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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London :: Printed for the author, and are to be sold by William Cooper ..., and Henry Faithorns and John Kersey ...,
1682.
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Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric.
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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Doctor Havervelt his Remedy, wherewith he
Cured the Evil or Scrofulaes, Cancers, and
Old Ulcers.
TAke Dantzick Vitriol, Calcine it till it
be yellow, then grind it with Salt or
Salt-petre, the ordinary proportion: With
this Sublime ☿, which Sublime once again
by it self; then take only the Crystalline
part of it, whereof take ℥j. grind it to a
subtil Powder in a Glass Mortar, with a
Glass Pestle; put this Powder into a large
Glass-bottle, and pour upon it a quart of
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Fountain-water, stop the Bottle close, and
let it stand thus for some days, shaking it
often: Then being well settled and stood
without shaking at least twenty four hours,
pour off the clear, and filter it. Then take
one spoonful of this Liquor, which put into
a Vial, and pour into it two spoonfuls of
fair Fountain-water: Shake the Vial well,
then pour it out into a Glass, and let the
Patient drink it in the Morning fasting; let
him keep himself very warm, and stir and
walk as much as he can; but let him neither
eat nor drink till two hours after the Medi∣cine
hath Operated. It will Operate by
Stools, and by a gentle Vomit. The next
Morning, if the Patient find himself strong
enough, let him take the said Medicine
again, if not, he may rest a day or two be∣tween.
With this Remedy the Author above-mentioned
Cured all sorts of Scrofula's, whe∣ther
open or shut; the Cancer or Wolf, whe∣ther
in the Breast, or any other part of the
Body; as also all sorts of Pustula's and Old
Ulcers and Wounds.
The said Doctor Communicated this Re∣medy
to Sir K. D.
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