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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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.
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Tincture of Saffron, in Latin, Tinctura Croci.

Take of Saffron two drams, of Treacle water eight ounces, digest them six days, and strain out the Tincture, and keep it close stopped for use.

Virtues. It chears the heart, concocts crude humours of the breast, it is good for the jaundice, for the plague, and other Malignant diseases, it is much used to drive out the small Pox; but undoubtedly it does many times much hurt, by inflaming the blood and occasioning fren∣sies, and making them flux.

Dose. Half an ounce of this Tincture may be taken at a time in any proper liquor.