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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Emplastrum Barbarum magnum.

Take of dry Pitch eight pound, of yellow Wax ix pound eight ounces, of Rosin of the Pine five pound four ounces, of Judaick Bitumen, or of Mummy four pound, of oyl one pint and an half, of Verdegrease, Litharge, and Ceruss, each three ounces, of Frankincense half a pound, of liquid

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Alum, or of Roch Alum not burnt, an ounce and an half, of Roch Alum burnt four ounces, of Opo∣ponax, Scales of Brass, Galbanum, each twelve drams, of Aloes, Opium and Myrrh, each half an ounce, of Turpentine two pounds, of the juice of Mandrakes, or of the bark of the roots dryed six drams, of Vinegar five pints; the Litharge, Ceruss, and Oyl must be boiled to the consistence of Honey, the Pitch being melted and incorporated with the powder of the Bitumen, then add and boil the o∣ther things, till the Vinegar is consumed, at last add the Turpentine.

Virtues. It is reckoned good for the biting of ve∣nomous creatures, to take off inflamations, and for pains and weakness of the joints.

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