix and stagnate the Blood, so helps to give it its due circulation, and to throw off by transpiration the hostile matter.

The Imperial Powder.

℞. Cinnamon ten drachms, Ginger one ounce, Cloves half an ounce, lesser Galan­gal, Mace, Nutmegs, of each two drachms, Musk ten grains.

This helps Concoction, expels Wind, corrects the noisom Steams of the Sto­mach and ill smell of the mouth.

Powder of Cinnabar.

℞. Native Cinnabar prepar'd half an ounce, shaving of an Elks Horn three drachms, Man's Skull, Misletoe of the Oak, of each two drachms; dry roots and seeds of Peony of each a drachm and a half, powders call'd Diamoschi and Diambra of each one drachm, Oriental Saffron, and volatil Salt of Amber, of each one scruple; powder all.

This is used as other Anti-epileptick Powders against the Falling-sickness and other Convulsions: It is taken from one scruple to two.

Powder of Turbith with Rhubarb cor­rected.

℞. Gummy Turbith two ounces, choice Rhubarb ten drachms, Hermodactyles one ounce, Diagrydium, Chrystals of Tartar and Violet seeds, of each half an ounce; reduce all into powder: That may be given to a drachm.

Mort's Sudorifick Powder.

℞. Roots of Contrayerva five drachms, roots of Valerian, Masterwort and Angelica [Page 66]of each half an ounce, leaves of bless'd Thi­stle, Crabs-eyes and Mussel-shells prepar'd, of each two drachms; Saffron four scruples, Camphire two scruples, Laudanum half a drachm; reduce them into powder.

This Powder is a good Sudorifick, and is therefore successfully us'd in malignant and intermitting Fevers; it abates Hyste­rick Vapours; it is given from a scruple to a drachm.

Trochisks of Ramich correct.

℞. Cypress Nuts, Myrtle Berries, Gum Arabick, of each an ounce and a half, red Roses, yellow Saunders, of each ten drachms; Sumach, shavings of Ivory, of each one ounce, Cloves, Mace, Nutmegs, of each half an ounce; Camphire four scruples; powder all and mix them into a Past with the in­spissated Juice of Sorrel, and form Trochisks according to art.

They are given to a drachm in Fluxes and Hemorrhagies, and in all other cases where Astriction is proper: They are to be finely powder'd, and to be mix'd with Astringent Waters or Decoctions, and to be taken at a distance from Meals.

Trochisks for a Gonorrhea.

℞. Bole Armene two drachms, prepar'd Amber, shavings of Ivory, of each one drachm and a half, Seeds of Plantain four scruples, Agnus Castus, Lettice, flowers of Pomgra­nate and red Roses of each one drachm, Wood of Sassafras two scruples: let all be pow­der'd and mix'd with Mucelage drawn from the seeds of Quinces in the Water of Nymphea or Water Lily, and let them be made into Trochisks.

A drachm of these Trochisks may be dissolv'd in eight ounces of Plantane Wa­ter, and an ounce of Honey of Roses ad­ded for an Injection; but neither this nor any other Astringent is ever to be us'd un­til the Virulency is carry'd off by Stool and Urine, and the running appears white and of a due consistence. To use any sooner is a certain way to lodge the Infection and give the Pox.

Trochisks of Pomgranate Flowers.

℞. Pomgranate flowers one ounce, red Roses, Bole-armene, Gum Arabick, of each half an ounce, true Acacia three drachms; [Page 68]powder and mix them all with a sufficient quantity of the Mucilage of Gum-Traga­canth extracted in Rose Water, then form the Trochisks.

These are us'd as the former, and may be given where it is convenient to bind, as in all Hemorraghies, Belly Fluxes, in the Diabetes, Diseases of the Breast caus'd by Defluxions, for they thicken Humours and qualify Acrimony.

Escharotick Trochisks.

℞. Corrosive Sublimate, Minium, equal parts, with a sufficient quantity of the Mu­cilage of Gum Tragacanth, that thence may be form'd hard and stiff Trochisks.

These are us'd for making Escars, and to consume proud Flesh and Excrescencies about the Anus from illicit and preposte­rous Coition; they are also apply'd to Venereal Cancers, Scrophulous Tumours, they do not spread, and are quick in o­perating.

Trochisks of Arsenick.

℞. White Arsenick four ounces, Corrosive [Page 69]Sublimatte half an ounce; powder both, and form them into Trochisks with the Muci­lage of Gum Tragacanth.

These Trochisks are us'd as the former and being apply'd whole or in Powder to Corns consume and eat them away. The Arsenick contains a very corrosive Salt, which being envelop'd in a great quantity of Sulphur would disengage it self, but slowly without the addition of the corro­sive Sublimate. Tho' this Compound is an extraordinary Caustick, yet it doth not cause great pain because the Sulphur of the Arsenick and Mucilage of the Gum do in a great measure curb the Salts, and check their motion, involving their points in the branchy parts of the one, and sli­my roapy particles of the other.

Trochisks to be us'd in a Diabetes.

℞. Myrtle Berries, seeds of Wood Sorrel, of each three ounces; Gum Arabick, poun­ded Wheat-flower, of each an ounce; reduce them into powder, and make them into Tro­chisks with a sufficient quantity of Mucilage of Fleawort seeds.

These are said to strengthen the Sphin­cter [Page 70]of the Bladder, and thicken the Se­rum of the Blood, which makes them not only proper in a Diabetes, but also fit to be given in appropriate astringent De­coction in Hemorrhagies occasion'd by over-thin and sharp Blood; on the other hand, Aloes being a provoker of the Men­strua in thinning and inciding the Blood, and opening the Womb Vessels, is not to be given in the cases before mention'd.

Trochisks of Enula Campane.

℞. Dry'd roots of Enula Campane two ounces, flourr of pounded Wheat, Gum Tra­gacanth, Gum Arabick, root of Florence Orrice, Magistery of Sulphur, of each two drachms, flowers of Corn-poppy a drachm and a half, flowers of Benzoin one scruple, Balsam of Sulphur annisated ten drops, with a sufficient quantity of Mucilage of Gum Tragacanth drawn in Corn Poppy-water; form Trochisks to be dry'd in the shade.

These are us'd in inveterate Coughs and Asthma's; they incide and attenuate tough roapy Phlegm, and facilitate its Expectoration; they are taken from a scruple to a drachm.

Trochisks of Orrice.

℞. Roots of Florence Orrice, white Pep­per, and Gum Armoniack, of each half an ounce.

These attenuate and dissolve viscid Hu­mours, and facilitate their Expectoration; they are also proper to open Obstructi­ons of the Spleen and Womb, and to cure pale Complexions: They may be taken from half a drachm to four scru­ples.

Mynsichi's Hydragogue Pills reform'd.

℞. Mineral Turbith half an ounce, Tro­chisks of Alhandal, roots of black Hellebore, of each three drachms; choice Rhubarb and Elaterium, of each two drachms; Saffron of Metals prepar'd with Salt of Wormwood one drachm, Spirit of Vitriol dulcify'd half a drachm; mix and make them into a Mass with Syrup of Buckthorn.

This Pill purges and vomits with some violence; it is given in Dropsies, Mania's, the Pox, Scurvy, and King's Evil, and other like obstinate Distempers, from [Page 72]half a scruple to half a drachm. The Crocus Metallorum calcin'd, with an e­qual weight of Salt of Wormwood, and often wash'd with warm Water, is less vomitive than the common, because the fix'd alkaline Salt has destroy'd some of its irritating points. This preparation of Antimony often purges and causes sweat; it is given to eight grains.

The Imperial Pills of the Physicians of Lyons.

℞. Extract of Aloes four ounces, Rhu­barb one ounce, Mastick half an ounce, and with the Juice of Roses form a Mass of Pills.

