Pills of Spurge. Fernelius.
The Colledg] Take of the Bark of the roots of Spurge the less, steeped twenty four hours in Vineger and juyce of Purslain, two drachms: Grains of* 1.1 Pal∣ma Christi torrefied, by number fourty: Citron My∣robalans,
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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- Medicine -- Early works to 1800.
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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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A35381.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 17, 2024.
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one drachm and an half: Germander, Cha∣mepitys, Spicknard, Cinnamon of each two scruples; being beaten into fine pouder with an ounce of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Traganth dissolved in Rose water, and syrup of Roses so much as is sufficient, let it be made into a Mass.
Culpeper] A. I could say if I would, and prove it too, that the ounce of Gum Traganth so dissolved is enough to make six times so much into a Mass, but because the Receipt (in my eyes) seems more fitting for a horse than for a man, I leave it.
Notes
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* 1.1
A 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of Spurge, three of the seeds of which some Au∣thors (and they good ones too) say, will give a man a sufficient purge.