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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Title: 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.
Author: Royal College of Physicians of London.
Publication: London :: Printed for Peter Cole ...,; 1653.
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Subject terms: Pharmacopoeias -- England.; Dispensatories -- England.; Medicine -- Early works to 1800.
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Pilulae sine Quibus. Page 126. in the Latin Book. Or, Pills without which —

The Colledg] Take of washed Aloes, fourteen drachms: Scammony prepared six drachms: Agrick, Rhubarb, Senna, of each half an ounce: 〈◊〉〈◊〉, red Roses exungulated, Violet flowers, Doddar, Ma∣stich, of each a drachm: Salt of Wormwood, of each half a drachm: with Syrup of the Juyce of Fennel made with Honey, make it into a Mass according to art.

Culpeper] A. It purgeth flegm, choller, and me∣lancholly from the head, makes the sight and hearing good, and giveth ease to a burdened brain. Pilulae sine quibus esse nolo, is in English, Pills without which I will not be: But unless they worked more gently, I had rather let them alone than take them. I doubt they were mistaken, it should have been Pi∣lulae sine quibus esse volo, not sine quibus esse nolo.