These Pills may be taken just before Meals, that the Salt of the Aloes being dull'd by the particles of the Food may gripe the less. These Ingredients mix'd with the Extract of Juniper-berries will make much such a Pill as Dr. Anderson's.

Bontius's Hydropical Pills.

℞. Aloes Succotrine two ounces and a half, Gambogia well powder'd dissolv'd in Malmsey and dry'd, one ounce and a half, [Page 73]Diagrydium prepar'd the same way one ounce, choice Gum Ammoniack one ounce and half, Tartarum Vitriolatum half an ounce; make them into a Mass with Solu­tive Syrup of Roses.

The Tartarum Vitriolatum doth not on­ly serve as an opener in this Composition, but also fixeth the salin emetick Sulphur of the Gum. Gut. and determines it to purge by Stool, which it doth with some vehemency. It is given from half a scru­ple to two, to purge off serous Humours, particularly in Dropsies, for the cure of which it was chiefly studied.

Mercurial Pills.

℞. Choice Rhubarb, Trochisks of Alhan­dal, Diagrydium, sweet Sublimate, of each one ounce, Venice Turpentine wash'd in its own distill'd Oyl a sufficient quantity to make them into a Mass for Pills.

Tho' these Pills are properly design'd against Venereal Distempers, yet they may be successfully given in the King's E­vil, and in obstinate Rheumatisms. Mr. Lemery is of opinion, that they would prove more effectual in Venereal Distem­pers, [Page 74]if instead of the sweet Sublimate an equal quantity of crude Mercury be put, kill'd, as they call it, in Venice Turpen­tine; for this reason, that the Pores of the crude Mercury not being satiate as those of the sweet Sublimate are, they would load themselves with a greater quantity of the Venereal Venom, and carry it off either by Stool or Transpiration. They that shall like this reason may use the fol­lowing Pills.

Pills of Barbarosse corected.

℞. Mercury well kill'd in a sufficient quantity of Venice Turpentine six drachms, Agarick trochisc'd half an ounce, choice Rhu­barb two drachms; mix and make them in­to a Mass of Pills.

In this the Spices are left out as being useless in the other common Prescription, and Turpentine is us'd instead of the Juice of Roses, it being scarce possible to kill the Mercury in this latter as Barbarosse di­rects. These Pills are given from a scru­ple to a drachm, and may be taken at Night going to Bed, or in the Morning fasting.

Quercetan's Tartarous Pill reform'd.

℞. Succotrine Aloes four ounces, Cream of Tartar and yellow Myrobalans of each two ounces, pickt Senna one ounce, roots of black Hellebore, Turbith, of each half an ounce; Salt of Wormwood and Ash of each two drachms; mix and make them into a Mass with the Syrup of Apples of King Sa­bor. The Dose from half a scruple to half a drachm.

These Pills purge Tartarous heavy Hu­mours and tough Phlegm; they are pre­scrib'd in Mania's, Hypochondriack Affe­ctions, and also in the suppression of the Menses.

The greater Pills of Bdellium.

℞. Best Bdellium one ounce and a half, Annis Seed three drachms, Myrobalans yel­low, Indian, Emblick, and Bellerick, Porce­lain-shells burnt, Amber, of each two drachms and a half, with the Juice of Leeks make a Mass.

This is given as an astringent to stop [...]he overflowing of the Menses, Hemor­rhodies, [Page 76] &c. There is a Pill call'd the lesser Pill of Bdellium; it consists of 15 drachms of Bdellium, and of 5 drachms of the Myrobalans mix'd and made into Pills with Juice of Leeks.

Pills of Gambogia.

℞. Aloes Succotrine two ounces and a half, Gummi Gutta, Gum Ammoniack of each an ounce and a half, Rosine of Scam­mony one ounce, Tartarum Vitriolatum half an ounce; make them into a Mass of Pills with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of Buck-thorn.

Gambogia is of it self both Emetick and Purgative, but being mix'd with the Tar­tarum Vitriolatum purges only by Stool▪ It is given from half a scruple to half a drachm, in which Dose it powerfully car­ries off watry humours without any con­siderable gripes.

The Spaw Pill.

℞. Crystal of Tartar three ounces, Dia­grydium half an ounce, Salt of Steel two drachms, with Mucilage of Gum Tragacanth drawn in the Spaw-water: make Mass for Pills.

[Page 77]This is call'd Spaw Pill, not only be­cause the Mucilage is extracted in Spaw­water, but chiefly because they that drink the Waters do often make use of it. Henricus ab Heer in his Spadacrene commends this Pill, and the Waters a­gainst many Distempers, especially He­micrania's, Vertigoes, Obstructions, and even Scyrrhus's (if not inveterate) of the Liver and Spleen, and the Diseases spring­ing thence, as Jaundice, Melancholy, Hy­pochondrianism, Dropsies, &c. as also a­gainst Gravel, Ulcers of the Kidneys, Caruncles in the Urethra and resembling Affections, Leprosie, Cancers and Scyr­rhus's of the Womb, Fluxes, Sterility, Worms, &c. They may be given from a scruple to a drachm, and may be taken with good success by such as drink Tun­bridge Waters.

Pill. Rudii corrected.

℞. Aloes succotrine one ounce, Trochisks of Alhandal six drachms, Agaricks, Scam­mony, roots of black Hellebore, Turbith, of each half an ounce; soluble Tartar three drachms, with a sufficient quantity of Sy­rup of Buckthorn, make them into Pills.

[Page 78]Mr. Lemery says, That when we eva­porate our Tincture for the Extract we lose a great deal of the purging Particles of the Druggs in the exhaling Steams, and prefers the soluble Tartar for reasons mention'd before. There may be some­what in this last Remark, but there is but very little in the other, for since the Pill made according to our Dispensatory works as well as any can do, and as strong as upon most occasions is requir'd, what need we be concern'd at the loss of some gross foetid Sulphurs, that in making the Pill stronger, would render it more rough and churlish in the operation. I have ad­ded this, to shew upon what grounds some will correct and reform, as they call it, but must do Mr. Lemery Justice, he is generally civil to the London and to Bates's Dispensatory, from both which he has ta­ken several Receipts, and gives them for the most part unalter'd, always quoting the Books, which he has forgot to do to others; especially to Charas, from whom he has borrow'd considerably, but seldom mentions him.

℞. Juice of Liquorice, Frankincense, of each half an ounce, Myrrh, best Saffron, O­pium, [Page 79]of each four scruples; make them in­to a Mass of Pills with Syrup of Corn Pop­pies.

These Pills thicken and allay thin sharp Humours, stay Defluxions, and cause Rest; they are given to a scruple in dry husking Coughs; a scruple con­tains two grains of Opium.

Turpentine Pills.

℞. Venice Turpentine boil'd in Water of Radishes or of Pellitory of the Wall, four oun­ces; Liquorice finely powder'd one ounce; mix them for Pills.

℞. Good clear Turpentine four ounces, roots of Marsh-mallows dry'd and powder'd, Crabs-eyes prepar'd, of each an ounce; pu­rify'd Nitre and Hogs-lice prepar'd, of each an ounce; Salt of Amber two drachms; make them into-a Mass for Pills.

In this last Preparation the Salt of Tur­pentine is preserv'd, part of which, in the former, is evaporated in the boiling, and part dissolv'd in the Water. The Powders also do better second the Inten­tion of the Pills than Liquorice can do, [Page 80]but the Mass will hardly keep of due Consistence, especially in Summer. Both Pills are Diuretick, and are of good use to carry off Gravel, to cleanse the Kid­neys and Bladder; they may be given in the beginning of a Gonorrhea from one scruple to four. They loosen and carry off the Viscous and Tartarous Concreti­ons that stop the urinary passages, and for that reason are helpful in suppressions of Urine.

The Diuretick Pills of Clossaeus.

