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 ...

XIII. * Extractum Melam∣podii; Extract of black Hellebor.

Bate.] ℞ The Roots of the true black Hellebor, with the string in gross pouder ℥vj. Ani∣seeds ℥i. Spirit of Wine lbiij. infuse all in a gentle heat for 6 days, then express and eva∣porate. Dose à ℈ss ad ℈j.

Salmon.] § 1. The bet∣ter way will be to make a double Extract, first with Water and Salt of Tartar, and then drying the Roots to make a second Extraction with S. V. then joyning these Tinctures together, to ab∣stract the S. V. in B. M. and after to evaporate the humi∣dity to a just consistency.

§ 2. By this means you will have all the good parts of the Hellebor, which the S. V. would not be able to extract of itself; for the

more aqueous Particles are first drawn forth by the Wa∣ter and Salt of Tartar; then the resinous parts are extra∣cted with the S. V. so that joyning these two together, and abstracting, you must necessarily have all that is excellent out of the Helle∣bor.

§ 3. You may give it in strong Bodies to ʒss. It po∣werfully opens Obstructions of the Spleen, corrects and evacuates Melancholy, and is a Specifick against Madness, and of great use to be con∣stantly given (for some time) to such as are apt to have their Paroxisms return at some certain times.

§ 4. Where there is a real Madness, there you may venture to give it in a much larger dose, because Expe∣rience does daily evince, that in such persons even very strong Medicaments work very hardly, and sometimes not at all: Yet that you may be sure not to over-dose them, the best way will be to en∣crease them gradually, till you see the utmost which may be safely given them.