A physicall directory, or, A translation of the London dispensatory made by the Colledge of Physicians in London ... by Nich. Culpeper, Gent.

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A physicall directory, or, A translation of the London dispensatory made by the Colledge of Physicians in London ... by Nich. Culpeper, Gent.
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Royal College of Physicians of London.
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London :: Printed for Peter Cole and are to be sold at his shop ...,
1649.
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Pharmacopoeias -- England.
Dispensatories -- England.
Medicine -- Early works to 1800.
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Oyl of Orris Compound. Nich. Alex.

Take of old oyl fifteen pound, water four pound and an half, the roots of Orris Florentine, three pound and four oun∣ces, white Lilly flowers fifteen ounces, fresh Cyperus roots six ounces, Alicampane roots three ounces, Alkanet roots two ounces, Cinnamon, Spicknard, Benzoin, or Asadul∣cis, of each an ounce, let the roots and the rest of the Simples be bruised and infused in the oyl and water five daies either in the Sun or some warm place, afterwards boyled in a double vessel till the water be consumed then let it cool, strain it out and keepit for your use.

A. The effects are the same with the Simple.

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