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 ...

Unguentum Paralyticum, or an Oyntment for the Palsie.

TAke Oyl of Amber rectified, oyl of Bricks, of each an ounce and a half; oyl of Iuniper, Tem∣plinum and Turpentine, of each an ounce; oyl of Bays, Peter and Spike, of each half an ounce; oyl of Castor and Pepper, of each two drams. All being mix∣ed, pour upon it four ounces of our Paralytick Spirit, ••••d boil it to the consumption of the Spirit; after∣ward add Alum prepared an ounce, distilled oyl of Rose∣mary, Nutmegs, Cloves, Origanum, Wormwood, Laven∣der, Angelica and Sage, of each a dram. Mix them, and with a sufficient quantity of yellow Wax make an Oyntment according to Art.

Virtue and Use. It powerfully restores paralytick Members, and by digestion consumes the peccant matter sticking to the Nerves, Muscles and Tendons: it comforts the nervous parts with heat, and restores

them to their pristine motion, and is of good use in the Gout proceeding of a cold Cause; and in the Hip-gout, called the Sciatica, it is most excellent. Let the Patient be anointed morning and evening in a warm place, universal Medicines being before used.