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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Dispensatories.
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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 16, 2024.

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Oyntment of Tobacco, in Latin, Unguen∣tum è Nicotiana.

Take of the leaves of Tobacco two pounds, of sh Hogs grease well washed one pound, beat it a Marble Mortar, add three ounces of red Wine, ue them all night, then boil them over a gentle e, to evaporate the Wine; strain it, and put it

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upon the fire again, and add to it of the juice Tobacco a pint, of Venice Turpentine four ounc boil it again to evaporate the juices. Lastly, A of the roots of round Birthwort powdered, t ounces, of yellow Wax a sufficient quantity; m an Oyntment.

Virtues. It's an excellent Oyntment to ease pi it is good for bruises and wounds, for the biting venomous Beasts, for old scabs, itch, tetters, ri orms.

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