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 ...

Aqua Hypnotica, or a Somniferous Water.

Take seeds of white and black Poppy, of each seven oun∣ces, Melon seeds husked, seeds of Anise and Dill, of each an ounce; bitter Almonds two ounces, Liquorish and Nut∣megs, of each an ounce and a half; Cardamoms the less and Mace, of each an ounce and half; Oriental Saf∣fron, flowers of wild Poppy and Violets, of each a dram. Let them be cut and bruised, and then infused in waters of Lettice three pound, of red Roses and Water-Lily, of each two pound; of Purslain and Endive, of each a pound. Mix them, and set them to digest in a warm place for two or three days, and then distil them in Balneo.

Virtue, Use, and Dose. This Water is far more safe in continual watching, sharp pains, and in the heat and driness of burning Feavers, than those Medi∣cines

made out of the substance of Henbane, Man∣drake and Opium, because of their virulence and ex∣cessive stupefactive quality. The dose is from half an ounce to two, either by it self, or by adding Al∣monds and the four greater cold Seeds to it, and so make it into an Emulsion.