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 ...

Pilulae Familiares, or the Familiar Pills.

Take of our Pil. Aloephanginae two ounces, roots of resinous Ialap an ounce, acid Tartar half an ounce, Ma∣gistery of Scammony, Extract of Rhubarb, of each two drams; spirit of Salt rectified a dram. Mix them, and with Spanish Wine make a mass for Pills: from which when need requires, with Oyl of Aniseeds, or the like, may be formed small Pills, which gild with gold.

Virtue, Use, and Dose. These Pills are excellent in drying Catarrhs, and in opening Obstructions, nay, and have great virtue in various affects and distem∣pers

of the Head, Stomach, Spleen, &c. They gent∣tly purge the Brain, Bowels, and sensitive Organs from thick, putrid, flegmy, cholerick and tartarous humors; and they also purifie the Blood and Spirits, strengthen digestion, and move appetite. The dose is from a scruple to half a dram, taken daily till the desired effect be happily wrought.