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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Tincture of Benjamin, in Latin, Tincture Benzoini.
Take three ounces of Benjamin, and half a•• ounce of Storax, powder them grosly, and pu•• them into a Bottle or Matrass half empty, pou•• upon them a pint of Spirit of Wine; stop the vessel close, and set it in warm Horse dung, leav•• it in digestion for a fort-night, after which filtrat•• the liquor, and keep it in a viol well stopt; som•• add to it five or six drops of Peruvian Balsam, to give it a better smell.
Virtues. It is good to take away spots in th face.
Dose. A dram of it is put into four ounce of water, and it whitens it like Milk; th•• water serves for a wash, and is called Virgin Milk.
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