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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Spiritus Castorii. Page 32. in the Latin Book. Or, Spirit of Castorium.

The Colledg] Take of fresh Castorium four oun∣ces, Lavender flower an ounce, the tops of Sage, and Rosemary, of each half an ounce, Cinnamon six drams, Mace, Cloves, of each two drachms, Spirit of Wine rectified six pound.; digest them in a Phial filled only to the third part, close stopped with cork and bladder, in warm ashes for two daies, then distilled in* 1.1 Bal∣neo Mariae, and the distilled water kept close stop∣ped.

Culpeper] A. By reason of its heat it is no waies fit to be taken alone, but mixed with other conveni∣ent medicines, apropriated to the diseases you would give it for; It resists poyson, and helps such as are bit∣ten by venemous beasts, it causeth speedy deliver y to women in travail, and casteth out the after birth, it helps the fits of the mother, Lethargies, and Convul∣sions; being mixed with white. Wine, and dropped into the ears, it helps deafness, if stopping be the cause of it: the dose to be given inwardly, is between one drachm, and half a drachm according to the age and strength of the patient.

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