The compleat herbal of physical plants containing all such English and foreign herbs, shrubs and trees as are used in physick and surgery ... : the doses or quantities of such as are prescribed by the London-physicians and others are proportioned : also directions for making compound-waters, syrups simple and compound, electuaries ... : moreover the gums, balsams, oyls, juices, and the like, which are sold by apothecaries and druggists are added to this herbal, and their irtues and uses are fully described / by John Pechey ...

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The compleat herbal of physical plants containing all such English and foreign herbs, shrubs and trees as are used in physick and surgery ... : the doses or quantities of such as are prescribed by the London-physicians and others are proportioned : also directions for making compound-waters, syrups simple and compound, electuaries ... : moreover the gums, balsams, oyls, juices, and the like, which are sold by apothecaries and druggists are added to this herbal, and their irtues and uses are fully described / by John Pechey ...
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Pechey, John, 1655-1716.
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London :: Printed for Henry Bonwicke ...,
1694.
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Subject terms
Herbs -- Early works to 1800.
Materia medica -- Early works to 1800.
Botany, Medical -- Early works to 1800.
Botany -- Pre-Linnean works.
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"The compleat herbal of physical plants containing all such English and foreign herbs, shrubs and trees as are used in physick and surgery ... : the doses or quantities of such as are prescribed by the London-physicians and others are proportioned : also directions for making compound-waters, syrups simple and compound, electuaries ... : moreover the gums, balsams, oyls, juices, and the like, which are sold by apothecaries and druggists are added to this herbal, and their irtues and uses are fully described / by John Pechey ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A53912.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 8, 2025.

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Page [unnumbered]

The Explanatory Table.

A.
ACid,
Sharp.
Acrimony
is a Quality that bites the Tongue, and heats it, as Pepper does.
Agglutinate,
Glue together.
Alexipharmick,
Resisting Poison
Alternately,
By Turns.
Anodine.
Gives Ease.
Aperetive,
Opening.
Apozem,
A Decoction.
Aqueous,
Watery.
Aromatick,
Odoriferous, ha∣ving a Spicy Smell.
Asthma,
Difficulty of Breathing.
Astringent,
Binding.
Attenuate,
To thin.
B.
BItuminous,
Of the nature of Pitch.
B. M.
Hot Water.
Bulbous,
Round-rooted.
C.
CApiliary,
Hairy.
Cardiack,
Cordial.
Caries,
Rottenness.
Carminative,
Expelling Wind.
Cataplasm,
Pultis.
Cephalick,
Proper for the Head.
Cicatrices,
Skins.
Cholera,
A plentiful Evacua∣tion of Choler, upward and downward.
Concreted,
Thickned.
Consolidates,
Makes sound.
Cosmetick,
Beautifying.
D.
DEcant,
To pour gently off, leaving the Setling behind.
Diabetes,
A vast Evacuation of Ʋrine.
Diaphoretick,
Sweating.
Dilute,
Made thin.
Discuss,
Drive away.
Diuretick,
Force Ʋrine.
E.
EBullition,
Boyling.
Effervency,
Working.
Emollient,
Softening.
Empyema,
A Collection of Mat∣ter in the Breast.
Epatick,
Proper for the Liver.
Epithem,
An outward Appli∣cation to the more noble Parts of the Body.
Erotions,
A Gnawing.
Errhine,
A Medicine drawn up the Nostrils.
Expectorate,
Bring up Matter from the Lungs.
F.
Faeces,
Dregs,
Fibre,
String.
Filtrate,
To strain thro' a Paper.
Flegmagoges,
Things that purge Flegm.
Frontals,
An Application to the Fore-head.
Fungous,
Resembling a Spunge.
H.
HYsterick,
Vaporous.
I.
INcide,
To cut.
Incarnes,
Breeds Flesh.
Inspissated,
Thickned.
L.
LIthontriptick,
Breaking the Stone.

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Linctus,
A Medicine for the Lungs
Lotion,
A particular Bath.
Lubricating,
Smoothening.
Luxations,
Members out of joint.
M.
A Mascatory,
To provoke Spitting.
Membranaceous,
Fibrous.
Millepedes,
Hog Lice.
Mucilaginous,
Slimy.
N.
NArcotick,
Occasioning Sleep
Nephritick,
Belonging to the Reins.
Nerve,
A porous Substance, like an Indian Cae.
O.
OBlong,
Longer than it is broad.
Obtuse,
Blunt.
Oedematous,
Flegmatick.
P.
PAlpitation,
Beating of the Heart.
Paralitick,
Subject to the Palsie.
Paregorick,
Disposing to Sleep.
Perennial,
Lasting.
Pugil,
As much as may be held between the Thumb and two Fingers.
Pulmonick,
Proper for the Lungs.
R.
REsinous,
Of the nature of Rosin.
Rupture,
Bursten Belly.
S.
SCirrhus,
Hard Tumors.
Sextary,
Somewhat more than a Pint.
Siccity,
Driness.
Soporifick,
Gives Rest.
Specifick,
A peculiar Remedy for some Disease.
Splenetick,
Proper for the Spleen
Spontaneously,
Of its own accord
Stagnate,
Stand.
Stomachick,
Proper for the Stomach.
Styptick,
Astringent.
Sublimed,
Raised to the Neck of the Vessel.
Succulent,
Juicy.
Sudorifick,
Procuring Sweat.
Suppurating,
Bringing to Matter.
T.
TAblets,
The same with Lozenges.
Thoracick,
Proper for the Breast.
Torrification,
Roasting.
Triangular,
Three-corner'd.
Tumor,
A Swelling.
V.
VEgetable,
An Herb.
Vehicle,
Some proper Water.
Viscous,
Slimy.
Umbels,
Tufts.
Uterine,
Proper for the Womb.
Vulnerary,
Healing.
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