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Pharmacopoeia Londinensis: or, the London dispensatory further adorned by the studies and collections of the Fellows, now living of the said Colledg [sic] / [Nicholas Culpeper].

  • Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654.
Date:
1659
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Credit: Pharmacopoeia Londinensis: or, the London dispensatory further adorned by the studies and collections of the Fellows, now living of the said Colledg [sic] / [Nicholas Culpeper]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Mi halfan ounce: Unicorns horn, or in, cover your felf warm in your fwes-. iweats ftead, Bexoar itone, one dram: ting, drink poflet-drink ‘as hot as you, PiymeBone in a itags heart, Ivory, Scags can} if it be fora Feaver, boyl forrel iy Wpizzic, Caftorium, of each four {cru~! and red fage in Spoffer-drink 5 {wear les: Barth of Lemnos three dreams: anhour or two if your ftrength will Dpium one dram and an half: Orient bear ic ; thea the chamber being keps Beals, Bmerald, Jacinth, red Coral,' very warm, fhife your (elf all bur your. q bey Mphire two drams >. Gum Arsbick,Ma- you {wast in being kept on) wrap a yntggatich, Frankincen{e, Scyrax, Purpen- | hot napkin, which wil be a means: to fine, Sagapenum, Opopznas, Laler- | repel the vapors back. “This I tor pre- Mtium, or Mirch, of each wo drams ,fent hold the beft method for fweating” Aden half: Musk, Ambergicece, of in feavers and peftilences, in whith hone dram: Oyl of Vitriol half this Bledtuary is very good. Lam ve- mounce = 2 Species cordiales tempe- ry loth to leave out this Medicine,” tz, Diamargariton, Diamofcu, Di- which if it were ftrerched out, and cut’ mbra, Blectuarij de Gemmis, L* See in thongs, ‘would reach round the” be way te make tvefe in thelr proper world. Jaces | Troches of Camphire, of | Requies. WNicholaus. Sqnils, of eachtwo drams and an half:| Colledg. Take of od Rofe leavs,the.- iE roches of Vipers two ounces: the | whites bemg cuteff, blew Violets, of uyce of Sorrel, Sowthilties, Scordium, ‘each three dramts: Opium of Thebes Vipers Buglofs, [* £echium] Bor-|diffelved in wine, the feeds of white age, Bawm, of each halfa pound :| Henbane, Poppies, white and black: Hypociftis two drams: of the belt | rhe roots of Mandrakes, the feeds of Wireacle and Michridate, of each fix |Endive, Purflain, Garden Lettice, ‘i Sendimaunces > old Wine page pound : of *P(yllinm, [* 1 take ic to be Fleas Ce thx beft fugar; or choyce “ Honey [* 4 wort, Not Fleabane 5 the feeds look’ i Sal wife man will take Honey J. eight jut like fleas] Spodinm, Gum Traz Be pound fix. ounces. Ihele being all ganth, of each 110 feruples and fic By Mecholen and prepared with diligence and | grains # Nutmegs, cianamon, Ginger.” seis att, jet chem be made into an Eledtua- | of each advam and an half : Sanders.” tl Ry, juitas Treacle or Mithridate is. | yellave, white, and red, 3 each a draw fei; i Culpeper. Lhe Virle fhews you the} and an half: Suger three times their Sch {cope of the Author in compiling it, L| weight, diffolved in Rofe water: Mix, Gis putt beleeve it is excellent for thofe ules: 1 them together, and make of them az «(us Want time to examine what alterations, Electuary according to art. he) ae the Colledge hath madein it, or wie+| Culpeper. Requies, the Title of this, Saaimeener any or None 5 for particular ver-) Prelcript, fignities Refi: but Ll would’ Lavi Stuss (to avoid Tautology) I refer| not advife you to take tog much of it sb you to his Bezoar Water. “he Dofe | inwardly, for fear inftedd of Reft,’ iz i a of this is from afcruple to four Scru- | brings you to Madnels, or at beft co iimeples, ot adram and anhalf.: Itpro-|Folly: Ourwardly I confels being ap> it) ueevokes {weating sbundantly,and in this | plied to the cemples, as alfoto the id= :} Pry for any other fweating Medicine, order | fides of the wrelts, ic may mitigate tHe ime your body thus; Take ir in bed, and heat in'Feavers, and provoke che Reit's | mpeg bb ag the Rew 5 tot} a 4 : e a