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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Aethiops Mineralis.

Take of the flowers of Sulphur two parts, of crude Mercury one part, mingle them well together in a glass Mortar, then fire it, and so make a black Powder.

Virtues. It is used in the French Pox, for a drop∣sy and for old sores.

Dose. Half a dram of it may be taken night ••nd morning mixed with a little syrup of Gilly∣••owers, or made into a Bolus with Conserve of Ro∣••s, for the space of three weeks, or a month; but •• will be convenient to purge once a week, although ••here is no fear of its fluxing.