Pharmacopœia Londinensis, or, The London dispensatory further adorned by the studies and collections of the Fellows, now living of the said colledg ... / by Nich. Culpeper, Gent.

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Pharmacopœia Londinensis, or, The London dispensatory further adorned by the studies and collections of the Fellows, now living of the said colledg ... / by Nich. Culpeper, Gent.
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Royal College of Physicians of London.
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London :: Printed for Peter Cole ...,
1653.
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Pharmacopoeias -- England.
Dispensatories -- England.
Medicine -- Early works to 1800.
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Aqua et Spiritus Lumbricorum Magistralis. P. 34. L. B. Or, Water and Spirit of Earth-worms.

The Colledg] Take of Earth-worms wel clensed, three pound, Snails with shels on their backs clensed, two Gallons; beat them in a mortar, and put them into a convenient vessel, adding stinging Nettles, roots and all, six handfuls, wild Angellica four handfuls, Brank ursine seven handfuls, Agrimony, Betony, of each three handfuls, Rue one handful, common Worm∣wood two handfuls, Rosemary flowers six ounces, Dock roots ten ounces, the roots of Sorrel five ounces, Turmerick, the inner bark of Barberries, of each four ounces, Fenugreek seeds two ounces, Cloves three ounces, Harts-horn, Ivory in gross pouder, of each four ounces, Saffron three drachms, smal Spirit of Wine four gallons and an half; after twenty four hours infusion, distil them in an Alembick. Let the four first pounds be reserved for Spirit, the rest for water.

Culpeper] A. 'Tis a mess of Altogether; it may be they intended it for an Universal medicine.

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