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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Trochisci Alexit 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Page 129. in the Latin Book.

The Colledg] Take of Zedoary roots, pouder of Crabs claws, of each one drachm and an half, the outward Citron pills preserved and dryed, Angelica seeds, of each one drachm, Bole Armenick half a drachm, with their trebble weight in Sugar make them into pouder, and with a sufficent quantity of Mussi∣lage of Gum Tragacanth, made in 〈◊〉〈◊〉 water di∣stilled, make it into past, of which make 〈◊〉〈◊〉

Culpeper A. The Greeks call all medicines that expell poyson Alexiteria, so then Trochisci Alexite∣rii, are nothing else but troches to expel poyson; this receipt is far different from what they prescribed be∣fore under that name, It may be I shall find under a∣nother name before I have done with the troches, they use to do such tricks sometimes, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 I do not; you shall have it at latter end; mean season, this pre∣serves the body from ill airs, and Epedemical disea∣ses, as the pestilence, small pocks &c. And streng∣thens the heart exceedingly, eating now and then a little, you may safely keep any troches in your poc∣ket, for the dryer you keep them, the better they are.

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