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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Plaster of Bettony, in Latin, Emplastrum de Betonica.

Take of green Bettony, Burnet, Agrimony Sage, Penny Royal, Mille-foyl, the lesser Centaury, the greater Comfry, Clary, each six ounces, Frankin∣cense, Mastich, each three drams, of Orris, round Brthwort, each six drams, of white Wax and Tur∣pentine, each eight ounces, of Rosin of the Pine six ounces, of Gum Elemy, and Oyl of Firr, each two ounces, of white Wine three pints; beat the herbs well in a Morter, and infuse them a whole week in the white Wine, stir them, and boil them; having strained out the Wine hard, and boiled with gentle fire to the Consumption of a third part, add the oyl of Firr▪ then the Wax melted▪ pre∣sently after the Rosin and the Gum, then the Tur∣pentine; having boiled them a little, and removed them from the fire, and cool them by degrees, add

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the powders of Orris, and of Birthwort, stir them well, and make a Plaster.

Virtues. It is used for diseases of the head an joints, and for Cementing broken bones.

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