Thesaurus & armamentarium medico-chymicum, or, A treasury of physick with the most secret way of preparing remedies against all diseases : obtained by labour, confirmed by practice, and published out of good will to mankind : being a work of great use for the publick / written originally in Latine by ... Hadrianus à Mynsicht ...; and faithfully rendred into English by John Partridge ...

Species Diamercurii, or the Compound Powder of Mercury.

Take seeds of Cina thirteen drams, Mercurius dulcis five drams, the best Rhubarb, Gummi Turbith, Coral∣lina, of each two drams; shavings of Harts horn, red Myrrh, of each a dram; tops of the lesser Centaury, Tan∣sie, Camphire, of each a scruple; Oyl of Hazel-wood di∣stilled per descensum, Spirit of Vitriol, of each half a scruple. Mix them, and make of all a fine Powder.

Virtue, Use, and Dose. It is given for the Worms, the Moon decreasing, from a scruple to a dram, ac∣cording to the age and strength of the Patient, it is given in Milk, and is an excellent Medicine against all kind of Worms; for having killed them, it brings them away by stool. It is given also in water of Wormwood, Centaury the less, Tansie, and Nettles, or Archangel. Also in Oxymel of Squills, Honey clarified, Syrup of Citrons, Sorrel, Hydromel, or any other way which Children best like.