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 ...

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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 ...
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Pechey, John, 1655-1716.
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London :: Printed by F. Collins for J. Lawrence ...,
1694.
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"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.

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Oyl of Worms, in Latin, Oleum Lumbri∣corum.

Take of Earth-worms, half a pound, first was worms in water often changed, then with White∣e, wherein infuse them an hour, then pour off wine, and put the worms into a double vessel, pour upon them a quart of Oyl of Olives, hite-wine, half a Pound; boyl them till the Wine

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is evaporated, then strain it through a linnen cloth, and keep it for use.

Virtues. It gives ease, and is good in all cold dis∣eases of the joynts and nerves, for bruises and wound and the rickets.

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