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 ...

IV. Oleum Camphorae, Oyl of Camphire.

Bate.] ℞ Camphire ℥ij. Tobac∣copipe-clay ℥iv. mix and make a Mass, and distil by a Glass Re∣tort in Sand, S. A. Or it may be made by dissolving Camphire ℥ij. in Spirit of Nitre ℥iv. in a warm place. It is Di∣aphoretick and Hysterick: Dose ad gut. x. &c.

Salmon.] § 1. In our Phar∣macop. Lond. lib. 1. cap. 8. sect. 20. § 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6. we have shewn you six seve∣ral ways of preparing the

Oyl of Camphire from Schro∣der, Hartman, Horstius, and Kesler: And in our Doron Medicum, lib. 1. cap. 2. sect. 7. § 2, 3, 4. we have shewn three other several ways of doing it from other Authors: The ways here prescribed by our Author are differing from all them, which by reason he is very conciso and short there∣in, require a little Explica∣tion 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Tho' it is our Opinion, (Doron. Med. lib. 1. cap. 25 sect. 102) that Camphire is of so pu••e and exalted a sub∣stance, that it can be made better by no kind of distilla∣tion, nor by any other Arti∣fice whatsoever. However for the sakes of such as cannot rest in that Judgment, we will now come to the expli∣cation of our Author. § 2. ℞ Camphire. ℥ij. Potters Earth ℥iv. mix them into Balls, or otherwise, dry in the Sun, and put the mixture into a glas•• Retort, and distil in Sand into a large Receiver which has Rain-water therein: first there comes forth a white matter, than a clear Water, and at last with a stronger fire a sweet-scented Oyl, which be∣ing rectified with Spirit of Wine, will be as yellow as Gold: Where note, that the white matter which sublimes in the Alembick, melts and falls into the Receiver. § 3. This Oyl is an excellent Re∣medy, resins putrefaction and poyson, and is good against the Plague and all malignant Diseases, both continual and intermitting Feavers: The Dose is from gut. i. ad vj. in some appropriate Liquor. The Spirit of Wine is also campho∣rated, and good for the same purposes, and may be given à ʒss. ad ʒi. or ʒij. Both Oyl and Spirit are good to stop a Gangreen, give ease in the Tooth-ache, and allay the pains of the Gout and Scia∣tica. § 4. Oyl of Camphire by Spirit of Nitre: ℞ Cam∣phire ℥iv. rectified Spirit of Nitre ℥viij. dissolve in a Ma∣trass, stop the Vessel close, and set it over a Pot full of a Water a little heated, stir it now and then with a little stick to help forward the dissolution which will be done in two or three hours: so will the Camphire be turned into a clear Oyl, swim∣ming above the Spirit, which separate and keep in a Vial well stopt for use. § 5. This Oyl is of excellent use to cure rebellious and stubborn Ul∣cers; to remove the Caries of Bones, and to touch Nerves that are uncovered in Wounds. § 6. Some may think this to be a dangerous Medicine, be∣cause of the violent impression

