Choice and rare experiments in physick and chirurgery, or, A discovery of most approved medicines for the curing of most diseases incident to the body of men, women, and of children together with an antidotary of experiments never before published / found out by the studie and experience of Thomas Collins, student in physick neer the city of Gloucester.

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Title: Choice and rare experiments in physick and chirurgery, or, A discovery of most approved medicines for the curing of most diseases incident to the body of men, women, and of children together with an antidotary of experiments never before published / found out by the studie and experience of Thomas Collins, student in physick neer the city of Gloucester.
Author: Collins, Thomas, Student in physick.
Publication: London :: Printed by J.T. for Francis Eglesfield ...,; 1658.
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Subject terms: Medicine -- Early works to 1800.
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A goodly syrup to mundifie the reins.

Take the broth of a young chicken sodden till the bones fall assunder three pound, Me∣lon seed a little bruised an ounce, parcely roots and Alisander roots three ounces, Damask prunes, Sebesten of each six in number, great raisins half an ounce, clean Liquerice ••o drams, water of Borage, endive and hops of each three drams, and with sufficient white sugar boyl them all unto the consumption of half and mor•• and afterward strain them and make a goodly syrup.

This is a thing of excellent operation and an high secret in mundifying the reins, and keep right diet, the dose of it is one Cyath or a little cupfull in the morning early and sleep after it a little, if yee would have the foresaid Syrup to purge more choler then put in a dram of fine Rubarb with a liter cassia.