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 ...

XXXII. Spiritus Saturni, Spirit of Saturn.

Bate.] It is distilled by a Retor•• from purified and recti∣fied Saccharum Saturni, S. A. It is sudorifick, good against the Plague or Pestilence, Hy∣pochondriack Melancholy, Burning Fevers, French-Pox, and the like. Dose gut. ij. or iij.

Salmon.] This Spirit of Sa∣turn, drawn from its Salt, is an inslamable Liquor, and is thus made: ℞ Salt of Sa∣turn, so much as may fill your

Glass or Earthen Retort two thirds full; put it into a Fur∣nace over a very gentle Fire, both to heat the Retort, and drive out the Flegm, (which comes first:) continue this de∣gree of Fire, till the drops be∣gin to have some taste; then fit to it a large Receiver, lute well the Junctures, and increase the Fire gradatim, so will the Spirit come forth, filling the Receiver with Clouds: all be∣ing come off, let the Vessels cool, then unlute, and take the Spi∣rit and put it into a Glass Cu∣curbit, to rectifie it, in a very gentle Sand heat, drawing off about the one half thereof: this is the inflamable Spirit of Saturn, burning like Spirit of Wine, and of a sowre taste, Quemque inter non entia re∣ponit Rolfincius; but I think him to be mistaken. § 2. The other half of the Liquor which remains in the Alem∣bick, they call (tho' impro∣perly) Oyl of Saturn, and is used to cleanse and clear the Eyes of Horses. § 3. The blackish matter remaining in the Retort, being put into a Crucible upon a good Fire, will reassume the form of Lead, being deprived of the Acids which gave it the form of Salt. § 4. The Salt of Sa∣turn may also be revived into Lead, by mixing it with an Alcaly, and melting it as a∣foresaid in a good Fire, for that the Alcali absorbs the Acid, and as much enervates it, as if it were drawn off; but then it will flame, before it revives, because of the Spirit of Wine contained in the Vinegar, which convert∣ed the Lead into Ceruse. § 5. The Spirit of Saturn there∣fore is inflamable, because it contains some Spirit of Wine, which remains still involved in the Vinegar, and was car∣ried with the Acids into the Pores of the Lead, when the Saccharum Saturni was made. This Salt being distilled, the force of the Fire breaks the Acid, and sets the Spirit of Wine at liberty; so that the Spirit of Saturn has very lit∣tle of an acid taste in it. § 6. It is also to be observed, that if you take lbj. or ℥xvj. of the Saccharum, you will have by distillation in the Retort, about 3¼ ounces of Liquor, or Spirit, and yet there will be left in the Retort (which is the wonder) about eighteen ounces of a blackish matter, so that here an augmentation is evident: Now 〈 math 〉〈 math 〉the quantity of Lead in the Saccharum: And if you re∣duce the eighteen ounces of black Matter into Lead, in a Crucible, you will have of

Lead ℥10¾; and ℥ij. of a yel∣low Earth, like Litharge of Gold, which seems to be an impurity of the Lead. § 7. Hence it is apparent, that the Saccharum, as by distillation it loses its acid particles, it receives others, which are igneous, in; more in num∣ber, and greater in quantity or weight, as appears by the operation: but when again it is reduced in a Crucible into Lead, the particles of the Lead coming together into a Body, expel the fiery par∣ticles, so that the Lead revi∣ving as before, recovers but its first weight. § 8. The Retort ought scarcely to be ⅔ full, and the Receiver ought to be very large, because these volatile Spirits flying out with violence, if they should not have room enough to play in, might possibly break the Vessels. § 9. Le Febure makes it after this manner: ℞ Pure Crystalline Saccharum Saturni lbj. dis∣solve it seven times one after another in the best Spirit of Vinegar, evaporating every time: then in the hottest Sea∣son of the Year dissolve it in a cold Cellar, per deliquium, this Liquor put into a Retort placed in a Reverberatory Fur∣nace upon an earthen Pot, the bottom turned upside down, ha∣ving about an inch thickness of Sand or Ashes between the said bottom and Retort: fit to the neck a very large Receiver, lu∣ting the Juncture with all pos∣sible care; which being dry, make a gentle Fire at first, and very slowly increase it, till the Receiver is totally filled with white Vapours, but by degrees augment it to the height, and when you see hea∣vy and red drops fall down, and that the Receipient grows clear of itself, (which will be in a∣bout twenty or twenty four hours) cease, or put out the Fire. § 10. This Liquor di∣stilled over into the Receiver, is four-fold, viz. 1. A subtil and volatile Spirit. 2. A yel∣low Oyl. 3. A Phlegm. 4. A red Oyl, which you must separate one from ano∣ther by rectification, thus: § 11. Put them into a clean glass Retort in B.M. or Sand, with its Recipient, changing the Receiver according to the change of the Liquors coming over. The Volatile and Ae∣therial Spirits come first thrô the neck of the Retort, with∣out framing any Veins there∣in: next follows the yellow Oyl, which makes oblique and winding Veins; as soon as which sign does appear, the Receiver must be chan∣ged: After the yellow Oyl

comes the Flegm in streight and direct Veins, which must also be taken away by itself: And lastly, In the bottom of the Retort you will find the red Oyl remaining. § 12. This Volatile Spirit of Saturn resists putrefaction of the Blood and Humours, and cures Hypochondriack Me∣lancholy (given for twenty or thirty days together); it is a wonderful Sudorifick, and therefore is excellent against the Plague, pestilential and burning Fevers, Palsie, Epi∣lepsie, Apoplexy, French-Pox, Frenzy, Madness, and other like Diseases afflicting Body or Mind, or both. Dose à gut. 8. ad 16. or 20. in any appro∣priated Vehicle. § 13. The yellow Oyl being digested upon Calx of Gold, or Crocus Solis in a gentle heat of a Bal. Va∣poroso, in a Circulatory Ves∣sel hermetically sealed, will become as red as Blood; and then be a great Arcanum a∣gainst all Griefs of the Heart and Brain, being given à gut. j. ad iv. in Spirit of Lilly Convally, Canary, or other proper Liquor. § 14. The red. Oyl being circulated with e∣qual parts of Oyl of Camphir, and tartariz'd Spirit of Wine for fifteen or twenty days, or longer, and then the S. V. ab∣stracted with a very gentle heat in B. M. you will have remaining a miraculous Balsa∣mick Essence, which will cure green Wounds in a day or two, at once dressing, being only slightly besmeared with a Feather dipt therein; and is besides profitable for the cure of the most inveterate Ulcers, dissolves and resolves all Swellings, hinders Acci∣dents in Wounds, wonder∣fully cures Fistula's, and growing Cancers, as also takes away Scurf, Morphew, and Leprosie, and restores a∣gain pined and withered Members; for it is a kind of Mummial Balsam impregna∣ted with the Sulphur of Sa∣turn.