Receipts for preparing and compounding the principal medicines made use of by the late Mr Ward. Together with an introduction, etc / [John Page].

  • Page, John, 1699?-1779
Date:
1763
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Credit: Receipts for preparing and compounding the principal medicines made use of by the late Mr Ward. Together with an introduction, etc / [John Page]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In this reafonable Hope, I flatter myfelf I fhall not be difappointed : Yet, if that fhould happen to be the Cafe, I fhall be fure of their Approbation for one certain Effedt of this Publication ; (and which, indeed, was a great Motive to it) fupprefflng the Practice of Ignorant Pretenders to the Know¬ ledge of Mr. Ward'% Secrets *, and thereby prevent¬ ing the Mifchiefs which would otherwife be done by fuch Bold Pradlitioners difpenfing, under the Name of thefe Excellent Medicines ——One knows not What. I fhall trouble the Publick no farther, now, upon this Subjedt, in general*, but proceed to give the Genuine Receipts for making each Particular Me¬ dicine ; fpecifying the Dofes, and the feveral Dif- orders to which they have been ufually applied, ac¬ cording to my Obfervation, and the bell Informa¬ tion I have been yet able to obtain. Method of preparing Antimony, for the PILL and DROP. p ROVIDE yourfelf with an Earthen un-glazed Pan, that will hold three or four Quarts ; fet it on a naked Fire, and have in readinefs, of the flnefl: and purefl crude Antimony, as much as you pleafe ; (that which appears in long fhining Needles, and is the eafiefl powdered, is the beft; being moft free from metallic, or other heterogeneous Bodies) pow¬ der it indifferently fine 5 put ten or twelve Ounces into your Pan, ftirring it continually with an Iron Spatula, and increaflng your Fire till it fends forth white fumes, and a Flame like burning Brimftone : Continue that Degree of Fire, continually ftirring, tfll it burns or fumes no more j but is become a grey or afh-coloured Powder. If it fhould melt, and