℞. Venice Turpentine and white Vitriol reduc'd into very fine powder of each equal parts, mix into a Mass.

Turpentine in this Composition checks and destroys the emetick quality of the Vitriol, for being wholly Viscous and Sulphureous, it does so intangle and em­barass the volatile acid Salt of the Vitriol by its branchy parts, that it cannot suffi­ciently irritate or excite that kind of Con­vulsion wherein vomiting consists; but being carry'd with the Turpentine into the Mass of Blood, it incides and attenu­ates its gross roapy Serosities, and so proves a great Piss-driver. These Pills [Page 81]discharge the Reins and Ureters of gra­velly and tenacious Concretions, and make the urinary passages slippery and easie.

Astringent Pills to stop a Running or Go­norrhea.

℞. Mineral Diaphoretick, seal'd Earth, Amber, Dragon's Blood, prepar'd Coral, binding Extract of Steel, of each half an ounce; red Roses, rinds of Granates, Ma­stick, Seeds of Meadow Rue, of each three drachms; Salt of Saturn four scruples, Opi­um one scruple, with a sufficient quantity of Turpentine half boil'd, make them into a Mass.

These Pills absorb and suck into their Pores the viscous saline Humour that gletes from the Vessels, and strengthens their relax'd Fibres. But whereas it of­ten proves very difficult to stop inveterate runnings, especially where the parts af­fected have been much impair'd by irre­gular living, hard riding, or other vio­lent exercise we must second the Pills with proper Injections, with astringent fomen­tations on the Perineum, and with dry­ing Diet-drinks, Tincture of Roses, in [Page 82]dulcify'd Spirit of Vitriol, &c. These Pills are to be taken twice a day for a considerable time.

Le Mort's sweating Pills.

℞. Gum Guajacum one ounce, Extract of Contrayerva six drachms, Myrrh five drachms and one scruple, Saffron half an ounce, Camphire two drachms and two scru­ples, Laudanum Opiatum two scruples; mix them according to art into a Mass with a suffi­cient quantity of Syrup of Clove-gilliflowers.

This Pill is commended against Poison and Infection; it eases pain, causes rest, and provokes Sweat, quiets the inordi­nate motion of the Blood and Spirits; it is given in malignant Fevers from a scru­ple to a drachm.

Hysterick Pills.

℞. Extract of Aloes prepar'd with the Juice of Mugwort ten drachms, Faeculas or Dregs of Bryony, choice Myrrh, Vitriol of Mars, Salt of Mugwort, of each two drachms, Castoreum, Camphire, leaves of Rue, of each two scruples; make them into Pills with the Juice of Mugwort.

[Page 83]These Pills provoke the Menses, sup­press Vapours, and carry off the Impuri­ties of the Matrix; they are taken for se­veral days together, the Dose not above half a drachm if they be continued for a­ny time.

Pills consisting of two Ingredients.

℞. Trochisks of Alhandal, Scammony, of each equal parts; Syrup of Buckthorn Ber­ries a sufficient quantity to make them into Pills.

These Pills purge Phlegm and gross roapy Serosities; they are given in the Gout and Dropsies from eight grains to a scruple.

Anti-epileptick Pills corrected.

℞. Dry'd roots of Male Peony six drachms, fecules or dregs of Briony three drachms, mi­neral Cinnabar eight scruples, Castoreum, Amber, Solar precipitate, of each two drachms, leaves of black Hellebore, Oyl of Antimony, of each four scruples, Oyl of An­gelica, Spirit of Vitriol, of each twenty drops; make them into a Paste with the Juice of Leeks.

[Page 84]This Pill is given from half a scruple to half a drachm. The Solar Precipitate is made thus, one part of Gold cut small and five parts of Mercury are put into a Matrass into a Lamp-fire until they dis­solve and become a red Calx.

Anti-hypochondriacal Pills.

℞. Succotrine Aloes half a pound, roots of black Hellebore one ounce, Hermodactyles, Gum Ammoniack depurated, Salt Armoni­ack sublim'd with Mars, Vitriol of Mars, of each three drachms; make them into a Mass with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of Buckthorn.

This Pill purges the gross tartarous Humours that cause Obstructions in the Bowels, and send gross nasty Effluvia in­to the Blood that disorder its Circulati­on, and discompose the Brain; they may be given to two scruples or a drachm.

Chalybeat Pills.

℞. Best succotrine Aloes one ounce, ope­ning Saffron of Mars five drachms, Scam­mony, Gum Ammoniack, of each half an [Page 85]ounce, Saffron, Tartarum Vitriolatum, of each a drachm and a half; make them into a Paste with Oximel of Squills.

These Pills carry off tartarous and mu­cilaginous Humours, open Obstructions of the Liver, Spleen, and Matrix, and cure the Diseases that proceed from thence.

Angelick Pills.

℞. Extract of Aloes half a Pound, Rhu­barb half an ounce, Agarick trochisk'd two drachms, Cinnamon one drachm; make them into a Mass with Syrup of Roses.

These Pills require no regiment at all, they purge gently, may be taken at meals, or a little before eating, that the Aloes may gripe the less. They are given to a drachm.

Pills of Savine.

℞. Venice Borax, Mass of Pilulae Foeti­dae, of each one ounce and a half; leaves of Savine and Salt of the same six drachms, Juniper Berries and Essence of Savine, of each three drachms, Saffron one scruple; make them into a Mass with Syrup of Mugwort.

[Page 86]These Pills provoke the Menses, dis­solve the gross viscid Humours that ob­struct the Womb Vessels, and clog the Blood, suppress Hysterick Vapours; they may be given to a drachm.

Gout Pills.

℞. Resin of Jalap half an ounce, Dia­grydium, Rhubarb, of each four scruples; Tartarum Vitriolatum and Diaphoretick Mars of each one scruple; make them into a Mass with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of Apples.

This Pill is us'd in the running and fix'd Gout, in Rheumatisms, old Aches and Pains; it may be taken from a scru­ple to a drachm. See the Preparation of Mars Diaphoreticus in the Third Edition of Lemery in English.

Sweating Pills.

℞. Crystals of Tartar, Cinnabar of Anti­mony, of each six drachms, Myrrh and A­loes, of each three drachms; make them in­to a Paste with a sufficient quantity of Oyl of Guajacum.

[Page 87]These correct the Acids that fix the Blood, and hinder its Rarefaction, quick­en the Circulation, and dispose the Serum to pass by the cuticular Glands; they are given from half a scruple to half a drachm.

Schroder's Tartar Pills.

℞. Best shining Aloes wash'd and im­pregnated with the Juice of Strawberries two ounces, Gum Ammoniack purg'd from all filth seven drachms, purging Magistery of Tartar dissolv'd several times in Bugloss­water and again coagulated half an ounce, Extract of Gentian three Drachms, Salt of Steel and Tincture of Saffron, of each two drachms, with Tincture of Tartar make them into a Mass.

These Pills purge off the tartarous ear­thy Humours that create Obstructions in the Bowels, and are successfully us'd in Cachexia's, suppression of Menses, &c. The purging Magistery of Tartar con­sists of the fix'd Salt of Tartar well sati­ate with distill'd Vinegar, and then mix'd with Spirit of Wine, which being twice or thrice distill'd from it leaves this pur­ging Magistery.

Anodine Pills.

℞. Laudanum half an ounce, Indian Pepper infus'd a whole Night in Vinegar and dry'd, two drachms; Saffron four scru­ples, Myrrh two scruples, Musk six grains; mix and make them into a Mass with Sack.

These Pills are proper to stay Defluxi­ons upon any part, procure Sleep, &c. but were chiefly design'd against Cholicks and Belly-fluxes; they may be taken to six Grains.

Sweet scented Pills.

