The family-physician, and the house-apothecary containing I. Medicines against all such diseases people usually advise with apothecaries to be cured of, II. Instructions, whereby to prepare at your own houses all kinds of necessary medicines that are prepared by apothecaries, or prescribed by physicians, III. The exact prices of all drugs, herbs, seeds, simple and compound medicines, as they are sold at the druggists, or may be sold by the apothecaries, IV. That it's plainly made to appear, that in preparing medicines thus at your own houses, that it's not onely a far safer way, but you shall also save nineteen shillings in twenty, comparing it with the extravagant rates of many apothecaries
Harvey, Gideon, 1640?-1700?

MEASURES.

A Pint measure in most watery Page  2 Liquors, weighs twelve Ounces.

Two Quarts make a Pottle, two Pottles make a Gallon.

A Fascicle signifies an Armful.

One Handful is as much as a mo∣derate hand can take up.

A Pugil is as much as you can take up with your Thumb and two next Fingers.

Observe, That Roots, Barks, Woods, small Fruits, Berries, Seeds, Gums and Rosins are set down by weight; Herbs by handfuls and fascicles; Flowers, and the tops of some Herbs by pugils.