The royal pharmacopœea, galenical and chymical according to the practice of the most eminent and learned physitians of France : and publish'd with their several approbations / by Moses Charras, th Kings chief operator in his royal garden of plants ; faithfully Englished ; illustrated with several copper plates.

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The royal pharmacopœea, galenical and chymical according to the practice of the most eminent and learned physitians of France : and publish'd with their several approbations / by Moses Charras, th Kings chief operator in his royal garden of plants ; faithfully Englished ; illustrated with several copper plates.
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Charas, Moyse, 1619-1698.
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London :: Printed for John Starkey ..., and Moses Pitt ...,
1678.
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Chemistry -- Early works to 1800.
Pharmacopoeias -- England -- Early works to 1800.
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"The royal pharmacopœea, galenical and chymical according to the practice of the most eminent and learned physitians of France : and publish'd with their several approbations / by Moses Charras, th Kings chief operator in his royal garden of plants ; faithfully Englished ; illustrated with several copper plates." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A31751.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 5, 2024.

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Take bitter Almonds peel'd and perfectly well bruis'd, and Crums of white bread, of each four ounces. Infuse the bread three hours in new Milk, then being well mash'd in a Marble Mortar, mix it with the Almonds. Afterwards take two yolks of Eggs, Narbon Honey one ounce. Burnt Alum pulveriz'd, and Balsome of Peru, of each one dram:

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