℞. Best Syrian Storax one ounce, Ben­zoin half an ounce, root of Florence Orrice, Trochisks of Gallia Moschata, yellow Saun­ders, of each four scruples; Chymical Oyl of Rosemary two scruples; mix and make them into a Mass with the Mucilage of Gum Tragacanth prepar'd in Cinnamon­water.

The use of this Pill is against a stinking loathsom Breath, which it corrects, be­ing put into a hollow Tooth or otherwise held in the Mouth.

Tablets of Manna.

℞. Calabrian Manna one ounce and a half, refin'd Sugar one pound; make them into Tablets.

These are pleasant to the taste, keep the Body soluble; they are most proper for Children, and such as are a verse to less grateful Physick.

Treacle Tablets reform'd.

℞. Old Treacle one ounce, Balsam of Sulphur, seeds of Sorrel, Elk's hoof, roots of Enula Campana and Angelica, wood of A­loes, bone of a Deer's heart, white Amber; Camphire and Myrrh, of each one drachm; Oyl of Cinnamon eight drops, refin'd Sugar one pound; mix them in a Marble Mortar, and with a sufficient quantity of Mucilage of Gum Tragacanth drawn in Carduus Wa­ter make a solid mass, of which form the Tablets.

These Tablets strengthen the Noble Parts, resist the Infection of the Air; they may be taken in time of Sickness from one drachm to three.

Emetick Tablets or Lozenges.

℞. Emetick Tartar, Liquorice-ras'd Wheat-flower, of each two ounces; refin'd Sugar half a pound, with Mucilage of Gum Tragacanth make Tablets of half a drachm each.

These Lozenges both vomit, and purge by Stool, they are pleasant to the tast; if they should chance to work with too much violence, fat Broth or Oyl of sweet Almonds will check it; two Tablets will prove a full Dose.

Compound Tablets of Marsh mallows.

℞. Pulp of Marsh-mallow-roots two oun­ces, seeds of white Poppies, powder of Flo­rence Orrice, Liquorice, and of the powder call'd Diatragacanthum frigidum, of each three drachms; refin'd Sugar boil'd in Rose water one pound, make Tablets according to art.

These are us'd in inveterate Coughs and Asthma's, to cut and loosen the im­pacted Phlegm, and facilitate its Expe­ctoration; they are held in the Mouth to dissolve slowly.

Mort's purging Tablets.

℞. Seeds of Zedoary, Corallina, of each three drachms; root of Jalap two drachms, Diagrydium one drachm, sweet Sublimate one scruple, best refin'd Sugar boiled in the Infusion of Tansey to the consistence of Ta­blets one pound, form the Tablets.

They purge mildly, kill and expell Worms, hinder the corruption of Hu­mours: They may be taken from a drachm to an ounce. The three last days of the Moon are made choice of in giving this and other Medicines against Worms, tho' no reason appears, why they should pre­vail then more than at any other time.

Mercurial Tablets.

℞. Mercurial Panacaea two ounces, sharp biting Cinnamon, Florence Orrice, Ginger, of each one drachm; fine Sugar four ounces, with the Mucilage of Gum Tragacanth form a solid Mass, of which make your Tablets of a drachm weight each.

They are to be chew'd by those in whom it is difficult to raise a Salivation, [Page 92]the Ginger and Mace heat the Mouth, and open the salival excretory Ducts, and serve as a Vehicle to the Panacaea. The Salivation they raise when us'd alone is but slight, and may be stop'd almost at pleasure by the use of an astringent Gargle.

The Panacaea is sweet Sublimate thus prepar'd; Take what quantity you please of sweet Sublimate, beat it into fine Powder, put it into a Matrass upon a Sand-bath, lute on a Head; after it has stood in that heat an hour, augment the Fire by degrees until all is sublim'd; then take it off, let the Vessel cool, then break it; powder your Sublimate again; and do all as before; repeat this seven times, then having reduc'd your Sublimate into fine Powder pour on it Spirit of Wine alkoliz'd, four Fingers high, leave it to steep fifteen days, stirring it pretty often with an Ivory Slice; at last place it in Baln. M. draw the Spirit off, and dry your Panacaea in a Sand-fire. This is a most noble Medicine in wary Hands a­gainst all foulness of Blood, whether Ve­nereal or Scorbutical, against Itch, Tet­tars, Scabs, Scald-heads. See a fuller ac­count in the third English Edition of Mr. Lemery's Chymistry.

Rotules of white Poppies.

℞. Syrup of white Poppies newly made what quantity you please, and having boil'd it to the consistence of a solid Electuary form the Tablet.

They have the same vertue with the Syrup that is by their slimy Mucilage; they allay the sharpness of thin corrosive Phlegm, hinder the too great expansion of the Spirits and the inordinate agitati­on of Humours.

Mort's hot Philonium.

℞. Annis, Fennil and Carraway seeds, of each five drachms, Cinnamon half an ounce, Ginger and Extract of Opium of each three drachms, Nutmegs two drachms, clarify'd Honey ten ounces; make them into an Opi­ate according to art.

This tho' less compound than others of this name, yields to none in goodness; it eases Pain, resists the maliguity of Hu­mours, and causes Rest; it is given from a scruple to a drachm.

[Page 94]Some make an Extract of new made Treacle in Spirit of Wine, and call the Preparation Laudanum tutissimum; but old Treacle having in its longer fermen­tation subtilized and exalted its active parts more than the new, seems the fitter to rarifie and dissolve the Coagulations caus'd in the Blood, and Humours by the bite or sting of Venomous Beasts coagu­lating Poisons, infected Air, or a too great quantity of Acids accumulated in the Body.

He commends the Apothecaries of Pa­ris for leaving out Silk in their Confectio Alkermes, asserting, that neither wrought, nor raw Silk can communicate the least vertue to that or any other Composi­tion. But Dr. Lister could inform him otherwise, and tell him as he did Dr. Turnfort, That Silk yields a noble Spirit, the finest, he says, that ever was tasted, with an incredible quantity of Volatil Salt, which being refin'd and often co­hobated with rich Aromatick Chymical Oyls, he thinks makes that call'd King Charles's Salt. However Silk being a dry Gelly of the Insect kind, which for the most part consist of extream active parts, is not so despicable for physical uses as Mr. Lemery and Zwelfer would insinuate.

[Page 95]Among the Remarks made upon E­lectuarium de Ovo Quercetani, we have this method of preparing the Diaphore­tick Sulphur of Gold, call'd by Chymists Potable Gold, or the true Tincture of Sol.

Dissolve what quantity of Gold you please in Aqua Regalis, evaporate the Dis­solution over a gentle Fire, and there will remain a Calx of Gold, which moisten into a Liquid Past with the Essence of Cinnamon; and having put the mixture in a Matrass, pour upon it Spirit of Wine tartariz'd until it appears an Inch over; then having stop'd the Vessel very close, put it to digest until the Liquor seems ful­ly tinctur'd, which done, pour it off and add new until the Spirit ceases to draw a Tincture, then mix the Dissolutions toge­ther and keep them for use.

This Preparation is a Dissolution of some parts of the Substance of the Gold in the Sulphurs of the Cinnamon and of the Spirit of Wine; for if it were quite divested of its Sulphur, as some Chymists foolishly pretend the Calx could be never reduc'd into Gold again, which it easily can being well dry'd, and adding a small quantity of Borax to it.

Mort's cold Philonium.

℞. Red Roses one ounce, Cassia Lignea six drachms, Bole-armene, roots of Snake-weed, of each half an ounce; Extract of O­pium two drachms and a half, clarify'd Ho­ney nine ounces; mix and make them into an Opiate according to art.

This is proper in all losses of Blood in Diarrhaea's, Lienteries, and Bloody-fluxes, it allays Pain and causes rest; it is given from half a scruple to a drachm.

