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.

An Antidote or confection called Theodoret•• Anacardies taken out of Nicoia••s Myrepsus a Greek Author.

Take of spici nardi fol. which is a leaf of India, Cloves, Saffron, Cinnam••n, Epi••hymi, which is a Herb like a round Lace growing in some Countries upon time, the flowers of Mucus odora••us which the Apoth••caries call Squinantum, Myrabolanorum, which is a little hard fruit and somewhat long, of each of these

three drams, of Aloes flavae twelve drams, of Chestnuts, Ginger, Mastickes of each one dram, of Ir••••s the best, six drams, Anacardij, Agarici, of each one dram, of the roots of Asarabacca half a dram, of the seeds of parcely one dram, of Costus half a dram, of pepper three drams, of Fennel seed one ounce▪ of the juice of Fennel one ounce, pound ••he green Fen∣nel in a mortar and then soak or infuse the same in vineger three dayes, then seethe it well and strain it handsomly. And let all the other things be well pounded and made in a powder and finely searced, to the which add or put asmuch clarified hony or sugar as shall suffice, and seethe all together unto a reason∣able thickness that is until the Medicine be brought unto the thickness of hony or Tria∣cle.