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 16, 2024.

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Compound Syrup of Scabious, in Latin, Sy∣rupus scabiosae Compositus.

Take of the roots of Elecampane, Polypody of e oak, each two ounces, of Raisins of the Sun ned one ounce, of Sebestens twenty, of the leaves

Coltsfoot, Lungwort, Savory, Calaminth, each

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an handful and an half, of Liquorice cleansed h•••• an ounce, of the best Spanish Tobacco, and of th seeds of stinging Nettles, each three drams, bo them all in a bath, the first two roots being infus the day before in a sufficient quantity of White-wi diluted with warm water, strain out hard two quar clarifie it, and add of the juice of Scabious cla∣fied, four ounces and an half, of white Sugar fi pound, make a Syrup in a Bath, add to it twen drops of spirit of Sulphur by the bell.

Virtues. It is a good Syrup for the Lungs, wh they are obstructed, and it is also reckoned good in t itch.

Dose. A spoonful of it may be taken at a time

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