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 ...

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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 ...
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Mynsicht, Adrian von, 1603-1638.
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London :: Printed by J.M. for Awnsham Churchill ...,
1682.
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Dispensatories.
Pharmacopoeias.
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"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 ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A51671.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.

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Unguentum Spasmaticum, or an Unguent for Convulsions.

Take Oyl of Snails distilled per descensum, oyl of Earth∣worms and Sesamus, of each an ounce and a half; the Fat of a gelded Ram, Hedge hog and Fox, of each an ounce; May Butter without salt, Stags marrow, of each half an ounce; Spirit of Iuniper three ounces. Mix them, and boil them to the consumption of the Spi∣rit; then add distilled oyl of white Amber three dras, oyl of Chamomil and Bays, of each a dram and a half;

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oyl of Rosemary and Sage, of each a dram. Mix them, and with a sufficient quantity of white Wax, make an Oyntment.

Virtue and Use. It is chiefly useful in Convulsions, after due Evacuation; for it being applied to the grieved part, and the Nerves with their Originals being anointed, doth mollifie, resolve and refresh the Nerves, &c. Let the part grieved be anointed mor∣ning and evening warm, and you will quickly find ease.

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