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TAke the Stalks and* 1.1 Leaves of the Herb call'd in Latin, Coniza Media (in English, Flea-bane▪) dry it gently, till it be reducible to Pouder; of this Pouder give about one Dram at a time, twice or thrice a day, in any convenient Vehicle; or else incorporate it in Conserve of Red Roses▪
TAke Coral, the clearest and* 1.2 reddest you can get; re∣duce it (by exactly grinding it on a Porphory, or Marble Stone,) to an impalpable Pouder. Of this Magistery made without Acids, give the Patient once or twice a day (as need shall require,) a large Dose, viz. ordinarily about one Dram at a time, or from two Scruples to five. N. B. Let him long continue the Use of it.
TAke Paracelsus's Zibethum Oc∣cidentale* 1.3 (viz. human Dung) of a good Colour and Consistence, dry it slowly till it be pulverable: Then reduce it into an impalpable Pouder; which is to be blown once, twice, or thrice a day, as occasion shall require into the Pa∣tients Eyes.
GIve the Patient from 2, 3,* 1.4 or 4, to 5, 6, or 7, Grains, according to the Child's Age, of the true Volatile Salt of Amber, in
any proper Vehicle. N. B. 'Tis not near so Efficacious in full grown Persons.
GIve about 30 Drops, or any* 1.5 Number between 25 and 35, of good Essential (as Chi∣mists call it,) Oyl of Juniper, in a good Draught of any convenient Vehicle.
MAke the Roots of Gentian* 1.6 (sound and not superannu∣ated,) pulverable, with no more waste of their moisture than is ne∣cessary.
Reduce these to Pouder; of which let the Patient take from 12 or 15 Grains to double that quantity (or more if need be,) twice or thrice a day. N. B. It may be taken on an empty Sto∣mach, or, if that cannot conveni∣ently be done, at Meal-times. To correct the Bitterness, one may add to it pouder'd Sugar, or make it up with some fit Conserve, or mix it with a Syrup. It is very good, not only for want of Appetite, but for Obstructions. And I (R. B.) have usefully given it in Vertigi∣nous Affections of the Brain, and to lessen, if not quite take away, the Fits of Agues, and even Quar∣tans. But in this last Case the Dose must be considerably augmen∣ted. One may also, if one pleases, instead of the Pouder, give the Extract drawn with fair Water, and for those that like that form, made
up into Pills with a sufficient quan∣tity of pouder'd Tumerick, or the like proper Additament; to which I have sometimes added some Grains of Salt of Wormwood with good Success, in Fluxes that proceed∣ed from Crudities and Indigestion. Where the Winter-Season or the Patients cold Constitution invite, or the Medicine is to be long kept, I chuse rather to make the Extract with Wine moderately strong, than with Water.
TAke Millepedes, (in English* 1.7 by some called Wood-lice, by others Sows,) and having wash'd them clean with a little White∣wine, and dry'd them with a Lin∣nen
Cloth, beat them very well in a Glass or Marble Mortar (for they ought not to be touch'd with any thing of Metal) and give the first time as much Juice, as you can by strong Expression obtain from five or six of them. This Juice may be given in small Ale or White-wine, in which the next time you may give as much as can be squeez'd out of Eight or Nine Millepedes; and so you may conti∣nue, increasing the number that you employ of them by two or three at a time, till it amount to twenty five or thirty; and if need be, to forty or more, for one ta∣king. And note, that if upon the Pounding of these Insects, you find the Mass they afford too dry, as it now and then happens; you may dilute it with a little White-wine or Ale, to be well agitated with it, that being penitrated, and so
softned, with the Liquor, the Mass may the better part with its Juice.
TAke good common Brimstone* 1.8 (not Flores Sulphuris,) and having reduc'd them, by passing them through a very fine Sieve, to the subtilest Pouder you can; give of this Pouder one Dram and half or two Drams, either made up in∣to a Bolus with a little good Honey, or else in any appropriated Vehi∣cle; let it be given at the usual times, and reiterated once or twice, if need be, especially if the Fits should return.
TAke of Crude Lapis Calami∣naris* 1.9 finely pouder'd two Scruples, of White Chalk one Scru∣ple, mix them exactly, and give them in a spoonful or two of New Milk twice, or, if the case be ur∣gent, thrice a day.
TAke of Myrrh, Olibanum, and* 1.10 common Frankincense, of each alike quantity; having pou∣der'd them, mix them very well, and let the Patient receive the Fume of this Mixture, cast upon a Chaf∣sen-dish with Embers, in a Close∣stool, for about a quarter of an hour, (less or more, as he needs it, and is able to bear it.)