Mr. Lemery justly suspects the truth of what is said of King Mithridates's having been poison-proof, and to have ow'd this to the Composition that bears his Name, whereof he himself is said to have been the Inventor. It might indeed have been of good use against Coagulating Poisons, such as Hemlock, Wolf's-bane, the biting of Vipers or Serpents, stings of Scorpions and the Tarantula; but is of little efficacy against Corrosive Sublimate and Arsenick.

The Confection of Jacinth corrected.

℞. Jacinth Stones prepar'd, red Coral [Page 97]seal'd Earth, of each one ounce; shaving of Hart's-Horn six drachms, of the Bone of a Deer's Heart, roots of Tormentil and Dit­tany, leaves of Cretan-dittany, Saffron, Myrrh, red Roses, Seeds of Sorrel, Purslain, of each three drachms; Crab's Eyes pre­par'd, outward rind of Citrons and bitter Oranges dry'd, of each four scruples; Ori­ental Musk and Ambergrease of each ten grains, Syrup of Kermes one ounce, Syrup of Clove-gilliflowers three pound; mix them according to art.

In this Reformation the Gold and Sil­ver are left out as uncapable of alteration in our Bodies. They dry Kermes grains as effete and worthless, and the Syrup of Clove-gilliflowers made use of, because the Syrup of Coral commonly used, destroys in great part the Alkaline Ingredients of the Confection, whose chief Cordial ver­tue consists in the Disposition of their Pores, and texture of their parts that fit them to sheath the points and edges of the hostile peccant Acids, which the Syrup of Clove-gilliflowers does in no wise do; but being a strengthener of the Heart and Brain, and other noble parts, does consi­derably second the good effects of the Composition. If it should be objected, [Page 98]That the Juice of Limons, the foundation of the Syrup of that name, is useful in opening the Stones and Earth, we will answer, That this 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 [Page 99]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 [Page 100]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.

℞. 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. [Page 101]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.

℞. 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.

℞. Wormseed one ounce, choice Rhubarb, [Page 102]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.

℞. 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.

℞. 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 [Page 103]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.

℞. 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.

℞. 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-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.

℞. 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 of Juniper ten [Page 105]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.

℞. 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.

℞. 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.

℞. 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.

℞. 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 [Page 108]Gout, Rheumatism, &c. they are taken to six drachms.

An Electuary of Garlick.

℞. 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.

℞. Good clear Turpentine one pound, roots of Mallows, of Grass, rest Harrow, [Page 109]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.

℞. 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 [Page 110]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.

℞. 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.

℞. 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.

℞. 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.

℞. 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 [Page 112]an ounce; pour upon all l [...]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 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 [Page 113]Distempers wherein the Texture of the Blood is deprav'd, and the Mass inclines to a Dissolution.

Water of Magnanimity.

℞. 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.

℞. 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.

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[Page 114]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.

℞. 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 reduc [...]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.

[Page 115]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.

℞. 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.

[Page 116]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.

℞. Snails flesh parted from the shells two pounds, boil it well in rough austere Wine and 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.

℞. 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.

[Page 117]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.

℞. 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 [Page 118]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.

℞. 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.

℞. 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; [Page 120]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.

℞. 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 [Page 121]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.

℞. 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.

℞. 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 [Page 122]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.

℞. 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 hour [...] then let them be distill'd in a modera [...] Sand heat.

This Water is a great opener of a [...] Obstructions, not only proper against t [...] Scurvy, but also against Gravel, Neph [...] tick Colick, suppression of Urine, & [...] ▪ It is a great purifier of the Blood if take [...] for some considerable time.

℞. Roots of Florence Orrice, leaves [...] Cretan Dittany and dry Mint of each [...] ounce, Seeds of Agnus Castus, Rue a [...] [Page 123]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.

℞. 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.

℞. 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.

℞. 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.

℞. 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.

℞. 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.

℞. 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.

℞. 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, [Page 127]given from a scruple to two drachms in a convenient Vehicle.

Crollius's Pestilential Elixir.

℞. Balsam of Sulphur prepar'd with Ju­niper and Amber four ounces, Tincture of Treacle impregnated with Myrrh and Cam­phire three ounces, a drachm and a half of the Elixir of three Ingredients; put them into a Matrass, and let them stand in B. M. for 14 days until they are perfectly u­nited.

This proves a preservative in time of Pestilence and other Contagious Distem­pers, it is excellent in Asthma's, it de­terges and heals inward Ulcers, is given from a scruple to a drachm.

An Epileptick Elixir.

℞. Spirit of Coral and Tartar of each three ounces and a half, Volatil Spirit of Man's Skull, human Blood and Amber, of each two scruples; mix and let them stand to digest fourteen days.

This Elixir is Sudorifick, a great strengthener of the Brain and purifier of [Page 128]the Mass of Blood; it is given in Epilep­sies, Palsies and Apoplexies, from ten­drops to thirty.

An Elixir us'd against the Stone and Gravel.

℞. Strawberries one pound, Sugar-candy half a pound, seeds of Gromel bruis [...]d three ounces, Alkekengi Berries an ounce and a half, tops of Golden-rod, leaves of Ground-Ivy, Saxifrage, of each half a handfull; being all cut small and pounded, put them into a Matrass, and pour on good Brandy until it is the breadth of four fingers over the Ingredients, then stop the Vessel close and put it to digest in a Sand Bath or other moderate heat for four or five days, stirring it every day, which done, filter it with ex­pression, and when it has settled, pour it from the subsiding dregs, and having strained it a second time, put it up in a Glass Vessel well stop'd.

This Elixir, or Tincture, is much us'd in Languedock against Gravel and diffi­culty of Urine, also in windy and ne­phritick Colicks, suppression of the Men­ses, Hysterick Passions, &c. it may be taken to two ounces.

An Elixir of Garlick.

℞. Twenty heads of Garlick wash'd very clean, and having beaten them in a Mortar put them into an Alembeck, pour on Spirit of Wine to the height of four fingers, then distill in B. M. pour the Spirit upon fresh Garlick, and add in the last Distillation a scruple of Camphire ty'd in a knot.

The Elixir of Garlick recovers Appetite decay'd by viscid crude Phlegm clogging the Stomachical Ferment, attenuates and incides the gross Phlegm impacted on the Bronchiae and streightning the Breath, and is of good use in time of Pestilence and Sickness.

An extraordinary Anti-epileptick Elixir.

℞. Opium cut very small half a pound, put it into a Matrass, and pour on Spirit of Wine to the height of four fingers over the Opium, and having carefully stop'd the Vessel, put it in digestion for three days in some moderate heat, then distill by a Glass Alembeck in B. M. and you will have a clear Spirit.

[Page 130]℞. Of this Spirit and of the Spirit of humane Skull of each equal parts; mix and let them circulate the space of two days, then put up the Liquor for use.

Some call this Elixir by the name of the English Drops but unjustly, if Doctor Lyster says right; see Notes upon Confe­ctio Alkermes. However this Preparation is commended much against Convulsions, Vapours, Pains, troublesome Hiccoughs, &c. It may be taken to 30 drops. The Opium that remains in the Cucurbit after Distillation may be made into the usual Extract.

An Anti-hysterick Elixir.

℞. Best Castor, Assa foetida, of each half an ounce, distill'd Oyl of Amber one drachm, Oyl of Savine half a drachm, Rue, and Camphire of each one scruple, well rectify'd Spirit of Wine ten ounces; leave them to di­gest together for a while, then distill and pour again the Spirit that shall come off on the Ingredients, adding two ounces of rectify'd Spirit of Hart's Horn, then distill them a­gain and draw off half,

[Page 131]This Elixir is proper in disaffections of the Womb, it brings down the Catame­nia, hastens Birth, suppresses Vapours, is us'd in the Falling-sickness, in Malignant Fevers, and in the Plague; it may be given to two scruples.

