LVII. † Spiritus Nucis Mos∣chatae, Spirit of Nutmegs.
Salmon.] § 1. Thô Spirits of Nutmegs is a thing seldom made, nor prescribed in any Author, yet for the Publick good sake (since it is a thing
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 ...
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- 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 ...
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- Bate, George, 1608-1669.
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- London :: Printed for S. Smith and B. Walford ...,
- 1694.
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- Pharmacopoeias -- Great Britain -- 17th century.
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"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 ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A26772.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 1, 2024.
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of most excellent use) we shall take the pains to de∣scribe it here. ℞ Of the best Nutmegs ℥viij. grate them on a Grater, or beat them very small in an Iron Mortar, put them into a Glass Cucurbit, and affuse thereon tartarised Spirit of Wine or Alcohol of S.V. lbv. mix and digest forty eight hours, then distil in B. M. to driness. § 2. This is an ex∣cellent Spirit of Nutmegs▪ but if you cohobate it upon the faeces three or four times, it will be much stronger, and more subtil, and contain more of the oily particles dissolved in itsself. The Feces you may reserve for other Extra∣ctions, to be made use of when you extract a Chymi∣cal Oil, the which, in its place, we shall shew. § 3. It is Cephalick, Stomatick, Car∣diack, Neurotick, and Ute∣rine; it warms and cherishes a cold and afflicted Brain, and Habit of Body; com∣forts the Nerves, strenghens the Stomach, and causes a sweet Breath. It discusses Wind, eases the Colick, and Gripings of the Guts, sharp∣ens the Eye-sight, comforts the Liver and Spleen, pro∣vokes Urine, is good against the Whites, and a cold Di∣stemper of the Womb, it chears the Heart, revives the Spirits, is good against the Palsie, Cramp, Tremblings, and other weaknesses of the Nerves, and prevails against the Apoplexy, Vertigo, Me∣grim, Head-ache, from a cold Cause, Lethargy, and other the Distempers of the Head. § 4. Modus Utendi. ℞ Aqua Lactis Alexiteria ℥iiss. Spirit of Nutmegs ʒij. ad ℥ss. Spirit of Saffron ʒss. Syrup of Citrons or Lemons ʒvj. mix for a Cordial draught. Or thus: ℞ Aqua Lactin Scorbutica ℥iiiss. Spirit of Nutmegs ʒij. Volatile Spirit of Vitriol ʒss. mix for a Dose to be given in the Morning fast∣ing, against Diseases of the Head.