Another Febrifuge, which is thought to be Riverius his true Febrifuge.
TAke of Mercury dulcis twelve times Sublimed ℥jss. Mercurius vitae cor∣rected as followeth, ℥ss. mix them together. The correction of Mercurius vitae is thus:
A choice collection of rare secrets and experiments in philosophy as also rare and unheard-of medicines, menstruums and alkahests : with the true secret of volatilizing the fixt salt of tartar / collected and experimented by the honourable and truly learned Sir Kenelm Digby, Kt., Chancellour to Her Majesty the Queen-Mother ; hitherto kept secret since his decease, but now published for the good and benefit of the publick by George Hartman.
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- A choice collection of rare secrets and experiments in philosophy as also rare and unheard-of medicines, menstruums and alkahests : with the true secret of volatilizing the fixt salt of tartar / collected and experimented by the honourable and truly learned Sir Kenelm Digby, Kt., Chancellour to Her Majesty the Queen-Mother ; hitherto kept secret since his decease, but now published for the good and benefit of the publick by George Hartman.
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- Digby, Kenelm, Sir, 1603-1665.
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- 1682.
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- Alchemy.
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"A choice collection of rare secrets and experiments in philosophy as also rare and unheard-of medicines, menstruums and alkahests : with the true secret of volatilizing the fixt salt of tartar / collected and experimented by the honourable and truly learned Sir Kenelm Digby, Kt., Chancellour to Her Majesty the Queen-Mother ; hitherto kept secret since his decease, but now published for the good and benefit of the publick by George Hartman." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A35968.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.
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Take of ☿ vitae, put it into a small Cucur∣bite, set it in Sand in a moderate heat, let it stand until it begin to grow red; then pour upon it rectified Spirit of Wine, which ab∣stract, and pour on fresh S. V. Repeat this three times, and you shall have a ☿ vitae which will not Operate upwards, but only downwards. This ☿ vitae is to be used for delicate Persons, but for strong and robust Persons you may use the Common ☿ vitae.
This Powder finding the Humours dis∣posed, will Operate both upwards and down∣wards if you employ the Common ☿ vitae; but if you employ the Corrected, as was said, it will Operate only downwards. And as this Febrifuge contains in it a reasonable Dose of ☿ vitae, the ☿ dulcis thus prepared, working for his part upon the bad Humours, and serving also for a Corrective to the ☿ vitae, one ought to expect good effects of it.
Riverius gave this Febrifuge to Persons of all Ages and Sexes, in the Morning the day before the Fit. One may give six grains of it to little Children in the pap of a roasted Apple, or in some Sweat-meats, and so in∣crease the Dose proportionably, according to the Age and strength of the Patient, to twenty grains to Adults, and even to twenty
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four to those that are of a strong Constitu∣tion.
Hartman.) These Febrifuges were given me by a Friend, a German; and I thought it fit to insert them here: But whilst they were Printing, I found them in Mr. Charras his French Dispensatory, which just at that time came to my hand.