Oyl of Ants of A. Mynsicht.

℞. Live Ants and seeds of Rocket of each what quantity you please, mix and beat them into a kind of Paste, put it into a Glass, expose it to the Sun until an Oyl ap­pears, which is to be separated by expression and kept for use.

This Oyl is us'd in venere languida, the Perinaeum and Reins are anointed with it, to excite the Spirits and raise a gentle fermentation in Semine.

The Apoplectick Balsam.

℞. Oyl of Nutmegs by expression one ounce and a half, best Syrian Storax three drachms, Balsam of Peru two drachms, Benzoin, Ambergrease and Civet, of each half an ounce; Musk one scruple, Chymical Oyls of Cloves and Rhodian-wood of each one [Page 132]drachm and a half, Oyl of Cinnamon, Ci­tron and Oranges of each two scruples; mix them into a Balsam.

This Balsam is call'd Apoplectick be­cause it is of great efficacy against Apo­plexies and other Diseases of the Brain, which it is said to strengthen as well as the other noble parts. The Temples and Sutures of the Skull are anointed with it and part put into the Ears with musk'd Cotton: It may be taken inwardly for the same Distemper and to excite the Seed.

Le Mort's Polychrest Balsam.

℞. Roots of Sarsaparilla five ounces, Spirit of Wine four pints and a half, let them infuse in a Glass Vessel until the Spirit of Wine appears of a golden colour, then filter it and add eight ounces of Gum Guajacum, leave them to digest together, stirring them sometimes, until the Gum is throughly dis­solv'd, which when it is add a spoonful of Balsam of Peru.

This Balsam is Sudorifick, and is of excellent use in the Pox, Leprosie, Scur­vy; and tho' it was design'd for internal [Page 133]use it may be us'd outwardly in Palsies, and Sciatica's: It may be taken in Wine to two drachms. Some add an ounce of Virginian Snake-weed in powder to the Infusion, and two ounces of Balsam of Peru to this quantity.

The vulnerary Balsam of Mindererus.

℞. Venice Turpentine one ounce and a half, Oyl of St. John's Wort one ounce, Gum Elami six drachms, distill'd Oyl of Wax two scruples; mix and make them into a Balsam.

This is a very good Balsam for Green Wounds, the Pled gits are to be dipt in it; it is also us'd in Apoplexies to strengthen the Nerves.

The Samaritan Balsam.

℞. Common Oyl, good strong Wine of each equal parts, let them be boil'd in an earthen glaz'd Vessel over a gentle Fire to the con­sumption of the Wine, and keep the Balsam for use.

This is the Balsam mentioned in the Gospel, and tho' plain is of excellent use to cure fresh wounds.

The Balsam of the Florence Physicians.

℞. Turpentine one pound, powder of new well-bak'd Tiles eight ounces, stale Oyl half a pound, Oyl of Laurel, Cinnamon, Spike­nard, of each two ounces; distill them through a Retort.

This Balsam is us'd outwardly in Pal­sies and pains of the Joints, and is taken inwardly against Worms, Stone and Gravel to ten drops.

The Spanish Balsam.

℞. Whole Wheat, roots of Valerian, bles­sed Thistle, of each one ounce; White Wine one pint; put all into 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 [Page 135]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.

℞. 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.

℞. 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 Ʋre­thra.

[Page 136]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.

℞. 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.

℞. 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.

℞. 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 luke­warm Wine or some appropriate De­coction.

A Linement to hinder the Small Pox from seaming or marking.

℞. Ceruse wash'd in 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.

℞. 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.

℞. 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.

℞. Roots and fresh leaves of Bur-dock, Butter-bur, Hemlock, Ground-pine, Lovage, the greater Valerian, Angelica, Enula Cam­pana, Horse-radish, Sowbread, both Brown­worts, 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 Burgundy­pitch 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 [Page 140]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.

℞. 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.

[Page 141]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.

℞. 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.

℞. Gum Tacamahac, Elami and Mastick, of each two ounces; Opium two drachms, mix and make a Plaster according to art.

[Page 142]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.

℞. 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.

℞. Plaster of Mucilages three ounces, [Page 143]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.

℞. 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.

℞. 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.

℞. 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.

℞. 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.

[Page 146]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 Syrup [...] 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 Distem­ [...]ers vulgarly call'd, Defluxions on the Breast and Lungs; he was advis'd to it by the famous Malpighius.

[Page 148]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 take [...] inwardly, being not in the least Corrosive▪ Some were for the Oyl of Vitriol dulc [...] fy'd by a long digestion with Spirit [...] Wine, then that Spirit drawn off an [...] fresh pour'd on; this to be repeated several times.

[Page 149]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. ℞. 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; [Page 150]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.

[Page 151]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.

[Page 152]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 [Page 153]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 [Page 154]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. Sea­water 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 Sea­water, 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.

[Page 155]Monsieur Homberb related the History of an Hypochondriack that was cur'd by the use of this following Mixture.

℞. 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.

℞. 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 [Page 156]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 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 [Page 157]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 [Page 158]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.

[Page 159]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.

[Page 160]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.

℞. 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.

℞. 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.

[Page 161]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 [Page 162]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.

℞. 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.

[Page 163]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 Bitter­sweet, 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 additi­tion against the Scurvy, and find that Sorrel is a great corrector of the Acri­mony of Humours, and of great benefit to the Scorbutick that are of a dry bi­leous Constitution.

Wine wherein the tops of Juniper have been boil'd is recommended as a [Page 164]Diuretick in Dropsies or Suppression of Urine, wherein Pills made of two parts Aloes, one part of the powder of Juni­per-berries are very beneficial; they purify the Blood by Urine and by Tran­spiration.

A strong Decoction of the great Bur­dock is not only commended as a puri­fier of the Blood from ordinary Fecu­lencies, but also to carry off the Dregs of the Venereal Disease. Hollerius often prescrib'd it with good success in Pleuri­sies; and Forestus says, it cur'd Vastelius Pensioner of Maclin of the Gout. It made him make a great quantity of Water that was as white as Milk. Et­muller and many others, are of Opinion, That the Roots of Burr-dock, and of that call'd Butter-burr, may be well sub­stituted to China Roots, and to Sarsapa­rilla, as Box-wood to Guajacum and Ju­niper-wood to Sassafras.

Mr. Turnfort affirms upon his own Experience, the efficacy of an Infusion of the Roots of the great wild Valerian in most violent Hysterick Fits and Convulsive Asthma's and Coughs. He also says, he has seen Palsies cur'd in [Page 165]the Alps by the use of the Leaves of Alder, especially when that Sickness was occasion'd by lying abroad on the Ground or in damp wet Houses. The manner of use is thus, they fill several Bags with the Leaves, keep them in the Sun, or put them in Ovens until they are throughly hot, then they spread the Leaves on a Bed, put the Patient in, and cover him well, who will not fail to sweat abundantly: And this does not only relieve in Palsies, but also in Rheu­matisms, Sciatica's, and old Aches if not Venereal; which are also sometimes much eas'd by a Linement of equal parts of Oyl of Chamomil, St. John's-wort, and Spi­rit of Wine Camphorated; also by the Root of Pepper-wort powder'd and mix'd with Butter apply'd to the part, and the Tincture of the same Root drawn in Spi­rit of Wine taken inwardly.

An excellent Mouth water, proper in the Scurvy to cleanse the Mouth and strengthen loose Gums, may be made of one part of the Tincture of Columbine-flowers drawn in Spirit of Wine, and two parts of the following Dissolution.

[Page 166]℞. Gum Lac, two ounces, tears of Ma­stick two drachms; dissolve them over a gentle Fire in a pint of good Brandy.

An Oily Aromatick Volatile Salt, or a Spiritus Volatilis Aromaticus Oleosus, for both may be had by this method.

