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.
Author
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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Pages

Unguentum Pectorale. Page 165. in Lat. Book. Or, A Pectoral Oyntment.

The Colledg] Take of fresh Butter washed in Vi∣olet water, six ounces, oyl of sweet Almonds four ounces, oyl of Chamomel and Violets, white wax, of each three ounces, Hens and Ducks grease of each two ounces, orris roots two drachms, Saffron half a drachm: the two last being finely poudered the rest melted and often washed in Barly or Hysop water, make an oyntment of them according to art.

Culpeper] A. It strengthens the breast and sto∣mach, easeth the pains thereof, helps pleuresies and consumptions of the lungues, the breast being anoin∣ted with it. Now they have mended their nonsensical boyling of the Butter.

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