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 ...

LI. † Tinctura Ambraegriseae, Tincture of Ambergrise.

Salmon.] § 1. ℞ Choice Am∣bergrise ʒj. Musk, Civet, A. gr. xx. Spirit of Damask Ro∣ses ʒiij. Ashes of Bones in fine Pouder ʒiv. mix and grind all well together in a Glass Mor∣tar, till it comes to a pulp: then add Salt of Tartar ʒss. grind again till they are well mixed; which done, put all into a Glass Matrass, and af∣fuse thereon Tincture of Salt of Tartar ℥viij. stop it close up, and digest for forty days, sha∣king it once a day, then decant the clear Tincture, and keep it for use.

§ 2. Here is to be noted, that the Civit, and burning Spirit of Roses are added, the better to open the Bodies of the other Perfumes: and the Bone-ashes are added to se∣parate the Particles of the o∣ther Ingredients, that the Menstruum may the better extract the Essence, or Sul∣phur of the Perfumes.

§ 3. It is a great Cordial, revives all the Spirits, Natu∣ral, Vital, and Animal, chears the Heart, recreates Nature, and restores in deep Consum∣ptions. It comforts the Brain beyond most other things in the World, and is a most ad∣mirable Neurotick, strength∣ning and confirming the Nerves, and therefore a most excellent thing against Con∣vulsions and Palsies.

§ 4. It is good against any Deliquium of the Mind, Fainting, and Swooning Fits, Palpitation of the Heart, most cold Diseases of the Head, as Head-aches, Vertigo's, Me∣grims, Apoplexies, Lethar∣gies, and the like, which may proceed from Cold, Weakness, or Obstructions of the parts affected; but it ought not to be given to Wo∣men subject to Hysterick Fits, or Vapors, because it is apt to excite them in such Persons.

§ 5. Dose à gut. vi. ad xij. or xv. in any convenient Cor∣dial, thus: ℞ Of our Aqua Bezoartica, or Aqua Mirabi∣lis ℥i. Syrup of Red Poppies, Syrup of Citrons, A. ʒiij. Bor∣rage-water ℥ij. of this Tincture gut. x. or xij. mix for a Dose, to be given in a Fainting Fit, or Sickness at Heart. Or thus: ℞ Aq. Bezoartica ℥j. Tincture of Cochinele ʒss. Sy∣rup of Citrons ʒvj. simple An∣gelica-water ℥ij. of this Tin∣cture gut x. mix for a Dose.