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 ...

Confectio Opiata, or an Electuary of Opium.

Take Opium Spagirically prepared and extracted half

an ounce, species Diamoschu dulce and Diambrae, of each a dram; Magistery of Oriental Pearls and red Coral, of each half a dram; Extract of wild Poppy flowers and Oriental Saffron, Foreign Mumy, of each a scruple; Gallia Moschata, Oriental Bezoar, bone of a Stags heart, Unicorns horn, of each half a dram. And with Con∣fectio Alkermes make an Electuary according to Art, to which add Oyls of Cinamon, Nutmegs, Marjo∣ram, Sage, white Amber and Cloves, of each four drops.

Virtue, Use, and Dose. This Medicine is called by this name, which signifies an Opiate or an Electuary of Laudanum; for Laudanum opiatum is hard to dis∣solve, and doth usually remain in drops or little par∣ticles undissolved; therefore in place of it this Ele∣ctuary may be profitably used, the effect of which is the same in use. It is given from five to six, seven and ten grains in some appropriate Liquor, or in our Aqua Hypnotica, Cinamon-water, &c. or in any other respecting the Disease.