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 Citri, or an Electuary of Citrons.

Take Conserve of red Roses vitriolated a pound and a half, Rob of Barberries and Goosberries, of each a pound; Syrup of the juyce of Citrons, Oxysaccharum, Syrup of the juyce of unripe Grapes, of each half a pound; Pulp of Citrons preserved, Citron peel preserved, species of Diarrhodon Abbatis moistned with Spirit of Vitriol, of each six ounces; Nitre prepared thirteen drams. Mix them, and with a little Cinamon-water make an Ele∣ctuary: And let the Reader take notice, That the pound here mentioned is not the Physical, but the common pound, used in other things; and this is to be observed in all the Compositions through the whole Book, therefore let this admonition serve for all.

Virtue, Use, and Dose. By cooling and moistning it doth extinguish the heat of burning Feavers, and mitigates the vehemence of their fiery quality. It cures the Disease called Cholera, the bloody Flux, and contagious Diseases. It resists Venery and Drunken∣ness. It roborates the noble Members, i. e. the Heart, Stomach, Liver, Spleen, Reins, and other Bowels, and defends the weak parts from an intemperate heat. It opens and resists putrefaction. It represseth cholerick Vomiting, stops bleeding, and is a good Medicine for cholerick Pustles. The dose is from a dram to two or half an ounce certain times in the day.