Pharmacopœia Bateana, or, Bate's dispensatory translated from the second edition of the Latin copy, published by Mr. James Shipton : containing his choice and select recipe's, their names, compositions, preparations, vertues, uses, and doses, as they are applicable to the whole practice of physick and chyrurgery : the Arcana Goddardiana, and their recipe's intersperst in their proper places, which are almost all wanting in the Latin copy : compleated with above five hundred chymical processes, and their explications at large, various observations thereon, and a rationale upon each process : to which are added in this English edition, Goddard's drops, Russel's pouder [sic], and the Emplastrum febrifugum, those so much fam'd in the world : as also several other preparations from the Collectanea chymica, and other good authors / by William Salmon ...

CX. Lapis Medicamentosus, The Medicinal Stone.

Bate.] ℞ White Vitriol ℥iv. Sal-Armoniack ℥ss, Alum, Ceruse, Bole Armoniack, A. ℥j. mix and make a Pouder, which boil with Vinegar, q. s. to the Consistency of a hard Stone, S. A. The Vertues of this Stone are manifold: it drys up Ulcers and Defluxions; heals Wounds and inveterate Sores; cures an Erysipelas, the Scab, or Leprofie, Tet∣tar, &c. The manner of u∣sing it is thus. Dissolve of this Stone ℥j. in Rain-water lbj. then filter: with which wash the part affected, and apply over it a Cloth wet in the same.

Salmon.] § 1. Lemery makes it thus. ℞ Colcothar, or Ca∣put Mort. of Vitriol ℥ij. Li∣tharge, Alum, fine Bole, A. ℥iv. all being in fine Pouder, mix them, and put them into a glazed Pot, upon which affuse

good Vinegar, so much as to over-top the Ingredients two Inches: cover the Vessel and leave it in digestion two days, then add it to Nitre ℥viij. Sal-Armoniack ℥ij. and over a gentle heat evaporate all the Humidity, and calcine the Mass that remains about half an hour, in a strong Fire, and keep it for use.

§ 2. Where Note, The Vinegar is added for the in∣corporating the Materials to∣gether, and create a fer∣ment, after which the Nitre and Sal-Armoniack easily mix with the other things: and the Calcination at the end is done, to carry off some parts of the Acid, and increase the Astringency, to fix the Stone, and make it the better to keep.

§ 3. It is certainly one of the best Remedies in the World to cure a Gonorrhoea by Injection, Universals be∣ing before hand premised ℞ ʒj. of it, and dissolve it in Smith's-water, Rose-water, or Plantane-water ℥viij. mix, and then make an Injection into ••he Yard, with a pro∣per. Yard Syring, three or four times a day; the Pa∣tient being sure to make wa∣ter just before the use of it, if he has occasion, and not after it, in some considerable time.

§ 4. It is also a singular thing to clear the Eyes at any time, especially in the Small-Pox, gr. viij. of it being dis∣solved in Rose-water ℥iv. and the Eyes washed therewith: and being applied outwardly in a Wound, it stops bleed∣ing, and nearly answers all the Effects of the Styptick-water.

§ 5. The Original of these Artifical Stones seems to be ta∣ken from Crollius, whose Com∣position differs from both the former, and is as follows ℞ Green Vitriol lbj. White Vitriol lbss. Alum lbiss. Sal-A∣natron, common Salt, A. ℥iij. Salts of Tartar, Wormwood, Mugwort, Succory, Arsmart, Plantane, A. ℥ss. put them into a glazed Pot, on which affuse a little Vinegar of Roses, over a gentle Fire, often stir∣ring them; when the Mix∣ture begins to grows thick, add Venetian Ceruse lbss. fine Bole ℥iv. mix all well by stirring, till by the force of fire they are brought to the hardness of a Stone, which by breaking the Vessel take out.

§ 6. To this he assigns wonderful Vertues, as cu∣ring all Ulcers in the exter∣nal Parts of the Body, stop∣ping Defluxions of Rheum, drying up of Ulcers, heal∣ing of Wounds, stopping

Fluxes in the Eyes, and ta∣king away their pain and redness, helping Ophthalmies, as also Erysipelas, Scabs, Tet∣tars, Cancers in the Breasts of Women, Cancers in the Mouth, Ulcers of the Gums, Noli me Tangere, Ulcers of the Throat, Fistula's, and the Scurvy, eases old Aches or Pains, Sores and Fistula's of the Fundament, &c. ap∣plied as directed.