℞. Cinnamon five drachms, Mace and Nutmegs of each two drachms and a half, Cardamoms one drachm, Saffron and Cloves of each two scruples, Citron peel, Bark of Sassafras, Anise-seeds and Caraway-seeds, of each three drachms; powder all and put them into a Matrass, pour on a quart of the best dephlegm'd Spirit of Wine, stop the Matrass close, and leave them to infuse for eight days, stirring them at least twice every day; when they have stood eight days, press out the Liquor, and pour it into a Glass Retort upon half a pound of Salt of Tartar well dry'd, pul­veriz'd, and mix'd with four ounces of Sal Armoniack, and distill them in a mild sand heat, and you will have not only an Aromatick Oily Spirit, but also a great quantity of Volatile Aromatick Salt that will be very penetrating, as consist­ing of the Ʋrinous part of the Sal Armo­niack [Page 167]loosen'd and rendered easily separa­ble from its other Principles by mixture of the Tartar; so that it pass'd into the Recipient along with the Spirit of Wine, loaded with the Essential Oyl of the Spice.

FINIS.

ERRATA.

PAge 21. l. 15. read some Flowers. p. 25. l. 21. Eells. p. 35. l. 9. r. this Honey. p. 41. l. 6. r. settled. p. 43. l. 18. r. whites. p. 48. l. 20. r. from the insupportable. p. 49. l. 4. r. of each half an ounce. After the Powder made of Warts, &c. in p. 58. r. the Remark, p. 62. l. 11. p. 81. l. 18. r. strengthen. p. 97. l. 15. r. the dry. p. 101. l. 6. r. of the Herb.

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  • A Course of Chymistry; containing an easie Method of preparing those Chymical Medicines which are used in Physick, with curious Remarks and useful Discourses upon each Preparation, for the benefit of such as desire to be instructed in the Knowledge of this Art. By Nicho­las Lemery, M. D. the Third Edition, translated from the Eighth-Edition in the French, which is very much enlarged be­youd any of the former.
  • Essays of Anatomy, wherein the For­mation of the Organs, and the Mecha­nick Operations are clearly explain'd, according to the new Hypothesis, by Monsieur Beddevole Doctor of Physick. Written originally in French. The Second Edition.

The INDEX.

