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Take a hundred Pismires Eggs, bitter Almonds an ounce, roots of black Hellebore, Garden Radishes, Sow∣bread, English Galangal, of each an ounce; Pomegra∣nate peel six drams, Bay-berries husked, Iuniper-berries,
of each half an ounce; seeds of Fenil, Cummin, Anise and Caraway, of each three drams; Pulp of Coloquin∣tida, true Castor, of each a dram and a half; Marjo∣ram, Wormwood, Savin and Rue, of each a dram. Bruise them, and being mixed, infuse them in four pound of the best rectified Spirit of Wine, and after due digestion, let them be distilled in Balneo; yet do it ingeniously, lest you break your Glass. The Spirit being abstracted, add to it a sufficient quantity of live Millepedes, and digest them all, so long till the Spirit be tinctured: this being done, filter it and keep it for use.
Virtue, Use, and Dose. A few drops of this Spirit dropped into the Ears morning and evening, and the Ears stopped with muskified Cotton, take away deaf∣ness and thickness of hearing; nay, it is an excel∣lent Medicine in the ringing, noise and hissing of the Ears, also in the thickness of hearing, &c. But in these Affects, Bread a little under-baked and taken hot out of the Oven, and the lower Crust broken off and dipped into this Spirit, and so applied to the Ear (but it will be convenient to lay some Cloth to the part to keep it from burning) so that the Vapor may be received into the Head, is much better. And let this Method be continued till the evil ceaseth.