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 ...

XXXVIII. Spiritus Vini Tar∣tarisatus, Spirit of Wine tartarised.

Bate.] Take Salt of Tartar ℥iv. Alcohol of Spirit of Wine lbij. mix and distil in B. M. It is Scorbutick, &c.

Salmon.] § 1. The intenti∣on of this Prescription is per∣fectly

to deflegmate the Spi∣rit of Wine, not that the Spi∣rit of Wine receives any great matter from the Salt of Tar∣tar, forasmuch as they are two distinct Substances not easily miscible. § 2. The Spirit of Wine will also be deflegmated, if you put the Salt of Tartar into it, and di∣gest it therein for some time, as eight or ten days, without any thing of distillation: for the Flegm will dissolve the Salt, and mix with it, lying at the bottom like a heavy Oyl, the Spirit perfectly de∣phlegmated swimming on the top, which you may decant off, or separate with a Funnel. § 3. You may also deflegmate it with the purest and best Pot-ashes, (which are almost all Salt) af∣ter the same manner, for the Salt of the Pot-ashes imbibing the phlegmatick part of the Spirit, the pure subtil, vola∣tile Spirit will swim a top as before, which may in like manner be decanted off for use; ••••or is it in the least inferiour to the former, § 4. I made once an Experiment, by long digesting rectified Spirit of Wine upon Salt of Tartar, after this manner: ℞ Pure Salt of Tartar ℥j. Bone∣ashes in fine Pouder ℥iij. rectifi∣ed, S. V. lbij. mix them, and digest together for a Year or more, sha∣king it once a day. I then decan∣ted off my Spirit, which smelt and tasted extream strong of the Salt of Tartar, which made me believe, it had ta∣ken some of the substance of the Salt, and united it with its own Body. The Salt I restored carefully by Elixivi∣ation, and Coagulation, &c. and found it to want ℈ij. of what it weighed before: this is matter of fact: and from hence I conclude, many great Medicines may be made by long digestion. § 5. This Spirit is seldom used simply of itself against any Disease, yet it mightily sweet∣ens the Blood, chears the Spi∣rits, warms the chilled Blood and Humors, dissolves Coa∣gulations of the Juyces, is good against the Scurvy, and provokes Urine. § 6. But the chief intention of it is to be a Menstruum to extract the volatile, saline, and oily particles of other Bodies, chiefly from dried Vegeta∣bles; not moist or green, for then their flegmy parts by mixing with the Menstruum, would so weaken it, that it would do no great feats, or what would be worth re∣garding. § 7. You may al∣so make a Syrup of it to have always ready, to dulci∣cifie

any Cordial Medicine with, after this manner: Sy∣rupus Violatilis Tartarisatus. ℞ Spirit of Wine Tartarized lbij. double refined Sugar, so much as it will dissolve over a gentle heat: being mixt and dissolved, keep it close stopt for use. You will find it much better in practise than the cold flegmatick Syrups of the Shops: and if you please you may Aromatize it with Cina∣mon, and other Spices as you see fit, by digesting them grosly bruised, or whole, in the Tartarized Spirit, before it is made into a Syrup.