A collection of seven and fifty approved receipts good against the plague Taken out of the five books of that renowned Dr. Don Alexes secrets, for the benefit of the poorer sort of people of these nations. By W. J. gent.

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Title: A collection of seven and fifty approved receipts good against the plague Taken out of the five books of that renowned Dr. Don Alexes secrets, for the benefit of the poorer sort of people of these nations. By W. J. gent.
Author: W. J.
Publication: London :: printed by Peter Lillicrap, for John Wingfield at the Bible and Anchor in Tower-street near Mark-lane end,; 1665.
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Subject terms: Plague -- Prevention -- Early works to 1800.
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CHAP. 34. Common Pills very good for the same.

Take Aloes probae, and Lote, two ounces, one ounce of Sa∣forne, one ounce of good Mirrhe, or else Mirrhe and Ammo∣niacum, disolved in white wine of each half an ounce, mixe them together with hony Roset, but in winter you may put Zedoaria, Agallochi, or Red Sandis of each of them a dram, but in summer take away the Mirrhe and Amoniacum and put to it bole Armoniacke prepared three drams, half a dram of Red Corrall with a scruple of Camphere to take commonly a pill or two before your meals, sometimes a dram after your first sleep as you shall prove by experience.