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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Emplastrum Divinum, Page 177. in Lat. Book. Or, A Divine Plaister.

The Colledg] Take of Load-stone four ounces, Ammoniacum three ounces and three drachms; Bdel∣lium two ounces; Galbanum, Mirrh, of each ten drachms; Olibanum nine drachms; Opopanax, Ma∣stich, Long Birthwort, Vert-de-greece, of each one ounce; Litharge, common Oyl, of each a pound and an half; new Wax eight ounces: Let the Litharge in fine Pouder be boyled with the Oyl to a thickness, then ad the Wax, which being melted, take it from the fire, ad the Gums dissolved in Wine or Vineger, strain it, then ad the Mirrh, Mastich, Frankinsence, Birthwort, and Load stone in Pouder; Last of all the Vert-de∣greese in Pouder, and make it into a Plaister accor∣ding to art.

Culpeper] A. It is of a clensing nature, exceeding good against malignant Ulcers, it consumes corrupti∣on, engenders new flesh, and brings them to a scar.

A. Herein lies the Colledges Religion, if you would know what it is; for they are neither Presbite∣rians, nor Independants.

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