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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Title: 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.
Publication: London :: Printed for Peter Cole ...,; 1653.
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Subject terms: Pharmacopoeias -- England.; Dispensatories -- England.; Medicine -- Early works to 1800.
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Emplastrum de minio Compositum. P. 180. in Lat. B. Or, A Plaister of red lead Compound.

The Colledg] Take of Oyl of Roses, Omphacine twenty ounces, Oyl of Mastich two ounces, Suet of a Sheep and a Calfe, of each half a pound, Litharge of Gold and Silver, red Lead, of each two ounces, a taster full of Wine, boyl them by a gentle fire, continually stir∣ring it, till it grow black, let the fire be hottest to∣wards the latter end, then add Turpentine half a pound, Mastich two ounces, Gum Elemi one ounce, white Wax as much as is sufficient, boyl them a little, and make them into a Plaister accordiag to art.

Culpeper. A. It potently cures wounds, old ma∣lignant ulcers, and is very drying.