The London dispensatory, reduced to the practice of the London physicians wherein are contain'd the medicines, both Galenical and chymical, that are now in use ... / by John Pechey ...

About this Item

Title
The London dispensatory, reduced to the practice of the London physicians wherein are contain'd the medicines, both Galenical and chymical, that are now in use ... / by John Pechey ...
Author
Pechey, John, 1655-1716.
Publication
London :: Printed by F. Collins for J. Lawrence ...,
1694.
Rights/Permissions

To the extent possible under law, the Text Creation Partnership has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above, according to the terms of the CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). This waiver does not extend to any page images or other supplementary files associated with this work, which may be protected by copyright or other license restrictions. Please go to http://www.textcreationpartnership.org/ for more information.

Subject terms
Dispensatories.
Link to this Item
http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A53916.0001.001
Cite this Item
"The London dispensatory, reduced to the practice of the London physicians wherein are contain'd the medicines, both Galenical and chymical, that are now in use ... / by John Pechey ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A53916.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.

Pages

Diacrocuma.

Take of Saffron, of the roots of Asarabacca, o the seeds of Parsly, Daucus, Anise, Smalage, eac half an ounce, of Rhubarb, of the roots of Atha∣mantick Spicknard, and Indian Spike, each six drams▪ of true wood of Cassia, Costus, Myrrh, Scenanth▪ Cubebs, of the roots of Madder, of the juice o Wormwood, and Maudlin thickned, of Opobal∣sam, or of oyl of Nutmeg, each two drams, of Cinnamon, and sweet smelling Flag, each one dram & an half, of Scordium Ceterach, and juice of Liquorice, each two drams and an half, of Tragacanth one dram, of white Sugar eight times the weight of all, dissolved in Endive water, and clarified; make an Electuary.

Page 69

Virtues. It opens Obstructions, it is good in the one, and expels Malignity.

Dose. A dram, or a dram and an half of it ay be taken at a time.

Do you have questions about this content? Need to report a problem? Please contact us.