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 15, 2024.

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Page 138

The Plaster of Mastich, in Latin, Emp∣strum de Mastiche.

Take of Mastich, three ounces, of Bole A••••∣nick washed in red Wine an ounce and an half, red Roses six dramss of Ivory and Myrtle ∣ris, each half an ounce, of Turpentine, C∣phony, Tacamahaca, Labdanum, each two ou yellow Wax half a pound, oyl of Myrtles 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ounces, powder those things apart that are 〈◊〉〈◊〉 powdred, then melt the Wax in the oyl; ta from the fire and add the Turpentine, afterward Bole, the Roses, and the Ivory finely powdred, of all the Mastich: all must be very well 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in a Mortar somewhat hot; make a Plaster.

Virtues. It stops Defluxions and Vomiting, strengthens the Stomach, being applied to it.

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