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 Cochiae the greater. Page 122. in the Latin Book.

The Colledg.] Take of Species Hiera Picra ten drachms, Troch. Alhandal three drachms and an half, Diacrydium two drachms and an half, Turbith, Ste∣chas, of each five drachms, with a sufficient quanti∣ty of Syrup of Stechas, make it into a 〈◊〉〈◊〉 according to art.

Culpeper] A. Gesner, and Math. de Grad. put in only two scruples and a half of Diagrydium, be∣like because they would not have it work so violent∣ly. But Mesue, Rhafis, and Nicholaus Myrepsus prescribe two drachms and an half, as here in the Dis∣pensatory; only Mesue appoints it to be made up with syrup of Wormwood. 'Tis held to purge the head, but 'tis but a dogged purge at best, and must be given only to strong bodies, and but half a drachm at a time, and yet with great care.