The Magistery of Saturn.
TAke of the clear and crystalline Salt of Saturn what quantity you will, dissolve it in Rose-wa∣ter, afterwards pour upon it Spirit of Vitriol (there are some who use Oyl of Tartar, but Spirit of Vitriol is best) slowly, and yet with a quick fall, till it be of the colour of thick Milk; then filter it through a brown Paper, and a white Magistery will remain there, then with Cordial water edulcorate it ac∣cording to the Spagyrick Art, and having dryed it, keep it for your use.
Virtue, Use, and Dose. This Magistery of Saturn is freed from all its nauseous and noxious sweetness, and we happily use it in Phthisicks, Hecticks, burn∣ing Feavers, and in other internal Inflammations. Also in Quartan Agues, in affections of the Spleen, in the Colick and Venereal Lusts it is a great Secret, it being contrary to these things. The Dose is from four to six grains in some specifick and congruous Vehicle. It is also of excellent use in the rottenness and foulness of the Mouth, in malignant Ulcers, in Cancers, in all Saturnine Diseases, the Wolf (an Ulcer so called) Fistula's, all burning Sores, Burns, red Pustles of the Face, the redness of the Eyes, &c. and may be variously mixed either in Plasters or Li∣niments, or dissolved in other things for external use.