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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Bawm Water: The greater Composition.

The Colledg] Take of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 a pound, Time, Pe∣nyroyal, of each three drachms; Cinnamon, two drachms; Cardamoms the less one drachm:a 1.1 Grains of Paradice half an ounce: Sweet Fennel seeds an ounce; Nutmegs, Ginger, of each a drachm; Galan∣ga, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 drachms; 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Aromaticus, Cyperus, of each one drachm and an half; Dictamni, half a drachm: Let all of them be bruised and infused in eight pints of Spanish Wine, and six pints of strong Ale, for twenty four hours together, and then distilled by an Alembick, draw out of the stronger water three pints.

Culpeper] A. The Simples seem chiefly apropria∣ted to the stomach, and therefore must needs streng∣then cold and weak stomachs, and help digestion: besides Authors say, It restoreth memory lost, quick∣kens all the sences, keeps away gray hairs and baldness, strengtheneth the brain, makes the heart cheerful, and helps the lisping of the tongue, easeth the pains of the teeth, and causeth a sweet breath.

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