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 ...

Scammony Rosated.

Take Spirit of Vitriol first rectified with Spirit of Wine three ounces, red Roses dryed a dram and a half. Infuse the Roses in the Spirit till it become red, then filter it, and you have the Spirit of Vitriol rosated. After∣ward dissolve crude Scammony in the Spirit, that it may be like Broth or thick Pottage, then dry it a∣gain, and this labour repeat the second and third time; then add a little Spirit of Roses, (the Pestle being first smeared with Oyl of sweet Almonds) and work it strongly into a mass, from which afterward with some drops of Oyl of Roses and Cinamon make Troches of a fragrant and sweet odour, which may be kept many years.

Virtue, Use, and Dose. It purgeth divers humors, but especially yellow Choler without any trouble, and cleanseth the Vessels and blood; hence it is gi∣ven

with good success in many diseases that require evacuation; and this it performs gently without any Gripes of the Belly. The Dose is from thirteen or sixteen grains to twenty, either in Pills, or in Pow∣der given in any proper Vehicle.

Annotation. In the whole Spagyrick Republick I have not found a more noble Corrective for Scammo∣ny, as I can witness by my own Experience; for this doth exceed all other Preparations, yea the very Ro∣sin of Scammony it self. For it dissipates its tough, viscous, and poisonous malignity, and doth correct it, and doth certainly purge; which doth not al∣ways follow from the taking of the Rosin only.