Pharmacopoeia extemporanea: or, a body of medicines / Done into English out of Latin by the author ... with large additions.

  • Fuller, Thomas, 1654-1734
Date:
1740
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Credit: Pharmacopoeia extemporanea: or, a body of medicines / Done into English out of Latin by the author ... with large additions. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    It confifts of mild, foft, mucous Particles, and fo blunts the Acrimony of Humours, in- craflateth the too thin Serum, refrigerateth the Fervour of the Blood, moifteneth the parboil'd, dry, Habit of the Body; is Diuretick, and as good as any thing is, in the Stone. Dr. Grew faith, i Pound of Mallows yields 5 Drams and 2 Scruples of Lixivial Salt, that is the 23d Part of the whole: So that this Plant, tho’ of a very mild Tafte, yet yields more Salt, than Mint itfelf, a bitter Plant. Whereby it no longer teems ftrange, that a Plant of fo foft a Tafte fhould be fo very Diuretick, and fo evidently affedt the Reins. SDecoStoit of spafficfj* Take Majiich 1 Ounce; Mace 1 Dram; the bottom of a well baked white Loaf boil in the Decodlion of burnt Harijhorn ('fettled and de¬ canted clear) 3 Pints to a fuart; havingJlrain d it, add Conferve of red Rofes 4 Ounces; infufe hot 4 Hours; then clear it through Hippocrates Sleeve, and mix into it frong Cinnamon-Water 2 Ounces. Againft Naufea and Vomiting give it little at a time, and often. Againft Diarrhoea give 4 Ounces. a jSep^fttc DeeoStom Take Roots of Marf-Mallows 1 Ounce and half j Liquorice half an Ounce y Golden Rod 2 Handfuls ; Pellitory of the Wall, Marjh-Mal¬ lows, each 1 Handful; Figs 4; Juniper-berries, Seeds op' Macedonian Parfy, Burdock, Grom- well (the Seeds to be added about the middle of the