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Flower of Sulphur, in Latin, Flos Sulphu∣ris.
Put about half a pound of Sulphur grosly pow∣dred into a glass body; place it in a small open fire, and cover it with a pot, or another Cucurbit turned upside down, one that is unglazed, so as that the neck of one may enter into the neck of the other; change the upper Cucurbit every half hour, adding another in its place; add likewise new Sulphur, gathering your flowers which you find stick in the Cucurbit, and con∣tinue to do thus until you have got as much as you desire; then put out the fire, and let the ves∣sels cool; there will remain at bottom only a little light insignificant earth.
Virtues. Flower of Sulphur is used in diseases of the Lungs and Breast; it is also used in Oyntments for the Iteh.
Dose. It may be taken from ten to thirty grains, in Lozenges or in an Electuary.