A.
  • FRench Acacia, what it is, Pag. 25
  • A purging Ale, 30
  • An Almond Milk, 11
  • With addition call'd Orgeat des Limo­nadiers, ibid.
  • An Analysis of Cows, Goats and Asses Milk 159
  • Antimony, its Glass deprived of its Eme­tick Quality, 155
  • A Cephalick purging Apozem 10
B.
  • An Apoplectick Balsam, 131
  • The Balsam of the Florence Physicians, 134
  • The Italian Balsam, 135
  • Mindererus's vulnerary Balsam, 133
  • Le Mort's Polychret Balsam, 132
  • The Samaritan Balsam, 133
  • The Spanish Balsam, 134
  • Bite of an Ape, a Remedy, 152
  • For the bite of a Mad Dog, 151
  • Bodies buried some hundreds of Years past still entire, 56
  • [Page]A Broth recommended in Distempers of the Breast Pag. 147
  • A Broth in Scorbutick Cases 162
C.
  • Cantharides, the internal use; vid. the two last Leaves of the Preface.
  • Camphire recommended in Cephalalgia's, Rheumatisms and Palsies, 157, 158
  • Spice Caps, 20
  • Confection of Jacinth, with Remarks, 97
  • Confectio Alkermes, remarks upon it, 94
  • Conserve of the Roots of Enula Campana, the Roots of Althea, and of the tops of Parsley, 35, 36
  • Conserve of Rue in malignant Fevers, 157
D.
  • Decoction, 1
  • Decoction, how it differs from a Ptisan, 6
  • A Cephalick Decoction, 4
  • A Decoction of the great Bur-Dock, 164
  • A Sudorifick Decoction, 5
  • Notes upon the Decoctum Album, and up­on the bitter Decoction, ibid.
  • Diabotanum, vid. Blondel's Plant Plaster, 139
  • Diabotanum cerate with Mercury, 140
  • Diagridium Glycirrhizatum, 39
  • Sylvius's Diascordium corrected, 102
E.
  • A Camphir'd Electuary, 102
  • [Page]A Chalybeat Electuary, Pag. 105
  • An Electuary of Garlick, 108
  • Mr. Lemery's Hydragogue Electuary, 107
  • Sylvius's Hydragogue Electuary, ibid.
  • Zwelfer's Hydrotick Electuary, 106
  • An Electuary of the Juice of Rue, 103
  • The Royal Electuary, 104
  • A Terebinthinate Electuary, 108
  • An Anti-epileptick Elixir, 129
  • An Anti-hysterick Elixir, 130
  • An Epileptick Elixir, 127
  • An Elixir of Garlick, 129
  • An Elixir of three Ingredients, 126
  • Crollius's Pestilential Elixir, 127
  • An Elixir against the Stone, 128
  • Of Embalming, 56
  • An Astringent Emulsion, 11
  • Errhines, 18
  • Chymical Essences, Notes upon them, 26
  • Etmuller his Opinion of the Roots of great Bur-dock, Butter-bur, of Box-wood and Sassafras-wood, 164
  • Extract of the lesser Centaury, or of the leaves of Smallage given with the Kin­kina when there are great obstructions in the Bowels, 159
  • An Extract of Tea, its effects upon Blood. 158
F.
  • [Page]A Fomentation of Heath flowers in Gouty and Rheumatick pains, Pag. 162
  • A Fumigation to raise a Flux, 21
G.
  • Ox-Gall, a Preparation of it, 34
  • A Gargle to stop a Salivation, 14
  • Gargarisms, 13
  • Gelly of Currants as made at Blois 26
  • Gelly of Isinglass, 19
  • Potable Gold, 95
H.
  • Honey, 36
  • Honey of Tabacco, 37
I.
  • Infusions,
  • An Infusion of Mother-Time, &c. 163
  • An Infusion of Mustard-seed, 157
  • The common purging Infusion, 7
  • Infusion of the Roots of great wild Valeri­an, 164
  • Juice of Liquorish, how prepar'd at Blois, 26
  • An Injection to stop a Gonorrhaea. 16
  • A vulnerary Injection, ibid.
  • Ipecacuanha, when brought to Paris; Its Description and Ʋse, 53, 54
L.
  • Laudanum Tutissimum, 94
  • A Liniment for old Aches, &c. 165
  • [Page]A Liniment for the Piles, 137
  • A Liniment to hinder the Small Pox from seaming, 137
  • A Lotion against the Itch, 17
  • A Lotion to kill Vermin in the Head, ibid.
  • Lozenges; see Tablets, 89, 90, 91, 92
M.
  • Masticatories, 13
  • Mithridate, Remarks upon it, 96
  • An Anti-epileptick Mixture, 12
  • A Diuretick Mixture, ibid.
  • A Mixture for Haemorrhoides, 157
  • A Mixture for Hypochondrianism, 155
  • A vulnerary Mixture, 156
  • The common emollient Mucilage, 18
  • A Mucilage to stop Haemorrhagies, 19
O.
  • Oyl of Ants of A. Mynsicht, 131
  • Chymical Oyls, Remarks upon them, 26
  • An Anodine Soporiferous Oyntment, 138
  • An Ointment to consume Excrescences in the Ʋrethra 135
  • An Ointment to be used when the Excre­scence is eaten away, 136
  • An Ointment for Scabs and Tetters, 136
  • An Opiate against Worms, 100
  • The Cordial Opiate of Lyons, 101
  • The Tholouse Hydrotick Opiate, 100
  • Opium, vid. 149, 151
  • Hoffman's Orvietan preferr'd to all other [Page]Preparations of that name by the Apo­thecaries of Paris, 105
P
  • Panacaea Mercurialis, 92
  • Pastills to be chew'd to discharge Phlegm, 15
  • Perfumes, 21
  • Pessaries, 14
  • Mort's cold Philonium, 96
  • Mort's hot Philonium, 93
  • Angelick Pills, 85
  • Anodine Pills, 88
  • Anti-epileptick Pills corrected, 83
  • Anti-hypochondriack Pills, 84
  • Astringent Pills to stop a Gonorrhaea, 81
  • Barbarossa's Pills corrected, 74
  • The greater Pills of Bdellium, 75
  • The lesser Pills of Bdellium, 76
  • Chalybeat Pills, 84
  • Diuretick Pills of Clossaeus, 80
  • Pills of Gambogia, 76
  • Gout Pills, 86
  • Mynsicht's Hydrogogue Pills reformed, 71
  • Bontius's Hydropical Pills, 72
  • Hysterick Pills, 83
  • Imperial Pills of the Physicians of Lyons, 72
  • Pills of two Ingredients, 83
  • Mercurial Pills, 73
  • Pectoral Pills. 79
  • Pills Rudii corrected, 77
  • [Page]Pills of Savine 85
  • Spaw Pills, 77
  • Mort's sweating Pills, 82
  • Sweet scented Pills, 88
  • Quercetans's Tartar Pills reform'd, 75
  • Schroder's Tartar Pills, 87
  • Turpentine Pills, 79
  • An insipid Poison, 152
  • A Plaster of Cinnabar, 142
  • Blondel's Plaster call'd Diabotanum, 139
  • A Plaster to consume Excrescences in the Ʋrethra, 143
  • A Febrifuge Plaster, 142
  • A Plaster of the four Gums, 144
  • The Royal Plaster for Ruptures, 138
  • A Plaster of Sperma Ceti, 141
  • A Plaster for the Tooth-ach, 141
  • Plaster of Vertues, 144
  • An Anti-nephritick Potion, 11
  • A famous Anti-dysenterick Powder, 52
  • A famous Anti-epileptick Powder, 51
  • Powder of Ashes corrected, 61
  • Powder to hasten Birth, 57
  • Hartman's Cachectick Powder, 55
  • A Carminative Powder, 62
  • Powder of Cinnabar, 65
  • A Powder to help Digestion, 55
  • A diuretick Powder, 57
  • The Duke's compound Powder, 58
  • His simple Powder, 59
  • [Page]A Golden Powder, 61
  • Powder of Gutteta, 50
  • A Hand Powder, 63
  • A Powder burnt in Hysterick Fits, 58
  • Mynsicht's Powder of Jalap, 50
  • The Imperial Powder, 64
  • The grey Imperial Powder against the Plague, and the red Powder, 60
  • A Powder against Pleurisies, 64
  • Prince of Mirandola's Powder in Rheuma­tisms, 161
  • Powder of Sarsaparilla, 58
  • An Opthalmick Powder, 59
  • Sneezing Powder, 15
  • Powder for Spice Caps, 20
  • A Steel Powder used by the Physicians of Paris, 63
  • Mort's Sudorifick Powder, 65
  • Powder of Turbith with Rhubarb corrected, ibid.
  • A Powder against Worms us'd at Paris, 49
  • A Ptisan to be drank in a dry husky Cough, 162
  • The ordinary Ptisan, 7
  • A Restringent Ptisan, 7
  • One more restringent, ibid.
R.
  • Ratafia of Cherries, 31
  • Ratafia of Gilli flowers, 32
  • Ratafia of Kernels, ibid.
  • [Page]A Remedy that gives ease in Cancers, 161
  • A Remedy for Wounds, Incisions, Contusi­ons, &c. 149
  • One for the King's Evil, 148
  • A Remedy for the Nephritick Colick prin­ted by the Intendant of Languedock, 160
  • For obstinate Swellings, 148
  • For Palsies and Rhumatisms, 158
  • Another us'd frequently in the Alps, 165
  • Rob of Speedwel, 25
  • Rotules of white Poppies, 93
S.
  • King Charles's Salt, 94
  • Sylvius's Salt, 155
  • A Volatile Oily Aromatick Salt, 166
  • Silk, 94
  • Sugar, 36
  • Sugar well clarify'd, sold for Syrup of Mai­den-hair at Paris, ibid.
  • Syrup of Spanish Broom corrected, 40
  • A Compound Magisterial Syrup, 43
  • An Emetick Syrup, 41
  • Syrup of Maiden-hair made without Fire, 37
  • Syrup of Quina Quinae, 47
  • Syrup of Scammony, 39
  • A strengthening Syrup, 45
  • Syrup of the Whites of Eggs, 43
  • Syrup of Wild Saffron, 41
  • [Page]Remarks upon Syrup of Wormwood, Syru­pus Kermesmus, Syrup of Limons and Peach Flowers 49
  • Ʋpon the Syrup of Coral, 45
  • Ʋpon the Syrups of Succory and of dry Roses, 35
T.
  • Emetick Tablets or Lozenges, 90
  • Tablets of Manna, 89
  • Compound Tablets of Marsh Mallows, 90
  • Mercurial Tablets, 91
  • Tablets of white Poppies, vid. Rotules, &c. 93
  • Mort's purging Tablets, 91
  • Tartarum Vitriolatum recommended for a general corrective of Purgers, 38
  • Tinctura Martis Mynsichti, 145
  • Tincture of Coral, what it is, 25
  • Tincture of Gold, 95, 159
  • Tincture of Roses, 62
  • Tincture of Wormwood, 42
  • Trochisks of Arsenick, 68
  • Trochisks to be us'd in a Diabetes, 69
  • Trochisks of Enula Campana, 70
  • Escharotick Trochisks, 68
  • Trochisks us'd in a Gonorrhaea, 67
  • Trochisks of Orrice, 71
  • Trochisks of Pomgranate Flowers, 67
  • Trochisks of Ramech corrected, 66
  • Turpentine, 25
V.
  • [Page]Vipers, a Discourse upon their Poison, with several Remedies against it, pag. 148.
W.
  • A Wash to turn Hair black, 18
  • An Anti-scorbutick Water, 122
  • An Apoplectick Water, 113
  • A carminative Water, 125
  • Water of Castor, 124
  • Compound Claret Water 30
  • Clossaeus's Cosmetick Water, 111
  • A Water for Consumptions, 116
  • A cosmetick Water, 122
  • The divine Water of Fernel, 118
  • A Diuretick Water drawn from Kernels, 117
  • A drying Water for external use, 24
  • D. Brun's Eye-Water, 23
  • Madam Fouquet's Eye-water, 23
  • A Water to preserve the Eyes against the Small-Pox, 24
  • A Water to allay Gout pains, 125
  • The Hysterick Water of the Amsterdamers, 121
  • A Water of three Ingredients, 124
  • Kernel Water; vid. Ratafia Water of magnanimity. 113
  • A Mercurial Water, 123
  • A Water us'd against Mortification, 119
  • An excellent Mouth-Water, 165
  • [Page]The Nephritick Water corrected, pag. 110
  • Prophylactick Water of Sylvius, 111
  • Queen of Hungary's Water-compound, 120
  • Sea-Water, several methods try'd to sweeten it, 153
  • A Water for Spots and Freckles, 126
  • A Stomachick Water, 115
  • A Water against the Stone, 116
  • Strawberry and Rasberry Water, how made by Limonadiers of Paris, 47
  • A sweet scented Water, 114
  • A Water of Verjuice, 43
  • The Women's Aqua Vitae, 121
  • A wound Water, 109
  • For internal wounds, a Stiptick, 148
  • A Febrifuge Wine, 28
  • Wine call'd Hypocras, 29
  • A purging Wine. 28
  • A Steel Wine, 28
FINIS.

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