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 Theriacalis, or an Electuary of Treacle.

Take roots of Tormentil, white Diptamus, the best Camphire, of each two drams; Harts-horn and Elks horn Spagirically calcined, of each a dram and a half; white Amber, Oriental red Bole, Hyacinth, Emer auld, of each prepared a dram; Salt of Wormwood, Scordium and Carduus, of each half a dram; Magistery of Ori∣ental Pearls and red Coral, of each a scruple. Let them be all pulverized asunder, and then mixed, and di∣vers times moistned with Spirit of Juniper, in which Roots of Butter-bur, Betony and Ginger have been steeped: Then add Venice Treacle and Mithridate of Damocratis, of each two ounces; Extract of Elicampane roots and Angelica, of each half an ounce; juyce of Fu∣mitory made thick, juyce of Elder-berries, of each three drams; flower of Sulphur two drams, distilled Oyl of Garden Rue, Oyls of Zedoary, Cinamon, Myrrh, Cloves and Citrons rectified, of each half a scruple. Mix them, and with Rob of Elder-berries make an Electuary.

Virtue Use, and Dose. In operation and virtue this Composition far exceeds the Treacle and Mithri∣date; and hence the reasonable Reader may easily

gather its use and strength. It is experimentally good in the Dropsie, Erysipelas, Jaundice, Scab, Lues Venerea, &c. It is a most excellent Alexetery against the Plague and all other Poysons, all which it virtu∣ally expels from the Heart by Sweat to the circum∣ference and superficies of the body: And the Poyson being once driven forth, the Patient ought to refresh himself with comfortable things. The dose is from half a dram to a dram, more or less, according to the age and strength of the Patient, the disease and time of the year, &c. it is given in specifick and ap∣propriate Vehicles. In the Dropsie, &c. it is exhi∣bited in Water or Spirit of Elder four or five hours after supper, at going to bed, and then toward mor∣ning it will sweat powerfully.