which the corrosive Spirit does give to the Camphire in its dissolution; but by rea∣son this preparation is never given inwardly, those scruples are caussess; Medicines much more acrimonious than this are commonly used, and yet esteemed without peril: and considering the uses it is put to, the Spirit of Nitre seems to be of absolute necessity, for the Oyl does so much the more and better, cleanse and scale rotten Bones, and foul Ulcers, and cause them to heal. § 7. This Oyl is only a dissolution of Camphire in Spirit of Nitre; for if you mix Water with it, and so destroy the force of the Spi∣rit, it will return into Cam∣phir as before: And of all the Rosins, this is the only one that will dissolve with Spirit of Nitre: from Camphire ℥iij. you will have of Oyl ℥iv. the Spirit of Nitre losing an Ounce in the dissolution. § 8. This dissolution is made with∣out ebulition, or sensible heat, for Acids mixing with Sul∣phur never make any ebuli∣tion, because Sulphurs always submit without any resist∣ance; and Camphire consist∣ing of thin disunited parts, the Acids softly enter among them, and make an easie se∣paration: § 9. Le Febure has a compound Oyl of Cam∣phire, which is made after this manner: ℞ Camphire in gross Pounder ℥vj. Spirit of Ni∣tre lbxij. put them into a Ma∣trass, which stop with another, the neck of the one going into the other; lute the Juncture with a Bladder and Whites of Eggs, and digest in B. V. till the Camphire is dissolved and become an Oyl, swimming a∣bove the Spirit: separate the Oyl, and add thereto rectified Oyl of Amber, Oyl of Juniper Berries, A. ℥iv. digest till they are united, then distil in a glass Retort in Ashes, cohobating three times; after which, re∣ctifie upon Colcothar of Vitriol, till the Oyl comes forth clear, depurated, and fluid, the Cam∣phire being made incorphoreal, and perfectly turned into an Oyl. § 10. This Oyl is Su∣dorifick, and of mighty force to expel the malignity of the Plague, or Pestilence, Spotted Feaver, Measles, and Small∣pox, and Poyson itself. It is also a Preservative Remedy in time of Plague, being both inwardly taken, and outward∣ly applied. Inwardly, let it be taken, reduced into a dis∣soluble Balsam, with double or treble refined Sugar in Pouder: Dose three or four drops in a Glass of Wine: Outwardly, let the Nostrils,

Temples and Wrists at the beating of the Arteries, be anointed therewith, and by this means (being inwardly taken, and outwardly appli∣ed) this Noble Remedy will sufficiently strengthen the Spi∣rit, and all the Natural and Vital Faculties so, as that there shall be no fear of their being invaded by the Infecti∣on, or Venom, and Poyson of the Plague. § 11. The use also of this Oyl cannot be sufficiently commended a∣gainst Fits of the Mother, Vapours, and other Hysterick and Splenetick Passions, for it penetrates as in a moment, and appeases all those Hyste∣rick Irritations. This Oyl is also a Noble Specifick in the Epilepsie, whether in Old or Young, but chiefly against that kind which proceeds from disaffections of the Me∣sentry and Womb. Dose à gut. ij. ad iv. viij. or x. ac∣cording to the Age, Sex, and force of the Disease. § 12. Terebinthinated Oyl of Cam∣phir. ℞ Camphir ℥iv. Oyl of Turpentine ℥viij. mix, dissolve, and distil it, cohobating twice. It is a subtil Medicine, Alexi∣pharmick, and Anodyn; gives ease in a cold Gout, and Aches and Pains from a cold Cause, and is profitable against the Palsie, being anointed upon the part affected. § 13. Rol∣fincius his Oyl of Camphir: ℞ Camphir ℥ij. Oyl of Sweet Almonds ℥iij. dissolve the Cam∣phir by digestion in a gentle heat, & cum homogeneo Men∣struo Sulphureo per minima miscetur, and so keep it for use. You may give it a glorious red colour with Alkanet-roots. § 14. The celebrated Virtues of this Oyl are beyond all reproof; it provokes Sweat, purifies the Mass of Blood, strengthens the principal Ve∣scera, resists the Infection of the Plague or Pestilence, and is profitable against all malign Feavers, if inwardly taken. Dose à gut. iij. ad vj. or viij. § 15. Utendi modus. ℞ Ge∣nerous Wine ℥iv. Spirit of Saffron ʒss. of this Oyl gut. iv. ad vj. mix for a Draught. Outwardly, it is anointed up∣on Gangreenated Parts, by which means it refocilates or recovers the dying heat, and resists the impending putre∣faction. Angelus sala Hydre∣laeologia, cap. 13. Prefert Cam∣phorae in Substantia Ʋsum, o∣leis quantum vis diligenter prae∣paratis.