Volume 1

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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    ( *9 ) ft appears, at firft View, that Mr. Ward muft have made a Miftake in ordering Nitre and Vi¬ triol ated Tartar to be fulminated together : For Vitriolated Tartar will not fulminate with Nitre : Wherefore I apprehend that the Manner in which thofe Ingredients are to be prepared, muft necef- farily be as follows, viz. Take four Ounces of Refined Nitre, and the fame Quantity of Vitriolated Tartar. Rub them together, in a Mortar, into a Powder. Take a Crucible, (not of the blue Sort) fet it in the Fire ; and when it begins to be Red, put in about Half of your Nitre and Tartar; flirting it about with an Iron Rod. There will arife Red Fumes 5 which take care to avoid, for they are Noxious. When the Red Fumes ceafe, put in the Remainder of your Matter, ftirring it as before, till no more Fumes arife. Then pour it out into an Iron Mor¬ tar ; and, when Cool, put to it Opium, Ipeca¬ cuanha, and Liquorice Powder, of each one Ounce : Pound and Sift them through a fine Lawn Sieve ; then mix them well together. N. B. The Ipecacuanha muft be pickt of fuch a Sort as will break eafily ; and not of the Tough Woody Sort. After thefe Powders are thus prepared, they fttpuld be fpread thin upon White Stone Fifties, and fet in a Cool Place, for about two Days; mixing them very well together, and fpreading them again, twice a-day : X hen dry them before the Fire, or fome gentle Heat. JOHN WHITE. Sweating Powders, N°. II. TA KE Common Tartar, and Refined Nitre each one Pound ; fulminate them together in % Crucible, or Irop Pot; which will reduce them