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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Oyl of Turpentine.

The Colledg] Take of Venis Turpentine as 〈◊〉〈◊〉 as you will, put it into an Allembick, with four times its waight in common Water, still it with a conveni∣ent fire, and draw off a white thin Oyl like water, the Colophonia will remain in the bottom of the vessel, this Oyl 〈◊〉〈◊〉 be drawn into a bath, 〈◊◊〉〈◊◊〉 from bur∣ning in a 〈◊〉〈◊〉 still.

Culpeper] A. It is wonderful good in cold afflicti∣ons of the nerves, and all diseases coming of cold and wind, it corrects the cold afflictions of the lungues, as Asthmaes, difficulty of breathing &c. A drachm being taken in the morning: outwardly it adorns the body, takes away the prints of scabs, and the small pocks, chops in the skin and breasts of women, and deafness being dropped into the 〈◊〉〈◊〉.

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