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 ad Herniam. Page 178. in the Lat. Book

The Colledg] Take of Galls, Cipress Nuts, Pomegranate pills, Balaustines, Acacia, the seeds of Plantane, Fleawort, Watercresses, Acorn cups, Beans torrified, Birthwort long and round, Mirtles, of each half an ounce, let these be poudered, and steeped in Rose Vineger, four daies, then torrified and dried, then take of Comsry the greater and lesser, Horse tail, Woad, Cetrach, the roots of Osmond Royall, Fearn, of each an ounce, Frankinsence, Mirrh, Aloes, Mastich, Mummy, of each two ounces, Bole-Armenick washed in Vineger, Lap. Calaminaris prepared, Litharge of Gold, Dragons blood, of each three ounces, Ship-pitch two pound, Turpentine six ounces, or as much as is sufficient to make it into a Plaister according to art.

Culpeper] A. The Plaister is very binding and knitting, apropriated to ruptures or bursteness, as the title of it specifies; it strengthens the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and womb, staies abortion, or miscarriage in women, it consolidates wounds, and helps all diseases coming of cold and moisture. If you mix a little Diapalma with it, it will stick the better.

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