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 ...

Pills of Tartar, in Latin, Pilulae Tartariae▪

Take of Chrystals of Tartar, three ounces, Polypody of the Oak, two ounces, of Corinthi•• Currants, an ounce and an half, of the flowers Bugloss, Borrage, water Lillies, each one pug•• boyl them in a sufficient quantity of Fumitory a•• Harts tongue water, till half is consumed.

Take of this Decoction clarified, two pints, the juice of fragrant Apples, one pint; add to the three ounces of Senna cleansed, of Turbith, the roots of true black Hellebore, each an ou•• and an half, of choice Myrrh, an ounce, of Ma•• Cloves, Cinnamon, and dodder of Thyme, e•• half an ounce; infuse them in a glass stopt f•• days; then press them out, and dissolve in the •• quor, four ounces of prepared Aloes, and set it ver a gentle fire, and reduce it to a due consisten••

when it is almost cold, add of the species Laetifi∣ns and Dialacca, each a dram, of salt of Worm∣••od, and of the Ash, each two drams, of the ••ence of Saffron, two scruples, of Oyl of Anise, few drops; make a mass for Pills.

Virtues. They are good in melancholy, and for ••eases of the skin.

Dose. Half a dram may be taken at a time.