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 ...

Tartarus Nitratus, or Tartar Nitrified.

Take Salt of Tartar, Nitre prepared, of each equal parts. Dissolve them in Rose-water warm, then filter it, and boil it gently over the fire, till there appear a crust on the top, then put it in a cool place, and it will crystallize, which Crystals keep for use.

Virtue, Use, and Dose. 'Tis a most excellent Me∣dicine; for it hath a singular faculty in cutting and cleansing thick and tartarous humors, and in open∣ing obstructions. Also in putrid Feavers, and hath been experimented both in the Hungarian and ma∣lignant, and it resisteth putrefaction. In the inflamma∣tion of the Throat, called the Prunella, it is a present remedy: it brings forth the stone in the Kidneys, cleanseth the Bladder of all impurities, and provokes Urine. The Dose is from one scruple to half a dram in some appropriate Liquor or other Medicine.