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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Syrup of red Poppies, in Latin, Syrupus de Papavere erratico.

Take of the fresh flowers of red Poppies two pounds, pour upon them two quarts of hot foun∣tain water, after they have stood a day, make a new infusion of fresh flowers, strain it clear, and boil i to a Syrup in a bath, with an equal weight of Su∣gar.

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Virtues It is an excellent Syrup for plurisies, nd inflamations of the Lungs, and is somewhat a∣odyn.

Dose. Half an ounce or an ounce of it may be ken at a time.

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